Shiva Purana — Vidyesvara Samhita, Shloka 59
बन्धमोक्षवर्णनम्
Bondage and Liberation: The Prakṛti–Karma Wheel and Śiva as the Transcendent Cause
तिलादीनां च द्र व्याणां वस्त्रादीनां तथैव च । तथा पर्युषितानां च भस्मना शिद्धिरिष्यते
tilādīnāṃ ca dra vyāṇāṃ vastrādīnāṃ tathaiva ca | tathā paryuṣitānāṃ ca bhasmanā śiddhiriṣyate
Para sa mga sangkap gaya ng linga (sesame) at iba pa, para sa mga bagay gaya ng tela at katulad nito, at maging sa mga bagay na naiwang magdamag at naging lipas, ang paglilinis ay iniutos na gawin sa pamamagitan ng banal na abo (bhasma).
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pasha
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Jyotirlinga: Viśvanātha
Sthala Purana: The Kāśī-centered teaching treats bhasma as a purifier that restores ritual eligibility even for offerings prone to contamination (oils/seeds, cloth, stale items).
Significance: Enables uninterrupted continuity of liṅga-sevā by restoring śuddhi of upacāra-dravyas; symbolically trains vairāgya by remembering all things end as ash.
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It elevates bhasma as a distinctly Śaiva purifier—symbolizing the burning away of impurity and ego—so that offerings and worship become fit for Pati (Śiva) and supportive of inner purity leading toward liberation.
In Saguna Śiva worship—especially Liṅga-pūjā—purity of materials is required; this verse authorizes bhasma as a valid means to render common offerings and articles ritually fit for Śiva’s worship.
Use consecrated bhasma (Tripuṇḍra/holy ash) as a purifier for offerings and worship articles, while contemplating Śiva as the fire of consciousness that reduces all impurity to ash.