Shloka 34
Śiva-Naivedya-Grāhyatā-Nirṇayaḥ
On the Proper Acceptance and Merit of Śiva’s Consecrated Food-Offering
प्रवृत्तानां पीठपूजां सर्वपूजां समाचरेत् । अभिषेकान्ते नैवेद्यं शाल्यन्नेन समाचरेत् । पूजान्ते स्थापयेल्लिंगं पुटे शुद्धे पृथग्गृहे
pravṛttānāṃ pīṭhapūjāṃ sarvapūjāṃ samācaret | abhiṣekānte naivedyaṃ śālyannena samācaret | pūjānte sthāpayelliṃgaṃ puṭe śuddhe pṛthaggṛhe
প্রবৃত্তিমার্গীদের জন্য পীঠপূজা ও সর্বাঙ্গপূজা যথাবিধি সম্পন্ন করা উচিত। অভিষেকের শেষে নৈবেদ্য—বিশেষত সিদ্ধ চালের অন্ন—অর্পণ করবে। তারপর পূজান্তে শুদ্ধ পুটে, পৃথক ও পবিত্র গৃহে লিঙ্গ স্থাপন করবে।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadyojāta
Role: nurturing
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It teaches that devotion must be expressed through disciplined, complete worship—honoring the pīṭha (support), finishing abhiṣeka with a pure offering, and maintaining the Liṅga in a sanctified, separate space—so the worshipper’s bhakti is joined with śauca (purity) and niyama (right order).
The Liṅga is treated as the sacred, worship-worthy form of Saguna Śiva for daily approach: it is bathed (abhiṣeka), fed through naivedya as an act of loving service, and then reverently kept in a clean, protected place, affirming continual presence and sanctity.
Perform pīṭha-pūjā and the full pūjā sequence, conclude abhiṣeka with naivedya (cooked rice is specifically praised here), and preserve the Liṅga in a purified, separate enclosure—supporting steady daily sādhanā alongside mantra-japa such as the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya).