Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 64
आवरणपूजाविधानम् / The Procedure of Āvaraṇa (Enclosure) Worship
तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन भक्त्यैव शिवमर्चयेत् । अभुक्तानां क्वचिदपि फलं नास्ति यतस्ततः
tasmātsarvaprayatnena bhaktyaiva śivamarcayet | abhuktānāṃ kvacidapi phalaṃ nāsti yatastataḥ
Darum soll man mit aller Anstrengung den Herrn Śiva allein durch Bhakti verehren; denn für jene, die an dieser Hingabe und Verehrung nicht teilhaben, ist nirgends irgendeine Frucht zu finden.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Sthala Purana: Not a site-specific (sthala) passage; it states a general siddhānta: bhakti to Śiva is the indispensable means for attaining spiritual fruit (phala).
Significance: Frames pilgrimage/temple worship as fruitful only when suffused with bhakti; mere external acts without inner participation are declared fruitless.
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It asserts that sincere bhakti is the decisive means for spiritual fruit—without entering into devoted worship of Śiva, other efforts do not yield the intended liberating result.
It emphasizes archanā (reverential worship) done with devotion—whether directed to the Śiva-liṅga or to Śiva’s saguna form—because inner bhakti is what makes the outward act spiritually fruitful.
Make daily Śiva-archanā the priority and perform it with bhakti—such as offering water and bilva leaves while mentally repeating the Pañcākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya") as a focused devotional practice.