Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 32
शिवतत्त्वे परापरभावविचारः
Inquiry into Śiva’s Principle and the Parā–Aparā Paradox
देवीं च वंचयंस्तस्यां स्ववीर्यमतिदुर्वहम् । अविसृज्य विसृज्याग्नौ हविः पूतमिवामृतम्
devīṃ ca vaṃcayaṃstasyāṃ svavīryamatidurvaham | avisṛjya visṛjyāgnau haviḥ pūtamivāmṛtam
ในครานั้นเขาลวงพระเทวี มิได้ปล่อยพลังวีรยะอันยิ่งใหญ่ลงในนาง หากกลับปล่อยลงสู่อัคนี ดุจเครื่องบูชาฮวิสที่ชำระแล้ว ประหนึ่งอมฤตอันศักดิ์สิทธิ์
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga legend; it is the pivotal ‘seed diverted to fire’ moment in the Skanda/Kumāra origin narrative.
Significance: Meditation on the Lord’s mastery over śakti (vīrya) and the transformation of potency into a cosmic ‘havis’—a model for sublimation and offering of passions.
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: nurturing
Offering: naivedya
Cosmic Event: Mythic transmutation: vīrya becomes ‘havis’ in Agni—an alchemical-sacrificial pivot enabling a divine birth without ordinary gestation.
FAQs
It presents the theme of restraint and consecration: powerful inner energy is not indulged impulsively but is redirected into a purifying, sacred channel (Agni), symbolizing yogic sublimation and ritual sanctification under dharma.
The verse echoes the Shaiva idea that Shiva’s power (śakti/vīrya) is to be approached through purity and right offering; as oblations are offered into fire, so devotion and disciplined energy are offered to Saguna Shiva, culminating in inward worship of the Linga as the purified center of consciousness.
The imagery points to disciplined offering—externally through homa (fire-offering) with a purified mind, and internally through brahmacarya-like restraint and mantra-japa (such as the Panchakshara) to transmute desire into spiritual power.