Shloka 67
Paramātma-Svarūpa-Nirṇaya: Strī–Puṃ–Napuṃsaka-Vicāra
Inquiry into the Supreme Self and Gendered Forms
भूतपञ्चकरूपोऽयम्प्रपञ्चः परिकीर्त्यते । विराट् सर्वसमष्ट्यात्मा ब्रह्माण्डमिति च स्फुटम्
bhūtapañcakarūpo'yamprapañcaḥ parikīrtyate | virāṭ sarvasamaṣṭyātmā brahmāṇḍamiti ca sphuṭam
ഈ പ്രത്യക്ഷമായ പ്രപഞ്ചം പഞ്ചമഹാഭൂതസ്വരൂപമാണെന്ന് കീര്ത്തിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു. സർവ്വസമഷ്ടികളുടെ സമഷ്ടി-ആത്മാവായ വിരാട് വ്യക്തമായി ‘ബ്രഹ്മാണ്ഡം’ എന്നു വിളിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Cosmic Event: brahmāṇḍa/virāṭ conception (samaṣṭi-body of the universe)
FAQs
It frames the entire world as a pañcabhūta-based manifestation while pointing to a unifying cosmic principle (Virāṭ). In a Shaiva Siddhanta lens, this supports discerning the seen world (pāśa) and seeking the transcendent Lord (Pati) who enables liberation beyond elemental limitation.
Virāṭ and Brahmāṇḍa describe the universe as a sacred, ordered whole—an entry point for saguna contemplation. Linga-worship similarly uses a visible support to contemplate Shiva as the ground of the cosmos, ultimately leading the devotee from form-based meditation to the formless Supreme.
A practical takeaway is pañcabhūta-śuddhi (purification of the five elements) through japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” combined with steady Linga-dhyāna—seeing the entire Brahmāṇḍa as upheld by Shiva and offering the elements back to Him in inner worship.