Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 5
Maṇḍala–Pūjā–Homa Krama
Maṇḍala Worship and Homa Sequence for the Disciple
शिष्येण यदि दुःस्वप्नो दृष्टस्तद्दोषशांतये । शतमर्धं तदर्धं वा जुहुयान्मूलविद्यया
śiṣyeṇa yadi duḥsvapno dṛṣṭastaddoṣaśāṃtaye | śatamardhaṃ tadardhaṃ vā juhuyānmūlavidyayā
यदि शिष्य ने दुःस्वप्न देखा हो, तो उस दोष की शान्ति हेतु मूल-विद्या (मूल-मन्त्र) से शत, अर्धशत या उसका अर्ध (पच्चीस) आहुतियाँ दे।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Type: panchakshara
Role: liberating
FAQs
The verse teaches that disturbances arising in the subtle mind (such as inauspicious dreams) are to be purified through Śiva-centered discipline—mantra and offering—so the disciple regains inner clarity and steadiness on the path to Śiva (Pati).
By prescribing mūla-vidyā with homa, it emphasizes Saguna Śiva worship through mantra and ritual action, which steadies devotion and purifies karmic impressions—supporting Linga-upāsanā as a practical means of śānti.
A Śiva-mantra homa using the Root-Mantra (mūla-vidyā), with 100, 50, or 25 oblations for doṣa-śānti; it also implies accompanying mantra-japa with focused remembrance of Śiva.