Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 69
शिवशक्त्यैक्य-तत्त्वविचारः / Inquiry into the Unity of Śiva and Śakti
Para–Apara Ontology
यथा दीपस्य दीप्तस्य शिखा दीपयते गृहम् । तथा तेजस्तयोरेतद्व्याप्य दीपयते जगत्
yathā dīpasya dīptasya śikhā dīpayate gṛham | tathā tejastayoretadvyāpya dīpayate jagat
De même que la flamme d’une lampe ardente éclaire une maison, ainsi cette radiance des Deux, pénétrant tout et se répandant partout, illumine le monde entier.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: Interprets sacred sites and worship as ‘illumination’ by Śiva-Śakti tejas; the devotee seeks inner light (jñāna) through darśana and pūjā.
Shakti Form: Gaurī
Role: liberating
Offering: dipa
FAQs
It teaches that illumination—consciousness and divine tejas—does not remain confined; like a lamp-flame, Shiva’s light pervades and reveals the whole world, pointing the seeker toward the all-pervading Pati (Lord Shiva) as the ground of knowing.
The Linga is worshipped as the visible focus of the invisible, all-pervading light (tejas). Concentrating on Saguna Shiva in the Linga trains the mind to recognize that the same radiance is not limited to the shrine but pervades all beings and worlds.
Meditate on Shiva as jyoti (inner light) while japa of the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” optionally before a lamp or the Linga, contemplating that the one radiance pervades the entire jagat and dispels inner darkness (avidyā).