Shloka 46
दशशैवव्रतप्रश्नः — Inquiry into the Ten Principal Śaiva Vratas
यामेयामे यथा पूजा कार्या भक्तवरैर्हरे । शिवरात्रौ विशेषेण तामहं कथयामि ते
yāmeyāme yathā pūjā kāryā bhaktavarairhare | śivarātrau viśeṣeṇa tāmahaṃ kathayāmi te
O Hari, I shall tell you how the foremost devotees should perform worship in each watch of the night—especially on the sacred night of Śivarātri.
Lord Shiva
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Significance: Śivarātri-yāma-pūjā is framed as a direct means to Śiva’s anugraha: intensified merit, purification of pāśa (bondage), and ripening of bhakti leading toward liberation.
FAQs
The verse frames Śivarātri as a uniquely potent night for structured, time-bound devotion—worship offered in each yāma disciplines the mind and turns bhakti into sustained contemplation of Pati (Śiva), aiding liberation.
By prescribing yāma-wise worship, the text points to repeated, reverent offerings to Saguna Śiva—commonly through the Śiva-liṅga—so the devotee’s attention repeatedly returns to Śiva’s gracious, accessible form while aspiring toward His transcendent reality.
Night-long Śivarātri observance with worship in each yāma—typically including mantra-japa (e.g., Pañcākṣarī), offerings/abhisheka, and vigilant devotion (jāgaraṇa) as a focused sādhana.