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Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 34

पञ्चाक्षरमाहात्म्यम् / The Greatness of the Pañcākṣarī (Five-Syllable) Mantra

Devanagari script

आदायाभ्यंतरं नीत्वा ह्यस्त्रमुद्वासयेत्ततः । प्रदक्षिणादिकं कृत्वा यथापूर्वोदितं क्रमात्

Transliteration

ādāyābhyaṃtaraṃ nītvā hyastramudvāsayettataḥ | pradakṣiṇādikaṃ kṛtvā yathāpūrvoditaṃ kramāt

Translation

供具を取り内へと運び入れたのち、招来した神威たるアストラ（astra）を正式に送還する作法（ウドヴァーサナ）を行うべきである。次いでプラダクシナー（右繞）などの結了の作法を修し、先に説かれたとおりの順序に従って進めよ。

Word by Word
आदायhaving taken
आदाय:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआ-दा (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): ‘having taken’
अभ्यन्तरम्to the interior; inside
अभ्यन्तरम्:
Gati/Karma (गति/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअभ्यन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; गत्यर्थे—‘inside (to the interior)’
नीत्वाhaving brought
नीत्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनी (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): ‘having led/brought’
हिindeed
हि:
Nipāta (निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), बल/हेतुबोधक (emphasis/indeed)
अस्त्रम्the (ritual) weapon/mantra-weapon (astra)
अस्त्रम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (n.), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन
उद्वासयेत्should dismiss (ritually)
उद्वासयेत्:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउद्-वासय् (धातु; causative of वस्/वास)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; हेतुमति/णिच् (causative): ‘should dismiss/expel’
ततःthen
ततः:
Anukrama (अनुक्रम)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः (अव्यय)
Formक्रम/अपादानवाचक अव्यय (then; thereafter)
प्रदक्षिण-आदिकम्circumambulation and the like
प्रदक्षिण-आदिकम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: प्रदक्षिणा आदिः यस्य/प्रदक्षिणादि (etc. beginning with circumambulation)
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund): ‘having done’
यथाas; according to
यथा:
Prakāra (प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा (अव्यय)
Formप्रकारवाचक अव्यय (as; according to)
पूर्व-उदितम्previously stated
पूर्व-उदितम्:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + उदित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः: पूर्वं उदितम् (previously stated)
क्रमात्in order; sequentially
क्रमात्:
Prakāra (प्रकार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootक्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (m.) पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे—‘in due order/step by step’ (ablative used adverbially)
Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Īśāna

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: The ‘udvāsana’ (formal withdrawal) underscores that the Lord is not confined to the rite; it trains the worshipper to recognize Śiva’s transcendence beyond invoked forms.

Characters & Entities
S
Shiva

FAQs

It teaches ritual mindfulness and inner discipline: divine presence is invoked with reverence and then respectfully withdrawn, so worship ends in orderliness, purity, and steadiness of mind—qualities that support Shaiva Siddhanta’s path of grace and liberation.

In linga worship, protective mantras and sanctifying rites are performed around the Saguna form; this verse emphasizes the proper completion—dismissing the protective astra and offering pradakṣiṇa—so the devotee seals the worship with devotion and correct procedure.

Conclude puja by withdrawing invoked mantra-forces (udvāsana), then perform pradakṣiṇa and other closing acts in the prescribed sequence—an outward ritual that mirrors inward recollection and calm completion of japa or dhyāna.

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