Shaktis of Sadashiva described in the Sadashiva Tattva
Following are the direct words of Bhagavan Sadashiva, expanding on His various Shaktis and His true essence, Sadashiva Tattva. His powers, Shaktis are His unqiue rays and non-different from Him.
**"Those who have reached the world of pure path (suddha adhva) through the appropriate initiation, Shaiva-sādhana based on knowledge, yoga, experience various enjoyments which yield ultimate bliss (ananda). Upon the complete removal of the residue Aanava Mala, they attain the supreme state, tat padam [sāyujya]. Since they are wholly engrossed in the supreme bliss which is their own essential nature, they do not perform the Cosmic actions such as śristhi, etc. Thus, the nature of SADĀSHIVA TATTVA has been briefly explained to you.**
~ Mrigendra Agama, Ch. 13, Adhva Prakaranam, Descriptions of the Worlds in different planes of 'bhuvana adhva', verses 166-175
| Shakti | Description |
|---|---|
| Nivrutti Shakti | The Shaktis by which Shiva unfolds the power of all- knowing and power of all doing for Sadashiva and other Lords are known by the specific names Nivrutti and others. |
| The Shaktis by which Shiva enables the competent souls to be abstracted from the worlds and the worldly beings (which are of 14 kinds), and direct them towards the final liberation is called Nivrutti. | |
| - Name of World - Prathistha | |
| - Presiding Lord of this world - Nivruttimān |
| Shakti | Description |
|---|---|
| Pratistha Shakti | The Shakti by which Shiva obstructs firmly the possibility of getting back to the worldy life [maya matrix] and transmigration for the competent souls who have turned towards liberation and stabilizes their convinction is called 'Prathistha.' |
| - Name of World - Prathistha. | |
| - Presiding Lord - Pratisthadhipati | |
| Vidya Shakti | The Shakti by which Lord Shiva graciously gives the direct intuitional knowledge related to all the categories to such component souls, making them to transcend the knowledge based on perception, inference and others, is called Vidya. |
| Name of World - Vidya Presiding Lord - Vidyadhipa | |
| Santi Shakti | The Shakti by which Lord Shiva alleviates all sorts of miseries and impediments for the sake of such competent souls is called Santi. |
| Name of World - Santi | |
| Presiding Lord - Santiman | |
| Indhika, Dipika, | The Shakti by which Lord Shiva gives great brightness, greater brightness, still more greater brightness to the competent souls enabling them to view the wholeness of all the created worlds and the worldly objects and liberates them from all traces of the primal bond (pāśa) are known as Indhika, Dipika, Rocika. |
| Rocika | Name of World - Indhika, Dipika, Rocika |
| Presiding Lord - Indhikavān, Dipikavān, Rochikavān | |
| Mocikā | The Vidyeshvaras and other Lords are in the state of being directed and controlled by the Supreme Lord because of the prevalence of the shade of 'ānava mala' in them. |
| The Shakti by which Lord Shiva grants the final liberation known as 'SĀYUJYA' to such Vidyeshvaras and others is called Mocikā. | |
| World where this shakti exists- Mocikā Presiding Lord - Mocikāvan |
| Shakti | Description |
|---|---|
| Urdhvaga | The Shakti by which Lord Shiva installs such Vidyeshvaras at the state of absolute lordship is called Urdhvaga. World where this shakti exists- Urdhvaga |
| Presiding Lord – Urdhvagadhipati | |
| * Shiva intalls 8 souls known as Vidyeshvaras in the Ishvar tattva, who are free from the bonds of māyā and karma, and fit to be stationed in the plane of Lord Shiva. 8 Vidyeshvaras are – Ananta, Sukshma, Sivottama, Ekanetra, Ekarudra, Trimurti, Srikantha and Sikhandi. |
The original verses from Agama
| करोत्युन्मीलनं याभिश्शक्तिभिनरतेजसः। |
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| ता निवृत्यादि संज्ञानां भुवनानां अधीश्वराः ॥ १६६ |
| निवर्तयति भूतानि यया साऽस्य निवर्तका। |
| निवृत्तिरिति तत्स्थानं तत्रेशोऽपि निवृत्तिमान् ॥ 167 |
| निवृत्तस्य गतिभूयो यया प्रच्यावलक्षणा। |
| निषिध्यते प्रतिष्ठा सा स्थानं तद्वांश्च तत्पातिः ॥ १६८ |
| त्यक्तवात्मगम्यविषयं यया ज्ञानं ददात्यणोः। |
| सा विद्या स्थानमण्यस्या विद्येशश्च तदीश्वरः ॥ १६९ |
| सवेदुःखप्रशमनं ययाऽस्य कुरुते हरः। |
| सा शान्तिस्तत्पदं चेति तत्कुर्वन् सोऽपि शक्तिमान्॥ १७० |
karotyunmilanaṁ yabhiśśaktibhirnaratejasaḥ | ta nivṛtyādi sajñanaṁ bhuvananaṁ adhisvarāḥ || 166 || nivartayati bhutani yayā sa'sya nivartaka | nivṛttiriti tatsthanaṁ tatreśo'pi nivṛttimān || 167 || nivṛttasya gatiṛbhuyo yayā pracyāvalakṣaṇā | niṣidhyate pratiṣṭha sā sthanaṁ tadvāśca tatpatiḥ || 168 || tyaktvātma-gamyaviṣayaṁ yayā jñanaṁ dadatyaṇoḥ | sā vidyā sthānamapyasyā vidyeśaśca tadīsvaraḥ || 169 || sarvadukḥapraśamanaṁ yayā'sya kurute haraḥ | sā śantistatpadaṁ ceti tatkurvan so'pi saktimān || 170 ||
urdhvardho viṣayāloko mahān yaśca mahattaraḥ | mahattamaśca kriyate cito yabhirvimucyataḥ || 171 || tā indhikadyāstatsthanaṁ tadvanīśastisṛvapi | sarvajñatvadiyoge'pi niyojyatvaṁ malāsataḥ || 172 || pramarṣi tadyayā sā'sya mocikā tatpadaṁ ca tat | mocakastatikṛiyakṛcca yayeśānaṁ karoti tam || 173 || sordhvagā tatpadaṁ ceti tadīśaścordhvaṛgā patiḥ | ye'pi tatpadamapannaḥ saivasādhana yogataḥ || 174 || te tatsthityantamānandaṁ prapya yānti paraṁ padam | na ca sṛṭayādi kurvanti svarthāniṣṭhā hi te yataḥ || 175 || iti sadāsiva tattvaṁ vyākhyataṁ leśatastava | śaktāvapyevamityeṣa sakalaḥ kṛtya yogataḥ || 176 || kṛtyaṁ tadādiviṣayaṁ niṣkalo'nyatra sarvadā | bhūmiprādhānika granthi vidyābindu kalādiṣu || 177 ||
guṇakārā daśādyāssyuḥ nādakoṭeradho mune | ūrdhvaṁ kalāyā vidyādhaśśrūyante gahanādhipāḥ || 178 || tadantarāḷametavad iti dhījātra lakṣaṇā | dvayorapyadhvanorevaṁ kramaprasava yoginoḥ || 179 || vilayaḥ prātilomyena śakti tattvadvayāvadhi |