A top-firing hot blast stove, comprising: a checker chamber including a blast pipe for receiving supply of hot blast air; and a combustion chamber which includes a hot-blast pipe and a burner system for supplying hot blast to a blast furnace and which is placed above the checker chamber, wherein the checker chamber is heated by combustion of mixed gas including fuel gas and combustion air supplied from the burner system to the combustion chamber, and hot blast which is generated while the hot blast air passes through the checker chamber is supplied to the blast furnace through the hot-blast pipe, wherein the burner system includes: a burner of a multiple pipe line structure having three or more pipe lines different in diameter, each of the pipe lines carrying fuel gas or combustion air; and a burner duct communicating with the burner, the burner duct communicating with the combustion chamber, wherein among the pipe lines constituting the multiple pipe line structure, those other than an outermost pipe line include swirling flow generating means provided for generating a swirling flow of the fuel gas or the combustion air which flows inside the pipe lines, whereas the outermost pipe line carries a linear flow of the fuel gas or the combustion air, wherein a swirling flow of mixed gas is generated by the swirling flows of the fuel gas and the combustion air which have flowed into the burner duct, and the swirling flow of the mixed gas and the linear flow of the fuel gas or the combustion air in the outermost pipe line combust while flowing through the burner duct, so that combustion gas including a linear component and a swirling component is generated, and wherein the combustion gas is supplied to the combustion chamber from at least one or more of the burner systems in an inflow direction which does not pass through a center position of the combustion chamber. a checker chamber including a blast pipe for receiving supply of hot blast air; and a combustion chamber which includes a hot-blast pipe and a burner system for supplying hot blast to a blast furnace and which is placed above the checker chamber, wherein the checker chamber is heated by combustion of mixed gas including fuel gas and combustion air supplied from the burner system to the combustion chamber, and hot blast which is generated while the hot blast air passes through the checker chamber is supplied to the blast furnace through the hot-blast pipe, wherein the burner system includes: a burner of a multiple pipe line structure having three or more pipe lines different in diameter, each of the pipe lines carrying fuel gas or combustion air; and a burner duct communicating with the burner, the burner duct communicating with the combustion chamber, wherein among the pipe lines constituting the multiple pipe line structure, those other than an outermost pipe line include swirling flow generating means provided for generating a swirling flow of the fuel gas or the combustion air which flows inside the pipe lines, whereas the outermost pipe line carries a linear flow of the fuel gas or the combustion air, wherein a swirling flow of mixed gas is generated by the swirling flows of the fuel gas and the combustion air which have flowed into the burner duct, and the swirling flow of the mixed gas and the linear flow of the fuel gas or the combustion air in the outermost pipe line combust while flowing through the burner duct, so that combustion gas including a linear component and a swirling component is generated, and wherein the combustion gas is supplied to the combustion chamber from at least one or more of the burner systems in an inflow direction which does not pass through a center position of the combustion chamber.