Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 20

Maṇḍala–Pūjā–Homa Krama

Maṇḍala Worship and Homa Sequence for the Disciple

Devanagari script

इत्यादिश्य तमभ्यर्च्य विसृज च विधानतः । समभ्यर्च्य महादेवं जुहुयादाहुतित्रयम्

Transliteration

ityādiśya tamabhyarcya visṛja ca vidhānataḥ | samabhyarcya mahādevaṃ juhuyādāhutitrayam

Translation

Habiéndole instruido así y habiéndole rendido culto debidamente, debe despedírsele formalmente según el rito prescrito. Luego, tras adorar a Mahādeva con plena reverencia, debe ofrecerse en el fuego sagrado una triple oblación.

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• ādiśya: having instructed
• ādiśya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-diś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (absolutive/gerund), ‘having instructed/ordered’

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• abhyarcya: having worshipped
• abhyarcya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-arc (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (absolutive/gerund), ‘having worshipped’

• visṛja: release/send forth
• visṛja: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi-sṛj (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• vidhānataḥ: according to the prescribed procedure
• vidhānataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vidhāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb): ‘according to rule’

• samabhyarcya: having duly worshipped
• samabhyarcya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-abhi-arc (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययभाव (absolutive/gerund)

• mahādevam: Mahādeva (Śiva)
• mahādevam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahādeva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (mahān devaḥ)

• juhuyāt: should offer (into fire)
• juhuyāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: hu (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• āhuti-trayam: a set of three oblations
• āhuti-trayam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āhuti (प्रातिपदिक) + traya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (three oblations)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva (Mahadeva)

FAQs

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

It teaches that Śiva-worship is completed through disciplined order: instruction, reverent worship, proper ritual closure (visarjana), and then offering oblations—showing that devotion (bhakti) and right procedure (vidhi) together purify the worshipper and steady the mind toward Śiva (Pati).

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

Mahādeva here is approached as Saguna Śiva—the worship-worthy Lord accessible through rites. After honoring the attendant deity/ritual component and dismissing it properly, the focus returns to the supreme object of worship (often the Liṅga), culminating in homa as an extension of Liṅga-pūjā.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It points to completing Śiva-pūjā with proper visarjana and then performing a brief homa with three āhutis, offered with Śiva-mantra (commonly linked in practice with the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and a concentrated, devotional intention.