Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 23
शक्त्यादिसृष्टिनिरूपणम् / The Account of Creation Beginning with Śakti
ततः पुनरशेषाणां भूतानां प्रभवाप्ययात् । अव्यक्तादभवत्सृष्टिराज्ञया परमेष्ठिनः
tataḥ punaraśeṣāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ prabhavāpyayāt | avyaktādabhavatsṛṣṭirājñayā parameṣṭhinaḥ
അതിനുശേഷം സർവ്വഭൂതങ്ങളുടെ ഉദ്ഭവവും ലയവും നടക്കുന്നതിനായി, അവ്യക്തത്തിൽ നിന്ന് സൃഷ്ടി പരമേഷ്ഠി പ്രഭുവിന്റെ ആജ്ഞയാൽ വീണ്ടും പ്രവഹിച്ചു.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Role: creative
Cosmic Event: cyclic creation within recurring origination–dissolution (prabhava–apyaya) under divine command
FAQs
It teaches that the universe is not random: all origination and dissolution occur from the subtle Unmanifest, governed by the Supreme Lord—pointing the seeker to recognize Shiva (Pati) as the ultimate controller beyond changing phenomena.
Since creation arises by the Supreme Lord’s ordinance, Linga-worship becomes a way to worship that very transcendent source through a sacred, accessible form—honoring Shiva as both beyond manifestation and present as its inner ruler.
Meditate on Shiva as the Lord of sṛṣṭi and pralaya while mentally repeating the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), cultivating detachment from the cycle of arising and dissolving and steadiness in the Unchanging.