Shloka 86
Umāyāḥ Kriyāyoga-Rahasya
The Esoteric Teaching on Umā’s Kriyāyoga
यस्य गेहे स्थिता चेयं लिखिता ललिताक्षरैः । संपूजिता च विधिवत्सर्वान्कामान्स आप्नुयात्
yasya gehe sthitā ceyaṃ likhitā lalitākṣaraiḥ | saṃpūjitā ca vidhivatsarvānkāmānsa āpnuyāt
In whose home this sacred text is kept—written in beautiful letters—and duly worshipped according to proper rite, that person attains all desired aims.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: Domestic preservation and ritual honoring of Śiva-śāstra is treated as a merit-field (puṇya-kṣetra) yielding both dharma-artha-kāma fruits under Śiva’s grace.
Type: stotra
Role: nurturing
Offering: dipa
FAQs
It teaches that reverence to Shaiva revelation—preserving it, keeping it in one’s home, and honoring it ritually—invites Shiva’s grace, aligning worldly aims (dharma-artha-kama) toward the highest good, liberation.
Just as the Linga is worshipped as a saguna support for devotion, the written Shiva Purana is treated as a sacred embodiment of Shiva’s teaching; honoring it is a form of Shiva-bhakti that leads to auspicious results.
Keep the scripture clean and respectfully placed, and perform vidhivat pūjā—such as offering flowers, incense, lamp, and salutations—while remembering Shiva and reciting his names/mantras (e.g., the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”).