Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 25
षडध्व-शुद्धिः
Purification of the Six Adhvans / Sixfold Cosmic Path
हुत्वाहुतित्रयं तस्यास्सान्निध्यमुपकल्पयेत् । हृदि संताड्य शिष्यस्य पुष्पक्षेपेण पूर्ववत्
hutvāhutitrayaṃ tasyāssānnidhyamupakalpayet | hṛdi saṃtāḍya śiṣyasya puṣpakṣepeṇa pūrvavat
Après avoir offert la triple oblation, qu’on prépare l’établissement rituel de Sa présence sacrée. Puis, frappant le disciple au cœur et, comme auparavant, en jetant des fleurs, que le rite soit accompli selon la règle.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Shakti Form: Pārvatī
Role: liberating
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It describes how outer worship (three oblations and flower-casting) is joined to inner transformation by ritually awakening divine presence within the disciple’s heart—aligning the soul (paśu) toward the Lord (Pati) and loosening bondage (pāśa).
The procedure reflects Saguna worship—invoking and establishing a tangible presence of the Divine for the disciple—so that devotion and ritual become a doorway to realizing Shiva’s indwelling grace beyond mere external forms.
A consecratory rite akin to initiation: offer a threefold āhuti, invoke/establish the deity’s presence, touch or tap the disciple’s heart as a seal of inner awakening, and confirm the rite through puṣpakṣepa (flower casting) as done earlier.