Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 33
Maṇḍala–Pūjā–Homa Krama
Maṇḍala Worship and Homa Sequence for the Disciple
स्वात्मनो व्यापिकां तद्वद्वागीशां च विचिंतयेत् । नभोमंडलसंकाशां पूर्णांतं चापि पूर्ववत्
svātmano vyāpikāṃ tadvadvāgīśāṃ ca viciṃtayet | nabhomaṃḍalasaṃkāśāṃ pūrṇāṃtaṃ cāpi pūrvavat
Ebenso soll man die allgegenwärtige Kraft im eigenen Selbst betrachten und ebenso Vāgīśā, die Göttin, die der heiligen Rede vorsteht. Man soll sie strahlend wie die Weite des Himmels schauen und als vollkommen—vom Anfang bis zum Ende durchdringend—wie zuvor gelehrt.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Type: gayatri
Shakti Form: Lalitā
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches dhyāna on the all-pervading Śakti within the Self and the purification of vāk (speech) by recognizing its divine source, aligning the seeker with Pati (Shiva) through inner fullness and pervasion.
By training the mind to perceive pervasion and completeness, the devotee learns to see the Liṅga not as a mere object but as a saguna support revealing the nirguna, all-pervading reality of Shiva and His Śakti.
A visualization-based dhyāna: contemplate the inner, all-pervading power and meditate on Vāgīśā as sky-like radiance—supporting mantra-japa and disciplined speech as part of Shaiva sādhanā.