Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 56
दक्षस्य रुद्रनिन्दा-निमित्तकथनम् / The Cause of Dakṣa’s Censure of Rudra
वैवस्वते ऽंतरे तस्मात्तव जामातरस्त्वमी । उत्पत्स्यंते समं सर्वे ब्रह्मयज्ञेष्वयोनिजाः
vaivasvate 'ṃtare tasmāttava jāmātarastvamī | utpatsyaṃte samaṃ sarve brahmayajñeṣvayonijāḥ
Darum werden in der Vaivasvata-Manvantara diese deine Schwiegersöhne alle zugleich hervortreten—als ayoni-ja, „nicht aus einem Schoß geboren“—in den heiligen Brahma-yajñas. Durch eine solche göttliche Offenbarung entfaltet sich die Anordnung des Herrn, um das Dharma zu bewahren und die Seelen zur Befreiung reifen zu lassen.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Sthala Purana: The verse frames karmic and cosmic administration through manvantara-cycles: beings ‘arise’ according to divine ordinance, indicating that dharma is periodically re-established through timed manifestations.
Significance: Encourages reflection on Śiva’s governance of time (kāla) and destiny; pilgrimage becomes a means to transcend manvantara-bound karma through anugraha.
Offering: naivedya
Cosmic Event: Vaivasvata Manvantara (cosmic epochal cycle)
FAQs
The verse points to divine, non-womb-born manifestation (ayonija) within cosmic time (Manvantara), showing that dharma is upheld not merely by human effort but by the Lord’s ordained unfolding, which ultimately supports the soul’s maturation toward moksha.
By locating divine manifestation within yajña (sacred rite), the verse supports the Shaiva view that Saguna worship—ritual, mantra, and consecrated acts—can become a channel through which the Lord’s grace operates in time, leading devotees toward realization of the Supreme (Pati) beyond bonds (pāśa).
The setting of brahma-yajña implies disciplined sacred action joined with mantra-japa; a Shaiva takeaway is to perform worship and japa (especially the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with purity and intention, treating ritual as a means for inner purification and grace.