Shloka 22
गजाननपूजा तथा औपासन-होमविधिः
Worship of Gajānana and the Procedure of Aupāsana-Homa
तत्त्वान्येतानि मद्देहे शुध्यन्तामित्यनुस्मरन् । तत्रात्मतत्त्वशुद्ध्यर्थं मन्त्रैरारुणकेतुकैः
tattvānyetāni maddehe śudhyantāmityanusmaran | tatrātmatattvaśuddhyarthaṃ mantrairāruṇaketukaiḥ
他忆念道：“愿我身中这些诸谛（tattva）悉皆清净。”继而为净化我性之谛（ātma-tattva），持诵与阿鲁那（Aruṇa）与凯图卡（Ketuka）仪轨相应之真言，使灵魂澄明，堪任证悟湿婆。
Suta Goswami (narrating Shiva’s yogic-ritual purification teaching as preserved in the Kailasa Samhita)
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti
Mantra: तत्त्वान्येतानि मद्देहे शुध्यन्ताम् (tattvānyetāni maddehe śudhyantām) — संकल्प/अनुस्मरण; मन्त्रैः आरुण-केतुकैः (mantrair āruṇa-ketukaiḥ)
Role: teaching
FAQs
It presents purification as an inner, tattva-level discipline: the embodied categories that bind the soul are to be cleansed through remembrance and mantra, culminating in ātma-tattva-śuddhi—fitness for the grace of Pati (Śiva) and liberation.
Even when worship is directed to Saguna Śiva (including Linga worship), the goal is inner readiness: mantra and recollection purify the tattvas so devotion becomes a vessel for Śiva’s anugraha (grace), leading beyond form toward realization.
A practice of mantra-japa combined with sankalpa-like recollection—mentally affirming purification of the body’s tattvas—aimed specifically at ātma-tattva-śuddhi; it aligns with Shaiva yogic purification preceding deeper meditation on Śiva.