Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 7
शिवाचार्याभिषेकविधिः / Rite of Consecrating a Śiva-Teacher (Śivācārya Abhiṣeka)
सकलीकृत्य तं पश्चात्कलापञ्चकरूपिणम् । न्यस्तमंत्रतनुं बद्ध्वा शिवं शिष्यं समर्पयेत्
sakalīkṛtya taṃ paścātkalāpañcakarūpiṇam | nyastamaṃtratanuṃ baddhvā śivaṃ śiṣyaṃ samarpayet
Dann, nachdem man es vollendet hat — in der Gestalt der fünf Kalās — und den Schüler, dessen Leib durch das Auflegen der Mantras geweiht ist, gebunden und gefestigt hat, soll man diesen glückverheißenden Schüler feierlich Śiva darbringen.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: liberating
FAQs
It describes the Shaiva initiatory principle that the bound soul (paśu) is ritually refined—made ‘complete’ through fivefold kalā discipline and mantra-nyāsa—and then surrendered to Śiva (Pati), indicating transfer from bondage (pāśa) toward grace-led liberation.
The act of ‘offering the disciple to Śiva’ aligns with Saguna Śiva worship where the initiate is placed under Śiva’s lordship through mantra and ritual order; the Linga becomes the focal support for this consecration, expressing Śiva’s accessible form while pointing to His transcendent reality.
It points to mantra-nyāsa (installing sacred mantras upon the body) as part of dīkṣā, followed by a formal samarpana (surrender/oblation) of oneself to Śiva—an inner vow of devotion and discipline grounded in mantra practice.