Shloka 81

पार्थिवप्रतिमापूजाविधानम्

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

Devanagari script

महापूर्णस्य नैवेद्यं जन्मनैवेद्यमिष्यते । जन्मनैवेद्यदानेन पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते

Transliteration

mahāpūrṇasya naivedyaṃ janmanaivedyamiṣyate | janmanaivedyadānena punarjanma na vidyate

Translation

For Mahāpūrṇa (the all-perfect Lord Śiva), the offering (naivedya) known as the “birth-offering” is prescribed. By presenting this birth-offering, rebirth does not occur again.

Word by Word

• महा-पूर्णस्य: of the great-complete (rite/state)
• महा-पूर्णस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + pūrṇa (महा + पूर्ण; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारयसमास; (as substantive) नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Gen./6th), एकवचन

• नैवेद्यम्: naivedya (food offering)
• नैवेद्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: naivedya (नैवेद्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• जन्म-नैवेद्यम्: the 'birth-naivedya' offering
• जन्म-नैवेद्यम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman + naivedya (जन्मन् + नैवेद्य; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (Tatpurusha: 'birth-naivedya'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• इष्यते: is regarded/accepted
• इष्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √iṣ (धातु: इष्)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि/भावे प्रयोगसदृश (is considered/accepted)

• जन्म-नैवेद्य-दानॆन: by the giving of birth-naivedya
• जन्म-नैवेद्य-दानॆन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman + naivedya + dāna (जन्मन् + नैवेद्य + दान; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instr./3rd), एकवचन

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (again)

• जन्म: birth
• जन्म: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janman (जन्मन्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निषेध

• विद्यते: exists; is found
• विद्यते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vid (धातु: विद्)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; भावे प्रयोग (exists/is found)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha

Sthala Purana: ‘Mahāpūrṇa’ is treated as an epithet of the Lord whose completeness makes offerings efficacious; in Kāśī, Viśveśvara is famed for granting final release through his grace.

Significance: Frames liberation (no punarjanma) explicitly as the fruit of a prescribed offering—interpretable in Siddhānta as Śiva’s anugraha responding to devotion.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that sincere, prescribed offering to Lord Shiva (Mahāpūrṇa) purifies the cause of repeated embodiment; devotion expressed through correct worship becomes a means toward liberation from rebirth.

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

Naivedya is a core upacāra in Linga-pūjā for Saguna Shiva; the verse emphasizes that ritual offering, when performed with Shiva-centered bhakti, supports the soul’s release from saṃsāra under Shiva’s grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Offer naivedya to Shiva as a disciplined act of worship (along with mantra-japa such as the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), dedicating the act to freedom from rebirth and seeking Shiva’s anugraha (grace).