Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 25
शिवस्य विश्वव्याप्तिः—अष्टमूर्तिः पञ्चब्रह्म च | Śiva’s Cosmic Pervasion: Aṣṭamūrti and the Pañcabrahma Forms
सर्वात्मनामधिष्ठात्री सर्वक्षेत्रनिवासिनी । मूर्तिः पशुपतेर्ज्ञेया पशुपाशनिकृंतनी । दीपयंती जगत्सर्वं दिवाकरसमाह्वया । ईशानाख्यमहेशस्य मूर्तिर्दिवि विसर्पति
sarvātmanāmadhiṣṭhātrī sarvakṣetranivāsinī | mūrtiḥ paśupaterjñeyā paśupāśanikṛṃtanī | dīpayaṃtī jagatsarvaṃ divākarasamāhvayā | īśānākhyamaheśasya mūrtirdivi visarpati
She is the presiding power within all embodied selves and the indweller in every sacred field of existence. She is to be known as the Form of Paśupati, the Cutter of the bonds that bind the soul (paśu). By the name “Divākara” she illumines the entire universe; and this very Form of Maheśvara, called Īśāna, spreads and shines in the heavens.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Shakti Form: Gaurī
Role: liberating
Cosmic Event: Solar/Divākara principle as cosmic illumination (aṣṭamūrti mapping)
FAQs
It teaches the Shaiva Siddhanta frame of Pati (Shiva) as the supreme Lord who, through His manifest power, presides within all beings and severs the soul’s bondage (pāśa), granting illumination and liberation.
By describing Īśāna/Divākara as a “mūrti” (manifest form) that pervades the heavens and illumines the cosmos, the verse supports Saguna worship—approaching Shiva through a perceivable form (including the Linga) while recognizing His indwelling lordship in all kṣetras.
Meditate on Īśāna as the inner ruler and cosmic illuminator, and pair it with japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) as a discipline aimed at cutting pāśas (bondages) such as ignorance and karmic limitation.