Shloka 7
अद्वैतशैवसिद्धान्ते पुरुष-प्रकृति-विचारः
Puruṣa–Prakṛti Analysis in Advaita Śaiva Doctrine
इति स्थानद्वयान्तस्थः पुरुषो न विरोधकः । संकुचन्निजरूपाणां ज्ञानादीनां समष्टिमान्
iti sthānadvayāntasthaḥ puruṣo na virodhakaḥ | saṃkucannijarūpāṇāṃ jñānādīnāṃ samaṣṭimān
So ist der im zweifachen Ort wohnende Purusha nichts entgegen. Indem Er Seine eigenen Kräfte—wie Erkenntnis und die übrigen—zusammenzieht, bleibt Er die geeinte Gesamtheit von ihnen allen.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Kailasha Samhita’s philosophical teaching to the sages)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that Shiva (Pati) is the inner Lord beyond contradiction, who can veil or reveal His powers (like knowledge) for the soul’s maturation, while remaining the complete, unified Reality.
Linga worship trains the mind to recognize the one Lord present within all states and opposites; the verse points to Shiva as the inner presence who manifests powers in saguna form yet remains the undivided totality.
Meditate on Shiva as the indwelling Self with steady japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), contemplating that knowledge and other faculties arise and withdraw by His grace.