Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 26

पञ्चाक्षरमाहात्म्यम् / The Greatness of the Pañcākṣarī (Five-Syllable) Mantra

Devanagari script

प्रसादपरिवारेभ्यो बलिं दद्याद्यथाक्रमम् । निर्गम्य सह वादित्रैस्तदाशाभिमुखः स्थितः

Transliteration

prasādaparivārebhyo baliṃ dadyādyathākramam | nirgamya saha vāditraistadāśābhimukhaḥ sthitaḥ

Translation

По установленному порядку следует поднести бали (ритуальное приношение) служителям освящённых даров. Затем, выйдя под звучание музыкальных инструментов, надлежит встать, обратившись к предписанному направлению, завершая обряд с дисциплиной и благим знамением.

Word by Word

• प्रसाद-परिवारेभ्यः: to/for the attendants of the temple
• प्रसाद-परिवारेभ्यः: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक) + परिवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (प्रसादस्य परिवाराः); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (Ablative), बहुवचन

• बलिम्: offering (bali)
• बलिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन

• दद्यात्: should give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• यथा-क्रमम्: in proper sequence
• यथा-क्रमम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (in due order)

• निर्गम्य: having gone out
• निर्गम्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर् + गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), अव्ययभाव; उपसर्गः निर्-

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (सहार्थ/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सहार्थक-अव्यय (with)

• वादित्रैः: with musical instruments
• वादित्रैः: Sahartha (सहार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वादित्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• तत्-आशा-अभिमुखः: facing that direction
• तत्-आशा-अभिमुखः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + आशा (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिमुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (तस्यां आशायाम् अभिमुखः / तदाशाभिमुखः); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• स्थितः: stood/remaining
• स्थितः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; भावे/कर्तरि प्रयोगः

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

FAQs

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

It emphasizes that Shaiva worship is completed through orderly, disciplined conduct—honoring the sanctified remnants (prasāda) and concluding the rite with auspicious orientation and sacred sound, which steadies the mind toward Shiva.

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

In Linga/Saguna Shiva worship, the rite is not only inner devotion but also correct outer observance—offerings, prasāda protocol, and concluding gestures—done as service to Shiva’s manifested presence and His sacred sphere.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Offer bali in the prescribed order, then conclude by stepping out with auspicious music and standing facing the enjoined direction—an external discipline that supports inward recollection of Shiva (often alongside japa such as the Panchakshara).