Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 35
शिवतत्त्वे परापरभावविचारः
Inquiry into Śiva’s Principle and the Parā–Aparā Paradox
संदीपयित्वा कालेन तस्य भासा दिशो दश । रञ्जयित्वा गिरीन्सर्वान्कांचनीकृत्य मेरुणा
saṃdīpayitvā kālena tasya bhāsā diśo daśa | rañjayitvā girīnsarvānkāṃcanīkṛtya meruṇā
కాలక్రమేణా అతని తేజస్సు ప్రదీప్తమై దశదిశలను ప్రకాశింపజేసింది; అది సమస్త పర్వతాలను కాంతితో రంజింపజేసి, మేరు కూడా స్వర్ణమయమైనట్లు చేసింది।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadyojāta
Sthala Purana: Radiance filling the ten directions is a common Purāṇic marker of a divine manifestation; here it signals the maturation of the deposited essence toward Skanda’s appearance at/near Meru.
Significance: Darśana of ‘tejas’ as Śiva’s creative power: devotees seek inner illumination (jñāna) and outer auspiciousness (kānti) through Śiva worship.
Type: stotra
Role: creative
Offering: dipa
Cosmic Event: Directional illumination (daśa diśaḥ) as a cosmic sign (nimitta) of imminent divine manifestation; Meru ‘golden’ indicates world-axis sanctification.
FAQs
It depicts the soul-awakening power of divine radiance: when Pati (the Lord) is revealed, awareness expands in all “ten directions,” and the bound world (pāśa-bound experience) is transfigured into splendor through grace.
The Linga is revered as the sign of Shiva’s limitless light (jyoti). This verse echoes that vision—Shiva’s manifest radiance pervades space and sanctifies creation, supporting Saguna worship that leads the devotee toward the Nirguna truth.
Meditate on Shiva as inner light while repeating the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”); in ritual, worship the Linga with steady lamp/flame (dīpa) as a symbol of that radiance, cultivating purity and one-pointed devotion.