Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 47

दशशैवव्रतप्रश्नः — Inquiry into the Ten Principal Śaiva Vratas

Devanagari script

प्रथमे चैव यामे च स्थापितं पार्थिवं हरे । पूजयेत्परया भक्त्या सूपचारैरनेकशः

Transliteration

prathame caiva yāme ca sthāpitaṃ pārthivaṃ hare | pūjayetparayā bhaktyā sūpacārairanekaśaḥ

Translation

在第一更（yāma）亦当以至上虔敬，礼拜已如法安立的哈罗（湿婆）之土制（pārthiva）林伽，奉献种种殊胜供养与仪轨（upacāra）。

Word by Word

• प्रथमे: in the first
• प्रथमे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रथम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; विशेषण (यामे इति)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक

• यामे: in the watch
• यामे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: याम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• स्थापितम्: installed; placed
• स्थापितम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (PPP/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘placed/installed’

• पार्थिवम्: earthen; made of clay
• पार्थिवम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पार्थिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषण (लिङ्गम्/मूर्तिम् implied)

• हरे: O Hari
• हरे: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, सम्बोधन एकवचन

• पूजयेत्: one should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• परया: with supreme
• परया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन; विशेषण (भक्त्या इति)

• भक्त्या: devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया एकवचन

• सूपचारैः: with good offerings
• सूपचारैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु + उपचार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः: ‘सु-उपचाराः’ (good services/offerings)

• अनेकशः: in many ways; repeatedly
• अनेकशः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/आवृत्तिवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: in many ways/many times)

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Sadāśiva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: This is vrata-vidhi for a temporary, devotee-made pārthiva-liṅga rather than a fixed sthala-liṅga; hence no specific Jyotirliṅga origin is invoked.

Significance: Pārthiva-liṅga pūjā on Śivarātri is treated as highly efficacious: accessible to householders, it concentrates devotion and ritual purity, and is said to yield swift śiva-prasāda.

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that devotion (parā-bhakti) expressed through disciplined worship—especially of the installed earthen Liṅga—purifies the devotee and aligns the soul (paśu) toward Śiva (Pati), the liberating Lord.

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

The verse emphasizes Saguna worship through the Liṅga as a sacred support (ālambana) for devotion—installing a pārthiva Liṅga and honoring Hara with upacāras so the mind becomes steady and receptive to Śiva’s grace.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform first-yāma worship of an installed earthen Liṅga with many upacāras (e.g., water, flowers, incense, lamps, naivedya) while maintaining focused bhakti; japa of the Pañcākṣarī (“Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) is a fitting accompaniment.