Shiva Purana · Chapter 1.13

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ /
sadācāraṃ śrāvayāśu yena lokāñjayedbudhaḥ /
dharmādharmamayānbrūhi svarganārakadāṃstathā

sūta uvāca /
sadācārayuto vidvānbrāhmaṇo nāma nāmataḥ /
vedācārayuto vipro hyetairekaikavāndvijaḥ

alpācārolpavedaśca kṣatriyo rājasevakaḥ /
kiṃcidācāravānvaiśyaḥ kṛṣivāṇijyakṛttayā

śūdra brāhmaṇa ityuktaḥ svayameva hi karṣakaḥ /
asūyāluḥ paradro hī caṃḍāladvija ucyate

pṛthivīpālako rājā itarekṣatriyā matāḥ /
dhānyādikrayavānvaiśya itaro vaṇigucyate

brahmakṣatriyavaiśyānāṃ śuśrūṣuḥ śūdra ucyate /
karṣako vṛṣalo jñeya itare caiva dasyavaḥ

sarvo hyuṣaḥprācīmukhaścintayeddevapūrvakān /
dharmānarthāṃśca tatkleśānāyaṃ ca vyayameva ca

āyurdveṣaśca maraṇaṃ pāpaṃ bhāgyaṃ tathaiva ca /
vyādhiḥ puṣṭistathā śaktiḥ prātarutthānadikphalam

niśāṃtyāyāmoṣā jñeyā yāmārdhaṃ saṃdhirucyate /
tatkāle tu samutthāya viṇmūtre visṛjeddvijaḥ

gṛhāddūraṃ tato gatvā bāhyataḥ pravṛtastathā /
udaṇmukhaḥ samāviśya pratibaṃdhe'nyadiṇmukhaḥ

jalāgnibrāhmaṇādīnāṃ devānāṃ nābhimukhyataḥ /
liṃgaṃ pidhāya vāmena mukhamanyena pāṇinā

malamutsṛjya cotthāya na paśyeccaiva tanmalam /
uddhṛtena jalenaiva śaucaṃ kuryājjalādbahiḥ

athavā devapitrārṣatīrthāvataraṇaṃ vinā /
sapta vā paṃca vā trīnvā gudaṃ saṃśodhayenmṛdā

liṃge karkoṭamātraṃ tu gude prasṛtiriṣyate /
tata utthāya paddhastaśaucaṃ gaṇḍūṣamaṣṭakam

yena kena ca patreṇa kāṣṭhena ca jalādbahiḥ /
kāryaṃ saṃtyajya tarjjanīṃ daṃtadhāvanamīritam

jaladevānnamaskṛtya maṃtreṇa snānamācaret /
aśaktaḥ kaṃṭhadaghnaṃ vā kaṭidaghnamathāpi vā

ājānu jalamāviśya maṃtrasnānaṃ samācaret /
devādīṃstarpayedvidvāṃstatra tīrthajalena ca

dhautavastraṃ samādāya paṃcakacchena dhārayet /
uttarīyaṃ ca kiṃ caiva dhāryaṃ sarveṣu karmasu

nadyāditīrthasnāne tu snānavastraṃ na śodhayet /
vāpīkūpagṛhādau tu snānādūrdhvaṃ nayedbudhaḥ

śilādārvādike vāpi jale vāpi sthalepi vā /
saṃśodhya pīḍayedvastraṃ pitṛ-ṇāṃ tṛptaye dvijāḥ

jābālakoktamaṃtreṇa bhasmanā ca tripuṃḍrakam /
anyathā cejjale pāta itastannarakamṛcchati

āpohiṣṭheti śirasi prokṣayetpāpaśāṃtaye /
yasyeti maṃtraṃ pāde tu saṃdhiprokṣaṇamucyate

pāde mūrdhni hṛdi caiva mūrdhni hṛtpāda eva ca /
hṛtpādamūrdhni saṃprokṣya maṃtrasnānaṃ vidurbudhāḥ

īṣatsparśe ca dauḥ svāsthye rājarāṣṭrabhaye'pi ca /
atyāgatikāle ca maṃtrasnānaṃ samācaret

prātaḥ sūryānuvākena sāyamagnyanuvākataḥ /
apaḥ pītvā tathāmadhye punaḥ prokṣaṇamācaret

gāyatr! yā japamaṃtrāṃte trirūrdhvaṃ prāgvinikṣipet /
maṃtreṇa saha caikaṃ vai madhye'rghyaṃ tu raverdvijā

atha jāte ca sāyāhne bhuvi paścimadiṇmukhaḥ /
uddhṛtya dadyātprātastu madhyāhneṃgulibhistathā

aṃgulīnāṃ ca raṃdhreṇa laṃbaṃ paśyeddivākaram /
ātmapradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā śuddhācamanamācaret

sāyaṃ muhūrtādarvāktu kṛtā saṃdhyā vṛthā bhavet /
akālātkāla ityukto dine'tīte yathākramam

divā'tīte ca gāyatrīṃ śataṃ nitye kramājjapet /
ādarśāhātparā'tīte gāyatrīṃ lakṣamabhyaset

māsātīte tu nitye hi punaścopanayaṃ caret /
īśo gaurīguho viṣṇurbrahmā ceṃdra śca vai yamaḥ

evaṃ rūpāṃśca vai devāṃstarpayedarthasiddhaye /
brahmārpaṇaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā śuddhācamanamācaret

tīrthadakṣiṇataḥ śaste maṭhe maṃtrālaye budhaḥ /
tatra devālaye vāpi gṛhe vā niyatasthale

sarvāndevānnamaskṛtya sthirabuddhiḥ sthirāsanaḥ /
praṇavaṃ pūrvamabhyasya gāyatrīmabhyasettataḥ

jīvabrahmaikyaviṣayaṃ buddhvā praṇavamabhyaset /
trailokyasṛṣṭikarttāraṃ sthitikartāramacyutam

saṃhartāraṃ tathā rudraṃ svaprakāśamupāsmahe /
jñānakarmeṃdri yāṇāṃ ca manovṛttīrdhiyastathā

bhogamokṣaprade dharme jñāne ca prerayetsadā /
itthamarthaṃ dhiyādhyāyanbrahmaprāpnoti niścayaḥ

kevalaṃ vā japennityaṃ brāhmaṇyasya ca pūrtaye /
sahasramabhyasennityaṃ prātarbrāhmaṇapuṃgavaḥ

anyeṣāṃ ca yathā śaktimadhyāhne ca śataṃ japet /
sāyaṃ dvidaśakaṃ jñeyaṃ śikhāṣṭakasamanvitam

mūlādhāraṃ samārabhya dvādaśāṃtasthitāṃstathā /
vidyeśabrahmaviṣṇvīśajīvātmaparameśvarān

brahmabuddhyā tadaikyaṃ ca sohaṃ bhāvanayā japet /
tāneva brahmaraṃdhrādau kāyādbāhye ca bhāvayet

mahattattvaṃ samārabhya śarīraṃ tu sahasrakam /
ekaikasmājjapādekamatikramya śanaiḥ śanaiḥ

parasminyojayejjīvaṃ japatattvamudāhṛtam /
śatadvidaśakaṃ dehaṃ śikhāṣṭakasamanvitam

maṃtrāṇāṃ japa evaṃ hi japamādikramādviduḥ /
sahasraṃ brāhmadaṃ vidyācchatamaiṃdra pradaṃ viduḥ

itarattvātmarakṣārthaṃ brahmayoniṣu jāyate /
divākaramupasthāya nityamitthaṃ samācaret

lakṣadvādaśayuktastu pūrṇabrāhmaṇa īritaḥ /
gāyatr! yā lakṣahīnaṃ tu vedakāryena yojayet

āsaptatestu niyamaṃ paścātpravrājanaṃ caret /
prātardvādaśasāhasraṃ pravrājīpraṇavaṃ japet

dine dine tvatikrāṃte nityamevaṃ kramājjapet /
māsādau kramaśo'tīte sārdhalakṣajapena hi

ata ūrdhvamatikrāṃte punaḥ praiṣaṃ samācaret /
evaṃ kṛtvā doṣaśāṃtiranyathā rauravaṃ vrajet

dharmārthayostato yatnaṃ kuryātkāmī na cetaraḥ /
brāhmaṇo muktikāmaḥ syādbrahmajñānaṃ sadābhyaset

dharmādartho'rthato bhogo bhogādvairāgyasaṃbhavaḥ /
dharmārjitārthabhogena vairāgyamupajāyate

viparītārthabhogena rāga eva prajāyate /
dharmaśca dvividhaḥ prokto dra vyadehadvayena ca

dra vyamijyādirūpaṃ syāttīrthasnānādi daihikam /
dhanena dhanamāpnoti tapasā divyarūpatām

niṣkāmaḥ śuddhimāpnoti śuddhyā jñānaṃ na saṃśayaḥ /
kṛtādau hi tapaḥśloghyaṃ dra vyadharmaḥ kalau yuge

kṛtedhyānājjñānasiddhistretāyāṃ tapasā tathā /
dvāpare yajanājjñānaṃ pratimāpūjayā kalau

yādṛśaṃ puṇyaṃ pāpaṃ vā tādṛśaṃ phalameva hi /
dra vyadehāṃgabhedena nyūnavṛddhikṣayādikam

adharmo hiṃsikārūpo dharmastu sukharūpakaḥ /
adharmādduḥkhamāpnoti dharmādvai sukhamedhate

vidyādurvṛttito duḥkhaṃ sukhaṃ vidyātsuvṛttitaḥ /
dharmārjanamataḥ kuryādbhogamokṣaprasiddhaye

sakuṭuṃbasya viprasya caturjanayutasya ca /
śatavarṣasya vṛttiṃ tu dadyāttadbrahmalokadam

cāṃdrā yaṇasahasraṃ tu brahmalokapradaṃ viduḥ /
sahasrasya kuṭuṃbasya pratiṣṭhāṃ kṣatriyaścaret

iṃdra lokapradaṃ vidyādayutaṃ brahmalokadam /
yāṃ devatāṃ puraskṛtya dānamācarate naraḥ

tattallokamavāpnoti iti vedavido viduḥ /
arthahīnaḥ sadā kuryāttapasā mārjanaṃ tathā

tīrthācca tapasā prāpyaṃ sukhamakṣayyamaśnute /
arthārjanamatho vakṣye nyāyataḥ susamāhitaḥ

kṛtātpratigrahāccaiva yājanācca viśuddhitaḥ /
adainyādanatikleśādbrāhmaṇo dhanamarjayet

kṣatriyo bāhuvīryeṇa kṛṣigorakṣaṇādviśaḥ /
nyāyārjitasya vittasya dānātsiddhiṃ samaśnute

jñānasiddhyā mokṣasiddhiḥ sarveṣāṃ gurvanugrahāt /
mokṣātsvarūpasiddhiḥ syātparānandaṃ samaśnute

satsaṃgātsarvametadvai narāṇāṃ jāyate dvijāḥ /
dhanadhānyādikaṃ sarvaṃ deyaṃ vai gṛhamedhinā

yadyatkāle vastujātaṃ phalaṃ vā dhānyameva ca /
tattatsarvaṃ brāhmaṇebhyo deyaṃ vai hitamicchatā

jalaṃ caiva sadā deyamannaṃ kṣudvyādhiśāṃtaye /
kṣetraṃ dhānyaṃ tathā''mānnamannamevaṃ caturvidham

yāvatkālaṃ yadannaṃ vai bhuktvā śravaṇamedhate /
tāvatkṛtasya puṇyasya tvardhaṃ dāturna saṃśayaḥ

grahītāhigṛhītasya dānādvai tapasā tathā /
pāpasaṃśodhanaṃ kuryādanyathā rauravaṃ vrajet

ātmavittaṃ tridhā kuryāddharmavṛddhyātmabhogataḥ /
nityaṃ naimittakaṃ kāmyaṃ karma kuryāttu dharmataḥ

vittasya vardhanaṃ kuryādvṛddhyaṃśena hi sādhakaḥ /
hitena mitame dhyena bhogaṃ bhogāṃśataścaret

kṛṣyarjite daśāṃśaṃ hi deyaṃ pāpasya śuddhaye /
śeṣeṇa kuryāddharmādi anyathā rauravaṃ vrajet

athavā pāpabuddhiḥ syātkṣayaṃ vā satyameṣyati /
vṛddhivāṇijyake deyaṣṣaḍaṃśo hi vicakṣaṇaiḥ

śuddhapratigrahe deyaścaturthāṃśo dvijottamaiḥ /
akasmādutthite'rthe hi deyamardhaṃ dvijottamaiḥ

asatpratigrahasarvaṃ durdānaṃ sāgare kṣipet /
āhūya dānaṃ kartavyamātmabhogasamṛddhaye

pṛṣṭaṃ sarvaṃ sadā deyamātmaśaktyanusārataḥ ७८b/
janmāṃtare ṛṇī hi syādadatte pṛṣṭavastuni

pareṣāṃ ca tathā doṣaṃ na praśaṃsedvicakṣaṇaḥ /
viśeṣeṇa tathā brahmañchrutaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ ca no vadet

na vadetsarvajaṃtūnāṃ hṛdi roṣakaraṃ budhaḥ /
saṃdhyayoragnikāryaṃ ca kuryādaiśvaryasiddhaye

aśaktastvekakāle vā sūryāgnī ca yathāvidhi /
taṃḍulaṃ dhānyamājyaṃ vā phalaṃ kaṃdaṃ havistathā

sthālīpākaṃ tathā kuryādyathānyāyaṃ yathāvidhi /
pradhānahomamātraṃ vā havyābhāve samācaret

nityasaṃdhānamityuktaṃ tamajasraṃ vidurbudhāḥ /
athavā japamātraṃ vā sūryavaṃdanameva ca

evamātmārthinaḥ kuryurarthārthī ca yathāvidhi /
brahmayajñaratā nityaṃ devapūjāratāstathā

agnipūjāparā nityaṃ gurupūjāratāstathā /
brāhmaṇānāṃ tṛptikarāḥ sarve svargasya bhāginaḥ

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ trayodaśo'dhyāyaḥ