Shloka 9

गजाननपूजा तथा औपासन-होमविधिः

Worship of Gajānana and the Procedure of Aupāsana-Homa

Devanagari script

श्रपयित्वा चरुन्तस्मिन्समिदन्नाज्यभेदतः । जुहुयाद्रौद्रसूक्तेन सद्योजातादि पञ्चभिः

Transliteration

śrapayitvā caruntasminsamidannājyabhedataḥ | juhuyādraudrasūktena sadyojātādi pañcabhiḥ

Translation

Nachdem das Opfergericht caru bereitet ist, soll man es in das heilige Feuer darbringen, mit samidh-Holzstäbchen, Körnern und Ghee in den rechten Anteilen; und das Homa mit dem Raudra-Sūkta sowie mit den fünf Mantras, beginnend mit Sadyojāta, vollziehen. So wird das Ritual durch Mantra und Gabe zum unmittelbaren Mittel, Śivas gnadenvolle Gegenwart herbeizurufen.

Word by Word

• श्रपयित्वा: having cooked
• श्रपयित्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), परस्मैपदी-प्रयोगसामर्थ्य; ‘having cooked/boiled’

• चरुम्: the sacrificial porridge (caru)
• चरुम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तस्मिन्: in that (vessel/that caru)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• समित्: fuel-stick
• समित्: Upapada/Viśeṣaṇa (उपपद/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समिध्/समित् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (समित् as first member in compound)

• अन्न: food/oblation-material
• अन्न: Upapada/Viśeṣaṇa (उपपद/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (compound-member)

• आज्य: ghee
• आज्य: Upapada/Viśeṣaṇa (उपपद/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (compound-member)

• भेदतः: according to the distinctions (of)
• भेदतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भेद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘by distinction/according to difference’

• जुहुयात्: should offer (into fire)
• जुहुयात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• रौद्रसूक्तेन: with the Rudra hymn
• रौद्रसूक्तेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रौद्र + सूक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: रुद्रस्य सूक्तम्

• सद्योजातादि: beginning with Sadyojāta, etc.
• सद्योजातादि: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सद्योजात + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः; here used as adjective ‘beginning with Sadyojāta’; (as compound-member qualifying pañcabhiḥ)

• पञ्चभिः: with five (mantras)
• पञ्चभिः: Sahakārī/Karaṇa (सहकारी/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चन् (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: (सर्वलिङ्ग), तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s ritual procedure as taught in the Kailāsa tradition)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: रौद्रसूक्तेन सद्योजातादि पञ्चभिः

Type: rudram

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Rudra
• Sadyojata

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It teaches that disciplined offering (homa) united with Śiva-mantra—especially the Raudra Sūkta and the five Sadyojātaādi mantras—purifies the worshipper and invites Śiva’s grace, making external ritual a vehicle for inner surrender.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

The homa is a Saguna mode of worship: through fire, offerings, and specific Rudra-mantras, the devotee approaches Śiva in manifest, mantra-embodied form—aligned with Linga-oriented devotion and temple/household rites.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It prescribes a Rudra-homa: cook the caru, then offer oblations with samid, grain, and ghee while reciting the Raudra Sūkta and the five Panchabrahma mantras beginning with Sadyojāta—keeping the mind steady on Śiva as the indwelling Lord (Pati).