Shloka 35

Vyasa

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Devanagari script

सर्वात्मत्वं तयोरेवं ब्रह्मेत्युपनिषत्सु च । गीयते ब्रह्मशब्देन बृंहिधात्वर्थगोचरम्

Transliteration

sarvātmatvaṃ tayorevaṃ brahmetyupaniṣatsu ca | gīyate brahmaśabdena bṛṃhidhātvarthagocaram

Translation

ഇങ്ങനെ ആ ഇരുവരുടെയും സർവ്വാത്മത്വം ഉപനിഷത്തുകളിൽ “ബ്രഹ്മം” എന്നു പാടപ്പെടുന്നു; “ബ്രഹ്മം” എന്ന പദം ബൃംഹ് ധാതുവിന്റെ അർത്ഥമായ വിപുലീകരണം, വ്യാപ്തി, മഹത്ത്വം എന്നിവ സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

सर्वात्मत्वम्the state of being the Self of all

तयोःof those two

एवम्thus

ब्रह्मBrahman

इति“thus/so”

उपनिषत्सुin the Upaniṣads

चand

गीयतेis sung/celebrated

ब्रह्मशब्देनby the word ‘brahma’

बृंहिधात्वर्थगोचरम्having as its referent the meaning of the root ‘bṛṃhi’ (to expand)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Characters & Entities

Brahman

Upanishads

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It equates true divinity with sarvātmatva—being the Self of all—showing that the highest reality praised by the Upaniṣads as Brahman is the all-pervading, all-encompassing principle, understood in Shaiva Siddhanta as the supreme Lord (Pati) who transcends yet pervades everything.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

The verse gives the metaphysical basis for Saguna worship: the Linga and Shiva’s forms are approached as sacred supports through which the devotee contemplates the one Brahman that pervades all. Form-worship becomes a doorway to realizing the formless, all-pervading reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as the indwelling Self in all beings while repeating the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), letting the mind expand from a limited ‘I’ to the all-pervading presence indicated by “Brahman.”