Chapter 11

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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
sūtasūta mahābhāga vyāsaśiṣya namostu te |
śrāvitādyādbhutā śaivakathā paramapāvanī || 1 ||
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tatrādbhutā mahādivyā liṃgotpattiḥ śrutā śubhā |
śrutvā yasyāḥ prabhāvaṃ ca duḥkhanāśo bhavediha || 2 ||
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brahmanāradasaṃvādamanusṛtya dayānidhe |
śivārcanavidhiṃ brūhi yena tuṣṭo bhavecchivaḥ || 3 ||
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brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyairvaiśyaiḥ śūdrairvā pūjyate śivaḥ |
kathaṃ kāryaṃ ca tad brūhi yathā vyāsamukhācchrutam || 4 ||
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tacchrutvā vacanaṃ teṣāṃ śarmadaṃ śrutisaṃmatam |
uvāca sakalaṃ prītyā muni praśnānusārataḥ || 5 ||
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sūta uvāca |
sādhu pṛṣṭaṃ bhavadbhiśca tadrahasyaṃ munīśvarāḥ |
tadahaṃ kathayāmyadya yathābuddhi yathāśrutam || 6 ||
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bhavadbhiḥ pṛcchayate tadvattathā vyāsena vai purā |
pṛṣṭaṃ sanatkumārāya tacchrutaṃ hyupamanyunā || 7 ||
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tato vyāsena vai śrutvā śivapūjādikaṃ ca yat |
mahyaṃ ca pāṭhitaṃ tena lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā || 8 ||
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tacchrutaṃ caiva kṛṣṇena hyupamanyormahātmanaḥ |
tadahaṃ kathayiṣyāmi yathā brahmāvadatpurā || 9 ||
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brahmovāca |
śṛṇu nārada vakṣyāmi saṃkṣepālliṃgapūjanam |
vaktuṃ varṣaśatenāpi na śakyaṃ vistarānmune || 10 ||
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evaṃ tu śāṃkaraṃ rūpaṃ mukhaṃ svacchaṃ sanātanam |
pūjayetparayā bhaktyā sarvakāmaphalāptaye || 11 ||
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dāridryaṃ rogaduḥkhaṃ ca pīḍanaṃ śatrusaṃbhavam |
pāpaṃ caturvidhaṃ tāvadyāvannārcayate śivam || 12 ||
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sampūjite śive deve sarvaduḥkhaṃ vilīyate |
saṃpadyate sukhaṃ sarvaṃ paścānmuktiravāpyate || 13 ||
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ye vai mānuṣyamāśritya mukhyaṃ saṃtānatassukham |
tena pūjyo mahādevaḥ sarvakāryārthasādhakaḥ || 14 ||
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brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāśśūdrāśca vidhivatkramāt |
śaṃkarārcāṃ prakurvaṃtu sarvakāmārthasiddhaye || 15 ||
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prātaḥkāle samutthāya muhūrte brahmasaṃjñake |
gurośca smaraṇaṃ kṛtvā śaṃbhoścaiva tathā punaḥ || 16 ||
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tīrthānāṃ smaraṇaṃ kṛtvā dhyānaṃ caiva harerapi |
mamāpi nirjarāṇāṃ vai munyādīnāṃ tathā mune || 17 ||
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tataḥ stotraṃ śubhaṃ nāma gṛhṇīyādvidhipūrvakam |
tatotthāya malotsargaṃ dakṣiṇasyāṃ careddiśi || 18 ||
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ekānte tu vidhiṃ kuryānmalotsargassa yacchrutam |
tadeva kathayāmyadya śṛṇvādhāya mano mune || 19 ||
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śuddhāṃ mṛdaṃ dvijo lipyātpaṃcavāraṃ viśuddhaye |
kṣatriyaśca caturvāraṃ vaiśyo varatrayaṃ tathā || 20 ||
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śūdro dvivāraṃ ca mṛdaṃ gṛhṇīyādvidhiśuddhaye |
gude vātha sakṛlliṃge vāramekaṃ prayatnataḥ || 21 ||
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daśavāraṃ vāmahaste saptavāraṃ dvayostathā |
pratyekampādayostāta trivāraṃ karayoḥ punaḥ || 22 ||
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strībhiśca śūdravatkāryaṃ mṛdāgrahaṇamuttamam |
hastau pādau ca prakṣālya pūrvavanmṛdamāharet || 23 ||
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daṃtakāṣṭhaṃ tataḥ kuryātsvavarṇakramato naraḥ || 24 ||
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vipraḥ kuryāddaṃtakāṣṭhaṃ dvādaśāṃgulamānataḥ |
ekādaśāṃgulaṃ rājā vaiśyaḥ kuryāddaśāṃgulam || 25 ||
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śūdro navāgulaṃ kuryāditi mānamidaṃ smṛtam |
kāladoṣaṃ vicāryyaiva manudṛṣṭaṃ vivarjayet || 26 ||
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ṣaṣṭyādyāmāśca navamī vratamastaṃ raverdinam |
tathā śrāddhadinaṃ tāta niṣiddhaṃ radadhāvane || 27 ||
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snānaṃ tu vidhivatkāryaṃ tīrthādiṣu krameṇa tu |
deśakālaviśeṣeṇa snānaṃ kāryaṃ samaṃtrakam || 28 ||
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ācamya prathamaṃ tatra dhautavastreṇa cādharet |
ekānte susthale sthitvā saṃdhyāvidhimathācaret || 29 ||
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yathāyogyaṃ vidhiṃ kṛtvā pūjāvidhimathārabhet |
manastu susthiraṃ kṛtvā pūjāgāraṃ praviśya ca || 30 ||
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pūjāvidhiṃ samādāya svāsane hyupaviśya vai |
nyāsādikaṃ vidhāyādau pūjayetkramaśo haram || 31 ||
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prathamaṃ ca gaṇādhīśaṃ dvārapālāṃstathaiva ca |
dikpālāṃśca susaṃpūjya paścātpīṭhaṃ prakalpayet || 32 ||
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atha vā'ṣṭadalaṃ kṛtvā pūjādravyaṃ samīpataḥ |
upaviśya tatastatra upaveśya śivam prabhum || 33 ||
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ācamanatrayaṃ kṛtvā prakṣālya ca punaḥ karau |
prāṇāyāmatrayaṃ kṛtvā madhye dhyāyecca tryambakam || 34 ||
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paṃcavaktraṃ daśabhujaṃ śuddhasphaṭikasannibham |
sarvābharaṇasaṃyuktaṃ vyāghracarmottarīyakam || 35 ||
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tasya sārūpyatāṃ smṛtvā dahetpāpaṃ narassadā |
śivaṃ tataḥ samutthāpya pūjayetparameśvaram || 36 ||
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dehaśuddhiṃ tataḥ kṛtvā mūla maṃtraṃ nyasetkramāt |
sarvatra praṇavenaiva ṣaḍaṃganyāsamācaret || 37 ||
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kṛtvā hṛdi prayogaṃ ca tataḥ pūjāṃ samārabhet |
pādyārghācamanārthaṃ ca pātrāṇi ca prakalpayet || 38 ||
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sthāpayedvividhānkuṃbhānnava dhīmānyathāvidhi |
darbhairācchādya taireva saṃsthāpyābhyukṣya vāriṇā || 39 ||
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teṣu teṣu ca sarveṣu kṣipettoyaṃ suśītalam |
praṇavena kṣipetteṣu dravyāṇyālokya buddhimān || 40 ||
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uśīraṃ candanaṃ caiva pādye tu parikalpayet |
jātīkaṃ kolakarpūravaṭamūla tamālakam || 41 ||
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cūrṇayitvā yathānyāyaṃ kṣipedācamanīyake |
etatsarveṣu pātreṣu dāpayeccandanānvitam || 42 ||
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pārśvayordevadevasya naṃdīśaṃ tu samarcayet |
gaṃdhairdhūpaistathā dīpairvividhaiḥ pūjayecchivam || 43 ||
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liṃgaśuddhiṃ tataḥ kṛtvā mudā yukto narastadā |
yathocitaṃ tu maṃtraughaiḥ praṇavādirnamoṃtakaiḥ || 44 ||
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kalpayedāsanaṃ svastipadmādi praṇavena tu |
tasmātpūrvadiśaṃ sākṣādaṇimāmayamakṣaram || 45 ||
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laghimā dakṣiṇaṃ caiva mahimā paścimaṃ tathā |
prāptiścaivottaraṃ patraṃ prākāmyaṃ pāvakasya ca || 46 ||
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īśitvaṃ nairṛtaṃ patraṃ vaśitvaṃ vāyugocare |
sarvajñatvaṃ tathaiśānyaṃ karṇikā soma ucyate || 47 ||
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somasyādhastathā sūryastasyādhaḥ pāvakastvayam |
dharmādīnapi tasyādho bhavataḥ kalpayet kramāt || 48 ||
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avyaktādi caturdikṣu somasyāṃte guṇatrayam |
sadyojātaṃ pravakṣyāmītyāvāhya parameśvaram || 49 ||
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vāmadevena maṃtreṇa tiṣṭheccaivāsanopari |
sānnidhyaṃ rudragāyatryā aghoreṇa nirodhayet || 50 ||
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īśānaṃ sarvavidyānāmiti maṃtreṇa pūjayet |
pādyamācanīyaṃ ca vidhāyārghyaṃ pradāpayet || 51 ||
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sthāpayedvidhinā rudraṃ gaṃdhacaṃdanavāriṇā |
pañcāgavyavidhānena gṛhyapātre'bhimaṃtrya ca || 52 ||
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praṇavenaiva gavyena snāpayetpayasā ca tam |
dadhnā ca madhunā caiva tathā cekṣurasena tu || 53 ||
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ghṛtena tu yathā pūjya sarvakāmahitāvaham |
puṇyairdravyairmahādevaṃ praṇavenābhiṣecayet || 54 ||
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pavitrajalabhāṇḍeṣu maṃtraiḥ toyaṃ kṣipettataḥ |
śuddhīkṛtya yathānyāyaṃ sitavastreṇa sādhakaḥ || 55 ||
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tāvaddūraṃ na kartavyaṃ na yāvaccandanaṃ kṣipet |
taṃdulaissundaraistatra pūjayecchaṃkarammudā || 56 ||
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kuśāpāmārgakarpūra jāticaṃpakapāṭalaiḥ |
karavīraissitaiścaiva mallikākamalotpalaiḥ || 57 ||
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apūrvapuṣpairvividhaiścandanādyaistathaiva ca |
jalena jaladhārāñca kalpayetparameśvare || 58 ||
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pātraiśca vividhairdevaṃ snāpayecca maheśvaram |
maṃtrapūrvaṃ prakartavyā pūjā sarvaphalapradā || 59 ||
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maṃtrāṃśca tubhyaṃ tāṃstāta sarvakāmārthasiddhaye |
pravakṣyāmi samāsena sāvadhānatayā śṛṇu || 60 ||
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pāṭhayamānena maṃtreṇa tathā vāṅmayakena ca |
rudreṇa nīlarudreṇa suśuklena subhena ca || 61 ||
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hotāreṇa tathā śīrṣṇā śubhenātharvaṇena ca |
śāṃtyā vātha punaśśāṃtyāmāruṇenāruṇena ca || 62 ||
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arthābhīṣṭena sāmnā ca tathā devavratena ca || 63 ||
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rathāṃtareṇa puṣpeṇa sūktena yuktena ca |
mṛtyuṃjayena maṃtreṇa tathā paṃcākṣareṇa ca || 64 ||
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jaladhārāḥ sahasreṇa śatenaikottareṇa vā |
kartavyā vedamārgeṇa nāmabhirvātha vā punaḥ || 65 ||
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tataścaṃdanapuṣpādi ropaṇīyaṃ śivopari |
dāpayetpraṇavenaiva mukhavāsādikaṃ tathā || 66 ||
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tataḥ sphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ devaṃ niṣkalamakṣayam |
kāraṇaṃ sarvalokānāṃ sarvalokamayaṃ param || 67 ||
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brahmendropendraviṣṇvādyairapi devairagocaram |
vedavidbhirhi vedāṃte tvagocara miti smṛtam || 68 ||
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ādimadhyāntarahitaṃ bheṣajaṃ sarvarogiṇām |
śivatattvamiti khyātaṃ śivaliṃgaṃ vyavasthitam || 69 ||
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praṇavenaiva maṃtreṇa pūjayelliṃgamūrddhani |
dhūpairdīpaiśca naivaidyaistāmbūlaiḥ sundaraistathā || 70 ||
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nīrājanena ramyeṇa yathoktavidhinā tataḥ |
namaskāraiḥ stavaiścānyairmaṃtrairnānāvidhairapi || 71 ||
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arghyaṃ dattvā tu puṣpāṇi pādayossuvikīrya ca |
praṇipatya ca deveśamātmanārādhayecchivam || 72 ||
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haste gṛhītvā puṣpāṇi samutthāya kṛtāṃjaliḥ |
prārthayetpunarīśānaṃ maṃtreṇānena śaṃkaram || 73 ||
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ajñānādyadi vā jñānājjapapūjādikaṃ mayā |
kṛtaṃ tadastu saphalaṃ kṛpayā tava śaṃkara || 74 ||
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paṭhitvaivaṃ ca puṣpāṇi śivopari mudā nyaset |
svastyayanaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā hyāśiṣo vividhāstathā || 75 ||
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mārjanaṃ tu tataḥ kāryaṃ śivasyopari vai punaḥ |
namaskāraṃ tataḥ kṣāṃtiṃ punarācamanāya ca || 76 ||
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aghoccāraṇamuccārya namaskāraṃ prakalpayet |
prārthayecca punastatra sarvabhāvasamanvitaḥ || 77 ||
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śive bhaktiśśive bhaktiśśive bhaktirbhave bhave |
anyathā śaraṇaṃ nāsti tvameva śaraṇaṃ mama || 78 ||
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iti saṃprārthya deveśaṃ sarvasiddhipradāyakam |
pūjayetparayā bhaktyā galanādairviśeṣataḥ || 79 ||
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namaskāraṃ tataḥ kṛtvā parivāragaṇaissaha |
praharṣamatulaṃ labdhvā kāryaṃ kuryādyathāsukham || 80 ||
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evaṃ yaḥ pūjayennityaṃ śivabhaktiparāyaṇaḥ |
tasya vai sakalā siddhirjāyate tu pade pade || 81 ||
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vāgmī sa jāyate tasya manobhī ṣṭaphalaṃ dhruvam |
rogaṃ duḥkhaṃ ca śokaṃ ca hyudvegaṃ kṛtrimaṃ tathā || 82 ||
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kauṭilyaṃ ca garaṃ caiva yadyaduḥkhamupasthitam |
tadduḥkhaṃ nāśa yatyeva śivaḥ śivakaraḥ paraḥ || 83 ||
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kalyāṇaṃ jāyate tasya śuklapakṣe yathā śaśī |
varddhate sadguṇastatra dhruvaṃ śaṃkarapūjanāt || 84 ||
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iti pūjāvidhiśśaṃbhoḥ proktaste munisattama |
ataḥ paraṃ ca śuśrūṣuḥ kiṃ praṣṭāsi ca nārada || 85 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitī yāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ prathamakhaṇḍe sṛṣṭyupākhyāne śivapūjāvidhivarṇano nāmaikādaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 11 ||
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