Shloka 20
गुरुत्व-परम्परा-शौचविधि-प्रश्नः
Questions on Guruhood, Lineage, and Purificatory Discipline
आपूर्य पूर्ववत्पूज्य षडंगोक्तक्रमेण च । प्रणवेन पुनस्तद्वै सप्तधैवाभिमन्त्रयेत्
āpūrya pūrvavatpūjya ṣaḍaṃgoktakrameṇa ca | praṇavena punastadvai saptadhaivābhimantrayet
Nachdem man es gefüllt und wie zuvor verehrt hat, verfahre man nach der für das sechsgliedrige Ritual (ṣaḍaṅga) gelehrten Abfolge. Dann soll man mit dem Pranava „Oṁ“ eben diese Gabe erneut weihen, sie durch das Mantra beleben – genau siebenmal.
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s prescribed ritual method as taught in the Kailasa Samhita)
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Mantra: Oṃ (praṇava) — explicitly prescribed for sevenfold abhimantraṇa here.
Type: gayatri
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that worship is not merely external: the offering is ‘made living’ through mantra and disciplined order (ṣaḍaṅga), aligning the devotee’s body-mind with Pati (Shiva) so the act becomes a purifier leading toward grace (anugraha).
In Linga/Saguna worship, substances used in pūjā are ritually sanctified; repeating Oṁ seven times indicates deliberate consecration so the offering becomes fit to approach Shiva’s manifest presence in the Linga as a vehicle for devotion and surrender.
Follow the ṣaḍaṅga sequence (a six-part nyāsa/mantra-limb order as taught) and then perform abhimantreṇa—recite the Pranava (Oṁ) seven times over the prepared offering or vessel to spiritually charge it before use in pūjā.