शब्दब्रह्मतनुवर्णनम् — Description of the Form of Śabda-Brahman
महोदारं महावीर्यं महापुरुषलणम् । तं दृष्ट्वा परमं रूपं कृतार्थोऽभून्मया हरिः
mahodāraṃ mahāvīryaṃ mahāpuruṣalaṇam | taṃ dṛṣṭvā paramaṃ rūpaṃ kṛtārtho'bhūnmayā hariḥ
كان عظيم السخاء، شديد البأس، متّصفًا بعلامات «البوروشا» الأعلى. فلمّا أبصرتُ تلك الصورة التي لا نظير لها، الصورة الأسمى، أنا—هاري (فيشنو)—غدوتُ مكتمل الغاية وقد تمّ مقصدي.
Vishnu (Hari)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Role: liberating
The verse teaches that the vision (darśana) of Shiva’s supreme, auspicious form grants inner completion and spiritual fulfillment—even to Hari—highlighting Shiva as Pati, the ultimate refuge and goal.
By stressing “paramaṃ rūpam” (the supreme form), it supports Saguna worship—approaching Shiva through a perceivable form such as the Śivaliṅga—through which devotion matures into realization of the highest truth.
Practice Shiva-dhyāna (meditation on Shiva’s supreme form) alongside japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” using reverent darśana of the Śivaliṅga to cultivate single-pointed bhakti.