Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 25

षडध्व-शुद्धिः

Purification of the Six Adhvans / Sixfold Cosmic Path

Devanagari script

हुत्वाहुतित्रयं तस्यास्सान्निध्यमुपकल्पयेत् । हृदि संताड्य शिष्यस्य पुष्पक्षेपेण पूर्ववत्

Transliteration

hutvāhutitrayaṃ tasyāssānnidhyamupakalpayet | hṛdi saṃtāḍya śiṣyasya puṣpakṣepeṇa pūrvavat

Translation

Nachdem die dreifache Opfergabe (āhuti) dargebracht wurde, soll man die rituelle Herbeiführung Ihrer heiligen Gegenwart bereiten. Dann schlage man den Schüler an das Herz und werfe, wie zuvor, Blumen, um den Ritus vorschriftsgemäß zu vollziehen.

Word by Word

• hutvā: having offered (oblation)
• hutvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hu (धातु √हु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), ‘having offered (into fire)’

• āhuti-trayam: three oblations
• āhuti-trayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āhuti (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; ‘a set of three oblations’ (संख्यावाचक-समाहार)

• tasyāḥ: of her/of that (f.)
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• sānnidhyam: presence/nearby attendance
• sānnidhyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sānnidhya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• upakalpayet: should arrange/bring about
• upakalpayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-kḷp (धातु √कॢप् with उपसर्ग उप)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd Person, Singular

• hṛdi: in the heart
• hṛdi: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛd (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular

• saṃtāḍya: having struck/tapped
• saṃtāḍya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-tāḍ (धातु √ताड् with उपसर्ग सम्)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (ल्यप्), ‘having struck/tapped’

• śiṣyasya: of the disciple
• śiṣyasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• puṣpa-kṣepeṇa: by flower-throwing
• puṣpa-kṣepeṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puṣpa (प्रातिपदिक) + kṣepa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; ‘by the throwing of flowers’

• pūrvavat: as before
• pūrvavat: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrvavat (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (तुल्यवाचक अव्यय)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It describes how outer worship (three oblations and flower-casting) is joined to inner transformation by ritually awakening divine presence within the disciple’s heart—aligning the soul (paśu) toward the Lord (Pati) and loosening bondage (pāśa).

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

The procedure reflects Saguna worship—invoking and establishing a tangible presence of the Divine for the disciple—so that devotion and ritual become a doorway to realizing Shiva’s indwelling grace beyond mere external forms.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A consecratory rite akin to initiation: offer a threefold āhuti, invoke/establish the deity’s presence, touch or tap the disciple’s heart as a seal of inner awakening, and confirm the rite through puṣpakṣepa (flower casting) as done earlier.