Shloka 14

गजाननपूजा तथा औपासन-होमविधिः

Worship of Gajānana and the Procedure of Aupāsana-Homa

Devanagari script

उदगुद्वास्य बर्हिष्यासाद्याज्येन चरुं ततः । अभिघार्य्य व्याहृतीश्च रौद्रसूक्तञ्च पञ्च च

Transliteration

udagudvāsya barhiṣyāsādyājyena caruṃ tataḥ | abhighāryya vyāhṛtīśca raudrasūktañca pañca ca

Translation

Sau khi ngồi trên chỗ ngồi bằng cỏ darbha thiêng, quay mặt về phương bắc, vị ấy nên chuẩn bị lễ vật chín (caru) với bơ tinh khiết (ghee). Rồi sau khi rảy nước gia trì và làm cho thanh tịnh, hãy tụng các vyāhṛti và năm bài thánh tụng Rudra (Raudra-sūkta).

Word by Word

• उदक्: water
• उदक्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उदक् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• उद्वास्य: having sprinkled/wafted (ritually)
• उद्वास्य: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-√वस् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वार्थक-अव्यय (gerund), ‘उद्वास्य’ = having sprinkled/wafted/raised (ritual action)

• बर्हिषि: on the sacred grass (barhis)
• बर्हिषि: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बर्हिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• आसाद्य: having placed/approached
• आसाद्य: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√सद् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (gerund), ‘having approached/placed’

• आज्येन: with ghee
• आज्येन: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• चरुम्: the oblation (cooked offering)
• चरुम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चरु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• ततः: then
• ततः: सम्बन्ध (Sequencing adverb)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तर (then/thereafter)

• अभिघार्य: having poured over (as offering)
• अभिघार्य: क्रियाविशेषण (Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√घृ (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप् (gerund), ‘having poured/sprinkled over (with ghee)’

• व्याहृतीः: the vyāhṛtis (bhūḥ bhuvaḥ svaḥ etc.)
• व्याहृतीः: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याहृति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• रौद्रसूक्तम्: the Raudra hymn
• रौद्रसूक्तम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रौद्र-सूक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (रुद्रस्य सूक्तम्)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• पञ्च: five
• पञ्च: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa of implied items/mantras)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पञ्च (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् संख्या; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative) बहुवचनार्थे (five—used adjectivally)

• च: also/and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Rudra

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Rudra

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It teaches that worship of Shiva-Rudra is performed with purity, correct orientation, and sanctification—outer ritual (homa) becoming an inner act of devotion, where offerings are dedicated to Pati (Shiva) for the loosening of pāśa (bondage) and the upliftment of the paśu (individual soul).

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

The verse supports Saguna Shiva worship through prescribed rites—offerings, ghee, and Rudra hymns—by which the devotee approaches Shiva in an accessible form. In Shaiva Siddhanta, such disciplined worship purifies the mind and prepares one for deeper realization of Shiva beyond form.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A homa-style offering: sit on darbha facing north, prepare a ghee-based caru, consecrate it, then chant the vyāhṛtis and Rudra-sūkta(s). As a meditative takeaway, offer each mantra with the feeling of surrender to Shiva as the indwelling Lord.