Shloka 33
Śiva-Pūjākramaḥ — The Procedural Order of Shiva Worship
Pañcāvaraṇa & Upacāras
एतन्मण्डलमद्भुतं परशिवाधिष्ठान रूपं सदावेदान्तार्थविचारपूर्णमतिभिः पूज्यं यतीन्द्रैः परम् । वेदादिप्रविभागकल्पितमहाकाशादिनाप्यावृतन्त्वत्संतोषकरं तथास्तु जगतां श्रेयस्करं श्रीप्रदम्
etanmaṇḍalamadbhutaṃ paraśivādhiṣṭhāna rūpaṃ sadāvedāntārthavicārapūrṇamatibhiḥ pūjyaṃ yatīndraiḥ param | vedādipravibhāgakalpitamahākāśādināpyāvṛtantvatsaṃtoṣakaraṃ tathāstu jagatāṃ śreyaskaraṃ śrīpradam
हे अद्भुत मण्डल परशिवाचे अधिष्ठान-रूप आहे. वेदान्तार्थ-विचाराने सदैव परिपूर्ण बुद्धी असलेल्या यतीन्द्रांना ते परम पूज्य आहे. वेदविभागांनी कल्पिलेल्या महाकाशादीने वेढलेले असले तरी, हे प्रभो, ते तुला संतोष देओ; आणि जगताचे कल्याण करणारे व श्री-प्रद ठरो.
Suta Goswami (narrating the Kailasa Samhita discourse to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
Offering: dhupa
Cosmic Event: Implied cosmological enclosure: mahākāśa and tattva-categories ‘cover’ the maṇḍala—an allusion to the veiling structure of manifested principles.
FAQs
It praises a sacred maṇḍala as Paramaśiva’s adhiṣṭhāna (abiding seat), indicating that contemplative worship joined with right inquiry (vicāra) leads to śreyas—liberating good—by turning the mind toward Pati (Shiva) beyond limiting categories.
A maṇḍala functions like a sanctified support (ālambana) for devotion and meditation—akin to the Śiva-liṅga—through which the worshipper approaches Saguna worship while recognizing the ground as Paramaśiva, the transcendent reality behind all forms.
Meditate on the maṇḍala as Shiva’s adhiṣṭhāna, offer mental worship (mānasa-pūjā) with mantra-japa (especially the Panchakshara, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), and conclude with a prayer that the worship be pleasing to Shiva and bring śreyas to all beings.