Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 39
शिवशक्त्यैक्य-तत्त्वविचारः / Inquiry into the Unity of Śiva and Śakti
Para–Apara Ontology
शिवस्सदाशिवः प्रोक्तः शिवा सा च मनोन्मनी । शिवो महेश्वरो ज्ञेयः शिवा मायेति कथ्यते
śivassadāśivaḥ proktaḥ śivā sā ca manonmanī | śivo maheśvaro jñeyaḥ śivā māyeti kathyate
Śiva wird als Sadāśiva verkündet, und seine Śakti ist die höchste Manonmanī, das Jenseits des Geistes. Śiva ist als Maheśvara zu erkennen, und seine Śakti wird Māyā genannt — die Kraft, die die Welten offenbart und die Seele bindet.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Shakti Form: Lalitā
Role: teaching
Cosmic Event: veiling and manifestation through Māyā (tirodhāna) alongside transcendence beyond mind (manonmanī)
FAQs
It distinguishes Shiva as the supreme Lord (Sadashiva/Maheshvara) and explains His Shakti in two aspects: Manonmanī as the transcendent spiritual power leading beyond mind, and Māyā as the power that manifests and veils the world—clarifying liberation as rising beyond Māyā through Shiva’s grace.
Linga worship centers on Shiva as Pati (the Supreme) while acknowledging Shakti as the dynamic power behind creation. Devotion to Saguna forms of Maheshvara leads the seeker from Māyā-bound perception toward Manonmanī—inner transcendence—culminating in realization of Shiva’s supreme nature.
Meditate on Shiva as Sadashiva with japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), while contemplating Shakti as Māyā to be transcended; support practice with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as Shaiva disciplines that steady the mind toward Manonmanī.