शिवस्य परापरब्रह्मस्वरूपनिर्णयः / Determination of Śiva as Higher and Lower Brahman
उभे ते परमेशस्य रूपे तस्य वशे यतः । तयोः परः शिवः शांतः क्षराक्षरापरस्स्मृतः
ubhe te parameśasya rūpe tasya vaśe yataḥ | tayoḥ paraḥ śivaḥ śāṃtaḥ kṣarākṣarāparassmṛtaḥ
此二者确为至上主(Parameśvara)之形相,皆在祂的主宰之下。然而超越二者者,是寂静的湿婆;祂被忆念为超越可坏与不坏(kṣara 与 akṣara)。
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
It establishes Śiva as Pati (the Supreme Lord) who transcends both the changing world (kṣara) and even the subtle imperishable principle (akṣara), pointing the seeker toward liberation through realizing Śiva as the highest peace (śānta).
The verse affirms that multiple divine modes and forms exist under Parameśvara, yet Śiva is ultimately beyond all dualities; thus Linga worship trains the mind to move from form-based devotion (saguṇa upāsanā) toward the formless-transcendent truth (nirguṇa Śiva) without rejecting devotion.
Meditate on Śiva as śānta (pure peace) while japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” and perform Linga-abhiṣeka with the inward contemplation that Śiva is beyond both kṣara and akṣara.