Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 22
पाशुपतज्ञानप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Pāśupata Knowledge
Paśu–Pāśa–Paśupati
यथा स्वं कर्म कुर्वन्ति नान्यत्किंचिच्छिवाज्ञया । शब्दादयोपि गृह्यंते क्रियन्ते वचनादयः
yathā svaṃ karma kurvanti nānyatkiṃcicchivājñayā | śabdādayopi gṛhyaṃte kriyante vacanādayaḥ
So wie die Wesen nur ihre zugewiesenen Funktionen ausführen – und nichts anderes als Shivas Befehl –, so werden auch der Klang und das Übrige wahrgenommen und die Rede und das Übrige vollzogen, allein durch Seine ordnende Macht.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Cosmic Event: universal niyama: all functions (karma), perceptions (grahaṇa), and actions (kriyā) proceed only by Śiva-ājñā
FAQs
It teaches that all functions—action, perception, and speech—operate under Śiva’s supreme ordinance, directing the seeker toward surrender (śaraṇāgati) and recognition of Śiva as Pati, the Lord who governs pasha (bondage) and pashu (the bound soul).
Linga worship trains the devotee to offer body, speech, and mind to Saguna Śiva; this verse supports that practice by affirming that even the senses and speech ultimately move by Śiva’s will, so worship becomes an alignment with His governing presence.
Practice mantra-japa (especially the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) with sense-restraint and truthful, restrained speech, mentally offering every perception and utterance to Śiva as an act of inner worship.