Chapter 18

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ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ |
baṃdhamokṣasvarūpaṃ hi brūhi sarvārthavittama |
sūta uvāca |
baṃdhamokṣaṃ tathopāyaṃ vakṣye'haṃ śṛṇutādarāt || 1 ||
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prakṛtyādyaṣṭabaṃdhena baddho jīvaḥ sa ucyate |
prakṛtyādyaṣṭabaṃdhena nirmukto mukta ucyate || 2 ||
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prakṛtyādivaśīkāro mokṣa ityucyate svataḥ |
baddhajīvastu nirmukto muktajīvaḥ sa kathyate || 3 ||
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prakṛtyagre tato buddhirahaṃkāro guṇātmakaḥ |
paṃcatanmātramityete prakṛtyādyaṣṭakaṃ viduḥ || 4 ||
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prakṛṭyādyaṣṭajo deho dehajaṃ karma ucyate |
punaśca karmajo deho janmakarma punaḥ punaḥ || 5 ||
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śarīraṃ trividhaṃ jñeyaṃ sthūlaṃ sūkṣmaṃ ca kāraṇam |
sthūlaṃ vyāpāradaṃ proktaṃ sūkṣmamiṃdri yabhogadam || 6 ||
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kāraṇaṃ tvātmabhogārthaṃ jīvakarmānurūpataḥ |
sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ puṇyapāpaiḥ karmabhiḥ phalamaśnute || 7 ||
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tasmāddhi karmarajjvā hi baddho jīvaḥ punaḥ punaḥ |
śarīratrayakarmabhyāṃ cakravadbhrāmyate sadā || 8 ||
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cakrabhramanivṛtyarthaṃ cakrakartāramīḍayet |
prakṛtyādi mahācakraṃ prakṛteḥ parataḥ śivaḥ || 9 ||
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cakrakartā maheśo hi prakṛteḥ paratoyataḥ |
pibati vātha vamati jīvanbālo jalaṃ yathā || 10 ||
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śivastathā prakṛtyādi vaśīkṛtyādhitiṣṭhati |
sarvaṃ vaśīkṛtaṃ yasmāttasmācchiva iti smṛtaḥ |
śiva eva hi sarvajñaḥ paripūrṇaśca niḥspṛhaḥ || 11 ||
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sarvajñatā tṛptiranādibodhaḥ svataṃtratā nityamaluptaśaktiḥ |
anaṃtaśaktiśca maheśvarasya yanmānasaiśvaryamavaiti vedaḥ || 12 ||
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ataḥ śivaprasādena prakṛtyādivaśaṃ bhavet |
śivaprasādalābhārthaṃ śivameva prapūjayet || 13 ||
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niḥspṛhasya ca pūrṇasya tasya pūjā kathaṃ bhavet |
śivoddeśakṛtaṃ karma prasādajanakaṃ bhavet || 14 ||
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liṃge bere bhaktajane śivamuddiśya pūjayet |
kāyena manasā vācā dhanenāpi prapūjayet || 15 ||
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pujayā tu maheśo hi prakṛteḥ paramaḥ śivaḥ |
prasādaṃ kurute satyaṃ pūjakasya viśeṣataḥ || 16 ||
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śivaprasādātkarmādyaṃ krameṇa svavaśaṃ bhavet |
karmārabhya prakṛtyaṃtaṃ yadāsarvaṃ vaśaṃ bhavet || 17 ||
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tadāmukta iti proktaḥ svātmārāmo virājate |
prasādātparameśasya karma deho yadāvaśaḥ || 18 ||
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tadā vai śivaloke tu vāsaḥ sālokyamucyate |
sāmīpyaṃ yāti sāṃbasya tanmātre ca vaśaṃ gate || 19 ||
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tadā tu śivasāyujyamāyudhādyaiḥ kriyādibhiḥ |
mahāprasādalābhe ca buddhiścāpi vaśā bhavet || 20 ||
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buddhistu kāryaṃ prakṛtestatsṛṣṭiriti kathyate |
punarmahāprasādena prakṛtirvaśameṣyati || 21 ||
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śivasya mānasaiśvaryaṃ tadā'yatnaṃ bhaviṣyati |
sārvajñādyaṃ śivaiśvaryaṃ labdhvā svātmani rājate || 22 ||
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tatsāyujyamiti prāhurvedāgamaparāyaṇāḥ |
evaṃ krameṇa muktiḥ syālliṃgādau pūjayā svataḥ || 23 ||
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ataḥ śivaprasādārthaṃ kriyādyaiḥ pūjayecchivam |
śivakriyā śivatapaḥ śivamaṃtrajapaḥ sadā || 24 ||
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śivajñānaṃ śivadhyānamuttarottaramabhyaset |
āsupterāmṛteḥ kālaṃ nayedvai śivaciṃtayā || 25 ||
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sadyādibhiśca kusumairarcayecchivameṣyati |
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
liṃgādau śivapūjāyā vidhānaṃ brūhi sarvataḥ || 26 ||
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sūta uvāca |
liṃgānāṃ ca kramaṃ vakṣye yathāvacchṛṇuta dvijāḥ |
tadeva liṃgaṃ prathamaṃ praṇavaṃ sārvakāmikam || 27 ||
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sūkṣmapraṇavarūpaṃ hi sūkṣmarūpaṃ tu niṣphalam |
sthūlaliṃgaṃ hi sakalaṃ tatpaṃcākṣaramucyate || 28 ||
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tayoḥ pūjā tapaḥ proktaṃ sākṣānmokṣaprade ubhe |
pauruṣaprakṛtibhūtāni liṃgānisubahūni ca || 29 ||
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tāni vistarato vaktuṃ śivo vetti na cāparaḥ |
bhūvikārāṇi liṃgāni jñātāni prabravīmi vaḥ || 30 ||
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svayaṃ bhūliṃgaṃ prathamaṃ biṃduliṃgaṃdvitīyakam |
pratiṣṭhitaṃ caraṃcaiva guruliṃgaṃ tu paṃcamam || 31 ||
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devarṣitapasā tuṣṭaḥ sānnidhyārthaṃ tu tatra vai |
pṛthivyantargataḥ śarvo bījaṃ vai nādarūpataḥ || 32 ||
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sthāvarāṃkuravadbhūmimudbhidya vyakta eva saḥ |
svayaṃbhūtaṃ jātamiti svayaṃbhūriti taṃ viduḥ || 33 ||
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talliṃgapūjayā jñānaṃ svayameva pravarddhate |
suvarṇarajatādau vā pṛthivyāṃ sthiṃḍilepi vā || 34 ||
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svahastāllikhitaṃ liṃgaṃ śuddhapraṇavamaṃtrakam |
yaṃtraliṃgaṃ samālikhya pratiṣṭhāvāhanaṃ caret || 35 ||
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biṃdunādamayaṃ liṃgaṃ sthāvaraṃ jaṃgamaṃ ca yat |
bhāvanāmayametaddhi śivadṛṣṭaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 36 ||
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yatra viśvasya te śaṃbhustatra tasmai phalapradaḥ |
svahastāllikhyate yaṃtre sthāvarādāvakṛtrime || 37 ||
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āvāhya pūjayecchaṃbhuṃ ṣoḍaśairupacārakaiḥ |
svayamaiśvaryamāpnoti jñānamabhyāsato bhavet || 38 ||
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devaiśca ṛṣibhiścāpi svātmasiddhyarthameva hi |
samaṃtreṇātmahastena kṛtaṃ yacchuddhamaṃḍale || 39 ||
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śuddhabhāvanayā caiva sthāpitaṃ liṃgamuttamam |
talliṃgaṃ pauruṣaṃ prāhustatpratiṣṭhitamucyate || 40 ||
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talliṃgapūjayā nityaṃ pauruṣaiśvaryamāpnuyāt |
mahadbhirbrāhmaṇaiścāpi rājabhiśca mahādhanaiḥ || 41 ||
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śilpinākalpitaṃ liṃgaṃ maṃtreṇa sthāpitaṃ ca yat |
pratiṣṭhitaṃ prākṛtaṃ hi prākṛtaiśvaryabhogadam || 42 ||
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yadūrjitaṃ ca nityaṃ ca taddhi pauruṣamucyate |
yaddurbalamanityaṃ ca taddhi prākṛtamucyate || 43 ||
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liṃgaṃ nābhistathā jihvā nāsāgrañca śikhā kramāt |
kaṭyādiṣu trilokeṣu liṃgamādhyātmikaṃ caram || 44 ||
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parvataṃ pauruṣaṃ proktaṃ bhūtalaṃ prākṛtaṃ viduḥ |
vṛkṣādi pauruṣaṃ jñeyaṃ gulmādi prākṛtaṃ viduḥ || 45 ||
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ṣāṣṭikaṃ prākṛtaṃ jñeyaṃ śāligodhūmapauruṣam |
aiśvaryaṃ pauruṣaṃ vidyādaṇimādyaṣṭasiddhidam || 46 ||
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sustrīdhanādiviṣayaṃ prākṛtaṃ prāhurāstikāḥ |
prathamaṃ caraliṃgeṣu rasaliṃgaṃ prakathyate || 47 ||
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rasaliṃgaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ sarvābhīṣṭapradaṃ bhavet |
bāṇaliṃgaṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ mahārājyapradaṃ śubham || 48 ||
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svarṇaliṃgaṃ tu vaiśyānāṃ mahādhanapatitvadam |
śilāliṃgaṃ tu śūdrā ṇāṃ mahāśuddhikaraṃ śubham || 49 ||
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sphāṭikaṃ bāṇaliṃgaṃ ca sarveṣāṃsarvakāmadam |
svīyābhāve'nyadīyaṃ tu pūjāyāṃ na niṣiddhyate || 50 ||
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strīṇāṃ tu pārthivaṃ liṃgaṃ sabhartṛṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ |
vidhavānāṃ pravṛttānāṃ sphāṭikaṃ parikīrtitam || 51 ||
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vidhavānāṃ nivṛttānāṃ rasaliṃgaṃ viśiṣyate |
bālyevāyauvanevāpi vārddhakevāpi suvratāḥ || 52 ||
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śuddhasphaṭikaliṃgaṃ tu strīṇāṃ tatsarvabhogadam |
pravṛttānāṃ pīṭhapūjā sarvābhīṣṭapradā bhuvi || 53 ||
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pātreṇaiva pravṛttastu sarvapūjāṃ samācaret |
abhiṣekāṃte naivedyaṃ śālyannena samācaret || 54 ||
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pūjāṃte sthāpayelliṃgaṃ saṃpuṭeṣu pṛthaggṛhe |
karapūjāni vṛttānāṃ svabhojyaṃ tu nivedayet || 55 ||
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nivṛttānāṃ paraṃ sūkṣmaliṃgameva viśiṣyate |
vibhūtyabhyarcanaṃ kuryādvibhūtiṃ ca nivedayet || 56 ||
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pūjāṃ kṛtvātha talliṃgaṃ śirasā dhārayetsadā |
vibhūtistrividhā proktā lokavedaśivāgnibhiḥ || 57 ||
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lokāgnijamatho bhasmadra vyaśuddhyarthamāvahet |
mṛddāruloharūpāṇāṃ dhānyānāṃ ca tathaiva ca || 58 ||
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tilādīnāṃ ca dra vyāṇāṃ vastrādīnāṃ tathaiva ca |
tathā paryuṣitānāṃ ca bhasmanā śiddhiriṣyate || 59 ||
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śvādibhirdūṣitānāṃ ca bhasmanā śuddhiriṣyate |
sajalaṃ nirjalaṃ bhasma yathāyogyaṃ tu yojayet || 60 ||
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vedāgnijaṃ tathā bhasma tatkarmāṃteṣu dhārayet |
maṃtreṇa kriyayā janyaṃ karmāgnau bhasmarūpadhṛk || 61 ||
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tadbhasmadhāraṇātkarma svātmanyāropitaṃ bhavet |
aghoreṇātmamaṃtreṇa bilvakāṣṭhaṃ pradāhayet || 62 ||
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śivāgniriti saṃproktastena dagdhaṃ śivāgnijam |
kapilāgomayaṃ pūrvaṃ kevalaṃ gavyameva vā || 63 ||
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śamyasvatthapalāśānvā vaṭāramvadhabilvakān |
śivāgninā dahecchuddhaṃ tadvai bhasma śivāgnijam || 64 ||
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darbhāgnau vā dahetkāṣṭhaṃ śivamaṃtraṃ samuccaran |
samyaksaṃśodhya vastreṇa navakuṃbhe nidhāpayet || 65 ||
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dīptyarthaṃ tattu saṃgrāhyaṃ manyate pūjyatepi ca |
bhasmaśabdārtha evaṃ hi śivaḥ pūrvaṃ tathā'karot || 66 ||
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yathā svaviṣaye rājā sāraṃ gṛhṇāti yatkaram |
yathā manuṣyāḥ sasyādīndagdhvā sāraṃ bhajaṃti vai || 67 ||
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yathā hi jāṭharāgniśca bhakṣyādīnvividhānbahūn |
dagdhvā sārataraṃ sārātsvadehaṃ paripuṣyati || 68 ||
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tathā prapaṃcakartāpi sa śivaḥ parameśvaraḥ |
svādhiṣṭheyaprapaṃcasya dagdhvā sāraṃ gṛhītavān || 69 ||
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dagdhvā prapaṃcaṃ tadbhasm asvātmanyāropayacchivaḥ |
uddhūlanena vyājena jagatsāraṃ gṛhītavān || 70 ||
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svaratnaṃ sthāpayāmāsa svakīye hi śarīrake |
keśamākāśasāreṇa vāyusāreṇa vai mukham || 71 ||
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hṛdayaṃ cāgnisāreṇa tvapāṃ sāreṇa vaikaṭim |
jānu cāvanisāreṇa tadvatsarvaṃ tadaṃgakam || 72 ||
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brahmaviṣṇvośca rudrā ṇāṃ sāraṃ caiva tripuṃḍrakam |
tathā tilakarūpeṇa lalāṭānte maheśvaraḥ || 73 ||
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bhavṛddhyā sarvametaddhi manyate svayamaityasau |
prapaṃcasārasarvasvamanenaiva vaśīkṛtam || 74 ||
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tasmādasya vaśīkartā nāstīti sa śivaḥ smṛtaḥ |
yathā sarvamṛgāṇāṃ ca hiṃsako mṛgahiṃsakaḥ || 75 ||
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asya hiṃsāmṛgo nāsti tasmātsiṃha itīritaḥ |
śaṃ nityaṃ sukhamānaṃdamikāraḥ puruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ || 76 ||
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vakāraḥ śaktiramṛtaṃ melanaṃ śiva ucyate |
tasmādevaṃ svamātmānaṃ śivaṃ kṛtvārcayecchivam || 77 ||
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tasmāduddhūlanaṃ pūrvaṃ tripuṃḍraṃ dhārayetparam |
pūjākāle hi sajalaṃ śuddhyarthaṃ nirjalaṃ bhavet || 78 ||
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divā vā yadi vārātrau nārī vātha naropi vā |
pūjārthaṃ sajalaṃ bhasma tripuṃḍreṇaiva dhārayet || 79 ||
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tripuṃḍraṃ sajalaṃ bhasma dhṛtvā pūjāṃ karoti yaḥ |
śivapūjāṃ phalaṃ sāṃgaṃ tasyaiva hi suniścitam || 80 ||
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bhasma vai śivamaṃtreṇa dhṛtvā hyatyāśramī bhavet |
śivāśramīti saṃproktaḥ śivaikaparamo yataḥ || 81 ||
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śivavrataikaniṣṭhasya nāśaucaṃ na ca sūtakam |
lalāṭe'gre sitaṃ bhasma tilakaṃ dhārayenmṛdā || 82 ||
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svahastādguruhastādvāśivabhaktasya lakṣaṇam |
guṇānruṃdha iti prokto guruśabdasya vigrahaḥ || 83 ||
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savikārānrājasādīnguṇānruṃdhe vyapohati |
guṇātītaḥ paraśivo gururūpaṃ samāśritaḥ || 84 ||
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guṇatrayaṃ vyapohyāgre śivaṃ bodhayatīti saḥ |
viśvastānāṃ tu śiṣyāṇāṃ gururityabhidhīyate || 85 ||
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tasmādguruśarīraṃ tu guruliṃgaṃ bhavedbudhaḥ |
guruliṃgasya pūjā tu guruśuśrūṣaṇaṃ bhavet || 86 ||
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śrutaṃ karoti śuśrūṣā kāyena manasā girā |
uktaṃ yadguruṇā pūrvaṃ śakyaṃ vā'śakyameva vā || 87 ||
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karotyeva hi pūtātmā prāṇairapi dhanairapi |
tasmādvai śāsane yogyaḥ śiṣya ityabhidhīyate || 88 ||
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śarīrādyarthakaṃ sarvaṃ gurordattvā suśiṣyakaḥ |
agrapākaṃ nivedyāgrebhuṃjīyādgurvanujñayā || 89 ||
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śiṣyaḥ putra iti proktaḥ sadāśiṣyatvayogataḥ |
jihvāliṃgānmaṃtraśukraṃ karṇayonau niṣicyavai || 90 ||
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jātaḥ putro maṃtraputraḥ pitaraṃ pūjayedgurum |
nimajjayati putraṃ vai saṃsāre janakaḥ pitā || 91 ||
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saṃtārayati saṃsārādgururvai bodhakaḥ pitā |
ubhayoraṃtaraṃ jñātvā pitaraṃ gurumarcayet || 92 ||
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aṃgaśuśrūṣayā cāpi dhanādyaiḥ svārjitairgurum |
pādādikeśaparyaṃtaṃ liṃgānyaṃgāni yadguroḥ || 93 ||
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dhanarūpaiḥ pādukādyaiḥ pādasaṃgraṇādibhiḥ |
snānābhiṣekanaivedyairbhojanaiśca prapūjayet || 94 ||
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gurupūjaiva pūjā syācchivasya paramātmanaḥ |
guruśeṣaṃ tu yatsarvamātmaśuddhikaraṃ bhavet || 95 ||
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guroḥ śeṣaḥ śivocchiṣṭaṃ jalamannādinirmitam |
śiṣyāṇāṃ śivabhaktānāṃ grāhyaṃ bhojyaṃ bhaveddvijāḥ || 96 ||
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gurvanujñāvirahitaṃ coravatsakalaṃ bhavet |
gurorapi viśeṣajñaṃ yatnādgṛhṇīta vai gurum || 97 ||
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ajñānamocanaṃ sādhyaṃ viśeṣajño hi mocakaḥ |
ādau ca vighnaśamanaṃ kartavyaṃ karma pūrtaye || 98 ||
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nirvighnena kṛtaṃ sāṃgaṃ karma vai saphalaṃ bhavet |
tasmātsakalakarmādau vighneśaṃ pūjayed budhaḥ || 99 ||
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sarvabādhānivṛttyarthaṃ sarvāndevānyajedbudhaḥ |
jvarādigraṃthirogāśca bādhā hyādhyātmikā matā || 100 ||
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piśācajaṃbukādīnāṃ valmīkādyudbhave tathā |
akasmādeva godhādijaṃtūnāṃ patanepi ca || 101 ||
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gṛhe kacchapasarpastrīdurjanādarśanepi ca |
vṛkṣanārīgavādīnāṃ prasūtiviṣayepi ca || 102 ||
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bhāviduḥkhaṃ samāyāti tasmātte bhautikā matā |
amedhyā śanipātaśca mahāmārī tathaiva ca || 103 ||
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jvaramārī viṣūciśca gomārī ca masūrikā |
janmarkṣagrahasaṃkrāṃtigrahayogāḥ svarāśike || 104 ||
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duḥsvapnadarśanādyāśca matā vai hyadhidaivikāḥ |
śavacāṃḍālapatitasparśādyeṃtargṛhe gate || 105 ||
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etādṛśe samutpanne bhāviduḥkhasya sūcake |
śāṃtiyajñaṃ tu matimānkuryāttaddoṣaśāṃtaye || 106 ||
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devālaye'tha goṣṭhe vā caitye vāpi gṛhāṃgaṇe |
prādeśonnatadhiṣṇye vai dvihaste ca svalaṃkṛte || 107 ||
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bhāramātravrīhidhānyaṃ prasthāpya parisṛtya ca |
madhye vilikhyakamalaṃ tathā dikṣuvilikhya vai || 108 ||
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taṃtunā veṣṭitaṃ kuṃbhaṃ navagugguladhūpitam |
madhye sthāpya mahākuṃbhaṃ tathā dikṣvapi vinyaset || 109 ||
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sanālāmrakakūrcādīnkalaśāṃśca tathāṣṭasu |
pūrayenmaṃtrapūtena paṃcadra vyayutena hi || 110 ||
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prakṣipennava ratnāni nīlādīnkramaśastathā |
karmajñaṃ ca sapatnīkamācāryaṃ varayedbudhaḥ || 111 ||
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suvarṇapratimāṃ viṣṇoriṃdrā dīnāṃ ca nikṣipet |
saśiraske madhyakuṃbhe viṣṇumābāhya pūjayet || 112 ||
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prāgādiṣu yathāmaṃtramiṃdrā dīnkramaśo yajet |
tattannāmnā caturthyāṃ ca namonte na yathākramam || 113 ||
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āvāhanādikaṃ sarvamācāryeṇaiva kārayet |
ācārya ṛtvijā sārdhaṃ tanmātrānprajapecchatam || 114 ||
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kuṃbhasya paścime bhāge japāṃte homamācaret |
koṭiṃ lakṣaṃ sahasraṃ vā śatamaṣṭottaraṃ budhāḥ || 115 ||
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ekāhaṃ vā navāhaṃ vā tathā maṃḍalameva vā |
yathāyogyaṃ prakurvīta kāladeśānusārataḥ || 116 ||
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śamīhomaśca śāṃtyarthe vṛttyarthe ca palāśakam |
samidannājyakairdra vyairnāmnā maṃtreṇa vā hunet || 117 ||
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prāraṃbhe yatkṛtaṃ dra vyaṃ tatkriyāṃtaṃ samācaret |
puṇyāhaṃ vācayitvāṃte dine saṃprokṣyayejjalaiḥ || 118 ||
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brāhmaṇānbhojayetpaścādyāvadāhutisaṃkhyayā |
ācāryaśca haviṣyāśīṛtvijaśca bhavedbudhāḥ || 119 ||
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ādityādīngrahāniṣṭvā sarvahomāṃta eva hi |
ṛtvibhyo dakṣiṇāṃ dadyānnavaratnaṃ yathākramam || 120 ||
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daśadānaṃ tataḥ kuryādbhūridānaṃ tataḥ param |
bālānāmupanītānāṃ gṛhiṇāṃ vanināṃ dhanam || 121 ||
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kanyānāṃ ca sabhartṛṇāṃ vidhavānāṃ tataḥ param |
taṃtropakaraṇaṃ sarvamācāryāya nivedayet || 122 ||
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utpātānāṃ ca mārīṇāṃ duḥkhasvāmī yamaḥ smṛtaḥ |
tasmādyamasya prītyarthaṃ kāladānaṃ pradāpayet || 123 ||
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śataniṣkeṇa vā kuryāddaśaniṣkeṇa vā punaḥ |
pāśāṃkuśadharaṃ kālaṃ kuryātpuruṣarūpiṇam || 124 ||
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tatsvarṇapratimādānaṃ kuryāddakṣiṇayā saha |
tiladānaṃ tataḥ kuryātpūrṇāyuṣyaprasiddhaye || 125 ||
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ājyāvekṣaṇadānaṃ ca kuryādvyādhinivṛttaye |
sahasraṃ bhojayedviprāndaridra ḥ śatameva vā || 126 ||
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vittābhāve daridra stu yathāśakti samācaret |
bhairavasya mahāpūjāṃ kuryādbhūtādiśāṃtaye || 127 ||
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mahābhiṣekaṃ naivedyaṃ śivasyānte tukārayet |
brāhmaṇānbhojayetpaścādbhūribhojanarūpataḥ || 128 ||
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evaṃ kṛtena yajñena doṣaśāṃtimavāpnuyāt |
śāṃtiyajñamimaṃ kuryādvarṣe varṣe tu phālgune || 129 ||
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durdarśanādau sadyo vai māsamātre samācaret |
mahāpāpādisaṃprāptau kuryādbhairavapūjanam || 130 ||
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mahāvyādhisamutpattau saṃkalpaṃ punarācaret |
sarvabhāve daridra stu dīpadānamathācaret || 131 ||
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tadapyaśaktaḥ snātvā vai yatkiṃciddānamācaret |
divākaraṃ namaskuryānmantreṇāṣṭottaraṃ śatam || 132 ||
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sahasramayutaṃ lakṣaṃ koṭiṃ vā kārayed budhaḥ |
namaskārātmayajñena tuṣṭāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ || 133 ||
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tvatsvarūperpitā buddhirnate'śūnye ca rocati |
yā cāstyasmadahaṃteti tvayi dṛṣṭe vivarjitā || 134 ||
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namro'haṃ hi svadehena bho mahāṃstvamasi prabho |
na śūnyo matsvarūpo vai tava dāso'smi sāṃpratam || 135 ||
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yathāyogyaṃ svātmayajñaṃ namaskāraṃ prakalpayet |
athātra śivanaivedyaṃ dattvā tāṃbūlamāharet || 136 ||
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śivapradakṣiṇaṃ kuryātsvayamaṣṭottaraṃ śatam |
sahasramayutaṃ lakṣaṃ koṭimanyena kārayet || 137 ||
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śivapradakṣiṇātsarvaṃ pātakaṃ naśyati kṣaṇāt |
duḥkhasya mūlaṃ vyādhirhi vyādhermūlaṃ hi pātakam || 138 ||
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dharmeṇaiva hi pāpānāmapanodanamīritam |
śivoddeśakṛto dharmaḥ kṣamaḥ pāpavinodane || 139 ||
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adhyakṣaṃ śivadharmeṣu pradakṣiṇamitīritam |
kriyayā japarūpaṃ hi praṇavaṃ tu pradakṣiṇam || 140 ||
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jananaṃ maraṇaṃ dvaṃdvaṃ māyācakramitīritam |
śivasya māyācakraṃ hi balipīṭhaṃ taducyate || 141 ||
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balipīṭhaṃ samārabhya prādakṣiṇyakrameṇa vai |
pade padāṃtaraṃ gatvā balipīṭhaṃ samāviśet || 142 ||
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namaskāraṃ tataḥ kuryātpradakṣiṇamitīritam |
nirgamājjananaṃ prāptaṃ namastvātmasamarpaṇam || 143 ||
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jananaṃ maraṇaṃ dvaṃdvaṃ śivamāyāsamarpitam |
śivamāyārpitadvaṃdvo na punastvātmabhāgbhavet || 144 ||
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yāvaddehaṃ kriyādhīnaḥ sajīvo baddha ucyate |
dehatrayavaśīkāre mokṣa ityucyate budhaiḥ || 145 ||
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māyācakrapraṇetā hi śivaḥ paramakāraṇam |
śivamāyārpitadvaṃdvaṃ śivastu parimārjati || 146 ||
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śivena kalpitaṃ dvaṃdvaṃ tasminneva samarpayet |
śivasyātipriyaṃ vidyātpradakṣiṇaṃ namo budhāḥ || 147 ||
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pradakṣiṇanamaskārāḥ śivasya paramātmanaḥ |
ṣoḍaśairupacāraiśca kṛtapūjā phalapradā || 148 ||
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pradakṣiṇā'vināśyaṃ hi pātakaṃ nāsti bhūtale |
tasmātpradakṣiṇenaiva sarvapāpaṃ vināśayet || 149 ||
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śivapūjāparo maunī satyādiguṇasaṃyutaḥ |
kriyātapojapajñānadhyāneṣvekaikamācaret || 150 ||
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aiśvaryaṃ divyadehaśca jñānamajñānasaṃśayaḥ |
śivasānnidhyamityete kriyādīnāṃ phalaṃ bhavet || 151 ||
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karaṇena phalaṃ yāti tamasaḥ parihāpanāt |
janmanaḥ parimārjitvājjñabuddhyā janitāni ca || 152 ||
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yathādeśaṃ yathākālaṃ yathādehaṃ yathādhanam |
yathāyogyaṃ prakurvīta kriyādīñchivabhaktimān || 153 ||
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nyāyārjitasuvittena vasetprājñaḥ śivasthale |
jīvahiṃsādirahitamatikleśavivarjitam || 154 ||
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paṃcākṣareṇa japtaṃ ca toyamannaṃ viduḥ sukham |
athavā'hurdaridra sya bhikṣānnaṃjñānadaṃ bhavet || 155 ||
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śivabhaktasya bhikṣānnaṃśivabhaktivivardhanam |
śaṃbhusatramiti prāhurbhikṣānnaṃśivayoginaḥ || 156 ||
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yena kenāpyupāyena yatra kutrāpi bhūtale |
śuddhānnabhuksadā maunīrahasyaṃ na prakāśayet || 157 ||
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prakāśayettu bhaktānāṃ śivamāhātmyameva hi |
rahasyaṃ śivamaṃtrasya śivo jānāti nāparaḥ || 158 ||
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śivabhakto vasennityaṃ śivaliṃgaṃ samāśritaḥ |
sthāṇuliṃgāśrayeṇaiva sthāṇurbhavati bhūsurāḥ || 159 ||
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pūjayā caraliṃgasya kramānmukto bhaveddhruvam |
sarvamuktaṃ samāsena sādhyasādhanamuttamam || 160 ||
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vyāsena yatpurāproktaṃ yacchrutaṃ hi mayā purā |
bhadra mastu hi vo'smākaṃ śivabhaktirdṛḍhā'stusā || 161 ||
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ya imaṃ paṭhate'dhyāyaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti naraḥ sadā |
śivajñānaṃ sa labhateśivasya kṛpayā budhāḥ || 162 ||
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iti śrīśaivemahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṃḍe śivaliṃgamahimāvarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 18 ||
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