Shloka 36

Ekādaśāhna-vidhiḥ (The Rite Prescribed for the Eleventh Day): Maṇḍala-racanā, Āvāhana, Mudrā, and Ativāhika-devatā Pūjā

Devanagari script

गोमयेनोपलिप्यात्र दर्भान्प्रागग्रकल्पितान् । आस्तीर्य्य संयतप्राणः पिण्डानां च प्रदानकम्

Transliteration

gomayenopalipyātra darbhānprāgagrakalpitān | āstīryya saṃyataprāṇaḥ piṇḍānāṃ ca pradānakam

Translation

ณ ที่นั้นให้ฉาบพื้นด้วยมูลโค แล้วปูหญ้าดรภะโดยจัดให้ปลายหญ้าหันไปทางทิศตะวันออก จากนั้นควบคุมลมหายใจให้สงบ มีจิตตั้งมั่น แล้วจึงประกอบการถวายปิณฑะ (ก้อนข้าวพิธี)

Word by Word

• गोमयेन: with cow-dung
• गोमयेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोमय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; instrumental of means

• उपलिप्य: having plastered
• उपलिप्य: Pūrvakāla (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप-√लिप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्यय; ‘having plastered/smeared’

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb of place

• दर्भान्: darbha grasses
• दर्भान्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दर्भ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• प्राक्: eastward/beforehand
• प्राक्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्राक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb ‘eastward/forward/before’

• अग्र-कल्पितान्: arranged in front/eastward
• अग्र-कल्पितान्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक) + √कॢप् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (अग्रे कल्पिताः ‘arranged in front/east’), क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; qualifying ‘दर्भान्’

• आस्तीर्य: having spread
• आस्तीर्य: Pūrvakāla (पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√स्तॄ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive), अव्यय; ‘having spread (them)’

• संयत-प्राणः: with controlled breath
• संयत-प्राणः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संयत (प्रातिपदिक) + प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (कर्मधारयभाव: ‘controlled-breath’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; qualifying the doer (implicit)

• पिण्डानाम्: of the rice-balls (piṇḍas)
• पिण्डानाम्: Sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिण्ड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; conjunction

• प्रदानकम्: offering/giving
• प्रदानकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रदानक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; action-noun ‘act of giving’

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga passage; it prescribes preparatory purity for a piṇḍa-offering within a Śaiva rite, aligning śrāddha-like acts with Śiva’s grace toward bound souls.

Significance: Merit through śuddhi (ritual purity) and correct saṃskāra-performance, understood as supportive to Śiva-bhakti and ancestral uplift.

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

FAQs

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

It teaches that outer purity (gomaya, darbha) should be joined with inner purity (saṃyata-prāṇa) so ritual action becomes sattvic and supportive of dharma and spiritual upliftment under Shiva’s grace.

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

Kailasa Samhita frames disciplined ritual conduct as part of Saguna Shiva-oriented practice—purifying the worship-space and steadying the prāṇa so offerings are made with reverence, order, and devotion (bhakti) to Shiva’s sacred presence.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Prepare a purified altar-area with gomaya, lay darbha with tips eastward, and perform the offering with regulated breath (a simple prāṇāyāma-like restraint) and mental steadiness while giving the piṇḍas.