Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 55
शैवधर्मप्रशंसा तथा पञ्चविधसाधनविभागः / Praise of Śaiva Dharma and the Fivefold Classification of Practice
निवेदयेत्स्वमात्मानं चुलुकोदकवर्त्मना । एवं कृत्वा चिरादेव ज्ञानं पाशुपतं शुभम्
nivedayetsvamātmānaṃ culukodakavartmanā | evaṃ kṛtvā cirādeva jñānaṃ pāśupataṃ śubham
Durch die Darbringung einer Handvoll Wassers (culukodaka) soll man feierlich das eigene Selbst hingeben. Hat man dies getan, erlangt man mit der Zeit gewiss die glückverheißende Pāśupata-Erkenntnis—Śivas befreiende Weisheit, die die Fesseln der Bindung durchtrennt.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Role: liberating
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It teaches that liberation begins with ātmā-nivedana—offering the ego-bound self to Paśupati—after which the soul gradually receives Pāśupata jñāna that loosens the pāśas (bonds) and leads toward mokṣa.
The palmful-water offering is a simple, Saguna act of devotion (upacāra) that expresses inner surrender; such worship of Śiva (often through the Liṅga with water) becomes the doorway to deeper knowledge of Śiva as Pati, the liberator.
Perform a water-offering (arghya/ācamana-style, a palmful) while consciously dedicating the entire self to Śiva; the key practice is inner surrender accompanying the outward rite, which ripens into Pāśupata insight.