Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 24
कालमान-निर्णयः
Determination of the Measures of Time
ब्रह्मा विष्णोर्दिने चैको विष्णू रुद्रदिने तथा । ईश्वरस्य दिने रुद्रस्सदाख्यस्य तथेश्वरः
brahmā viṣṇordine caiko viṣṇū rudradine tathā | īśvarasya dine rudrassadākhyasya tatheśvaraḥ
Au jour de Viṣṇu, Brahmā seul doit être contemplé comme la divinité présidente ; au jour de Rudra, c’est Viṣṇu que l’on contemple. Au jour d’Īśvara, l’on contemple Rudra ; et au jour de Sadāśiva, l’on contemple Īśvara.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya teaching to the sages of Naimiṣāraṇya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: teaching
Cosmic Event: graded ‘days’ of deities indicating nested cosmic jurisdictions
FAQs
It presents a graded contemplative order of divine presiding principles, pointing the seeker beyond functional cosmic roles toward the higher Shaiva realities (Rudra–Īśvara–Sadāśiva), aligning devotion and meditation with ascent toward liberation.
The verse supports Saguna upāsanā as structured contemplation: worship may begin with accessible deities linked to time (specific “days”), but culminates in higher Shaiva forms—Īśvara and Sadāśiva—classically represented and approached through Śiva-liṅga worship as the stable focus of Pati.
Adopt day-based deity-dhyāna (contemplation) culminating in meditation on Sadāśiva/Īśvara, supported by Shaiva aids such as japa of the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and liṅga-pūjā with bhasma and rudrākṣa as disciplines of steadiness and purity.