Shloka 10
Kāla-vañcana (Overcoming/Outwitting Time) and the Pañcabhūta Basis of the Body
त्वया स चोक्तः कथया जनानामदृष्टरूपः प्रचरिष्यसीति । दृष्टस्त्वया तत्र महाप्रभावः प्रभोर्वरात्ते पुनरुत्थितश्च
tvayā sa coktaḥ kathayā janānāmadṛṣṭarūpaḥ pracariṣyasīti | dṛṣṭastvayā tatra mahāprabhāvaḥ prabhorvarātte punarutthitaśca
তুমি তোমাৰ কাহিনীৰে জনসাধাৰণক কৈছিলা—“তেওঁ অদৃশ্য ৰূপে বিচৰণ কৰিব।” কিন্তু তাত তুমি সেই মহাপ্ৰভাৱশালীজনক দেখিলা; আৰু প্ৰভুৰ বৰদানে তেওঁ তোমাৰ নিমিত্তে পুনৰ উঠিল।
Suta Goswami (narrating the Uma-saṃhitā account to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
FAQs
It highlights Śiva’s anugraha (grace): though the Lord may remain adṛṣṭa (unseen) to ordinary perception, he reveals his mahā-prabhāva (supreme majesty) to the devotee, and by his boon restores and uplifts—showing Pati (the Lord) as the liberating power over limitation.
The verse contrasts the “unseen form” with an experienced darśana: in Śaiva practice, the Liṅga is the accessible Saguna support through which the otherwise unseen Lord becomes knowable to devotion, and his presence is recognized as grace rather than mere sensory proof.
Cultivate smaraṇa (remembrance) and bhakti while worshipping Śiva—especially through japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and Liṅga-pūjā—seeking the Lord’s varada (boon-giving) grace rather than insisting on outward signs.