Power Of God

शक्तिः is rejected with unusual precision here: in Śākta philosophical theology, Śakti is not merely ‘a goddess-flavored word’ but the personified, hypostasized divine feminine creative power, consort-energy of Śiva, and the subject of an entire Tantric-Śākta theological literature (e.g. the Devī Māhātmyam). सामर्थ्यम् avoids this hypostasis entirely, naming ability/capacity without personifying it as a distinct divine power.