Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 36

द्वितीयतृतीयावरणपूजाक्रमः | The Sequence of the Second and Third Enclosure Worship (Āvaraṇa-pūjā)

Devanagari script

सप्तच्छंदोमयांश्चैव वालखिल्यांश्च पूजयेत् । एवं तृतीयावरणे समभ्यर्च्य दिवाकरम्

Transliteration

saptacchaṃdomayāṃścaiva vālakhilyāṃśca pūjayet | evaṃ tṛtīyāvaraṇe samabhyarcya divākaram

Translation

సప్త ఛందోమయ (వేద ఛందస్స్వరూప) సమూహాలను మరియు వాలఖిల్య ఋషులను కూడా పూజించాలి। ఈ విధంగా తృతీయ ఆవరణంలో సమ్యగర్చన చేసి దివాకరుడు (సూర్యుడు)ను ఉపాసించాలి।

Word by Word

• सप्त-छन्दः-मयान्: those consisting of the seven metres
• सप्त-छन्दः-मयान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक) + छन्दस् (प्रातिपदिक) + मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (सप्तछन्दोमय = सप्तभिः छन्दोभिः मयः/युक्तः), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/also
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle; emphasis)

• वालखिल्यान्: Vālakhilya sages
• वालखिल्यान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वालखिल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• तृतीय-आवरणे: in the third enclosure
• तृतीय-आवरणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक) + आवरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मधारय/षष्ठीभावः: तृतीयम् आवरणम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• समभ्यर्च्य: having worshipped (duly)
• समभ्यर्च्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकाल-क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+अभि+अर्च् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; ‘having duly worshipped’

• दिवाकरम्: the Sun (Divākara)
• दिवाकरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Cosmic Context

Cosmic Event: Solar veneration (Divākara) framed by chandas (metre-as-cosmic-vibration) and Vālakhilya seers, suggesting a cosmos sustained through mantra-structure and light.

Characters & Entities

• Surya
• Vālakhilya sages
• Vedic Chandas

FAQs

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

It teaches that Śaiva worship can include honoring Vedic powers (the Chandas/metres) and venerable sages, recognizing them as supports of dharma within Śiva’s cosmic governance—thus making devotion orderly, expansive, and scripturally rooted.

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

In āvaraṇa-pūjā, various divine and Vedic presences are worshipped as attendants and limbs of the sacred maṇḍala surrounding the central deity; this frames Saguna worship as a complete cosmos centered on Śiva, with the Sun revered in an outer enclosure rather than as the ultimate.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It indicates third-enclosure (tṛtīyāvaraṇa) worship: offer respectful oblations and salutations to the Chandas and Vālakhilyas, then perform reverent worship of Divākara—mentally placing the Sun in the ritual maṇḍala as a purifier and witness to the vow.