Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 63

लिङ्ग-बेर-प्रतिष्ठाविधिः / The Procedure for Installing the Liṅga and the Bera

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उद्वास्य हृदि संधानं त्यागं वा युक्तमाचरेत् । एकाहपूजाविहतौ कुर्याद्द्विगुणमर्चनम्

Transliteration

udvāsya hṛdi saṃdhānaṃ tyāgaṃ vā yuktamācaret | ekāhapūjāvihatau kuryāddviguṇamarcanam

Translation

Nachdem man die rituelle Entlassung der angerufenen Gegenwart (udvāsya) ordnungsgemäß vollzogen hat, soll man rechtmäßig die innere Sammlung üben—den Herrn Śiva im Herzen festigen—oder andernfalls die Entsagung ergreifen. Wird die tägliche Verehrung einen Tag versäumt, so soll man die Pūjā doppelt darbringen, zur Sühne und Wiederherstellung.

Word by Word

• उद्वास्य: having removed
• उद्वास्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-वास् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): ‘having removed/evacuated’; उपसर्ग: उद्

• हृदि: in the heart
• हृदि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

• संधानम्: joining/placing (the connection)
• संधानम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• त्यागम्: abandonment
• त्यागम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्याग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha/Alternative (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात

• युक्तम्: proper/appropriate
• युक्तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √युज्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘proper/appropriate’

• आचरेत्: should do/practise
• आचरेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• एकाहपूजाविहतौ: upon interruption of one-day worship
• एकाहपूजाविहतौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकाह + पूजा + विहति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (एकाहस्य पूजायाः विहतिः/विघातः) ‘when one-day worship is interrupted’

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• द्विगुणम्: double
• द्विगुणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वि + गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः (द्वौ गुणौ यस्य/द्विगुणम्)

• अर्चनम्: worship/adoration
• अर्चनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक; √अर्च्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not site-specific; it regulates continuity of daily worship and prescribes inner fixation (hṛdi-saṃdhāna) after udvāsa, and a compensatory doubling of arcana after a one-day lapse.

Significance: Teaches restoration of worship-discipline: continuity (nitya-pūjā) is itself a sādhana that reduces negligence (pramāda) and supports grace through steadiness.

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches disciplined continuity in Shiva-upasana: after completing worship one should internalize Shiva in the heart (inner yoga) or cultivate renunciation, and if worship lapses, one restores the vow through doubled arcanā—showing that steadiness (niyama) supports devotion and purification.

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

It reflects the standard arcana sequence for Saguna worship—invocation followed by proper dismissal—then directs the devotee to carry the Linga’s presence inward as heart-contemplation, bridging outer ritual (bahya-puja) and inner worship (antah-puja).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Ritually, if one day of puja is missed, perform double arcanā the next time. Meditatively, practice hṛdi-saṃdhāna—steadying awareness of Shiva in the heart—alongside tyāga (non-attachment) as a supportive Shaiva discipline.