Shloka 5
सृष्टिपद्धतिवर्णनम्
Exposition of the Supreme Method of Creation and the Tirodhāna-Cakra
ईशो विश्वेश्वरः पश्चात्परमेशस्ततः परम् । सर्वेश्वर इतीदन्तु तिरोधाचक्रमुत्तमम्
īśo viśveśvaraḥ paścātparameśastataḥ param | sarveśvara itīdantu tirodhācakramuttamam
അവൻ ‘ഈശ’ എന്നു, പിന്നെ ‘വിശ്വേശ്വര’ എന്നു, തുടർന്ന് ‘പരമേശ’ എന്നു, അതിനപ്പുറം ‘സർവേശ്വര’ എന്നു വിളിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. ഈ ക്രമനാമങ്ങൾ എല്ലാം പരമ ‘തിരോധാന-ചക്ര’—ഭഗവാന്റെ ആവരണശക്തി—യോടു ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടവയാണ്.
Lord Shiva (teaching in the Kailasha Samhita discourse tradition)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha
Sthala Purana: The title Viśveśvara/Viśvanātha evokes Kāśī, where Śiva is worshipped as Lord of the universe; the Purāṇic sthala-tradition frames Kāśī as the city where liberation is granted by Śiva’s grace and where His lordship is uniquely manifest.
Significance: Darśana of Viśvanātha is sought for mokṣa-oriented merit, removal of fear of death, and stabilization of bhakti through the sense of Śiva as universal ruler.
Role: teaching
FAQs
It presents a graded contemplation of Shiva’s lordship (Īśa → Viśveśvara → Parameśa → Sarveśvara) and links these to tirodhāna—His power that veils truth so bound souls mature, and then become fit for liberation through His later revelation and grace.
These names are Saguna epithets used in Linga-worship and mantra-japa to approach the One Pati (Shiva). The verse implies that even when the Supreme seems hidden (tīrodhāna), devotion to His manifest names and forms steadily leads the seeker toward clearer recognition of His supremacy.
Name-japa and dhyāna on Shiva through these titles—especially with the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—is suggested as a practical way to pierce veiling (tīrodhāna) and cultivate steady recognition of Shiva as Sarveśvara.