Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 53
शङ्खचूडकस्य राज्याभिषेकः तथा शक्रपुरीं प्रति प्रस्थानम् | Śaṅkhacūḍa’s Coronation and March toward Indra’s City
तस्य नारी समाख्याता राधेति जगदम्बिका । प्रकृतेः परमा मूर्तिः पंचमी सुविहारिणी
tasya nārī samākhyātā rādheti jagadambikā | prakṛteḥ paramā mūrtiḥ paṃcamī suvihāriṇī
তাঁর পত্নী ‘রাধা’ নামে খ্যাত, জগদম্বিকা। তিনি প্রকৃতির পরম মূর্তি, পঞ্চমী দিব্য প্রকাশ, যিনি স্বচ্ছন্দ লীলায় বিচরণ করেন।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Lalitā
Role: creative
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It identifies the Divine Feminine as Jagadambikā—the cosmic Mother—and as the supreme Prakṛti, indicating that the Lord’s manifest play (līlā) in the world proceeds through Śakti, while the Supreme remains the inner Lord (Pati) beyond bondage.
In Śaiva understanding, Liṅga worship honors Shiva as the transcendent reality, while the world-process and divine play are experienced through Śakti as Prakṛti; thus Saguna devotion naturally includes reverence to the Mother as the Lord’s inseparable power.
A practical takeaway is Śiva–Śakti unified upāsanā: meditate on Shiva with His Śakti (Jagadambikā) while repeating the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” cultivating devotion and inner purity.