Shloka 36

आवरणपूजावर्णनम् (Āvaraṇa-pūjā-varṇanam) — Description of Enclosure/Layered Worship

Devanagari script

स्थित्वासने समभ्यर्च्य देवं नामाष्टकेन च । साधु वासाधु वा कर्म यद्यदाचरितं मया

Transliteration

sthitvāsane samabhyarcya devaṃ nāmāṣṭakena ca | sādhu vāsādhu vā karma yadyadācaritaṃ mayā

Translation

യോഗ്യമായ ആസനത്തിൽ ഇരുന്ന് നാമാഷ്ടകത്തോടെ ദേവനെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം ആരാധിക്കണം. എനിക്കാൽ ചെയ്ത ഏതു കര്‍മ്മവും—നല്ലതോ തെറ്റോ—അത് (എല്ലാം) അവന്റെ പാദങ്ങളിൽ സമർപ്പിതമാകട്ടെ.

Word by Word

• sthitvā: having sat/settled
• sthitvā: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (स्था धातु) + sthitvā (क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having stood/remained’

• āsane: on the seat
• āsane: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āsana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• samabhyarcya: having worshipped
• samabhyarcya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-abhi-arc (अर्च् धातु) + samabhyarcya (ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having duly worshipped’

• devam: the deity
• devam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• nāma-aṣṭakena: with the set of eight names
• nāma-aṣṭakena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nāman (प्रातिपदिक) + aṣṭaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (नाम्नाम् अष्टकम् = eight names); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• sādhu: well / rightly
• sādhu: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sādhu (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्यय (adverb: well/virtuously)

• vā: or
• vā: Vikalpa (विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (disjunctive particle: or)

• asādhu: ill / wrongly
• asādhu: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: asādhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्यय (adverb: badly/wrongly)

• vā: or
• vā: Vikalpa (विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक अव्यय (or)

• karma: deed/action
• karma: Karta/Topic (कर्ता/विषय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• yat: whatever
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; यद्-तद् सम्बन्धे

• yat: whatever
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध; relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-बलार्थ

• ācaritam: done/practiced
• ācaritam: Karma/Predicate (कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-car (चर् धातु) + ācarita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘आचरित’ = practiced/done

• mayā: by me
• mayā: Karta (कर्ता; agent expressed instrumentally)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Kailasa teachings to the sages, conveying a liturgical confession within Shiva-worship procedure)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Frames pūjā as inner rectification: seated worship with nāmāṣṭaka and moral self-audit (good/bad karma) offered for purification—typical of Śaiva Siddhānta stress on grace removing pāśa (bondage).

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches Shaiva surrender: after worshipping Shiva with devotion, the seeker places all deeds—virtuous or faulty—before Pati (Shiva), seeking purification through His grace rather than egoic self-justification.

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

The verse fits Saguna upasana: seated properly and performing archana with Shiva’s names, the devotee approaches the Linga/Deva as the compassionate Lord who receives offerings and absolves impurities, leading the soul toward higher realization.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Sit in an āsana, perform Shiva-archana using an eight-name hymn (nāmāṣṭaka), and conclude with a confessional surrender—mentally offering all actions to Shiva as a purifying act (bhakti with prayāścitta-bhāva).