Shloka 15
नन्दिकेशावतारवर्णनम् (Nandikeśa Avatāra Varṇanam) — “Account of the Descent/Origin of Nandikeśvara”
अहं च विष्णुर्भगवान्द्रुहिणश्च महामुने । अयोनिजं मृत्युहीनं पुत्रं दातुं न शक्नुमः
ahaṃ ca viṣṇurbhagavāndruhiṇaśca mahāmune | ayonijaṃ mṛtyuhīnaṃ putraṃ dātuṃ na śaknumaḥ
হে মহামুনি, না আমি, না ভগবান বিষ্ণু, না দ্রুহিণ (ব্রহ্মা)—অযোনিজ ও মৃত্যুহীন পুত্র দান করতে সক্ষম নই।
Brahma (Druhiṇa)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadashiva
FAQs
The verse establishes a Shaiva Siddhānta hierarchy: created deities operate within māyā and karma, while Śiva as Pati alone transcends birth and death. Therefore, truly “deathless” grace is not a product of creation but a gift of the Supreme.
The Liṅga signifies Śiva’s reality beyond form and limitation; worship of Saguna Śiva through the Liṅga leads the devotee toward the deathless, unborn principle (Nirguna) that Brahmā and Viṣṇu cannot manufacture as a worldly boon.
A practical takeaway is steadfast Śiva-upāsanā—especially japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with devotion—seeking Śiva’s grace for liberation rather than demanding impossible worldly boons.