Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 20
शिवशक्त्यैक्य-तत्त्वविचारः / Inquiry into the Unity of Śiva and Śakti
Para–Apara Ontology
नादाद्विनिःसृतो बिंदुर्बिंदोदेवस्सदाशिवः । तस्मान्महेश्वरो जातः शुद्धविद्या महेश्वरात्
nādādviniḥsṛto biṃdurbiṃdodevassadāśivaḥ | tasmānmaheśvaro jātaḥ śuddhavidyā maheśvarāt
Aus dem Nāda (dem Urklang) geht der Bindu (der Samenpunkt) hervor. Dieser Bindu selbst ist der Deva, Sadāśiva. Aus Ihm wird Maheśvara geboren, und aus Maheśvara entspringt Śuddha-vidyā—das reine, ausgleichende Wissen, das die Seele zur Befreiung führt.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya discourse to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: liberating
Cosmic Event: emanation of śuddha-tattvas (nāda→bindu→Sadāśiva→Maheśvara→Śuddhavidyā)
FAQs
It outlines a Shaiva cosmological ladder: from Nāda to Bindu to Sadāśiva, then Maheśvara, culminating in Śuddha-vidyā—showing how Shiva’s own power becomes the means by which consciousness turns toward purification and liberation.
Nāda and Bindu are subtle principles often contemplated through the Linga as a symbol of the unmanifest becoming manifest; Saguna worship focuses the mind so the devotee can ascend from form to the inner Sadāśiva principle and the clarifying light of Śuddha-vidyā.
Meditate on the inner sound (nāda-anusandhāna) while repeating the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” visualizing a luminous bindu at the heart or between the brows, praying for Śuddha-vidyā—pure discernment that loosens pāśa (bondage).