Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 14
विष्णूत्पत्तिवर्णनम्
Description of the Origin/Manifestation of Viṣṇu
यस्येत्थं संविकल्पंते संज्ञासंज्ञोक्तितः स्म वै । कियता चैव कालेन द्वितीयेच्छाऽभवत्किल
yasyetthaṃ saṃvikalpaṃte saṃjñāsaṃjñoktitaḥ sma vai | kiyatā caiva kālena dvitīyecchā'bhavatkila
ഇങ്ങനെ അവനിൽ സംജ്ഞയും സംജ്ഞോക്തിയും (പേരു-പേരിട്ടത്) എന്ന പ്രകടന-വ്യവഹാരത്തിലൂടെ ഇത്തരത്തിലുള്ള നിർണ്ണയങ്ങൾ ഉദിച്ചു. തുടർന്ന് കുറെ കാലത്തിന് ശേഷം, രണ്ടാമത്തെ ഇച്ഛാ-പ്രേരണം പ്രകടമായതായി പറയുന്നു.
Sūta Gosvāmin
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: creative
Cosmic Event: Cosmogonic onset of nāma-rūpa (designation/expression) and emergence of will within the manifesting order.
FAQs
It points to manifestation beginning as a movement of Shiva’s Will (icchā) and the arising of conceptual distinctions through naming—showing how the One appears as many while remaining the supreme Pati.
Name-and-form (saṁjñā and expression) are the basis of Saguna approach; the Linga is the sacred sign through which devotees relate to the transcendent Shiva without reducing Him to mere form.
Contemplate Shiva as the source of icchā-śakti and practice japa of the Panchākṣarī—"Om Namaḥ Śivāya"—to steady the mind beyond conceptual vikalpas (constructs) into devotion and inner stillness.