Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 21
अर्धनारीश्वरप्रादुर्भावः
Manifestation of Ardhanārīśvara and the Impulse for Procreative Creation
जयात्मत्रयनिर्मात्रि जयात्मत्रयपालिनि । जयात्मत्रयसंहर्त्रि जयात्मत्रयनायिके
jayātmatrayanirmātri jayātmatrayapālini | jayātmatrayasaṃhartri jayātmatrayanāyike
Kemenangan bagi-Mu, wahai Ibu yang melahirkan triad diri; kemenangan bagi-Mu yang memelihara triad itu. Kemenangan bagi-Mu yang menarik kembali triad itu; kemenangan bagi-Mu, Pemimpin agung dan penguasa bagi triad itu.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadyojāta
Mantra: जयात्मत्रयनिर्मात्रि जयात्मत्रयपालिनि । जयात्मत्रयसंहर्त्रि जयात्मत्रयनायिके
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: creative
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It praises the Divine Mother as the Shakti through whom the triadic cosmic functions—manifestation, preservation, and withdrawal—operate, pointing the devotee toward surrender to Shiva-Shakti as the means to liberation.
In Shiva Purana devotion, the Linga signifies Shiva as Pati, while this verse highlights Shakti as His inseparable power; worship becomes complete when the devotee honors the Saguna form of Shiva together with the Mother who enables all cosmic activity.
Use it as a stotra during japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), mentally contemplating the three functions—creation, sustenance, dissolution—while offering bilva leaves or applying Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) as an act of Shaiva surrender.