शिवस्यार्द्धनारीनरावतारवर्णनम्
Description of Shiva’s Ardhanārī-nara Manifestation
तस्माद्धि सा शिवा देवी शिवशक्तिर्जगन्मयी । शक्तिमेकां भ्रुवोर्मध्यात्ससर्जात्मसमप्रभाम्
tasmāddhi sā śivā devī śivaśaktirjaganmayī | śaktimekāṃ bhruvormadhyātsasarjātmasamaprabhām
پس وہ شِوا دیوی—شِو کی شکتی، جگت میں व्याप्त—نے بھنوؤں کے درمیان سے ایک ہی شکتی کو صادر کیا، جو اپنی ہی آتما-پرَبھا کے مانند درخشاں تھی۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: creative
It teaches that the cosmos is sustained through Śiva’s own inseparable Śakti; manifestation is not separate from the Divine, but an intentional emanation of the Supreme’s power for cosmic order and grace.
Liṅga worship honors Śiva as the transcendent Pati, while this verse highlights that His Saguna expression operates through Śakti—so devotion to the Liṅga naturally includes reverence for the dynamic power that makes divine presence knowable and effective in the world.
Meditate on the union of Śiva-Śakti at the ājñā (between the eyebrows) while repeating the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” cultivating inner stillness (Śiva) and awakened power (Śakti).