Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 24
शिवस्य परापरब्रह्मस्वरूपनिर्णयः / Determination of Śiva as Higher and Lower Brahman
माता मानं च मेयं च मतिं चाहुरथापरे । कर्ता क्रिया च कार्यं च करणं कारणं परे
mātā mānaṃ ca meyaṃ ca matiṃ cāhurathāpare | kartā kriyā ca kāryaṃ ca karaṇaṃ kāraṇaṃ pare
Certains déclarent qu’Il est le connaissant (sujet), le moyen de connaissance, le connu (objet) et l’intellect connaissant; d’autres proclament qu’Il est l’agent, l’acte, l’effet, l’instrument et la cause elle-même. Ainsi Śiva est enseigné comme Pati, le Seigneur qui pénètre tout, au-delà de toute limite.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that Śiva is not merely one object among others; He is present as the entire structure of knowing and doing—subject, knowledge, object, and also agent, action, and result—so liberation arises by recognizing the Lord as the inner reality of all experience.
Linga-worship trains the mind to see one Lord pervading all names and forms; this verse supports that vision by declaring Śiva as both the worshipper and the worshipped, the means and the fruit—Saguna devotion leading into the realization of His all-pervading supremacy.
Meditate during japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) that every cognition and every action is offered into Śiva—performing daily pūjā with bhasma and rudrākṣa as reminders that the doer-ship and results belong to the Lord.