Shloka 72
हृदयं चाग्निसारेण त्वपां सारेण वैकटिम् । जानु चावनिसारेण तद्वत्सर्वं तदंगकम्
hṛdayaṃ cāgnisāreṇa tvapāṃ sāreṇa vaikaṭim | jānu cāvanisāreṇa tadvatsarvaṃ tadaṃgakam
His heart is formed from the essence of Fire; His skin from the essence of Water; His knees from the essence of Earth—thus all His limbs are fashioned from the essences of the elements.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadyojāta
Cosmic Event: Cosmic embodiment: pañcabhūta-sāratva (the Lord’s limbs described as essences of elements)
FAQs
It teaches that the Lord’s manifested (saguṇa) form pervades and transcends the five elements; contemplating this dissolves the sense of separateness and turns the devotee toward Shiva as the inner ruler (Pati) of all tattvas.
In Linga worship, the devotee honors Shiva as the ground of all elements; this verse supports seeing every elemental function—heat, fluidity, solidity—as Shiva’s presence, making external ritual and inner contemplation one.
Meditate on Shiva pervading the elements within one’s own body while repeating the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), offering water and sacred ash (Tripuṇḍra/Bhasma) with the insight that the elements return to their Lord.