Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 29
शिवस्य विश्वव्याप्तिः—अष्टमूर्तिः पञ्चब्रह्म च | Śiva’s Cosmic Pervasion: Aṣṭamūrti and the Pañcabrahma Forms
वृक्षस्य मूलसेकेन शाखाः पुष्यंति वै यथा । शिवस्य पूजया तद्वत्पुष्यत्यस्य वपुर्जगत् । सर्वाभयप्रदानं च सर्वानुग्रहणं तथा । सर्वोपकारकरणं शिवस्याराधनं विदुः
vṛkṣasya mūlasekena śākhāḥ puṣyaṃti vai yathā | śivasya pūjayā tadvatpuṣyatyasya vapurjagat | sarvābhayapradānaṃ ca sarvānugrahaṇaṃ tathā | sarvopakārakaraṇaṃ śivasyārādhanaṃ viduḥ
যেমন বৃক্ষের মূলে জল দিলে শাখাপ্রশাখা পুষ্ট হয়, তেমনি শিবের পূজায়—কারণ জগৎ শিবেরই প্রকাশিত দেহ—এই সমগ্র বিশ্ব বিকশিত হয়। জ্ঞানীরা বলেন, শিব-আরাধনা সর্বজনকে অভয় দেয়, সকলের প্রতি অনুগ্রহ করে এবং সর্বপ্রকার উপকার সাধন করে।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: General tīrtha-doctrine: Śiva-pūjā is taught as the root-practice that nourishes the whole ‘Śiva-body’ universe and yields abhaya and anugraha.
Type: stotra
Role: nurturing
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It teaches that Śiva is the foundational reality (the “root”) of the cosmos; when one worships Śiva, the entire field of life is harmonized and uplifted, resulting in grace (anugraha) and fearlessness (abhaya).
The verse supports Saguna worship as a direct means to approach the Supreme: by honoring Śiva through pūjā—commonly centered on the Śiva-liṅga—one nourishes the whole manifestation, since the world is described as Śiva’s vapuḥ (expressed form).
Perform Śiva-pūjā with steady devotion—especially liṅgārcana—supported by japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and prayer for sarvābhaya (fearlessness) and sarvānugraha (grace for all beings).