Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 48
द्वितीयतृतीयावरणपूजाक्रमः | The Sequence of the Second and Third Enclosure Worship (Āvaraṇa-pūjā)
वैदिक्यो निखिला विद्याः पूज्या एव समंततः । पूर्वादिपुरतो वेदास्तदन्ये तु यथारुचि
vaidikyo nikhilā vidyāḥ pūjyā eva samaṃtataḥ | pūrvādipurato vedāstadanye tu yathāruci
ویدک علم کی تمام شاخیں ہر طرح سے قابلِ تعظیم ہیں۔ مشرق وغیرہ سے آغاز کرکے ویدوں کو سامنے رکھا جائے، اور دیگر شاستر اپنی پسند کے مطابق ترتیب دیے جائیں۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
FAQs
It affirms that all Vedic learning is sacred and deserves reverence, while also establishing a dharmic order: the Vedas are to be honored as primary, supporting Shaiva Siddhanta’s view that right knowledge (jñāna) and right observance (ācāra) prepare the soul for Shiva’s grace.
Linga-worship is performed within a disciplined scriptural framework; this verse implies that Shaiva ritual and devotion should be grounded in Vedic sanctity, placing the Vedas foremost while allowing supportive texts and practices to be arranged in a way that aids devotion to Saguna Shiva.
It suggests a puja-discipline of honoring scriptures: keep Vedic recitation/authority foremost (symbolically placed to the east/front) and arrange other devotional supports—stotras, puranic readings, mantra-japa such as the Panchakshara—according to suitability and focus.