Shloka 43
मुक्तयतिदेहसंस्काररहस्यं — The Esoteric Rites for the Bodies of Liberated Ascetics
शंखं च पुरतः स्थाप्य तज्जलेनाभिषिच्य च । पुष्पं निधाय शिरसि प्रणवेन प्रमार्जयेत्
śaṃkhaṃ ca purataḥ sthāpya tajjalenābhiṣicya ca | puṣpaṃ nidhāya śirasi praṇavena pramārjayet
সম্মুখে শঙ্খ স্থাপন করে তার জলে পূজ্য লিঙ্গে অভিষেক করবে। পরে শিরে পুষ্প রেখে প্রণব ‘ওঁ’ উচ্চারণে নিজেকে শুদ্ধ করবে।
Suta Goswami (narrating the prescribed procedure of Śiva-worship as taught in the Kailāsa tradition)
Tattva Level: pashu
Mantra: ॐ (प्रणव)
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It teaches that Śiva-pūjā is supported by inner and outer purification: sacred water (outer consecration) and the Praṇava Oṁ (inner alignment of consciousness toward Pati, Śiva).
The act of abhiṣeka with sanctified water is a core Saguna practice—honoring Śiva’s accessible form (often the Liṅga) while Oṁ steadies the mind toward Śiva’s transcendent reality beyond form.
Perform abhiṣeka using conch-water, then touch/wipe in a self-purificatory gesture while chanting Oṁ (Praṇava), treating the mantra as the meditative seal of the rite.