Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 59
सर्गविभागवर्णनम्
Classification of Creation: the Nine Sargas and the Streams of Beings
अग्निष्टोमं च यज्ञानां निर्ममे प्रथमान्मुखात् । यजूंषि त्रैष्टुभं छंदःस्तोमं पञ्चदशं तथा । बृहत्साम तथोक्थं च दक्षिणादसृजन्मुखात् । सामानि जगतीछंदः स्तोमं सप्तदशं तथा
agniṣṭomaṃ ca yajñānāṃ nirmame prathamānmukhāt | yajūṃṣi traiṣṭubhaṃ chaṃdaḥstomaṃ pañcadaśaṃ tathā | bṛhatsāma tathokthaṃ ca dakṣiṇādasṛjanmukhāt | sāmāni jagatīchaṃdaḥ stomaṃ saptadaśaṃ tathā
അവന്റെ അഗ്രമുഖത്തിൽ നിന്നു യജ്ഞങ്ങളിൽ ആദ്യമായ അഗ്നിഷ്ടോമം നിർമ്മിച്ചു; കൂടാതെ യജുഃ മന്ത്രങ്ങൾ, ത്രൈഷ്ടുഭ ഛന്ദസ്സ്, പഞ്ചദശ സ്തോമം എന്നിവയും പ്രസ്ഫുടമായി. അവന്റെ ദക്ഷിണമുഖത്തിൽ നിന്നു ബൃഹത് സാമവും ഉക്ഥവും സൃഷ്ടിച്ചു; അതുപോലെ സാമഗാനങ്ങൾ, ജഗതീ ഛന്ദസ്സ്, സപ്തദശ സ്തോമം എന്നിവയും ഉത്ഭവിച്ചു.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Tatpuruṣa
Type: rudram
Role: teaching
Offering: naivedya
Cosmic Event: emanation of yajña-structures (Agniṣṭoma), Vedic formulae (Yajus), metres (Triṣṭubh/Jagatī), and stoma-patterns
FAQs
It presents the sacred order of Vedic yajña—metres, chants, and stomas—as a manifested structure of dharma. In a Shaiva Siddhanta reading, such ordered ritual supports purification of the pashu (bound soul) and prepares the mind for higher Shiva-knowledge, where outer sacrifice matures into inner offering.
Although it speaks in Vedic-ritual language, the Shiva Purana commonly frames Vedic rites as valid supports that culminate in devotion to Saguna Shiva. The Linga-worship becomes the inward, concentrated form of yajña—offering breath, thought, and mantra—leading the devotee from ritual merit toward Shiva’s grace.
The takeaway is disciplined, rule-based worship: perform offerings with mantra and rhythm (chandas) and then internalize the yajña through japa and dhyāna. Practically, one may pair daily Shiva-puja with Panchakshara japa ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") as the inner stoma—steady repetition that purifies and centers the mind.