Shloka 28
Śiva-jñāna and the Non-dual Vision of a Śiva-maya Universe (शिवज्ञानम्—सर्वं शिवमयम्)
तदाहंकारनिर्मुक्तो जीवो निर्मलबुद्धिमान् । शङ्करस्य प्रसादेन प्रयाति शङ्करताम्पुनः
tadāhaṃkāranirmukto jīvo nirmalabuddhimān | śaṅkarasya prasādena prayāti śaṅkaratāmpunaḥ
Kemudian jīva, bebas daripada keakuan dan berakal budi yang suci tanpa noda, dengan rahmat Śaṅkara mencapai kembali keadaan Śaṅkara—bersatu dengan sifat mulia dan bertuah Tuhan.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that liberation is not merely self-effort: when egoism (ahaṃkāra) falls away and the intellect becomes pure, Śiva’s grace (prasāda) completes the soul’s return to the auspicious Shiva-state (śaṅkaratā).
In the Kotirudra context of Jyotirliṅga devotion, worship of Saguna Śiva (as Śaṅkara in the Liṅga) ripens into inner purification; through that devotion and His prasāda, the jīva is led beyond ego into union with Śiva’s auspicious reality.
A practical takeaway is steady Śiva-bhakti with ego-reducing discipline—japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), meditation on Śiva, and living with humility—so the buddhi becomes nirmala and fit to receive Śaṅkara’s grace.