Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 19
गिरिराजस्य शिवनिमन्त्रणम् / The Mountain-King Invites Śiva
Hospitality to Śiva and the Devas
ते भुक्त्वाचम्य विधिवद्गिरिमामन्त्र्य नारद । स्वस्थानम्प्रययुस्सर्वे मुदितास्तृप्तिमागताः
te bhuktvācamya vidhivadgirimāmantrya nārada | svasthānamprayayussarve muditāstṛptimāgatāḥ
ভোজন কৰি আৰু বিধিমতে আচমন সম্পন্ন কৰি, হে নাৰদ, তেওঁলোকে গিৰি (হিমালয়)ক আদৰে বিদায় জনালে। তাৰ পাছত সকলোৱে আনন্দিত আৰু সম্পূৰ্ণ তৃপ্ত হৈ নিজ নিজ স্থানলৈ গ’ল।
Brahma
Tattva Level: pashu
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; it concludes the hospitality cycle: bhojana → ācamana → respectful leave-taking → return to one’s abode, indicating restored order and satisfaction.
Significance: Highlights ritual closure and purity (ācamana) after enjoyment; teaches that dharma integrates pleasure with discipline, leaving one ‘tṛpta’ and orderly—an image of sthiti in social and inner life.
FAQs
It highlights dharmic completion: after receiving hospitality, one seals the act with ritual purity (ācamana), gratitude, and respectful leave-taking—signs of inner sattva and contentment that support a Shaiva life of discipline.
Though the verse is narrative, it reflects the etiquette surrounding Saguna worship and sacred places: after pūjā or sacred hospitality, devotees conclude with purification and reverence toward the abode/manifest support of the divine (here, Himālaya, closely linked with Śiva-Parvatī).
Ācamana (sipping sanctified water with mantra) is implied as a post-meal or post-rite purification; the takeaway is to end worship or sacred encounters with cleanliness, gratitude, and a composed mind.