Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 3
शिवस्य विश्वव्याप्तिः—अष्टमूर्तिः पञ्चब्रह्म च | Śiva’s Cosmic Pervasion: Aṣṭamūrti and the Pañcabrahma Forms
ब्रह्मा विष्णुस्तथा रुद्रो महेशानस्सदाशिवः । मूर्तयस्तस्य विज्ञेया याभिर्विश्वमिदं ततम् । अथान्याश्चापि तनवः पञ्च ब्रह्मसमाह्वयाः । तनूभिस्ताभिराव्याप्तमिह किंचिन्न विद्यते
brahmā viṣṇustathā rudro maheśānassadāśivaḥ | mūrtayastasya vijñeyā yābhirviśvamidaṃ tatam | athānyāścāpi tanavaḥ pañca brahmasamāhvayāḥ | tanūbhistābhirāvyāptamiha kiṃcinna vidyate
ब्रह्मा विष्णुस्तथा रुद्रो महेशानः सदाशिवः । मूर्तयस्तस्य विज्ञेया याभिर्विश्वमिदं ततम् ॥ अथान्याश्चापि तनवः पञ्च ब्रह्मसमाह्वयाः । तनूभिस्ताभिराव्याप्तमिह किंचिन्न विद्यते ॥
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that the Supreme Śiva (Pati) pervades all existence through ordered manifestations—Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra, Maheśāna, and Sadāśiva—and also through the deeper ‘Pañcabrahma’ principle, affirming that nothing is outside His presence or governance.
The Liṅga is worshipped as the all-pervading Śiva who is beyond limitation yet accessible through forms. This verse supports Saguna-upāsanā by validating multiple divine modes of Śiva’s functioning while implying the one Reality they express.
A practical takeaway is pañcabrahma-dhyāna—contemplating Śiva’s fivefold presence—combined with japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” using the awareness that the Lord pervades all beings and all directions.