Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 11
सर्गविभागवर्णनम्
Classification of Creation: the Nine Sargas and the Streams of Beings
प्रकाशाबहिरन्तस्ते तमोद्रिक्ता रजो ऽधिकाः । पञ्चमोनुग्रहः सर्गश्चतुर्धा संव्यवस्थितः । विपर्ययेण शक्त्या च तुष्ट्यासिद्ध्या तथैव च । ते ऽपरिग्राहिणः सर्वे संविभागरताः पुनः
prakāśābahirantaste tamodriktā rajo 'dhikāḥ | pañcamonugrahaḥ sargaścaturdhā saṃvyavasthitaḥ | viparyayeṇa śaktyā ca tuṣṭyāsiddhyā tathaiva ca | te 'parigrāhiṇaḥ sarve saṃvibhāgaratāḥ punaḥ
Ces êtres sont lumineux au-dehors et au-dedans; pourtant ils portent un excès de tamas et une prédominance de rajas. La cinquième création, dite “Grâce” (anugraha), est ordonnée en quatre modes : par inversion (viparyaya), par puissance (śakti), par contentement (tuṣṭi) et aussi par accomplissement (siddhi). Tous sont sans appropriation (aparigrāhiṇaḥ) et, de nouveau, voués au juste partage et à la distribution (saṃvibhāga).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: liberating
Cosmic Event: the ‘fifth sarga’ explicitly named anugraha; fourfold modalities (viparyaya, śakti, tuṣṭi, siddhi) as a doctrinal map of conditioned cognition and liberative turning
FAQs
It frames “anugraha” (Shiva’s grace) as a distinct principle shaping embodied experience—showing how consciousness can move through confusion (viparyaya), empowerment (śakti), inner satisfaction (tuṣṭi), and spiritual attainment (siddhi) under the Lord’s governance, culminating in a non-possessive, dharmic disposition.
In Shaiva Siddhanta, grace (anugraha) is ultimately Shiva’s act as Pati; Linga-worship is a concrete (saguṇa) means to receive that grace—purifying rajas-tamas, correcting viparyaya, and ripening the seeker toward siddhi and liberation.
The practical takeaway is cultivation of aparigraha (non-grasping) and disciplined worship: daily Linga-abhiṣeka with mantra-japa (especially the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), along with steadiness in sādhana to transform viparyaya into siddhi through Shiva’s anugraha.