To the strong Rudra bring we these, our songs of praise, to Him the Lord of heroes, He with braided hair, that it be well with our cattle and our men, that in this village all be healthy and well fed.§
Ṛig Veda 1.114.1. RVG, VOL. 1, 161§
Instill in us a wholesome, happy mind, with goodwill and understanding. Then shall we ever delight in your friendship like cows who gladly rejoice in meadows green. This is my joyful message.§
Ṛig Veda 10.25.1. VE, 302§
He is the never-created creator of all: He knows all. He is pure consciousness, the creator of time, all-powerful, all-knowing. He is the Lord of the soul and of nature and of the three conditions of nature. From Him comes the transmigration of life and liberation, bondage in time and freedom in eternity. §
Kṛishṇa Yajur Veda, Śvetāśvatara Upanishad 6.16. UPM, 96§
All this universe is in the glory of God, of Śiva, the God of love. The heads and faces of men are His own, and He is in the hearts of all. §
Kṛishṇa Yajur Veda, Śvetāśvatara Upanishad 3.11. UPM, 90§
God is, in truth, the whole universe: what was, what is and what beyond shall ever be. He is the God of life immortal and of all life that lives by food. His hands and feet are everywhere. He has heads and mouths everywhere. He sees all, He hears all. He is in all, and He Is.§
Kṛishṇa Yajur Veda, Śvetāśvatara Upanishad 3.15-16. UPM, 90§
He is the God of forms infinite, in whose glory all things are, smaller than the smallest atom, and yet the creator of all, ever living in the mystery of His creation. In the vision of this God of love there is everlasting peace. §
Kṛishṇa Yajur Veda, Śvetāśvatara Upanishad 4.14. UPM, 92§
Devoid of beginning, duration and ending, by nature immaculate, powerful, omniscient, supremely perfect—thus is Śiva spoken of in Śaivite tradition.§
Ajita Āgama 2.2618.1. SA, 56§
Unequalled, free from pain, subtle, all-pervading, unending, unchanging, incapable of decay, sovereign—such is the essence of Śiva, Lord of the summit of all paths.§
Svāyambhuva Āgama 4.3. SA, 56§
They are not for outward form and attire, nor for pomp and ceremony. Uprooting all bond and desire, abiding in the immaculate Lord, they bring to dire destruction the soul’s egoity and its troublesome attachments. They, indeed, are pure Śaivas. §
Tirumantiram 1438. TM§
Now have I realized the path of Hara. In the past I sought Him in narrow paths and strayed. Lo! All the while He stood before me like a beacon light in firmament, guiding my voyage across the sea of my soul’s longing. The path of Śiva is the proven path. It led them to Hara. It is the royal path that renowned souls have walked, the path divine that took the devout to cosmic space. That path do seek, enter and persevere. Still your wandering thoughts, chant the sacred syllable Śi and so persevere on the path of Hara. You shall envision primal light effulgent. §
Tirumantiram 1562-1563. TM§
If you could see the arch of his brow, the budding smile on lips red as the kovai fruit, cool, matted hair, the milk-white ash on coral skin and the sweet golden foot raised up in dance, then human birth is no longer necessary on this wide Earth. §
Tirumurai 4.81.4, Appar. PS, 31 §
With body as temple, with mind ever subject to Him, with truthfulness as purity, with the light of the mind as his Liṅga, with love as melted butter and milk together with the holy water, let us offer sacrifice to the Lord. §
Tirumurai, Appar. LG, 152§
Hara, Hara! Śiva, Śiva, who in Thy lover’s heart dost dwell, who art the essence of the Vedas! O wealth! O jewel! O beauteous king, our ruler whom the poets praise, who art commingled with the eyes that see and dost, like the sunlight, everything pervade! §
Natchintanai, “Hara! Siva…” NT, 209§