Shloka 4
गिरिजातपः-परीक्षा तथा सप्तर्षि-आह्वानम्
Girijā’s Austerity-Test and the Summoning of the Seven Sages
स्वात्मानमात्मना कृत्वा स्वात्मन्येव व्यचिंतयत् । परात्परतरं स्वस्थं निर्माय निरवग्रहम्
svātmānamātmanā kṛtvā svātmanyeva vyaciṃtayat | parātparataraṃ svasthaṃ nirmāya niravagraham
وبقوته الذاتية أقام ذاته بذاته، وتأمّل في ذاته وحدها؛ ثم أظهر تلك الحقيقة—الأسمى من كل أسمى—الثابتة في نفسها أبدًا، الطاهرة، المنزّهة عن كل عيب أو حدّ.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: teaching
FAQs
It presents Shiva as Pati—the supreme, self-sufficient Consciousness—who manifests creation from within Himself, remaining untouched and flawless, indicating that liberation comes through turning awareness inward to that self-established Reality.
Though describing the transcendent (niravagraha, beyond the beyond), it supports Linga worship as a saguna aid: the Linga symbolizes that limitless Shiva who manifests without losing transcendence, allowing devotees to approach the formless through a sacred form.
Shiva-dhyana (inner contemplation) is implied—meditating on Shiva within the heart; practically, one may sit in stillness, apply Tripuṇḍra, and repeat the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” while contemplating the self-established, flaw-free Lord.