Shloka 26
Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds
विवस्वान्सविता पूषा अंशुमान् विष्णुरेव च एते सहस्रकिरणा आदित्या द्वादश स्मृताः
vivasvānsavitā pūṣā aṃśumān viṣṇureva ca ete sahasrakiraṇā ādityā dvādaśa smṛtāḥ
وفيفَسْوان، وسَفِتْرِ، وبُوشَن، وأَمْشُومان، ومعهم فِشْنُو أيضًا—هؤلاء ذوو الألف شعاع يُتَذَكَّرون بوصفهم الآدِتْيَات الاثني عشر. وفي الرؤية الشيفية، يعمل إشراقهم ضمن نظام الربّ الكوني (Pati)، بينما تختبر الأرواح المقيَّدة (paśu) ذلك النور عبر حدود القيد (pāśa).
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)
FAQs
By naming the Ādityas as “thousand-rayed,” the verse frames solar power as a regulated cosmic function; in Linga worship this supports the idea that all energies (light, time, vitality) are subordinate to the Supreme (Pati) symbolized by the Linga.
Though Shiva is not named here, the enumeration of deities implies an ordered cosmos; Shaiva Siddhanta reads such order as dependent on Shiva as Pati—the transcendent governor in whom all functional deities operate without being ultimate.
No specific puja-vidhi or Pashupata yogic limb is stated; the takeaway is contemplative—recognizing cosmic lights as instruments within Shiva’s lordship, a support for inward dhyāna on Pati beyond the deities’ functions.