Shloka 19
Śiva–Hari–Rudra–Vidhīnāṃ Tattva-nirṇayaḥ
Identity of Śiva, Viṣṇu, Rudra, and Brahmā; Nirguṇa–Saguṇa Reconciliation
ब्रह्मादि तृणपर्यंतं यत्किंचिद्दृश्यते त्विह । तत्सर्वं शिव एवास्ति मिथ्या नानात्वकल्पना
brahmādi tṛṇaparyaṃtaṃ yatkiṃciddṛśyate tviha | tatsarvaṃ śiva evāsti mithyā nānātvakalpanā
ബ്രഹ്മാദി തൃണമുതൽ ഇവിടെ കാണുന്നതെല്ലാം ശിവൻ തന്നേ; നാനാത്വത്തിന്റെ കല്പന മിഥ്യയാണ്.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Role: creative
FAQs
It teaches Shiva as the single underlying reality (Pati) pervading all names and forms; liberation arises when the seeker drops the false notion of separateness and recognizes everything as belonging to and grounded in Śiva.
Linga worship trains the mind to see the one Śiva behind all forms; by honoring Saguna Śiva (as Linga/Jyotirlinga), the devotee matures toward the insight that the entire manifest world is sustained by Śiva alone.
Practice japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) while contemplating that every perception is Śiva’s presence; support it with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrākṣa as reminders to dissolve ‘many-ness’ into one-pointed devotion.