Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 19
शिवशक्त्यैक्य-तत्त्वविचारः / Inquiry into the Unity of Śiva and Śakti
Para–Apara Ontology
ततः क्रियाख्यया शक्त्या शक्तौ शक्तिमदुत्थया । तस्यां विक्षोभ्यमाणायामादौ नादः समुद्बभौ
tataḥ kriyākhyayā śaktyā śaktau śaktimadutthayā | tasyāṃ vikṣobhyamāṇāyāmādau nādaḥ samudbabhau
Sau đó, nhờ năng lực gọi là Kriyā—phát sinh từ Đấng sở hữu Śakti và vận hành trong chính Śakti—khi Śakti ấy lần đầu được khuấy động vào hoạt dụng, thì Nāda, Âm thanh nguyên sơ, liền phát khởi.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: creative
Cosmic Event: first stir (spanda-like) leading to nāda
FAQs
It points to the Shaiva Siddhanta insight that creation begins when Shiva’s dynamic power (Śakti), moved by Kriyā-śakti, manifests Nāda—the primal vibration that becomes the basis for mantra, consciousness-expansion, and the ordered cosmos.
Nāda is a subtle bridge from Nirguṇa to Saguṇa: from the unmanifest Lord to manifest forms. In Linga worship, devotees contemplate Shiva as the source of all emergence—form (liṅga/arcā) supported by the inner reality of vibration (nāda) and presence (śakti).
It supports Nāda-yoga and mantra-japa: sit steadily, regulate breath, and repeat a Shiva-mantra (especially the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), attending to the subtle inner resonance—recognizing it as arising from Shiva-Śakti.