Shloka 36

व्यपोहनस्तवनिरूपण-प्रसङ्गे नक्तभोजन-शिवव्रतविधिः (वार्षिक-प्रतिमास-क्रमः)

Devanagari script

पौर्णमास्यां घृताद्यैस्तु स्नाप्य पूज्य यथाविधि ब्राह्मणान् भोजयित्वा च श्रोत्रियान् वेदपारगान्

Transliteration

paurṇamāsyāṃ ghṛtādyaistu snāpya pūjya yathāvidhi brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā ca śrotriyān vedapāragān

Translation

பௌர்ணமி நாளில் நெய் முதலியவற்றால் அபிஷேகம் செய்து விதிப்படி பூஜிக்க வேண்டும்; மேலும் வேதத்தில் தேர்ந்த ஶ்ரோத்ரிய பிராமணர்களுக்கு உணவளிக்க வேண்டும்.

Word by Word

• पौर्णमास्याम्: on the full-moon day (Pūrṇimā)

• घृताद्यैः: with ghee and similar sacred substances

• तु: indeed

• स्नाप्य: having bathed (ritually anointed)

• पूज्य: having worshipped

• यथाविधि: according to prescribed rule

• ब्राह्मणान्: Brahmanas

• भोजयित्वा: having fed

• च: and

• श्रोत्रियान्: Veda-qualified learned priests (śrotriyas)

• वेदपारगान्: those who have mastered the Vedas (lit. ‘gone beyond the Vedas’).

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva-puja and vrata procedure to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahmanas
• Vedas
• Śrotriyas

FAQs

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

It links Linga-abhisheka and proper pūjā with dāna—feeding Veda-qualified śrotriyas—showing that Shiva worship is completed by both devotion to Pati (Shiva) and compassionate support of dharma.

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

Shiva-tattva is honored through disciplined vidhi (right ritual order) and inner purity; the verse implies that approaching Pati is not merely personal devotion but a dharmic act that loosens pasha through sanctified action and offering.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

A Pūrṇimā observance featuring abhiṣeka with ghee-like substances, followed by feeding śrotriya Brahmanas—an external puja-vidhi that supports the sādhaka’s purification (aiding Pāśupata-oriented restraint and sattva).