Shloka 16
संहाररूप-प्रादुर्भावः
Manifestation of Śiva’s Saṃhāra-Form
उड्डीयोड्डीय भगवान्पक्षघातविमोहितम् । हरीं हरस्तं वृषभं विवेशानन्त ईश्वरः
uḍḍīyoḍḍīya bhagavānpakṣaghātavimohitam | harīṃ harastaṃ vṛṣabhaṃ viveśānanta īśvaraḥ
വീണ്ടും വീണ്ടും ചാടിയുയർന്ന് ഭഗവാൻ ഹരൻ—അനന്ത പരമേശ്വരൻ—ആ വൃഷഭത്തിൽ പ്രവേശിച്ചു; ചിറകുകളിൽ പ്രഹരമേറ്റു മോഹിതനായ ഹരി സ്തംഭിച്ചു നിന്നു।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Śarabheśvara
FAQs
It highlights Śiva as Ānanta Īśvara—the supreme Pati—before whom even Hari becomes momentarily bewildered; the devotee is guided to humility and surrender as the doorway to grace and liberation.
By depicting Hara’s tangible action—entering the bull (Nandi)—the verse emphasizes Saguna Śiva’s accessible, grace-filled presence in sacred forms, supporting devotional worship that leads the mind toward the transcendent Nirguna reality.
Nandi-focused devotion—beginning worship by offering reverence to Nandi before Śiva—along with steady japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) to cultivate humility and one-pointedness.