Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 6
अग्नीषोमात्मकविश्ववर्णनम् / The Universe as Agni–Soma
Fire and Nectar
विद्युदादिमयन्तेजो मधुरादिमयो रसः । तेजोरसविभेदैस्तु धृतमेतच्चराचरम्
vidyudādimayantejo madhurādimayo rasaḥ | tejorasavibhedaistu dhṛtametaccarācaram
Tejas tersusun dari wujud seperti kilat dan sejenisnya, sedangkan rasa tersusun dari corak seperti manis dan sejenisnya. Dengan pembedaan tejas dan rasa inilah seluruh jagat—yang bergerak dan yang tak bergerak—ditopang.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Shakti Form: Annapūrṇā
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It points to how the manifest universe is maintained through differentiated powers (tejas) and experiential essences (rasa), encouraging the seeker to look beyond changing qualities to Shiva (Pati) as the ultimate support of all tattvas.
The Linga is worshipped as the sign of the all-supporting Reality: while tejas and rasa sustain the visible cosmos, Saguna Shiva is contemplated as the Lord who upholds and governs these functions, and the Linga gathers that truth into a single focus of devotion.
Meditate on Shiva as the inner substratum of sensory experience—observe taste and energy as changing modes, and mentally offer them into the Linga while repeating the Panchakshara mantra, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya.”