Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 18
Maṇḍala–Pūjā–Homa Krama
Maṇḍala Worship and Homa Sequence for the Disciple
हुत्वा पूर्णाहुतिं वह्नौ ब्रह्माणं पूजयेत्ततः । हुत्वाहुतित्रयं तस्मै शिवाज्ञामनुसंदिशेत्
hutvā pūrṇāhutiṃ vahnau brahmāṇaṃ pūjayettataḥ | hutvāhutitrayaṃ tasmai śivājñāmanusaṃdiśet
آگ میں پُورن آہوتی دے کر پھر برہما کی پوجا کرے۔ اس کے بعد اُن کے لیے تین آہوتیاں دے کر بھگوان شِو کی آگیّا اُن تک پہنچائے۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Mahādeva
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It presents ritual action as a vehicle for Śiva’s will: the pūrṇāhuti completes the sacrifice, and the worship of Brahmā is framed as service within Śiva’s cosmic order, emphasizing that all authority culminates in Śiva’s ājñā.
Though the verse speaks of homa and honoring Brahmā, its climax is “Śiva’s command,” indicating that even Vedic sacrificial forms are to be oriented toward Saguna Śiva as the supreme Lord (Pati) who directs the cosmos and sanctifies worship.
It suggests completing a homa with pūrṇāhuti, then performing a respectful pūjā to Brahmā, followed by three oblations; inwardly, the practitioner should hold the intention of surrendering actions to Śiva’s ordinance (ājñā) as the guiding principle of the rite.