Shloka 27
भैरवावतारवर्णनम् (Bhairavāvatāra-varṇanam) — “Description of the Descent/Manifestation of Bhairava”
सामवेद उवाच । येनेदम्भ्रम्यते विश्वं योगिभिर्यो विचिन्त्यते । यद्भासा भासते विश्वं स एकस्त्र्यम्बकः परः
sāmaveda uvāca | yenedambhramyate viśvaṃ yogibhiryo vicintyate | yadbhāsā bhāsate viśvaṃ sa ekastryambakaḥ paraḥ
సామవేదము పలికెను—యేనిచేత ఈ విశ్వము భ్రమించి చలించుచున్నదో, యోగులు ధ్యానమున విచారించుచున్నవాడెవడో, యద్భాసచేత జగత్తు ప్రకాశించుచున్నదో—ఆయనే ఏకైక పరమ త్ర్యంబకుడు।
Sāmaveda (personified Veda)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Tryambaka
Jyotirlinga: Tryambakeśvara
Sthala Purana: Tryambaka as the supreme three-eyed Lord; in Jyotirliṅga tradition, the liṅga is revered at the source-region of the Godāvarī, granting purification and release from sins through darśana and abhiṣeka.
Significance: Darśana of Tryambakeśvara is sought for pāpa-kṣaya, pitṛ-tarpaṇa efficacy, and steadiness in yoga; associated with sacred bathing and śrāddha rites in the region.
Type: mahamrityunjaya
Role: teaching
Offering: dipa
FAQs
It declares Shiva (Tryambaka) as the one Supreme Lord: the mover of the cosmos, the light by which all experience is known, and the ultimate object of yogic contemplation—pointing to liberation through knowing Pati (the Lord).
Though it praises Shiva’s transcendence (“paraḥ”), it supports Saguna worship (like the Linga) as a meditative support: devotees focus the mind on Tryambaka, the one reality whose radiance makes the universe appear.
Yogic dhyāna on Tryambaka—steady contemplation of Shiva as the inner light; as a practical takeaway, one may combine meditation with japa of “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” to anchor the mind in the one Supreme Lord.