Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 14
सर्वेश्वर-परमकारण-निरूपणम् / The Supreme Lord as the Uncaused Cause
यस्मिन्न भासते विद्युन्न सूर्यो न च चन्द्रमाः । यस्य भासा विभातीदमित्येषा शाश्वती श्रुतिः
yasminna bhāsate vidyunna sūryo na ca candramāḥ | yasya bhāsā vibhātīdamityeṣā śāśvatī śrutiḥ
In jener höchsten Wirklichkeit leuchtet kein Blitz—weder die Sonne noch der Mond. Allein durch Sein Strahlen wird dieses ganze Universum erhellt—so verkündet die ewige Śruti.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: teaching
Offering: dipa
Cosmic Event: Self-luminosity doctrine: all luminaries (sun, moon, lightning) are negated before the Supreme Light; universe shines by His bhāsā.
FAQs
It affirms Shiva as the self-luminous Supreme (Pati): not dependent on any external light, He is the very consciousness by which all experience and the entire cosmos are known and illumined—pointing the seeker toward liberation through inner realization.
The Linga is worshipped as the visible sign of the formless, self-effulgent Shiva. While Saguna worship uses form, mantra, and ritual, this verse clarifies the inner truth: the deity worshipped is ultimately the light of awareness that even the sun and moon cannot reveal.
Meditate on Shiva as jyoti within the heart while repeating the Panchakshara mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”; let external lights be symbols, and cultivate inner stillness (dhyana) so that the self-luminous presence of Shiva becomes directly evident.