Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 170
पञ्चावरणमार्गस्थं योगेश्वरस्तोत्रम्
Pañcāvaraṇa-mārga Stotra to Yogeśvara Śiva
लौकिका ब्राह्मणास्सर्वे क्षत्रियाश्च विशः क्रमात् । वेदवेदांगतत्त्वज्ञाः सर्वशास्त्रविशारदाः
laukikā brāhmaṇāssarve kṣatriyāśca viśaḥ kramāt | vedavedāṃgatattvajñāḥ sarvaśāstraviśāradāḥ
Tous les gens du monde—les brahmanes et, selon l’ordre, les kṣatriya et les vaiśya—connaissaient le vrai sens des Veda et des Vedāṅga, et étaient experts en tout śāstra.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Sthala Purana: No Jyotirliṅga reference; the verse describes an idealized social-religious milieu where varṇas are learned in Veda/Vedāṅga and śāstra—knowledge that, in Siddhānta terms, can still remain ‘laukika’ (worldly) unless transmuted by Śiva’s anugraha beyond tirodhāna.
Significance: Implied teaching: mere śāstra-viśāradatā is not identical with Śiva-realization; pilgrimage/ritual must be oriented to Śiva to cross from laukika learning to liberating knowledge.
FAQs
It praises a dharmic society grounded in śruti and śāstra, implying that Shiva’s highest teaching (Pati-tattva) is best approached through disciplined knowledge and right understanding, not mere custom.
Linga-worship in the Shiva Purana is repeatedly framed as Veda-supported; this verse establishes that qualified people understood the Vedas and auxiliaries, thereby performing Shiva’s saguna worship with correct mantra, vidhi, and devotion.
Study and recitation of Vedic-Śaiva mantras with proper discipline is implied; in Shiva Purana terms, this supports steady japa (especially Panchakshara), along with scripturally guided observances such as bhasma-dhāraṇa and Rudrāksha when taught in context.