Shloka 57

Pāśupata-vrata Māhātmya: Dvādaśa-Liṅga Mahāvrata, Month-wise Dravya, and Pūjā-krama

Devanagari script

सम्पूज्य पूज्यं विधिनैवमीशं प्रणम्य मूर्ध्ना सह भृत्यपुत्रैः व्यपोहनं नाम जपेत्स्तवं च प्रदक्षिणं कृत्य शिवं प्रयत्नात्

Transliteration

sampūjya pūjyaṃ vidhinaivamīśaṃ praṇamya mūrdhnā saha bhṛtyaputraiḥ vyapohanaṃ nāma japetstavaṃ ca pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtya śivaṃ prayatnāt

Translation

定められた作法により、礼拝されるべき主イーシャを正しく供養し、侍者と子らを伴って頭を垂れて礼拝したのち、「ヴ்யパーホナ」と名づけられた讃歌を熱心に誦すべきである。さらに慎み深くプラダクシナー（右繞）を行い、不断の精進をもってシヴァを礼拝せよ。

Word by Word

• सम्पूज्य: having worshipped well/completely

• पूज्यं: the One worthy of worship

• विधिना एव: according to the (scriptural) method alone

• ईशं: the Lord, Īśa (Śiva)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed

• मूर्ध्ना: with the head (in prostration)

• सह: together with

• भृत्यपुत्रैः: with servants/attendants and sons

• व्यपोहनं नाम: named ‘Vyapohana’

• जपेत्: should recite/chant

• स्तवं च: and the hymn (stotra) too

• प्रदक्षिणं: circumambulation

• कृत्वा: having done

• शिवं: Śiva

• प्रयत्नात्: with effort/earnestly.

Speaker

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

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It codifies core pillars of Linga-puja—vidhi-based worship, śirasā namaskāra (bowing with the head), stotra-japa (Vyapohana), and pradakṣiṇā—showing that devotion becomes siddhi-oriented when performed with disciplined effort.

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

Śiva is presented as Īśa and “Pūjya”—the Pati (Lord) who is intrinsically worthy of worship; the devotee (pashu) approaches Him through reverent surrender and regulated practice, loosening pasha (bondage) via mantra-stotra and embodied reverence.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Stotra-japa of the Vyapohana hymn and pradakṣiṇā are highlighted as disciplined upāsanā; the emphasis on prayatna aligns with Pāśupata-style sādhana where repeated recitation and ritual movement refine attention toward Śiva.