Shloka 30

आवरणपूजावर्णनम् (Āvaraṇa-pūjā-varṇanam) — Description of Enclosure/Layered Worship

Devanagari script

एवमभ्यर्च्य विधिवद्गन्धाद्यैरुपचारकैः । उपचर्य्य ततो दद्यान्नैवेद्यं विधिसाधितम्

Transliteration

evamabhyarcya vidhivadgandhādyairupacārakaiḥ | upacaryya tato dadyānnaivedyaṃ vidhisādhitam

Translation

এইদৰে গন্ধ আদি উপচাৰে বিধিমতে (শিৱক) অর্চনা কৰি, সেবোপচাৰ সম্পন্ন কৰি, তাৰ পাছত বিধি অনুসাৰে প্ৰস্তুত নৈবেদ্য অৰ্পণ কৰিব।

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार-अव्यय (adverb of manner)

• अभि-अर्च्य: having worshipped
• अभि-अर्च्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having worshipped’

• विधि-वत्: according to the prescribed method
• विधि-वत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘according to rule’; वत्-प्रत्ययान्त

• गन्ध-आद्यैः: with fragrance etc.
• गन्ध-आद्यैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (गन्धः आदिः येषाम्)

• उपचारकैः: with offerings/services
• उपचारकैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपचारक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• उपचर्य: having attended (with services)
• उपचर्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√चर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having served/attended’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘then/from that’

• दद्यात्: should give/offer
• दद्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• नैवेद्यम्: food offering (naivedya)
• नैवेद्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• विधि-साधितम्: prepared according to rule
• विधि-साधितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक) + साधित (कृदन्त, √साध्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifier) नैवेद्यस्य; समासः तत्पुरुष (विधिना साधितम्)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Models the standard upacāra-krama for Śiva-pūjā; emphasizes that right offering (vidhi) purifies the paśu and makes it fit for Śiva’s anugraha.

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that devotion becomes complete when it is expressed through disciplined, reverent service (upacāra) offered in the proper order—culminating in naivedya—so the worshipper’s intention, purity, and obedience to dharma align with Śiva’s grace.

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

The verse describes standard pūjā-sequence for Saguna worship—serving Śiva through tangible offerings like gandha (fragrance) and naivedya—commonly performed before the Śiva-liṅga as the accessible form through which the Lord accepts devotion.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform Śiva-pūjā with the prescribed upacāras (fragrance, flowers, etc.) and then offer naivedya prepared in a ritually pure manner; inwardly, maintain one-pointed devotion while offering, as if personally serving the Lord.