Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 15
Mukti-bheda-nirūpaṇa (Classification of Liberation) and Śiva as the Sole Bestower of Mokṣa
आकाशं व्यापकं यद्वत्तथैव व्यापकन्त्विदम् । मायातीतं परात्मानं द्वन्द्वातीतं विमत्सरम्
ākāśaṃ vyāpakaṃ yadvattathaiva vyāpakantvidam | māyātītaṃ parātmānaṃ dvandvātītaṃ vimatsaram
जैसे आकाश सर्वव्यापक है, वैसे ही यह तत्त्व भी सर्वव्यापक है। यह परात्मा माया से परे, द्वन्द्वों से परे और मत्सर-रहित है।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Mantra: आकाशं व्यापकं यद्वत्तथैव व्यापकन्त्विदम् । मायातीतं परात्मानं द्वन्द्वातीतं विमत्सरम्
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that Shiva, as the Supreme Self (Parātman), pervades everything like space and is untouched by Māyā and the pairs of opposites—guiding the seeker toward non-dual, liberated awareness rooted in Shaiva devotion.
The verse points to Nirguna Shiva (all-pervading, beyond Māyā), while Linga worship provides a Saguna support for meditation—helping the devotee move from form-based worship to realization of Shiva’s formless, pervasive reality.
Meditate on Shiva as all-pervading (vyāpaka) while japa of the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” ideally with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa, cultivating freedom from द्वन्द्व (dualities) and matsara (envy).