Shloka 63
दशशैवव्रतप्रश्नः — Inquiry into the Ten Principal Śaiva Vratas
अर्घ्यं च बीजपूरेण नैवेद्यं पायसन्तथा । मंत्रावृत्तिस्तु द्विगुणा पूर्वतोऽपि जनार्दन
arghyaṃ ca bījapūreṇa naivedyaṃ pāyasantathā | maṃtrāvṛttistu dviguṇā pūrvato'pi janārdana
Persembahkan arghya dengan buah citron (bījapūra), dan juga hidangkan pāyasa, nasi manis, sebagai naivedya. Dan, wahai Janārdana, ulangan mantra hendaklah dilakukan dua kali ganda daripada sebelumnya.
Suta Goswami (narrating ritual procedure within the Kotirudra Samhita context)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Significance: Connects respectful arghya and naivedya with intensified mantra-japa, framing worship as a disciplined approach to receiving Śiva’s grace.
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It emphasizes disciplined upacāra (ritual service) and intensified mantra-japa—outer offerings (arghya, naivedya) joined to inner repetition—so devotion becomes concentrated and merit-bearing toward Shiva’s grace.
The Linga is honored through concrete upacāras like arghya and naivedya, expressing Saguna worship; doubling the mantra repetition deepens the devotee’s inward alignment with Shiva while serving the visible symbol.
Offer arghya with bījapūra (citron), present pāyasa as naivedya, and increase mantra-japa to twice the prior count—an instruction to strengthen both ritual precision and meditative repetition.