Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 32

पूजास्थानशुद्धिः पात्रशोधनं च — Purification of the Worship-Space and Preparation of Ritual Vessels

Devanagari script

पाद्यमाचमनं चार्घ्यं गंधं पुष्पं ततः परम् । धूपं दीपं च तांबूलं दत्त्वाथ स्वापयेच्छिवौ

Transliteration

pādyamācamanaṃ cārghyaṃ gaṃdhaṃ puṣpaṃ tataḥ param | dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ ca tāṃbūlaṃ dattvātha svāpayecchivau

Translation

พึงถวายปาทยะ น้ำสำหรับอาจมนะ และอรฆยะ แล้วถวายเครื่องหอมและดอกไม้; ต่อจากนั้นถวายธูป ประทีป และตัมบูละ แล้วจึงให้พระศิวะเข้าสู่พิธีบรรทม (ศยน) ในที่สุด

Word by Word

• पाद्यम्: water for washing the feet
• पाद्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन (offering)

• आचमनम्: sipping-water (ācamana)
• आचमनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन

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

• अर्घ्यम्: arghya offering
• अर्घ्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन

• गन्धम्: fragrance/sandal paste
• गन्धम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन

• पुष्पम्: flower
• पुष्पम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: Sambandha (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रमवाचक (adverb: ‘then/thereafter’)

• परम्: next/further
• परम्: Sambandha (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभावार्थे (adjectival used adverbially), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन (understood: ‘(कर्म) further/next’)

• धूपम्: incense
• धूपम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन

• दीपम्: lamp
• दीपम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दीप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय

• ताम्बूलम्: betel offering
• ताम्बूलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्बूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन

• दत्त्वा: having offered
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √दा (धातु) → दत्त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): ‘having given/offered’

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनन्तरार्थक (particle: ‘then/thereupon’)

• स्वापयेत्: should put to sleep
• स्वापयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √स्वप् (धातु) (णिच्) → स्वापयेत्
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative: ‘cause to sleep’)

• शिवौ: Śiva and Śivā (the divine pair)
• शिवौ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया द्विवचन (dual object; ‘the two Śivas’ i.e., Śiva and Śivā/Umā)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Frames standard upacāra-sequence for liṅga/mūrti worship; merit accrues through correct pūjā-krama culminating in ritual repose (śayana), stabilizing devotion and daily discipline.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: dipa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches orderly, reverent upacāra-pūjā—offering water, fragrance, flowers, incense, and light—so the devotee’s mind becomes purified and steady in bhakti toward Pati (Śiva), culminating in ritual repose that signifies completion and inner calm.

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

These offerings are standard services to Saguna Śiva as worshipped in the Śiva-liṅga: arghya, gandha, puṣpa, dhūpa, dīpa, and tāmbūla express devotion through tangible acts while contemplating the Lord’s transcendent presence within the liṅga.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform the listed upacāras in sequence, ideally with japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) during dhūpa and dīpa; conclude with a quiet moment of meditation as “svāpana” (ritual repose), sealing the worship in inward stillness.