Shloka 24
बाणस्य शोकः शिवस्मरणं च — Bāṇa’s Grief and the Turn to Śiva-Remembrance
नाभिर्नभोऽग्निर्वदनमंबु रेतो दिशः श्रुतिः । द्यौश्शीर्षमंघ्रिरुर्वी ते मनश्चन्द्रस्तव प्रभो
nābhirnabho'gnirvadanamaṃbu reto diśaḥ śrutiḥ | dyauśśīrṣamaṃghrirurvī te manaścandrastava prabho
O Lord, Your navel is the ether; Your mouth is fire; water is Your seed. The directions are Your ears. Heaven is Your head; the earth is Your feet; and the moon is Your mind.
Suta Goswami (narrating the hymn of cosmic identification to the sages of Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: stotra
FAQs
It teaches Shiva’s viśvarūpa—everything in the cosmos functions as his body and powers—so the devotee shifts from seeing the world as separate to recognizing Pati (Shiva) as the indwelling Lord, strengthening devotion and leading the mind toward liberation.
The Liṅga is worshipped as the concentrated sign of the all-pervading Shiva; this verse explains that the same Shiva pervades ether, fire, directions, heaven, earth, and mind, making Saguna worship a doorway to realizing his all-encompassing presence.
Practice bhāvanā (contemplation) during japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya): mentally offer space, fire, water, the directions, heaven, earth, and the mind itself into Shiva, optionally while wearing rudrākṣa and applying tripuṇḍra (bhasma) as reminders of his pervasion.