Shloka 25
भैरवावतारवर्णनम् (Bhairavāvatāra-varṇanam) — “Description of the Descent/Manifestation of Bhairava”
ऋग्वेद उवाच । यदन्तस्स्थानि भूतानि यतस्सर्व्वम्प्रवर्त्तते । यदाहुः परमन्तत्त्वं स रुद्रस्त्वेक एव हि
ṛgveda uvāca | yadantassthāni bhūtāni yatassarvvampravarttate | yadāhuḥ paramantattvaṃ sa rudrastveka eva hi
رِگ وید نے کہا—جس کے اندر تمام بھوت (مخلوقات) قائم ہیں، جس سے سارا جگت جاری ہوتا ہے، اور جسے اہلِ معرفت پرم تَتْو کہتے ہیں—وہی ایک رُدر ہے، بے شک وہی واحد۔
Ṛgveda (personified Veda praising Rudra)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
Mantra: यदन्तस्स्थानि भूतानि यतस्सर्व्वम्प्रवर्त्तते । यदाहुः परमन्तत्त्वं स रुद्रस्त्वेक एव हि
Type: stotra
Role: creative
FAQs
It identifies Rudra (Śiva) as the one supreme tattva—both the inner support of all beings and the source from which the cosmos functions—guiding the seeker to single-pointed devotion and realization of Pati, the Highest.
Though Rudra is declared the supreme Reality (parama-tattva), devotees approach Him through Saguna forms—especially the Śiva-liṅga—as a concrete focus for worship that leads the mind toward the One who pervades all within.
Meditate on Rudra as the indwelling Lord (antar-yāmin) while repeating the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—and perform liṅga-pūjā with bhakti, aligning the mind to the one source from which all arises.