Shaktis of Sadashiva described in the Sadashiva Tattva
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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 Prakarana, Descriptions of the Worlds, 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 |
| Pratistha Shakti | The Shakti by which Shiva obstructs firmly the possibility of getting back to the worldly 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 |
| Shakti | Description |
|---|---|
| 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, Rocika | 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. 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 |
| 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. |
