Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 44

अग्निकार्य-होमविधिः

Agnikārya and Homa Procedure

Devanagari script

सर्वलक्षणसंपन्नं सोपवीतं त्रिमेखलम् । शक्तिमन्तं स्रुक्स्रुवौ च दधानं दक्षिणे करे

Transliteration

sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannaṃ sopavītaṃ trimekhalam | śaktimantaṃ sruksruvau ca dadhānaṃ dakṣiṇe kare

Translation

Il était pourvu de tous les signes de bon augure, portant l’upavīta (cordon sacré) et la triple ceinture. Doué de puissance spirituelle, il tenait dans la main droite le srūk (louche) et le srūva (petite cuillère d’offrande).

Word by Word

• सर्व-लक्षण-संपन्नम्: endowed with all auspicious marks
• सर्व-लक्षण-संपन्नम्: Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + संपन्न (प्रातिपदिक; क्त from सम्+पद्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वैः लक्षणैः संपन्नः)

• स-उपवीतम्: wearing the sacred thread
• स-उपवीतम्: Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + उपवीत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (उपवीतं यस्य सः)

• त्रि-मेखलम्: having three girdles
• त्रि-मेखलम्: Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + मेखला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः — विशेषणम्

• शक्तिमन्तम्: powerful
• शक्तिमन्तम्: Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्तिमन्त् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• स्रुक्: ladle (sruva/sruk)
• स्रुक्: Karma (कर्म; object held)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रुक् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative, 1st); एकवचन

• स्रुवौ: two offering-spoons
• स्रुवौ: Karma (कर्म; object held)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रुव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा विभक्ति (nominative, 1st); द्विवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• दधानम्: holding
• दधानम्: Karma (कर्म; qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया विभक्ति; एकवचन; ‘bearing/holding’ — विशेषणम्

• दक्षिणे: in the right
• दक्षिणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण; location)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (locative, 7th); एकवचन; करे इति विशेषणम्

• करे: hand
• करे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति (locative, 7th); एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadyojāta

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

The verse highlights a saguna (manifest) presentation marked by purity, discipline, and sacred authority—outer signs (upavīta, mekhalā, yajña implements) mirroring inner śakti and readiness for consecrated action aligned with Shiva’s dharma.

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

It supports saguna Shiva-worship by showing that Shiva’s grace can be approached through sanctified forms and symbols; ritual emblems become aids for focusing devotion and right intention, which culminate in steadiness toward the Linga as the supreme Pati.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It points to disciplined, purified worship—maintaining ritual cleanliness, honoring Vedic procedures, and performing offerings with focused awareness; inwardly, it suggests holding steady śakti through mantra-japa (such as the Panchakshara) while offering actions to Shiva.