Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 37
मन्त्रसिद्ध्यर्थं गुरुपूजा–आज्ञा–पौरश्चर्यविधिः / Guru-Authorization, Offerings, and Puraścaraṇa for Mantra-Siddhi
त्रिंशदक्षैः कृता माला धनदा जपकर्मणि । सप्तविंशतिसंख्यातैरक्षैः पुष्टिप्रदा भवेत् । पञ्चविंशतिसंख्यातैः कृता मुक्तिं प्रयच्छति । अक्षैस्तु पञ्चदशभिरभिचारफलप्रदा
triṃśadakṣaiḥ kṛtā mālā dhanadā japakarmaṇi | saptaviṃśatisaṃkhyātairakṣaiḥ puṣṭipradā bhavet | pañcaviṃśatisaṃkhyātaiḥ kṛtā muktiṃ prayacchati | akṣaistu pañcadaśabhirabhicāraphalapradā
ประคำสามสิบเม็ด เมื่อใช้ในการสวดมนต์ภาวนา (ชปะ) ย่อมประทานทรัพย์สมบัติ ประคำยี่สิบเจ็ดเม็ดให้ความอุดมบำรุงและความรุ่งเรือง ประคำยี่สิบห้าเม็ดประทานโมกษะ แต่ประคำสิบห้าเม็ดให้ผลแห่งพิธีอภิจาระ (มนตร์บังคับทำร้าย)
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Sthala Purana: Not a sthala-purāṇa passage; it is a ritual-technical teaching on rudrākṣa-mālā bead-counts and their phala (results) in japa.
Significance: General: emphasizes disciplined japa with rudrākṣa as a means to prosperity and ultimately mokṣa; warns against abhicāra-oriented usage.
FAQs
It teaches that even external aids like a japa-mālā have specific ritual “fruits,” but the highest aim is mukti—liberation through Shiva-oriented practice—showing a graded movement from worldly gain to spiritual freedom.
Japa is a primary mode of Saguna Shiva worship—repeating Shiva-mantras (commonly the Panchakshara) with a Rudraksha mālā as a disciplined support, directing the mind toward Pati (Shiva) and away from pasha (bondage).
Mantra-japa using a Rudraksha mālā, with attention to the bead-count tradition: 30 for wealth-oriented japa, 27 for prosperity, 25 for liberation-oriented practice, while avoiding 15-bead malas intended for abhicāra (harmful rites).