Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 106
पञ्चावरणमार्गस्थं योगेश्वरस्तोत्रम्
Pañcāvaraṇa-mārga Stotra to Yogeśvara Śiva
ऋषयो देवगंधर्वाः पन्नगाप्सरसां गणाः । ग्रामण्यश्च तथा यक्षा राक्षसाश्चासुरास्तथा
ṛṣayo devagaṃdharvāḥ pannagāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ | grāmaṇyaśca tathā yakṣā rākṣasāścāsurāstathā
Die Ṛṣis, die göttlichen Gandharvas, die Scharen der Nāgas und Apsaras, die Vorsteher der Gemeinschaften, ebenso die Yakṣas, Rākṣasas und auch die Asuras—sie alle waren versammelt.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Pashupatinatha
FAQs
It highlights Shiva’s universal sovereignty: beings of every realm and temperament—divine, semi-divine, and demonic—are drawn into the same sacred field, implying that before Pati (Shiva) all pashus can turn toward grace.
Such catalogues of assembled beings typically frame a public manifestation of Saguna Shiva—often around a sacred presence like the Linga—showing that Shiva’s accessible form gathers all classes of beings into reverence and remembrance.
The takeaway is collective and inclusive devotion: join satsanga, chant the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with steadiness, and cultivate reverence that dissolves hostility—an inner “assembly” of the mind around Shiva.