Shloka 39
Ekādaśāhna-vidhiḥ (The Rite Prescribed for the Eleventh Day): Maṇḍala-racanā, Āvāhana, Mudrā, and Ativāhika-devatā Pūjā
कुशोदकं ततो दद्याद्यथाविधिविधानतः । तत उत्थाप्य वै कुर्य्यात्प्रदक्षिणनमस्कृती
kuśodakaṃ tato dadyādyathāvidhividhānataḥ | tata utthāpya vai kuryyātpradakṣiṇanamaskṛtī
फिर विधि के अनुसार कुशा से पवित्र किया हुआ जल अर्पित करे। उसके बाद उठकर प्रदक्षिणा करे और साष्टाङ्ग नमस्कार करे।
Suta Goswami (narrating the prescribed method of Shiva worship to the sages at Naimisharanya, as typical of Purana discourse)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
FAQs
It emphasizes that devotion (bhakti) is strengthened by disciplined sacred order (vidhi): the offering of purified water and the closing acts of pradakṣiṇā and namaskāra express surrender to Pati (Shiva) and humility of the pashu (individual soul).
In Linga/Saguna worship, the rite is completed not only by offerings but by embodied reverence—circumambulation and prostration—affirming Shiva’s presence as the accessible, worship-worthy form through which grace (anugraha) is sought.
Offer kuśa-sanctified water as an auspicious, purifying oblation, then conclude the puja by standing, performing pradakṣiṇā around the deity/linga, and offering namaskāra with a concentrated, surrendered mind.