Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 9
मन्त्रसिद्ध्यर्थं गुरुपूजा–आज्ञा–पौरश्चर्यविधिः / Guru-Authorization, Offerings, and Puraścaraṇa for Mantra-Siddhi
एवं तुष्टो गुरुः शिष्यं पूजकं वत्सरोषितम् । शुश्रूषुमनहंकारं स्नातं शुचिमुपोषितम् । स्नापयित्वा विशुद्ध्यर्थं पूर्णकुंभघृतेन वै । जलेन मन्त्रशुद्धेन पुण्यद्रव्ययुतेन च
evaṃ tuṣṭo guruḥ śiṣyaṃ pūjakaṃ vatsaroṣitam | śuśrūṣumanahaṃkāraṃ snātaṃ śucimupoṣitam | snāpayitvā viśuddhyarthaṃ pūrṇakuṃbhaghṛtena vai | jalena mantraśuddhena puṇyadravyayutena ca
এভাবে তুষ্ট গুরু সেই শিষ্যকে—যে এক বছর সেবা করেছে, পূজায় রত, অহংকারহীন, স্নাত, শুচি ও উপবাসী—শুদ্ধির জন্য স্নান করালেন; পূর্ণকুম্ভের ঘৃত এবং মন্ত্রশুদ্ধ জল, পুণ্য দ্রব্য মিশ্রিত জল দ্বারা।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: nurturing
FAQs
It presents the Shaiva discipline that precedes higher worship: the disciple becomes fit through humility (absence of ego), service to the guru, fasting, and ritual purity—signs of inner readiness for Shiva-oriented purification and instruction.
The verse describes preparatory consecration: mantra-sanctified water and auspicious substances purify the worshipper so that Linga-pūjā to Saguna Shiva is performed with adhikāra (fitness), reverence, and ritual correctness under the guru’s guidance.
A guru-directed purification bath (snāna) with mantra-suddha water, fasting (upavāsa), and egolessness—implying disciplined japa and pūjā preparation before undertaking Shaiva rites.