Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 34
गोत्र-प्रवर-प्रश्नः तथा तिथ्यादि-कीर्तनं
Gotra–Pravara Inquiry and Proclamation of Auspicious Time
यस्याज्ञया जगदिदं च विशालमेव जातं परात्परतरो निजबोधरूपः । शर्वः स्वतन्त्रगतिकृत्परभावगम्यस्सोऽसौ त्रिलोकपतिरद्य च नस्सुदृष्टः
yasyājñayā jagadidaṃ ca viśālameva jātaṃ parātparataro nijabodharūpaḥ | śarvaḥ svatantragatikṛtparabhāvagamyasso'sau trilokapatiradya ca nassudṛṣṭaḥ
Por cuyo mandato ha surgido este vasto universo—Él, más allá aun de lo supremo, cuya esencia es la Conciencia pura, auto-luminosa. Śarva, que se mueve con libertad absoluta y sólo es cognoscible por la realización interior suprema: ese Señor de los tres mundos, hoy, por gracia, ha sido visto por nosotros.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana; verse voiced as a devotional exclamation within the Parvati Khanda context)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: stotra
Offering: dipa
FAQs
It proclaims Shiva as Pati—the utterly independent Lord whose command brings forth the cosmos—while also affirming His nature as pure Consciousness (nija-bodha). The verse highlights that true knowledge of Shiva culminates in grace-filled darśana and inner realization.
Though Shiva is described as beyond the beyond (transcendent), He becomes accessible through grace and “being seen.” In practice, Shaiva worship approaches this transcendence through Saguna supports like the Shiva Linga, where the devotee receives darśana and steadies the mind toward the supreme state (para-bhāva).
The takeaway is darśana-oriented bhakti joined with contemplation of Shiva as bodha (pure awareness). A fitting practice is steady japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) before the Linga, with focused meditation that Shiva alone is the sovereign Lord (svatantra) who grants true vision.