Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 34
त्रिमूर्तिसाम्यं तथा महेश्वरस्य परमार्थकारणत्वम् | Equality of the Trimūrti and Maheśvara as the Supreme Cause
तेजो दशगुणेनैव वायुना बहिरावृतम् । आकाशेनावृतो वायुः खं च भूतादिनावृतम्
tejo daśaguṇenaiva vāyunā bahirāvṛtam | ākāśenāvṛto vāyuḥ khaṃ ca bhūtādināvṛtam
O fogo é envolvido externamente pelo ar, dez vezes (maior). O ar é envolvido pelo éter/espaço (ākāśa), e o éter, por sua vez, é envolvido pelo princípio que começa com os elementos (bhūtādi).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Role: creative
Cosmic Event: progression from gross to subtle coverings: tejas→vāyu→ākāśa→bhūtādi (source-principle)
FAQs
It teaches viveka (discernment) by mapping how the gross elements are successively encompassed by subtler principles, guiding the seeker to look beyond material layers toward Pati (Shiva), the transcendent ground of all tattvas.
The Linga symbolizes Shiva as the substratum beyond the elemental sheathes; contemplating this hierarchy supports Saguna worship as a doorway to realizing Shiva as the ultimate cause surpassing fire, air, and ether.
A practical takeaway is tattva-dhyana: meditate from gross to subtle (fire → air → ether → their causal principle), while internally repeating the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” to steady awareness in Shiva rather than in changing elements.