Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 70

अग्निकार्य-होमविधिः

Agnikārya and Homa Procedure

Devanagari script

मनसा कर्मणा वापि कृत्वा सर्वं मनोहरम् । ततो देवस्य देव्याश्च पादमूले शुचिस्स्वपेत्

Transliteration

manasā karmaṇā vāpi kṛtvā sarvaṃ manoharam | tato devasya devyāśca pādamūle śucissvapet

Translation

Sau khi làm cho mọi sự trở nên đẹp lòng và cát tường—dù bằng tâm hay bằng hành—bấy giờ, giữ thân tâm thanh tịnh, người ấy nên nằm ngủ nơi chân của Đức Chúa và Nữ Thần, như kẻ hầu cận trong lòng sùng kính.

Word by Word

• manasā: by mind
• manasā: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (मनस्) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• karmaṇā: by action/deed
• karmaṇā: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (कर्मन्) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle: or)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अपि-कारक-अव्यय (particle: also/even)

• kṛtvā: having done
• kṛtvā: Kriya (क्रिया/Non-finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ) (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त्वा (Absolutive/Gerund), पूर्वकालिक-क्रिया (having done)

• sarvam: everything
• sarvam: Karma (कर्म/Object of kṛtvā)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (सर्व) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• manoharam: delightful; charming
• manoharam: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of sarvam)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mano-hara (मनः + हर) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘mind-stealing’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• tataḥ: then; thereafter
• tataḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/temporal)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: ततः—अव्यय (adverb: then/thereafter/from that)

• devasya: of the god (Śiva)
• devasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (देव) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• devyāḥ: of the goddess (Pārvatī)
• devyāḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (देवी) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• pāda-mūle: at the feet (foot-base)
• pāda-mūle: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (पाद) (प्रातिपदिक) + mūla (मूल) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘at the root of the feet’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• śuciḥ: pure; clean
• śuciḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject of svapet)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: śuci (शुचि) (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• svapet: should sleep
• svapet: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √svap (स्वप्) (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It teaches integrated worship: aligning inner intention (mind) and outer conduct (action), then resting in humble surrender at Shiva and Shakti’s feet—an image of placing the ego in abeyance and living in devotional dependence on Pati.

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

The verse emphasizes saguna-upasana through personal attendance to the Divine Couple—service, purity, and reverence—which supports linga-worship by cultivating the same bhava: offering what is pleasing and then abiding near the Lord in surrendered remembrance.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Practice śauca (cleanliness) and seva: make the worship-space and offerings pleasing, maintain purity of body and mind, and conclude with quiet rest/meditative abiding at the Lord’s feet—ideally with japa of a Shiva mantra such as the Panchakshara.