Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 55
प्रणवविभागः—वेदस्वरूपत्वं लिङ्गे च प्रतिष्ठा
The Division of Oṃ, Its Vedic Forms, and Its Placement in the Liṅga
प्रशांतमनसौ देवौ प्रबुद्धौ संबभूवतुः । उत्पत्तिं विलयं चैव यथात्म्यं च षडध्वनाम्
praśāṃtamanasau devau prabuddhau saṃbabhūvatuḥ | utpattiṃ vilayaṃ caiva yathātmyaṃ ca ṣaḍadhvanām
L’esprit apaisé, les deux divinités s’éveillèrent pleinement ; et elles saisirent clairement l’origine et la dissolution, ainsi que la vraie nature des six voies (ṣaḍ-adhvā) qui structurent l’ordre manifesté.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Sthala Purana: Not a site legend; it is a doctrinal statement about prabodha (awakening) and comprehension of ṣaḍ-adhvā, a key Siddhānta cosmological schema.
Significance: General: understanding ṣaḍ-adhvā (kalā, tattva, bhuvana, varṇa, pada, mantra) is treated as a map for sādhana and liberation-oriented worship.
Role: teaching
FAQs
It highlights that true knowledge arises when the mind becomes calm: then one perceives how the cosmos proceeds and returns (utpatti–vilaya) and understands the ṣaḍadhvā, the ordered framework through which bound souls (paśu) experience the world—pointing toward liberation under Shiva as Pati.
Saguna worship (including Linga-upāsanā) steadies devotion and concentrates the mind; that inner steadiness matures into awakened insight where the devotee sees manifestation and dissolution as governed by Shiva’s lordship, moving from form-based contemplation toward grasping Shiva’s deeper, guiding reality.
A practical takeaway is dhyāna that pacifies the mind—japa of the Panchākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with steady breath and contemplation of laya (withdrawal into Shiva), optionally supported by wearing Rudrākṣa and applying Tripuṇḍra as aids to remembrance and discipline.