Acharya Prashant addresses the recent public debate regarding the caste of Shri Shiva, clarifying that such discussions arise from a fundamental misunderstanding of spiritual truths. Drawing from Adi Shankaracharya's Nirvana Shatakam, he explains that Shri Shiva represents pure consciousness, unadulterated bliss, and the highest truth, which is entirely devoid of bodily identification. Since caste is a distinction based on the physical body and its social history, it is impossible for Shri Shiva, who is formless and beyond the material realm, to have a caste. The speaker emphasizes that Shri Shiva is synonymous with the Atma and Brahman, representing a state that is birthless, deathless, and beyond all dualities like gender, economic class, or ideology.
