Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 61
द्वितीयतृतीयावरणपूजाक्रमः | The Sequence of the Second and Third Enclosure Worship (Āvaraṇa-pūjā)
इत्थं विष्णोश्चतुर्व्यूहक्रमान्मूर्तिचतुष्टयम् । पूजयित्वा च तच्छक्तीश्चतस्रः पुजयेत्क्रमात्
itthaṃ viṣṇoścaturvyūhakramānmūrticatuṣṭayam | pūjayitvā ca tacchaktīścatasraḥ pujayetkramāt
Demikianlah, menurut tertib Caturvyūha Viṣṇu, setelah memuja empat wujud-Nya, hendaklah dipuja pula, menurut urutan, empat Śakti yang sepadan dengannya.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga passage; it prescribes worship according to Viṣṇu’s caturvyūha (Vāsudeva–Saṅkarṣaṇa–Pradyumna–Aniruddha) and then worship of their four śaktis—an explicitly Pāñcarātra-style layer embedded in the Purāṇic ritual description.
Shakti Form: Lalitā
Role: nurturing
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It teaches that effective upāsanā is disciplined and complete: worship is not only of the deity’s manifested forms but also of the Śakti inseparable from those forms, reflecting the Shaiva view that power (Śakti) and possessor of power are never truly separate in saguna worship.
Although the verse names Viṣṇu’s vyūhas, the Vāyavīya discourse uses such ordered worship to illustrate a general principle of saguna upāsanā: just as forms are honored with their energies, so in Śiva-pūjā the Liṅga is worshipped along with Śiva’s attendant Śaktis—recognizing that grace (anugraha) flows through Śakti united with Śiva.
Perform worship in a defined sequence (krama): invoke and honor the principal forms first, then their associated Śaktis; as a Shaiva takeaway, maintain mantra-japa and pūjā with orderly nyāsa/āvāhana and a steady bhakti-mind, treating Śakti as integral to the deity’s presence.