Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 17
गौरीप्रवेशः—शिवसाक्षात्कारः
Gaurī’s Entry and the Vision of Śiva
विद्याप्रत्यायिका त्वं मे वेद्यो ऽहं प्रत्ययात्तव । विद्यावेद्यात्मनोरेव विश्लेषः कथमावयोः
vidyāpratyāyikā tvaṃ me vedyo 'haṃ pratyayāttava | vidyāvedyātmanoreva viśleṣaḥ kathamāvayoḥ
Du bist das Wissen selbst, das in mir die Verwirklichung hervorruft; und ich bin der zu Erkennende durch die Einsicht, die du erweckst. Wenn Wissen und Erkennbares wahrhaft von einer einzigen Wesenheit sind, wie könnte dann zwischen uns Trennung sein?
Lord Shiva (as the supreme teacher in the Vāyavīyasaṃhitā philosophical dialogue)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Sthala Purana: No jyotirliṅga setting; the verse is a jñāna-teaching: Śiva as the knowable (vedya) revealed by Śakti as vidyā that produces certitude (pratyaya).
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that true spiritual knowledge (vidyā) and the Supreme to be known (Shiva as the knowable Reality) are not ultimately separate; realization dissolves the sense of difference and points toward liberation.
Linga worship begins with form (saguṇa upāsanā) to generate inner certainty; as insight matures, the devotee recognizes Shiva as the one Reality revealed through knowledge—so the outer symbol leads to inner non-separation.
Meditate on Shiva as both the revealer (knowledge) and the revealed (knowable), repeating the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” to stabilize pratyaya (firm inner certitude) until the sense of separation falls away.