Shloka 8
शब्दब्रह्मतनुवर्णनम् — Description of the Form of Śabda-Brahman
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे द्वितीयायां रुद्रसंहितायां प्रथमखण्डे सृष्ट्युपाख्याने शब्दब्रह्मतनुवर्णनो नामाष्टमोऽध्यायः
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ prathamakhaṇḍe sṛṣṭyupākhyāne śabdabrahmatanuvarṇano nāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ
Demikianlah, dalam Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa—pada Samhitā Kedua, iaitu Rudra-saṃhitā—di bahagian pertama, dalam kisah Sṛṣṭi (Penciptaan), berakhirlah Bab Kelapan yang bernama “Huraian tentang Wujud Śabda-Brahman.”
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Colophon verse concluding the chapter on Śabda-Brahman; no specific liṅga-sthala narrative is invoked here.
Significance: Textual śravaṇa/adhyayana of Śabda-Brahman teaching is framed as a purifying upadeśa leading toward Śiva-jñāna.
FAQs
This is a colophon verse marking the completion of a chapter; its significance is to highlight the topic just taught—Śabda-Brahman, sacred sound as a revelatory form pointing to Shiva, the supreme Pati, approached through mantra and inner contemplation.
By naming the chapter as “Śabda-Brahman’s form,” it indicates that Shiva is worshipped not only as the Linga (a sacred emblem) but also through audible and subtle mantra—Saguna practice that leads the devotee toward realization of Shiva beyond form.
Mantra-japa and attentive listening/contemplation of sacred sound—especially the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”)—as a Shaiva discipline supporting devotion, purity, and liberation-oriented meditation.