Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 48
द्वितीयतृतीयावरणपूजाक्रमः | The Sequence of the Second and Third Enclosure Worship (Āvaraṇa-pūjā)
वैदिक्यो निखिला विद्याः पूज्या एव समंततः । पूर्वादिपुरतो वेदास्तदन्ये तु यथारुचि
vaidikyo nikhilā vidyāḥ pūjyā eva samaṃtataḥ | pūrvādipurato vedāstadanye tu yathāruci
Alle Zweige vedischen Wissens sind wahrlich von allen Seiten verehrungswürdig. Die Veden sollen vorne stehen — beginnend im Osten —, die übrigen heiligen Disziplinen aber mögen nach eigenem Gefallen angeordnet werden.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
FAQs
It affirms that all Vedic learning is sacred and deserves reverence, while also establishing a dharmic order: the Vedas are to be honored as primary, supporting Shaiva Siddhanta’s view that right knowledge (jñāna) and right observance (ācāra) prepare the soul for Shiva’s grace.
Linga-worship is performed within a disciplined scriptural framework; this verse implies that Shaiva ritual and devotion should be grounded in Vedic sanctity, placing the Vedas foremost while allowing supportive texts and practices to be arranged in a way that aids devotion to Saguna Shiva.
It suggests a puja-discipline of honoring scriptures: keep Vedic recitation/authority foremost (symbolically placed to the east/front) and arrange other devotional supports—stotras, puranic readings, mantra-japa such as the Panchakshara—according to suitability and focus.