Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 3
त्रिमूर्तिसाम्यं तथा महेश्वरस्य परमार्थकारणत्वम् | Equality of the Trimūrti and Maheśvara as the Supreme Cause
सर्वतो भुवनव्याप्तिशक्तिमव्याहतां क्वचित् । ज्ञानमप्रतिमं शश्वदैश्वर्यं चाणिमादिकम्
sarvato bhuvanavyāptiśaktimavyāhatāṃ kvacit | jñānamapratimaṃ śaśvadaiśvaryaṃ cāṇimādikam
พระองค์ทรงมีพลังแผ่ซ่านครอบคลุมสรรพโลกทุกทิศโดยไม่ถูกขัดขวาง ณ ที่ใดเลย ทรงมีญาณอันหาที่เปรียบมิได้ และทรงดำรงไว้ซึ่งอิศวรภาพอันเป็นทิพย์เป็นนิตย์ พร้อมด้วยสิทธิ์โยคะตั้งแต่อณิมาเป็นต้น
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
FAQs
The verse praises Shiva as Pati—the supreme Lord whose shakti (power), jñāna (perfect knowledge), and aiśvarya (sovereignty) are eternal and unobstructed, establishing Him as the all-pervading source of grace and liberation.
Though Shiva is described as all-pervading and beyond limitation, devotees approach Him through Saguna forms such as the Shiva Linga, where the same infinite pervasion, knowledge, and lordship are reverently invoked and made accessible for devotion and meditation.
Meditate on Shiva’s omnipresence and repeat the Panchakshara (Om Namah Shivaya); treat siddhis like aṇimā as incidental, keeping the mind fixed on Shiva as the giver of jñāna and moksha.