Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 73

लिङ्गपूजनसंक्षेपः

Concise Teaching on Liṅga Worship / Śiva-arcana-vidhi

Devanagari script

हस्ते गृहीत्वा पुष्पाणि समुत्थाय कृतांजलिः । प्रार्थयेत्पुनरीशानं मंत्रेणानेन शंकरम्

Transliteration

haste gṛhītvā puṣpāṇi samutthāya kṛtāṃjaliḥ | prārthayetpunarīśānaṃ maṃtreṇānena śaṃkaram

Translation

Nimmt man Blumen in die Hände, erhebt sich und faltet ehrfürchtig die Hände, so soll man erneut zu Īśāna—Śaṅkara—mit eben diesem Mantra beten.

Word by Word

• हस्ते: in the hand
• हस्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• गृहीत्वा: having taken/held
• गृहीत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• पुष्पाणि: flowers
• पुष्पाणि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• समुत्थाय: having risen
• समुत्थाय: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-उत्-स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• कृताञ्जलिः: with hands folded (one who has made añjali)
• कृताञ्जलिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृताञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक: कृत + अञ्जलि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण; द्वितीया/कर्मधारय-प्रायः—अत्र षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (कृतः अञ्जलिः यस्य)

• प्रार्थयेत्: should pray/request
• प्रार्थयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-अर्थ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरावृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (again)

• ईशानम्: Īśāna (a form of Śiva)
• ईशानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईशान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मन्त्रेण: with a mantra
• मन्त्रेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषण (मन्त्रेण)

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara
• शंकरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya, within the Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa instruction context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Highlights mantra-prārthanā to Īśāna as the inner pivot of pūjā—external offerings are gathered into a single intentional act of supplication for grace.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches the inner posture of Śaiva worship—devotion expressed through respectful bodily discipline (standing, añjali) and mantra-centered prayer to Īśāna, the gracious Lord who grants auspiciousness and liberation.

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

The act of holding flowers and praying by mantra reflects standard saguna-upāsanā used in Linga-pūjā: an external offering supports inward remembrance, focusing the mind on Śaṅkara as the accessible form of the Supreme.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform mantra-japa while offering flowers, then pause in añjali (joined palms) and re-invoke Īśāna with the same mantra—repeating prayer with renewed attention and reverence.