Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 11
पशु-पाश-पतिविचारः / Inquiry into Paśu, Pāśa, and Pati
तिलेषु वा यथा तैलं दध्नि वा सर्पिरर्पितम् । यथापः स्रोतसि व्याप्ता यथारण्यां हुताशनः
tileṣu vā yathā tailaṃ dadhni vā sarpirarpitam | yathāpaḥ srotasi vyāptā yathāraṇyāṃ hutāśanaḥ
De même que l’huile demeure dans les graines de sésame et que le ghee est contenu dans le caillé; de même que l’eau imprègne le courant qui s’écoule et que le feu se répand dans la forêt—ainsi le Seigneur (Śiva), le Soi intérieur, pénètre tous les êtres et tous les mondes, bien qu’il demeure invisible au regard extérieur.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches Śiva’s subtle immanence: the Supreme Pati is present within all as their inner reality, like hidden oil in sesame. Liberation arises when this pervasion is recognized through right knowledge and devotion.
The Liṅga is a sacred support for meditation on the formless, all-pervading Śiva. By worshipping Saguna Śiva through the Liṅga, the devotee is led to perceive the same Śiva as the unseen essence within all beings.
Meditate on Śiva as indwelling presence while repeating the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), using Liṅga-dhyāna; let the mind seek the ‘hidden essence’ of consciousness as oil is sought in sesame.