Shloka 43

Ekādaśāhna-vidhiḥ (The Rite Prescribed for the Eleventh Day): Maṇḍala-racanā, Āvāhana, Mudrā, and Ativāhika-devatā Pūjā

Devanagari script

उपानच्छत्रवस्त्रादि दत्त्वा तेभ्यो यथाविधि । सन्तोषयेन्महाभक्त्या विविधैर्वच नैश्शुभैः

Transliteration

upānacchatravastrādi dattvā tebhyo yathāvidhi | santoṣayenmahābhaktyā vividhairvaca naiśśubhaiḥ

Translation

Having duly given them footwear, umbrellas, garments, and the like according to prescribed rule, one should, with great devotion, gladden them with many auspicious and gracious words.

Word by Word

• उपानत्-छत्र-वस्त्र-आदि: sandals, umbrella, clothes, etc.
• उपानत्-छत्र-वस्त्र-आदि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपानत् + छत्र + वस्त्र + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; ‘…आदि’ सूचीसमासः; दानवस्तु (object of giving)

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (दा दाने) (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्तम् (gerund); ‘having given’

• तेभ्यः: to them
• तेभ्यः: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी-विभक्तिः (सम्प्रदान), बहुवचनम्

• यथा-विधि: according to the prescribed rite
• यथा-विधि: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमासः; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverbial): ‘according to rule’

• सन्तोषयेत्: should satisfy
• सन्तोषयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√तुष् (तुष प्रीतौ) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; causative sense ‘to satisfy’ (सन्तोषयति)

• महा-भक्त्या: with great devotion
• महा-भक्त्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः ‘महती भक्तिः’

• विविधैः: with various
• विविधैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; ‘वचोभिः’ इति विशेषणम्

• वचोभिः: words/speeches
• वचोभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (करण), बहुवचनम्

• नैः-शुभैः: auspicious (free from inauspiciousness)
• नैः-शुभैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निः (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः, बहुवचनम्; ‘वचोभिः’ इति विशेषणम्; निः-पूर्वकः (privative) ‘अशुभ-रहित’

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s dharma of worship and honoring devotees/guests to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga narrative; it continues the vrata’s uttarāṅga: giving prescribed gifts (dāna) and pleasing the recipients with auspicious speech—seen as a means to secure grace and completion (siddhi) of the rite.

Significance: Merit through dāna and brāhmaṇa-prasāda; believed to remove impediments and yield protective fruit of the observance.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Śiva-bhakti matures through practical compassion—serving and honoring others with proper gifts and pure, auspicious speech, which softens ego and loosens the bonds (pāśa) that limit the soul (paśu).

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

Linga-worship is not only ritual offering to Saguna Śiva but also extending that sanctity into conduct—respecting devotees/guests as Śiva’s presence and completing pūjā through satkāra (honor) and seva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice satkāra as an extension of pūjā: give appropriate charity (vastra, chatra, upānat, etc.) and maintain śubha-vāk (auspicious speech) while remembering Śiva—optionally repeating the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya” during service.