Shloka 84
पार्थिवप्रतिमापूजाविधानम्
Pārthiva-pratimā Pūjā-vidhāna — Procedure for Worship of an Earthen Icon
मेलने च शनैर्वापि तावत्साहस्रमाचरेत् । जन्मनैवेद्यदानेन जन्मार्पणफलं लभेत्
melane ca śanairvāpi tāvatsāhasramācaret | janmanaivedyadānena janmārpaṇaphalaṃ labhet
പവിത്ര മേളനസമയത്ത് (ദർശനം/ലിംഗസംഗമത്തിൽ) പതുക്കെയായാലും ഒരുമിച്ചായാലും, അത് ആയിരം പ്രാവശ്യം ആചരിക്കണം. ജന്മത്തെ നൈവേദ്യമായി അർപ്പിച്ചാൽ ‘ജന്മാർപ്പണം’ എന്ന ഫലം ലഭിക്കും.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Vidyeshvara teachings to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Umāpati
Significance: Repeated ‘melana’ (approach/meeting with Śiva or His liṅga) and the inner act of offering one’s embodied existence as naivedya is framed as a direct means to sanctify human birth and orient it toward liberation.
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It teaches that steady repetition in Shiva-worship—done gradually or intensely—matures devotion, and that dedicating one’s embodied life (janma) to Shiva transforms ordinary birth into a consecrated spiritual offering, yielding purifying merit and Shiva’s grace.
The ‘meeting’ implies approaching Shiva through His accessible Saguna form—especially the Shiva Linga—where repeated acts of puja and offering (naivedya) become a disciplined path of surrender, aligning the devotee’s life with Pati (Shiva) rather than bondage (pāśa).
It suggests repeated performance (up to a thousand times) of a Shiva-oriented act—such as Linga-puja with naivedya, japa of the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya), or repeated devotional offerings—done either steadily over time or in concentrated observance.