Shloka 60

Umāyāḥ Kriyāyoga-Rahasya

The Esoteric Teaching on Umā’s Kriyāyoga

Devanagari script

मल्लिकामालतीचंपाजपाबन्धूकपंकजैः । कुसुमैः पूजयेद्गौरीं शंकरेण समन्विताम्

Transliteration

mallikāmālatīcaṃpājapābandhūkapaṃkajaiḥ | kusumaiḥ pūjayedgaurīṃ śaṃkareṇa samanvitām

Translation

当以茉莉、mālatī、campā、japā（朱槿）、bandhūka与莲花等诸花，礼敬女神高丽——恒与商羯罗合一者。

Word by Word

• मल्लिका-मालती-चम्पा-जपा-बन्धूक-पङ्कजैः: with jasmine, mālatī, campā, hibiscus, bandhūka, and lotus (flowers)
• मल्लिका-मालती-चम्पा-जपा-बन्धूक-पङ्कजैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल्लिका (प्रातिपदिक) + मालती (प्रातिपदिक) + चम्पा (प्रातिपदिक) + जपा (प्रातिपदिक) + बन्धूक (प्रातिपदिक) + पङ्कज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समाहार-द्वन्द्व), तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; ‘with (flowers such as) jasmine, mālatī, campā, hibiscus, bandhūka, lotus’

• कुसुमैः: with flowers
• कुसुमैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुसुम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पूजयेत्: should worship
• पूजयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √पूज् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; विधि/आदेश (should)

• गौरीम्: Gaurī
• गौरीम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शङ्करेण: with Śaṅkara
• शङ्करेण: Sahakarana (सहकरण/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शङ्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समन्विताम्: accompanied/associated (with)
• समन्विताम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अनु-√इ (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; गौरीम्-विशेषणम्

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pati

Shiva Form: Umāpati

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: Not a Jyotirliṅga passage; the verse prescribes floral upacāra for worship of Gaurī inseparable from Śaṅkara, typical of Umāsaṃhitā vrata/arcana sections.

Significance: General Śakti-Śiva upāsanā: flower-offering to Gaurī-with-Śaṅkara is presented as a direct means to purity and divine favor.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Gaurī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It teaches that devotion offered to Gaurī is most complete when she is contemplated as inseparably united with Śaṅkara—revealing the Shiva–Shakti unity central to Shaiva Siddhānta devotion.

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

It supports saguna-upāsanā by directing worship to the manifest divine couple (Śiva with Śakti). In many Shaiva rites, honoring Gaurī alongside Śiva complements Liṅga worship by acknowledging Śiva’s power (Śakti) as inseparable from Him.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Offer fragrant flowers—jasmine, mālatī, campā, hibiscus, bandhūka, and lotus—while meditating on Gaurī as ‘Śaṅkara-samanvitā’ (united with Śiva), cultivating bhakti and reverent focus during pūjā.