Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 25
अन्तराय-उपसर्ग-विवेचनम् / Analysis of Yogic Obstacles (Antarāyas) and Upasargas
द्वाभ्यां देहविनिर्माणमाप्यैश्वर्यसमन्वितम् । एतच्चतुर्विंशतिधा तैजसं परिचक्षते
dvābhyāṃ dehavinirmāṇamāpyaiśvaryasamanvitam | etaccaturviṃśatidhā taijasaṃ paricakṣate
രണ്ട് തത്ത്വങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നാണ് ദേഹനിർമ്മാണം; അത് ആപ്യ (ജലതത്ത്വ) ഐശ്വര്യത്തോടെ സമന്വിതമാണ്. ഇതിനെ ‘തൈജസം’ എന്നു പറയുന്നു; ഇത് ഇരുപത്തിനാലു വിധമായി പ്രസ്താവിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadashiva
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga narrative; this is a tattva-style statement: body-formation from ‘two’ principles and a ‘twenty-fourfold’ taijasa manifestation, echoing classical enumerations of constituents (often read alongside Sāṃkhya-like 24 categories, reinterpreted under Śiva’s lordship).
Significance: Philosophical merit (jñāna-puṇya): contemplation of tattva-structure reduces delusion (pāśa) by seeing embodiment as a constructed order dependent on higher governance.
Role: creative
FAQs
It points to how embodied existence is a constructed, analyzable process (tattva-based), and implies that liberation comes by discerning these constituents and turning awareness toward Pati—Shiva—who is beyond the twenty-fourfold field of prakriti.
By analyzing the body and its elemental powers as effects within prakriti, the devotee is led to worship the Linga as the sign of the transcendent Lord—Shiva—who is not limited to elemental or psychological constituents, even while graciously appearing in saguna form for devotion.
A practical takeaway is tattva-vicāra (contemplation of the body’s constituents) alongside japa of the Panchakshara—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—to detach from pasha (bondage) and recollect Shiva as the inner Lord.