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Shloka 5

Sūrya-pūjā-vidhi: Gateway Deities, Lotus-Mandala, Nyāsa, Navagrahas, and Arghya

Devanagari script

ॐ अर्कासनाय नमः / ॐ ह्रां सूर्यमूर्तये नमः / एतास्तु पूजयेन्मध्ये ह्रन्मन्त्राञ्छृणु शङ्कर / ॐ हं सं खं खखोल्काय क्रां क्रीं सः स्वाहा सूर्यमूर्तये नमः / अनेनावाहनं कुर्यात्स्थापनं सन्निधापनम् / सन्निरोपनमन्त्रेण सकलीकरणं तथा

Transliteration

oṃ arkāsanāya namaḥ / oṃ hrāṃ sūryamūrtaye namaḥ / etāstu pūjayenmadhye hranmantrāñchṛṇu śaṅkara / oṃ haṃ saṃ khaṃ khakholkāya krāṃ krīṃ saḥ svāhā sūryamūrtaye namaḥ / anenāvāhanaṃ kuryātsthāpanaṃ sannidhāpanam / sanniropanamantreṇa sakalīkaraṇaṃ tathā

Translation

Om—Ehrerbietung dem, dessen Sitz die Sonne (Arka) ist. Om, hrāṃ—Ehrerbietung der Sonnen-Gestalt (Sūrya-mūrti). Mit diesen Formeln soll man in der Mitte des Ritus verehren. Höre die Herz-Mantras, o Śaṅkara: „Om haṃ saṃ khaṃ—zu Khakholka; krāṃ krīṃ saḥ, svāhā—Ehrerbietung der Sonnen-Gestalt.“ Dadurch vollziehe man āvāhana (Herabrufung), sthāpana (Einsetzung) und sannidhāpana (Herstellung der Gegenwart); und mit dem sanniropana-Mantra auch sakalīkaraṇa, die volle Manifestation.

Word by Word

ॐOm

अर्कासनायto Arkāsana (sun-seat)

नमःsalutation

ॐOm

ह्रांhrāṃ (seed)

सूर्यमूर्तयेto Sūryamūrti

नमःsalutation

एताःthese (goddesses)

तुindeed

पूजयेत्should worship

मध्येin the middle

ह्रन्hran (seed)

मन्त्रान्mantras

शृणुhear

शङ्करO Śaṅkara

ॐOm

हंhaṃ (seed)

संsaṃ (seed)

खंkhaṃ (seed)

खखोल्कायto Khakholka (mantric form/name)

क्रांkrāṃ (seed)

क्रींkrīṃ (seed)

सःsaḥ (mantric particle)

स्वाहाsvāhā

सूर्यमूर्तयेto Sūryamūrti

नमःsalutation

अनेनby this

आवाहनम्invocation

कुर्यात्should do

स्थापनम्establishment

सन्निधापनम्bringing into presence

सन्निरोपनमन्त्रेणby the sanniropana-mantra

सकलीकरणम्integration/complete-formation

तथाalso/likewise

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (in instruction), addressing Garuda; the vocative 'Śaṅkara' appears within the mantra-instruction as a conventional address in the source line.

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Mantra is the operative means for āvāhana (invocation), sthāpana (installation), sannidhāpana (establishing presence), and sakalīkaraṇa (full manifestation).

Vedantic Theme: Śabda-śakti: sacred sound as a vehicle for making the subtle present in the gross; form as a focus for the formless.

Application: In any devotional practice, begin with clear intention (āvāhana), stabilize attention (sthāpana), sustain presence (sannidhāpana), and integrate the experience into wholeness (sakalīkaraṇa).

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Geographic Context

Type: altar/mandala center (bindu)

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 1.39.6-7 (Sūrya dhyāna-lakṣaṇa and mūla-mantra)

Characters & Entities

Surya

FAQs

What is the importance of Surya-mantras (bīja and namaskāra) in Garuda Purana rituals?

This verse treats specific Sūrya-mantras as functional tools for worship—used to invoke the deity, establish the image’s presence, and complete consecration, indicating mantra as the operative core of the rite.

How does this verse explain āvāhana, sthāpana, and sannidhāpana?

It lists them as sequential ritual actions performed ‘by this (mantra)’—first invoking (āvāhana), then installing/setting (sthāpana), then making the deity’s presence firm and near (sannidhāpana), culminating in sakalīkaraṇa through a further establishing mantra.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

For practitioners, it emphasizes disciplined, stepwise worship—clear intention (invocation), steady focus (establishing presence), and completion (consecration)—rather than casual recitation.