Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 3
मन्त्रसिद्ध्यर्थं गुरुपूजा–आज्ञा–पौरश्चर्यविधिः / Guru-Authorization, Offerings, and Puraścaraṇa for Mantra-Siddhi
उपगम्य गुरुं विप्रमाचार्यं तत्त्ववेदिनम् । जापितं सद्गुणोपेतं ध्यानयोगपरायणम् । तोषयेत्तं प्रयत्नेन भावशुद्धिसमन्वितः । वाचा च मनसा चैव कायेन द्रविणेन च
upagamya guruṃ vipramācāryaṃ tattvavedinam | jāpitaṃ sadguṇopetaṃ dhyānayogaparāyaṇam | toṣayettaṃ prayatnena bhāvaśuddhisamanvitaḥ | vācā ca manasā caiva kāyena draviṇena ca
真理（タットヴァ）を知る成就の婆羅門アーチャーリヤたる師に近づき、弟子は努めて師を歓ばせるべきである。師はジャパに確立し、善き徳を具え、禅定のヨーガに専心する。意の清浄をもって、言葉により、心により、身の奉仕により、また財物の供養によって、精励して師を満足させよ。
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Role: teaching
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It teaches that progress in Shaiva sadhana depends on approaching a true tattva-knowing guru and pleasing him with sincere inner purity, because the guru transmits right knowledge and disciplines the seeker in japa and meditation toward liberation.
In the Shiva Purana, correct Linga-worship and Saguna Shiva upasana are learned through an acharya grounded in mantra-japa and dhyana; serving such a guru safeguards the rites from ego and turns external worship into inward devotion aligned with Shiva-tattva.
The verse highlights japa and dhyana-yoga under a qualified guru, along with guru-seva expressed through respectful speech, mental reverence, physical service, and appropriate offerings.