Shloka 15
भैरवावतारलीलावर्णनम् (Bhairava-avatāra-līlā-varṇanam) — “Narration of the Divine Play of Bhairava’s Descent”
अहो विचित्रं देवस्य चेष्टितम्परमेष्ठिनः । यस्याख्यां ब्रुवतो नित्यं न देहः सोऽपि देहभृत्
aho vicitraṃ devasya ceṣṭitamparameṣṭhinaḥ | yasyākhyāṃ bruvato nityaṃ na dehaḥ so'pi dehabhṛt
Aduhai, sungguh ajaib perbuatan Tuhan Yang Maha Tinggi! Sesiapa yang sentiasa melafazkan Nama suci-Nya, belenggu keterikatan pada jasad tidak lagi tinggal—meskipun pada zahirnya masih tampak berbadan.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadashiva
Mantra: अहो विचित्रं देवस्य चेष्टितम्परमेष्ठिनः । यस्याख्यां ब्रुवतो नित्यं न देहः सोऽपि देहभृत्
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches the Shaiva principle that constant remembrance and utterance of Shiva’s name dissolves bondage (pāśa) and body-identification; the devotee becomes inwardly free even if outwardly living in a body.
Nama-japa is a direct form of Saguna Shiva worship: the Lord is approached through His accessible name and form, and that devotion matures into inner realization where the body is no longer taken as the self.
Daily Shiva nāma-japa—especially the Panchakshara mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—practiced with steadiness (nityam), ideally alongside simple Shaiva observances like bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and Rudraksha as supports for remembrance.