Shloka 73

गजाननपूजा तथा औपासन-होमविधिः

Worship of Gajānana and the Procedure of Aupāsana-Homa

Devanagari script

गृहीत्वा प्रणवं भूश्च समुद्रं गच्छ सम्वदेत् । वह्निजायां समुच्चार्य्य सोदकाञ्जलिना ततः

Transliteration

gṛhītvā praṇavaṃ bhūśca samudraṃ gaccha samvadet | vahnijāyāṃ samuccāryya sodakāñjalinā tataḥ

Translation

متشبِّثًا بالبرَنَفا «أوم» مع المقطع المقدّس «بهوḥ»، امضِ إلى المحيط ورتِّله بخشوع. ثم انطق به في النار المقدّسة المولودة من أغني، وبعد ذلك قدِّم حفنة ماء بكفّين مضمومتين (أنجلي) قربانًا.

Word by Word

• गृहीत्वा: having taken
• गृहीत्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाले — having taken

• प्रणवम्: the praṇava (Oṃ)
• प्रणवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• भूः: Earth
• भूः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• समुद्रम्: the ocean
• समुद्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समुद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन — Imperative, 2nd person, Singular

• सम्वदेत्: should speak/recite
• सम्वदेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-वद् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — Optative, 3rd person, Singular

• वह्नि-जायाम्: in the wife of Agni (i.e., in the fire’s consort/altar context)
• वह्नि-जायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि + जाया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन — Feminine, Locative, Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (वह्नेः जाया)

• समुच्चार्य: having recited/uttered
• समुच्चार्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-उद्-चर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकाले — having uttered aloud

• स-उदक-अञ्जलिना: with an añjali containing water
• स-उदक-अञ्जलिना: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स + उदक + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन — Masculine, Instrumental, Singular; अव्ययीभाव (उदकेन सह अञ्जलिः)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम-अव्यय (adverb: then/thereafter)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s prescribed rite to the sages at Naimisharanya, as typical of the Kailasha Samhita’s instructional passages)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: oṃ bhūḥ

Type: gayatri

Shakti Dimension

Role: creative

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Praṇava (Oṃ), joined with the vyāhṛti Bhūḥ, is a purifying sound-form of Śiva’s supreme presence; recitation aligned with sacred elements (ocean-water and fire) disciplines the mind and sanctifies the practitioner toward Śiva-oriented liberation.

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

Though the verse names the Praṇava rather than the Liṅga directly, it supports Saguna worship by prescribing audible mantra and tangible offerings (water and fire). In Shaiva practice, such rites commonly culminate in Liṅga-upacāra where mantra (śabda) and offering (dravya) unite as devotion to Śiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A prescribed japa/uccāraṇa of Oṃ with Bhūḥ, performed at the ocean (water purification) and then offered into the sacred fire, followed by a water añjali—indicating mantra-discipline with elemental offerings as a focused sādhana.