Shloka 7

पार्थिवप्रतिमापूजाविधानम्

Pārthiva-pratimā Pūjā-vidhāna — Procedure for Worship of an Earthen Icon

Devanagari script

अंगप्रत्यंगकोपेतामायुधैश्च समन्विताम् । पद्मासनस्थितां कृत्वा पूजयेदादरेण हि

Transliteration

aṃgapratyaṃgakopetāmāyudhaiśca samanvitām | padmāsanasthitāṃ kṛtvā pūjayedādareṇa hi

Translation

Having fashioned (the Goddess’s form) complete in every limb and subsidiary limb, and furnished with divine weapons, one should seat her upon a lotus-throne and then worship with reverent care.

Word by Word

• अङ्ग-प्रत्यङ्ग-उपेताम्: endowed with major and minor limbs
• अङ्ग-प्रत्यङ्ग-उपेताम्: विशेषण (Adjective of प्रतिमाम्/implicit)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रत्यङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + उपेत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘अङ्गैः प्रत्यङ्गैः च उपेता’ (endowed with limbs and sub-limbs)

• आयुधैः: with weapons
• आयुधैः: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument/Accompaniment)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आयुध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय (Conjunctive)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• समन्विताम्: accompanied/possessing
• समन्विताम्: विशेषण (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-अन्-वी (धातु) → समन्वित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (PPP), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; प्रतिमाम् इति विशेषणम्

• पद्म-आसन-स्थिताम्: seated in lotus posture
• पद्म-आसन-स्थिताम्: विशेषण (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पद्म (प्रातिपदिक) + आसन (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष: पद्मासने स्थिता); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having made (it so)
• कृत्वा: पूर्वक्रिया (Absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (absolutive/gerund)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• आदरेण: with reverence
• आदरेण: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument; manner)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचन

• हि: indeed/for
• हि: सम्बन्ध/निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga narrative; describes forming and worshipping a Devī-pratimā (Ambā/Śakti) with full iconographic features, seated on padmāsana.

Significance: Emphasizes proper iconography (aṅga-pratyaṅga) and reverent worship—outer exactness supporting inner bhāva and Śiva-Śakti oriented devotion.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Durgā

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Devi (Shakti)

FAQs

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

It teaches disciplined saguna-upāsanā: the devotee should contemplate a complete, orderly divine form and then worship with full attention (ādara), aligning mind and ritual so devotion becomes a focused offering to Pati (Shiva) through Shakti’s manifest form.

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

While the Linga is the primary Shaiva emblem, the Purana also prescribes saguna visualization and icon-worship as supports for concentration. This verse describes arranging the deity-form (with limbs, attributes, and lotus-seat) as a legitimate aid that leads the mind toward Shiva-tattva and divine grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A dhyāna-to-pūjā sequence: visualize/establish the deity seated on a lotus (padmāsana), with proper attributes, then perform worship with reverence—typically alongside mantra-japa (such as the Panchakshara, Om Namaḥ Śivāya) as part of Shaiva ritual discipline.