Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 24
शिवाचार्याभिषेकविधिः / Rite of Consecrating a Śiva-Teacher (Śivācārya Abhiṣeka)
हुत्वा मंत्रन्तु संतर्प्य संदीप्याशास्य चेश्वरम् । समर्प्य मंत्रं शिष्यस्य पाणौ शेषं समापयेत्
hutvā maṃtrantu saṃtarpya saṃdīpyāśāsya ceśvaram | samarpya maṃtraṃ śiṣyasya pāṇau śeṣaṃ samāpayet
हवन करून, मंत्रदेवतेला तृप्त करून, अग्नी प्रज्वलित करून व ईश्वराचे आवाहन-प्रसादन करून, आचार्याने शिष्याच्या हातात मंत्र समर्पित करावा; मग उरलेली कर्मे पूर्ण करावीत।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Role: teaching
FAQs
It teaches that mantra is not mere sound but Śiva’s living power; only after propitiating the mantra and Īśvara through disciplined rite does the guru transmit it, making the disciple fit for grace (anugraha) and liberation.
The verse describes a formal Shaiva ritual setting—fire, invocation, and offering—by which Saguna worship (approaching Śiva as Īśvara) sanctifies the disciple, so the mantra becomes a direct means to realize Śiva beyond form.
It indicates mantra-dīkṣā with homa: kindle the sacred fire, offer oblations, invoke and propitiate Śiva, then ceremonially hand the mantra to the disciple—followed by completing the remaining prescribed observances.