Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 60

समयाह्वय-संस्कारः — Rite of ‘Samayāhvaya’ and the Preparatory Layout

Maṇḍapa, Vedi, Kuṇḍas, Maṇḍala, Śiva-kumbha

Devanagari script

अथ तस्य शिवाचार्यो दहनप्लावनादिकम् । सकलीकरणं कृत्वा मातृकान्यासवर्त्मना

Transliteration

atha tasya śivācāryo dahanaplāvanādikam | sakalīkaraṇaṃ kṛtvā mātṛkānyāsavartmanā

Translation

Darauf vollzog sein śaivischer Lehrer, dem Weg der Mātṛkā-Nyāsa (Einsetzung der Mātr̥kā-Buchstaben) folgend, die Riten wie Reinigung durch Feuer und Besprengung und vollendete das Sakalīkaraṇa, die weihevolle Integration der Verehrung.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरारम्भार्थक-अव्यय (then/now)

• तस्य: of him/of that
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• शिवाचार्यः: Śiva’s teacher/officiant
• शिवाचार्यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + आचार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (शिवस्य आचार्यः)

• दहनप्लावनादिकम्: burning, sprinkling, etc. (rites)
• दहनप्लावनादिकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दहन + प्लावन + आदि + क (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (burning, sprinkling, etc. as a set)

• सकलीकरणम्: the act of making complete/whole
• सकलीकरणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सकलीकरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृत्वा (कृदन्त; √कृ धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive) ‘having done’

• मातृकान्यासवर्त्मना: by the procedure of mātṛkā-nyāsa
• मातृकान्यासवर्त्मना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृका + न्यास + वर्त्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मातृकान्यासस्य वर्त्मना) करण (instrumental: by the method)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Lalitā

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It shows that Śiva-worship is perfected through both inner sanctification and outer ritual purity—integrating body, speech, and mind via mātṛkā-nyāsa so the devotee becomes fit for Śiva’s grace (anugraha) and liberation.

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

Rites like sprinkling, fire-purification, and nyāsa prepare the worshipper and the ritual space so that Saguna Śiva—often approached as the Liṅga—may be invoked and honored with full consecratory completeness (sakalīkaraṇa).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It points to mantra-based nyāsa (especially mātṛkā-nyāsa) along with purificatory acts (dahana and plāvana), typically done under a competent Śivācārya to stabilize concentration and sanctify the body as a seat of mantra.