Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 53

पाशुपतव्रतविधिः | The Procedure of the Supreme Pāśupata Vow

Devanagari script

अथावरणपूजांते संपूज्य परमेश्वरम् । साज्यं सव्यं जनं हृद्यं हविर्भक्त्या निवेदयेत्

Transliteration

athāvaraṇapūjāṃte saṃpūjya parameśvaram | sājyaṃ savyaṃ janaṃ hṛdyaṃ havirbhaktyā nivedayet

Translation

Então, ao término da āvaraṇa-pūjā (o culto ao séquito divino), tendo honrado plenamente o Senhor Supremo, deve-se oferecer com devoção o havis—agradável e deleitoso ao coração—junto com ghee.

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (then/thereafter)

• आवरणपूजान्ते: at the end of the enclosure-worship
• आवरणपूजान्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवरणपूजान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (अन्त-शब्द), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; समासः आवरणस्य पूजा इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष + अन्ते (locative: ‘at the end of’)

• संपूज्य: having fully worshipped
• संपूज्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम् + √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वा-समकक्ष-अव्यय (absolutive), ‘having duly worshipped’

• परमेश्वरम्: the Supreme Lord
• परमेश्वरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः परमः ईश्वरः इति कर्मधारय

• साज्यम्: with ghee
• साज्यम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (हविः/जनम् इत्यस्य); ‘सह आज्येन’ इति कर्मधारय

• सव्यम्: auspicious / left-sided
• सव्यम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम्; ‘left/auspicious’

• जनम्: a person (recipient)
• जनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हृद्यम्: pleasing, dear
• हृद्यम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हृद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (जनम् इत्यस्य)

• हविः: oblation
• हविः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हविस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; साधन/भाव (with devotion)

• निवेदयेत्: should offer/present
• निवेदयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि + √विद्/√वेद् (धातु; निवेदयति)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; causative sense in usage ‘to offer/present’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Ritual conclusion (āvaraṇa-pūjā-anta) culminating in direct worship of Parameśvara and offering of havis with ghee—typical of Śaiva pūjā integrating yajña-language.

Significance: Teaches pūjā-sampatti: after honoring parivāra/āvaraṇa, the devotee offers the principal oblation to Śiva; this completion is said to make worship ‘hṛdya’ (heart-pleasing) and conducive to grace.

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that outer ritual completeness (āvaraṇa-pūjā) should culminate in a heartfelt offering to Parameśvara Śiva—devotion (bhakti) is the inner essence that makes the havis spiritually efficacious.

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

After honouring the associated deities/energies around the main shrine (āvaraṇa), the worshipper offers havis to the central Saguna focus—Śiva as Parameśvara—affirming the Linga as the primary seat of grace while the retinue worship supports it.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Conclude the sequence of worship by offering a ghee-accompanied havis with devotion; practically, this aligns with naivedya/homa-style offering while mentally surrendering the act to Śiva as the Lord who accepts the offering and grants purification.