Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 17
शिवाचार्याभिषेकविधिः / Rite of Consecrating a Śiva-Teacher (Śivācārya Abhiṣeka)
अथानुशासनं कुर्यात्पूर्वैराचरितं यथा । यथा च शिवशास्त्रोक्तं यथा लोकेषु पूज्यते
athānuśāsanaṃ kuryātpūrvairācaritaṃ yathā | yathā ca śivaśāstroktaṃ yathā lokeṣu pūjyate
പിന്നീട് പൂർവ്വന്മാർ ആചരിച്ചതുപോലെ യഥോചിതമായ അനുഷ്ഠാനശാസനം സ്ഥാപിച്ച് പാലിക്കണം—ശിവശാസ്ത്രത്തിൽ ഉപദേശിച്ചതുപോലെയും ലോകങ്ങളിൽ പൂജ്യമായി മാനിക്കപ്പെടുന്ന രീതിയിലും।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Role: teaching
FAQs
It affirms that Shaiva sadhana should be grounded in authorized instruction—what the elders practiced and what Shiva’s own shastra teaches—so that discipline becomes a reliable path toward purity and liberation (moksha).
By emphasizing Shiva-shastra and accepted practice, it points to regulated Saguna worship—such as Linga-puja—performed according to Shaiva injunctions rather than personal invention, making devotion steady and efficacious.
The verse broadly recommends shastric, tradition-based observance—regular puja and disciplined conduct; in Shaiva context this typically includes mantra-japa (e.g., Panchakshara), and properly taught ritual procedures rather than improvised methods.