Shloka 37
तपः–मन्त्रजप–ध्यानविधिः
Protocol of Tapas, Mantra-Japa, and Śiva-Dhyāna
विषं चैवामृतं कुर्यादमृतं विषमेव वा । यदिच्छति करोत्येव समर्थः किन्निषिध्यते
viṣaṃ caivāmṛtaṃ kuryādamṛtaṃ viṣameva vā | yadicchati karotyeva samarthaḥ kinniṣidhyate
He can turn poison into nectar, and nectar into poison as well. Whatever He wills, that alone He accomplishes; since He is all-powerful, who can restrain or forbid Him?
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Ishana
FAQs
The verse proclaims Shiva as Pati—the supreme Lord whose will is unfailing. In Shaiva Siddhanta terms, it points to His sovereignty over pasha (bondage) and the power to transform the devotee’s poison-like impurities into the nectar of grace and liberation.
Linga worship trains the mind to recognize Shiva as the one Reality who pervades and governs all opposites—poison and nectar, bondage and freedom. Through Saguna worship (form, mantra, ritual), the devotee approaches the Nirguna truth of His limitless power and lordship.
Meditate on Shiva’s śakti (power) through japa of the Panchakshara—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—while offering water and bilva to the Linga, and contemplate that divine grace can transmute inner negativity (viṣa) into purity (amṛta).