Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 5
सती-शिवचरित्रप्रसङ्गः / The Account of Satī and Śiva’s Divine Conduct
Prelude to Detailed Narrative
वागर्थाविव संपृक्तौ शक्तोशौ सर्वदा चितौ । कथं घटेत च तयोर्वियोगस्तत्त्वतो मुने
vāgarthāviva saṃpṛktau śaktośau sarvadā citau | kathaṃ ghaṭeta ca tayorviyogastattvato mune
Wie Rede und ihr Sinn untrennbar sind, so sind Śakti und Īśa stets vereint—beide sind reines Bewusstsein. O Weiser, wie könnte in Wahrheit irgendeine wirkliche Trennung zwischen ihnen entstehen?
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that Śiva (Īśa) and Śakti are not two competing realities but one inseparable conscious principle; apparent separation belongs to perception and play (līlā), not to ultimate truth.
Linga-worship honors Śiva as the supreme consciousness, while Śakti is the power through which that consciousness is experienced; thus Saguna devotion naturally includes reverence to Śiva together with His Śakti, not as divided deities.
Meditate on Śiva–Śakti unity while chanting the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), holding the understanding that mantra (sound) and its meaning—like Śakti and Śiva—are inseparable in true contemplation.