Shloka 28
गोत्र-प्रवर-प्रश्नः तथा तिथ्यादि-कीर्तनं
Gotra–Pravara Inquiry and Proclamation of Auspicious Time
शिवो नादमयः सत्त्यं नादश्शिवमयस्तथा । उभयोरन्तरं नास्ति नादस्य च शिवस्य च
śivo nādamayaḥ sattyaṃ nādaśśivamayastathā | ubhayorantaraṃ nāsti nādasya ca śivasya ca
แท้จริงแล้ว ศิวะทรงมีสภาวะเป็นนาทะ และนาทะก็มีสภาวะเป็นศิวะเช่นกัน ระหว่างนาทะกับศิวะไม่มีความแตกต่างใด ๆ เลย ไม่มีช่องว่างคั่นกลาง
Lord Shiva (teaching Parvati in the Pārvatīkhaṇḍa context)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Doctrinal core: Śiva and Nāda are mutually implicative—Nāda is not merely an attribute but a mode of Śiva’s very being.
Significance: Supports mantra-sādhana as direct approach to Śiva: by entering nāda (inner sound), the devotee approaches Pati, loosening pāśa (bondage) through grace.
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that the ultimate reality (Śiva) is directly present as Nāda—the sacred inner sound and mantra-principle—so meditation on sound and mantra is a valid doorway to realizing Śiva, not something separate from Him.
The Liṅga is a saguna support for worship, while Nāda/mantra is a subtle support; the verse unites both by affirming that the worshipped Śiva and the invoked sound (mantra, praṇava, pañcākṣarī) are essentially non-different, leading the devotee from form to inner realization.
Practice japa of Śiva-mantras (especially the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with attentive listening to inner Nāda (Nāda-yoga style), ideally after purificatory Śaiva disciplines such as applying tripuṇḍra-bhasma and wearing rudrākṣa, as aids to steadiness and devotion.