Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 27
कार्त्तिकेयान्वेषण-नन्दिसंवाद-वर्णनम्
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विष्णुस्त्वं जगतां व्यापी नान्यो जातोसि शांभव । यथा न केषां व्याप्यं च तत्सर्वं व्यापकं नभः
viṣṇustvaṃ jagatāṃ vyāpī nānyo jātosi śāṃbhava | yathā na keṣāṃ vyāpyaṃ ca tatsarvaṃ vyāpakaṃ nabhaḥ
हे शांभवा! तूच जगतांचा सर्वव्यापी प्रभू आहेस, तत्त्वतः विष्णुस्वरूप; तुझ्यासारखा दुसरा कोणी जन्मला नाही. जसे आकाश कोणत्याही आधाराविना सर्वत्र पसरते, तसेच तू सर्वत्र व्याप्त आहेस।
Sanatkumāra
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
FAQs
The verse teaches that Śiva is the supreme all-pervading Pati, and that “Viṣṇu” here signifies the pervading cosmic principle—pointing to the oneness of divine sovereignty rather than sectarian difference.
Though Śiva is formless and all-pervading like the sky, devotees worship Him in Saguna form—especially the Liṅga—as a concentrated support for devotion and realization of the same all-pervading reality.
Meditate on Śiva as vyāpaka (all-pervading) while japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” letting the mind expand like the sky; optionally support practice with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as Shaiva aids.