Re: [Advaita-l] Inquiry Regarding Advaita Vedanta Perspectives on Sharabha Avatar

[V Subrahmanian]

On Fri, May 1, 2026 at 11:15 PM Swagata Chowdhury via Advaita-l <adva...@lists.advaita-vedanta.org> wrote:

Dear,

I would like to know whether any recognised Advaita Vedanta Acharya has
explicitly accepted the Sharabha (Śarabha) avatar of Bhagavān Śiva?

This selection from a chapter of the Prapanchasara, widely attributed to Shankaracharya, includes a Shiva stuti. In one of the verses Shankara alludes to the episode in the Kaalikapurana that details Shiva taking the Sharabha form to contain a Varaha form of Vishnu under certain compulsions. The article is available here for download:

https://adbhutam.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/shankara-sharabhadocx.pdf

Also, there is a Sharabha Upanishad, which is part of the 108 listed in the Muktikopanishad. An  Advaitin, a contemporary of Sri Muthuswamy Dikshitar, Thyagaraja and Shyama Sastrigal, Sri Upanishad Brahmayogin has commented on all the 108.  You can find the link, on the right panel here,  https://www.vyasaonline.com/sharabha-upanishad/

regards

subbu

 

swagata
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