Shloka 46
गणसमागमः (Śiva Summons the Gaṇas for the Great Festival)
तथाऽहमप्यशोभम्वै व्रजन्मार्गे विराजितः । वेदैर्मूर्तिधरैश्शास्त्रैः पुराणैरागमैस्तथा
tathā'hamapyaśobhamvai vrajanmārge virājitaḥ | vedairmūrtidharaiśśāstraiḥ purāṇairāgamaistathā
So too, even I was indeed adorned—radiant on the path as I went—attended and glorified by the embodied Vedas, by authoritative śāstras, by the Purāṇas, and likewise by the Āgamas.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Shiva Purana account to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga narrative; rather, a meta-scriptural tableau: Veda, Śāstra, Purāṇa, and Āgama are personified as attendants, asserting Śiva-kathā’s authority and the harmony (in this Purāṇic vision) of revelation streams.
Significance: Frames listening/reciting as a tirtha-like purifier: the ‘embodied Vedas’ attending the narrator implies śravaṇa of Śiva Purāṇa confers śāstra-prāmāṇya and spiritual merit.
Role: teaching
FAQs
It presents the sanctifying power and concordance of multiple scriptural streams—Veda, Śāstra, Purāṇa, and Śaiva Āgama—showing that the seeker’s path is illumined when supported by right revelation and tradition, culminating in devotion to Pati (Shiva) as the liberating Lord.
By explicitly including the Āgamas—key sources for Linga-temple worship, mantra, and ritual—it affirms Saguna Shiva worship as scripturally grounded and continuous with Vedic and Purāṇic authority, a central Shaiva Siddhanta stance.
The verse points toward Āgamic-Vedic aligned practice: disciplined mantra-japa (especially the Panchakshara), and devotion guided by scripture—often expressed in Shaiva observance through bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) and temple/Linga worship according to Āgama.