Shiva Purana — Vidyesvara Samhita, Shloka 6
Śiva-Naivedya-Grāhyatā-Nirṇayaḥ
On the Proper Acceptance and Merit of Śiva’s Consecrated Food-Offering
यद्गृहे शिवनैवेद्यप्रचारोपि प्रजायते । तद्गृहं पावनं सर्वमन्यपावनकारणम्
yadgṛhe śivanaivedyapracāropi prajāyate | tadgṛhaṃ pāvanaṃ sarvamanyapāvanakāraṇam
ਜਿਸ ਘਰ ਵਿੱਚ ਸ਼ਿਵ-ਨੈਵੇਦ੍ਯ ਦੀ ਅਰਪਣਾ ਅਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਸਾਦ ਦੀ ਵੰਡ ਵੀ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ, ਉਹ ਘਰ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਪਾਵਨ ਹੋ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਹੋਰਨਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਵੀ ਪਵਿੱਤਰ ਕਰਨ ਦਾ ਕਾਰਨ ਬਣਦਾ ਹੈ।
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Sthala Purana: Household sanctification motif: where Śiva-prasāda circulates, that space becomes a purifier of others—akin to a micro-kṣetra created by devotion.
Significance: Encourages gṛhastha-bhakti: the home becomes a tīrtha-like locus through distribution of Śiva-prasāda (community uplift).
Role: nurturing
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It teaches that a home becomes spiritually sanctified when Śiva is worshipped through consecrated offerings, and that such sanctity naturally radiates outward, uplifting and purifying others as well.
Naivedya is a key act of Saguna worship—offering to Śiva (often to the Śiva-liṅga) with devotion—after which the offering becomes prasāda, embodying Śiva’s grace that purifies the worshipper and the household.
Perform Śiva-pūjā with naivedya, then reverently distribute the consecrated food as Śiva-prasāda; do so with mantra-remembrance (e.g., “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) and a pure, devotional attitude.