Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 72
विष्णोः स्तुतिः—शिवसतीरक्षावचनम्
Viṣṇu’s Hymn and the Petition for Śiva–Satī’s Protection
कस्त्वं कोहं च को ब्रह्मा तवैव परमात्मनः । अंशत्रयमिदं भिन्नं सृष्टिस्थित्यंतकारणम्
kastvaṃ kohaṃ ca ko brahmā tavaiva paramātmanaḥ | aṃśatrayamidaṃ bhinnaṃ sṛṣṭisthityaṃtakāraṇam
“Ngài là ai, con là ai, và Brahmā là ai? Ôi Đấng Tối Thượng Ngã—bộ ba này chỉ là ba phần phân biệt của chính Ngài, làm nhân cho tạo hóa, bảo tồn và tiêu diệt.”
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that the individual self and even cosmic deities are not independent absolutes; all powers of creation, preservation, and dissolution arise from the one Supreme Lord, Shiva, who is the Paramātman.
The verse supports Saguna worship as a doorway to realizing the Nirguna truth: the Linga represents Shiva as the Supreme Reality from whom all functional divine roles emerge and into whom they resolve.
Meditate on Shiva as Paramātman while japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), contemplating that all actions and cosmic functions rest in Him; offer worship with bhakti as a practice of surrender.