Shloka 35
देवस्तुतिः—शिवस्य परब्रह्मत्वं, मायाशक्तिः, कर्मफलप्रदातृत्वं च
Devas’ Hymn: Śiva as Parabrahman, Māyā-Śakti, and Giver of Karmic Fruits
ईशानाय नमस्तुभ्यमीश्वराय नमो नमः । ब्रह्मणे ब्रह्मरूपाय नमस्साक्षात्परात्मने
īśānāya namastubhyamīśvarāya namo namaḥ | brahmaṇe brahmarūpāya namassākṣātparātmane
ईशानाय नमस्तुभ्यमीश्वराय नमो नमः । ब्रह्मणे ब्रह्मरूपाय नमस्साक्षात्परात्मने ॥
Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the hymn of praise within the Satī narrative)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Mantra: ईशानाय नमस्तुभ्यमीश्वराय नमो नमः । ब्रह्मणे ब्रह्मरूपाय नमस्साक्षात्परात्मने
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
Offering: dipa
FAQs
It identifies Shiva (Īśāna/Īśvara) as both the transcendent Brahman and the directly realizable Supreme Self, teaching that devotion (namas) to Shiva culminates in knowledge of the Paramātman and liberation.
By praising Shiva as Īśvara (the worshipable Lord) and also as Brahman, the verse supports Saguna worship—such as Linga-pūjā—as a valid doorway to realizing Shiva’s Nirguna reality.
Repeated namaskāra and japa with Shiva-nāma (especially the Panchākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) while contemplating Shiva as both the Lord (Īśvara) and the inner Self (Paramātman).