Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 11
लिङ्गप्रतिष्ठा-माहात्म्यम् / The Greatness of Liṅga Installation
यतो न तदनाज्ञातं कार्याय प्रभवेत्स्वतः । ततो जातस्य विश्वस्य तत्रैव विलयो यतः
yato na tadanājñātaṃ kāryāya prabhavetsvataḥ | tato jātasya viśvasya tatraiva vilayo yataḥ
Da nichts, was Ihm unbekannt wäre, von selbst als Wirkung entstehen kann, löst sich daher auch das aus Ihm geborene Universum wieder in Ihm allein auf—denn Er ist sein Grund und seine Ursache.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Cosmic Event: causality doctrine: nothing arises outside Śiva’s knowing/ground; universe returns to its source
FAQs
It affirms Shiva (Pati) as the all-knowing, independent cause: nothing arises outside His awareness, and all manifested existence ultimately returns to Him—guiding the seeker toward surrender and liberation (moksha).
The Linga symbolizes the causal ground into which creation dissolves; worship of Saguna Shiva and the Linga trains the mind to recognize that all effects depend on Shiva, culminating in insight into His transcendent (nirguna) reality.
Meditate on Shiva as the source and end of all (srishti–sthiti–pralaya) while repeating the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” ideally with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudraksha to steady devotion and inner awareness.