Shiva Purana · Chapter 1.16

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ /
pārthivapratimāpūjāvidhānaṃ brūhi sattama /
yena pūjāvidhānena sarvābhiṣṭamavāpyate

sūta uvāca /
susādhupṛṣṭaṃ yuṣmābhiḥ sadā sarvārthadāyakam /
sadyo duḥkhasya śamanaṃ śṛṇuta prabravīmi vaḥ

apamṛtyuharaṃ kālamṛtyoścāpi vināśanam /
sadyaḥ kalatraputrādidhanadhānyapradaṃ dvijāḥ

annādibhojyaṃ vastrādisarvamutpadyate yataḥ /
tato mṛdādipratimāpūjābhīṣṭapradā bhuvi

puruṣāṇāṃ ca nārīṇāmadhikārotra niścitam /
nadyāṃ taḍāge kūpe vā jalāṃtarmṛdamāharet

saṃśodhya gaṃdhacūrṇena peṣayitvā sumaṃḍape /
hastena pratimāṃ kuryātkṣīreṇa ca susaṃskṛtām

aṃgapratyaṃgakopetāmāyudhaiśca samanvitām /
padmāsanasthitāṃ kṛtvā pūjayedādareṇa hi

vighneśādityaviṣṇūnāmaṃbāyāśca śivasya ca /
śivasyaśivaliṃgaṃ ca sarvadā pūjayeddvija

ṣoḍaśairupacāraiśca kuryāttatphalasiddhaye /
puṣpeṇa prokṣaṇaṃ kuryādabhiṣekaṃ samaṃtrakam

śālyannenaiva naivedyaṃ sarvaṃ kuḍavamānataḥ /
gṛhe tu kuḍavaṃ jñeyaṃ mānuṣe prasthamiṣyate

daive prasthatrayaṃ yogyaṃ svayaṃbhoḥ prasthapaṃcakam /
evaṃ pūrṇaphalaṃ vidyādadhikaṃ vai dvayaṃ trayam

sahasrapūjayā satyaṃ satyalokaṃ labheddvijaḥ /
dvādaśāṃgulamāyāmaṃ dviguṇaṃ ca tato'dhikam

pramāṇamaṃgulasyaikaṃ tadūrdhvaṃ paṃcakatrayam /
ayodārukṛtaṃ pātraṃ śivamityucyate budhaiḥ

tadaṣṭabhāgaḥ prasthaḥ syāttaccatuḥkuḍavaṃ matam /
daśaprasthaṃ śataprasthaṃ sahasraprasthameva ca

jalatailādigaṃdhānāṃ yathāyogyaṃ ca mānataḥ /
mānuṣārṣasvayaṃbhūnāṃ mahāpūjeti kathyate

abhiṣekādātmaśuddhirgaṃdhātpuṇyamavāpyate /
āyustṛptiśca naivedyāddhūpādarthamavāpyate १६* tu. maṇḍalabrāhmaṇopaniṣat

dīpājjñānamavāpnoti tāṃbūlādbhogamāpnuyāt /
tasmātsnānādikaṃ ṣaṭkaṃ prayatnena prasādhayet

namaskāro japaścaiva sarvābhīṣṭapradāvubhau /
pūjānte ca sadākāryau bhogamokṣārthibhirnaraiḥ

saṃpūjya manasā pūrvaṃ kuryāttattatsadā naraḥ /
devānāṃ pūjayā caiva tattallokamavāpnuyāt

tadavāṃtaraloke ca yatheṣṭaṃ bhogyamāpyate /
tadviśeṣānpravakṣyāmi śṛṇuta śraddhayā dvijāḥ

vighneśapūjayā samyagbhūrloke'bhīṣṭamāpnuyāt /
śukravāre caturthyāṃ ca site śrāvaṇabhādra ke

bhiṣagṛkṣe dhanurmāse vighneśaṃ vidhivadyajet /
śataṃ pūjāsahasraṃ vā tatsaṃkhyākadinairvrajet

devāgniśraddhayā nityaṃ putradaṃ ceṣṭadaṃ nṛṇām /
sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ tattadduritanāśanam

vārapūjāṃśivādīnāmātmaśuddhipradāṃ viduḥ /
tithinakṣatrayogānāmādhāraṃ sārvakāmikam

tathā bṛddhikṣayābhāvātpūrṇabrahmātmakaṃ viduḥ /
udayādudayaṃ vāro brahmaprabhṛti karmaṇām

tithyādau devapūjā hi pūrṇabhogapradā nṛṇām /
pūrvabhāgaḥ pitṛ-ṇāṃ tu niśi yuktaḥ praśasyate

parabhāgastu devānāṃ divā yuktaḥ praśasyate /
udayavyāpinī grāhyā madhyāhne yadi sā tithiḥ

devakārye tathā grāhyāsthiti ṛkṣādikāḥ śubhāḥ /
samyagvicārya vārādīnkuryātpūjājapādikam

pūjāryate hyaneneti vedeṣvarthasya yojanā /
pūrṇabhogaphalasiddhiśca jāyate tena karmaṇā

manobhāvāṃstathā jñānamiṣṭabhogārthayojanāt /
pūjāśabdartha evaṃ hi viśruto lokavedayoḥ

nityanaimittikaṃ kālātsadyaḥ kāmye svanuṣṭhite /
nityaṃ māsaṃ ca pakṣaṃ ca varṣaṃ caiva yathākramam

tattatkarmaphalaprāptistādṛkpāpakṣayaḥ kramāt /
mahāgaṇapateḥ pūjā caturthyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣake

pakṣapāpakṣayakarī pakṣabhogaphalapradā /
caitre caturthyāṃ pūjā ca kṛtā māsaphalapradā

varṣabhogapradā jñeyā kṛtā vai siṃhabhādra ke /
śravaṇyādityavāre ca saptamyāṃ hastabhe dine

māghaśukle ca saptamyāmādityayajanaṃ caret /
jyeṣṭhabhādra kasaumye ca dvādaśyāṃ śravarṇakṣake

dvādaśyāṃ viṣṇuyajanamiṣṭaṃsaṃpatkaraṃ viduḥ /
śrāvaṇe viṣṇuyajanamiṣṭārogyapradaṃ bhavet

gavādīndvādaśānarthānsāṃgāndatvā tu yatphalam /
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti dvādaśyāṃ viṣṇutarpaṇāt

dvādaśyāṃ dvādaśānviprānviṣṇordvādaśanāmataḥ /
ṣoḍaśairupacāraiśca yajettatprītimāpnuyāt

evaṃ ca sarvadevānāṃ tattaddvādaśanāmakaiḥ /
dvādaśabrahmayajanaṃ tattatprītikaraṃ bhavet

karkaṭe somavāre ca navamyāṃ mṛgaśīrṣake /
aṃbāṃ yajedbhūtikāmaḥ sarvabhogaphalapradām

āśvayukchuklanavamī sarvābhīṣṭaphalapradā /
ādivāre caturdaśyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe viśeṣataḥ

ārdrāyāṃ ca mahārdrāyāṃ śivapūjā viśiṣyate /
māghakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ sarvābhīṣṭaphalapradā

āyuṣkarī mṛtyuharā sarvasiddhikarī nṛṇām /
jyeṣṭhamāse mahārdrāyāṃ caturdaśīdinepi ca

mārgaśīrṣārdrakāyāṃ vā ṣoḍaśairupacārakaiḥ /
tattanmūrtiśivaṃ pūjya tasya vai pādadarśanam

śivasya yajanaṃ jñeyaṃ bhogamokṣapradaṃ nṛṇām /
vārādidevayajanaṃ kārtike hi viśiṣyate

kārtike māsi saṃprāpte sarvāndevānyajedbudhaḥ /
dānena tapasā homairjapena niyamena ca

ṣoḍaśairupacāraiśca pratimā vipramaṃtrakaiḥ /
brāhmaṇānāṃ bhojanena niṣkāmārtikaro bhavet

kārtike devayajanaṃ sarvabhogapradaṃ bhavet /
vyādhīnāṃ haraṇaṃ caiva bhavedbhūtagrahakṣayaḥ

kārtikādityavāreṣu nṛṇāmādityapūjanāt /
tailakārpāsadānāttu bhavetkuṣṭhādisaṃkṣayaḥ

harītakīmarīcīnāṃ vastrakṣīrādidānataḥ /
brahmapratiṣṭhayā caiva kṣayarogakṣayo bhavet

dīpasarṣapadānācca apasmārakṣayo bhavet /
kṛttikāsomavāreṣu śivasya yajanaṃ nṛṇām

mahādāridrya śamanaṃ sarvasaṃpatkaraṃ bhavet /
gṛhakṣetrādidānācca gṛhopakaraṇādinā

kṛttikābhaumavāreṣu skaṃdasya yajanānnṛṇām /
dīpaghaṃṭādidānādvai vāksiddhiracirādbhavet

kṛttikāsaumyavāreṣu viṣṇorvai yajanaṃ nṛṇām /
dadhyodanasya dānaṃ ca satsaṃtānakaraṃ bhavet

kṛtikāguruvāreṣu brahmaṇo yajanāddhanaiḥ /
madhusvarṇājyadānena bhogavṛddhirbhavennṛṇām

kṛttikāśukravāreṣu gajakomeḍayājanāt

gaṃdhapuṣpānnadānena bhogyavṛddhirbhavennṛṇām

vaṃdhyā suputraṃ labhate svarṇaraupyādidānataḥ /
kṛttikāśanivāreṣu dikpālānāṃ ca vaṃdanam

diggajānāṃ ca nāgānāṃ setupānāṃ ca pūjanam /
tryaṃbakasya ca rudrasya viṣṇoḥ pāpaharasya ca

jñānadaṃ brahmaṇaścaiva dhanvaṃtaryaśvinostathā /
rogāpamṛtyuharaṇaṃ tatkālavyādhiśāṃtidam

lavaṇāyasatailānāṃ māṣādīnāṃ ca dānataḥ /
trikaṭuphalagaṃdhānāṃ jalādīnāṃ ca dānataḥ

dravāṇāṃ kaṭhinānāṃ ca prasthena palamānataḥ /
svargaprāptirdhanurmāse hyuṣaḥkāle ca pūjanam

śivādīnāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ kramādvai sarvasiddhaye /
śālyannasya haviṣyasya naivedyaṃ śastamucyate*

vividhānnasya naivedyaṃ dhanurmāse viśiṣyate /
mārgaśīrṣe'nnadasyaiva sarvamiṣṭaphalaṃ bhavet

pāpakṣayaṃ ceṣṭasiddhiṃ cārogyaṃ dharmameva ca /
samyagvedaparijñānaṃ sadanuṣṭhānameva ca

ihāmutra mahābhogānaṃte yogaṃ ca śāśvatam /
vedāṃtajñānasiddhiṃ ca mārgaśīrṣānnado labhet

mārgaśīrṣe hyuṣaḥkāle dinatrayamathāpi vā /
yajeddevānbhogakāmo nādhanurmāsiko bhavet

yāvatsaṃgavakālaṃ tu dhanurmāso vidhīyate /
dhanurmāse nirāhāro māsamātraṃ jiteṃdriyaḥ

āmadhyāhnajapedvipro gāyatrīṃ vedamātaram /
paṃcākṣarādikānmaṃtrānpaścādāsaptikaṃ japet

jñānaṃ labdhvā ca dehāṃte vipro muktimavāpnuyāt /
anyeṣāṃ naranārīṇāṃ triḥsnānena japena ca

sadā paṃcākṣarasyaiva viśuddhaṃ jñānamāpyate /
iṣṭamantrānsadā japtvā mahāpāpakṣayaṃ labhet

dhanurmāse viśeṣeṇa mahānaivedyamācaret /
śālitaṃḍulabhāreṇa marīcaprasthakena ca

gaṇanāddvādaśaṃ sarvaṃ madhvājyakuḍavena hi /
droṇayuktena mudgena dvādaśavyaṃjanena ca

ghṛtapakvairapūpaiśca modakaiḥ śālikādibhiḥ /
dvādaśaiśca dadhikṣīrairdvādaśaprasthakena ca

nārikelaphalādīnāṃ tathā gaṇanayā saha /
dvādaśakramukairyuktaṃ ṣaṭtriṃśatpatrakairyutam

karpūrakhuracūrṇena paṃcasaugaṃdhikairyutam /
tāṃbūlayuktaṃ tu yadā mahānaivedyalakṣaṇam*

mahānaivedyametadvai devatārpaṇapūrvakam /
varṇānukramapūrveṇa tadbhaktebhyaḥ pradāpayet

evaṃ caudananaivedyādbhūmau rāṣṭrapatirbhavet /
mahānaivedyadānena naraḥ svargamavāpnuyāt

mahānaivedyadānena sahasreṇa dvijarṣabhāḥ /
satyaloke ca talloke pūrṇamāyuravāpnuyāt

sahasrāṇāṃ ca triṃśatyā mahānaivedyadānataḥ /
tadūrdhvalokamāpyaiva na punarjanmabhāgbhavet

sahasrāṇāṃ ca ṣaṭtriṃśajjanma naivedyamīritam /
tāvannaivedyadānaṃ tu mahāpūrṇaṃ taducyate

mahāpūrṇasya naivedyaṃ janmanaivedyamiṣyate /
janmanaivedyadānena punarjanma na vidyate

ūrje māsi dine puṇye janma naivedyamācaret /
saṃkrāṃtipātajanmarkṣapaurṇamāsyādisaṃyute

abdajanmadine kuryājjanmanaivedyamuttamam /
māsāṃtareṣu janmarkṣapūrṇayogadinepi ca

melane ca śanairvāpi tāvatsāhasramācaret /
janmanaivedyadānena janmārpaṇaphalaṃ labhet

janmārpaṇācchivaḥ prītiḥ svasāyujyaṃ dadāti hi /
idaṃ tajjanmanaivedyaṃ śivasyaiva pradāpayet

yoniliṃgasvarūpeṇa śivo janmanirūpakaḥ /
tasmājjanmanivṛttyarthaṃ janma pūjā śivasya hi

biṃdunādātmakaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam /
biṃduḥ śaktiḥ śivo nādaḥ śivaśaktyātmakaṃ jagat

nādādhāramidaṃ biṃdurbiṃdvādhāramidaṃ jagat /
jagadādhārabhūtau hi biṃdunādau vyavasthitau

bindunādayutaṃ sarvaṃ sakalīkaraṇaṃ bhavet /
sakalīkaraṇājjanmajagatprāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ

biṃdunādātmakaṃ liṃgaṃ jagatkāraṇamucyate /
biṃdurdevīśivo nādaḥ śivaliṃgaṃ tu kathyate

tasmājjanmanivṛttyarthaṃ śivaliṃgaṃ prapūjayet /
mātā devī biṃdurūpā nādarūpaḥ śivaḥ pitā

pūjitābhyāṃ pitṛbhyāṃ tu paramānaṃda eva hi /
paramānaṃdalābhārthaṃ śivaliṃgaṃ prapūjayet

sā devī jagatāṃ mātā sa śivo jagataḥ pitā /
pitroḥ śuśrūṣake nityaṃ kṛpādhikyaṃ hi vardhate

kṛpayāṃtargataiśvaryaṃ pūjakasya dadāti hi /
tasmādaṃtargatānaṃdalābhārthaṃ munipuṃgavāḥ

pitṛmātṛsvarūpeṇa śivaliṃgaṃ prapūjayet /
bhargaḥ puruṣarūpo hi bhargā prakṛtirucyate

avyaktāṃtaradhiṣṭhānaṃ garbhaḥ puruṣa ucyate /
suvyaktāṃtaradhiṣṭhānaṃ garbhaḥ prakṛtirucyate

puruṣatvādigarbho hi garbhavāñjanako yataḥ /
puruṣātprakṛto yuktaṃ prathamaṃ janma kathyate

prakṛtervyaktatāṃ yātaṃ dvitīyaṃ janma kathyate /
janma jaṃturmṛtyujanma puruṣātpratipadyate

anyato bhāvyate'vaśyaṃ māyayā janma kathyate /
jīryate janmakālādyattasmājjīva iti smṛtaḥ

janyate tanyate pāśairjīvaśabdārtha eva hi /
janmapāśanivṛttyarthaṃ janmaliṃgaṃ prapūjayet

bhaṃ vṛddhiṃ gacchatītyarthādbhagaḥ prakṛtirucyate /
prākṛtaiḥ śabdamātrādyaiḥ prākṛteṃdriyabhojanāt

bhagasyedaṃ bhogamiti śabdārtho mukhyataḥ śrutaḥ /
mukhyo bhagastu prakṛtirbhagavāñchiva ucyate

bhagavānbhogadātā hi nā'nyo bhogapradāyakaḥ /
bhagasvāmī ca bhagavānbharga ityucyate budhaiḥ

bhagena sahitaṃ liṃgaṃ bhagaṃliṃgena saṃyutam /
ihāmutra ca bhogārthaṃ nityabhogārthameva ca

bhagavaṃtaṃ mahādevaṃ śivaliṃgaṃ prapūjayet /
lokaprasavitā sūryastaccihnaṃ prasavādbhavet

liṃgeprasūtikartāraṃ liṃginaṃ puruṣo yajet /
liṃgārthagamakaṃ cihnaṃ liṃgamityabhidhīyate

liṃgamarthaṃ hi puruṣaṃ śivaṃ gamayatītyadaḥ /
śivaśaktyośca cihnasya melanaṃ liṃgamucyate

svacihnapūjanātprītaścihnakāryaṃ na vīyate /
cihnakāryaṃ tu janmādijanmādyaṃ vinivartate

prākṛtaiḥ puruṣaiścāpi bāhyābhyaṃtarasaṃbhavaiḥ /
ṣoḍaśairupacāraiśca śivaliṃgaṃ prapūjayet

evamādityavāre hi pūjā janmanivartikā /
ādivāre mahāliṃgaṃ praṇavenaiva pūjayet

ādivāre paṃcagavyairabhiṣeko viśiṣyate /
gomayaṃ gojalaṃ kṣīraṃ dadhyājyaṃ paṃcagavyakam

kṣīrādyaṃ ca pṛthakccaiva madhunā cekṣusārakaiḥ /
gavyakṣīrānnanaivedyaṃ praṇavenaiva kārayet

praṇavaṃ dhvaniliṃgaṃ tu nādaliṃgaṃ svayaṃbhuvaḥ /
biṃduliṃgaṃ tu yaṃtraṃ syānmakāraṃ tu pratiṣṭhitam

ukāraṃ caraliṃgaṃ syādakāraṃ guruvigraham /
ṣaḍliṃgaṃ pūjayā nityaṃ jīvanmukto na saṃśayaḥ

śivasya bhaktyā pūjā hi janmamuktikarī nṛṇām /
rudrā kṣadhāraṇātpādamardhaṃ vaibhūtidhāraṇāt

tripādaṃ maṃtrajāpyācca pūjayā pūrṇabhaktimān /
śivaliṃgaṃ ca bhaktaṃ ca pūjya mokṣaṃ labhennaraḥ

ya imaṃ paṭhate'dhyāyaṃ śṛṇuyādvā samāhitaḥ /
tasyaiva śivabhaktiśca vardhate sudṛḍhā dvijāḥ

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ ṣoḍaśo'dhyāyaḥ

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