Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 46

लिङ्ग-बेर-प्रतिष्ठाविधिः / The Procedure for Installing the Liṅga and the Bera

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Devanagari script

जलाधिवासे शयने शाययेत्तान्त्वधोमुखीम् । कुम्भोदशायितां मंत्रैर्हृदि तां सन्नियोजयेत्

Transliteration

jalādhivāse śayane śāyayettāntvadhomukhīm | kumbhodaśāyitāṃ maṃtrairhṛdi tāṃ sanniyojayet

Translation

Lors de la consécration par l’eau (jalādhivāsa), on doit coucher ce cordon sacré sur le lit rituel, la face tournée vers le bas. L’ayant ainsi placé dans le kumbha (vase d’eau), on l’établira fermement dans le cœur par les mantras, en contemplant sa présence intérieure unie à la puissance de Śiva.

Word by Word

• जलाधिवासे: in the water-immersion (rite)
• जलाधिवासे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल + अधिवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (जले अधिवासः)

• शयने: on the bed/couch
• शयने: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• शाययेत्: should lay (her/it) down
• शाययेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शी (धातु) [शे/शीङ्—शयन]
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative sense: ‘cause to lie’)

• ताम्: her/that (image)
• ताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/अन्वय (but/indeed)

• अधोमुखीम्: face-down, with face downward
• अधोमुखीम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधोमुखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (अधः मुखं यस्याः/या)

• कुम्भोदशायिताम्: laid in the pot-water (kumbha-water)
• कुम्भोदशायिताम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कुम्भ + उद + शायित (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) ‘शायित’; तत्पुरुषः (कुम्भोदके शायिता)

• मन्त्रैः: with mantras
• मन्त्रैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• हृदि: in the heart
• हृदि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• ताम्: her/that (image)
• ताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• सन्नियोजयेत्: should properly place/assign (install)
• सन्नियोजयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + नि + युज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; उपसर्गयुक्त धातु

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Ritual-technical instruction within pratiṣṭhā/saṃskāra context (jalādhivāsa, kumbha); not a site-specific legend.

Significance: Highlights the innerization of ritual: external placement in kumbha-water is paired with hṛd-sanniyoga (installing in the heart), teaching that true consecration culminates in interior devotion and Śiva-sannidhi.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: creative

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that outer consecration (placing the sacred item in water and on the ritual bed) must be completed by inner consecration—installing it in the heart through mantra—so worship becomes inward, Shaiva, and liberation-oriented.

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

The verse reflects Saguna upāsanā: tangible ritual acts (kumbha, water-rite, mantra) are performed, yet their goal is to awaken the inner presence of Śiva—so the external Linga-oriented rite culminates in heart-centered contemplation of Pati.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform jalādhivāsa (water-immersion consecration) and kumbha placement with prescribed mantras, then do hṛdaya-nyāsa/inner installation—meditatively fixing Śiva’s presence in the heart while continuing mantra-japa (e.g., the Panchākṣarī).