Chapter 16

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upamanyuruvāca |
puṇye 'hani śucau deśe bahudoṣavivarjite |
deśikaḥ prathamaṃ kuryātsaṃskāraṃ samayāhvayam || 1 ||
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parīkṣya bhūmiṃ vidhivadgaṃdhavarṇarasādibhiḥ |
śilpiśāstroktamārgeṇa maṇḍapaṃ tatra kalpayet || 2 ||
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kṛtvā vediṃ ca tanmadhye kuṇḍāni parikalpayet |
aṣṭadikṣu tathā dikṣu tatraiśānyāṃ punaḥ kramāt || 3 ||
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pradhānakuṃḍaṃ kurvīta yadvā paścimabhāgataḥ |
pradhānamekamevātha kṛtvā śobhāṃ prakalpayet || 4 ||
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vitānadhvajamālābhirvividhābhiranekaśaḥ |
vedimadhye tataḥ kuryānmaṃḍalaṃ śubhalakṣaṇam || 5 ||
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raktahemādibhiścūrṇairīśvarāvāhanocitam |
siṃdūraśālinīvāracūrṇairevātha nirdhanaḥ || 6 ||
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ekahastaṃ dvihastaṃ vā sitaṃ vā raktameva vā |
ekahastasya padmasya karṇikāṣṭāṃgulā matā || 7 ||
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kesarāṇi tadardhāni śeṣaṃ cāṣṭadalādikam |
dvihastasya tu padmasya dviguṇaṃ karṇikādikam || 8 ||
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kṛtvā śobhopaśobhāḍhyamaiśānyāṃ tasya kalpayet |
ekahastaṃ tadardhaṃ vā punarvedyaḥ tu maṃḍalam || 9 ||
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vrīhitaṃdulasiddhārthatilapuṣpakuśāstṛte |
tatra lakṣaṇasaṃyuktaṃ śivakuṃbhaṃ prasādhayet || 10 ||
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sauvarṇaṃ rājataṃ vāpi tāmrajaṃ mṛnmayaṃ tu vā |
gandhapuṣpākṣatākīrṇaṃ kuśadūrvāṃkurācitam || 11 ||
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sitasūtrāvṛtaṃ kaṃṭhe navavastrayugāvṛtam |
śuddhāmbupūrṇamutkūrcaṃ sadravyaṃ sapidhānakam || 12 ||
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bhṛṅgāraṃ vardhanīṃ cāpi śaṃkhaṃ ca cakrameva vā |
vinā sūtrādikaṃ sarvaṃ padmapatramathāpi vā || 13 ||
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tasyāsanāraviṃdasya kalpayeduttare dale |
agrataścaṃdanāṃbhobhirastrarājasya vardhanīm || 14 ||
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maṇḍalasya tataḥ prācyāṃ maṃtrakuṃbhe ca pūrvavat |
kṛtvā vidhivadīśasya mahāpūjāṃ samācaret || 15 ||
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athārṇavasya tīre vā nadyāṃ goṣṭhe 'pi vā girau |
devāgare gṛhe vāpi deśe 'nyasminmanohare || 16 ||
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kṛtvā pūrvoditaṃ sarvaṃ vinā vā maṃḍapādikam |
maṃḍalaṃ pūrvavatkṛtvā sthaṃḍilaṃ ca vibhāvasoḥ || 17 ||
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praviśya pūjābhavanaṃ prahṛṣṭavadano guruḥ |
sarvamaṃgalasaṃyuktaḥ samācaritanaityakaḥ || 18 ||
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mahāpūjāṃ maheśasya kṛtvā maṇḍalamadhyataḥ |
śivakuṃbhe tathā bhūyaḥ śivamāvāhya pūjayet || 19 ||
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paścimābhimukhaṃ dhyātvā yajñarakṣakamīśvaram |
arcayedastravardhanyāmastramīśasya dakṣiṇe || 20 ||
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mantrakumbhe ca vinyasya mantraṃ mantraviśāradaḥ |
kṛtvā mudrādikaṃ sarvaṃ mantrayāgaṃ samācaret || 21 ||
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tataśśivānale homaṃ kuryāddeśikasattamaḥ |
pradhānakuṇḍe parito juhuyuścāpare dvijāḥ || 22 ||
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ācāryātpādamardhaṃ vā homasteṣāṃ vidhīyate |
pradhānakuṇḍa evātha juhuyāddeśikottamaḥ || 23 ||
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svādhyāyamapare kuryuḥ stotraṃ maṃgalavācanam |
japaṃ ca vidhivaccānye śivabhaktiparāyaṇāḥ || 24 ||
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nṛtyaṃ gītaṃ ca vādyaṃ ca maṃgalānyaparāṇi ca |
pūjanaṃ ca sadasyānāṃ kṛtvā samyagvidhānataḥ || 25 ||
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puṇyāhaṃ kārayitvātha punaḥ saṃpūjya śaṃkaram |
prārthayeddeśiko devaṃ śiṣyānugrahakāmyayā || 26 ||
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prasīda devadeveśa dehamāviśya māmakam |
vimocayainaṃ viśveśa ghṛṇayā ca ghṛṇānidhe || 27 ||
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atha caivaṃ karomīti labdhānujñastu deśikaḥ |
ānīyopoṣitaṃ śiṣyaṃ haviṣyāśinameva vā || 28 ||
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ekāśanaṃ vā virataṃ snātaṃ prātaḥkṛtakriyam |
japaṃtaṃ praṇavaṃ devaṃ dhyāyaṃtaṃ kṛtamaṃgalam || 29 ||
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dvārasya paścimasyāgramaṇḍale dakṣiṇasya vā |
darbhāsane samāsīnaṃ vidhāyodaṅmukhaṃ śiśum || 30 ||
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svayaṃ prāgvadanastiṣṭhannūrdhvakāyaṃ kṛtāṃjalim |
saṃprokṣya prokṣaṇautoyairmūrdhanyastreṇa mudrayā || 31 ||
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puṣpakṣepeṇa saṃtāḍya badhnīyāllocanaṃ guruḥ |
dukūlārdhena vastreṇa maṃtritena navena ca || 32 ||
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tataḥ praveśayecchiṣyaṃ gururdvāreṇa maṃḍalam |
so 'pi teneritaḥ śaṃbhorācarettriḥ pradakṣiṇam || 33 ||
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tatassuvarṇasaṃmiśraṃ dattvā puṣpāṃjaliṃ prabhoḥ |
prāṅmukhaścodaṅmukho vā praṇameddaṃḍavatkṣito || 34 ||
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tatassaṃprokṣya mūlena śirasyastreṇa pūrvavat |
saṃtāḍya deśikastasya mocayennetrabaṃdhanam || 35 ||
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sa dṛṣṭvā maṃḍalaṃ bhūyaḥ praṇametsāñjaliḥ prabhum |
athāsīnaṃ śivācāryo maṃḍalasya tu dakṣiṇe || 36 ||
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upaveśyātmanassavye śiṣyaṃ darbhāsane guruḥ |
ārādhya ca mahādevaṃ śivahastaṃ pravinyaset || 37 ||
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śivatejomayaṃ pāṇiṃ śivamaṃtramudīrayet |
śivābhimānasaṃpanno nyasecchiṣyasya mastake || 38 ||
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sarvāṃgālaṃbanaṃ caiva kuryāttenaiva deśikaḥ |
śiṣyo 'pi praṇamedbhūmau deśikākṛtamīśvaram || 39 ||
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tataśśivānale devaṃ samabhyarcya yathāvidhi |
hutāhutitrayaṃ śiṣyamupaveśya yathā purā || 40 ||
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darbhāgraiḥ saṃspṛśaṃstaṃ ca vidyayātmānamāviśet |
namaskṛtya mahādevaṃ nāḍīsaṃdhānamācaret || 41 ||
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śivaśāstroktamārgeṇa kṛtvā prāṇasya nirgamam |
śiṣyadehapraveśaṃ ca smṛtvā maṃtrāṃstu tarpayet || 42 ||
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saṃtarpaṇāya mūlasya tenaivāhutayo daśa |
deyāstisrastathāṃgānāmaṃgaireva yathākramam || 43 ||
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tataḥ pūrṇāhutiṃ dattvā prāyaścittāya deśikaḥ |
punardaśāhutīnkuryānmūlamaṃtreṇa maṃtravit || 44 ||
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punaḥ saṃpūjya deveśaṃ samyagācamya deśikaḥ |
hutvā caiva yathānyāyaṃ svajātyā vaiśyamuddharet || 45 ||
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tasyaivaṃ janayetkṣātramuddhāraṃ ca tataḥ punaḥ |
kṛtvā tathaiva vipratvaṃ janayedasya deśikaḥ || 46 ||
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rājanyaṃ caivamuddhṛtya kṛtvā vipraṃ punastayoḥ |
rudratvaṃ janayedvipre rudranāmaiva sādhayet || 47 ||
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prokṣaṇaṃ tāḍanaṃ kṛtvā śiśossvātmānamātmani |
śivātmakamanusmṛtya sphuraṃtaṃ visphuliṃgavat || 48 ||
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nāḍyā yathoktayā vāyuṃ recayenmaṃtrato guruḥ |
nirgamya praviśennāḍyā śiṣyasya hṛdayaṃ tathā || 49 ||
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praviśya tasya caitanyaṃ nīlabindunibhaṃ smaran |
svatejasāpāstamalaṃ jvalaṃtamanuciṃtayet || 50 ||
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tamādāya tayā nāḍyā maṃtrī saṃhāramudrayā |
na pūrakeṇa niveśyainamekībhāvārthamātmanaḥ || 51 ||
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kuṃbhakena tathā nāḍyā recakena yathā purā |
tasmādādāya śiṣyasya hṛdaye tanniveśayet || 52 ||
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tamālabhya śivāllabdhaṃ tasmai dattvopavītakam |
hutvāhutitrayaṃ paścāddadyātpūrṇāhutiṃ tataḥ || 53 ||
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devasya dakṣiṇe śiṣyamupaveśyavarāsane |
kuśapuṣpaparistīrṇe baddhāṃjalirudaṅmukham || 54 ||
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svastikāsanamārūḍhaṃ vidhāya prāṅmukhaḥ svayam |
varāsanasthito maṃtrairmahāmaṃgalaniḥsvanaiḥ || 55 ||
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samādāya ghaṭaṃ pūrṇaṃ pūrṇameva prasāditam |
dhyāyamānaḥ śivaṃ śiṣyamābhiṣiṃceta deśikaḥ || 56 ||
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athāpanudya snānāṃbu paridhāya sitāṃbaram |
ācāntolaṃkṛtaśśiṣyaḥ prāṃjalirmaṃḍapaṃ vrajet || 57 ||
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upaveśya yathāpūrvaṃ taṃ gururdarbhaviṣṭare |
saṃpūjya maṃḍalaṃ devaṃ karanyāsaṃ samācaret || 58 ||
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tatastu bhasmanā devaṃ dhyāyanmanasi deśikaḥ |
samālabheta pāṇibhyāṃ śiśuṃ śivamudīrayet || 59 ||
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atha tasya śivācāryo dahanaplāvanādikam |
sakalīkaraṇaṃ kṛtvā mātṛkānyāsavartmanā || 60 ||
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tataḥ śivāsanaṃ dhyātvā śiṣyamūrdhni deśikaḥ |
tatrāvāhya yathānyāyamarcayenmanasā śivam || 61 ||
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prārthayetprāṃjalirdevaṃ nityamatra sthito bhava |
iti vijñāpya taṃ śaṃbhostejasā bhāsuraṃ smaret || 62 ||
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saṃpūjyātha śivaṃ śaivīmājñāṃ prāpya śivātmikām |
karṇe śiṣyasya śanakaiśśivamantramudīrayet || 63 ||
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sa tu baddhāṃjaliḥ śrutvā mantraṃ tadgatamānasaḥ |
śanaistaṃ vyāharecchiṣyaśivācāryasya śāsanāt || 64 ||
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tataḥ śāktaṃ ca saṃdiśya mantraṃ mantravicakṣaṇaḥ |
uccārayitvā ca sukhaṃ tasmai maṃgalamādiśet || 65 ||
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tatassamāsānmantrārthaṃ vācyavācakayogataḥ |
samadiśyeśvaraṃ rūpaṃ yogamāsanamādiśet || 66 ||
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atha gurvājñayā śiṣyaḥ śivāgnigurusannidhau |
bhaktyaivamabhisaṃdhāya dīkṣāvākyamudīrayet || 67 ||
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varaṃ prāṇaparityāgaśchedanaṃ śiraso 'pi vā |
na tvanabhyarcya bhuṃjīya bhagavantaṃ trilocanam || 68 ||
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sa eva dadyānniyato yāvanmohaviparyayaḥ |
tāvadārādhayeddevaṃ tanniṣṭhastatparāyaṇaḥ || 69 ||
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tataḥ sa samayo nāma bhaviṣyati śivāśrame |
labdhādhikāro gurvājñāpālakastadvaśo bhavet || 70 ||
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ataḥ paraṃ nyastakaro bhasmādāya svahastataḥ |
dadyācchiṣyāya mūlena rudrākṣaṃ cābhimaṃtritam || 71 ||
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pratimā vāpi devasya gūḍhadehamathāpi vā |
pūjāhomajapadhyānasādhanāni ca saṃbhave || 72 ||
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sopi śiṣyaḥ śivācāryāllabdhāni bahumānataḥ |
ādadītājñayā tasya deśikasya na cānyathā || 73 ||
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ācāryādāptamakhilaṃ śirasyādhāya bhaktitaḥ |
rakṣayetpūjayecchaṃbhuṃ maṭhe vā gṛha evavā || 74 ||
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ataḥ paraṃ śivācāramādiśedasya deśikaḥ |
bhaktiśraddhānusāreṇa prajñāyāścānusārataḥ || 75 ||
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yaduktaṃ yatsamājñātaṃ yaccaivānyatprakīrtitam |
śivācāryeṇa samaye tatsarvaṃ śirasā vahet || 76 ||
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śivāgamasya grahaṇaṃ vācanaṃ śravaṇaṃ tathā |
deśikadeśataḥ kuryānna svecchāto na cānyataḥ || 77 ||
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iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaḥ saṃskāraḥ samayāhvayaḥ |
sākṣācchivapuraprāptau nṛṇāṃ paramasādhanam || 78 ||
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