Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 36
द्वितीयतृतीयावरणपूजाक्रमः | The Sequence of the Second and Third Enclosure Worship (Āvaraṇa-pūjā)
सप्तच्छंदोमयांश्चैव वालखिल्यांश्च पूजयेत् । एवं तृतीयावरणे समभ्यर्च्य दिवाकरम्
saptacchaṃdomayāṃścaiva vālakhilyāṃśca pūjayet | evaṃ tṛtīyāvaraṇe samabhyarcya divākaram
Hendaklah juga dipuja tujuh kelompok yang berwujud sebagai metrum Veda (chandas), serta para resi Vālakhilya. Demikianlah, pada kepungan ketiga, setelah dipersembahkan penghormatan dengan sempurna, hendaklah dipuja Divākara (Surya, Matahari) sebagai anggota suci tatanan kosmos yang ditegakkan oleh Śiva.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
Offering: dipa
Cosmic Event: Solar veneration (Divākara) framed by chandas (metre-as-cosmic-vibration) and Vālakhilya seers, suggesting a cosmos sustained through mantra-structure and light.
FAQs
It teaches that Śaiva worship can include honoring Vedic powers (the Chandas/metres) and venerable sages, recognizing them as supports of dharma within Śiva’s cosmic governance—thus making devotion orderly, expansive, and scripturally rooted.
In āvaraṇa-pūjā, various divine and Vedic presences are worshipped as attendants and limbs of the sacred maṇḍala surrounding the central deity; this frames Saguna worship as a complete cosmos centered on Śiva, with the Sun revered in an outer enclosure rather than as the ultimate.
It indicates third-enclosure (tṛtīyāvaraṇa) worship: offer respectful oblations and salutations to the Chandas and Vālakhilyas, then perform reverent worship of Divākara—mentally placing the Sun in the ritual maṇḍala as a purifier and witness to the vow.