Shloka 29
वैवाहिकानुष्ठानसमापनं दानप्रशंसा च / Completion of Wedding Rites and Praise of Gifts
Dāna
सावित्र्युवाच । भोजयित्वा सती शम्भो शीघ्रं त्वं भुंक्ष्व मा खिद । तदाचम्य सकर्पूरन्तांबूलं देहि सादरम्
sāvitryuvāca | bhojayitvā satī śambho śīghraṃ tvaṃ bhuṃkṣva mā khida | tadācamya sakarpūrantāṃbūlaṃ dehi sādaram
Sāvitrī said: “O Śambhu, after feeding Satī, quickly take your meal—do not be distressed. Then, after performing ācamana, please accept with reverence the tāmbūla prepared with camphor.”
Sāvitrī
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahadeva
FAQs
The verse highlights bhakti expressed through seva (reverent service): feeding, comforting, and honoring Śiva with ritual propriety. In a Śaiva Siddhānta lens, such devoted conduct purifies the pashu (individual soul) and aligns it toward the grace of Pati (Śiva).
The actions described—offering food, performing ācamana, and presenting tāmbūla—mirror standard upacāras (services) used in Saguna Śiva worship, including Liṅga pūjā. It reflects the Purāṇic emphasis that loving, orderly offerings cultivate intimacy with the manifest Lord.
It suggests maintaining ritual purity through ācamana after eating and concluding worship/hospitality with respectful offerings like tāmbūla. Practically, it points to disciplined, mindful upacāra in Śiva pūjā (alongside mantra-japa such as the Pañcākṣarī, where applicable).