Shloka 36

व्यपोहनस्तवनिरूपण-प्रसङ्गे नक्तभोजन-शिवव्रतविधिः (वार्षिक-प्रतिमास-क्रमः)

Devanagari script

पौर्णमास्यां घृताद्यैस्तु स्नाप्य पूज्य यथाविधि ब्राह्मणान् भोजयित्वा च श्रोत्रियान् वेदपारगान्

Transliteration

paurṇamāsyāṃ ghṛtādyaistu snāpya pūjya yathāvidhi brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā ca śrotriyān vedapāragān

Translation

Pada hari purnama, setelah memandikan (liṅga suci) dengan ghee dan sejenisnya serta memujanya menurut aturan, hendaknya ia juga menjamu para brāhmaṇa śrotriya yang terlatih dan mahir dalam Veda.

Word by Word

• पौर्णमास्याम्: on the full-moon day (Pūrṇimā)

• घृताद्यैः: with ghee and similar sacred substances

• तु: indeed

• स्नाप्य: having bathed (ritually anointed)

• पूज्य: having worshipped

• यथाविधि: according to prescribed rule

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmanas

• भोजयित्वा: having fed

• च: and

• श्रोत्रियान्: Veda-qualified learned priests (śrotriyas)

• वेदपारगान्: those who have mastered the Vedas (lit. ‘gone beyond the Vedas’).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja and vrata procedure to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahmanas
• Vedas
• Śrotriyas

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It links Linga-abhisheka and proper pūjā with dāna—feeding Veda-qualified śrotriyas—showing that Shiva worship is completed by both devotion to Pati (Shiva) and compassionate support of dharma.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Shiva-tattva is honored through disciplined vidhi (right ritual order) and inner purity; the verse implies that approaching Pati is not merely personal devotion but a dharmic act that loosens pasha through sanctified action and offering.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A Pūrṇimā observance featuring abhiṣeka with ghee-like substances, followed by feeding śrotriya Brahmanas—an external puja-vidhi that supports the sādhaka’s purification (aiding Pāśupata-oriented restraint and sattva).