Svagati-varṇana
Description of the Supreme State / One’s True Attainment
त्रिभिरंशैश्शोभमानमजस्रसुखमव्ययम् । एकपादं महादंष्ट्रं सज्वालकवलैर्मुखैः
tribhiraṃśaiśśobhamānamajasrasukhamavyayam | ekapādaṃ mahādaṃṣṭraṃ sajvālakavalairmukhaiḥ
اس نے ایک عجیب و غریب صورت دیکھی—تین حصّوں سے درخشاں، ہمیشہ کی مسرّت والی اور غیر فانی؛ ایک پاؤں والی، بڑے بڑے دانتوں والی، اور ایسے چہروں والی گویا شعلہ زن لقمے نگل رہے ہوں۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Bhairava
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; the verse functions as a theophany-description of a terrifying, supra-cosmic Śiva-form perceived in narrative context.
Significance: Darśana of the ugra-form is framed as dismantling fear and ego, preparing the paśu for Śiva’s anugraha through recognition of His transcendence.
The verse portrays Shiva as simultaneously awe-inspiring and supremely auspicious—an imperishable reality whose very nature is unceasing bliss, yet who can appear in formidable cosmic forms to dissolve impurity and ignorance.
Such descriptions support Saguna-upasana—contemplating Shiva with attributes for devotion and meditation—while pointing beyond the image to the imperishable essence the Linga signifies: the deathless Pati (Lord) who transcends change.
Meditate on Shiva as avyaya (imperishable) while mentally offering fear and ego into his ‘flame-like’ transformative power; accompany this with japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) to stabilize devotion and inner purity.