Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 66

पूजास्थानशुद्धिः पात्रशोधनं च — Purification of the Worship-Space and Preparation of Ritual Vessels

Devanagari script

प्रदक्षिणं प्रणामं च स्तवं चात्मसमर्पणम् । विज्ञापनं च कार्याणां कुर्याद्विनयपूर्वकम्

Transliteration

pradakṣiṇaṃ praṇāmaṃ ca stavaṃ cātmasamarpaṇam | vijñāpanaṃ ca kāryāṇāṃ kuryādvinayapūrvakam

Translation

Dengan penuh rendah hati, hendaklah seseorang melakukan pradakṣiṇa (mengelilingi suci) dan sujud hormat, mempersembahkan kidung pujian, menyerahkan diri sepenuhnya, lalu memohon serta menyampaikan hajat tentang tugas dan keperluannya kepada Dewa Śiva.

Word by Word

• प्रदक्षिणम्: circumambulation
• प्रदक्षिणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• प्रणामम्: prostration
• प्रणामम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• स्तवम्: hymn/praise
• स्तवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• आत्म-समर्पणम्: self-surrender
• आत्म-समर्पणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक) + समर्पण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (आत्मनः समर्पणम्)

• विज्ञापनम्: petition/request
• विज्ञापनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विज्ञापन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• कार्याणाम्: of duties/acts to be done
• कार्याणाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• विनय-पूर्वकम्: with humility/respectfully
• विनय-पूर्वकम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विनय (प्रातिपदिक) + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास (विनयेन पूर्वम्/विनयपूर्वकम् = adverbial); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: General conclusion of worship: pradakṣiṇā, praṇāma, stava, ātma-samarpaṇa, and vijñāpana (humble petition). This is a universal closure pattern in Śiva pūjā rather than a site legend.

Significance: Frames devotion as surrender (śaraṇāgati) and aligns personal duties (kārya) with divine will; considered especially efficacious for receiving guidance and removal of obstacles.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that approach to Śiva must be grounded in vinaya (humility): devotion expressed through reverence (pradakṣiṇā, praṇāma), praise (stava), and the inner act of self-surrender—only then should one place worldly or dharmic requests before the Lord.

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

These are classic upacāras of Saguna worship: circumambulating and bowing before the Liṅga, reciting stotras, and offering oneself in devotion. The verse frames petitions not as demands, but as surrendered offerings to the Lord who is Pati (the gracious master).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform pradakṣiṇā and full praṇāma, recite a Śiva-stotra (or the Pañcākṣarī ‘Om Namaḥ Śivāya’), cultivate ātma-samarpaṇa in meditation, and then make your request with humility—especially appropriate in daily Śiva-pūjā and Mahāśivarātri observance.