Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 70

पूजाविधिः

Pūjā-vidhiḥ) — The Supreme Procedure of Worship (Morning Observances

Devanagari script

तत आचमनं प्रीत्या कारयेद्वा विलम्बतः । ततश्शिवाय ताम्बूलं सांगोपाङ्गं विधाय च

Transliteration

tata ācamanaṃ prītyā kārayedvā vilambataḥ | tataśśivāya tāmbūlaṃ sāṃgopāṅgaṃ vidhāya ca

Translation

Sau đó, với lòng hoan hỷ sùng kính, nên thỉnh (Đấng) thực hiện nghi thức súc miệng uống nước ācamana, hoặc làm một cách thong thả, không vội. Rồi bày trầu cau (tāmbūla) làm lễ vật, đủ các món kèm theo đúng phép, mà dâng lên Đức Śiva.

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रमवाचक (then)

• आचमनम्: sipping (ācamana)
• आचमनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आचमन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• प्रीत्या: with devotion/pleasure
• प्रीत्या: Hetu/Instrument (करण/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• कारयेत्: should cause to be done / should perform
• कारयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/संभावना), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिजन्त

• वा: or
• वा: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विकल्पार्थक

• विलम्बतः: slowly/without haste
• विलम्बतः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विलम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb), अर्थः—‘विलम्बेन/विलम्बपूर्वकं’

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रमवाचक

• शिवाय: to Śiva
• शिवाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन

• ताम्बूलम्: betel offering
• ताम्बूलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्बूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• स-अङ्ग-उपाङ्गम्: with its main and subsidiary parts
• स-अङ्ग-उपाङ्गम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय-उपसर्गार्थ ‘with’) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक) + उपाङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (अङ्गं च उपाङ्गं च) तदुपरि ‘स’ उपपदपूर्वक ‘सहित’ अर्थ

• विधाय: having arranged/prepared
• विधाय: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) + वि (उपसर्ग) + क्त्वा-लोप (क्त्वान्त रूप)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive)

• च: and
• च: Nipata (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयार्थक (conjunction)

Speaker

Sūta Gosvāmin (narrating the Śiva-pūjā procedure to the sages at Naimiṣāraṇya)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: General pūjā-vidhi: after naivedya, the deity is ritually ‘refreshed’ with ācamana and then honored with tāmbūla, reflecting completeness of upacāra.

Significance: Models orthodox temple/home worship etiquette; emphasizes prīti (loving devotion) as the inner disposition that makes ritual efficacious.

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Śiva is honored through attentive, loving upacāras—performed without impatience—so devotion (prīti) becomes the inner essence of the ritual, aligning the worshipper with Śiva’s grace.

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

Ācamana and tāmbūla are traditional post-offering courtesies in saguna worship, where the Liṅga is served as the living presence of Śiva; offering items “sāṅgopāṅga” emphasizes completeness and reverence in Liṅga-pūjā.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform the concluding upacāras calmly: offer ācamana (symbolic refreshment/purification) and then tāmbūla with its accompaniments, while maintaining bhakti and silently remembering the Pañcākṣarī mantra, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya.”