Shloka 70
Svagati-varṇana
Description of the Supreme State / One’s True Attainment
सर्वज्ञस्सर्वभूतात्मा सवर्भूतभवोद्भवः । आस्ते सर्वगतो देवो दृश्यस्सर्वैश्च दैवतैः
sarvajñassarvabhūtātmā savarbhūtabhavodbhavaḥ | āste sarvagato devo dṛśyassarvaiśca daivataiḥ
He is omniscient; the inner Self of all beings; and the very source from which the becoming of all creatures arises. That all-pervading Lord abides everywhere, and is directly perceived by all the gods.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
FAQs
It declares Shiva as Pati—the omniscient, all-pervading indwelling Self and the ultimate source of all manifested beings—affirming that liberation comes by knowing Him as the inner ruler beyond limited individuality.
Though Shiva is everywhere, He becomes ‘dṛśya’ (directly apprehensible) through graceful manifestation—classically approached in practice via Saguna worship such as the Shiva-Linga, where the all-pervading Lord is reverently encountered in a consecrated form.
Meditate on Shiva as the indwelling Self in all beings while repeating the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and support it with simple Linga-upasana (water/abhisheka) to steady awareness of His all-pervasiveness.