Verse 8

ज्ञानं जाग्रत्

In plain words

is waking.

The commentators

Śivasūtra with Kṣemarāja's Vimarśinī

एतज्जाग्रदादित्रयं सूत्रत्रयेण लक्षयति - ज्ञानं जाग्रत् ॥ ८ ॥

In plain words

Knowledge is waking. He marks out these three, waking and the rest, with three sūtras.

On this passage

Sūtras 8, 9 and 10 are explained together; the explanation follows sūtra 10.