Shloka 31

आवरणपूजावर्णनम् (Āvaraṇa-pūjā-varṇanam) — Description of Enclosure/Layered Worship

Devanagari script

पुनराचमनीयं च दद्यादर्घ्यं यथा पुरा । ततो निवेद्य पानीयन्ताम्बूलं चोपदेशतः

Transliteration

punarācamanīyaṃ ca dadyādarghyaṃ yathā purā | tato nivedya pānīyantāmbūlaṃ copadeśataḥ

Translation

Dann soll man, wie zuvor, erneut ācamanīya, das Wasser zum rituellen Schlürfen, darbringen und die arghya-Gabe opfern. Danach soll man gemäß der überlieferten Anweisung dem Herrn Trinkwasser und tāmbūla (Betelblatt) als naivedya darbringen.

Word by Word

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘again’

• आचमनीयम्: water for sipping (ācamanīya)
• आचमनीयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचमनीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• दद्यात्: should offer
• दद्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya offering
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (comparative/relative adverb) ‘as/according as’

• पुरा: before/earlier
• पुरा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: काल-अव्यय (adverb of time) ‘formerly’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb) ‘then’

• निवेद्य: having offered/presented
• निवेद्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√विद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having presented/offered’

• पानीयम्: drinking water
• पानीयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पानीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• ताम्बूलम्: betel (tāmbūla)
• ताम्बूलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्बूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• उपदेशतः: as instructed
• उपदेशतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपदेश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘according to instruction/from instruction’

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the prescribed Shiva-pūjā procedure to the sages)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Reinforces pūjā as disciplined hospitality to the Lord—ācamanīya/arghya/pānīya/tāmbūla—cultivating humility and receptivity to grace.

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It emphasizes disciplined, reverential completion of Shiva-pūjā through orderly offerings, training the devotee in purity, attentiveness, and bhakti—outer acts that steady the inner mind toward Pati (Shiva).

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

Arghya, ācamanīya, and naivedya are classical upacāras offered to Saguna Shiva in Linga-worship, expressing devotion through tangible service while contemplating Shiva as the indwelling consciousness beyond form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Follow the puja sequence: offer ācamanīya and arghya, then naivedya such as water and tāmbūla, while maintaining mantra-japa (e.g., the Panchākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and a focused, respectful mind.