śivaḥ śaktyā yuktō yadi bhavati śaktaḥ prabhavituṃ

na chēdēvaṃ dēvō na khalu kuśalaḥ spanditumapi - Saundaryalahirī

Śiva, the witnessing awareness, the very ground of being awakens to Śakti as the creative power of the universe, and this ‘Play of Consciousness’ gives form to the timeless-formless-boundless energies present within the Creation. If not, this awareness does not even know how to pulsate.