Shloka 30
अन्नेन धार्य्यते सर्वं विश्वं जगदिदं मुने । अन्नमूर्जस्करं लोके प्राणा ह्यन्ने प्रतिष्ठिताः
annena dhāryyate sarvaṃ viśvaṃ jagadidaṃ mune | annamūrjaskaraṃ loke prāṇā hyanne pratiṣṭhitāḥ
முனிவரே! இந்த முழு பிரபஞ்சம்—இந்தச் சராசர உலகம்—அன்னத்தால் தாங்கப்படுகிறது. உலகில் அன்னமே வலமும் உயிர்ச்சக்தியும் தருவது; ஏனெனில் பிராணன் அன்னத்தில் நிலைத்துள்ளது.
Lord Shiva (instructing as a philosophical teacher within the Umāsaṃhitā dialogue)
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadyojāta
Significance: Interprets food as the sustaining substrate for prāṇa and worldly movement; supports the ethic that feeding is participation in cosmic maintenance (sthiti) and thus a Śaiva service.
Role: nurturing
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It teaches that embodied life depends on anna (food), and therefore sustaining the body responsibly is part of dharma; in Shaiva Siddhanta, the body becomes a fit instrument for Shiva-worship and liberation when nourished and governed with purity.
Linga worship is performed through the body and breath; since prana rests upon food, honoring food with restraint and purity supports steady puja, japa, and devotion to Saguna Shiva, making worship stable and effective.
Adopt sattvic, moderate eating (mitāhāra) to steady prāṇa for japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and meditation; on vrata days like Mahashivratri, fasting or light intake is done to refine prāṇa for worship.