Shloka 41
शिवशिवयोर्जगत्पितृमातृत्व-प्रतिपादनं तथा मेनायाः विमोहः (Śiva–Śivā as Cosmic Father and Mother; Menā’s Delusion and the Sages’ Intervention)
धत्ते च त्रिविधा मूर्ती प्रकृतिः शिवसम्भवा । अंशेन लीलया सृष्टौ कलया बहुधा अपि
dhatte ca trividhā mūrtī prakṛtiḥ śivasambhavā | aṃśena līlayā sṛṣṭau kalayā bahudhā api
Et la Prakṛti issue de Śiva revêt une triple incarnation. Dans la création, elle se manifeste en līlā, par une part (aṁśa), et encore de bien des manières par ses puissances et ses phases (kalā).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
FAQs
It teaches that creation is not independent material chance: Prakṛti is Śiva-sambhavā—arising from Śiva—and her many manifestations (kalā, aṁśa) are expressions of divine līlā, while Śiva remains the supreme Pati beyond limitation.
Linga worship centers on Śiva as the transcendent source from whom Śakti/Prakṛti proceeds. Seeing the world as Śiva’s power helps the devotee move from outward forms (saguṇa manifestations) to the formless reality indicated by the Linga.
Meditate with the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—contemplating that all changing kalās of the world are Śakti, while the witnessing consciousness is Śiva; offer bhasma/tripuṇḍra and japa as a reminder of detachment from Prakṛti’s transformations.