Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 9
षडध्ववेदनम् (Ṣaḍadhva-vedanam) — The Sixfold Path: Sound, Meaning, and Tattva-Distribution
सर्वेषामपि वै पुंसां नैजशुद्ध्यनुरूपतः । लयभोगाधिकारास्स्युस्सर्वतत्त्वविभागतः
sarveṣāmapi vai puṃsāṃ naijaśuddhyanurūpataḥ | layabhogādhikārāssyussarvatattvavibhāgataḥ
Wahrlich, für alle Wesen entsteht—gemäß dem jeweiligen Maß innerer Reinheit—die Befugnis entweder zur Auflösung (laya, das Einswerden auf dem Weg zur Befreiung) oder zum Genuss (bhoga, das Erfahren weltlicher Früchte), gegründet auf der Unterscheidung aller Tattvas (Wirklichkeitsprinzipien).
Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya philosophical teaching to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Role: liberating
FAQs
It teaches that the soul’s path—continued worldly experience (bhoga) or movement toward liberation (laya)—depends on one’s inner purity and one’s entanglement or freedom across the tattvas, aligning with Shaiva Siddhanta’s view of gradual purification under Shiva’s grace.
Linga-worship and Saguna Shiva devotion are presented as purifying means: as purity increases through disciplined worship, the aspirant’s orientation shifts from bhoga-driven life to laya—inner absorption in Shiva, the Pati beyond tattvas.
The implied takeaway is purification-oriented sadhana—regular japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), meditation that loosens attachment to bhoga, and Shaiva disciplines such as bhasma (tripuṇḍra) and rudrākṣa when taught in context as aids to inner śuddhi.