Shloka 20

गुरुत्व-परम्परा-शौचविधि-प्रश्नः

Questions on Guruhood, Lineage, and Purificatory Discipline

Devanagari script

आपूर्य पूर्ववत्पूज्य षडंगोक्तक्रमेण च । प्रणवेन पुनस्तद्वै सप्तधैवाभिमन्त्रयेत्

Transliteration

āpūrya pūrvavatpūjya ṣaḍaṃgoktakrameṇa ca | praṇavena punastadvai saptadhaivābhimantrayet

Translation

Sau khi đã rót đầy và thờ phụng như trước, hãy tiến hành theo trình tự của pháp sáu chi (ṣaḍaṅga) như đã dạy. Rồi dùng Pranava “Oṁ” mà gia trì chính lễ vật ấy, đúng bảy lần, để làm cho chân ngôn thấm nhuần.

Word by Word

• आपूर्य: having filled
• आपूर्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + पूर् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), ‘having filled’

• पूर्ववत्: as before
• पूर्ववत्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पूर्ववत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: as before)

• पूज्य: having worshipped
• पूज्य: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वार्थे ल्यप्/तुमुनर्थे प्रयोगः; here: क्त्वान्त-समानार्थक अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive sense) ‘having worshipped’

• षडङ्ग-उक्त-क्रमेण: by the sequence prescribed for the six-limbed (nyāsa)
• षडङ्ग-उक्त-क्रमेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षड् + अङ्ग + उक्त + क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular); समास: षडङ्गेषु उक्तः क्रमः (the sequence stated for the six limbs)

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

• प्रणवेन: with the praṇava (Oṃ)
• प्रणवेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रणव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• पुनः: again
• पुनः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुनः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; काल/पुनरावृत्तिवाचक (adverb: again)

• तत्: that (it)
• तत्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter pronoun, Accusative, Singular)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)

• सप्तधा: seven times
• सप्तधा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सप्तधा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: sevenfold/seven times)

• एव: only/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (particle: just/only)

• अभिमन्त्रयेत्: should chant over/consecrate
• अभिमन्त्रयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + मन्त्र् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद (should consecrate by mantra/chant over)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s prescribed ritual method as taught in the Kailasa Samhita)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pasha

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Mantra Metadata

Mantra: Oṃ (praṇava) — explicitly prescribed for sevenfold abhimantraṇa here.

Type: gayatri

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that worship is not merely external: the offering is ‘made living’ through mantra and disciplined order (ṣaḍaṅga), aligning the devotee’s body-mind with Pati (Shiva) so the act becomes a purifier leading toward grace (anugraha).

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

In Linga/Saguna worship, substances used in pūjā are ritually sanctified; repeating Oṁ seven times indicates deliberate consecration so the offering becomes fit to approach Shiva’s manifest presence in the Linga as a vehicle for devotion and surrender.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Follow the ṣaḍaṅga sequence (a six-part nyāsa/mantra-limb order as taught) and then perform abhimantreṇa—recite the Pranava (Oṁ) seven times over the prepared offering or vessel to spiritually charge it before use in pūjā.