Shloka 72

शिवध्यानपूजनवर्णनम्

Description of Śiva Meditation and Worship

Devanagari script

भवे भवे नातिभव इति पाद्यम्प्रकल्पयेत् । वामाय नम इत्युक्त्वा दद्यादाचमनीयकम्

Transliteration

bhave bhave nātibhava iti pādyamprakalpayet | vāmāya nama ityuktvā dadyādācamanīyakam

Translation

En récitant : « De naissance en naissance, que je ne sois pas accablé par le devenir du monde », on doit offrir le pādya, l’eau pour les pieds. Puis, en disant « Hommage à Vāmā », on doit offrir l’ācamanīya, l’eau pour la gorgée rituelle.

Word by Word

• भवे: in (each) existence
• भवे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन; आवृत्त्या (repetition)

• भवे: in (every) birth
• भवे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अति-भव: excessive worldly becoming
• अति-भव: Pradhāna-pada (प्रधान/उक्त-वाक्यांश)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अति (अव्यय) + भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति; एकवचन; अव्ययीभावः (अतिभवः = excessive becoming/overworldliness)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; मन्त्र/वाक्य-उद्धरण सूचक

• पाद्यम्: water for washing the feet (pādya)
• पाद्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

• प्रकल्पयेत्: should prepare/offer
• प्रकल्पयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + कल्प् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• वामाय: to Vāmā
• वामाय: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वामा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी विभक्ति; एकवचन

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; नमस्-शब्दः (salutation particle), प्रायः चतुर्थी-संबद्ध

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण-समाप्ति सूचक

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• दद्यात्: should give/offer
• दद्यात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• आचमनीयकम्: water for sipping (ācamanīya)
• आचमनीयकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचमनीयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the prescribed Shiva-puja procedure to the sages)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Vāmadeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: General upacāra-vidhi: pādya and ācamanīya are offered with mantras that explicitly frame saṃsāra (‘bhava’) as the condition to be transcended by Śiva’s grace.

Significance: The pādya-mantra turns worship into a saṃsāra-transcending vow: seeking freedom from repeated ‘bhava’ (becoming) through Śiva’s anugraha.

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: भवे भवे नातिभव इति (pādya-mantra); वामाय नमः (ācamanīya-mantra)

Type: stotra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It turns an outer offering (pādya and ācamanīya) into an inner vow: the devotee prays to Śiva that, across births, worldly bondage (bhava) should not overpower the soul, aligning worship with liberation (mokṣa).

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

The verse is part of saguna worship protocol: the devotee serves Śiva through formal upacāras (offerings). By invoking “Vāmāya namaḥ,” the worshipper addresses Śiva’s gracious, approachable aspect while seeking transcendence beyond repeated becoming.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Offer pādya and then ācamanīya with mantra-recitation, while meditating on freedom from bhava (cyclic existence). The practice is mantra-guided puja: external purity supports internal detachment and devotion.