Shloka 70
Svagati-varṇana
Description of the Supreme State / One’s True Attainment
सर्वज्ञस्सर्वभूतात्मा सवर्भूतभवोद्भवः । आस्ते सर्वगतो देवो दृश्यस्सर्वैश्च दैवतैः
sarvajñassarvabhūtātmā savarbhūtabhavodbhavaḥ | āste sarvagato devo dṛśyassarvaiśca daivataiḥ
Er ist allwissend; das innere Selbst aller Wesen; und die Quelle, aus der das Werden aller Geschöpfe hervorgeht. Dieser allgegenwärtige Herr weilt überall und wird von allen Göttern unmittelbar geschaut.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
FAQs
It declares Shiva as Pati—the omniscient, all-pervading indwelling Self and the ultimate source of all manifested beings—affirming that liberation comes by knowing Him as the inner ruler beyond limited individuality.
Though Shiva is everywhere, He becomes ‘dṛśya’ (directly apprehensible) through graceful manifestation—classically approached in practice via Saguna worship such as the Shiva-Linga, where the all-pervading Lord is reverently encountered in a consecrated form.
Meditate on Shiva as the indwelling Self in all beings while repeating the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and support it with simple Linga-upasana (water/abhisheka) to steady awareness of His all-pervasiveness.