Shloka 13

Liṅga-pratiṣṭhāvidhiḥ — Installation Standards and Auspicious Parameters for Liṅga Worship

Devanagari script

संपूज्य लिंगं सद्याद्यैः पंचस्थाने यथाक्रमम् । अग्नौ च हुत्वा बहुधा हविषास कलं च माम्

Transliteration

saṃpūjya liṃgaṃ sadyādyaiḥ paṃcasthāne yathākramam | agnau ca hutvā bahudhā haviṣāsa kalaṃ ca mām

Translation

Having duly worshipped the Śiva-liṅga with the five offerings beginning with sadyā, in the five prescribed places in proper order, one should then make many oblations into the sacred fire with ghee and other offerings—thus worshipping Me, the Lord, in My manifested power (kalā).

Word by Word

• संपूज्य: having duly worshipped
• संपूज्य: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण) — पूर्वकर्म
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive), अव्ययभाव (having worshipped)

• लिङ्गम्: the liṅga
• लिङ्गम्: Karma (कर्म) — पूजनस्य
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular)

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण) — काल
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय — कालवाचक (temporal adverb): ‘immediately/at once’

• आद्यैः: by the first/immediate (etc.) [means]
• आद्यैः: Karaṇa (करण) — साधन
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन (Masc/Neut, Instrumental, Plural) — ‘सद्यः’ इत्यादि-प्रकारैः (by the immediate etc. [offerings/acts])

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) — संख्या
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या (indeclinable numeral used adjectivally) — ‘five’

• स्थाने: in the place
• स्थाने: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण) — स्थान
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Neuter, Locative, Singular) — ‘in the place/position’

• यथा: according to
• यथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण) — प्रकार
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (manner): ‘as/according to’

• क्रमम्: order/sequence
• क्रमम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण) — प्रकार/क्रम
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular) — ‘order/sequence’; ‘यथा’ सह अव्ययीभावार्थे (as per order)

• अग्नौ: in the fire
• अग्नौ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण) — स्थान (in fire)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) — समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चय (conjunction ‘and’)

• हुत्वा: having offered
• हुत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण) — पूर्वकर्म
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘having offered (into fire)’

• बहुधा: in many ways / repeatedly
• बहुधा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण) — प्रकार
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बहुधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner): ‘in many ways/many times’

• हविषा: with oblation
• हविषा: Karaṇa (करण) — आहुतेः साधनम्
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (Neuter, Instrumental, Singular)

• आस: was / has been
• आस: Kriyā (क्रिया) — अस्तित्व/सम्बन्ध
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्/लङ्-प्रयोगसम्भाव्यः; रूपम् ‘आस’ = लिट् (perfect) प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन / अथवा लङ् (imperfect) 3rd sg (contextually ‘was/has been’). पाठदोषसम्भावना: ‘हविषासा’ इति सन्धि-भ्रान्तिः

• कलम्: a portion/part (kalā)
• कलम्: Karma (कर्म) — (implicit) offering/mention
• Type: Noun
• Root: कल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Masc/Neut, Accusative, Singular) — ‘portion/part; digit/measure’ (context-dependent)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध) — समुच्चय
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चय (conjunction ‘and’)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म) — सम्बोधन/उद्देश्य (contextual object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, द्वितीया, एकवचन (Pronoun, Accusative, Singular) — ‘me’

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s worship-method to the sages of Naimisharanya within the Vidyeshvara/Vishveshvara context)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Tryambakeśvara

Sthala Purana: The verse’s pañcasthāna worship and subsequent homa resonates with the highly systematized ritual culture of Tryambakeśvara, a major locus for Vedic-Śaiva rites and fire offerings alongside liṅga worship.

Significance: Completing liṅga-pūjā with ordered pañca-upacāra/pañca-sthāna observances and homa is taught to yield purification of pāśa (bondage) and readiness for Śiva’s grace (anugraha).

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: oṃ namaḥ śivāya

Type: panchakshara

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Umā

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Agni

FAQs

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

It teaches that devotion becomes complete when outer ritual order (pañcasthāna, prescribed sequence) is united with inner intent—worshipping Śiva both as the liṅga (saguṇa support for meditation) and as the indwelling divine power (kalā) through consecrated offering.

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

The liṅga functions as the accessible, saguṇa focus for the devotee; the verse then extends worship into homa, indicating that Śiva is honored not only in the icon but also as present in sacred fire and in the transformative act of offering.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform orderly liṅga-pūjā with the fivefold consecratory elements in the five ritual placements, then follow with homa—repeated oblations of ghee/offerings into Agni—while contemplating that the offering reaches Śiva’s divine kalā (manifest grace).