Shloka 7
दक्षस्य यज्ञप्रवृत्तिः तथा ईश्वरवर्जितदेवसमागमः
Dakṣa’s Sacrificial Undertaking and the Devas’ Assembly without Īśvara
आदित्या वसवो रुद्रास्साध्यास्सह मरुद्गणैः । ऊष्मपाः सोमपाश्चैव आज्यपा धूमपास्तथा
ādityā vasavo rudrāssādhyāssaha marudgaṇaiḥ | ūṣmapāḥ somapāścaiva ājyapā dhūmapāstathā
The Ādityas, the Vasus, the Rudras, and the Sādhyas—together with the hosts of Maruts—along with the Uṣmapas and Somapas, and likewise the Ājyapas and Dhūmapas.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Rudra
Sthala Purana: The verse enumerates deva-classes (including Rudras) attending the makha; it is not a Jyotirliṅga origin passage.
Significance: Clarifies cosmic hierarchy: even Rudra-gaṇas as a class within deva taxonomy are distinct from Paramaśiva (Pati) in Siddhānta framing; encourages discernment between limited deities and the Supreme Lord.
Type: rudram
Offering: dhupa
Cosmic Event: Cataloguing of cosmic beings participating in yajña; emphasizes ritual-cosmic order
FAQs
It lists prominent divine and ancestral classes to show the vast cosmic assembly within Shiva’s domain—implying that even exalted beings (devas and pitṛ-like classes) function under the supreme Pati, Lord Shiva, who transcends and governs all orders.
By enumerating many celestial orders, the text implicitly redirects devotion from fragmented deva-worship to the unifying Saguna focus of Shiva as Lord of all hosts (Gaṇeśa-like principle of lordship), whose presence is concretely approached through the Linga as the all-containing form.
The mention of classes associated with offerings (Soma, ghee, smoke) supports disciplined pūjā: offerings with purity (ajya), sanctified incense/smoke (dhūpa), and mantra-japa—especially the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—while contemplating Shiva as the inner ruler of all beings.