Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 28
मङ्गलाचरणम्, तीर्थ-परिसरः, सूतागमनम् — Invocation, Sacred Setting, and the Arrival of Sūta
ब्रह्माणं विदधे साक्षात्पुत्रमग्रे सनातनम् । तस्मै प्रथमपुत्राय ब्रह्मणे विश्वयोनये
brahmāṇaṃ vidadhe sākṣātputramagre sanātanam | tasmai prathamaputrāya brahmaṇe viśvayonaye
Il fit naître directement Brahmā dès l’origine, comme fils éternel. À ce Brahmā, le premier-né—matrice et source de l’univers—(Il confia l’œuvre de la manifestation).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga account; it narrates the first delegation in cosmogony: Śiva directly brings forth Brahmā as ‘son’ and appoints him as viśvayoni (instrumental womb/source) for further manifestation.
Significance: Teaches Śiva’s supremacy and Brahmā’s derivative role; for devotees, it reorients worship from secondary creators to the transcendent Pati who empowers them.
Role: creative
Cosmic Event: Early cosmogony: emergence of Brahmā as first functional creator within Śiva’s lordship.
FAQs
It establishes the Shaiva view that the supreme Lord (Pati) is the direct source of Brahmā and thus the ultimate cause behind creation; Brahmā functions as an empowered agent, not the absolute independent reality.
By showing the Lord as the origin of the creator, the verse supports Saguna Shiva worship (including Linga-upāsanā) as devotion to the supreme source from whom all cosmic functions—creation included—proceed.
The practical takeaway is to meditate on Shiva as the supreme cause beyond Brahmā and the cosmos, and to reinforce this contemplation through Shiva-japa such as the Panchākṣarī mantra (Om Namaḥ Śivāya).