Shiva Purana · Chapter 1.18

ṛṣayaḥ ūcuḥ /
baṃdhamokṣasvarūpaṃ hi brūhi sarvārthavittama /
sūta uvāca /
baṃdhamokṣaṃ tathopāyaṃ vakṣye'haṃ śṛṇutādarāt

prakṛtyādyaṣṭabaṃdhena baddho jīvaḥ sa ucyate /
prakṛtyādyaṣṭabaṃdhena nirmukto mukta ucyate

prakṛtyādivaśīkāro mokṣa ityucyate svataḥ /
baddhajīvastu nirmukto muktajīvaḥ sa kathyate

prakṛtyagre tato buddhirahaṃkāro guṇātmakaḥ /
paṃcatanmātramityete prakṛtyādyaṣṭakaṃ viduḥ

prakṛṭyādyaṣṭajo deho dehajaṃ karma ucyate /
punaśca karmajo deho janmakarma punaḥ punaḥ

śarīraṃ trividhaṃ jñeyaṃ sthūlaṃ sūkṣmaṃ ca kāraṇam /
sthūlaṃ vyāpāradaṃ proktaṃ sūkṣmamiṃdri yabhogadam

kāraṇaṃ tvātmabhogārthaṃ jīvakarmānurūpataḥ /
sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ puṇyapāpaiḥ karmabhiḥ phalamaśnute

tasmāddhi karmarajjvā hi baddho jīvaḥ punaḥ punaḥ /
śarīratrayakarmabhyāṃ cakravadbhrāmyate sadā

cakrabhramanivṛtyarthaṃ cakrakartāramīḍayet /
prakṛtyādi mahācakraṃ prakṛteḥ parataḥ śivaḥ

cakrakartā maheśo hi prakṛteḥ paratoyataḥ /
pibati vātha vamati jīvanbālo jalaṃ yathā

śivastathā prakṛtyādi vaśīkṛtyādhitiṣṭhati /
sarvaṃ vaśīkṛtaṃ yasmāttasmācchiva iti smṛtaḥ /
śiva eva hi sarvajñaḥ paripūrṇaśca niḥspṛhaḥ

sarvajñatā tṛptiranādibodhaḥ svataṃtratā nityamaluptaśaktiḥ /
anaṃtaśaktiśca maheśvarasya yanmānasaiśvaryamavaiti vedaḥ

ataḥ śivaprasādena prakṛtyādivaśaṃ bhavet /
śivaprasādalābhārthaṃ śivameva prapūjayet

niḥspṛhasya ca pūrṇasya tasya pūjā kathaṃ bhavet /
śivoddeśakṛtaṃ karma prasādajanakaṃ bhavet

liṃge bere bhaktajane śivamuddiśya pūjayet /
kāyena manasā vācā dhanenāpi prapūjayet

pujayā tu maheśo hi prakṛteḥ paramaḥ śivaḥ /
prasādaṃ kurute satyaṃ pūjakasya viśeṣataḥ

śivaprasādātkarmādyaṃ krameṇa svavaśaṃ bhavet /
karmārabhya prakṛtyaṃtaṃ yadāsarvaṃ vaśaṃ bhavet

tadāmukta iti proktaḥ svātmārāmo virājate /
prasādātparameśasya karma deho yadāvaśaḥ

tadā vai śivaloke tu vāsaḥ sālokyamucyate /
sāmīpyaṃ yāti sāṃbasya tanmātre ca vaśaṃ gate

tadā tu śivasāyujyamāyudhādyaiḥ kriyādibhiḥ /
mahāprasādalābhe ca buddhiścāpi vaśā bhavet

buddhistu kāryaṃ prakṛtestatsṛṣṭiriti kathyate /
punarmahāprasādena prakṛtirvaśameṣyati

śivasya mānasaiśvaryaṃ tadā'yatnaṃ bhaviṣyati /
sārvajñādyaṃ śivaiśvaryaṃ labdhvā svātmani rājate

tatsāyujyamiti prāhurvedāgamaparāyaṇāḥ /
evaṃ krameṇa muktiḥ syālliṃgādau pūjayā svataḥ

ataḥ śivaprasādārthaṃ kriyādyaiḥ pūjayecchivam /
śivakriyā śivatapaḥ śivamaṃtrajapaḥ sadā

śivajñānaṃ śivadhyānamuttarottaramabhyaset /
āsupterāmṛteḥ kālaṃ nayedvai śivaciṃtayā

sadyādibhiśca kusumairarcayecchivameṣyati /
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ /
liṃgādau śivapūjāyā vidhānaṃ brūhi sarvataḥ

sūta uvāca /
liṃgānāṃ ca kramaṃ vakṣye yathāvacchṛṇuta dvijāḥ /
tadeva liṃgaṃ prathamaṃ praṇavaṃ sārvakāmikam

sūkṣmapraṇavarūpaṃ hi sūkṣmarūpaṃ tu niṣphalam /
sthūlaliṃgaṃ hi sakalaṃ tatpaṃcākṣaramucyate

tayoḥ pūjā tapaḥ proktaṃ sākṣānmokṣaprade ubhe /
pauruṣaprakṛtibhūtāni liṃgānisubahūni ca

tāni vistarato vaktuṃ śivo vetti na cāparaḥ /
bhūvikārāṇi liṃgāni jñātāni prabravīmi vaḥ

svayaṃ bhūliṃgaṃ prathamaṃ biṃduliṃgaṃdvitīyakam /
pratiṣṭhitaṃ caraṃcaiva guruliṃgaṃ tu paṃcamam

devarṣitapasā tuṣṭaḥ sānnidhyārthaṃ tu tatra vai /
pṛthivyantargataḥ śarvo bījaṃ vai nādarūpataḥ

sthāvarāṃkuravadbhūmimudbhidya vyakta eva saḥ /
svayaṃbhūtaṃ jātamiti svayaṃbhūriti taṃ viduḥ

talliṃgapūjayā jñānaṃ svayameva pravarddhate /
suvarṇarajatādau vā pṛthivyāṃ sthiṃḍilepi vā

svahastāllikhitaṃ liṃgaṃ śuddhapraṇavamaṃtrakam /
yaṃtraliṃgaṃ samālikhya pratiṣṭhāvāhanaṃ caret

biṃdunādamayaṃ liṃgaṃ sthāvaraṃ jaṃgamaṃ ca yat /
bhāvanāmayametaddhi śivadṛṣṭaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

yatra viśvasya te śaṃbhustatra tasmai phalapradaḥ /
svahastāllikhyate yaṃtre sthāvarādāvakṛtrime

āvāhya pūjayecchaṃbhuṃ ṣoḍaśairupacārakaiḥ /
svayamaiśvaryamāpnoti jñānamabhyāsato bhavet

devaiśca ṛṣibhiścāpi svātmasiddhyarthameva hi /
samaṃtreṇātmahastena kṛtaṃ yacchuddhamaṃḍale

śuddhabhāvanayā caiva sthāpitaṃ liṃgamuttamam /
talliṃgaṃ pauruṣaṃ prāhustatpratiṣṭhitamucyate

talliṃgapūjayā nityaṃ pauruṣaiśvaryamāpnuyāt /
mahadbhirbrāhmaṇaiścāpi rājabhiśca mahādhanaiḥ

śilpinākalpitaṃ liṃgaṃ maṃtreṇa sthāpitaṃ ca yat /
pratiṣṭhitaṃ prākṛtaṃ hi prākṛtaiśvaryabhogadam

yadūrjitaṃ ca nityaṃ ca taddhi pauruṣamucyate /
yaddurbalamanityaṃ ca taddhi prākṛtamucyate

liṃgaṃ nābhistathā jihvā nāsāgrañca śikhā kramāt /
kaṭyādiṣu trilokeṣu liṃgamādhyātmikaṃ caram

parvataṃ pauruṣaṃ proktaṃ bhūtalaṃ prākṛtaṃ viduḥ /
vṛkṣādi pauruṣaṃ jñeyaṃ gulmādi prākṛtaṃ viduḥ

ṣāṣṭikaṃ prākṛtaṃ jñeyaṃ śāligodhūmapauruṣam /
aiśvaryaṃ pauruṣaṃ vidyādaṇimādyaṣṭasiddhidam

sustrīdhanādiviṣayaṃ prākṛtaṃ prāhurāstikāḥ /
prathamaṃ caraliṃgeṣu rasaliṃgaṃ prakathyate

rasaliṃgaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ sarvābhīṣṭapradaṃ bhavet /
bāṇaliṃgaṃ kṣatriyāṇāṃ mahārājyapradaṃ śubham

svarṇaliṃgaṃ tu vaiśyānāṃ mahādhanapatitvadam /
śilāliṃgaṃ tu śūdrā ṇāṃ mahāśuddhikaraṃ śubham

sphāṭikaṃ bāṇaliṃgaṃ ca sarveṣāṃsarvakāmadam /
svīyābhāve'nyadīyaṃ tu pūjāyāṃ na niṣiddhyate

strīṇāṃ tu pārthivaṃ liṃgaṃ sabhartṛṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ /
vidhavānāṃ pravṛttānāṃ sphāṭikaṃ parikīrtitam

vidhavānāṃ nivṛttānāṃ rasaliṃgaṃ viśiṣyate /
bālyevāyauvanevāpi vārddhakevāpi suvratāḥ

śuddhasphaṭikaliṃgaṃ tu strīṇāṃ tatsarvabhogadam /
pravṛttānāṃ pīṭhapūjā sarvābhīṣṭapradā bhuvi

pātreṇaiva pravṛttastu sarvapūjāṃ samācaret /
abhiṣekāṃte naivedyaṃ śālyannena samācaret

pūjāṃte sthāpayelliṃgaṃ saṃpuṭeṣu pṛthaggṛhe /
karapūjāni vṛttānāṃ svabhojyaṃ tu nivedayet

nivṛttānāṃ paraṃ sūkṣmaliṃgameva viśiṣyate /
vibhūtyabhyarcanaṃ kuryādvibhūtiṃ ca nivedayet

pūjāṃ kṛtvātha talliṃgaṃ śirasā dhārayetsadā /
vibhūtistrividhā proktā lokavedaśivāgnibhiḥ

lokāgnijamatho bhasmadra vyaśuddhyarthamāvahet /
mṛddāruloharūpāṇāṃ dhānyānāṃ ca tathaiva ca

tilādīnāṃ ca dra vyāṇāṃ vastrādīnāṃ tathaiva ca /
tathā paryuṣitānāṃ ca bhasmanā śiddhiriṣyate

śvādibhirdūṣitānāṃ ca bhasmanā śuddhiriṣyate /
sajalaṃ nirjalaṃ bhasma yathāyogyaṃ tu yojayet

vedāgnijaṃ tathā bhasma tatkarmāṃteṣu dhārayet /
maṃtreṇa kriyayā janyaṃ karmāgnau bhasmarūpadhṛk

tadbhasmadhāraṇātkarma svātmanyāropitaṃ bhavet /
aghoreṇātmamaṃtreṇa bilvakāṣṭhaṃ pradāhayet

śivāgniriti saṃproktastena dagdhaṃ śivāgnijam /
kapilāgomayaṃ pūrvaṃ kevalaṃ gavyameva vā

śamyasvatthapalāśānvā vaṭāramvadhabilvakān /
śivāgninā dahecchuddhaṃ tadvai bhasma śivāgnijam

darbhāgnau vā dahetkāṣṭhaṃ śivamaṃtraṃ samuccaran /
samyaksaṃśodhya vastreṇa navakuṃbhe nidhāpayet

dīptyarthaṃ tattu saṃgrāhyaṃ manyate pūjyatepi ca /
bhasmaśabdārtha evaṃ hi śivaḥ pūrvaṃ tathā'karot

yathā svaviṣaye rājā sāraṃ gṛhṇāti yatkaram /
yathā manuṣyāḥ sasyādīndagdhvā sāraṃ bhajaṃti vai

yathā hi jāṭharāgniśca bhakṣyādīnvividhānbahūn /
dagdhvā sārataraṃ sārātsvadehaṃ paripuṣyati

tathā prapaṃcakartāpi sa śivaḥ parameśvaraḥ /
svādhiṣṭheyaprapaṃcasya dagdhvā sāraṃ gṛhītavān

dagdhvā prapaṃcaṃ tadbhasm asvātmanyāropayacchivaḥ /
uddhūlanena vyājena jagatsāraṃ gṛhītavān

svaratnaṃ sthāpayāmāsa svakīye hi śarīrake /
keśamākāśasāreṇa vāyusāreṇa vai mukham

hṛdayaṃ cāgnisāreṇa tvapāṃ sāreṇa vaikaṭim /
jānu cāvanisāreṇa tadvatsarvaṃ tadaṃgakam

brahmaviṣṇvośca rudrā ṇāṃ sāraṃ caiva tripuṃḍrakam /
tathā tilakarūpeṇa lalāṭānte maheśvaraḥ

bhavṛddhyā sarvametaddhi manyate svayamaityasau /
prapaṃcasārasarvasvamanenaiva vaśīkṛtam

tasmādasya vaśīkartā nāstīti sa śivaḥ smṛtaḥ /
yathā sarvamṛgāṇāṃ ca hiṃsako mṛgahiṃsakaḥ

asya hiṃsāmṛgo nāsti tasmātsiṃha itīritaḥ /
śaṃ nityaṃ sukhamānaṃdamikāraḥ puruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ

vakāraḥ śaktiramṛtaṃ melanaṃ śiva ucyate /
tasmādevaṃ svamātmānaṃ śivaṃ kṛtvārcayecchivam

tasmāduddhūlanaṃ pūrvaṃ tripuṃḍraṃ dhārayetparam /
pūjākāle hi sajalaṃ śuddhyarthaṃ nirjalaṃ bhavet

divā vā yadi vārātrau nārī vātha naropi vā /
pūjārthaṃ sajalaṃ bhasma tripuṃḍreṇaiva dhārayet

tripuṃḍraṃ sajalaṃ bhasma dhṛtvā pūjāṃ karoti yaḥ /
śivapūjāṃ phalaṃ sāṃgaṃ tasyaiva hi suniścitam

bhasma vai śivamaṃtreṇa dhṛtvā hyatyāśramī bhavet /
śivāśramīti saṃproktaḥ śivaikaparamo yataḥ

śivavrataikaniṣṭhasya nāśaucaṃ na ca sūtakam /
lalāṭe'gre sitaṃ bhasma tilakaṃ dhārayenmṛdā

svahastādguruhastādvāśivabhaktasya lakṣaṇam /
guṇānruṃdha iti prokto guruśabdasya vigrahaḥ

savikārānrājasādīnguṇānruṃdhe vyapohati /
guṇātītaḥ paraśivo gururūpaṃ samāśritaḥ

guṇatrayaṃ vyapohyāgre śivaṃ bodhayatīti saḥ /
viśvastānāṃ tu śiṣyāṇāṃ gururityabhidhīyate

tasmādguruśarīraṃ tu guruliṃgaṃ bhavedbudhaḥ /
guruliṃgasya pūjā tu guruśuśrūṣaṇaṃ bhavet

śrutaṃ karoti śuśrūṣā kāyena manasā girā /
uktaṃ yadguruṇā pūrvaṃ śakyaṃ vā'śakyameva vā

karotyeva hi pūtātmā prāṇairapi dhanairapi /
tasmādvai śāsane yogyaḥ śiṣya ityabhidhīyate

śarīrādyarthakaṃ sarvaṃ gurordattvā suśiṣyakaḥ /
agrapākaṃ nivedyāgrebhuṃjīyādgurvanujñayā

śiṣyaḥ putra iti proktaḥ sadāśiṣyatvayogataḥ /
jihvāliṃgānmaṃtraśukraṃ karṇayonau niṣicyavai

jātaḥ putro maṃtraputraḥ pitaraṃ pūjayedgurum /
nimajjayati putraṃ vai saṃsāre janakaḥ pitā

saṃtārayati saṃsārādgururvai bodhakaḥ pitā /
ubhayoraṃtaraṃ jñātvā pitaraṃ gurumarcayet

aṃgaśuśrūṣayā cāpi dhanādyaiḥ svārjitairgurum /
pādādikeśaparyaṃtaṃ liṃgānyaṃgāni yadguroḥ

dhanarūpaiḥ pādukādyaiḥ pādasaṃgraṇādibhiḥ /
snānābhiṣekanaivedyairbhojanaiśca prapūjayet

gurupūjaiva pūjā syācchivasya paramātmanaḥ /
guruśeṣaṃ tu yatsarvamātmaśuddhikaraṃ bhavet

guroḥ śeṣaḥ śivocchiṣṭaṃ jalamannādinirmitam /
śiṣyāṇāṃ śivabhaktānāṃ grāhyaṃ bhojyaṃ bhaveddvijāḥ

gurvanujñāvirahitaṃ coravatsakalaṃ bhavet /
gurorapi viśeṣajñaṃ yatnādgṛhṇīta vai gurum

ajñānamocanaṃ sādhyaṃ viśeṣajño hi mocakaḥ /
ādau ca vighnaśamanaṃ kartavyaṃ karma pūrtaye

nirvighnena kṛtaṃ sāṃgaṃ karma vai saphalaṃ bhavet /
tasmātsakalakarmādau vighneśaṃ pūjayed budhaḥ

sarvabādhānivṛttyarthaṃ sarvāndevānyajedbudhaḥ /
jvarādigraṃthirogāśca bādhā hyādhyātmikā matā

piśācajaṃbukādīnāṃ valmīkādyudbhave tathā /
akasmādeva godhādijaṃtūnāṃ patanepi ca

gṛhe kacchapasarpastrīdurjanādarśanepi ca /
vṛkṣanārīgavādīnāṃ prasūtiviṣayepi ca

bhāviduḥkhaṃ samāyāti tasmātte bhautikā matā /
amedhyā śanipātaśca mahāmārī tathaiva ca

jvaramārī viṣūciśca gomārī ca masūrikā /
janmarkṣagrahasaṃkrāṃtigrahayogāḥ svarāśike

duḥsvapnadarśanādyāśca matā vai hyadhidaivikāḥ /
śavacāṃḍālapatitasparśādyeṃtargṛhe gate

etādṛśe samutpanne bhāviduḥkhasya sūcake /
śāṃtiyajñaṃ tu matimānkuryāttaddoṣaśāṃtaye

devālaye'tha goṣṭhe vā caitye vāpi gṛhāṃgaṇe /
prādeśonnatadhiṣṇye vai dvihaste ca svalaṃkṛte

bhāramātravrīhidhānyaṃ prasthāpya parisṛtya ca /
madhye vilikhyakamalaṃ tathā dikṣuvilikhya vai

taṃtunā veṣṭitaṃ kuṃbhaṃ navagugguladhūpitam /
madhye sthāpya mahākuṃbhaṃ tathā dikṣvapi vinyaset

sanālāmrakakūrcādīnkalaśāṃśca tathāṣṭasu /
pūrayenmaṃtrapūtena paṃcadra vyayutena hi

prakṣipennava ratnāni nīlādīnkramaśastathā /
karmajñaṃ ca sapatnīkamācāryaṃ varayedbudhaḥ

suvarṇapratimāṃ viṣṇoriṃdrā dīnāṃ ca nikṣipet /
saśiraske madhyakuṃbhe viṣṇumābāhya pūjayet

prāgādiṣu yathāmaṃtramiṃdrā dīnkramaśo yajet /
tattannāmnā caturthyāṃ ca namonte na yathākramam

āvāhanādikaṃ sarvamācāryeṇaiva kārayet /
ācārya ṛtvijā sārdhaṃ tanmātrānprajapecchatam

kuṃbhasya paścime bhāge japāṃte homamācaret /
koṭiṃ lakṣaṃ sahasraṃ vā śatamaṣṭottaraṃ budhāḥ

ekāhaṃ vā navāhaṃ vā tathā maṃḍalameva vā /
yathāyogyaṃ prakurvīta kāladeśānusārataḥ

śamīhomaśca śāṃtyarthe vṛttyarthe ca palāśakam /
samidannājyakairdra vyairnāmnā maṃtreṇa vā hunet

prāraṃbhe yatkṛtaṃ dra vyaṃ tatkriyāṃtaṃ samācaret /
puṇyāhaṃ vācayitvāṃte dine saṃprokṣyayejjalaiḥ

brāhmaṇānbhojayetpaścādyāvadāhutisaṃkhyayā /
ācāryaśca haviṣyāśīṛtvijaśca bhavedbudhāḥ

ādityādīngrahāniṣṭvā sarvahomāṃta eva hi /
ṛtvibhyo dakṣiṇāṃ dadyānnavaratnaṃ yathākramam

daśadānaṃ tataḥ kuryādbhūridānaṃ tataḥ param /
bālānāmupanītānāṃ gṛhiṇāṃ vanināṃ dhanam

kanyānāṃ ca sabhartṛ-ṇāṃ vidhavānāṃ tataḥ param /
taṃtropakaraṇaṃ sarvamācāryāya nivedayet

utpātānāṃ ca mārīṇāṃ duḥkhasvāmī yamaḥ smṛtaḥ /
tasmādyamasya prītyarthaṃ kāladānaṃ pradāpayet

śataniṣkeṇa vā kuryāddaśaniṣkeṇa vā punaḥ /
pāśāṃkuśadharaṃ kālaṃ kuryātpuruṣarūpiṇam

tatsvarṇapratimādānaṃ kuryāddakṣiṇayā saha /
tiladānaṃ tataḥ kuryātpūrṇāyuṣyaprasiddhaye

ājyāvekṣaṇadānaṃ ca kuryādvyādhinivṛttaye /
sahasraṃ bhojayedviprāndaridraḥ śatameva vā

vittābhāve daridra stu yathāśakti samācaret /
bhairavasya mahāpūjāṃ kuryādbhūtādiśāṃtaye

mahābhiṣekaṃ naivedyaṃ śivasyānte tukārayet /
brāhmaṇānbhojayetpaścādbhūribhojanarūpataḥ

evaṃ kṛtena yajñena doṣaśāṃtimavāpnuyāt /
śāṃtiyajñamimaṃ kuryādvarṣe varṣe tu phālgune

durdarśanādau sadyo vai māsamātre samācaret /
mahāpāpādisaṃprāptau kuryādbhairavapūjanam

mahāvyādhisamutpattau saṃkalpaṃ punarācaret /
sarvabhāve daridra stu dīpadānamathācaret

tadapyaśaktaḥ snātvā vai yatkiṃciddānamācaret /
divākaraṃ namaskuryānmantreṇāṣṭottaraṃ śatam

sahasramayutaṃ lakṣaṃ koṭiṃ vā kārayed budhaḥ /
namaskārātmayajñena tuṣṭāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ

tvatsvarūperpitā buddhirnate'śūnye ca rocati /
yā cāstyasmadahaṃteti tvayi dṛṣṭe vivarjitā

namro'haṃ hi svadehena bho mahāṃstvamasi prabho /
na śūnyo matsvarūpo vai tava dāso'smi sāṃpratam

yathāyogyaṃ svātmayajñaṃ namaskāraṃ prakalpayet /
athātra śivanaivedyaṃ dattvā tāṃbūlamāharet

śivapradakṣiṇaṃ kuryātsvayamaṣṭottaraṃ śatam /
sahasramayutaṃ lakṣaṃ koṭimanyena kārayet

śivapradakṣiṇātsarvaṃ pātakaṃ naśyati kṣaṇāt /
duḥkhasya mūlaṃ vyādhirhi vyādhermūlaṃ hi pātakam

dharmeṇaiva hi pāpānāmapanodanamīritam /
śivoddeśakṛto dharmaḥ kṣamaḥ pāpavinodane

adhyakṣaṃ śivadharmeṣu pradakṣiṇamitīritam /
kriyayā japarūpaṃ hi praṇavaṃ tu pradakṣiṇam

jananaṃ maraṇaṃ dvaṃdvaṃ māyācakramitīritam /
śivasya māyācakraṃ hi balipīṭhaṃ taducyate

balipīṭhaṃ samārabhya prādakṣiṇyakrameṇa vai /
pade padāṃtaraṃ gatvā balipīṭhaṃ samāviśet

namaskāraṃ tataḥ kuryātpradakṣiṇamitīritam /
nirgamājjananaṃ prāptaṃ namastvātmasamarpaṇam

jananaṃ maraṇaṃ dvaṃdvaṃ śivamāyāsamarpitam /
śivamāyārpitadvaṃdvo na punastvātmabhāgbhavet

yāvaddehaṃ kriyādhīnaḥ sajīvo baddha ucyate /
dehatrayavaśīkāre mokṣa ityucyate budhaiḥ

māyācakrapraṇetā hi śivaḥ paramakāraṇam /
śivamāyārpitadvaṃdvaṃ śivastu parimārjati

śivena kalpitaṃ dvaṃdvaṃ tasminneva samarpayet /
śivasyātipriyaṃ vidyātpradakṣiṇaṃ namo budhāḥ

pradakṣiṇanamaskārāḥ śivasya paramātmanaḥ /
ṣoḍaśairupacāraiśca kṛtapūjā phalapradā

pradakṣiṇā'vināśyaṃ hi pātakaṃ nāsti bhūtale /
tasmātpradakṣiṇenaiva sarvapāpaṃ vināśayet

śivapūjāparo maunī satyādiguṇasaṃyutaḥ /
kriyātapojapajñānadhyāneṣvekaikamācaret

aiśvaryaṃ divyadehaśca jñānamajñānasaṃśayaḥ /
śivasānnidhyamityete kriyādīnāṃ phalaṃ bhavet

karaṇena phalaṃ yāti tamasaḥ parihāpanāt /
janmanaḥ parimārjitvājjñabuddhyā janitāni ca

yathādeśaṃ yathākālaṃ yathādehaṃ yathādhanam /
yathāyogyaṃ prakurvīta kriyādīñchivabhaktimān

nyāyārjitasuvittena vasetprājñaḥ śivasthale /
jīvahiṃsādirahitamatikleśavivarjitam

paṃcākṣareṇa japtaṃ ca toyamannaṃ viduḥ sukham /
athavā'hurdaridra sya bhikṣānnaṃjñānadaṃ bhavet

śivabhaktasya bhikṣānnaṃśivabhaktivivardhanam /
śaṃbhusatramiti prāhurbhikṣānnaṃśivayoginaḥ

yena kenāpyupāyena yatra kutrāpi bhūtale /
śuddhānnabhuksadā maunīrahasyaṃ na prakāśayet

prakāśayettu bhaktānāṃ śivamāhātmyameva hi /
rahasyaṃ śivamaṃtrasya śivo jānāti nāparaḥ

śivabhakto vasennityaṃ śivaliṃgaṃ samāśritaḥ /
sthāṇuliṃgāśrayeṇaiva sthāṇurbhavati bhūsurāḥ

pūjayā caraliṃgasya kramānmukto bhaveddhruvam /
sarvamuktaṃ samāsena sādhyasādhanamuttamam

vyāsena yatpurāproktaṃ yacchrutaṃ hi mayā purā /
bhadra mastu hi vo'smākaṃ śivabhaktirdṛḍhā'stusā

ya imaṃ paṭhate'dhyāyaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti naraḥ sadā /
śivajñānaṃ sa labhateśivasya kṛpayā budhāḥ

iti śrīśaivemahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṃḍe śivaliṃgamahimāvarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ