पशु-पाश-पतिविचारः / Inquiry into Paśu, Pāśa, and Pati
एकैकं बहुधा जालं विकुर्वन्नेकवच्च यः । सर्वाधिपत्यं कुरुते सृष्ट्वा सर्वान् प्रतापवान्
ekaikaṃ bahudhā jālaṃ vikurvannekavacca yaḥ | sarvādhipatyaṃ kurute sṛṣṭvā sarvān pratāpavān
وہ جو ایک ہو کر بھی آفرینش کے گوناگوں جال کو پھیلاتا ہے اور پھر بھی ایک ہی رہتا ہے؛ وہی صاحبِ جلال سب کو پیدا کر کے سب پر اقتدار قائم رکھتا ہے۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadyojāta
Role: creative
Cosmic Event: cosmic emanation/creation (sṛṣṭi) implied
It teaches that Shiva (Pati) alone is the supreme cause and ruler: He manifests the many without losing His oneness, showing both transcendence and immanence—key to liberation-oriented Shaiva understanding.
The Linga points to the One reality that underlies all forms; worship of Saguna Shiva honors the same Lord who appears as the universe’s manifold “net,” while remaining the single, supreme consciousness beyond it.
Meditate on Shiva as both One and many while repeating the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), and contemplate the world as His manifestation without mistaking it as independent of Him.