Shloka 19
गिरिराजस्य शिवनिमन्त्रणम् / The Mountain-King Invites Śiva
Hospitality to Śiva and the Devas
ते भुक्त्वाचम्य विधिवद्गिरिमामन्त्र्य नारद । स्वस्थानम्प्रययुस्सर्वे मुदितास्तृप्तिमागताः
te bhuktvācamya vidhivadgirimāmantrya nārada | svasthānamprayayussarve muditāstṛptimāgatāḥ
உண்டு, விதிப்படி ஆச்சமனம் செய்து, ஓ நாரதா, அவர்கள் கிரி (இமயன்) அவர்களிடம் மரியாதையுடன் விடை பெற்றனர். பின்னர் அனைவரும் மகிழ்ச்சியுடனும் முழு திருப்தியுடனும் தத்தம் இடங்களுக்கு சென்றனர்।
Brahma
Tattva Level: pashu
Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga episode; it concludes the hospitality cycle: bhojana → ācamana → respectful leave-taking → return to one’s abode, indicating restored order and satisfaction.
Significance: Highlights ritual closure and purity (ācamana) after enjoyment; teaches that dharma integrates pleasure with discipline, leaving one ‘tṛpta’ and orderly—an image of sthiti in social and inner life.
FAQs
It highlights dharmic completion: after receiving hospitality, one seals the act with ritual purity (ācamana), gratitude, and respectful leave-taking—signs of inner sattva and contentment that support a Shaiva life of discipline.
Though the verse is narrative, it reflects the etiquette surrounding Saguna worship and sacred places: after pūjā or sacred hospitality, devotees conclude with purification and reverence toward the abode/manifest support of the divine (here, Himālaya, closely linked with Śiva-Parvatī).
Ācamana (sipping sanctified water with mantra) is implied as a post-meal or post-rite purification; the takeaway is to end worship or sacred encounters with cleanliness, gratitude, and a composed mind.