Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 10
शैवधर्मप्रशंसा तथा पञ्चविधसाधनविभागः / Praise of Śaiva Dharma and the Fivefold Classification of Practice
शैवागमैस्तु संपन्नः सहांगोपांविस्तरः । तत्संस्काराधिकारैश्च सम्यगेवोपबृंहितः
śaivāgamaistu saṃpannaḥ sahāṃgopāṃvistaraḥ | tatsaṃskārādhikāraiśca samyagevopabṛṃhitaḥ
ഇത് ശൈവ ആഗമങ്ങളാൽ സമ്പന്നമാണ്; അവയുടെ അങ്ങ്-ഉപാംഗങ്ങളുടെ വിശദവിവരങ്ങളോടുകൂടി. അതുപോലെ ആ സമ്പ്രദായത്തിലെ സംസ്കാരങ്ങളും അധികാരനിയമങ്ങളും കൊണ്ട് യഥാവിധി ശുദ്ധീകരിക്കപ്പെട്ടും പുഷ്ടിപ്പെടുത്തപ്പെട്ടും ഇരിക്കുന്നു.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Not a jyotirliṅga passage; it foregrounds Śaivāgama as the complete and detailed revelation (with aṅga-upāṅga) and emphasizes saṃskāra/adhikāra—i.e., eligibility and consecratory refinement—typical of Āgamic Śaiva praxis.
Significance: Highlights that mature Śaiva practice is Āgama-grounded and requires proper authorization/qualification; encourages seekers to pursue disciplined initiation/training rather than eclecticism.
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: teaching
Offering: dhupa
FAQs
It teaches that Śiva-realization is supported by a complete, well-transmitted Śaiva path—scripture, its subsidiary disciplines, and the seeker’s proper eligibility—so practice becomes spiritually effective and leads toward liberation.
Śaiva Āgamas primarily regulate Saguna Śiva worship—especially Liṅga worship—by detailing procedures, mantras, and supporting observances (aṅga-upāṅga) that make devotion orderly, purified, and Siddhānta-aligned.
It points to Agamic discipline with proper adhikāra—receiving saṃskāras/dīkṣā where applicable, and then performing authorized mantra-japa and Liṅga-pūjā according to Śaiva injunctions.