[Advaita-l] Brahmarpanam is also Shivarpanam

[V Subrahmanian]

Brahmarpanam is also Shivarpanam
In this chapter of the Kurma Purana, the Lord in the form of Kurma says:
Everything is to be offered to Rudra, Shiva.
While teaching Varnashrama Dharmas the Lord says:
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महायज्ञपरान् विप्रान् दूरतः परिवर्जय ।
ये यजन्ति जपैर्होमैर्देवदेवं महेश्वरम् ।। २.१६
Nothing can seduce the Brahmanas who perform yagya, japas addressed to
Rudra.
प्राणायामादिषु रतान् दूरात् परिहरामलान् ।
प्रणवासक्तमनसो रुद्रजप्यपरायणान् ।। २.१८
Pranayama, Pranava Japa, Rudra Japa - Nothing can seduce those who do these.
In the next chapter Lord Kurma says:
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In all these slokas, Lord Kurma says that one should offer as Brahmarpanam
to Lord Shiva by performing all the proper karmas for Lord Shiva to be
pleased.
ब्रह्मणा दीयते देयं ब्रह्मणे संप्रदीयते ।
ब्रह्मैव दीयते चेति ब्रह्मार्पणमिदं परम् ॥ ३.१५
नाहं कर्ता सर्वमेतद् ब्रह्मैव कुरुते तथा ।
एतद् ब्रह्मार्पणं प्रोक्तमृषिभिः तत्त्वदर्शिभिः ॥ ३.१६
प्रीणातु भगवानीशः कर्मणाऽनेन शाश्वतः ।
करोति सततं बुद्ध्या ब्रह्मार्पणमिदं परम् ॥ ३.१७
यद्वा फलनां संन्यासं प्रकुर्यात् परमेश्वरे ।
कर्मणामेतदप्याहुः ब्रह्मार्पणमनुत्तमम् ॥ ३.१८
वीक्षते परमात्मानं परं ब्रह्म महेश्वरम् ।
नित्यानन्दं निराभासंय तस्मिन्नेव लयं व्रजेत् ॥ ३.२६
तस्मात् सेवेत सततं कर्मयोगं प्रसन्नधीः ।
तृप्तये परमेशस्य तत् पदं याति शाश्वतम् ॥ ३.२७
Moreover, in the Shiva Gita of the Padma Purana, this saying is also found:
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इष्टापूर्तादिकर्माणि तेनाचरति मानवः ।
शिवार्पणधिया कामान्परित्यज्य यथाविधि ॥ १७॥
श्रीभगवानुवाच ॥
यो वेदाध्ययनं यज्ञं दानानि विविधानि च ।
मदर्पणधिया कुर्यात्स मे भक्तः स मे प्रियः ॥ २॥
Just as in the Bhagavad Gita, in the Shiva Gita too (sermons of Paramashiva
exhorting Sri Rama) we find:
यत्तपस्यसि राम त्वं तत्कुरुष्व मदर्पणम् ।
ततः परतरा नास्ति भक्तिर्मयि रघूत्तम ॥ ४५॥
यत्करोषि यदश्नासि यज्जुहोषि ददासि यत् ॥ ४४॥
Although the Shiva Gita is not available in the present Padma Purana, yet
the Narada Purana and other Puranas say that the Shiva Gita is in the Padma
Purana. There are many commentaries on the entire Shiva Gita.
Thus it is mentioned in the Puranas that the Vaidikas who practice
Varnashrama dharma do Shivarpanam as Brahmarpanam.

Om Tat Sat