Shloka 47
शिवस्य पञ्चब्रह्मावतारवर्णनम्
Description of Shiva’s Pañcabrahma Avatāras
रशनायाश्च पायोश्च रसस्यापां तथैव च । ईश्वरं वामदेवाख्यं स्वरूपं शांकरं स्मृतम्
raśanāyāśca pāyośca rasasyāpāṃ tathaiva ca | īśvaraṃ vāmadevākhyaṃ svarūpaṃ śāṃkaraṃ smṛtam
ปางศังกรที่เรียกว่า ‘วามเทวะ’ ทรงเป็นอีศวรผู้ครองลิ้น ทวารหนัก รส และธาตุน้ำ เป็นที่ระลึกสืบมา.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Vāmadeva
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It teaches that Shiva, as Vāmadeva, is the indwelling Lord who governs specific sense-functions and elemental principles, guiding the devotee to see all experience as pervaded and ruled by Pati (Shiva).
By naming Vāmadeva as a distinct Śāṃkara form tied to bodily and elemental domains, the verse supports Saguna contemplation—worshipping Shiva in defined aspects—while remembering that these forms point to the one all-pervading Lord worshipped in the Liṅga.
A practical takeaway is sense-restraint and inner japa: while doing mantra (especially Panchakshara), contemplate Vāmadeva as the presiding divinity of taste and water, offering food and water mentally to Shiva and purifying the senses through devotion.