Shloka 15
प्रणवार्थ-शिवतत्त्व-निर्णयः
The Determination of Śiva as the Meaning of Praṇava
तस्य देवाधिदेवस्य मूर्त्तिस्साक्षात्सदाशिवः । पञ्चमंत्रतनुर्देवः कलापञ्चकविग्रहः
tasya devādhidevasya mūrttissākṣātsadāśivaḥ | pañcamaṃtratanurdevaḥ kalāpañcakavigrahaḥ
Die offenbarte Gestalt jenes Gottes der Götter ist wahrlich Sadāśiva selbst—Er, dessen Leib aus den fünf heiligen Mantras besteht und dessen Verkörperung aus den fünf göttlichen Kalās (Kräften/Teilen) geformt ist.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Mantra: oṃ namaḥ śivāya
Type: panchakshara
Role: creative
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It declares that the supreme Lord (Devādhideva) is directly present as Sadāśiva, and that His approachable, worship-worthy manifestation is inseparable from mantra and divine power—showing mantra as a living embodiment of Pati (Shiva) who grants liberation.
By identifying Sadāśiva as the Lord’s ‘mūrti’ (manifest form), it supports Saguna worship: Shiva is worshipped through a concrete embodiment—often the Liṅga—while recognizing that this form is filled with mantra and kalā (divine potency), not merely material shape.
Mantra-upāsanā is primary: regular japa of the Shaiva fivefold mantra tradition (centered in practice on the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with dhyāna on Sadāśiva as mantra-maya (made of mantra) is the key takeaway.