Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Shloka 6

भक्ताधिकारि-द्विजधर्म-योगिलक्षणवर्णनम् / Duties of Qualified Devotees and Marks of Yogins

Devanagari script

पानं च ब्रह्मकूर्चस्य मासि मासि यथाविधि । अभ्यर्चनं विशेषेण तेनैव स्नाप्य मां प्रिये

Transliteration

pānaṃ ca brahmakūrcasya māsi māsi yathāvidhi | abhyarcanaṃ viśeṣeṇa tenaiva snāpya māṃ priye

Translation

“并且月复一月，依所规定之法饮用梵摩库尔恰（Brahmakūrca）之制剂。然后，亲爱的，以殊胜虔敬礼拜我，并以此同一圣物为我行沐浴灌顶。”

Word by Word

• पानम्: drinking
• पानम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पा (धातु) → पान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• ब्रह्मकूर्चस्य: of brahmakūrca (a sacred preparation)
• ब्रह्मकूर्चस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध/Possessive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मकूर्च (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• मासि: in a month
• मासि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• मासि: month by month
• मासि: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (repetition for distributive sense)

• यथाविधि: according to rule
• यथाविधि: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• अभ्यर्चनम्: worship
• अभ्यर्चनम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभि + अर्च् (धातु) → अभ्यर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोग (instrumental adverbial: 'especially')

• तेन: with that
• तेन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed, alone
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• स्नाप्य: having bathed/washed (me)
• स्नाप्य: Purvakala (पूर्वकाल/Preceding action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive; = स्नात्वा/स्नापयित्वा sense depending on context)

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: एकवचन, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया); सर्वनाम

• प्रिये: O beloved
• प्रिये: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

Speaker

Lord Shiva

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Mahādeva

Jyotirlinga Context

Sthala Purana: General monthly purificatory regimen (māsi māsi) paired with intensified worship and abhiṣeka; not tied to a particular Jyotirliṅga kṣetra.

Significance: Emphasizes recurring (monthly) purification and abhiṣeka as caryā leading to inner śuddhi and receptivity to grace.

Shakti Dimension

Shakti Form: Pārvatī

Role: nurturing

Ritual Elements

Offering: naivedya

Characters & Entities

• Shiva
• Parvati

FAQs

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

It teaches that inner purification and disciplined observance (yathāvidhi) should culminate in devoted worship of Pati (Śiva); regular practice matures bhakti and supports liberation by loosening pāśa (bondage).

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

The instruction to “bathe Me” points to abhiṣeka—ritual bathing of Śiva (often as the Liṅga). It affirms Saguna worship as a valid, grace-filled means to approach the transcendent Nirguna reality of Śiva.

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

A monthly regimen of prescribed purificatory observance (including partaking of the Brahmakūrca as directed) followed by focused Śiva-arcana and abhiṣeka; it implies steady vrata-like discipline joined to heartfelt devotion.