Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 7
सर्वेश्वर-परमकारण-निरूपणम् / The Supreme Lord as the Uncaused Cause
एको बहूनां जंतूनां निष्क्रियाणां च सक्रियः । य एको बहुधा बीजं करोति स महेश्वरः
eko bahūnāṃ jaṃtūnāṃ niṣkriyāṇāṃ ca sakriyaḥ | ya eko bahudhā bījaṃ karoti sa maheśvaraḥ
在众多有身众生之中，唯有祂是真正的行者，即使其余皆似寂然不动。唯有祂化为多样之种，分化成无数形相——祂即大自在天（Maheshvara）。
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Role: creative
Cosmic Event: Causal doctrine: the One becomes ‘seed’ (bīja) manifoldly—efficient causality of Īśvara over inert beings and principles.
FAQs
It teaches the Shaiva Siddhanta view of Pati (Shiva) as the sole independent, conscious agent: all jīvas act only through His enabling power, while He alone is the true source and governor of manifestation.
The Linga signifies the one Maheshvara who is beyond form yet becomes the seed of all forms; worship of Saguna Shiva focuses the mind on that single Lord who manifests as the many without losing His oneness.
Meditate on Shiva as the one inner doer (antaryāmin) and recite the Panchakshara—"Om Namaḥ Śivāya"—to shift identification from limited jīva-agency to dependence on Pati, the supreme active principle.