Shloka 36
Ekādaśāhna-vidhiḥ (The Rite Prescribed for the Eleventh Day): Maṇḍala-racanā, Āvāhana, Mudrā, and Ativāhika-devatā Pūjā
गोमयेनोपलिप्यात्र दर्भान्प्रागग्रकल्पितान् । आस्तीर्य्य संयतप्राणः पिण्डानां च प्रदानकम्
gomayenopalipyātra darbhānprāgagrakalpitān | āstīryya saṃyataprāṇaḥ piṇḍānāṃ ca pradānakam
അവിടെ ഗോമയത്തോടെ സ്ഥലം ലേപിച്ച്, കിഴക്കോട്ടു മുനകളുള്ള ദർഭ പായിച്ച്; തുടർന്ന് പ്രാണം നിയന്ത്രിച്ച്, ശാന്തചിത്തത്തോടെ പിണ്ഡപ്രദാനം ചെയ്യണം.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga passage; it prescribes preparatory purity for a piṇḍa-offering within a Śaiva rite, aligning śrāddha-like acts with Śiva’s grace toward bound souls.
Significance: Merit through śuddhi (ritual purity) and correct saṃskāra-performance, understood as supportive to Śiva-bhakti and ancestral uplift.
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It teaches that outer purity (gomaya, darbha) should be joined with inner purity (saṃyata-prāṇa) so ritual action becomes sattvic and supportive of dharma and spiritual upliftment under Shiva’s grace.
Kailasa Samhita frames disciplined ritual conduct as part of Saguna Shiva-oriented practice—purifying the worship-space and steadying the prāṇa so offerings are made with reverence, order, and devotion (bhakti) to Shiva’s sacred presence.
Prepare a purified altar-area with gomaya, lay darbha with tips eastward, and perform the offering with regulated breath (a simple prāṇāyāma-like restraint) and mental steadiness while giving the piṇḍas.