Shloka 15
शिवस्य पञ्चब्रह्मावतारवर्णनम्
Description of Shiva’s Pañcabrahma Avatāras
ततस्तस्य सुता ह्यासंश्चत्वारो रक्तवाससः । विरजाश्च विवाहश्च विशोको विश्वभावनः
tatastasya sutā hyāsaṃścatvāro raktavāsasaḥ | virajāśca vivāhaśca viśoko viśvabhāvanaḥ
Thereafter, she had four sons, clad in red garments—Virajā, Vivāha, Viśoka, and Viśvabhāvana, the sustainer and inspirer of the universe.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Cosmic Event: progenitive expansion within Rakta-kalpa (secondary creation/lineage unfolding)
FAQs
It marks the unfolding of divine order through named progeny—showing how the cosmos is sustained by distinct powers, ultimately rooted in Shiva as the supreme Pati even when described through worldly lineages.
By naming cosmic agents (like ‘Viśvabhāvana’), the text points to Saguna expressions of the Supreme; Linga-worship gathers these many functions into one focal symbol of Shiva’s all-pervading sovereignty.
Contemplate Shiva as Viśvabhāvana—the one who sustains the universe—while repeating the Panchakshara mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” offering the mind’s activities back into the Linga as the center of all manifestations.