Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 72
दशशैवव्रतप्रश्नः — Inquiry into the Ten Principal Śaiva Vratas
अर्घं दद्यात्कदल्याश्च फलेनैवाथवा हरे । विविधैश्च फलैश्चैव दद्यादर्घ्यं शिवाय च
arghaṃ dadyātkadalyāśca phalenaivāthavā hare | vividhaiśca phalaiścaiva dadyādarghyaṃ śivāya ca
کیلے کے پھل سے اَर्घ्य دینا چاہیے؛ یا اے ہری، مختلف پھلوں سے بھی اَर्घ्य دے کر شِو کو نذر کرنا چاہیے۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Sthala Purana: General arghya-upacāra instruction; no specific Jyotirliṅga is invoked. The vocative 'hare' indicates a narrative setting where Sūta addresses (or echoes addressing) a Vaiṣṇava interlocutor/audience, underscoring Śiva’s worship as universally appropriate.
Significance: Teaches respectful reception (arghya) to Śiva using readily available fruits—an inclusive, household-friendly ritual grammar.
FAQs
It teaches that sincere bhakti expressed through simple, pure offerings—such as fruits used for arghya—becomes a valid means of honoring Pati (Śiva), aligning outer ritual with inner devotion.
Arghya is a standard upacāra in saguna worship of Śiva, commonly offered to the Śiva-liṅga; the verse emphasizes acceptable, sattvic materials (fruits) for this respectful offering.
Perform Śiva-pūjā by offering arghya using banana fruit or assorted fruits, ideally while maintaining Śiva-smaraṇa and reciting Śiva-mantras such as the Pañcākṣarī (Om Namaḥ Śivāya).