Meaning and elaboration
Meaning: Salutations To The one who is the primordial beginning and origin of all things.
Elaboration
The name Sarvādāya is derived from the Sanskrit terms Sarva and Ādi.
Sarva: This means "all," "every," "complete," or "entire." It denotes totality, encompassing everything that exists or can be conceived.
Ādi: This signifies "beginning," "origin," "first," "primordial," or "source." It refers to the fundamental point from which everything else emanates.
The Primordial Cause Sarvādāya thus means "the beginning of all" or "the origin of everything." It explicitly emphasizes Lord Shiva's role as the uncreated creator, the ultimate source from which the entire cosmos, with all its myriad forms, energies, and beings, originates. He is not merely a part of the creation but the very ground and cause of its existence.
The First Principle This name places Kalabhairava as the ultimate 'first principle' (Prathama Tattva) in the cosmic order. Before any manifestation, any distinction, or any form, there was Him. He is the ultimate, undifferentiated unity from which all diversity springs forth. This connects to philosophical concepts of Brahman as the absolute, non-dual reality that is the origin of all.
Beyond Time and Space By being the origin of "all," he is also the origin of time (Kāla) and space (Desha). Therefore, he himself is beyond the conventional boundaries of time and space, being the eternal, timeless, and spaceless source of all temporal and spatial existence.
Reverence for the Origin To salute Sarvādāya is to acknowledge the profound truth of the Divine as the sole, self-existent cause of the universe, a continuous and ongoing act of creation that stems from His infinite power and will. It is a recognition of the ultimate reality that underpins all phenomena.
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