Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 35

Maṇḍala–Pūjā–Homa Krama

Maṇḍala Worship and Homa Sequence for the Disciple

Devanagari script

तत्रापि च यथापूर्वं शिवं शिरसि पूर्ववत् । समभ्यर्च्य च वागीशं प्रणम्य च विसर्जयेत्

Transliteration

tatrāpi ca yathāpūrvaṃ śivaṃ śirasi pūrvavat | samabhyarcya ca vāgīśaṃ praṇamya ca visarjayet

Translation

Là aussi, comme auparavant, on doit (en esprit) établir Śiva sur sa tête de la même manière. Après avoir dûment adoré Vāgīśa, le Seigneur de la Parole, on doit se prosterner puis accomplir la congé rituelle (visarjana), achevant le rite.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: अधिकरण (Locative setting/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• अपि: also
• अपि: समुच्चय/अन्वय (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (particle)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• यथा-पूर्वम्: as previously
• यथा-पूर्वम्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव समास; क्रियाविशेषण; ‘as before’

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म

• शिरसि: on the head
• शिरसि: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• पूर्ववत्: as before
• पूर्ववत्: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्ववत् (अव्यय/तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय, तद्धितान्त (vat) क्रियाविशेषण; ‘as before/in the former manner’

• समभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• समभ्यर्च्य: पूर्वक्रिया (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु) with सम्+अभि उपसर्ग
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), from √अर्च्; ‘having worshipped’

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• वागीशम्: Vāgīśa (lord of speech)
• वागीशम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक् (प्रातिपदिक) + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म; ‘lord of speech’ (epithet, often of Gaṇeśa/Bṛhaspati)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: पूर्वक्रिया (Kriyāviśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नम् (धातु) with प्र उपसर्ग
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), from √नम् ‘to bow’ with pra; ‘having bowed’

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• विसर्जयेत्: should dismiss / send off
• विसर्जयेत्: क्रिया (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज् (धातु) with वि उपसर्ग
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; √सृज् ‘to release/send forth’ with vi; ‘should dismiss’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Vagisha

FAQs

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

It teaches disciplined worship: elevating consciousness by placing Pati (Shiva) at the crown (śiras) and completing the rite with reverence, showing that devotion must be joined with proper closure and inner surrender.

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

The verse reflects Saguna-upāsanā procedure: after worship (abhyarcana) of Shiva—often through the Linga and mantra—one bows and performs visarjana, acknowledging the invoked presence and returning the mind to steadiness without ritual agitation.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It suggests a meditative nyāsa-like act of contemplating Shiva at the crown (śiro-nyāsa), worshipping the mantra-source as Vāgīśa, then offering namaskāra and performing formal visarjana to conclude japa/puja with clarity.