Shloka 15
भैरवावतारलीलावर्णनम् (Bhairava-avatāra-līlā-varṇanam) — “Narration of the Divine Play of Bhairava’s Descent”
अहो विचित्रं देवस्य चेष्टितम्परमेष्ठिनः । यस्याख्यां ब्रुवतो नित्यं न देहः सोऽपि देहभृत्
aho vicitraṃ devasya ceṣṭitamparameṣṭhinaḥ | yasyākhyāṃ bruvato nityaṃ na dehaḥ so'pi dehabhṛt
Ah, how wondrous are the deeds of that Supreme Lord! For one who continually utters His holy name, the bondage of embodiment no longer remains—though he may still appear to bear a body.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadashiva
FAQs
It teaches the Shaiva principle that constant remembrance and utterance of Shiva’s name dissolves bondage (pāśa) and body-identification; the devotee becomes inwardly free even if outwardly living in a body.
Nama-japa is a direct form of Saguna Shiva worship: the Lord is approached through His accessible name and form, and that devotion matures into inner realization where the body is no longer taken as the self.
Daily Shiva nāma-japa—especially the Panchakshara mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—practiced with steadiness (nityam), ideally alongside simple Shaiva observances like bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and Rudraksha as supports for remembrance.