Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 10
षडध्ववेदनम् (Ṣaḍadhva-vedanam) — The Sixfold Path: Sound, Meaning, and Tattva-Distribution
कलाभिस्तानि तत्त्वानि व्याप्तान्येव यथातथम् । परस्याः प्रकृतेरादौ पञ्चधा परिणामतः
kalābhistāni tattvāni vyāptānyeva yathātatham | parasyāḥ prakṛterādau pañcadhā pariṇāmataḥ
Estes tattvas são, de fato, permeados pelas kalās (potências divinas) exatamente como são. No início da Prakṛti suprema, pelo processo de transformação, desdobram-se de modo quíntuplo.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: creative
Cosmic Event: cosmic emanation (sṛṣṭi-krama) from Parā Prakṛti
FAQs
It frames creation as a structured unfolding of tattvas within Supreme Prakriti, all pervaded by higher kalās—pointing to Shiva’s immanent governance of the cosmos and the seeker’s need to discern these layers to move toward liberation.
Linga-worship trains the mind to perceive the One Lord as both transcendent and pervading; this verse supports that vision by stating that the categories of manifestation are penetrated by divine energies, making Saguna worship a doorway to realizing the all-pervading Pati (Shiva).
A practical takeaway is tattva-viveka (discriminative contemplation) during japa of the Panchakshara—mentally offering the fivefold evolution back into Shiva—supported by Shaiva disciplines like vibhuti (Tripundra) and steady dhyana on the Linga as the ground of all tattvas.