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Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 17

शिवस्य परापरब्रह्मस्वरूपनिर्णयः / Determination of Śiva as Higher and Lower Brahman

Devanagari script

यतस्ततो महादेवो जातिव्यक्तिवपुः स्मृतः । प्रधानपुरुषव्यक्तकालात्मा कथ्यते शिवः

Transliteration

yatastato mahādevo jātivyaktivapuḥ smṛtaḥ | pradhānapuruṣavyaktakālātmā kathyate śivaḥ

Translation

因此，大天（Mahādeva）被忆念为其身由共相与别相所成。湿婆被称为原质（Pradhāna，太初自然）、补卢沙（Puruṣa，觉知原理）、显现宇宙与时间（Kāla）之真我。

Word by Word

यतःbecause/whence

ततःtherefore/from that

महादेवःMahādeva

जातिव्यक्तिवपुःone whose form is (as) genus and individual

स्मृतःis remembered/considered

प्रधानपुरुषव्यक्तकालात्मा(as) pradhāna, puruṣa, the manifest, time, and self

कथ्यतेis said/called

शिवःŚiva

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahadeva

Shakti Dimension

Role: creative

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: kalpa-level cosmogenesis implied (Pradhāna–Puruṣa–Vyakta–Kāla schema)

Characters & Entities

Shiva

Mahadeva

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It identifies Shiva (Pati) as the indwelling reality behind both universal principles and individual beings—Nature (Pradhana), consciousness (Purusha), the manifest world, and even Time—showing that liberation comes by recognizing Shiva as the supreme inner Self beyond all categories.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Though Shiva is taught here as the inner essence of cosmic principles (a transcendent view), Linga worship gives a Saguna support for meditation, allowing the devotee to contemplate the one Shiva who pervades Pradhana, Purusha, the manifest universe, and Time.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as the Ātman within all states—time, world, and self—while repeating the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”; this aligns devotion (bhakti) with inner inquiry toward moksha.