Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 106
पञ्चावरणमार्गस्थं योगेश्वरस्तोत्रम्
Pañcāvaraṇa-mārga Stotra to Yogeśvara Śiva
ऋषयो देवगंधर्वाः पन्नगाप्सरसां गणाः । ग्रामण्यश्च तथा यक्षा राक्षसाश्चासुरास्तथा
ṛṣayo devagaṃdharvāḥ pannagāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ | grāmaṇyaśca tathā yakṣā rākṣasāścāsurāstathā
ഋഷിമാർ, ദേവഗന്ധർവന്മാർ, നാഗന്മാരുടെയും അപ്സരസ്സുകളുടെയും ഗണങ്ങൾ, ഗ്രാമനേതാക്കൾ, കൂടാതെ യക്ഷർ, രാക്ഷസർ, അസുരർ—എല്ലാവരും (അവിടെ) ഒന്നിച്ചു കൂടിയിരുന്നു।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Pashupatinatha
FAQs
It highlights Shiva’s universal sovereignty: beings of every realm and temperament—divine, semi-divine, and demonic—are drawn into the same sacred field, implying that before Pati (Shiva) all pashus can turn toward grace.
Such catalogues of assembled beings typically frame a public manifestation of Saguna Shiva—often around a sacred presence like the Linga—showing that Shiva’s accessible form gathers all classes of beings into reverence and remembrance.
The takeaway is collective and inclusive devotion: join satsanga, chant the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) with steadiness, and cultivate reverence that dissolves hostility—an inner “assembly” of the mind around Shiva.