Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 12
शिवज्ञान-प्रश्नः तथा सृष्टौ शिवस्य स्वयमाविर्भावः
Inquiry into Śiva-knowledge and Śiva’s self-manifestation in creation
सोमं ससर्ज यज्ञार्थे सोमाद्द्यौस्समजायत । धरा च वह्निः सूर्यश्च यज्ञो विष्णुश्शचीपतिः
somaṃ sasarja yajñārthe somāddyaussamajāyata | dharā ca vahniḥ sūryaśca yajño viṣṇuśśacīpatiḥ
യജ്ഞാർത്ഥമായി അദ്ദേഹം സോമനെ സൃഷ്ടിച്ചു. സോമത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ദ്യുലോകം ജനിച്ചു; കൂടാതെ ഭൂമി, അഗ്നി, സൂര്യൻ, യജ്ഞം തന്നേ, വിഷ്ണു, ശചീപതി (ഇന്ദ്രൻ) എന്നിവരും ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചു.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadyojāta
Role: creative
Offering: homa
Cosmic Event: cosmogony: emanation of Soma and subsequent emergence of dyu/earth/agni/sūrya/yajña and deities
FAQs
It presents the Lord (Pati) as the ultimate source from whom the supports of dharma—Soma, heaven, earth, fire, sun, and even yajña—arise, implying that all sacred action becomes fruitful only when rooted in the Supreme Shaiva principle.
By declaring that yajña itself originates from the Supreme, the verse supports the Shiva Purana’s emphasis that external rites culminate in devotion to Saguna Shiva—often centered on Linga worship—where the Lord is approached as the living ground of all cosmic functions.
Treat worship as an inner yajña: offer the mind and senses into the ‘fire’ of awareness while repeating the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya); outwardly, simple Shiva-archana with water and bhasma (Tripuṇḍra) aligns one’s sacrifice with its divine source.