Shloka 33
प्रणवमहिमा — The Greatness of the Praṇava (Om) as Śiva
ओमितीदं सर्वमिति सर्वं ब्रह्मेति च श्रुतेः । वाच्यवाचकसम्बन्धोप्ययमेवार्थ ईरितः
omitīdaṃ sarvamiti sarvaṃ brahmeti ca śruteḥ | vācyavācakasambandhopyayamevārtha īritaḥ
ശ്രുതി പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു—“ഓം, ഇതെല്ലാം തന്നേ” എന്നും “എല്ലാം ബ്രഹ്മം” എന്നും; അതിനാൽ വാച്യ-വാചകബന്ധത്തിലും ഇതേ അർത്ഥം ഉപദേശിക്കുന്നു: സമസ്തവും ബ്രഹ്മസ്വരൂപനായ പരമേശ്വരൻ ശിവൻ തന്നേ।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Mantra: oṃ—idaṃ sarvam; sarvaṃ brahma (iti śruti-vākya-sāra)
Type: gayatri
Role: teaching
FAQs
It affirms the Vedic revelation that Om and the entire cosmos point to one Supreme Reality; in the Kailasha Samhita’s Shaiva framing, that Absolute is understood as Pati—Lord Shiva—who is the ground of all names, forms, and meanings.
If all is Brahman/Shiva, then the Linga becomes a focused support (ālambana) for devotion: worshiping the Saguna form trains the mind to recognize the same Shiva as the inner, nirguna reality indicated by Om and the Upanishadic declarations.
Meditate on Om as all-pervading Shiva while doing steady japa (especially the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), contemplating that sound (vācaka) and meaning (vācya) converge in the one Reality.