Shloka 24
देवस्तुतिः—शिवस्य परब्रह्मत्वं, मायाशक्तिः, कर्मफलप्रदातृत्वं च
Devas’ Hymn: Śiva as Parabrahman, Māyā-Śakti, and Giver of Karmic Fruits
शर्वाय सर्वरूपाय पुरुषाय परात्मने । सदसद्व्यक्तिहीनाय महतः कारणाय ते
śarvāya sarvarūpāya puruṣāya parātmane | sadasadvyaktihīnāya mahataḥ kāraṇāya te
آپ کو نمسکار—اے شَروَ، ہر روپ والے، پرم پُرش، پرماتما۔ جو ست اور اسَت سے ماورا، ہر اظہار سے بے نیاز، اور مہت کا بھی سبب ہے—آپ کو پرنام۔
Satī (offering praise to Lord Śiva within the Satīkhaṇḍa narrative, as relayed by Sūta to the sages)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Mantra: शर्वाय सर्वरूपाय पुरुषाय परात्मने । सदसद्व्यक्तिहीनाय महतः कारणाय ते
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
Cosmic Event: Cosmogonic hierarchy invoked: Śiva as cause even of Mahat (cosmic intellect)
FAQs
It establishes Śiva as Pati (the Supreme Lord) who transcends all categories—existence/non-existence and manifest/unmanifest—yet remains the ultimate cause behind cosmic principles like Mahat, guiding the devotee toward liberation through right understanding and devotion.
Though Śiva is praised as beyond manifestation (nirguṇa), He is also ‘of all forms’ (sarvarūpa). This supports Śaiva practice where the Liṅga serves as a sacred saguna focus through which the devotee approaches the transcendent Śiva.
Meditate on Śiva as Parātman while repeating the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), contemplating Him as both the all-pervading form and the beyond-form reality; offer simple Liṅga worship with bhakti as the practical expression of this insight.