Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 20

षडध्व-शुद्धिः

Purification of the Six Adhvans / Sixfold Cosmic Path

Devanagari script

हुत्वा पूर्णाहुतिं तेषां ततः कुर्यात्प्रदीपनम् । ओंकारादनु हुंकारं ततो मूलं फडंतकम्

Transliteration

hutvā pūrṇāhutiṃ teṣāṃ tataḥ kuryātpradīpanam | oṃkārādanu huṃkāraṃ tato mūlaṃ phaḍaṃtakam

Translation

ထိုအမှုများအတွက် ပူဏ္ဏာဟုတိ (နောက်ဆုံးပြည့်စုံသော ဟောမပူဇော်ခြင်း) ကို ဟုတပြီးနောက်၊ ထို့နောက် ပရဒီပန (မီး/ပူဇော်မှုကို ထွန်းညှိခြင်း) ကို ပြုလုပ်ရမည်။ အိုံကာရ (Oṃ) ကို ထုတ်ဆိုပြီးနောက် ဟုṃကာရ (Huṃ) ကို ဆက်ဆိုကာ၊ ထို့နောက် မူလမန္တရကို ကာကွယ်သံ «ဖတ်» (phaṭ) ဖြင့် အဆုံးသတ်၍ သီဝပူဇော်မှု၌ အတည်ပြုကာ အားဖြည့်ရမည်။

Word by Word

• हुत्वा: having offered
• हुत्वा: पूर्वक्रिया (Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund), धातु: हु

• पूर्ण-आहुतिम्: the full oblation
• पूर्ण-आहुतिम्: कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + आहुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (‘complete oblation’)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: सम्बन्ध (Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रम/अपादानार्थ (then/from that)

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: कर्ता-क्रिया (Kriyā/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• प्रदीपनम्: kindling/illumination
• प्रदीपनम्: कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्र-दीप् (धातु) → प्रदीपन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; भाववाचक (act of kindling/illumination)

• ओंकारात्: from Oṃkāra
• ओंकारात्: अपादान (Apādāna/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ओंकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन

• अनु: after
• अनु: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रमवाचक/अनुक्रम (after/following)

• हुंकारम्: the Huṃkāra (syllable huṃ)
• हुंकारम्: कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हुंकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रमवाचक (then)

• मूलम्: the root (mantra)
• मूलम्: कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• फड्-अन्तकम्: ending with ‘phaḍ’
• फड्-अन्तकम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: फड् (अव्यय/बीजाक्षर) + अन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (‘ending with phaḍ’)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Bhairava

Jyotirlinga Context

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 Metadata

Mantra: oṃ … huṃ … (mūla-mantra) … phaṭ

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: destructive

Ritual Elements

Offering: dhupa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

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).

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

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.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

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.