Shloka 21
गजाननपूजा तथा औपासन-होमविधिः
Worship of Gajānana and the Procedure of Aupāsana-Homa
अतः परं प्रजुहुयाद्विरजाहोममात्मनः । षड्विंशतत्त्वरूपेस्मिन्देहे लीनस्य शुद्धये
ataḥ paraṃ prajuhuyādvirajāhomamātmanaḥ | ṣaḍviṃśatattvarūpesmindehe līnasya śuddhaye
Thereafter, one should duly perform the Virajā-homa for one’s own self, in order to purify the embodied being who has become merged in this body constituted of the twenty-six tattvas.
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s yogic-ritual teaching as preserved in the Kailasa Samhita)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Mantra: विरजाहोम (virajā-homa) — आत्मशुद्ध्यर्थम्
Role: liberating
FAQs
The verse teaches that liberation-oriented purification requires more than external rites: the practitioner must cleanse identification with the body made of tattvas, so the soul (paśu) may turn toward Shiva (Pati) without the bonds (pāśa) of impurity.
Virajā-homa supports Saguna Shiva worship by purifying the worshipper’s inner instrument (antaḥkaraṇa) so Linga-upāsanā becomes steady and focused; the rite is meant to mature devotion into clarity that leads toward Shiva’s transcendent reality.
It directly recommends performing Virajā-homa as a purificatory rite, aligned with tattva-śuddhi—contemplating and offering away attachment to the body’s constituent principles while maintaining Shaiva discipline such as mantra-japa (e.g., Panchakshara) and inner recollection of Shiva.