Shloka 82

दशशैवव्रतप्रश्नः — Inquiry into the Ten Principal Śaiva Vratas

Devanagari script

पुष्पांजलिं समर्प्यैवं तिलकाशिष एव च । गृह्णीयाद्ब्राह्मणेभ्यश्च ततश्शंभुं विसर्जयेत्

Transliteration

puṣpāṃjaliṃ samarpyaivaṃ tilakāśiṣa eva ca | gṛhṇīyādbrāhmaṇebhyaśca tataśśaṃbhuṃ visarjayet

Translation

ดังนี้ เมื่อถวายพุษปาญชลี (กำดอกไม้) แล้วรับติลกะและพรอันเป็นมงคล จงรับพรจากพราหมณ์ทั้งหลาย; จากนั้นจึงปิดพิธีบูชาและน้อมส่งเสด็จศัมภู (พระศิวะ) ตามธรรมเนียม

Word by Word

• पुष्पाञ्जलिम्: a handful of flowers
• पुष्पाञ्जलिम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प + अञ्जलि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; समास: पुष्पाणाम् अञ्जलिः इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष

• समर्प्य: having offered
• समर्प्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्+अर्प् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव; ‘having offered’

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: thus/in this manner)

• तिलक-आशिषः: tilaka and blessings
• तिलक-आशिषः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिलक + आशिष् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), बहुवचन; समास: तिलकं च आशिषः च इति इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (as a set: tilaka and blessings)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

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

• गृह्णीयात्: should accept/take
• गृह्णीयात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: from the Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेभ्यः: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5), बहुवचन (ablative: from)

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

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रम/हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (thereafter/then)

• शम्भुम्: Śambhu (Śiva)
• शम्भुम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शम्भु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• विसर्जयेत्: should dismiss/send off
• विसर्जयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि+सृज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s worship procedure to the sages at Naimisharanya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Highlights orthodox pūjā-krama: offering (upacāra), receiving āśīrvāda, honoring brāhmaṇas, and visarjana—preserving ritual order and purity that sustains dharma and devotion.

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Brahmanas

FAQs

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

It teaches that worship is completed through humility and right conduct—offering (pushpanjali), receiving blessings, honoring the learned, and then formally concluding the invoked presence of Shiva with reverence rather than abruptly ending the rite.

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

In Linga/Saguna worship, Shiva is invoked and honored through offerings and mantra; this verse describes the proper closing—accepting auspicious tilaka and blessings, seeking the goodwill of Brāhmaṇas, and performing visarjana to conclude the ritual in an orderly, dharmic way.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform pushpanjali at the end of puja, receive tilaka and āśīrvāda, take blessings from Brāhmaṇas/elders, and then do visarjana (ritual conclusion); inwardly, maintain gratitude and devotion as the worship transitions back to daily life.