Shloka 90
प्रणवार्थ-शिवतत्त्व-निर्णयः
The Determination of Śiva as the Meaning of Praṇava
अग्न आयाहि वीतये शन्नो देवीरभिष्टये । पश्चात्प्रोच्य मयरसतजभनलगैः सह
agna āyāhi vītaye śanno devīrabhiṣṭaye | paścātprocya mayarasatajabhanalagaiḥ saha
“Hỡi Agni, xin ngự đến cho nghi lễ dâng cúng; nguyện các quyền năng thần linh ban điều cát tường cho mục nguyện thân yêu của chúng con.” Tụng xong lời ấy, người ấy lại tiếp tục các câu xướng theo pháp, cùng những âm tiết phụ trợ, nhờ vậy hoàn tất việc thờ phụng đúng thứ tự.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Rudra
FAQs
It frames worship as disciplined invocation: the seeker calls the sacred fire (Agni) as the purifier and asks for auspicious divine support, indicating that inner and outer purification are supports to Shaiva realization of Pati (Shiva).
Even when the goal is Shiva (Pati), the ritual order uses supporting deities and Vedic invocations as auxiliaries; the offerings and recitations become acts of bhakti directed toward Saguna Shiva, culminating in steadiness of mind fit for grace.
A structured pūjā sequence: invoke Agni, recite auspiciousness mantras, then complete the rite with prescribed utterances—practically, mantra-japa with purified offerings (and, where taught elsewhere in the Purana, supported by bhasma and Rudraksha for steadiness).