Shloka 70
Praṇava-Māhātmya and the Twofold Mantra (Sūkṣma–Sthūla) in Śaiva Sādhanā
तदूर्ध्वं नित्यभोगो हि तदर्वाण्नश्वरं विदुः । तदर्वाक्च तिरोधानं तदूर्ध्वं न तिरोधनम्
tadūrdhvaṃ nityabhogo hi tadarvāṇnaśvaraṃ viduḥ | tadarvākca tirodhānaṃ tadūrdhvaṃ na tirodhanam
ആ അവസ്ഥയുടെ മീതെ നിത്യാനുഭവം (നിത്യഭോഗം) തന്നെയുണ്ട്; അതിന് താഴെ എല്ലാം നശ്വരമാണെന്ന് ജ്ഞാനികൾ അറിയുന്നു. തിരോധാനം (ആവരണം) താഴെയേ പ്രവർത്തിക്കൂ; മീതെ യാതൊരു ആവരണവും ഇല്ല.
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s higher doctrine to the sages of Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: liberating
FAQs
It distinguishes the perishable realm where ignorance veils truth from the liberated state where Shiva’s reality is directly known—there, experience is eternal and no veiling remains.
Linga-worship and Saguna devotion purify the bound soul in the lower, perishable realm where concealment operates; by Shiva’s grace, devotion matures into direct realization where the veil is absent.
Steady japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with bhakti and inner contemplation is implied as the practical means to cross the perishable, veiled condition toward Shiva’s unveiled knowledge.