Shloka 22
Śiva-jñāna and the Non-dual Vision of a Śiva-maya Universe (शिवज्ञानम्—सर्वं शिवमयम्)
सर्वत्र व्यापकश्चैव स्पर्शत्वं न विबध्यते । तथैव व्यापको देवो बध्यते न क्वचित्स वै
sarvatra vyāpakaścaiva sparśatvaṃ na vibadhyate | tathaiva vyāpako devo badhyate na kvacitsa vai
That which is all-pervading is never obstructed by contact. In the same way, the all-pervading Lord (Śiva) is not bound anywhere at all.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
FAQs
It affirms Shiva as Pati—the all-pervading Supreme—who remains untouched by bondage (pāśa) even while being present in all places and conditions.
The Liṅga symbolizes the Lord’s omnipresence: though worshipped in a particular form and place (saguṇa upāsanā), Shiva’s reality is vyāpaka and therefore never confined or bound by that locality.
Meditate with the Pañcākṣarī mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” contemplating Shiva as all-pervading and unbound; let this dissolve the sense of limitation and attachment that constitutes bondage.