Shloka 5
Praṇava-Māhātmya and the Twofold Mantra (Sūkṣma–Sthūla) in Śaiva Sādhanā
प्रः प्रपंचो न नास्तिवो युष्माकं प्रणवं विदुः । प्रकर्षेण नयेद्यस्मान्मोक्षं वः प्रणवं विदुः
praḥ prapaṃco na nāstivo yuṣmākaṃ praṇavaṃ viduḥ | prakarṣeṇa nayedyasmānmokṣaṃ vaḥ praṇavaṃ viduḥ
ពួកគេដឹងថា «ប្រṇវ» របស់ព្រះអង្គ គឺអូម—សូរស័ព្ទបរិសុទ្ធ—ដែលមិនបដិសេធលោកសកលដែលបង្ហាញឡើងទេ ប៉ុន្តែធ្វើឲ្យយល់ត្រឹមត្រូវ; ហើយព្រោះវានាំទៅមុខយ៉ាងខ្លាំងដល់មោក្សៈ ពួកគេដឹងថា ប្រṇវនោះជាមធ្យោបាយទៅមោក្សៈរបស់ព្រះអង្គ។
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
FAQs
This verse teaches that Oṁ (Praṇava) is Shiva’s own sacred sound-form: it does not negate the world as mere nothingness, but reveals its proper place under Pati (Shiva), and it becomes a direct means that strongly leads the seeker toward mokṣa.
In Vidyeshvara teaching, Praṇava is used to approach Saguna Shiva through worship—especially in linga-upāsanā—while realizing that the same Shiva is the transcendent Pati beyond forms; thus Oṁ bridges devotion and realization.
Japa and dhyāna on Oṁ (Praṇava)—often alongside Shiva-mantras such as the Panchākṣarī—performed with purity and steadiness, is indicated as a practical discipline that ‘powerfully leads’ the mind toward liberation.