Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 12
अग्नीषोमात्मकविश्ववर्णनम् / The Universe as Agni–Soma
Fire and Nectar
शिवश्चोर्ध्वमधश्शक्तिरूर्ध्वं शक्तिरधः शिवः । तदित्थं शिवशक्तिभ्यान्नाव्याप्तमिह किञ्चन
śivaścordhvamadhaśśaktirūrdhvaṃ śaktiradhaḥ śivaḥ | taditthaṃ śivaśaktibhyānnāvyāptamiha kiñcana
اوپر شیو ہے اور نیچے شکتی؛ پھر اوپر شکتی ہے اور نیچے شیو۔ یوں یہاں کوئی چیز ایسی نہیں جو شیو اور شکتی سے غیر مُحاط ہو۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Ardhanārīśvara
Significance: Meditation on Śiva-Śakti all-pervasion is taught as a direct means to loosen pāśa (bondage) and orient the paśu toward anugraha (grace).
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Umā
Role: liberating
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It teaches that all existence is permeated by the inseparable realities of Śiva (Pati, the supreme Lord) and Śakti (His power), so nothing is outside divine presence; this supports a contemplative vision that dissolves the sense of separation.
The Liṅga symbolizes Śiva as the all-pervading reality; worship of Saguna Śiva trains the mind to recognize that the same Śiva-Śakti pervades every level—above and below, subtle and gross—until one perceives the Liṅga-principle everywhere.
A practical takeaway is pervasion-meditation (vyāpti-bhāvanā): while repeating the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” contemplate that all directions and all states of experience are filled with Śiva-Śakti, making daily life itself a form of worship.