Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 12
अग्नीषोमात्मकविश्ववर्णनम् / The Universe as Agni–Soma
Fire and Nectar
शिवश्चोर्ध्वमधश्शक्तिरूर्ध्वं शक्तिरधः शिवः । तदित्थं शिवशक्तिभ्यान्नाव्याप्तमिह किञ्चन
śivaścordhvamadhaśśaktirūrdhvaṃ śaktiradhaḥ śivaḥ | taditthaṃ śivaśaktibhyānnāvyāptamiha kiñcana
മുകളിൽ ശിവൻ, താഴെ ശക്തി; അതുപോലെ മുകളിൽ ശക്തി, താഴെ ശിവൻ. ഇങ്ങനെ ഇവിടെ ശിവ-ശക്തികളാൽ വ്യാപിക്കാത്തത് ഒന്നുമില്ല.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Ardhanārīśvara
Significance: Meditation on Śiva-Śakti all-pervasion is taught as a direct means to loosen pāśa (bondage) and orient the paśu toward anugraha (grace).
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Umā
Role: liberating
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It teaches that all existence is permeated by the inseparable realities of Śiva (Pati, the supreme Lord) and Śakti (His power), so nothing is outside divine presence; this supports a contemplative vision that dissolves the sense of separation.
The Liṅga symbolizes Śiva as the all-pervading reality; worship of Saguna Śiva trains the mind to recognize that the same Śiva-Śakti pervades every level—above and below, subtle and gross—until one perceives the Liṅga-principle everywhere.
A practical takeaway is pervasion-meditation (vyāpti-bhāvanā): while repeating the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” contemplate that all directions and all states of experience are filled with Śiva-Śakti, making daily life itself a form of worship.