Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 59

सर्गविभागवर्णनम्

Classification of Creation: the Nine Sargas and the Streams of Beings

Devanagari script

अग्निष्टोमं च यज्ञानां निर्ममे प्रथमान्मुखात् । यजूंषि त्रैष्टुभं छंदःस्तोमं पञ्चदशं तथा । बृहत्साम तथोक्थं च दक्षिणादसृजन्मुखात् । सामानि जगतीछंदः स्तोमं सप्तदशं तथा

Transliteration

agniṣṭomaṃ ca yajñānāṃ nirmame prathamānmukhāt | yajūṃṣi traiṣṭubhaṃ chaṃdaḥstomaṃ pañcadaśaṃ tathā | bṛhatsāma tathokthaṃ ca dakṣiṇādasṛjanmukhāt | sāmāni jagatīchaṃdaḥ stomaṃ saptadaśaṃ tathā

Translation

ఆయన అగ్ర ముఖమునుండి యజ్ఞములలో ప్రథమమైన అగ్నిష్టోమాన్ని నిర్మించాడు; అలాగే యజుః మంత్రాలు, త్రైష్టుభ ఛందస్సు మరియు పంచదశ స్తోమాన్ని కూడా ప్రదర్శించాడు. ఆయన దక్షిణ ముఖమునుండి బృహత్ సామం మరియు ఉక్థాన్ని సృష్టించాడు; అలాగే సామగానాలు, జగతీ ఛందస్సు మరియు సప్తదశ స్తోమాన్ని కూడా ఉద్భవింపజేశాడు.

Word by Word

• अग्निष्टोमम्: Agniṣṭoma (sacrifice)
• अग्निष्टोमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निष्टोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुष-समास (name of sacrifice)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• यज्ञानाम्: of the sacrifices
• यज्ञानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• निर्ममे: created/formed
• निर्ममे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्मा (धातु: मा + निर्)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); आत्मनेपद

• प्रथमात्: from the first
• प्रथमात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier)

• मुखात्: from (the) mouth
• मुखात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यजूंषि: Yajus formulas
• यजूंषि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• त्रैष्टुभम्: Triṣṭubh (meter)
• त्रैष्टुभम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रैष्टुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); (छन्दोनाम)

• छन्दःस्तोमम्: the chandas-stoma (stoma of meters)
• छन्दःस्तोमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: छन्दस् (प्रातिपदिक) + स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष ('stoma of meters')

• पञ्चदशम्: fifteenfold / fifteen
• पञ्चदशम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्चदश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु-समास (numeral compound)

• तथा: also/thus
• तथा: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (adverb: 'thus/also')

• बृहत्साम: Bṛhat-sāman (great chant)
• बृहत्साम: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहत् (प्रातिपदिक) + सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय ('great sāman')

• तथा: also/thus
• तथा: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (adverb)

• उक्थम्: Uktha (recitation)
• उक्थम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उक्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दक्षिणात्: from the right
• दक्षिणात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण (qualifier of 'mouth')

• असृजत्: created/emitted
• असृजत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपद

• मुखात्: from (the) mouth
• मुखात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सामानि: Sāman chants
• सामानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• जगतीछन्दः: Jagatī meter
• जगतीछन्दः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगती (प्रातिपदिक) + छन्दस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); कर्मधारय ('jagatī-meter')

• स्तोमम्: stoma (hymn/chant arrangement)
• स्तोमम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तोम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• सप्तदशम्: seventeenfold / seventeen
• सप्तदशम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तदश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); द्विगु-समास (numeral compound)

• तथा: also/thus
• तथा: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Tatpuruṣa

Mantra Metadata

Type: rudram

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: emanation of yajña-structures (Agniṣṭoma), Vedic formulae (Yajus), metres (Triṣṭubh/Jagatī), and stoma-patterns

Characters & Entities

• Brahma

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It presents the sacred order of Vedic yajña—metres, chants, and stomas—as a manifested structure of dharma. In a Shaiva Siddhanta reading, such ordered ritual supports purification of the pashu (bound soul) and prepares the mind for higher Shiva-knowledge, where outer sacrifice matures into inner offering.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Although it speaks in Vedic-ritual language, the Shiva Purana commonly frames Vedic rites as valid supports that culminate in devotion to Saguna Shiva. The Linga-worship becomes the inward, concentrated form of yajña—offering breath, thought, and mantra—leading the devotee from ritual merit toward Shiva’s grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

The takeaway is disciplined, rule-based worship: perform offerings with mantra and rhythm (chandas) and then internalize the yajña through japa and dhyāna. Practically, one may pair daily Shiva-puja with Panchakshara japa ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") as the inner stoma—steady repetition that purifies and centers the mind.