Shloka 30

अग्नियज्ञ-देवयज्ञ-ब्रह्मयज्ञ-गुरुपूजा-क्रमनिरूपणम् / Ordering and Definitions of Agniyajña, Devayajña, Brahmayajña, and Guru-Pūjā

Devanagari script

काल्यादीन्भौम वारे तु यजेद्रो गप्रशांतये । माषमुद्गाढकान्नेन ब्रह्मणांश्चैव भोजयेत्

Transliteration

kālyādīnbhauma vāre tu yajedro gapraśāṃtaye | māṣamudgāḍhakānnena brahmaṇāṃścaiva bhojayet

Translation

For the pacification of disease, one should perform worship on a Tuesday, beginning from the early hours; and one should also feed brāhmaṇas with a meal prepared from black gram, green gram, and grains measured by an āḍhaka. Thus, by disciplined ritual action offered to Śiva, the affliction is calmed.

Word by Word

• काली-आदीन्: Kālī and others (deities)
• काली-आदीन्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काली (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: आदि-तत्पुरुष (काली-प्रभृतीन्), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• भौमवारे: on Tuesday
• भौमवारे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भौमवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (भौमस्य वारः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक निपात (particle: but/indeed)

• यजेत्: should worship
• यजेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: यज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• रोग-प्रशान्तये: for the pacification of disease
• रोग-प्रशान्तये: Prayojana (प्रयोजन/Purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रशान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रोगस्य प्रशान्तिः), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (Singular)

• माष-मुद्ग-आढक-अन्नेन: with food (prepared) with black gram, green gram, and āḍhaka-measure (grains)
• माष-मुद्ग-आढक-अन्नेन: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माष (प्रातिपदिक) + मुद्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + आढक (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार/निर्देश-तत्पुरुष (माष-मुद्ग-आढक-युक्तम् अन्नम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

• ब्रह्मणान्: Brahmins
• ब्रह्मणान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• भोजयेत्: should feed
• भोजयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया/Finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु) [णिच् causative: भोजय-]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद, णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Vaidyanātha

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahmanas

FAQs

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

The verse teaches that suffering such as disease can be calmed through Śiva-oriented discipline: worship (yajña/pujā) joined with dāna and brahmana-bhojana. In Shaiva Siddhānta terms, such right action offered to Pati (Śiva) reduces the binding weight of pāśa (affliction and karmic obstruction) and restores harmony.

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

The instruction is a practical regimen of Saguna-Śiva worship—approaching Śiva through prescribed times and outward acts (pujā, offerings, feeding devotees/Brāhmaṇas). Such Linga-centered devotion purifies the worshipper and makes the mind fit for deeper contemplation of Śiva beyond form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It suggests Tuesday worship for relief from illness, combined with annadāna—feeding Brāhmaṇas with a specified meal (māṣa, mudga, and measured grains). The takeaway practice is disciplined Śiva-pujā joined to charitable feeding as an expiatory and pacifying observance.