Śakti
deity figure · 2 works · 2 mentions · 4 anchored passages
She · the Power
in the texts
Paryantapañcāśikā
The divine feminine Power, identified with Bhairava's Heart, who contracts alongside the Lord's descent and is united with Śiva in the yāmala.
the paired union / fusion of Śiva and Śakti}}] of Śiva and Śakti is the pairing of repose and arising, whose essence is the Anuttara and the emission [{{visarga:
will, knowledge, action — the three powers}}] lie immersed, having for their very being nothing but consciousness-bliss;
And that Power, becoming limited in her operation, follows after him;
Vīramitrodaya
Goddess honored alongside Śiva in the Aṣṭamī-Navamī festival
> When Aṣṭamī is in conjunction with Navamī, it is a great festival for Śiva and Śakti in a Śiva-kṣetra, in both fortnights.
In a festival of Śiva and Śakti, however, it is always the succeeding one.