Shloka 23
देवैर्विष्णोः शरणागमनम्—शिवलिङ्गस्थापनं, शिवसहस्रनामस्तवः, सुदर्शनचक्रप्रदानं च
स्नाप्य सम्पूज्य गन्धाद्यैर् ज्वालाकारं मनोरमम् तुष्टाव च तदा रुद्रं सम्पूज्याग्नौ प्रणम्य च
snāpya sampūjya gandhādyair jvālākāraṃ manoramam tuṣṭāva ca tadā rudraṃ sampūjyāgnau praṇamya ca
Matapos paliguan at sambahin nang ganap sa mga pabango at iba pang handog, at masdan ang kaaya‑ayang anyong tila liyab, kanyang pinuri si Rudra; at matapos ding sambahin si Agni nang nararapat, siya’y yumukod sa pagpupugay.
Suta Goswami (narrating the ritual-narrative to the sages, with an internal scene describing a devotee/ritualist’s acts)
FAQs
It presents a complete Shaiva puja sequence—abhisheka (snāna), upacāra offerings like gandha, stuti to Rudra, and reverence to Agni—showing how outer ritual supports inner purification and devotion to Pati (Shiva).
Shiva is indicated as Rudra who is praised after perceiving a jvālākāra (flame-like) form—suggesting the transcendent, luminous presence of Pati that is revealed when the pashu approaches through worship and humility.
Ritual abhisheka and upacāra-puja culminating in stuti and pranāma; in Shaiva Siddhanta terms, it functions as kriyā (ritual discipline) aiding the pashu in loosening pasha through bhakti and right observance.