Shloka 16
Adhyaya 61 — ग्रह-नक्षत्र-स्थाननिर्णयः
Cosmic Abodes of Luminaries and the Shaiva Order of Time
अस्मिन्मन्वन्तरे चैव ग्रहा वैमानिकाः स्मृताः विवस्वानदितेः पुत्रः सूर्यो वैवस्वते ऽन्तरे
asminmanvantare caiva grahā vaimānikāḥ smṛtāḥ vivasvānaditeḥ putraḥ sūryo vaivasvate 'ntare
ในมนวันตระนี้ เหล่าพลังดาวเคราะห์ (ครหะ) ถูกจดจำว่าเป็นสรรพเทพผู้สัญจรด้วยวิมาน. ในยุควัยวัสวตะ สุริยะคือวิวัสวาน โอรสแห่งอทิติ ทรงเป็นเจ้าแห่งสุริยโลก ค้ำจุนธรรมะแห่งจักรวาล ซึ่งท้ายที่สุดตั้งอยู่ในปติ คือพระศิวะ
Suta Goswami (narrating the Linga Purana tradition to the sages of Naimisharanya)
FAQs
It situates Linga-oriented Shaiva teaching within cosmic time (Manvantara) and affirms that even the grahas and Surya function within a higher order—ultimately grounded in Pati (Śiva), whom Linga worship approaches as the transcendent support of all regulation.
While naming Surya and the grahas, it implies a layered reality: visible cosmic governors operate within time, whereas Shiva-tattva is the supreme Pati beyond the changing Manvantaras, the inner ground enabling order, motion, and governance.
No specific puja-vidhi is stated, but the takeaway aligns with Shaiva discipline: regulate life in harmony with cosmic order (ṛta/dharma) and turn the pashu inward toward Pati through mantra, worship of the Linga, and steady observance—rather than fear-driven graha fixation.