Shloka 52

Maṇḍala–Pūjā–Homa Krama

Maṇḍala Worship and Homa Sequence for the Disciple

Devanagari script

बुद्ध्वा तं हृदयांभोजे देवमावाह्य पूजयेत् । आशास्य नित्यसांनिध्यं शिवस्वात्म्यं शिशौ गुरुः

Transliteration

buddhvā taṃ hṛdayāṃbhoje devamāvāhya pūjayet | āśāsya nityasāṃnidhyaṃ śivasvātmyaṃ śiśau guruḥ

Translation

Having understood Him, one should invoke that Deity into the lotus of the heart and worship. The Guru, instructing the disciple, should pray for the Lord’s constant presence and for the disciple’s realization of identity with Śiva.

Word by Word

• बुद्ध्वा: having understood
• बुद्ध्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having known/understood’

• तम्: him/that
• तम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; him/that

• हृदयाम्भोजे: in the heart-lotus
• हृदयाम्भोजे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृदय + अम्भोज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular; tatpuruṣa ‘heart-lotus’

• देवम्: the deity
• देवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; accusative singular

• आवाह्य: having invoked
• आवाह्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + वह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), with उपसर्ग आ-; ‘having invoked/brought’

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; should worship

• आशास्य: having prayed for
• आशास्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + शास् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive) in sense ‘having prayed/asked/blessed’; with उपसर्ग आ-

• नित्यसान्निध्यम्: constant presence
• नित्यसान्निध्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नित्य + सान्निध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; karmadhāraya ‘constant presence’

• शिवस्वात्म्यम्: Śiva-nature (identity with Śiva)
• शिवस्वात्म्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव + स्वात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; tatpuruṣa ‘Śiva’s own-nature/identity’

• शिशौ: in the child
• शिशौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिशु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular ‘in/on the child’

• गुरुः: the teacher
• गुरुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन; nominative singular

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Guru

FAQs

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

It teaches antaryāga (inner worship): realizing Śiva, invoking Him into the heart-lotus, and seeking His unbroken presence—through which the disciple matures toward liberation by Śiva’s grace.

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

Just as the Liṅga is ritually invoked and worshiped externally, this verse prescribes the same principle internally—installing Saguna Śiva in the heart for steady devotion that culminates in realization of Śiva-nature.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Manasa-pūjā and dhyāna: invoke Śiva into the heart-lotus, worship with mental offerings (often supported by japa of the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), and pray for nitya-sāṃnidhya (constant divine presence).