Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 11
सर्गविभागवर्णनम्
Classification of Creation: the Nine Sargas and the Streams of Beings
प्रकाशाबहिरन्तस्ते तमोद्रिक्ता रजो ऽधिकाः । पञ्चमोनुग्रहः सर्गश्चतुर्धा संव्यवस्थितः । विपर्ययेण शक्त्या च तुष्ट्यासिद्ध्या तथैव च । ते ऽपरिग्राहिणः सर्वे संविभागरताः पुनः
prakāśābahirantaste tamodriktā rajo 'dhikāḥ | pañcamonugrahaḥ sargaścaturdhā saṃvyavasthitaḥ | viparyayeṇa śaktyā ca tuṣṭyāsiddhyā tathaiva ca | te 'parigrāhiṇaḥ sarve saṃvibhāgaratāḥ punaḥ
Những hữu thể này rực sáng cả ngoài lẫn trong; nhưng lại mang nhiều tamas và rajas trội hơn. Sự tạo hóa thứ năm, gọi là “Ân sủng” (anugraha), được sắp đặt thành bốn lối: do đảo nghịch (viparyaya), do năng lực (śakti), do mãn nguyện (tuṣṭi), và cũng vậy do thành tựu (siddhi). Tất cả đều không chiếm hữu (aparigrāhiṇaḥ) và lại chuyên tâm nơi sự phân chia, phân phối đúng mực (saṃvibhāga).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: liberating
Cosmic Event: the ‘fifth sarga’ explicitly named anugraha; fourfold modalities (viparyaya, śakti, tuṣṭi, siddhi) as a doctrinal map of conditioned cognition and liberative turning
FAQs
It frames “anugraha” (Shiva’s grace) as a distinct principle shaping embodied experience—showing how consciousness can move through confusion (viparyaya), empowerment (śakti), inner satisfaction (tuṣṭi), and spiritual attainment (siddhi) under the Lord’s governance, culminating in a non-possessive, dharmic disposition.
In Shaiva Siddhanta, grace (anugraha) is ultimately Shiva’s act as Pati; Linga-worship is a concrete (saguṇa) means to receive that grace—purifying rajas-tamas, correcting viparyaya, and ripening the seeker toward siddhi and liberation.
The practical takeaway is cultivation of aparigraha (non-grasping) and disciplined worship: daily Linga-abhiṣeka with mantra-japa (especially the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), along with steadiness in sādhana to transform viparyaya into siddhi through Shiva’s anugraha.