अद्वैतशैवसिद्धान्ते पुरुष-प्रकृति-विचारः
Puruṣa–Prakṛti Analysis in Advaita Śaiva Doctrine
सत्त्वादिगुणसाध्यं च बुध्यादित्रितयात्मकम् । चित्तम्प्रकृतितत्त्वं तदासीत्सत्त्वादिकारणात्
sattvādiguṇasādhyaṃ ca budhyāditritayātmakam | cittamprakṛtitattvaṃ tadāsītsattvādikāraṇāt
Citta (Geiststoff) ist ein Evolut der Prakṛti: Es wird durch die Guṇa, beginnend mit Sattva, hervorgebracht und ist aus der Dreiheit aufgebaut, die mit Buddhi (Intellekt) beginnt. Es entsteht durch das ursächliche Wirken jener Guṇa (Sattva und die übrigen).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
It explains that the mind (citta) is a product of Prakṛti and the guṇas, implying it is changeful and bindable; liberation in a Shaiva Siddhanta sense comes by turning from guṇa-born mind toward Pati (Śiva), the transcendent Lord.
Linga/Saguṇa-Śiva worship disciplines the guṇa-driven citta—making it sattvic and steady—so devotion can mature into knowledge that Śiva is distinct from Prakṛti and its tattvas.
A practical takeaway is japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with dhyāna to purify the guṇa-born citta; wearing Rudrākṣa and applying Tripuṇḍra-bhasma support steadiness and sāttvika orientation in practice.