Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 53
समयाह्वय-संस्कारः — Rite of ‘Samayāhvaya’ and the Preparatory Layout
Maṇḍapa, Vedi, Kuṇḍas, Maṇḍala, Śiva-kumbha
तमालभ्य शिवाल्लब्धं तस्मै दत्त्वोपवीतकम् । हुत्वाहुतित्रयं पश्चाद्दद्यात्पूर्णाहुतिं ततः
tamālabhya śivāllabdhaṃ tasmai dattvopavītakam | hutvāhutitrayaṃ paścāddadyātpūrṇāhutiṃ tataḥ
Nachdem man das von Herrn Śiva erlangte Upavīta (heilige Schnur) genommen hat, soll man ihn damit investieren. Dann, nachdem drei Āhuti in das Feuer dargebracht wurden, soll man darauf die Pūrṇāhuti darbringen, die abschließende volle Opfergabe.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Shakti Form: Umā
Role: nurturing
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It frames initiation as a Śiva-sanctioned purification: receiving what is ‘from Śiva’, investing the disciple with the upavīta, and sealing the act through fire-offerings—symbolizing removal of pāśa (bondage) and readiness for disciplined Śaiva sādhanā under Pati (Śiva).
The rite is a preparatory saṃskāra that authorizes and stabilizes Saguna-Śiva worship—especially mantra, homa, and regulated pūjā—through which the devotee approaches Śiva’s grace and ultimately realizes the higher truth beyond form.
A formal upavīta-dāna followed by homa: three āhutis and then a pūrṇāhuti, typically accompanied by Śiva-mantra japa (such as the Pañcākṣarī, ‘Om Namaḥ Śivāya’) as the inner meditation while offering into Agni.