Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 24
Maṇḍala–Pūjā–Homa Krama
Maṇḍala Worship and Homa Sequence for the Disciple
ततः प्रतिष्ठामावाह्य कृत्वाशेषं पुरोदितम् । तद्व्याप्तिं व्यापिकां तस्य वागीशानीं च भावयेत्
tataḥ pratiṣṭhāmāvāhya kṛtvāśeṣaṃ puroditam | tadvyāptiṃ vyāpikāṃ tasya vāgīśānīṃ ca bhāvayet
তদনন্তর প্রতিষ্ঠাশক্তি আহ্বান করে এবং পূর্বোক্ত সমস্ত বিধি সম্পন্ন করে, সেই দেবতা/মণ্ডল/লিঙ্গে সর্বব্যাপিনী যে শক্তি ব্যাপ্ত, তারই ধ্যান করুক; এবং তদ্বৎ সেখানে পবিত্র বাক্যের অধীশ্বরী বাগীশানীকেও ভাবনা করুক।
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s ritual-philosophical teaching as transmitted in the Vāyavīyasaṃhitā)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: stotra
Shakti Form: Lalitā
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that after external ritual completion, the core act is inner contemplation: realizing the deity as pervading (vyāpti) and as inseparable from Śakti, especially the power of sacred speech that makes mantra effective.
It frames liṅga-worship as more than offering and installation: the worshipper must meditate that the consecrated liṅga is permeated by the divine presence and empowered by Śakti, making Saguna worship a doorway to the all-pervading reality.
After performing the prescribed pūjā and pratiṣṭhā, practice dhyāna: visualize the deity’s pervasion in the object of worship and contemplate Vāgīśānī as the mantra-śakti guiding correct recitation and inward absorption.