Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 48
आवरणपूजाविधानम् / The Procedure of Āvaraṇa (Enclosure) Worship
अथान्यायार्जितैश्चापि भक्त्या चेच्छिवमर्चयेत् । न तस्य प्रत्यवायो ऽस्ति भाववश्यो यतः प्रभुः
athānyāyārjitaiścāpi bhaktyā cecchivamarcayet | na tasya pratyavāyo 'sti bhāvavaśyo yataḥ prabhuḥ
اگر کوئی شخص ناحق طریقے سے حاصل کیے ہوئے مال سے بھی اخلاص کے ساتھ شیو کی ارچنا کرے تو اس پوجا پر اس کے لیے کوئی ہلاکت خیز روحانی وبال نہیں؛ کیونکہ پرভو بھاؤ کے تابع ہیں۔
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pati
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Significance: Highlights Śiva’s bhāva-grāhī nature: sincere devotion can initiate purification and turn the devotee toward dharma, even when past livelihood was flawed—encouraging reform rather than despair.
Role: liberating
Offering: pushpa
FAQs
It teaches that Śiva is bhāva-vaśya—won by sincere inner devotion—so the spiritual efficacy of worship depends primarily on purity of intent and heartfelt surrender, not merely on external circumstances.
Linga/Saguṇa-Śiva worship is validated here as a direct path of grace: when the devotee offers pūjā with genuine bhāva, the Lord accepts it and protects the worshipper from the specific fault (pratyavāya) that would otherwise arise from improper conditions.
Perform Śiva-arcana (pūjā) with steady bhakti—ideally with japa of the Pañcākṣarī “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”—emphasizing inner repentance, right resolve, and heartfelt offering as the core discipline.