Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 50
पुष्पार्पण-विनिर्णयः
Determination of Flower-Offerings to Śiva
संततिर्वर्द्धते तस्य यदि लक्षावधिः कृता । द्रोणार्द्धेन भवेल्लक्षं विधानं विधिपूर्वकम्
saṃtatirvarddhate tasya yadi lakṣāvadhiḥ kṛtā | droṇārddhena bhavellakṣaṃ vidhānaṃ vidhipūrvakam
اگر کوئی لَکھ کی حد تک شمار پورا کر لے تو اس کی نسل و اولاد بڑھتی پھلتی ہے؛ اور آدھے درون کے پیمانے سے شاستری طریقے کے مطابق کیا جائے تو وہ ‘لَکھ’ درجے کی تکمیل بن جاتی ہے۔
Suta Goswami (narrating Śiva’s ritual fruits within the Rudrasaṃhitā context)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Paśupatinātha
Significance: Promises saṃtati-vṛddhi (lineage/progeny increase) upon completing a lakṣa-grade observance with correct measure—typical karmaphala that also signals Śiva’s favor when discipline and śāstric correctness are maintained.
Role: nurturing
FAQs
The verse emphasizes that Śiva-worship bears fruit when done with disciplined completion (lakṣa) and correct observance (vidhi). In a Śaiva Siddhānta lens, outer accuracy supports inner purity, making the devotee fit for Śiva’s grace (anugraha), which is the real source of all auspicious results.
A lakṣa-completion typically refers to a formally concluded vow of japa and offerings performed before Śiva in saguna form—often the Śiva-liṅga—where count, measure (droṇa), and procedure are observed as part of liṅga-sevā and ritual completion.
It points to completing a lakṣa (100,000) count of mantra-japa as a vrata, together with a prescribed offering measured as half a droṇa, all done vidhi-pūrvaka—i.e., with proper sankalpa, purity, and concluding rites (pūrṇāhuti/udvāpanā as applicable).