Shloka 47
वीरभद्र-भैरव-आह्वानम् — Invocation of Vīrabhadra/Bhairava for Cosmic Reabsorption
न त्वं स्रष्टा न संहर्ता भर्तापि न नृसिंहक । परतन्त्रो विमूढात्मा न स्वतन्त्रो हि कुत्रचित्
na tvaṃ sraṣṭā na saṃhartā bhartāpi na nṛsiṃhaka | paratantro vimūḍhātmā na svatantro hi kutracit
اے نرسِمْہ! نہ تو خالق ہے، نہ فنا کرنے والا، نہ ہی حقیقی پرورش کرنے والا۔ تو پرایا تابع، فریب خوردہ ہے؛ کہیں بھی خودمختار نہیں۔
Lord Shiva (as the supreme Pati, teaching the limitation of other deities’ offices under His sovereignty)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga legend; it is a doctrinal assertion of Śiva’s svātantrya (sovereignty) and other deities’ functional dependence.
Significance: Soteriological: directs devotion toward the supreme Pati as the ultimate agent behind creation–maintenance–dissolution, encouraging exclusive refuge (śaraṇāgati) in Śiva.
Type: stotra
FAQs
It stresses Shaiva Siddhanta’s core point: only Shiva (Pati) is truly svatantra (absolutely independent), while all other powers and beings operate as paratantra (dependent) within His order; realizing this curbs ego and directs the seeker toward Shiva’s grace for moksha.
By declaring that even exalted divine functions are not ultimately autonomous, the verse points the devotee to worship Shiva as the supreme source—accessible in Saguna form through the Linga—while understanding Him as the transcendent Lord beyond all roles.
A practical takeaway is humble japa of the Panchakshara (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with surrender (śaraṇāgati), contemplating Shiva as the only svatantra Lord and oneself as dependent on His anugraha (grace).