Shloka 5
प्रणवार्थपद्धतिवर्णनम्
Methodical Explanation of the Meaning of Praṇava/Om
परिवृत्त्यन्तरे त्वेवं भूयस्तस्याप्युपाधिना । आत्मान्तराभिधानं स्यात्पादाद्यं नामपंचकम्
parivṛttyantare tvevaṃ bhūyastasyāpyupādhinā | ātmāntarābhidhānaṃ syātpādādyaṃ nāmapaṃcakam
पुन्हा सृष्टीचक्राच्या दुसऱ्या परिवर्तात, त्याच उपाधीमुळे ‘भिन्न आत्मा’ असे अभिधान होते; आणि ‘पाद’पासून आरंभ होणारा पाच नावांचा समूह प्रकट होतो.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Cosmic Event: cyclic manifestation (parivṛtti) and re-imposition of upādhi
FAQs
It teaches that perceived individuality and “otherness” arise due to upādhis (limiting conditions). In Shaiva Siddhanta, liberation comes by Shiva’s grace when the soul (paśu) is freed from the coverings that make it identify as separate.
Saguna forms and names help the bound soul approach Shiva through devotion, but this verse reminds that names and classifications belong to conditioned perception. Linga-worship leads the mind from form and designation toward Shiva as Pati—beyond limiting adjuncts.
Meditate while reciting the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), offering bhasma and/or wearing rudrākṣa with the intent to dissolve upādhis—reducing egoic identification and resting awareness in Shiva as the inner Lord.