Shloka 20
Maṇḍala–Pūjā–Homa Krama
Maṇḍala Worship and Homa Sequence for the Disciple
इत्यादिश्य तमभ्यर्च्य विसृज च विधानतः । समभ्यर्च्य महादेवं जुहुयादाहुतित्रयम्
ityādiśya tamabhyarcya visṛja ca vidhānataḥ | samabhyarcya mahādevaṃ juhuyādāhutitrayam
Having thus instructed him and duly worshipped him, one should formally dismiss him according to the prescribed rite. Then, after worshipping Mahādeva with full reverence, one should offer into the sacred fire three oblations.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Role: nurturing
Offering: dhupa
FAQs
It teaches that Śiva-worship is completed through disciplined order: instruction, reverent worship, proper ritual closure (visarjana), and then offering oblations—showing that devotion (bhakti) and right procedure (vidhi) together purify the worshipper and steady the mind toward Śiva (Pati).
Mahādeva here is approached as Saguna Śiva—the worship-worthy Lord accessible through rites. After honoring the attendant deity/ritual component and dismissing it properly, the focus returns to the supreme object of worship (often the Liṅga), culminating in homa as an extension of Liṅga-pūjā.
It points to completing Śiva-pūjā with proper visarjana and then performing a brief homa with three āhutis, offered with Śiva-mantra (commonly linked in practice with the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and a concentrated, devotional intention.