Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 65
सर्गविभागवर्णनम्
Classification of Creation: the Nine Sargas and the Streams of Beings
तान्येव ते प्रपद्यंते सृज्यमानाः पुनः पुनः । हिंस्राहिंस्रे मृदुक्रूरे धर्माधर्मावृतानृते । तद्भाविताः प्रपद्यंते तस्मात्तत्तस्य रोचते । महाभूतेषु नानात्वमिंद्रियार्थेषु मुक्तिषु
tānyeva te prapadyaṃte sṛjyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ | hiṃsrāhiṃsre mṛdukrūre dharmādharmāvṛtānṛte | tadbhāvitāḥ prapadyaṃte tasmāttattasya rocate | mahābhūteṣu nānātvamiṃdriyārtheṣu muktiṣu
Created again and again, they resort only to those very states—violent and non-violent, gentle and cruel, clothed in dharma and adharma, in truth and untruth. Shaped by such dispositions, they fall into corresponding courses; therefore each finds pleasing what accords with its own conditioning. Thus diversity arises among the great elements, among the objects of the senses, and even in the paths of liberation.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Cosmic Event: punar-sṛṣṭi/saṃsāra-cakra: recurring embodiments shaped by vāsanā/karma
FAQs
It teaches that repeated births reinforce one’s inner conditioning (bhāva/saṃskāra), causing beings to gravitate toward matching actions—dharma or adharma—and even to prefer what aligns with their bondage. From a Shaiva Siddhanta lens, this shows the working of pāśa (bondage) upon the paśu (individual soul) until grace turns the soul toward Pati (Shiva).
Since beings naturally ‘like’ what their conditioning supports, Saguna Shiva worship—Linga, mantra, pūjā—re-trains that conditioning toward purity (śuddha-bhāva). Turning the mind repeatedly to Shiva replaces violent, false, and adharmic tendencies with sattvic devotion, making liberation-oriented choices feel natural.
Repeated japa of the Panchakshara ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") with Tripuṇḍra (bhasma) and Rudrāksha is implied as a practical way to reshape saṃskāras—reducing sense-driven diversity and stabilizing the mind toward Shiva, the liberating Pati.