Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 13
रुद्रस्य परमात्मत्वे ब्रह्मपुत्रत्वादिसंशयप्रश्नः — Questions on Rudra’s Supremacy and His ‘Sonship’ to Brahmā
त्रयस्ते कारणात्मानो जतास्साक्षान्महेश्वरात् । चराचरस्य विश्वस्य सर्गस्थित्यंतहेतवः
trayaste kāraṇātmāno jatāssākṣānmaheśvarāt | carācarasya viśvasya sargasthityaṃtahetavaḥ
Aus Mahādeva selbst gingen drei ursächliche Prinzipien hervor. Unmittelbar aus Maheśvara offenbar, wurden sie zu den Ursachen des Universums—alles Bewegte und Unbewegte—durch Schöpfung, Erhaltung und Auflösung.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Role: creative
Cosmic Event: functional emergence of three causal principles for sarga–sthiti–anta (trimūrti as empowered causes)
FAQs
It establishes Maheśvara (Pati) as the supreme source, from whom the causal powers governing creation, sustenance, and dissolution arise; the seeker turns from mere cosmic processes to the Lord who transcends them and grants liberation.
Linga worship centers the mind on Shiva as the visible sign of the transcendent Lord: even when one contemplates the three functions of the cosmos, the verse directs devotion to their direct source—Maheśvara—who is worshiped as Saguna for grace and realized as the beyond-attributes reality.
Meditate on Shiva as the inner witness of the three states (arising, abiding, dissolving) while repeating the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”; offer water or bilva to the Linga with the intent of surrendering all actions to the supreme cause.