Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 30

अग्निकार्य-होमविधिः

Agnikārya and Homa Procedure

Devanagari script

दद्यादाज्याहुतिं पश्चादन्नमक्षप्रमाणतः । लाजांस्तथा सर्षपांश्च यवांश्चैव तिलांस्तथा

Transliteration

dadyādājyāhutiṃ paścādannamakṣapramāṇataḥ | lājāṃstathā sarṣapāṃśca yavāṃścaiva tilāṃstathā

Translation

Dann soll man Ahuti mit Ghee darbringen; danach soll man gekochten Reis im Maß eines akṣa (ein festes kleines Maß) opfern und ebenso lājā (geröstete Körner), Senfsamen, Gerste und Sesam—und so die vorgeschriebene Reihenfolge der Gaben im Śiva-Ritus vollenden.

Word by Word

• दद्यात्: should give/offer
• दद्यात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• आज्य-आहुतिम्: ghee-offering (oblation of ghee)
• आज्य-आहुतिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्य (प्रातिपदिक) + आहुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (f.), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (genitive determinative): आज्यस्य आहुतिः

• पश्चात्: afterwards
• पश्चात्: Kāla/Anukrama (काल/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पश्चात् (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक अव्यय (temporal/sequence adverb)

• अन्नम्: food; cooked rice
• अन्नम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन

• अक्ष-प्रमाणतः: according to the measure of a die/akṣa (i.e., a fixed small measure)
• अक्ष-प्रमाणतः: Pramāṇa/Parimāṇa (प्रमाण/परिमाण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रमाण (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb) ‘-तः’; तत्पुरुषसमासः: अक्षस्य प्रमाणम्; अर्थः—प्रमाणानुसारम् (according to measure)

• लाजान्: parched grains (lajā)
• लाजान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (plural)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/उपमानवाचक अव्यय (adverb: likewise/also)

• सर्षपान्: mustard seeds
• सर्षपान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्षप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• यवान्: barley grains
• यवान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण/निश्चयार्थक अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• तिलान्: sesame seeds
• तिलान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (m.), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/उपमानवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya teaching to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Annapūrṇā

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that devotion to Pati (Śiva) is expressed through orderly, sattvic offerings—discipline, purity, and intention—by which the bound soul (paśu) loosens pasha (bondage) through worship.

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

These items are standard havis (sacred offerings) used while worshipping Saguna Śiva through the Liṅga, where tangible substances support concentration and reverence, leading the mind toward Śiva’s higher, formless reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A Śaiva homa/puja sequence: offer ghee first, then measured food and grains (lājā, mustard, barley, sesame) while maintaining mantra-focused attention—commonly alongside Śiva mantra japa such as the Pañcākṣarī.