Shloka 61

उमास्वयंवरः / भवोद्वाहः, गणसमागमः, अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यम्, तथा विनायक-उत्पत्तिसूचना

Devanagari script

आनीतान्विष्णुना विप्रान् सम्पूज्य विविधैर्वरैः त्रिश् च तं ज्वलनं देवं कारयित्वा प्रदक्षिणम्

Transliteration

ānītānviṣṇunā viprān sampūjya vividhairvaraiḥ triś ca taṃ jvalanaṃ devaṃ kārayitvā pradakṣiṇam

Translation

വിഷ്ണുവാൽ കൊണ്ടുവന്ന ബ്രാഹ്മണ ഋഷിമാരെ വരുത്തി, പലവിധ ശ്രേഷ്ഠ ദാനങ്ങളാൽ അവരെ സമ്യക്പൂജിച്ച്, തുടർന്ന് ജ്വലിക്കുന്ന അഗ്നിദേവനെ മൂന്നു പ്രാവശ്യം ഭക്തിപൂർവ്വം പ്രദക്ഷിണം ചെയ്യിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• आनीतान् (ānītān): brought/escorted here

• विष्णुना (viṣṇunā): by Viṣṇu

• विप्रान् (viprān): Brahmins, seers

• सम्पूज्य (sampūjya): having duly worshipped/honored

• विविधैः (vividhaiḥ): with various

• वरैः (varaiḥ): excellent gifts/boons

• त्रिः (triḥ): three times

• च (ca): and

• तम् (tam): that

• ज्वलनम् (jvalanam): blazing one, Fire (Agni)

• देवम् (devam): deity

• कारयित्वा (kārayitvā): having caused to be done/arranged

• प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam): circumambulation (clockwise reverential circuit)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Agni

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It frames Shaiva worship as inseparable from Vedic dharma: honoring vipras (custodians of mantra) and performing pradakṣiṇā, here linked with the sacred fire (Agni) that carries offerings in rituals supporting Linga-pūjā.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Indirectly, it points to Śiva as Pati who is approached through ordered sacred acts—respect to the learned (vipras) and reverence to Agni—showing that Shiva-tattva is honored via purity, right conduct, and consecrated ritual movement (pradakṣiṇā).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse highlights pradakṣiṇā (clockwise circumambulation) performed three times, a core pūjā-vidhi act that can also be internalized in Pāśupata discipline as repeated reverential turning of attention toward the Pati (Lord) and away from pāśa (bondage).