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Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 59

सर्गविभागवर्णनम्

Classification of Creation: the Nine Sargas and the Streams of Beings

Devanagari script

अग्निष्टोमं च यज्ञानां निर्ममे प्रथमान्मुखात् । यजूंषि त्रैष्टुभं छंदःस्तोमं पञ्चदशं तथा । बृहत्साम तथोक्थं च दक्षिणादसृजन्मुखात् । सामानि जगतीछंदः स्तोमं सप्तदशं तथा

Transliteration

agniṣṭomaṃ ca yajñānāṃ nirmame prathamānmukhāt | yajūṃṣi traiṣṭubhaṃ chaṃdaḥstomaṃ pañcadaśaṃ tathā | bṛhatsāma tathokthaṃ ca dakṣiṇādasṛjanmukhāt | sāmāni jagatīchaṃdaḥ stomaṃ saptadaśaṃ tathā

Translation

ومن فمه الأوّل صاغ أغنيشتوما (Agniṣṭoma)، وهو الأسبق بين القرابين؛ وأخرج أيضًا صيغ اليَجُس (Yajus) مع وزن تريشتوب (Triṣṭubh) وستوما الخمسةَ عشر. ومن فمه الأيمن أوجد بْرِهَت سامان (Bṛhat Sāman) وأُكثا (Uktha)؛ وكذلك أناشيد السامان، ووزن جگتي (Jagatī)، وستوما السبعةَ عشر.

Word by Word
अग्निष्टोमम्Agniṣṭoma (sacrifice)
अग्निष्टोमम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्निष्टोम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समास (name of sacrifice)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
यज्ञानाम्of the sacrifices
यज्ञानाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootयज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)
निर्ममेcreated/formed
निर्ममे:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनिर्मा (धातु: मा + निर्)
Formलिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); आत्मनेपद
प्रथमात्from the first
प्रथमात्:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)
मुखात्from (the) mouth
मुखात्:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)
यजूंषिYajus formulas
यजूंषि:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयजुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)
त्रैष्टुभम्Triṣṭubh (meter)
त्रैष्टुभम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootत्रैष्टुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); (छन्दोनाम)
छन्दःस्तोमम्the chandas-stoma (stoma of meters)
छन्दःस्तोमम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootछन्दस् (प्रातिपदिक) + स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('stoma of meters')
पञ्चदशम्fifteenfold / fifteen
पञ्चदशम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्चदश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु-समास (numeral compound)
तथाalso/thus
तथा:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकार-अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/also')
बृहत्सामBṛhat-sāman (great chant)
बृहत्साम:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootबृहत् (प्रातिपदिक) + सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय ('great sāman')
तथाalso/thus
तथा:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकार-अव्यय (adverb)
उक्थम्Uktha (recitation)
उक्थम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootउक्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
दक्षिणात्from the right
दक्षिणात्:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeAdjective
Rootदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier of 'mouth')
असृजत्created/emitted
असृजत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootसृज् (धातु)
Formलङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद
मुखात्from (the) mouth
मुखात्:
Apadana (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)
सामानिSāman chants
सामानि:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootसामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)
जगतीछन्दःJagatī meter
जगतीछन्दः:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootजगती (प्रातिपदिक) + छन्दस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय ('jagatī-meter')
स्तोमम्stoma (hymn/chant arrangement)
स्तोमम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootस्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)
सप्तदशम्seventeenfold / seventeen
सप्तदशम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसप्तदश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु-समास (numeral compound)
तथाalso/thus
तथा:
Avyaya (अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकार-अव्यय (adverb)
Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Tatpuruṣa

Mantra Metadata

Type: rudram

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: emanation of yajña-structures (Agniṣṭoma), Vedic formulae (Yajus), metres (Triṣṭubh/Jagatī), and stoma-patterns

Characters & Entities
B
Brahma

FAQs

It presents the sacred order of Vedic yajña—metres, chants, and stomas—as a manifested structure of dharma. In a Shaiva Siddhanta reading, such ordered ritual supports purification of the pashu (bound soul) and prepares the mind for higher Shiva-knowledge, where outer sacrifice matures into inner offering.

Although it speaks in Vedic-ritual language, the Shiva Purana commonly frames Vedic rites as valid supports that culminate in devotion to Saguna Shiva. The Linga-worship becomes the inward, concentrated form of yajña—offering breath, thought, and mantra—leading the devotee from ritual merit toward Shiva’s grace.

The takeaway is disciplined, rule-based worship: perform offerings with mantra and rhythm (chandas) and then internalize the yajña through japa and dhyāna. Practically, one may pair daily Shiva-puja with Panchakshara japa ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") as the inner stoma—steady repetition that purifies and centers the mind.

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