कामदाहोत्तरवृत्तान्तः / Aftermath of Kāma’s Burning
Pārvatī’s Fear and Himavān’s Consolation
ब्रह्मोवाच । इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्याः पार्वत्या मुनिसत्तमः । पंचाक्षरं शम्भुमन्त्रं विधिपूर्वमुपादिशः
brahmovāca | iti śrutvā vacastasyāḥ pārvatyā munisattamaḥ | paṃcākṣaraṃ śambhumantraṃ vidhipūrvamupādiśaḥ
ဗြဟ္မာ မိန့်တော်မူသည်— “ပာရဝတီ၏ စကားကို ထိုသို့ ကြားနာပြီးနောက်၊ မုနိတို့အနက် အမြတ်ဆုံးသောသူသည် သတ်မှတ်ထားသော နည်းလမ်းအတိုင်း ပဉ္စအက္ခရာ ရှမ္ဘု မန္တရကို သူမအား သင်ကြားပေး၏။”
Brahma
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Mantra: (implied) oṃ namaḥ śivāya / namaḥ śivāya
Type: panchakshara
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: liberating
It highlights that Pārvatī’s approach to Śiva is guided by śāstra: the liberating connection to Pati (Śiva) is established through the pañcākṣarī mantra received with proper discipline, preparing the soul (paśu) for grace and union.
The Śambhu-mantra is a direct means to worship Saguna Śiva—often practiced alongside Liṅga-pūjā—where mantra, offering, and inner meditation converge to focus devotion and invite Śiva’s presence.
Mantra-upadeśa and japa of the pañcākṣara (commonly understood as “Namaḥ Śivāya”) according to vidhi—regular repetition with purity, devotion, and a regulated worship routine.