Shloka 3
प्रकृतितत्त्व-विचारः / Inquiry into Prakṛti (Nature/Śakti) and Śiva’s Transcendence
सा शक्तिः प्रकृतिर्ज्ञेया सर्वेषामपि कर्मणाम् । तया विरच्यते सर्वं पाल्यते च विनाश्यते
sā śaktiḥ prakṛtirjñeyā sarveṣāmapi karmaṇām | tayā viracyate sarvaṃ pālyate ca vināśyate
ആ ശക്തിയെയാണ് ‘പ്രകൃതി’ എന്ന് അറിയേണ്ടത്—എല്ലാ കര്മ്മങ്ങളുടെയും പ്രവര്ത്തകശക്തി അവളാണ്. അവളാൽ തന്നെയാണ് സർവ്വജഗത്തും സൃഷ്ടിക്കപ്പെടുന്നത്, പരിപാലിക്കപ്പെടുന്നത്, ഒടുവിൽ ലയിപ്പിക്കപ്പെടുന്നതും।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: creative
FAQs
It teaches that cosmic activity—creation, maintenance, and dissolution—operates through Śakti as Prakṛti, while Shiva is understood as the supreme Lord (Pati) who transcends and empowers that process; discerning this helps loosen bondage to karma and supports liberation.
Linga worship honors Shiva as the transcendent ground of being, while acknowledging that the manifest universe functions through His Śakti; devotion to Saguna Shiva naturally includes reverence for the Divine Power that performs the world-process.
Meditate on Shiva-Śakti unity while japa of the Panchakshara mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and offer Tripuṇḍra bhasma with the intent of seeing all actions as empowered by Śakti and surrendered to Shiva.