Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 14
सतीकृतप्रार्थना तथा परतत्त्वजिज्ञासा — Satī’s Prayer and Inquiry into the Supreme Principle
तद्दुर्लभं त्रिलोकेस्मिंस्तज्ज्ञाता विरलः प्रिये । यादृशो यस्सदासोहं ब्रह्मसाक्षात्परात्परः
taddurlabhaṃ trilokesmiṃstajjñātā viralaḥ priye | yādṛśo yassadāsohaṃ brahmasākṣātparātparaḥ
«Esa Realidad es dificilísima de alcanzar en los tres mundos, amada mía, y quien la conoce de verdad es en verdad muy raro. Tal como Yo soy eternamente—realizado directamente como Brahman—Yo soy el Supremo, más allá de lo más allá.»
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: teaching
FAQs
Shiva declares that direct realization of the Supreme (Brahman) is extremely rare, and affirms Himself as that Paratpara Reality—teaching that liberation comes through knowing Shiva as the highest truth, not merely as a worldly deity.
Though Shiva speaks here in transcendent (Nirguna) terms, Shaiva tradition approaches this Paratpara through Saguna supports like the Shiva Linga—worship and contemplation leading the devotee from form to the formless truth Shiva embodies.
The takeaway is steady Shiva-upasana aimed at direct realization: japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namah Shivaya) with focused meditation on Shiva as the Supreme, supported by disciplined worship (puja) as a means to rare, liberating knowledge.