Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 9
त्रिमूर्तिसाम्यं तथा महेश्वरस्य परमार्थकारणत्वम् | Equality of the Trimūrti and Maheśvara as the Supreme Cause
देवो गुणत्रयातीतश्चतुर्व्यूहो महेश्वरः । सकलस्सकलाधारशक्तेरुत्पत्तिकारणम्
devo guṇatrayātītaścaturvyūho maheśvaraḥ | sakalassakalādhāraśakterutpattikāraṇam
മഹാദേവൻ ത്രിഗുണാതീതൻ. മഹേശ്വരനായി അദ്ദേഹം ചതുര്വ്യൂഹമായി പ്രത്യക്ഷപ്പെട്ടാലും അദ്ദേഹം പൂർണ്ണനും പരിപൂർണ്ണനും; സർവ്വ തത്ത്വങ്ങളുടെ ആധാരവും ശക്തിയുടെ ഉദ്ഭവകാരണമാകെ സൃഷ്ടിയെ വികാസിപ്പിക്കുന്നവനും ആകുന്നു.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: creative
Cosmic Event: cosmogonic emanation (Śakti-utpatti and tattva-support)
FAQs
It identifies Śiva as Pati (the Supreme Lord) who is untouched by the three guṇas, while still being the ground of all manifestation; realizing Him as both transcendent and immanent is presented as a key to liberation.
By calling Him “sakala” and the support of all, the verse supports saguna-upāsanā (worship with attributes), such as Liṅga worship, as a valid approach to the same guṇātīta Reality who is ultimately beyond all limiting qualities.
Meditate on Śiva as guṇātīta while worshipping His sakala form through Liṅga-pūjā and japa of the Pañcākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), uniting inner contemplation with outer devotion.