Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 5
Śiva–Hari–Rudra–Vidhīnāṃ Tattva-nirṇayaḥ
Identity of Śiva, Viṣṇu, Rudra, and Brahmā; Nirguṇa–Saguṇa Reconciliation
संभाव्य मायया युक्तस्तत्र सुप्तो हरिस्स वै । नारायणेति विख्यातः प्रकृतिर्नारायणी मता
saṃbhāvya māyayā yuktastatra supto harissa vai | nārāyaṇeti vikhyātaḥ prakṛtirnārāyaṇī matā
在那里，哈利（毗湿奴）与摩耶相应，依其力而安住，入于瑜伽之眠。于是他被称为“那罗延”（Nārāyaṇa）；而此处所说的原质（Prakṛti，自然）则被视为“那罗延尼”（Nārāyaṇī）。
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shakti Form: Lalitā
Role: creative
Cosmic Event: Cosmic yogic sleep motif (pralaya/creation-threshold imagery)
FAQs
It highlights Māyā and Prakṛti as operative powers in cosmic manifestation: even exalted deities function within the framework of Māyā, while Shaiva teaching ultimately places Pati (Śiva) as the supreme transcendent Lord beyond bondage.
By describing Māyā’s role in names, forms, and cosmic states (like yogic sleep), it implicitly points devotees toward Saguna worship—such as the Śiva-liṅga—where the Lord is approached in a merciful, graspable form while remembering His transcendence beyond Māyā.
A practical takeaway is japa with the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) while contemplating the difference between the Self and Māyā—using devotion to Śiva as the means to cross Prakṛti’s binding power.