Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 8
प्रणवविभागः—वेदस्वरूपत्वं लिङ्गे च प्रतिष्ठा
The Division of Oṃ, Its Vedic Forms, and Its Placement in the Liṅga
ऋगयं स्थापयामास समासात्त्वर्थमात्मनः । रजोगुणेषु ब्रह्माणं मूर्तिष्वाद्यं क्रियास्वपि
ṛgayaṃ sthāpayāmāsa samāsāttvarthamātmanaḥ | rajoguṇeṣu brahmāṇaṃ mūrtiṣvādyaṃ kriyāsvapi
Er setzte den Ṛg-veda als knappen Ausdruck der wesentlichen Bedeutung Seines eigenen Selbst ein; und unter den Erscheinungsweisen der Rajas-Guṇa stellte Er Brahmā an die Spitze—als den Ersten unter den verkörperten Gestalten (mūrti) und ebenso als den Ersten unter den Tätigkeiten der Schöpfung.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadyojāta
FAQs
It presents revelation and creation as ordered by the Supreme Lord: the Veda conveys His essential purport, and the creative function is delegated through rajas, showing that all cosmic processes operate under Pati (the Lord), not independently.
By placing Brahmā and the guṇas within the Lord’s governance, the verse supports Saguna worship—seeing the Linga as the sovereign source from whom forms, scriptures, and functions proceed, while the Lord remains the controller beyond the guṇas.
A practical takeaway is Vedic recitation and japa with the intent to grasp the Lord’s purport—especially Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya)—while contemplating that rajas-driven activity is to be offered back to Shiva as worship (kriyā-śuddhi).