Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 19
त्रिमूर्तिसाम्यं तथा महेश्वरस्य परमार्थकारणत्वम् | Equality of the Trimūrti and Maheśvara as the Supreme Cause
रसादापस्समुत्पन्नास्तेभ्यो गन्धसमुद्भवः । गन्धाच्च पृथिवी जाता भूतेभ्योन्यच्चराचरम्
rasādāpassamutpannāstebhyo gandhasamudbhavaḥ | gandhācca pṛthivī jātā bhūtebhyonyaccarācaram
രസത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ആപഃ (ജലം) ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു; ആ ജലത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഗന്ധ-തത്ത്വം പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടു. ഗന്ധത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പൃഥിവി (ഭൂമി) ജനിച്ചു; ഭൂതങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് മറ്റു സകല ചരാചരങ്ങളും പ്രകടമായി.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadyojāta
Role: creative
FAQs
It outlines the ordered manifestation of the gross elements, helping the seeker discern that the world is a produced (dependent) reality, while Shiva as Pati is the independent ground beyond these evolutes—supporting detachment and tattva-viveka.
By explaining how the elements and beings arise, the text directs attention to their source and support—Shiva—who is worshipped as the Linga, the stable sign of the transcendent Pati sustaining all changing forms.
A practical takeaway is bhuta-shuddhi (inner purification by contemplating the elements dissolving back to their subtle causes) alongside japa of the Panchakshara, "Om Namaḥ Śivāya," to rest awareness in Shiva beyond sensory qualities like taste and smell.