Shloka 32

लिङ्गार्चनविधिक्रमः—शुद्धि, न्यास, आसनकल्पना, अभिषेक, स्तोत्र-प्रदक्षिणा

Adhyaya 27

Devanagari script

स्नापयेद्विधिना रुद्रं गन्धचन्दनवारिणा पञ्चगव्यविधानेन गृह्य पात्रे ऽभिमन्त्र्य च

Transliteration

snāpayedvidhinā rudraṃ gandhacandanavāriṇā pañcagavyavidhānena gṛhya pātre 'bhimantrya ca

Translation

विधिना रुद्रं गन्धचन्दनवारिणा स्नापयेत्। पञ्चगव्यविधानेन गृह्यपात्रेऽভिमन्त्र्य च ततः स्नानं कारयेत्॥

Word by Word

• स्नापयेत्: should bathe/perform ablution

• विधिना: according to rule/ritual injunction

• रुद्रं: Rudra (Śiva, the Lord)

• गन्ध: perfume/fragrance

• चन्दन: sandalwood

• वारिणा: with water

• पञ्चगव्यविधानेन: by the procedure involving pañcagavya (five cow-products used ritually)

• गृह्य: having taken/receiving (for ritual use)

• पात्रे: in a vessel

• अभिमन्त्र्य: having empowered/sanctified by reciting mantras

• च: and

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Rudra

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It prescribes a core abhiṣeka method—fragrant sandal-water and pañcagavya, mantra-consecrated in a vessel—showing that Linga/Rudra worship is a disciplined sacramental rite, not merely symbolic devotion.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Śiva is addressed as Rudra and implicitly as Pati, the Lord who is approached through purity (śuddhi) and mantra; the rite signifies the soul’s movement from pāśa (bondage) toward grace through correct worship.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

Mantra-śuddha abhiṣeka: sanctifying the offering in a ritual vessel (pātra) and bathing Rudra with gandha-candana water and pañcagavya—an external pūjā practice aligned with Pāśupata discipline of purification.