Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 133
पञ्चावरणमार्गस्थं योगेश्वरस्तोत्रम्
Pañcāvaraṇa-mārga Stotra to Yogeśvara Śiva
शिवप्रियः शिवासक्तः शिवपादार्चने रतः । शिवस्याज्ञां पुरस्कृत्य स मे दिशतु मंगलम्
śivapriyaḥ śivāsaktaḥ śivapādārcane rataḥ | śivasyājñāṃ puraskṛtya sa me diśatu maṃgalam
សូមព្រះអង្គ—ជាទីស្រឡាញ់របស់ព្រះសិវៈ ស្មោះស្នេហ៍ចំពោះព្រះសិវៈ រវល់ជានិច្ចក្នុងការបូជាព្រះបាទព្រះសិវៈ ហើយដាក់ព្រះបញ្ជារបស់ព្រះសិវៈជាមុខ—ប្រទានមង្គលដល់ខ្ញុំ។
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: Auspiciousness (maṅgala) through śivabhakti, śivājñā-anusaraṇa, and pādārcana; aligns the paśu toward anugraha by cultivating śaraṇāgati.
Mantra: śivapriyaḥ śivāsaktaḥ śivapādārcane rataḥ | śivasyājñāṃ puraskṛtya sa me diśatu maṃgalam
Type: stotra
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
The verse praises the Shaiva ideal of bhakti: one who loves Śiva, clings to Śiva alone, and worships Śiva’s feet while prioritizing Śiva’s command becomes a channel of maṅgala (auspicious grace) for the devotee—pointing to Pati’s grace loosening pāśa (bondage) for the paśu (soul).
“Worship of Śiva’s feet” implies concrete saguna-upāsanā through pūjā/arcana—commonly performed to the Śiva-liṅga as Śiva’s manifest support—where devotion and obedience to Śiva’s ordinance are treated as the heart of effective worship.
Regular Śiva-pūjā (arcana) with a devotional attitude—mentally placing Śiva’s ājñā first—along with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) as a daily discipline to invite maṅgala.