Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 6
सर्वेश्वर-परमकारण-निरूपणम् / The Supreme Lord as the Uncaused Cause
ईशो वृक्ष इव स्तब्धो य एको दिवि तिष्ठति । येनेदमखिलं पूर्णं पुरुषेण महात्मना
īśo vṛkṣa iva stabdho ya eko divi tiṣṭhati | yenedamakhilaṃ pūrṇaṃ puruṣeṇa mahātmanā
พระอีศะทรงดำรงอยู่เพียงองค์เดียวในสวรรค์สูงสุด นิ่งดุจต้นไม้; ด้วยมหาบุรุษผู้มีมหาตมันนั้นเอง สรรพจักรวาลนี้จึงแผ่ซ่านและบริบูรณ์
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Cosmic Event: Transcendent abiding: Īśa ‘in the highest heaven’ (parama-vyoman/paraṃ dhāma) while pervading the cosmos as its completeness.
FAQs
It presents Shiva as the one, changeless Pati—steady like a tree—who transcends movement and limitation, yet pervades the whole cosmos, making it ‘complete.’ In Shaiva Siddhanta, this points to Shiva’s transcendence (beyond change) and immanence (present in all).
The Linga is worshipped as the stable, unmoving sign of the Supreme—‘stabdho’—while also representing the all-pervading Lord who fills the universe. Thus, Saguna worship (form, symbol, ritual) becomes a doorway to realizing the Nirguna, all-pervading Īśa indicated here.
Meditate on Shiva as the unmoving center of awareness while repeating the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), contemplating that the same Lord pervades all beings and worlds; this supports inner steadiness (sthāiratā) and liberation-oriented devotion.