Shloka 36
त्रिपुरमोहनम्
Tripuramohana — “The Delusion/Enchanting of Tripura”
आनंदं ब्रह्मणो रूपं श्रुत्यैवं यन्निगद्यते । तत्तथैव ह मंतव्यं मिथ्या नानात्वकल्पना
ānaṃdaṃ brahmaṇo rūpaṃ śrutyaivaṃ yannigadyate | tattathaiva ha maṃtavyaṃ mithyā nānātvakalpanā
The Śruti declares that the very nature (form) of Brahman is bliss (Ānanda). This must be understood exactly so; all imagined constructions of multiplicity are false.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Not a site-specific verse; it functions as a śruti-backed metaphysical teaching: Brahman/Śiva’s svarūpa is ānanda, and perceived multiplicity is a conceptual superimposition.
Significance: Encourages jñāna-oriented contemplation during tīrtha-yātrā: see all as pervaded by Śiva; reduces bheda-buddhi that fuels aversion and harm.
Role: teaching
FAQs
It affirms that the Supreme Reality is intrinsically bliss, and that liberation involves seeing beyond the mind’s imagined multiplicity to the one truth—understood in Shaiva framing as realizing Shiva as the highest principle.
Linga and saguna worship steady the mind and purify devotion; through such upasana, the seeker becomes fit to recognize the formless, blissful supreme principle that the verse identifies—Shiva as the underlying non-dual reality.
Meditate on Shiva as pure consciousness-bliss while japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) reduces mental projections; support it with simple Shaiva discipline like applying bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) and maintaining inward one-pointedness.