Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 20
षडध्व-शुद्धिः
Purification of the Six Adhvans / Sixfold Cosmic Path
हुत्वा पूर्णाहुतिं तेषां ततः कुर्यात्प्रदीपनम् । ओंकारादनु हुंकारं ततो मूलं फडंतकम्
hutvā pūrṇāhutiṃ teṣāṃ tataḥ kuryātpradīpanam | oṃkārādanu huṃkāraṃ tato mūlaṃ phaḍaṃtakam
Setelah mempersembahkan pūrṇāhuti, iaitu persembahan penutup yang sempurna bagi upacara-upacara itu, kemudian lakukan pradīpana, menyalakan dan membangkitkan api suci. Sesudah melafazkan Oṃkāra, ikuti dengan Huṃkāra; lalu gunakan mantra akar beserta penutup pelindung “phaṭ”, untuk memeteraikan dan memperkasa pemujaan kepada Śiva.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Bhairava
Jyotirlinga: Oṃkāreśvara
Sthala Purana: The verse’s explicit oṃkāra evokes the Oṃkāreśvara liṅga tradition where Śiva is worshipped as the embodied praṇava; while not a narrative here, the ritual use of Oṃ as priming syllable resonates with that sthala’s praṇava-centered worship.
Significance: Praṇava-centered Śiva-upāsanā; purification and empowerment of rites through Oṃkāra and protective mantra endings.
Mantra: oṃ … huṃ … (mūla-mantra) … phaṭ
Type: stotra
Role: destructive
Offering: dhupa
FAQs
It teaches that Śiva-worship is completed by a conscious “sealing” of the rite: after the final offering, the practitioner invokes sacred sound (Oṃ, Huṃ) and secures the act with the mūla-mantra and ‘phaṭ’, aligning ritual action with Śiva’s protective and liberating power (Pati) over the bound soul (paśu).
In Saguna Śiva worship—especially linga-pūjā and homa—mantras are used to awaken and stabilize the presence of the deity in the ritual field; Oṃ and Huṃ function as invocatory/energizing sounds, while the mūla-mantra and ‘phaṭ’ protect the worship and mark its completion in a Śaiva manner.
It suggests a homa/ritual sequence: offer the pūrṇāhuti, kindle/strengthen the rite, chant Oṃ then Huṃ, and conclude by reciting the Śiva mūla-mantra with ‘phaṭ’ as a protective closure—also applicable as a focused mantra-japa closure in meditation.