Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 32
शिवशक्त्यैक्य-तत्त्वविचारः / Inquiry into the Unity of Śiva and Śakti
Para–Apara Ontology
इच्छाशक्तिर्महेशस्य नित्या कार्यनियामिका । ज्ञानशक्तिस्तु तत्कार्यं करणं कारणं तथा
icchāśaktirmaheśasya nityā kāryaniyāmikā | jñānaśaktistu tatkāryaṃ karaṇaṃ kāraṇaṃ tathā
សក្តិឆន្ទៈរបស់ព្រះមហេស្វរៈ គឺអស់កល្បជានិច្ច និងគ្រប់គ្រងលទ្ធផលដែលបង្ហាញទាំងអស់។ សក្តិចំណេះដឹងរបស់ព្រះអង្គ ក៏ជាលទ្ធផលនោះផងដែរ ជាទាំងឧបករណ៍ និងមូលហេតុដើមសម្រាប់ការសម្រេច។
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that all transformation in the universe is governed by Śiva’s eternal Śakti—especially will (icchā) and knowledge (jñāna)—so liberation comes by aligning one’s limited will and understanding with the Lord who is the inner regulator (niyāmaka).
In Liṅga worship, the devotee approaches Saguna Śiva as the accessible focus, while contemplating that the same Lord—through icchā- and jñāna-śakti—operates as both the unseen cause and the effective instrument behind all manifested forms, including the Liṅga.
Meditate on Śiva as the inner governor of thought and action, repeating the Pañcākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") with the intent (icchā) to surrender and the clarity (jñāna) to discern Śiva as the true doer behind all karmic outcomes.