शक्त्यादिसृष्टिनिरूपणम् / The Account of Creation Beginning with Śakti
विश्वोत्तरोत्तरविचित्रमनोरथस्य यस्यैकशक्तिशकले सकलस्समाप्तः । आत्मानमध्वपतिमध्वविदो वदंति तस्मै नमः सकललोकविलक्षणाय
viśvottarottaravicitramanorathasya yasyaikaśaktiśakale sakalassamāptaḥ | ātmānamadhvapatimadhvavido vadaṃti tasmai namaḥ sakalalokavilakṣaṇāya
宇宙を超えたまうその主に礼拝する。妙なる、さらに超越しゆく御意は一切を包み、御力のただ一片においてさえ全存在は成就する。道を知る者は、彼を自己そのもの、道の主(パティ)と説き、諸世界に異なり、これを凌駕すると言う。かの御方に帰命したてまつる。
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s supreme nature to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Mantra: tasmai namaḥ sakalalokavilakṣaṇāya
Type: stotra
It proclaims Shiva as the transcendent Pati—beyond all worlds—whose mere fraction of power completes the cosmos, and whom the realized describe as the inner Self guiding liberation.
While describing Shiva’s supreme, world-transcending nature (para), it supports Saguna/Linga worship as a valid upaya (means): through devotion to the manifest Lord, the seeker approaches the formless, all-surpassing Pati.
Meditate on Shiva as adhvapati (Lord of the path) while repeating the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” offering bhakti to the Linga as the support for realizing the Self beyond all worlds.