Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 46

गणेशाभिषेक-वरदान-विधानम् | Gaṇeśa’s Consecration, Boons, and Prescribed Worship

Devanagari script

ताम्बूलाद्यर्घसद्द्रव्यैः प्रणिपत्य स्तवैस्तथा । त्वां तत्र पूजयित्वेत्थं बालचंद्रं च पूजयेत्

Transliteration

tāmbūlādyarghasaddravyaiḥ praṇipatya stavaistathā | tvāṃ tatra pūjayitvetthaṃ bālacaṃdraṃ ca pūjayet

Translation

وبقرابين الأَرغْيَا النفيسة، مبتدئًا بالتامبولا (ورق الفوفل/البتل)، فليسجد المرء ويُثنِ كذلك بالتراتيل. وبعد أن تُعبَدَ هناك على هذا الوجه اللائق، فليُعبَد أيضًا «بالَچَنْدْرَ» شيفا، حامل الهلال.

Word by Word

• ताम्बूल-आदि-अर्घ-सत्-द्रव्यैः: with betel etc. and worthy offering materials
• ताम्बूल-आदि-अर्घ-सत्-द्रव्यैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्बूल (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + अर्घ (प्रातिपदिक) + सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + द्रव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; समाहार/निर्देशार्थ बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: ‘ताम्बूलादीनि अर्घ्याणि सत्-द्रव्याणि’ (with betel etc., and worthy offering-materials)

• प्रणिपत्य: having prostrated
• प्रणिपत्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √नम् (धातु) उपसर्ग: प्र + नि
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having bowed down/prostrated’

• स्तवैः: with hymns
• स्तवैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• तथा: thus, also
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (thus/also)

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having worshipped’

• इत्थम्: thus, in this way
• इत्थम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इत्थम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (in this manner)

• बाल-चन्द्रम्: the young moon
• बाल-चन्द्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक) + चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘बालः चन्द्रः’ (the young moon)

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

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the prescribed worship as taught in the Rudrasaṃhitā context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Nīlakaṇṭha

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that true Śaiva worship unites reverence (praṇipāta), verbal devotion (stava), and proper offerings (arghya) to approach Śiva as the compassionate Lord (Pati) who grants grace and purification.

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

The verse outlines a concrete, Saguna mode of devotion—offering arghya items like tāmbūla and singing hymns—typical of Liṅga/Śiva-pūjā where the devotee honors Śiva’s manifest form (here, Bālacandra).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Offer arghya with auspicious substances (including tāmbūla), prostrate, and recite stotras; as a practical takeaway, combine pūjā with mantra-japa (e.g., Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) while contemplating Śiva as Bālacandra.