Shloka 36
शिवस्य पञ्चब्रह्मावतारवर्णनम्
Description of Shiva’s Pañcabrahma Avatāras
जटीमुण्डी शिखण्डी च अर्द्धमुण्डश्च जज्ञिरे । योगेनादिश्य सद्धर्मं कृत्वा योगगतिं गताः
jaṭīmuṇḍī śikhaṇḍī ca arddhamuṇḍaśca jajñire | yogenādiśya saddharmaṃ kṛtvā yogagatiṃ gatāḥ
پھر جٹی مُنڈی، شکھنڈی اور اَردھ مُنڈ نامی روپ پیدا ہوئے۔ یوگ کے ذریعے سَدھرم کی تعلیم دی، یوگ مارگ قائم کیا اور یوگ سِدھی کو پا گئے۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Role: teaching
FAQs
It presents Rudra’s manifested forms as teachers of saddharma whose authority comes from yoga; the verse emphasizes that right teaching and right practice culminate in yogagati—liberation by attaining nearness and union with Pati (Śiva).
These Rudra-forms represent Saguna expressions of Śiva that guide devotees toward the same goal: inner purification and steadiness in dharma, which ripens into realization of Śiva. In Linga-worship, outward reverence supports the inward yoga that leads to yogagati.
The verse points to yoga as disciplined practice—ethical saddharma, meditation, and steady devotion to Śiva. A practical takeaway is japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namah Shivaya) alongside meditation and regulated conduct, aiming at yogic absorption and liberation.