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Lord Śiva Saves the Universe
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These five  mantras  are within the category of thirty-eight special Vedic  mantras  chanted by Lord Śiva, who is therefore celebrated as Śiva or Mahādeva. Another reason why Lord Śiva is called Śiva, which means “all-auspicious,” is that he is self-illuminated, exactly like Lord Viṣṇu, who is the Paramātmā. Because Lord Śiva is directly an incarnation of Lord Viṣṇu, he is situated as Lord Viṣṇu’s direct representative. This fact is corroborated by a Vedic  mantra :  patiṁ viśvasyātmeśvaraṁ śāśvataṁ śivam acyutam . The Supersoul is called by many names, of which Maheśvara, Śiva and Acyuta are especially mentioned.
TEXT 30
छाया त्वधर्मोर्मिषु यैर्विसर्गो नेत्रत्रयं सत्त्वरजस्तमांसि । सांख्यात्मनः शास्त्रकृतस्तवेक्षा छन्दोमयो देव ऋषिः पुराणः ॥३०॥
chāyā tv adharmormiṣu yair visargo netra-trayaṁ sattva-rajas-tamāṁsi sāṅkhyātmanaḥ śāstra-kṛtas tavekṣā chandomayo deva ṛṣiḥ purāṇaḥ
chāyā—shadow; tu—but; adharma-ūrmiṣu—in the waves of irreligion, like kāma, krodha, lobha and moha; yaiḥ—by which; visargaḥ—so many varieties of creation; netra-trayam—three eyes; sattva—goodness; rajaḥ—passion; tamāṁsi—and darkness; sāṅkhyātmanaḥ—the origin of all Vedic literatures; śāstra—scriptures; kṛtaḥ—made; tava—by you; ikṣā—simply by glancing; chandaḥ-mayaḥ—full of Vedic verses; deva—O lord; ṛṣiḥ—all Vedic literatures; purāṇaḥ—and the Purāṇas, the supplementary Vedas.
TRANSLATION
O lord, your shadow is seen in irreligion, which brings about varieties of irreligious creations. The three modes of nature—goodness, passion and ignorance—are your three eyes. All the Vedic literatures, which are full of verses, are emanations from