Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 9
Śiva’s Boon to Viśvakarman and the Manifestation of Devī
Bhavānī/Parāśakti
यस्या वाचो निवर्तन्ते मनसा चेंद्रियैः सह । सा भर्तुर्वपुषो भागाज्जातेव समदृश्यत
yasyā vāco nivartante manasā ceṃdriyaiḥ saha | sā bharturvapuṣo bhāgājjāteva samadṛśyata
She—whom speech, along with the mind and the senses, cannot reach and therefore falls back from—was seen as though she had been born from a portion of her Lord’s own body.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: teaching
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It teaches that the Supreme Reality (Shiva with Shakti) transcends ordinary language, thought, and sense-perception; yet, by divine grace, the transcendent becomes perceptible in a sacred form, revealing the Lord’s immanence without losing His transcendence.
Because speech and mind cannot fully grasp the Absolute, the devotee relies on Saguna worship—such as the Shiva Linga—as a merciful, accessible manifestation through which devotion and meditation mature into insight toward the formless (Nirguna) truth.
Practice inward japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with sense-restraint (pratyāhāra) and steady contemplation of Shiva’s form (or Linga), allowing thought and speech to quiet into reverent silence.
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