Shloka 13

गजाननपूजा तथा औपासन-होमविधिः

Worship of Gajānana and the Procedure of Aupāsana-Homa

Devanagari script

इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे षष्ठ्यां कैलाससंहितायां त्रयोदशोऽध्यायः

Transliteration

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe ṣaṣṭhyāṃ kailāsasaṃhitāyāṃ trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ

Translation

وهكذا، في «شيفا مهابورانا» المقدّسة، ضمن الكتاب السادس—«كيلاسا-سَمهِتا» (Kailāsa-saṃhitā)—تنتهي الفصلُ الثالثَ عشر.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: सम्बन्ध (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणसूचक (closing/quotative)

• श्रीशिवमहापुराणे: in the Śrī Śiva Mahāpurāṇa
• श्रीशिवमहापुराणे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री-शिव-महा-पुराण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः (शिवस्य महापुराणम्; श्री-उपपदपूर्वक)

• षष्ठ्याम्: in the sixth (book)
• षष्ठ्याम्: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Context)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षष्ठी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• कैलाससंहितायाम्: in the Kailāsa-saṃhitā
• कैलाससंहितायाम्: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास-संहिता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कैलासस्य संहिता)

• त्रयोदशः: thirteenth
• त्रयोदशः: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa of अध्यायः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रयोदश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक (13th)

• अध्यायः: chapter
• अध्यायः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अध्याय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: This is a chapter-colophon (adhyāya-samāpti) marking the closure of Kailāsa-saṃhitā, ch. 13; it does not narrate a specific Jyotirliṅga origin episode.

Significance: Textual closure functions as śravaṇa-phala framing in Purāṇic recitation traditions—supporting merit through attentive listening and proper completion (samāpti).

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe ṣaṣṭhyāṃ kailāsasaṃhitāyāṃ trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Kailasa

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

This is a colophon marking the completion of a chapter; spiritually, it signals a pause for reflection and assimilation of the preceding Śaiva teaching, encouraging śravaṇa (listening), manana (contemplation), and nididhyāsana (deep meditation) on Shiva as Pati.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Directly it does not describe a rite; it frames the textual authority of the Kailāsa-saṃhitā within the Śiva Purāṇa, which supports both Saguna worship (Liṅga, forms of Shiva) and the higher contemplation of Shiva’s supreme reality taught in this section.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

As a chapter-ending marker, it suggests concluding one’s recitation with a brief offering of gratitude, then resuming japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and a short dhyāna on Shiva, before proceeding to the next adhyāya.