Shloka 28
पञ्चकृत्यलक्षणनिर्णयः
Definition of Śiva’s Five Cosmic Acts—Pañcakṛtya
ब्रह्माच्युतावूचतुः । नमो निष्कलरूपाय नमो निष्कलतेजसे । नमः सकलनाथाय नमस्ते सकलात्मने
brahmācyutāvūcatuḥ | namo niṣkalarūpāya namo niṣkalatejase | namaḥ sakalanāthāya namaste sakalātmane
พระพรหมาและอจุตะกล่าวว่า “นอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ผู้มีรูปเป็นนิษฺกล (ไร้ส่วนแบ่ง) นอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ผู้มีรัศมีเป็นนิษฺกล นอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ผู้เป็นนาถะแห่งสกลทั้งปวง และนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์ผู้เป็นอาตมันแห่งสกลทั้งมวล”
Brahma and Vishnu (Acyuta)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Mantra: namo niṣkalarūpāya namo niṣkalatejase | namaḥ sakalanāthāya namaste sakalātmane
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It affirms Shiva as both niṣkala (transcendent, beyond form and limitation) and sakala (immanent Lord present in the cosmos), guiding the devotee to worship Him as the Supreme Pati who grants liberation.
The Liṅga is a key Shaiva symbol that accommodates both truths: it points to the formless, partless Reality (niṣkala) while being a worshipful manifestation accessible to devotion (sakala), uniting jñāna and bhakti.
During Liṅga-pūjā or japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), contemplate Shiva as pure, partless light (niṣkala-tejas) and as the indwelling Self of all beings (sakalātmā), offering namaskāra with steady breath and focused mind.