Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 60
पुष्पार्पण-विनिर्णयः
Determination of Flower-Offerings to Śiva
प्रस्थानां च तथा चैकं शंखपुष्पसमुद्भवम् । प्रोक्तं व्यासेन लक्षं हि सूक्ष्ममानप्रदर्शिना
prasthānāṃ ca tathā caikaṃ śaṃkhapuṣpasamudbhavam | proktaṃ vyāsena lakṣaṃ hi sūkṣmamānapradarśinā
സൂക്ഷ്മമായ അളവുകളും വെളിപ്പെടുത്തുന്ന വ്യാസൻ പ്രസ്താവിച്ചു: ‘ലക്ഷ’ എന്നത് ഒരൊറ്റ ഘടകമാണ്; അത് ‘പ്രസ്ഥ’ അളവിലും ശംഖപുഷ്പാധാരിത കണക്കിലും നിന്നു ഉദ്ഭവിച്ചതാണ്.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana’s account, citing Vyasa’s standard of measures)
Tattva Level: pashu
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It emphasizes that the Purana transmits not only devotion but also precise, subtle standards—showing that Shiva’s creation is ordered and intelligible, and that scriptural knowledge is meant to be exact as well as sacred.
By grounding narration in exact measures and recognized standards, it supports disciplined worship (vidhi) of Saguna Shiva—where offerings, counts, and ritual proportions are traditionally regulated by authoritative scriptural reckoning.
The takeaway is disciplined japa and observance: keep accurate counts (saṅkhyā) in mantra repetition and maintain measured, consistent ritual practice—an attitude aligned with Shaiva vidhi even when specific items like rudrākṣa or bhasma are not named in this verse.