The glory of the five-syllabled Mantra (pañcākṣara-māhātmya) - Verse 34
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 1 · Verse 85.34
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Sanskrit Original
वाच्यवाचकभावेन स्थितः साक्षात्स्वभावतः। वाच्यः शिवः प्रमेयत्वान मन्त्रस्तद्वाचकः स्मृतः।।
vācyavācakabhāvena sthitaḥ sākṣātsvabhāvataḥ| vācyaḥ śivaḥ prameyatvān mantrastadvācakaḥ smṛtaḥ||
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The lord said: The “Om” is the single-syllabled Mantra. The allpervading Śiva is stationed in it. The five syllables constitute his body. He is stationed in the six-syllabled subtle Mantra in the form of the “expressed and the expression.” Śiva is Vācya (the expressed) since he is comprehensible. The Mantra is his Vācaka (expression).