Shloka 39

Śiva-Pūjākramaḥ — The Procedural Order of Shiva Worship

Pañcāvaraṇa & Upacāras

Devanagari script

गत्वा कैलासशिखरम्प्राप्येशनिकटम्मुनिः । ददर्श मोक्षदम्मायानाशञ्चरणमीशयोः

Transliteration

gatvā kailāsaśikharamprāpyeśanikaṭammuniḥ | dadarśa mokṣadammāyānāśañcaraṇamīśayoḥ

Translation

కైలాస శిఖరానికి వెళ్లి, ఈశ్వరుని సమీపాన్ని పొందిన ముని, దివ్య దంపతుల పాదాలను దర్శించాడు—అవి మోక్షప్రదములు, మాయను నశింపజేసేవి।

Word by Word

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial to main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत्वा (कृदन्त, क्त्वा)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाले (having gone)

• कैलास-शिखरम्: the peak of Kailāsa
• कैलास-शिखरम्: कर्म (Karma/Object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक) + शिखर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (peak of Kailāsa)

• प्राप्य: having reached
• प्राप्य: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु) → प्राप्य (कृदन्त, ल्यप्)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाले (having reached)

• ईश-निकटम्: near the Lord
• ईश-निकटम्: कर्म (Karma/Goal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक) + निकट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (near/close to the Lord)

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• ददर्श: saw
• ददर्श: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• मोक्षदम्: liberation-giving
• मोक्षदम्: विशेषण (Adjectival to caraṇam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-प्राय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (giver of liberation)

• माया-नाशम्: destroyer of illusion
• माया-नाशम्: विशेषण (Adjectival to caraṇam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: माया (प्रातिपदिक) + नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (destruction of māyā)

• चरणम्: feet
• चरणम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ईशयोः: of the two Lords (Śiva and Umā)
• ईशयोः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन (Dual)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umapati

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Kailāsa darśana motif: the sage approaches Īśa and beholds the liberating feet of the Divine Couple, described as māyā-nāśa—an archetype of grace rather than a localized Jyotirliṅga origin.

Significance: Darśana of Śiva-Śakti’s feet is framed as mokṣa-prada and māyā-kṣaya—pilgrimage as inner approach from pāśa to pati through anugraha.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Parvati

Role: liberating

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati
• Kailasa

FAQs

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

It presents the Lord’s feet (Śiva with Śakti) as the refuge where bondage (māyā/pāśa) is cut and liberation (mokṣa) is granted—an explicit Pati (Lord) saving the paśu (soul) from pāśa (bondage) theme.

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

By highlighting the ‘feet of the Divine Couple,’ it affirms saguna-upāsanā (devotion to the personal Lord with attributes); Linga-worship similarly culminates in surrender to Śiva as the living, liberating reality beyond māyā.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Pāda-sevā and śaraṇāgati (devotional surrender) through japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya,” with inner meditation on Śiva’s grace as the destroyer of māyā and giver of mokṣa.