Shloka 21
शारभावतारवर्णनम्
Account of Śiva’s Śārabha Manifestation and the Measureless Avatāras
सायं चकर्ष देवेशो देहल्यां दैत्यपुङ्गवम् । व्योम्नि देवेषु पश्यत्सु नृसिंहश्च रमेश्वरः
sāyaṃ cakarṣa deveśo dehalyāṃ daityapuṅgavam | vyomni deveṣu paśyatsu nṛsiṃhaśca rameśvaraḥ
Ao entardecer, o Senhor dos deuses arrastou o principal dos demônios até o limiar; e, enquanto os devas observavam no céu, o Senhor — manifestado como Nṛsiṃha, o amado Senhor de Ramā — fez isso abertamente diante deles.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Kālāntaka
Shakti Form: Lalitā
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It highlights divine protection of dharma through a precise, fate-transcending act: the demon is slain at the “threshold,” symbolizing the Lord’s mastery over limiting conditions and the removal of the devotee’s fear at the boundary between bondage and liberation.
In the Shaiva Siddhanta lens, even when Viṣṇu appears as Nṛsiṃha, the protective act reflects the Supreme Lord’s saguna grace operating in form to uphold cosmic order—akin to how the Linga is worshipped as the accessible, form-bearing focus of the transcendent Shiva.
Meditate on the Lord as the inner protector at life’s “thresholds” (fear, anger, ego), repeating the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with bhakti; at dusk (sāyam), practice japa and offer a simple lamp as a reminder of divine guardianship.