Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 28
पशु-पाश-पतिविचारः / Inquiry into Paśu, Pāśa, and Pati
विश्वधात्रीत्यजाख्या च शैवी चित्रा कृतिः परा । तामजां लोहितां शुक्लां कृष्णामेकां त्वजः प्रजाम्
viśvadhātrītyajākhyā ca śaivī citrā kṛtiḥ parā | tāmajāṃ lohitāṃ śuklāṃ kṛṣṇāmekāṃ tvajaḥ prajām
Diese höchste, wunderbare Śaiva-Kraft heißt auch Ajā und Viśvadhātrī, die Erhalterin des Universums. Obwohl ungeboren, wird sie als eine gepriesen, die in drei Farben erscheint—rot, weiß und schwarz—und sich als ihre Nachkommenschaft, als Welten und Wesen, offenbart.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: creative
FAQs
It teaches that the supreme Śaiva Reality expresses as Śiva’s own Power (Śakti), one in essence yet appearing as diverse modes that sustain and manifest the universe—pointing to unity behind multiplicity.
Linga worship honors Śiva as the unborn, transcendent Pati, while also acknowledging His immanent Śakti that becomes the worlds; this verse supports Saguna devotion as a doorway to realizing the one, unborn source.
Meditate on Śiva together with His Śakti while japa-ing the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), contemplating that all changing colors and states are expressions of the one unborn Reality.