Shloka 45
गुरुत्व-परम्परा-शौचविधि-प्रश्नः
Questions on Guruhood, Lineage, and Purificatory Discipline
तत्राद्याहंपदस्यार्थः शक्तयात्मा स शिवस्स्वयम् । स एवाहं शिवोस्मीति स्वात्मानं संविभावय
tatrādyāhaṃpadasyārthaḥ śaktayātmā sa śivassvayam | sa evāhaṃ śivosmīti svātmānaṃ saṃvibhāvaya
Here, the primary meaning of the word “I” is Shiva Himself—whose very nature is Śakti. Contemplate your own Self as: “That very One is ‘I’; I am Shiva.”
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Mantra: "sa evāhaṃ śivosmīti"
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches inner contemplation where the limited ego-sense is refined into the deeper ‘I’-principle, recognized as Shiva—Pati, the supreme Self—leading the seeker toward liberation through direct insight.
Linga and Saguna worship stabilize devotion and purity; this verse points to the inner culmination of that worship—realizing Shiva as the indwelling reality (Pati) beyond the body-mind, while honoring Shiva’s inseparable Śakti.
A focused Shiva-dhyāna: sit in purity, remember Shiva with mantra-japa (e.g., Panchākṣarī ‘Om Namaḥ Śivāya’), and repeatedly contemplate the meaning of ‘I’ as grounded in Shiva’s presence rather than ego.