पार्थिवार्चाविधिः | Pārthivārcā-vidhi
Procedure for the Earthen Liṅga Worship
स्तुतिभिश्चैव देवेशं स्तुवीत प्रणमन्सुधीः । नानाभिधाभिर्विप्रेन्द्रा ः पठेद्वै शतरुद्रि यम्
stutibhiścaiva deveśaṃ stuvīta praṇamansudhīḥ | nānābhidhābhirviprendrā ḥ paṭhedvai śatarudri yam
Habang nakayukod at nagpupugay, ang marunong na deboto ay dapat pumuri sa Panginoon ng mga diyos sa pamamagitan ng mga himno. At, O pinakadakilang Brahmin, dapat niyang bigkasin ang Śatarudrīya, tinatawag Siya sa Kanyang maraming banal na pangalan.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Rudra
Mantra: शतरुद्रियम् (Śatarudrīya)
Type: rudram
Role: teaching
Offering: pushpa
It teaches that humility (praṇāma) and heartfelt praise (stuti) purify the soul and align the devotee with Pati—Śiva—so devotion and sacred recitation become direct means toward grace and liberation.
By praising Śiva through many names and hymns, the devotee approaches Saguna Śiva—the gracious Lord who accepts worship through form (including the Liṅga) and through sound (nāma and stotra), revealing His compassion to the bound soul.
Perform praṇāma, chant hymns to Śiva, and recite the Śatarudrīya as a disciplined practice of japa and Vedic stuti—especially suitable for Śiva-pūjā and observances like Mahāśivarātri.