[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 <
advaita-l at 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




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