Shloka 57
Paramātma-Svarūpa-Nirṇaya: Strī–Puṃ–Napuṃsaka-Vicāra
Inquiry into the Supreme Self and Gendered Forms
स्वरः क्रियाशक्तिजातो ह्यकारस्तु मुनीश्वर । इत्युक्ता प्रणवोत्पत्तिः पंचब्रह्मोद्भवं शृणु
svaraḥ kriyāśaktijāto hyakārastu munīśvara | ityuktā praṇavotpattiḥ paṃcabrahmodbhavaṃ śṛṇu
اے مُنیوں کے سردار! کریا شکتی سے جو صوت پیدا ہوتی ہے وہی ‘اَ’ ہے۔ یوں پرنَو (اوم) کی پیدائش بیان ہوئی؛ اب پانچ برہمنوں سے اس کے ظہور کو سنو۔
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: creative
FAQs
It frames Oṃ (Praṇava) as a Shaiva revelation: sound arises from Śiva’s śakti, and the mantra-principle is rooted in the fivefold Śiva (Pañcabrahma), guiding the seeker from ritual action toward liberating knowledge.
Pañcabrahma is commonly contemplated as the five faces/aspects of Saguna Śiva that sanctify Linga worship; meditating on Oṃ as arising from these aspects integrates mantra-japa with Linga-upāsanā.
A practical takeaway is Praṇava-japa (Oṃ) with contemplation of Pañcabrahma—beginning from ‘A’ as the impulse of kriyā-śakti—performed as a focused meditation before or during Śiva-pūjā.