Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 31
मृत्युञ्जय-विद्या-प्रादुर्भावः
The Manifestation/Transmission of the Mṛtyuñjaya Vidyā
आत्मस्वरूप तव रूपपरंपराभिराभिस्ततं हर चराचररूपमेतत् । सर्वांतरात्मनिलयप्रतिरूपरूप नित्यं नतोऽस्मि परमात्मजनोऽष्टमूर्ते
ātmasvarūpa tava rūpaparaṃparābhirābhistataṃ hara carācararūpametat | sarvāṃtarātmanilayapratirūparūpa nityaṃ nato'smi paramātmajano'ṣṭamūrte
आत्मस्वरूप! तव रूपपरम्पराभिः सर्वं चराचरमिदं जगदावृतं हरे। सर्वान्तरात्मनिलय! प्रतिरूपरूप! नित्यं नतोऽस्मि परमात्मज! अष्टमूर्ते॥
Suta Goswami (narrating the hymn of a devotee within the Yuddhakhaṇḍa context)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Mantra: आत्मस्वरूप तव रूपपरंपराभिराभिस्ततं हर चराचररूपमेतत् । सर्वांतरात्मनिलयप्रतिरूपरूप नित्यं नतोऽस्मि परमात्मजनोऽष्टमूर्ते
Type: stotra
Cosmic Event: Śiva as Aṣṭamūrti pervading cara-acara (cosmic immanence).
FAQs
It praises Shiva as both transcendent Self and immanent Lord: the inner controller dwelling in all beings and the one who pervades the entire moving–unmoving cosmos, guiding the soul toward liberation through surrender (namaskāra) to Pati, the Supreme.
By declaring that all forms are Shiva’s reflections, it supports Saguna worship—especially the Linga—as a concrete focus through which the devotee approaches the formless Reality (Nirguna) that pervades everything.
Practice daily namaskāra and japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) while meditating on Shiva as the indwelling Self (antarātman) and as Aṣṭamūrti—the Lord present in all elements and beings.