Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 53
सर्वेश्वर-परमकारण-निरूपणम् / The Supreme Lord as the Uncaused Cause
एतन्मनोमयं चक्रं मया सृष्टं विसृज्यते । यत्रास्य शीर्यते नेमिः स देशस्तपसश्शुभः
etanmanomayaṃ cakraṃ mayā sṛṣṭaṃ visṛjyate | yatrāsya śīryate nemiḥ sa deśastapasaśśubhaḥ
“Roda yang terbentuk daripada minda ini, yang Aku ciptakan, kini Aku lepaskan dan Aku gerakkan. Di mana bibir rodanya haus lalu pecah, tempat itu suci dan bertuah untuk tapa (tapas).”
Lord Shiva (as the supreme Pati teaching through the Vayu Samhita’s yogic-philosophical narration)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: A cosmo-ritual etiology: a ‘mind-made wheel’ is created and released; where its rim breaks becomes a tapas-kṣetra. This resembles a mythic charter for sacred geography rather than a single Jyotirliṅga origin.
Significance: Sanctifies landscape through divine intentionality: places are holy because they are ‘touched’ by Śiva’s will and become fit for tapas, i.e., for pāśa-kṣaya and anugraha.
Role: teaching
FAQs
The verse teaches that sacred geography is not merely external: the Lord’s will (Pati) can reveal auspicious fields for tapas, and the “mind-made wheel” points to the mind as a subtle instrument whose movement determines where spiritual intensity manifests.
It supports Saguna Shiva’s role as the compassionate guide who establishes holy places and conditions for sādhana; such places become fit for Linga-worship, japa, and meditation because they are marked by Shiva’s intentional “release” of spiritual potency.
Undertake tapas in a consecrated/holy place with steady mind—practically expressed in Shaiva practice as japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), dhyāna on Shiva, and disciplined observances (optionally with bhasma/tripuṇḍra and rudrāksha as supports).