Shloka 35
Paramātma-Svarūpa-Nirṇaya: Strī–Puṃ–Napuṃsaka-Vicāra
Inquiry into the Supreme Self and Gendered Forms
सर्वात्मत्वं तयोरेवं ब्रह्मेत्युपनिषत्सु च । गीयते ब्रह्मशब्देन बृंहिधात्वर्थगोचरम्
sarvātmatvaṃ tayorevaṃ brahmetyupaniṣatsu ca | gīyate brahmaśabdena bṛṃhidhātvarthagocaram
یوں اُن دونوں کی ہمہ گیر آتمتّا اُپنشدوں میں “برہمن” کے نام سے گائی گئی ہے؛ کیونکہ “برہمن” کا لفظ دھاتُ بृंह کے معنی—پھیلاؤ، ہمہ گیری اور عظمت—کی طرف اشارہ کرتا ہے۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
FAQs
It equates true divinity with sarvātmatva—being the Self of all—showing that the highest reality praised by the Upaniṣads as Brahman is the all-pervading, all-encompassing principle, understood in Shaiva Siddhanta as the supreme Lord (Pati) who transcends yet pervades everything.
The verse gives the metaphysical basis for Saguna worship: the Linga and Shiva’s forms are approached as sacred supports through which the devotee contemplates the one Brahman that pervades all. Form-worship becomes a doorway to realizing the formless, all-pervading reality.
Meditate on Shiva as the indwelling Self in all beings while repeating the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), letting the mind expand from a limited ‘I’ to the all-pervading presence indicated by “Brahman.”