Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 33
दक्षयज्ञ-प्रसङ्गे देवतानां आश्वासनं तथा दण्डविधानम् | Consolation of the Devas and the Ordinance of Consequences in the Dakṣa-Yajña Episode
नमामि विश्वेश्वर विश्वरूपं पुरातनं ब्रह्मनिजात्मरूपम् । नमामि शर्वं भव भावभावं परात्परं शंकरमानतोमि
namāmi viśveśvara viśvarūpaṃ purātanaṃ brahmanijātmarūpam | namāmi śarvaṃ bhava bhāvabhāvaṃ parātparaṃ śaṃkaramānatomi
Je me prosterne devant Viśveśvara, Seigneur de l’univers, dont la forme embrasse le cosmos tout entier—l’Ancien, dont le Soi véritable est Brahman. Je me prosterne devant Śarva, devant Bhava—fondement de tout devenir et de tous les états de l’être—devant Śaṅkara, le Suprême au-delà du suprême; à Lui j’offre ma prosternation révérencieuse.
Satī (offering a hymn of salutation to Lord Śiva)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha
Sthala Purana: The epithet Viśveśvara/Viśvanātha evokes Kāśī, where Śiva is revered as the Lord of the universe; the Purāṇic sthala-tradition presents Kāśī as the supreme kṣetra where Śiva grants liberation and where His presence is self-manifest and timeless.
Significance: Darśana of Viśvanātha is held to confer pāpa-kṣaya and, in Kāśī’s theology, special proximity to mokṣa through Śiva’s saving grace.
Mantra: नमामि विश्वेश्वर विश्वरूपं पुरातनं ब्रह्मनिजात्मरूपम् । नमामि शर्वं भव भावभावं परात्परं शंकरमानतोमि
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Satī
Role: teaching
FAQs
This verse centers on surrender to Shiva as Viśveśvara (cosmic Lord) and Parātpara (utterly transcendent), affirming that the same Shiva is both the immanent universe (viśvarūpa) and the supreme Reality (Brahman). In a Shaiva Siddhanta tone, it points to Pati (Shiva) as the highest refuge who grants liberation when approached with devotion and reverence.
Calling Shiva “Viśvarūpa” supports Saguna worship—Shiva adored with attributes as the Lord who pervades all forms—while “Parātpara” and “Brahman” indicate the transcendent dimension realized through the same devotion. In Linga-worship, the Linga functions as the focused emblem through which the devotee contemplates both Shiva’s immanence and transcendence.
A practical takeaway is stotra-japa with prostration (namaskāra), mentally visualizing Shiva as all-pervading (viśvarūpa) while repeating a Shiva mantra such as the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” ideally alongside simple Linga-upacāra (water, bilva leaves) and inward contemplation of Shiva as the inner Self.