Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 28

शिवाश्रम-नित्यनैमित्तिककर्मविधिः / Śaiva Āśrama-Duties: Daily and Occasional Rites

Morning Purity & Bath Procedure

Devanagari script

उत्क्षिपेदम्बरस्थाय शिवायादित्यमूर्तये । कृत्वा पुनः करन्यासं करशोधनपूर्वकम्

Transliteration

utkṣipedambarasthāya śivāyādityamūrtaye | kṛtvā punaḥ karanyāsaṃ karaśodhanapūrvakam

Translation

Затем, предварительно очистив руки, следует вновь совершить кара-ньясу и вознести подношение вверх Шиве, пребывающему в небесном пространстве, — Шиве, чья форма есть Солнце (Адитья).

Word by Word

• उत्क्षिपेत्: should lift up/offer upward
• उत्क्षिपेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उत् + क्षिप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; parasmaipada; ‘should raise/offer up’

• अम्बरस्थाय: to the one abiding in the sky
• अम्बरस्थाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बर + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी-तत्पुरुष (अम्बरे स्थः); पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; dative singular

• शिवाय: to Śiva
• शिवाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; dative singular (apposition to अम्बरस्थाय)

• आदित्यमूर्तये: to (him) whose form is the Sun
• आदित्यमूर्तये: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदित्य + मूर्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारय (आदित्यस्य मूर्तिः / आदित्य-मूर्तिः); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4), एकवचन; dative singular (apposition)

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Kriya (क्रिया-अनुषङ्ग)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययभाव (gerund); ‘having done’

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय; adverb ‘again’

• करन्यासम्: hand-nyāsa (placing/assignment on hands)
• करन्यासम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर + न्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (करस्य न्यासः); पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; accusative singular

• करशोधनपूर्वकम्: preceded by purification of the hands
• करशोधनपूर्वकम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: करशोधन + पूर्वक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष; (करस्य शोधनम्) + पूर्वक; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; adverbial adjective qualifying action ‘with hand-purification as preliminary’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Rudra

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Contemplation of Śiva as Āditya (solar form) aligns the worshipper’s inner prāṇa and awareness with the cosmic regulator; nyāsa and hand-purification prepare the paśu for disciplined upāsanā.

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Solar contemplation (Āditya-mūrti) as cosmic witness and regulator

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Aditya (Sun)

FAQs

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

It teaches that worship becomes effective when the sādhaka purifies the instruments of action (the hands) and then contemplates Śiva as the all-pervading Pati—present as the sky and manifest as the Sun—uniting inner purity with cosmic meditation.

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

Although the highest truth is Śiva beyond attributes, the verse emphasizes Saguna upāsanā by meditating on Śiva in a perceivable form—Āditya—so the mind can concentrate; this devotional focus supports Linga-worship by training attention and reverence toward Śiva’s manifest presence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform kara-śodhana (hand purification), then kara-nyāsa (placing the mantra on the hands), and mentally offer the act of worship upward while visualizing Śiva as Āditya in the firmament—often coordinated with japa of the Pañcākṣarī ("Om Namaḥ Śivāya").