Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 7
दक्षस्य यज्ञप्रवृत्तिः तथा ईश्वरवर्जितदेवसमागमः
Dakṣa’s Sacrificial Undertaking and the Devas’ Assembly without Īśvara
आदित्या वसवो रुद्रास्साध्यास्सह मरुद्गणैः । ऊष्मपाः सोमपाश्चैव आज्यपा धूमपास्तथा
ādityā vasavo rudrāssādhyāssaha marudgaṇaiḥ | ūṣmapāḥ somapāścaiva ājyapā dhūmapāstathā
เหล่าอาทิตยะ วสุ รุทร และสาธยะ พร้อมหมู่มรุต ทั้งอุษมปะ โสมปะ ตลอดจน อาชยปะ และธูมปะ ก็ปรากฏอยู่ด้วย।
Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Rudra
Sthala Purana: The verse enumerates deva-classes (including Rudras) attending the makha; it is not a Jyotirliṅga origin passage.
Significance: Clarifies cosmic hierarchy: even Rudra-gaṇas as a class within deva taxonomy are distinct from Paramaśiva (Pati) in Siddhānta framing; encourages discernment between limited deities and the Supreme Lord.
Type: rudram
Offering: dhupa
Cosmic Event: Cataloguing of cosmic beings participating in yajña; emphasizes ritual-cosmic order
FAQs
It lists prominent divine and ancestral classes to show the vast cosmic assembly within Shiva’s domain—implying that even exalted beings (devas and pitṛ-like classes) function under the supreme Pati, Lord Shiva, who transcends and governs all orders.
By enumerating many celestial orders, the text implicitly redirects devotion from fragmented deva-worship to the unifying Saguna focus of Shiva as Lord of all hosts (Gaṇeśa-like principle of lordship), whose presence is concretely approached through the Linga as the all-containing form.
The mention of classes associated with offerings (Soma, ghee, smoke) supports disciplined pūjā: offerings with purity (ajya), sanctified incense/smoke (dhūpa), and mantra-japa—especially the Panchakshara “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—while contemplating Shiva as the inner ruler of all beings.