Shloka 7
Aditi’s Progeny and the Twelve Ādityas
Manvantara Genealogy
अर्यमा चैव धाता च त्वष्टा पूषा तथैव च । विवस्वान्सविता चैव मित्रावरुण एव च
aryamā caiva dhātā ca tvaṣṭā pūṣā tathaiva ca | vivasvānsavitā caiva mitrāvaruṇa eva ca
Aryaman, Dhātā, Tvaṣṭṛ, Pūṣan; Vivasvān, Savitṛ; and also Mitra and Varuṇa—these are to be understood as divine manifestations praised in this sacred account.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Uma-saṃhitā teaching to the sages, listing divine solar powers in the Śaiva frame)
Tattva Level: pashu
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga passage; it catalogs Āditya/solar powers (Aryaman, Dhātā, Tvaṣṭṛ, Pūṣan, etc.). In Śaiva Siddhānta reading, these are functional deities operating within māyā’s order (niyati/kāla), sustaining the cosmos under Śiva’s overarching governance.
FAQs
It enumerates key Āditya (solar) powers, indicating that cosmic order, nourishment, craftsmanship, and moral governance are divine functions ultimately harmonized under the supreme Lord (Śiva) in the Purāṇic Śaiva vision.
By listing deities who govern the cosmos, the text implies that their energies are not independent absolutes; in Saguna Śiva worship—especially through the Liṅga—devotees venerate the one Lord who contains and directs all such cosmic functions.
Contemplate the Lord as the inner ruler of all cosmic powers while repeating the Pañcākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya"); offer water to the Śiva-liṅga at sunrise as a simple discipline aligning one’s mind with dharma and inner illumination.