Shloka 61

उमास्वयंवरः / भवोद्वाहः, गणसमागमः, अविमुक्तक्षेत्रमाहात्म्यम्, तथा विनायक-उत्पत्तिसूचना

Devanagari script

आनीतान्विष्णुना विप्रान् सम्पूज्य विविधैर्वरैः त्रिश् च तं ज्वलनं देवं कारयित्वा प्रदक्षिणम्

Transliteration

ānītānviṣṇunā viprān sampūjya vividhairvaraiḥ triś ca taṃ jvalanaṃ devaṃ kārayitvā pradakṣiṇam

Translation

ครั้นอัญเชิญเหล่าฤๅษีพราหมณ์ซึ่งพระวิษณุนำมา แล้วบูชาด้วยทานอันประเสริฐนานาประการ จากนั้นให้เวียนประทักษิณรอบเทวะอัคนีผู้รุ่งโรจน์สามรอบด้วยความเคารพยิ่ง

Word by Word

• आनीतान् (ānītān): brought/escorted here

• विष्णुना (viṣṇunā): by Viṣṇu

• विप्रान् (viprān): Brahmins, seers

• सम्पूज्य (sampūjya): having duly worshipped/honored

• विविधैः (vividhaiḥ): with various

• वरैः (varaiḥ): excellent gifts/boons

• त्रिः (triḥ): three times

• च (ca): and

• तम् (tam): that

• ज्वलनम् (jvalanam): blazing one, Fire (Agni)

• देवम् (devam): deity

• कारयित्वा (kārayitvā): having caused to be done/arranged

• प्रदक्षिणम् (pradakṣiṇam): circumambulation (clockwise reverential circuit)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Agni

FAQs

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

It frames Shaiva worship as inseparable from Vedic dharma: honoring vipras (custodians of mantra) and performing pradakṣiṇā, here linked with the sacred fire (Agni) that carries offerings in rituals supporting Linga-pūjā.

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

Indirectly, it points to Śiva as Pati who is approached through ordered sacred acts—respect to the learned (vipras) and reverence to Agni—showing that Shiva-tattva is honored via purity, right conduct, and consecrated ritual movement (pradakṣiṇā).

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

The verse highlights pradakṣiṇā (clockwise circumambulation) performed three times, a core pūjā-vidhi act that can also be internalized in Pāśupata discipline as repeated reverential turning of attention toward the Pati (Lord) and away from pāśa (bondage).