Shloka 41
Ṣaḍvidhārtha-Parijñāna: Praṇavārtha and the Sixfold Unity of Meaning (षड्विधार्थपरिज्ञानम् / प्रणवार्थपरिज्ञानम्)
प्रकृतिस्त्वक्च पाणिश्च स्पर्शो वायुश्च पंचकम् । व्याप्तं पुरुषरूपेण ब्रह्मणैव मुनीश्वर
prakṛtistvakca pāṇiśca sparśo vāyuśca paṃcakam | vyāptaṃ puruṣarūpeṇa brahmaṇaiva munīśvara
Oh señor entre los sabios, el conjunto quíntuple—Prakṛti (la Naturaleza primordial), la piel, la mano, el tacto y el viento—es penetrado por el propio Brahman en la forma de Puruṣa, el Ser consciente que mora en el interior.
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Tatpuruṣa
Type: rudram
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It teaches that even the sensory and elemental principles (touch, skin, hand, wind) along with Prakriti are not independent—Brahman, realized as the inner Puruṣa, pervades them; liberation comes by seeing Shiva-consciousness as the indweller of all tattvas.
Linga-worship trains the mind to recognize the all-pervading Pati (Shiva) beyond names and forms; this verse supports Saguna devotion as a doorway to realizing the same Brahman as the Puruṣa within all embodied experience.
A practical takeaway is tattva-dhyāna: during japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” contemplate Shiva as the indwelling Puruṣa pervading breath (vāyu) and touch (sparśa), steadying awareness in the witness rather than the senses.