Shaiva Upanishads (A Critical Study)
by Arpita Chakraborty | 2013 | 33,902 words
This page relates ‘The Shiva Gita on OM’ of the study on the Shaiva Upanishads in English, comparing them with other texts dealing with the Shiva cult (besides the Agamas and Puranas). The Upaniṣads are ancient philosophical and theological treatises. Out of the 108 Upanishads mentioned in the Muktikopanishad, 15 are classified as Saiva-Upanisads.
20. The Śiva Gītā on OM
The Śiva Gītā gives the following regarding ‘OM’: Lord Śiva says, “Everything that is already born and is going to be born is established in OM. So are the universe and the world that have been created variously and indifferent ways.
All that is born already and is going to be born in the future is said to be Rudra. It is in Him alone again that vital air abides and all is said to be Oṃkāra.
[...] Śiva Gītā XV.27
“One who propitiates Me daily along with the chant of OM, with bunch of flowers blossoming on the plains, bilva leaves, or the flowers blooming in the mountains, is dear to me.”
“One who offers to Me flowers, fruit with root, leaf or water alone, chanting the syllable Om gets millions of times the normal benefit.[1]
Thus our ancient scriptures, especially Śaiva Upaniṣads highlight the significance of the syllable ‘OM’.
Footnotes and references:
[1]:
Śiva Gītā xv.22, 23, 27, 28. [...] Bhagavad Gītā IX. 26.—If one offers me with love and devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit of water, I will accept it.