Shloka 81

पार्थिवप्रतिमापूजाविधानम्

Pārthiva-pratimā Pūjā-vidhāna — Procedure for Worship of an Earthen Icon

Devanagari script

महापूर्णस्य नैवेद्यं जन्मनैवेद्यमिष्यते । जन्मनैवेद्यदानेन पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते

Transliteration

mahāpūrṇasya naivedyaṃ janmanaivedyamiṣyate | janmanaivedyadānena punarjanma na vidyate

Translation

Für Mahāpūrṇa, den allvollkommenen Herrn Śiva, ist das Naivedya vorgeschrieben, das „Geburtsopfer“ genannt wird. Durch die Darbringung dieses Geburtsopfers gibt es keine Wiedergeburt mehr.

Word by Word

• महा-पूर्णस्य: of the great-complete (rite/state)
• महा-पूर्णस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + pūrṇa (महा + पूर्ण; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास; (as substantive) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Gen./6th), एकवचन

• नैवेद्यम्: naivedya (food offering)
• नैवेद्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naivedya (नैवेद्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• जन्म-नैवेद्यम्: the 'birth-naivedya' offering
• जन्म-नैवेद्यम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman + naivedya (जन्मन् + नैवेद्य; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (Tatpurusha: 'birth-naivedya'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• इष्यते: is regarded/accepted
• इष्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √iṣ (धातु: इष्)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगसदृश (is considered/accepted)

• जन्म-नैवेद्य-दानॆन: by the giving of birth-naivedya
• जन्म-नैवेद्य-दानॆन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman + naivedya + dāna (जन्मन् + नैवेद्य + दान; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instr./3rd), एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (again)

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (जन्मन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध

• विद्यते: exists; is found
• विद्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (धातु: विद्)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; भावे प्रयोग (exists/is found)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha

Sthala Purana: ‘Mahāpūrṇa’ is treated as an epithet of the Lord whose completeness makes offerings efficacious; in Kāśī, Viśveśvara is famed for granting final release through his grace.

Significance: Frames liberation (no punarjanma) explicitly as the fruit of a prescribed offering—interpretable in Siddhānta as Śiva’s anugraha responding to devotion.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that sincere, prescribed offering to Lord Shiva (Mahāpūrṇa) purifies the cause of repeated embodiment; devotion expressed through correct worship becomes a means toward liberation from rebirth.

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

Naivedya is a core upacāra in Linga-pūjā for Saguna Shiva; the verse emphasizes that ritual offering, when performed with Shiva-centered bhakti, supports the soul’s release from saṃsāra under Shiva’s grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Offer naivedya to Shiva as a disciplined act of worship (along with mantra-japa such as the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), dedicating the act to freedom from rebirth and seeking Shiva’s anugraha (grace).