Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 48
द्वितीयतृतीयावरणपूजाक्रमः | The Sequence of the Second and Third Enclosure Worship (Āvaraṇa-pūjā)
वैदिक्यो निखिला विद्याः पूज्या एव समंततः । पूर्वादिपुरतो वेदास्तदन्ये तु यथारुचि
vaidikyo nikhilā vidyāḥ pūjyā eva samaṃtataḥ | pūrvādipurato vedāstadanye tu yathāruci
Todas las ramas del saber védico son, en verdad, dignas de veneración por doquier. Los Vedas deben colocarse al frente—comenzando por el oriente—y las demás disciplinas sagradas, según la preferencia de cada cual.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
FAQs
It affirms that all Vedic learning is sacred and deserves reverence, while also establishing a dharmic order: the Vedas are to be honored as primary, supporting Shaiva Siddhanta’s view that right knowledge (jñāna) and right observance (ācāra) prepare the soul for Shiva’s grace.
Linga-worship is performed within a disciplined scriptural framework; this verse implies that Shaiva ritual and devotion should be grounded in Vedic sanctity, placing the Vedas foremost while allowing supportive texts and practices to be arranged in a way that aids devotion to Saguna Shiva.
It suggests a puja-discipline of honoring scriptures: keep Vedic recitation/authority foremost (symbolically placed to the east/front) and arrange other devotional supports—stotras, puranic readings, mantra-japa such as the Panchakshara—according to suitability and focus.