Shloka 8
ब्रह्माण्डदान-प्रशंसा तथा ब्रह्माण्ड-प्रमाण-वर्णनम्
Praise of the Gift of the Cosmic Egg and Description of the Brahmāṇḍa’s Measure
यत्तत्कारणमव्यक्तं व्यक्तं शिवमनामयम् । तस्मात्संजायते ब्रह्मा द्विधाभूताद्धि कालतः
yattatkāraṇamavyaktaṃ vyaktaṃ śivamanāmayam | tasmātsaṃjāyate brahmā dvidhābhūtāddhi kālataḥ
जे अव्यक्त कारणतत्त्व आहे आणि जे व्यक्तरूपाने अनामय शिव आहेत—त्यांच्यापासूनच ब्रह्मा उत्पन्न होतो; कारण काळाच्या प्रभावाने ते एक तत्त्व द्विरूप होते.
Suta Goswami (narrating Shaiva doctrine to the sages, consistent with Uma Samhita’s philosophical discourse)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
FAQs
It teaches that Shiva alone is the ultimate Cause—both unmanifest (transcendent) and manifest (immanent). Creation begins when, through Kāla (Time), the One appears as twofold, and from that manifestation Brahmā arises; thus the seeker should take refuge in Shiva as Pati, the stainless source beyond all defect.
The verse supports Linga worship by affirming Shiva as both avyakta (beyond form) and vyakta (accessible in form). The Linga is precisely this bridge—aniconic yet present—through which devotees approach the manifest Shiva while remembering His unmanifest supremacy.
Meditate on Shiva as the pure, defectless Cause while chanting the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and worship the Shiva Linga with inner contemplation of the unmanifest (avyakta) and outer devotion to the manifest (vyakta) Lord.