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
Essa Realidade é a Causa não manifesta (avyakta) e também a manifesta (vyakta): Śiva, o Senhor imaculado e sem enfermidade. Dele nasce Brahmā, pois pelo poder do Tempo, o Uno torna-se duplo.
Suta Goswami (narrating Shaiva doctrine to the sages, consistent with Uma Samhita’s philosophical discourse)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: Contemplation of Śiva as both avyakta-kāraṇa (transcendent cause) and vyakta (immanent manifest) is a doctrinal tīrtha: it purifies wrong views about creation and establishes devotion to Pati as the true source beyond Brahmā.
Role: creative
Cosmic Event: Cosmogony: emergence of Brahmā from Śiva; differentiation ‘one becomes twofold’ through Kāla-śakti.
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.