विष्णूत्पत्तिवर्णनम्
Description of the Origin/Manifestation of Viṣṇu
पंचवक्त्रः प्रसन्नात्मा दशबाहुस्त्रिशूलधृक् । कर्पूरगौरसुसितो भस्मोद्धूलितविग्रहः
paṃcavaktraḥ prasannātmā daśabāhustriśūladhṛk | karpūragaurasusito bhasmoddhūlitavigrahaḥ
Ngài hiện thân là Đấng Cát Tường—năm mặt, tự tánh an nhiên, mười tay và cầm cây tam xoa. Thân Ngài trắng rạng như long não, và hình thể thiêng liêng được rắc phủ thánh tro (bhasma).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: stotra
Offering: dhupa
The verse presents Saguna Shiva as the compassionate Pati (Lord) whose serene nature bestows grace; the five faces signify His all-pervading governance of the cosmos, while the bhasma marks renunciation and the truth that all bondage (pāśa) ends in ash before His liberating power.
It supports Saguna-upāsanā by describing Shiva’s meditational form and attributes (pañcavaktra, triśūla, bhasma); such contemplation stabilizes devotion that culminates in Linga-worship, where the same Lord is adored as the formless-with-form symbol of supreme reality.
Adopt bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) with reverence, meditate on Panchavaktra Shiva holding the triśūla, and pair the visualization with japa of the Pañcākṣarī—“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—as a Shaiva Siddhanta-aligned practice of purification and surrender.