Shloka 30
Kāla-vañcana (Overcoming/Outwitting Time) and the Pañcabhūta Basis of the Body
एष ते कथितो देवि शब्दब्रह्मविधिक्रमः । पलालमिव धान्यार्थी त्यजेद्बन्धमशेषतः
eṣa te kathito devi śabdabrahmavidhikramaḥ | palālamiva dhānyārthī tyajedbandhamaśeṣataḥ
हे देवी, शब्दब्रह्म की साधना का यह विधि-क्रम तुम्हें कहा गया। जैसे धान्य चाहने वाला भूसी त्याग देता है, वैसे ही समस्त बंधनों का पूर्ण त्याग करना चाहिए।
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: teaching
FAQs
It frames mantra-realization (Śabda-Brahman) as a practical, staged discipline whose fruit is vairāgya and total release from pāśa—bondage that obscures the soul (paśu) from the Lord (Pati).
Śabda-Brahman commonly unfolds through devotion to Saguna Shiva—especially Linga worship and mantra-japa—where sound, form, and worship converge, culminating in inner detachment and turning toward Shiva as the supreme Reality.
Steady mantra-japa (notably the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with disciplined renunciation—keeping what leads to realization and discarding attachments like chaff—supported by Shaiva observances such as worship, purity, and focused meditation.