Shloka 40

दशशैवव्रतप्रश्नः — Inquiry into the Ten Principal Śaiva Vratas

Devanagari script

कार्यं जागरणं प्रीत्या महोत्सव समन्वितम् । प्रातः स्नात्वा पुनस्तत्र स्थापयेत्पूजयेच्छिवम्

Transliteration

kāryaṃ jāgaraṇaṃ prītyā mahotsava samanvitam | prātaḥ snātvā punastatra sthāpayetpūjayecchivam

Translation

With loving devotion one should keep a night-long vigil, accompanied by a grand sacred festival. Then, at dawn, having bathed, one should again install there the holy emblem (liṅga) and worship Lord Śiva.

Word by Word

• कार्यम्: (it) should be done
• कार्यम्: कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/प्रथमा or 2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्; विधेय/कर्तव्य-अर्थे ‘to be done’

• जागरणम्: vigil (night-wake)
• जागरणम्: कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्

• प्रीत्या: with love/devotion
• प्रीत्या: करण (Karaṇa/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचनम्; करण/हेतु-भावे ‘with/through devotion’

• महोत्सव: great festival
• महोत्सव: विशेषण/सम्बन्ध (Qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः ‘great festival’

• समन्वितम्: accompanied (by)
• समन्वितम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + अन्वि (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचनम्; ‘endowed/combined’

• प्रातः: in the morning
• प्रातः: कालाधिकरण (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• स्नात्वा: having bathed
• स्नात्वा: पूर्वक्रिया (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having bathed’

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: क्रियाविशेषण (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय (adverb) ‘again’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: देशाधिकरण (Place/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (adverb of place) ‘there’

• स्थापयेत्: should establish
• स्थापयेत्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) (णिच् causative: स्थापय-)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम्; causative ‘should place/establish’

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्; ‘should worship’

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: General Śivarātri-vrata praxis: jāgaraṇa (vigil) with mahotsava, followed by prātaḥ-snān and renewed installation/worship; not a specific Jyotirliṅga legend.

Significance: Jāgaraṇa is treated as a powerful vrata-aṅga that intensifies bhakti and supports Śiva’s prasāda; dawn bath marks ritual purity and transition to concluding worship.

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: oṃ namaḥ śivāya

Type: panchakshara

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that loving vigilance (jāgaraṇa) and renewed dawn worship refine devotion and steadiness of mind, aligning the devotee (paśu) toward Śiva (Pati) through disciplined bhakti.

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

The instruction to “install and worship” indicates Saguna upāsanā—approaching Śiva through a consecrated form such as the liṅga, where devotion is focused through ritual presence and reverent offering.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A vrata-style observance: night-long jāgaraṇa with festival devotion, followed by dawn स्नान (ritual bath) and renewed pūjā—often paired in Shaiva practice with mantra-japa (e.g., Om Namaḥ Śivāya) and clean, sattvic conduct.