Shloka 26

गुरुत्व-परम्परा-शौचविधि-प्रश्नः

Questions on Guruhood, Lineage, and Purificatory Discipline

Devanagari script

वस्त्राम्रदलदूर्वाग्रनारिकेलसुमैस्ततः । तं घटं वस्तुभिश्चान्यैस्संकुर्यात्समलंकृतम्

Transliteration

vastrāmradaladūrvāgranārikelasumaistataḥ | taṃ ghaṭaṃ vastubhiścānyaissaṃkuryātsamalaṃkṛtam

Translation

پھر کپڑے، آم کے پتے، دُروَا کے سِرے اور ناریل کے پھول وغیرہ سے اُس کلش کو سجا کر آراستہ کرے؛ اور دیگر مناسب پوجنیہ اشیا سے بھی اسے مکمل طور پر مزین کرے۔

Word by Word

• vastra-āmra-dala-dūrvā-agra-nārīkela-sumaiḥ: with cloth, mango leaves, dūrvā tips, coconut flowers
• vastra-āmra-dala-dūrvā-agra-nārīkela-sumaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastra + āmra + dala + dūrvā + agra + nārīkela + suma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग) collective, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); समाहार-द्वन्द्व: “with cloth, mango-leaves, tips of dūrvā grass, coconut-flowers”

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय) of sequence

• tam: that
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• ghaṭam: pot
• ghaṭam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ghaṭa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• vastubhiḥ: with materials/things
• vastubhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vastu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/particle (समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय)

• anyaiḥ: with other (items)
• anyaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• saṃkuryāt: should arrange/prepare
• saṃkuryāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ√kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• sam-alaṃkṛtam: well-adorned
• sam-alaṃkṛtam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + alaṃkṛta (कृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); past participle (क्त) from √alaṃkṛ ‘to adorn’, with prefix sam-

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Śiva-pūjā procedure to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya, inferred from Purāṇic dialogue style in Kailāsa-saṃhitā)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shakti Dimension

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that outer order and sacred arrangement (decorating the kalasha with auspicious, life-symbolizing items) supports inner purity and focused bhakti, making the worship-space fit for invoking Pati (Śiva) with reverence.

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

The decorated kalasha functions as a sanctified support in Saguna worship—an aid for offering, invocation, and consecration—through which the devotee approaches Śiva’s manifest presence (including Liṅga-pūjā) with disciplined ritual purity.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Prepare and adorn a pūjā-kalaśa using cloth, mango leaves, dūrvā tips, and flowers, then proceed with Śiva-upacāras while maintaining mantra-focused attention (e.g., steady japa of the Pañcākṣarī, ‘Om Namaḥ Śivāya’).