Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 7

शिवाचार्याभिषेकविधिः / Rite of Consecrating a Śiva-Teacher (Śivācārya Abhiṣeka)

Devanagari script

सकलीकृत्य तं पश्चात्कलापञ्चकरूपिणम् । न्यस्तमंत्रतनुं बद्ध्वा शिवं शिष्यं समर्पयेत्

Transliteration

sakalīkṛtya taṃ paścātkalāpañcakarūpiṇam | nyastamaṃtratanuṃ baddhvā śivaṃ śiṣyaṃ samarpayet

Translation

Kế đó, làm cho nghi thức được viên mãn—thành tựu trong hình tướng của năm kalā—và buộc giữ người đệ tử có thân đã được an lập bằng các chân ngôn; rồi trang trọng hiến dâng người đệ tử cát tường ấy lên Đức Śiva.

Word by Word

• sakalīkṛtya: having made (it/him) complete
• sakalīkṛtya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sakalī + kṛ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having made complete/whole’

• tam: that (him)
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• paścāt: afterwards
• paścāt: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: paścāt (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, काल/क्रमवाचक (temporal adverb)

• kalāpañcakarūpiṇam: having the form of the five kalās
• kalāpañcakarūpiṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kalā + pañcaka + rūpin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः: (कलानां पञ्चकं) + रूपी → ‘कलापञ्चक-रूपिन्’ (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/उपपद-तत्पुरुष)

• nyasta: placed/installed
• nyasta: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni + as (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle), ‘placed/laid down’ (used adjectivally)

• maṃtra: mantra
• maṃtra: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक-घटक (compound member)

• tanum: body (formed of) mantras
• tanum: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tanu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः: मन्त्र + तनु (कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष: ‘mantra-body’)

• baddhvā: having bound
• baddhvā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bandh (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having bound/tied’

• śivam: auspicious / Śiva-like
• śivam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• śiṣyam: disciple
• śiṣyam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śiṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• samarpayet: should offer/hand over
• samarpayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam + arp (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Shakti Dimension

Role: liberating

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• disciple (shishya)

FAQs

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

It describes the Shaiva initiatory principle that the bound soul (paśu) is ritually refined—made ‘complete’ through fivefold kalā discipline and mantra-nyāsa—and then surrendered to Śiva (Pati), indicating transfer from bondage (pāśa) toward grace-led liberation.

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

The act of ‘offering the disciple to Śiva’ aligns with Saguna Śiva worship where the initiate is placed under Śiva’s lordship through mantra and ritual order; the Linga becomes the focal support for this consecration, expressing Śiva’s accessible form while pointing to His transcendent reality.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

It points to mantra-nyāsa (installing sacred mantras upon the body) as part of dīkṣā, followed by a formal samarpana (surrender/oblation) of oneself to Śiva—an inner vow of devotion and discipline grounded in mantra practice.