Shloka 33
प्रणवमहिमा — The Greatness of the Praṇava (Om) as Śiva
ओमितीदं सर्वमिति सर्वं ब्रह्मेति च श्रुतेः । वाच्यवाचकसम्बन्धोप्ययमेवार्थ ईरितः
omitīdaṃ sarvamiti sarvaṃ brahmeti ca śruteḥ | vācyavācakasambandhopyayamevārtha īritaḥ
Because the Śruti declares, “Om—this is all,” and also, “All this is Brahman,” it is taught that even the relation between the expressed meaning and the expressing word points to this very truth: that the entirety is of the nature of Brahman (the Supreme Lord, Śiva).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Mantra: oṃ—idaṃ sarvam; sarvaṃ brahma (iti śruti-vākya-sāra)
Type: gayatri
Role: teaching
FAQs
It affirms the Vedic revelation that Om and the entire cosmos point to one Supreme Reality; in the Kailasha Samhita’s Shaiva framing, that Absolute is understood as Pati—Lord Shiva—who is the ground of all names, forms, and meanings.
If all is Brahman/Shiva, then the Linga becomes a focused support (ālambana) for devotion: worshiping the Saguna form trains the mind to recognize the same Shiva as the inner, nirguna reality indicated by Om and the Upanishadic declarations.
Meditate on Om as all-pervading Shiva while doing steady japa (especially the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), contemplating that sound (vācaka) and meaning (vācya) converge in the one Reality.