The devotee should offer worship to Sri Rudra and Uma using the above mantras. O my son, Suka! With these hymns you will meditate on the Eternal Parabrahman, inaccessible to the senses, Who is pure Existence, Knowledge and Bliss, and Who cannot be understood neither by speech nor by the mind. He who knows this needs no further knowledge, since everything is a form of This, and nothing exists other than This.

There are two vidyas that must be known. They are the higher (para) and the lower (apara). Apara-vidya is the embodiment of the four Vedas and their six supplements (ang). They have no relation to the nature of Atman. Para-vidya is called moksha-shastra. It contains that supreme philosophy of the Absolute Truth which is incomprehensible, impersonal, nirguna, nirakara, without ears, eyes, hands and feet, eternal, all-present, imperishable, it can be known by intelligent and determined sages.

   In Lord Shiva, who performs the fearful penance in the form of the Supreme jnana-marga, this entire world, which is the food of mortals, is created. This world is maya. It appears like a dream. It is seen in the Lord as a snake is seen in a rope. This is the eternal truth. In reality there is no creation. Everything is Absolute. Everything is Truth. He who knows this is immediately liberated.

Only by jnana can you get rid of this samsara. Only by jnana, and never by karma, can you understand this existence. Understand this under the guidance of a Vedic guru who is exclusively devoted to Brahman alone (brahmanishtha-srotriya-guru). The guru gives the disciple all the necessary knowledge about Brahman, the Absolute. Having broken the bonds of ajnana, or avidya, one can take refuge in Lord Sadashiva. This is the true wisdom which must be understood by the seeker of Truth.

   Pranava is the bow, Atman is the arrow, Parabrahman is the target. Like the arrow, Atman merges into Brahman. But none of these three – the bow, the arrow and the target – is different from Sadashiva. There neither the sun, nor the moon, nor the stars shine, nor does the wind blow, nor do the gods exist. He alone, the One Lord, exists. He alone, the Purity of purity, shines now and always for ever and ever.

   Two birds dwell in this body – jiva and Paramatman. The jiva subsists on the fruits of karmas, but Paramatman is beyond the reach of everything. Paramatman is only the witness (sakshi). He is inactive. He only assumes the form of jiva through His Maya, just as the space (akasha) inside the vessel appears to be different from the akasha outside the vessel and assumes the form of the vessel. In reality, everything is Shiva, Non-duality (advaita), the One Absolute. There are no differences. When everything is realized as One, omkara, the Absolute, there is no sorrow, no maya. Then it is very easy to attain the Bliss of Supreme Non-duality (advaita-paramananda). Think of yourself as the basis of this entire universe, you are the One, kevala, Sat-chit-ghana. Not all people can realize this Truth. Only those who have escaped maya know the secret. Having known this, Atman no longer moves in any direction. It unites with the Absolute, just as the space inside the vessel (ghatakasha) – with the rest of the space (paramakasha). Like space (akasha), which does not move anywhere, this Atman knows no movement. It becomes one with Om.

   He who knows the great secret Truth is a real sage (muni). He becomes Parabrahman Himself. He becomes Satchidananda. He attains permanent peace.