Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 63

द्वितीयतृतीयावरणपूजाक्रमः | The Sequence of the Second and Third Enclosure Worship (Āvaraṇa-pūjā)

Devanagari script

एवं भान्वादिमूर्तीनां तच्छक्तीनामनंतरम् । पूजां विधाय लोकेशांस्तत्रैवावरणे यजेत्

Transliteration

evaṃ bhānvādimūrtīnāṃ tacchaktīnāmanaṃtaram | pūjāṃ vidhāya lokeśāṃstatraivāvaraṇe yajet

Translation

ดังนี้ เมื่อบูชามูรติทั้งหลายที่เริ่มด้วยพระสุริยะ และบูชาศักติของแต่ละองค์โดยครบถ้วนแล้ว พึงบูชาเหล่าโลกปาละ ผู้เป็นเจ้าแห่งโลกทั้งหลาย ในอาวรณะเดียวกันนั้นเองตามพิธี.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (kriyāviśeṣaṇa/क्रियाविशेषण)

• bhānvādi-mūrtīnām: of the forms beginning with Bhānu (Sun)
• bhānvādi-mūrtīnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhānu + ādi + mūrti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive/षष्ठी), Bahuvacana (plural/बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: bhānu-ādīnāṃ mūrtayaḥ (forms beginning with Bhānu/Sūrya)

• tat-śaktīnām: of those (their) powers
• tat-śaktīnām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti, Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa: tāsāṃ śaktīnām (of their powers)

• anantaram: immediately after
• anantaram: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anantara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Avyaya (kriyāviśeṣaṇa used from adjective); adverbial accusative meaning ‘immediately after’

• pūjām: worship
• pūjām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Strīliṅga, Dvitīyā vibhakti, Ekavacana

• vidhāya: having performed
• vidhāya: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + dhā (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta; absolutive/gerund (ktvā/क्त्वा-प्रत्यय), meaning ‘having performed/arranged’

• lokeśān: the lords of the worlds
• lokeśān: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Dvitīyā vibhakti, Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa: lokānām īśāḥ (lords of the worlds)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb of place (deśa/देश)

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; emphatic particle (avadhāraṇa/अवधारण)

• āvaraṇe: in the enclosure/āvaraṇa
• āvaraṇe: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āvaraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter/नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Saptamī vibhakti, Ekavacana

• yajet: should worship/offer sacrifice
• yajet: Kriyā (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: yaj (धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (Optative/विधिलिङ्), Prathama puruṣa (3rd person), Ekavacana; parasmaipada

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Lokapalas
• Surya

FAQs

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

It teaches ordered worship: honoring cosmic forms (like the Sun) and their Śaktis, then the Lokapālas, as a disciplined approach that harmonizes the devotee with Shiva’s cosmic governance while keeping the ritual centered on the supreme Pati (Shiva).

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

In āvaraṇa-pūjā around the Linga or a Saguna Shiva maṇḍala, subsidiary deities (forms, Śaktis, and Lokapālas) are worshiped in sequence as attendants within Shiva’s sphere—supporting devotion without replacing Shiva as the highest object of refuge.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It indicates āvaraṇa (circuit) worship: after offering to bhānv-ādi devatās and their Śaktis, one offers to the Lokapālas in the same ritual enclosure—typically with mantra, flowers, water, and mental placement (nyāsa) while maintaining Shiva-centric remembrance.