शिवाचार्याभिषेकविधिः / Rite of Consecrating a Śiva-Teacher (Śivācārya Abhiṣeka)
हुत्वा मंत्रन्तु संतर्प्य संदीप्याशास्य चेश्वरम् । समर्प्य मंत्रं शिष्यस्य पाणौ शेषं समापयेत्
hutvā maṃtrantu saṃtarpya saṃdīpyāśāsya ceśvaram | samarpya maṃtraṃ śiṣyasya pāṇau śeṣaṃ samāpayet
Sau khi dâng lễ hỏa cúng, làm cho thần lực của mantra được thỏa mãn đúng pháp, nhóm lên ngọn lửa thiêng và thỉnh mời rồi cầu hòa, tôn kính Đấng Īśvara, vị thầy nên đặt mantra vào tay người đệ tử; rồi hoàn tất các nghi thức còn lại.
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Īśāna
Role: teaching
It teaches that mantra is not mere sound but Śiva’s living power; only after propitiating the mantra and Īśvara through disciplined rite does the guru transmit it, making the disciple fit for grace (anugraha) and liberation.
The verse describes a formal Shaiva ritual setting—fire, invocation, and offering—by which Saguna worship (approaching Śiva as Īśvara) sanctifies the disciple, so the mantra becomes a direct means to realize Śiva beyond form.
It indicates mantra-dīkṣā with homa: kindle the sacred fire, offer oblations, invoke and propitiate Śiva, then ceremonially hand the mantra to the disciple—followed by completing the remaining prescribed observances.