Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 39
सर्गविभागवर्णनम्
Classification of Creation: the Nine Sargas and the Streams of Beings
तस्मात्तीव्रामिमाम्मूर्छां विधूय मदनुग्रहात् । प्रबुद्धस्व यथापूर्वं प्रजा वै स्रष्टुमर्हसि । एवं भगवता प्रोक्तो ब्रह्मा प्रीतमना ह्यभूत् । नानाष्टकेन विश्वात्मा तुष्टाव परमेश्वरम्
tasmāttīvrāmimāmmūrchāṃ vidhūya madanugrahāt | prabuddhasva yathāpūrvaṃ prajā vai sraṣṭumarhasi | evaṃ bhagavatā prokto brahmā prītamanā hyabhūt | nānāṣṭakena viśvātmā tuṣṭāva parameśvaram
«Ainsi donc, par Ma grâce, secoue cette profonde défaillance. Réveille-toi comme auparavant : tu es vraiment apte à créer les êtres.» Ainsi interpellé par le Seigneur Bienheureux, Brahmā se réjouit en son cœur, et l’Âme du monde loua Parameśvara par divers hymnes en strophes de huit vers.
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadyojāta
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga passage; Śiva empowers Brahmā to resume prajā-sṛṣṭi, showing that creation proceeds by Śiva’s sanction and grace.
Type: stotra
Role: liberating
FAQs
It highlights Śiva’s anugraha (grace) as the power that dispels delusion and restores right functioning—Brahmā can create only after being awakened and empowered by Parameśvara.
Brahmā responds to Śiva’s saving, personal intervention by stuti (praise), reflecting Saguna devotion—approaching the Lord through hymns and reverence, which in Purāṇic practice is central to Linga-worship.
Stotra-pāṭha (recitation of hymns) and japa done with the attitude of receiving Śiva’s grace—using sacred sound to awaken clarity and devotion before undertaking one’s dharma.