Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 24

Maṇḍala–Pūjā–Homa Krama

Maṇḍala Worship and Homa Sequence for the Disciple

Devanagari script

ततः प्रतिष्ठामावाह्य कृत्वाशेषं पुरोदितम् । तद्व्याप्तिं व्यापिकां तस्य वागीशानीं च भावयेत्

Transliteration

tataḥ pratiṣṭhāmāvāhya kṛtvāśeṣaṃ puroditam | tadvyāptiṃ vyāpikāṃ tasya vāgīśānīṃ ca bhāvayet

Translation

അനന്തരം പ്രതിഷ്ഠാശക്തിയെ ആവാഹനം ചെയ്ത്, മുൻപറഞ്ഞ എല്ലാ വിധികളും പൂർത്തിയാക്കി, ആ ദേവത/മണ്ഡലം/ലിംഗത്തിൽ വ്യാപിച്ചിരിക്കുന്ന സർവ്വവ്യാപിനീ ശക്തിയെയും, അവിടെയേ പവിത്ര വാക്കിന്റെ അധീശ്വരിയായ വാഗീശാനിയെയും ധ്യാനിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (प्रातिपदिक/अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) of sequence; meaning 'thereafter'

• pratiṣṭhām: the consecration/establishment (Pratiṣṭhā)
• pratiṣṭhām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratiṣṭhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā vibhakti (2nd/द्वितीया), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• āvāhya: having invoked
• āvāhya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√vah (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), 'āvāhya' (ल्यप्) = having invoked; upasarga ā-

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त), 'kṛtvā' = having done/made

• aśeṣam: entire, without remainder
• aśeṣam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग) or Napuṃsakaliṅga usage; Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; used adjectivally qualifying 'puroditam' = entire/without remainder

• puroditam: previously stated/prescribed (procedure)
• puroditam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: purodita (प्रातिपदिक; from puro- + √vad/√diś? as past passive participle sense 'previously stated')
• Form: Kṛdanta: Past Passive Participle (कृत/क्त), Napuṃsakaliṅga (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; 'previously prescribed/said'

• tad: that/its
• tad: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma (सर्वनाम), genitive relation in compound with vyāpti; here as first member of compound 'tadvyāptim' meaning 'its/pervading'

• vyāptim: pervasion
• vyāptim: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyāpti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; object of bhāvayet

• vyāpikām: all-pervading
• vyāpikām: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyāpikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; adjective qualifying 'vyāptim' = all-pervading

• tasya: of him/of that
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Sarvanāma, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (6th/षष्ठी), Ekavacana

• vāgīśānīm: Vāgīśānī (mistress of speech)
• vāgīśānīm: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāgīśānī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; proper name/title (Goddess)

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

• bhāvayet: should contemplate/bring into being
• bhāvayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु) / causative √bhāv (णिजन्त)
• Form: Verb (तिङन्त), Causative (णिजन्त) from √bhū; Vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्/optative), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s ritual-philosophical teaching as transmitted in the Vāyavīyasaṃhitā)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Lalitā

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Shakti
• Vagishani

FAQs

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

It teaches that after external ritual completion, the core act is inner contemplation: realizing the deity as pervading (vyāpti) and as inseparable from Śakti, especially the power of sacred speech that makes mantra effective.

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

It frames liṅga-worship as more than offering and installation: the worshipper must meditate that the consecrated liṅga is permeated by the divine presence and empowered by Śakti, making Saguna worship a doorway to the all-pervading reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

After performing the prescribed pūjā and pratiṣṭhā, practice dhyāna: visualize the deity’s pervasion in the object of worship and contemplate Vāgīśānī as the mantra-śakti guiding correct recitation and inward absorption.