Shloka 35
Paramātma-Svarūpa-Nirṇaya: Strī–Puṃ–Napuṃsaka-Vicāra
Inquiry into the Supreme Self and Gendered Forms
सर्वात्मत्वं तयोरेवं ब्रह्मेत्युपनिषत्सु च । गीयते ब्रह्मशब्देन बृंहिधात्वर्थगोचरम्
sarvātmatvaṃ tayorevaṃ brahmetyupaniṣatsu ca | gīyate brahmaśabdena bṛṃhidhātvarthagocaram
Thus, the all-pervasive Selfhood of those two is sung in the Upaniṣads as “Brahman”; for the word “Brahman” denotes that reality whose very sense is the root bṛṃh—“to expand, to pervade, to make vast.”
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
FAQs
It equates true divinity with sarvātmatva—being the Self of all—showing that the highest reality praised by the Upaniṣads as Brahman is the all-pervading, all-encompassing principle, understood in Shaiva Siddhanta as the supreme Lord (Pati) who transcends yet pervades everything.
The verse gives the metaphysical basis for Saguna worship: the Linga and Shiva’s forms are approached as sacred supports through which the devotee contemplates the one Brahman that pervades all. Form-worship becomes a doorway to realizing the formless, all-pervading reality.
Meditate on Shiva as the indwelling Self in all beings while repeating the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), letting the mind expand from a limited ‘I’ to the all-pervading presence indicated by “Brahman.”