Shloka 28
वीरभद्र-भैरव-आह्वानम् — Invocation of Vīrabhadra/Bhairava for Cosmic Reabsorption
संहर्तुर्न हि संहारः स्वतो वा परतोऽपि वा । शासितम्मम सर्व्वत्र शास्ता कोऽपि न विद्यते
saṃharturna hi saṃhāraḥ svato vā parato'pi vā | śāsitammama sarvvatra śāstā ko'pi na vidyate
For Me, the Dissolver, there is no dissolution—neither from Myself nor from any other. Everywhere I alone am the One who governs; there exists no other ruler over Me.
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
FAQs
It declares Shiva as Pati—the absolutely independent Lord—who is not subject to decay, death, or any higher authority, grounding devotion in His supremacy and leading the seeker toward liberation.
Linga worship honors Shiva as the formless, beginningless Reality (beyond dissolution) made accessible through a sacred form; the verse supports seeing the Linga as the sign of the One who rules all yet is ruled by none.
Practice steady japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with the contemplation that Shiva alone is the inner governor; offer Tripuṇḍra-bhasma and Rudrākṣa as aids to remembrance and surrender.