Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 67
शिवशक्त्यैक्य-तत्त्वविचारः / Inquiry into the Unity of Śiva and Śakti
Para–Apara Ontology
यस्य यस्य पदार्थस्य या या शक्तिरुदाहृता । सा सा विश्वेश्वरी देवी स स सर्वो महेश्वरः
yasya yasya padārthasya yā yā śaktirudāhṛtā | sā sā viśveśvarī devī sa sa sarvo maheśvaraḥ
ഏത് ഏത് പദാർത്ഥത്തിന്റെയും ഏത് ഏത് ശക്തിയെന്ന് പ്രസ്താവിക്കപ്പെടുന്നുവോ, ആ ആ ശക്തി വിശ്വേശ്വരി ദേവിയത്രേ; ആ പദാർത്ഥം തന്നെ സമഗ്രതയിൽ മഹേശ്വരൻ (മഹാദേവൻ) സ്വയം ആകുന്നു.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha
Sthala Purana: By identifying every entity’s totality with Maheśvara and every potency with Viśveśvarī, the verse resonates with Kāśī’s doctrine of Viśvanātha as the indwelling Lord of all names and forms; pilgrimage centers on realizing the Lord as the inner Self beyond particularities.
Significance: Darśana of Viśvanātha is traditionally held to grant jñāna and liberation (mokṣa) through recognition of Śiva as the all-pervading reality.
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Durgā
Role: nurturing
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It teaches that every manifested power (śakti) is the Goddess, and every empowered reality is ultimately Mahādeva—training the seeker to perceive Pati (Śiva) and His Śakti pervading all experience, which supports liberation-oriented vision (mokṣa-dṛṣṭi).
Linga worship gathers all names, forms, and powers into one sacred symbol: the devotee honors every śakti as Devī and recognizes the substratum of all forms as Maheśvara, making Saguna worship a doorway to realizing Śiva’s all-pervasiveness.
A practical takeaway is śakti-Śiva-smaraṇa: during japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), contemplate that every capacity you witness is Devī’s śakti and offer it inwardly to Śiva, cultivating non-separative devotion and yogic steadiness.