This image is based on a verse by the great Tantrik master Abhinavagupta. The Goddess – or the feminine Absolute – appears to be hiding in the fabric of the universe, shining radiantly to those who care to look…
”I reverently bow to Parā, the feminine Absolute, the wondrous rapture of pratibhā, who is self-luminous while simultaneously radiantly manifesting the trinity of Śiva-Śakti-Nara which she holds reverently in her Heart.”
~ Abhinavagupta's Trīśikā-vivaraṇa, verse 3 (transl. Christopher Hareesh Wallis)
This image is based on a verse by the great Tantrik master Abhinavagupta. The Goddess � or the feminine Absolute � appears to be hiding in the fabric of the universe, shining radiantly to those who care to look�
�I reverently bow to Par?, the feminine Absolute, the wondrous rapture of pratibh?, who is self-luminous while simultaneously radiantly manifesting the trinity of ?iva-?akti-Nara which she holds reverently in her Heart.�
~ Abhinavagupta's Tr??ik?-vivara?a, verse 3 (transl. Christopher Hareesh Wallis)