Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 77
शिवशक्त्यैक्य-तत्त्वविचारः / Inquiry into the Unity of Śiva and Śakti
Para–Apara Ontology
सैवेह परमं धाम सैवेह परमा गतिः । सैवेह परमा काष्ठा विभूतिः परमेष्ठिनः
saiveha paramaṃ dhāma saiveha paramā gatiḥ | saiveha paramā kāṣṭhā vibhūtiḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
Di sini juga, hanya dalam Śiva ada kediaman tertinggi; hanya dalam Śiva ada tujuan paling luhur. Hanya dalam Śiva ada kemuncak terakhir—keagungan transenden, Vibhūti milik Parameṣṭhin, Tuhan Yang Maha Tinggi.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Mantra: saiveha paramaṃ dhāma saiveha paramā gatiḥ | saiveha paramā kāṣṭhā vibhūtiḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Umā
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It declares Śiva as both the means and the end: the highest refuge (dhāma), the supreme attainment (gati), and the final culmination (kāṣṭhā). From a Śaiva Siddhānta lens, liberation is fulfilled in realizing and abiding in Pati (Śiva), the supreme Lord, as the ultimate reality beyond all limited bonds.
By affirming “Śiva alone” as the supreme goal, it supports Linga-worship and saguna-upāsanā as valid, grace-bearing approaches that lead the devotee toward the highest realization of Śiva’s transcendence. The Linga functions as the accessible focus through which devotion and contemplation mature into liberation centered on Śiva.
Single-pointed Śiva-anusandhāna is implied: steady japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), dhyāna on Śiva/Linga, and living with Śiva as the sole refuge and final aim—so that practice is oriented to mokṣa rather than worldly gain.