Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 52
Maṇḍala–Pūjā–Homa Krama
Maṇḍala Worship and Homa Sequence for the Disciple
बुद्ध्वा तं हृदयांभोजे देवमावाह्य पूजयेत् । आशास्य नित्यसांनिध्यं शिवस्वात्म्यं शिशौ गुरुः
buddhvā taṃ hṛdayāṃbhoje devamāvāhya pūjayet | āśāsya nityasāṃnidhyaṃ śivasvātmyaṃ śiśau guruḥ
เมื่อรู้แจ้งแล้ว พึงอัญเชิญเทพนั้นเข้าสู่ดอกบัวแห่งหทัยและบูชาเถิด ครูผู้สอนศิษย์พึงอธิษฐานขอให้พระผู้เป็นเจ้าสถิตอยู่เนืองนิตย์ และให้ศิษย์บรรลุความเป็นอัตตาเดียวกับพระศิวะ
Suta Goswami (narrating the Vāyavīya teaching to the sages at Naimisharanya)
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Type: stotra
Role: teaching
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It teaches antaryāga (inner worship): realizing Śiva, invoking Him into the heart-lotus, and seeking His unbroken presence—through which the disciple matures toward liberation by Śiva’s grace.
Just as the Liṅga is ritually invoked and worshiped externally, this verse prescribes the same principle internally—installing Saguna Śiva in the heart for steady devotion that culminates in realization of Śiva-nature.
Manasa-pūjā and dhyāna: invoke Śiva into the heart-lotus, worship with mental offerings (often supported by japa of the Pañcākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”), and pray for nitya-sāṃnidhya (constant divine presence).