Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 14
विष्णूत्पत्तिवर्णनम्
Description of the Origin/Manifestation of Viṣṇu
यस्येत्थं संविकल्पंते संज्ञासंज्ञोक्तितः स्म वै । कियता चैव कालेन द्वितीयेच्छाऽभवत्किल
yasyetthaṃ saṃvikalpaṃte saṃjñāsaṃjñoktitaḥ sma vai | kiyatā caiva kālena dvitīyecchā'bhavatkila
So entstanden in Ihm, durch das Wirken von Benennung und Ausdruck (Name und Benanntes), wahrlich solche Bestimmungen. Dann, nach einem gewissen Maß an Zeit, heißt es, offenbarte sich ein zweiter Impuls des Willens.
Sūta Gosvāmin
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: creative
Cosmic Event: Cosmogonic onset of nāma-rūpa (designation/expression) and emergence of will within the manifesting order.
FAQs
It points to manifestation beginning as a movement of Shiva’s Will (icchā) and the arising of conceptual distinctions through naming—showing how the One appears as many while remaining the supreme Pati.
Name-and-form (saṁjñā and expression) are the basis of Saguna approach; the Linga is the sacred sign through which devotees relate to the transcendent Shiva without reducing Him to mere form.
Contemplate Shiva as the source of icchā-śakti and practice japa of the Panchākṣarī—"Om Namaḥ Śivāya"—to steady the mind beyond conceptual vikalpas (constructs) into devotion and inner stillness.