Shloka 46

गजाननपूजा तथा औपासन-होमविधिः

Worship of Gajānana and the Procedure of Aupāsana-Homa

Devanagari script

आहिताग्निस्तु यः कुर्य्यात्प्राजापत्येष्टिमाहिते । श्रौते वैश्वानरे सम्यक्सर्ववेदसदक्षिणाम्

Transliteration

āhitāgnistu yaḥ kuryyātprājāpatyeṣṭimāhite | śraute vaiśvānare samyaksarvavedasadakṣiṇām

Translation

Whoever is an established keeper of the sacred fires (āhitāgni) duly performs the Prājāpatya sacrifice in the consecrated fire—according to the Śrauta ordinance, in the Vaiśvānara rite—and offers proper dakṣiṇā, in harmony with all the Vedas.

Word by Word

• आहित-अग्निः: one who has established the sacred fires
• आहित-अग्निः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (आहितः अग्निः यस्य/आहित-अग्निः); पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: but / indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• कुर्यात्: should perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदी

• प्राजापत्य-इष्टिम्: the Prajāpati-sacrifice (iṣṭi)
• प्राजापत्य-इष्टिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राजापत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + इष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: प्रजापतेः/प्राजापत्यस्य इष्टिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• आहिते: when the fires are established / in the established-fire state
• आहिते: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Masculine/Neuter), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); सन्दर्भे: ‘आहिताग्नौ’ इत्यर्थे (locative absolute/setting)

• श्रौते: in the śrauta (Vedic) rite
• श्रौते: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरणम्)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रौत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• वैश्वानरे: in/for Vaiśvānara (Agni)
• वैश्वानरे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैश्वानर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• सम्यक्: properly
• सम्यक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• सर्व-वेद-स-दक्षिणाम्: (iṣṭi) with all Vedic (requirements) and with fees (dakṣiṇā)
• सर्व-वेद-स-दक्षिणाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + स (अव्यय/उपपद) + दक्षिणा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (बहुपद; ‘स-दक्षिणा’ = दक्षिणासहित; ‘सर्ववेद’ = सर्वेषां वेदानां/सर्ववेदसम्बद्ध); स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Prajapati
• Vedas

FAQs

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

It upholds disciplined dharma—right performance of sacred duty with purity and proper giving (dakṣiṇā)—as a supportive foundation for Shaiva spiritual life, where outer order steadies the mind for Shiva-realization.

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

Śrauta sacrifices honor Agni and cosmic order, but in Shaiva framing they become auxiliaries: when performed correctly and offered with devotion, they refine the worshipper and can be directed toward Saguna Shiva (including Linga worship) as the supreme recipient of all sacred acts.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It emphasizes orthodox fire-discipline (āhitāgni, Śrauta procedure) and the ethic of dakṣiṇā; as a Shaiva takeaway, one may pair such disciplined practice with steady japa of the Panchākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) to internalize the sacrifice as inner offering.