Nara-Narayana’s Tapas, Indra’s Temptation, and the Burning of Kama: The Origin of Ananga and the Shiva-Linga Episode
ततश्चकार भगवांश्चातुर्वर्ण्यं हरार्चने शास्त्राणि चैषां मुख्यानि नानोक्तिविदितानि च / 6.86 आद्यं शैवं परिख्यातमन्यत्पाशुपतं मुने तृतीयं कालवदनं चतुर्थं च कपालिनम्
tataścakāra bhagavāṃścāturvarṇyaṃ harārcane śāstrāṇi caiṣāṃ mukhyāni nānoktividitāni ca / 6.86 ādyaṃ śaivaṃ parikhyātamanyatpāśupataṃ mune tṛtīyaṃ kālavadanaṃ caturthaṃ ca kapālinam
त्यानंतर भगवानांनी हर-पूजेसाठी चातुर्वर्ण्याची व्यवस्था केली. त्यांच्या मुख्य शास्त्रांचा परिचय विविध उपदेशांतून झाला आहे—प्रथम शैव, मग हे मुने पाशुपत; तिसरे कालवदन आणि चौथे कपालिन.
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The passage frames religious practice as socially integrative: Hara-worship is presented as compatible with cāturvarṇya (ordered duties), implying that devotion is to be lived through regulated conduct rather than mere identity-based sectarianism.
This is primarily ācāra/dharma material (norms of worship and social-religious organization) embedded in Purāṇic narration. It supports the Purāṇic function of prescribing practice and mapping doctrinal lineages rather than cosmogony (sarga/pratisarga).
Listing multiple Śaiva streams (Śaiva, Pāśupata, Kālavadana, Kapālin) symbolizes pluralism within Śaiva religion and a Purāṇic attempt to domesticate even fierce/ascetic modes (e.g., Kapālin) within an overarching dharmic order.