Shloka 3

शिवध्यानपूजनवर्णनम्

Description of Śiva Meditation and Worship

Devanagari script

अभ्यर्च्य गन्धपुष्पाद्यैः प्रणवेन च सप्तधा । अभिमंत्र्य ततस्तस्मिन्धेनुमुद्रां प्रदर्शयेत्

Transliteration

abhyarcya gandhapuṣpādyaiḥ praṇavena ca saptadhā | abhimaṃtrya tatastasmindhenumudrāṃ pradarśayet

Translation

ក្រោយពេលបានបូជាដោយគ្រឿងក្រអូប ផ្កា និងវត្ថុផ្សេងៗ ដោយសមរម្យ ហើយធ្វើពិធីជាប្រាំពីរដងដោយព្រណវៈ (Oṁ) រួច ចូរធ្វើអភិមន្ត្រ (abhimantra) ដើម្បីបរិសុទ្ធវា។ បន្ទាប់មក ក្នុងពិធីបូជានោះឯង ចូរបង្ហាញ «ធេនុមុទ្រា» (Dhenumudrā) ជាមុទ្រាសញ្ញាពិធី។

Word by Word

• अभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped
• अभ्यर्च्य: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), absolutive/gerund; ‘having worshipped’

• गन्ध-पुष्प-आद्यैः: with incense, flowers, etc.
• गन्ध-पुष्प-आद्यैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समाहार/तत्पुरुष-समास (‘गन्धपुष्पादि’ = incense, flowers, etc.); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• प्रणवेन: with the praṇava (Oṃ)
• प्रणवेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/अन्वय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• सप्तधा: sevenfold, in seven ways
• सप्तधा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सप्तधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner)

• अभिमन्त्र्य: having recited mantra over (it)
• अभिमन्त्र्य: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√मन्त्र् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (अव्ययकृदन्त), absolutive/gerund; ‘having consecrated/enchanted (by mantra)’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमसूचक (adverb)

• तस्मिन्: in that (place/object)
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; Locative, Singular (pronoun)

• धेनु-मुद्राम्: the dhenu-mudrā (cow-gesture)
• धेनु-मुद्राम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धेनु (प्रातिपदिक) + मुद्रा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘धेनोः मुद्रा’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; feminine, Accusative, Singular

• प्रदर्शयेत्: should display
• प्रदर्शयेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-√दृश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; Optative, 3rd person, Singular; परस्मैपद (causative sense ‘make show’)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Kailāsasaṃhitā’s prescribed method of Shiva-worship to the sages)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: ॐ (प्रणव)

Type: panchakshara

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It teaches that Shiva-worship becomes inwardly effective when offerings are joined with Praṇava-recitation and mantra-consecration—uniting external pūjā with inner awareness of Pati (Shiva) as the supreme consciousness.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

The verse describes a concrete pūjā-sequence—offerings (gandha, puṣpa), Praṇava used ritually, and mudrā—typical of Saguna Shiva/Linga worship, where sacred gestures and mantras ‘seal’ the rite as an invocation of Shiva’s present grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform Linga-pūjā with flowers and fragrance, recite Oṁ in a sevenfold manner, consecrate the act with mantra, and use Dhenumudrā as a protective/auspicious ritual seal during the worship.