Shloka 37

पार्थिवार्चाविधिः | Pārthivārcā-vidhi

Procedure for the Earthen Liṅga Worship

Devanagari script

ततः पंचाण्गपाठं च कुर्य्याद्वेदविचक्षणः । देवागात्विति मंत्रेण कुर्याच्छंभोर्विसर्जनम्

Transliteration

tataḥ paṃcāṇgapāṭhaṃ ca kuryyādvedavicakṣaṇaḥ | devāgātviti maṃtreṇa kuryācchaṃbhorvisarjanam

Translation

അതിനുശേഷം വേദവിചക്ഷണൻ പഞ്ചാംഗപാഠം നടത്തണം. പിന്നെ “ദേവാഗാത്…” എന്നു ആരംഭിക്കുന്ന മന്ത്രംകൊണ്ട് ശംഭുവിനെ വിധിപൂർവ്വം വിസർജന ചെയ്യണം.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/अनुक्रमार्थक (thereafter/from that)

• pañca-aṅga-pāṭham: the pañcāṅga recitation
• pañca-aṅga-pāṭham: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + pāṭha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (‘five-limbed’ + ‘recitation’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचनम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• kuryāt: should do/perform
• kuryāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• veda-vicakṣaṇaḥ: the Veda-expert
• veda-vicakṣaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + vicakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (कर्ता), एकवचनम्

• devāgāt-iti: (the mantra) ‘devāgāt’ thus
• devāgāt-iti: Sambandha-bodhaka (सम्बन्धबोधक)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: devāgāt (पद/उक्ति) + iti (अव्यय)
• Form: उक्तिसूचक ‘iti’ सहितं मन्त्रपद-निर्देशः; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः

• mantreṇa: with the mantra
• mantreṇa: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), एकवचनम्

• kuryāt: should perform
• kuryāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• śambhoḥ: of Śambhu (Śiva)
• śambhoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śambhu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचनम्

• visarjanam: dismissal/ritual sending-off
• visarjanam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: visarjana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचनम्

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: "devāgāt" (opening of an āvāhana/visarjana formula; full pada not quoted here)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Shiva-worship is not only invocation but also a reverent completion—ending the rite with prescribed recitations and a formal visarjana, honoring Śiva as Pati who is approached through disciplined devotion.

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

In Saguna worship of Śambhu in the Liṅga, the devotee ritually invites the Lord’s presence and then concludes properly; visarjana safeguards the sanctity and completeness of the pūjā while affirming Shiva’s transcendence beyond the ritual form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform pañcāṅga-pāṭha (fivefold auxiliary recitation) and then conclude the worship with the “devāgāt…” mantra as a formal visarjana of Lord Śambhu.