Shloka 26
प्रणवमहिमा — The Greatness of the Praṇava (Om) as Śiva
सद्यादीशानपर्य्यंतान्यकारादिषु पंचसु । स्थितानि पंच ब्रह्माणि तानि मन्मूर्त्तयः क्रमात्
sadyādīśānaparyyaṃtānyakārādiṣu paṃcasu | sthitāni paṃca brahmāṇi tāni manmūrttayaḥ kramāt
From Sadyojāta up to Īśāna, the five Brahmas abide in the five vowels beginning with “a”. In due order, those five Brahmas are My very forms.
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Mantra: सद्यादीशानपर्य्यंतान्यकारादिषु पंचसु । स्थितानि पंच ब्रह्माणि तानि मन्मूर्त्तयः क्रमात्
Role: teaching
FAQs
It identifies sacred sound (the five primary vowels) as a direct locus of Shiva’s fivefold divine reality (Pañcabrahma), teaching that mantra is not merely symbolic but an embodiment of Pati (Shiva) that leads the bound soul (paśu) toward liberation.
In Saguna worship, the Linga and Shiva’s five faces are contemplated as manifest supports for meditation; this verse grounds that practice by linking Shiva’s forms to mantra-sound, showing that external worship (Linga) and internal worship (japa/uccāraṇa) converge in the same Shiva-tattva.
Mantra-japa with disciplined pronunciation and contemplation—meditating on Shiva’s Pañcabrahma aspects while reciting sacred sounds (especially within Shaiva mantra practice such as the Panchakshara) as an inner yogic worship alongside traditional aids like bhasma and rudrākṣa.