Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 17
गौरीप्रवेशः—शिवसाक्षात्कारः
Gaurī’s Entry and the Vision of Śiva
विद्याप्रत्यायिका त्वं मे वेद्यो ऽहं प्रत्ययात्तव । विद्यावेद्यात्मनोरेव विश्लेषः कथमावयोः
vidyāpratyāyikā tvaṃ me vedyo 'haṃ pratyayāttava | vidyāvedyātmanoreva viśleṣaḥ kathamāvayoḥ
Tu és o Conhecimento que faz nascer em mim a realização; e eu sou Aquele que deve ser conhecido pela visão desperta por ti. Se conhecimento e conhecível são de uma só essência, como poderia haver separação entre nós?
Lord Shiva (as the supreme teacher in the Vāyavīyasaṃhitā philosophical dialogue)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Sthala Purana: No jyotirliṅga setting; the verse is a jñāna-teaching: Śiva as the knowable (vedya) revealed by Śakti as vidyā that produces certitude (pratyaya).
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that true spiritual knowledge (vidyā) and the Supreme to be known (Shiva as the knowable Reality) are not ultimately separate; realization dissolves the sense of difference and points toward liberation.
Linga worship begins with form (saguṇa upāsanā) to generate inner certainty; as insight matures, the devotee recognizes Shiva as the one Reality revealed through knowledge—so the outer symbol leads to inner non-separation.
Meditate on Shiva as both the revealer (knowledge) and the revealed (knowable), repeating the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” to stabilize pratyaya (firm inner certitude) until the sense of separation falls away.