Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 19
समयाह्वय-संस्कारः — Rite of ‘Samayāhvaya’ and the Preparatory Layout
Maṇḍapa, Vedi, Kuṇḍas, Maṇḍala, Śiva-kumbha
महापूजां महेशस्य कृत्वा मण्डलमध्यतः । शिवकुंभे तथा भूयः शिवमावाह्य पूजयेत्
mahāpūjāṃ maheśasya kṛtvā maṇḍalamadhyataḥ | śivakuṃbhe tathā bhūyaḥ śivamāvāhya pūjayet
Nachdem man im Zentrum des geweihten Maṇḍala die große Verehrung Mahēśas vollzogen hat, soll man Śiva erneut in den Śiva-kumbha (Weihekrug) herabrufen und Ihn auch dort verehren.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It teaches that worship is not casual but carefully established: Śiva is invoked and honored through ordered rites, training the devotee’s mind toward steady bhakti and purity, which in Shaiva thought supports grace (anugraha) and inner liberation.
By prescribing āvāhana (invocation) into a ritual focus (maṇḍala and Śiva-kumbha), the verse supports saguna upāsanā—approaching the formless Supreme through a consecrated form and locus, similar in intent to Liṅga worship where Śiva is revered as present and accessible.
Perform maṇḍala-centered mahāpūjā, then invoke Śiva into the kumbha and continue worship—typically with mantra-japa (often the Pañcākṣara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), offerings, and focused contemplation on Śiva’s presence.