Shloka 62

वीरभद्र-भैरव-आह्वानम् — Invocation of Vīrabhadra/Bhairava for Cosmic Reabsorption

Devanagari script

इत्थं सर्वं समालोक्य संहारात्मानमात्मना । न विनष्टन्त्वमात्मानं कुरु हे नृहरेऽबुध

Transliteration

itthaṃ sarvaṃ samālokya saṃhārātmānamātmanā | na vinaṣṭantvamātmānaṃ kuru he nṛhare'budha

Translation

ఇలా సమస్తాన్ని పరిశీలించి, అంతరాత్మతో సంహారస్వరూపమైన ఆత్మను గ్రహించి—హే నృహరి, అజ్ఞానీ! నిన్ను నీవు నశించిపోయినవాడిగా భావించకు; ఆత్మను ‘నశించేది’గా చేయకు॥

Word by Word

• ittham: thus; in this manner
• ittham: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ittham (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; used as object of ‘seeing’

• samālokya: having observed
• samālokya: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ā-√lok (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यबन्त), from sam-ā + √lok ‘to look at/observe’

• saṃhāra-ātmānam: the one whose nature is destruction (dissolution)
• saṃhāra-ātmānam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃhāra (प्रातिपदिक) + ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; तत्पुरुषः: ‘whose nature is dissolution’ (as object of ‘seeing’)

• ātmanā: by oneself; with the self
• ātmanā: Karana (करण/instrument/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• na: do not
• na: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Negation particle

• vinaṣṭam: destroyed; lost
• vinaṣṭam: Karma (कर्म/predicative complement)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-√naś (धातु)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Accusative (2nd), Singular; used predicatively with tvam: ‘(yourself) destroyed’

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता/subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Nominative (1st), Singular

• ātmānam: yourself; the self
• ātmānam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd), Singular; reflexive object with kuru

• kuru: make; do
• kuru: Kriya (क्रिया/main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), Parasmaipada, 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular

• he: O!
• he: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/address)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: he (अव्यय)
• Form: Vocative particle (सम्बोधन-निपात)

• nṛhare: O Narasiṃha (man-lion)
• nṛhare: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nṛhari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular

• abudha: O ignorant one
• abudha: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abudha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (8th), Singular; adjective used substantively

Speaker

Lord Shiva (inferred, Shatarudrasaṃhitā teaching context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; it is a doctrinal admonition about the Self’s non-destruction even amid saṃhāra.

Significance: Frames Śiva as the inner ruler of dissolution; contemplation at cremation-ground Śiva temples (śmaśāna-kṣetra) aligns with this teaching of imperishability beyond withdrawal.

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: saṃhāra (cosmic withdrawal) invoked as a metaphysical frame

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vishnu (Nṛhari/Narasiṃha)

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It teaches discernment (viveka): even when the cosmos undergoes saṃhāra (withdrawal), the true Self is not annihilated. Shiva points to the indestructible spiritual principle beyond fear and loss.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

The Liṅga signifies Shiva as the eternal ground beyond creation and dissolution. Worship of Saguna Shiva steadies the mind, leading the devotee to recognize the Nirguna reality—Selfhood that cannot be destroyed.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Meditate on Shiva as the inner witness during change (saṃhāra-bhāvanā), repeating the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” to dissolve the notion “I am destroyed” and rest in the undying Self.