Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 63
Śiva-nāma-sahasraka-kathana
The Recital/Teaching of the Thousand Names of Śiva
तत्त्वं तत्त्वविदेकात्मा विभुर्विष्णुर्विभूषणः । ऋषिर्ब्राह्मण ऐश्वर्यजन्ममृत्युजरातिगः
tattvaṃ tattvavidekātmā vibhurviṣṇurvibhūṣaṇaḥ | ṛṣirbrāhmaṇa aiśvaryajanmamṛtyujarātigaḥ
祂即是Tattva（真实本体），亦是通达本体者所证知之自性。祂遍满一切、护持万有，为诸世界之真实庄严。祂为圣仙（ṛṣi）与清净梵行之本原，具大自在，超越兴衰、出生、死亡与老迈。
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Mantra: तत्त्वं तत्त्वविदेकात्मा विभुर्विष्णुर्विभूषणः । ऋषिर्ब्राह्मण ऐश्वर्यजन्ममृत्युजरातिगः
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
FAQs
The verse identifies Shiva as tattva—the supreme reality—and as the one inner Self realized by tattvavids. In Shaiva Siddhanta language, it points to Pati (Shiva) as the transcendent Lord who liberates the bound soul (paśu) from the cycle of birth, death, and decay.
Though it praises Shiva’s nirguna transcendence (beyond birth and death), it supports saguna worship by teaching that the all-pervading Lord can be approached through a sacred form—such as the Linga—where devotees contemplate the one Self (ekātmā) present in all.
A practical takeaway is tattva-dhyāna: meditate on Shiva as the all-pervading inner Self while repeating the Panchakshara mantra “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” cultivating detachment from fear of death and decay and seeking Shiva’s grace for liberation.