Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 27
त्रिमूर्तिसाम्यं तथा महेश्वरस्य परमार्थकारणत्वम् | Equality of the Trimūrti and Maheśvara as the Supreme Cause
सत्त्वं रजश्च ब्रह्मा च कालत्वे च तमो रजः । विष्णुत्वे केवलं सत्त्वं गुणवृद्धिस्त्रिधा विभौ
sattvaṃ rajaśca brahmā ca kālatve ca tamo rajaḥ | viṣṇutve kevalaṃ sattvaṃ guṇavṛddhistridhā vibhau
No estado de Brahmā há sattva e rajas; e no estado de Kāla (o Tempo) há tamas e rajas. Mas no estado de Viṣṇu há apenas sattva. Assim, no Senhor que tudo permeia, o aumento—o predomínio manifesto—dos guṇa é tríplice.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
FAQs
It explains that the cosmic roles (creation, preservation, time/dissolution) manifest through different predominances of the three guṇas, while the supreme Lord (Śiva) remains the all-pervading source who governs these guṇic functions.
Worship of the Liṅga/Saguṇa Śiva is worship of the Lord who transcends the guṇas yet empowers their threefold operation; devotion centers on Śiva as the master of Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Kāla rather than on guṇic nature itself.
A practical takeaway is guṇa-śuddhi through japa of the Pañcākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") with Tripuṇḍra-bhasma and Rudrākṣa, cultivating sattva while aiming to transcend all three guṇas in Śiva-consciousness.