Shloka 32
भैरवावतारवर्णनम् (Bhairavāvatāra-varṇanam) — “Description of the Descent/Manifestation of Bhairava”
विरूपवेषो जटिलो वृषगो व्यालभूषणः । परं ब्रह्मत्वमापन्नः क्व च तत्संगवर्जितम्
virūpaveṣo jaṭilo vṛṣago vyālabhūṣaṇaḥ | paraṃ brahmatvamāpannaḥ kva ca tatsaṃgavarjitam
তেওঁ বিৰূপ বেশধাৰী, জটিল, বৃষভবাহন, সৰ্পভূষিত। তেওঁ পৰব্ৰহ্মত্ব লাভ কৰিছে; তেন্তে তেওঁ ক’ত সেই (ব্ৰহ্ম) সঙ্গৰ পৰা বঞ্চিত?
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
FAQs
It reconciles Shiva’s ascetic, fearsome outer form with His highest reality: He is the Supreme Brahman, and His seeming “odd” appearance does not limit His transcendence; He is never separated from the Absolute.
It teaches that Saguna symbols—matted locks, bull (Nandi), serpents—are not merely mythic ornaments but sacred indicators of the same Supreme Reality; thus Linga-worship and form-worship lead to realization of Shiva as Para-Brahman.
Meditate on Shiva’s Saguna form (jaṭā, vṛṣa, nāga-bhūṣaṇa) while repeating the Panchakshara mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” contemplating that the visible form is inseparable from the Nirguna Supreme.