Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita, Shloka 11

गणेशाभिषेक-वरदान-विधानम् | Gaṇeśa’s Consecration, Boons, and Prescribed Worship

Devanagari script

तांम्बूलैरथ दानैश्च तथा प्रक्रमणैरपि । नमस्कारविधानेन पूजां यस्ते विधास्यति

Transliteration

tāṃmbūlairatha dānaiśca tathā prakramaṇairapi | namaskāravidhānena pūjāṃ yaste vidhāsyati

Translation

凡以槟榔叶（tāmbūla）为供、以布施为供、以恭敬绕行（pradakṣiṇā）为供，并依正法行礼敬与顶礼者——此等奉献者确实为汝成就相应而庄严的普迦（pūjā）。

Word by Word

• ताम्बूलैः: with betel (offerings)
• ताम्बूलैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्बूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचनम् (neut. instrumental plural)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (particle; then/and also)

• दानैः: with gifts
• दानैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचनम् (neut. instrumental plural)

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

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb; likewise)

• प्रक्रमणैः: with circumambulations/steps of approach
• प्रक्रमणैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रक्रमण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचनम् (neut. instrumental plural)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (also)

• नमस्कार-विधानेन: by the rite/method of salutation
• नमस्कार-विधानेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नमस्कार + विधान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (namaskārasya vidhānena), नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम् (neut. instrumental singular)

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (fem. accusative singular)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (relative pronoun; masc. nominative singular)

• ते: for you / to you
• ते: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी एकवचनम् (dative singular; 'to you'); (alternate reading possible: षष्ठी एकवचनम् 'your')

• विधास्यति: will perform / will arrange
• विधास्यति: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-√धा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् (3rd person singular)

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the prescribed modes of Shiva-worship to the sages)

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Significance: Highlights bhakti expressed as kāyika-vācika-mānasika service: dāna (ethical purification), pradakṣiṇā (centeredness around Pati), and namaskāra (ego-surrender), all classically held to attract Śiva’s grace.

Characters & Entities

• Shiva

FAQs

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

It teaches that Shiva is pleased by humble, complete devotion expressed through offering, charity, circumambulation, and heartfelt prostration—outer acts that embody inner surrender (bhakti) toward Pati, the Lord.

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

These are standard upacāras of Saguna worship—serving Shiva as accessible through the Liṅga (or a consecrated form), where offerings, pradakṣiṇā, and namaskāra become concrete expressions of devotion.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Perform Shiva-pūjā with offerings (such as tāmbūla), accompany it with dāna, do pradakṣiṇā around the Liṅga, and conclude with proper namaskāra; inwardly, maintain remembrance of Shiva (often supported by japa of the Panchākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”).