Shloka 86
Umāyāḥ Kriyāyoga-Rahasya
The Esoteric Teaching on Umā’s Kriyāyoga
यस्य गेहे स्थिता चेयं लिखिता ललिताक्षरैः । संपूजिता च विधिवत्सर्वान्कामान्स आप्नुयात्
yasya gehe sthitā ceyaṃ likhitā lalitākṣaraiḥ | saṃpūjitā ca vidhivatsarvānkāmānsa āpnuyāt
この聖なる文が、麗しい文字で書き記されて家に安置され、しかるべき作法により供養されるなら、その人はあらゆる願いを成就する。
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: Domestic preservation and ritual honoring of Śiva-śāstra is treated as a merit-field (puṇya-kṣetra) yielding both dharma-artha-kāma fruits under Śiva’s grace.
Type: stotra
Role: nurturing
Offering: dipa
FAQs
It teaches that reverence to Shaiva revelation—preserving it, keeping it in one’s home, and honoring it ritually—invites Shiva’s grace, aligning worldly aims (dharma-artha-kama) toward the highest good, liberation.
Just as the Linga is worshipped as a saguna support for devotion, the written Shiva Purana is treated as a sacred embodiment of Shiva’s teaching; honoring it is a form of Shiva-bhakti that leads to auspicious results.
Keep the scripture clean and respectfully placed, and perform vidhivat pūjā—such as offering flowers, incense, lamp, and salutations—while remembering Shiva and reciting his names/mantras (e.g., the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”).