Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 16
लिङ्गप्रतिष्ठा-माहात्म्यम् / The Greatness of Liṅga Installation
शक्तिराज्ञां यदादत्ते प्रसूते तच्चराचरम् । न तस्य महिमा शक्यो वक्तुं वर्षशतैरपि
śaktirājñāṃ yadādatte prasūte taccarācaram | na tasya mahimā śakyo vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi
เมื่อศักติผู้เป็นใหญ่ได้รับตามพระบัญชาของพระผู้เป็นเจ้า ศักตินั้นย่อมให้กำเนิดจักรวาลทั้งที่เคลื่อนไหวและไม่เคลื่อนไหว แม้ผ่านไปนับร้อยปีก็มิอาจพรรณนามหิมานั้นได้ครบถ้วน
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadyojāta
Sthala Purana: A cosmological statement: Śakti, empowered by the Lord’s sovereign will, manifests the entire cara-acara universe. This is a general creation-doctrine rather than a site-specific legend.
Significance: Frames pilgrimage as participation in cosmic order: honoring Śakti as the Lord’s operative power aligns the devotee with sṛṣṭi and leads toward the Lord’s grace beyond creation.
Shakti Form: Mahādevī
Role: creative
Cosmic Event: kalpa-cycle (creation of cara-acara under divine command)
FAQs
It teaches that all manifestation arises when Śakti operates under the Supreme Lord (Pati), and that the divine greatness behind creation is ultimately beyond complete verbal description—pointing the seeker toward devotion, contemplation, and direct realization.
The Liṅga represents Shiva as the transcendent source, while creation unfolds through Śakti; worship of Saguna Shiva in the Liṅga is a way to approach that ineffable Pati who empowers Śakti to manifest the entire charāchara world.
Meditate on Shiva as Pati and Śakti as His power while repeating the Panchākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and support the practice with simple Shaiva observances such as Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as reminders of surrender and inner purity.