Shloka 3
प्रकृतितत्त्व-विचारः / Inquiry into Prakṛti (Nature/Śakti) and Śiva’s Transcendence
सा शक्तिः प्रकृतिर्ज्ञेया सर्वेषामपि कर्मणाम् । तया विरच्यते सर्वं पाल्यते च विनाश्यते
sā śaktiḥ prakṛtirjñeyā sarveṣāmapi karmaṇām | tayā viracyate sarvaṃ pālyate ca vināśyate
সেই শক্তিই ‘প্রকৃতি’ নামে জ্ঞেয়—যিনি সকল কর্মের প্রবর্তিকা। তাঁর দ্বারাই সমগ্র জগৎ সৃষ্ট হয়, প্রতিপালিত হয় এবং শেষে লয়ও প্রাপ্ত হয়।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: creative
FAQs
It teaches that cosmic activity—creation, maintenance, and dissolution—operates through Śakti as Prakṛti, while Shiva is understood as the supreme Lord (Pati) who transcends and empowers that process; discerning this helps loosen bondage to karma and supports liberation.
Linga worship honors Shiva as the transcendent ground of being, while acknowledging that the manifest universe functions through His Śakti; devotion to Saguna Shiva naturally includes reverence for the Divine Power that performs the world-process.
Meditate on Shiva-Śakti unity while japa of the Panchakshara mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and offer Tripuṇḍra bhasma with the intent of seeing all actions as empowered by Śakti and surrendered to Shiva.