Shiva Purana · Chapter 1.24

sūta uvāca /
dvividhaṃ bhasma saṃproktaṃ sarvamaṃgaladaṃ param /
tatprakāramahaṃ vakṣye sāvadhānatayā śṛṇu

ekaṃ jñeyaṃ mahābhasma dvitīyaṃ svalpasaṃjñakam /
mahābhasma iti proktaṃ bhasma nānāvidhaṃ param

tadbhasma trividhaṃ proktaṃ śrotaṃ smārtaṃ ca laukikam /
bhasmaiva svalpasaṃjñaṃ hi bahudhā parikīrtitam

śrautaṃ bhasma tathā smārtaṃ dvijānāmeva kīrtitam /
anyeṣāmapi sarveṣāmaparaṃ bhasma laukikam

dhāraṇaṃ maṃtrataḥ proktaṃ dvijānāṃ munipuṃgavaiḥ /
kevalaṃ dhāraṇaṃ jñeyamanyeṣāṃ maṃtravarjitam

āgneyamucyate bhasma dagdhagomayasaṃbhavam /
tadāpi dra vyamityuktaṃ tripuṃḍrasya mahāmune

agnihotrotthitaṃ bhasmasaṃgrāhyaṃ vā manīṣibhiḥ /
anyayajñotthitaṃ vāpi tripuṇḍrasya ca dhāraṇe

agnirityādibhirmaṃtrairjābālopaniṣadgateḥ /
saptabhidhūlanaṃ kāryaṃ bhasmanā sajalena ca

varṇānāmāśramāṇāṃ ca maṃtrato maṃtratopi ca /
tripuṃḍroddhūlanaṃ proktajābālairādareṇa ca

bhasmanoddhūlanaṃ caiva yathā tiryak!tripuṃḍrakam /
pramādādapi mokṣārthī na tyajediti viśrutiḥ

śivena viṣṇunā caiva tathā tiryak!tripuṃḍrakam /
umādevī ca lakṣmīṃśca vācānyābhiśca nityaśaḥ

brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyairvaiśyaiḥ śūdrai rapi ca saṃskaraiḥ /
apabhraṃśairdhṛtaṃ bhasmatripuṃḍroddhūlanātmanā

uddhūlanaṃ tripuṃḍraṃ ca śraddhayā nācaraṃti ye /
teṣāṃ nāsti samācāro varṇāśramasamanvitaḥ

uddhūlanaṃ tripuṃḍraṃ ca śraddhayā nācaraṃti ye /
teṣāṃ nāsti vinirmuktissaṃsārājjanmakoṭibhiḥ

uddhūlanaṃ tripuṃḍraṃ ca śraddhayā nācaranti ye /
teṣāṃ nāsti śivajñānaṃ kalpakoṭiśatairapi

uddhūlanaṃ tripuṃḍraṃ ca śraddhayā nācaranti ye /
te mahāpātakairyuktā iti śāstrīyanirṇayaḥ

uddhūlanaṃ tripuṃḍraṃ ca śraddhayā nācaranti ye /
teṣāmācaritaṃ sarvaṃ viparītaphalāya hi

mahāpātakayuktānāṃ jaṃtūnāṃ śarvavidviṣām /
tripuṃḍroddhūlanadveṣo jāyate sudṛḍhaṃ mune

śivāgnikāryaṃ yaḥ kṛtvā kuryāttriyāyuṣātmavit /
mucyate sarvapāpaistu spṛṣṭena bhasmanā naraḥ

sitena bhasmanā kuryyāttrisandhyaṃ yastripuṇḍrakam /
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śivena saha modate

sitena bhasmanā kuryāllāṭe tu tripuṇḍrakam /
yo sāvanādibhūtānhi lokānāpto mṛto bhavet

akṛtvā bhasmanā snānaṃ na japedvai ṣaḍakṣaram /
tripuṃḍraṃ ca racitvā tu vidhinā bhasmanā japet

adayo vādhamo vāpi sarvapāpānvitopi vā /
uṣaḥpāpānvito vāpi mūrkho vā patitopi vā

yasmindeśeva sennityaṃ bhūtiśāsanasaṃyutaḥ /
sarvatīrthaiśca kratubhiḥ sāṃnidhyaṃ kriyate sadā

tripuṃḍrasahito jīvaḥ pūjyaḥ sarvaiḥ surāsuraiḥ /
pāpānvitopi śuddhātmā kiṃ punaḥ śraddhayā yutaḥ

yasmindeśe śivajñānī bhūtiśāsanasaṃyutaḥ /
gato yadṛcchayādyāpi tasmistīrthāḥ samāgatāḥ

bahunātra kimuktena dhāryaṃ bhasma sadā budhaiḥ /
liṃgārcanaṃ sadā kāryaṃ japyo maṃtraḥ ṣaḍakṣaraḥ

brahmaṇā viṣṇunā vāpi rudre ṇa munibhiḥ suraiḥ /
bhasmadhāraṇamāhātmyaṃ na śakyaṃ paribhāṣitum

iti varṇāśramācāro luptavarṇakriyopi ca /
pāpātsakṛttripuṃḍrasya dhāraṇātsopi mucyate

ye bhasmadhāriṇaṃ tyaktvā karma kurvaṃti mānavāḥ /
teṣāṃ nāsti vinirmokṣaḥ saṃsārājjanmakoṭibhiḥ

te nādhītaṃ guroḥ sarvaṃ te na sarvamanuṣṭhitam /
yena vipreṇa śirasi tripuṃḍraṃ bhasmanā kṛtam

ye bhasmadhāriṇaṃ dṛṣṭvā narāḥ kurvaṃti tāḍanam /
teṣāṃ caṃḍālato janma brahmannūhyaṃ vipaścitā

mānastokena maṃtreṇa maṃtritaṃ bhasma dhārayet /
brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyaścaiva prokteṣvaṃgeṣu bhaktimān

vaiśyastriyaṃ bakenaiva śūdra ḥ! paṃcākṣareṇa tu /
anyāsāṃ vidhavāstrīṇāṃ vidhiḥ proktaśca śūdra vat

paṃcabrahmādimanubhirgṛhasthasya vidhīyate /
triyaṃbakena manunā vidhirvai brahmacāriṇaḥ

aghoreṇātha manunā vipinasthavidhiḥ smṛtaḥ /
yatistu praṇavenaiva tripuṃḍrādīni kārayet

ativarṇāśramī nityaṃ śivohaṃ bhāvanātparāt /
śivayogī ca niyatamīśānenāpi dhārayet

na tyājyaṃ sarvavarṇaiśca bhasmadhāraṇamuttamam /
anyairapi yathājīvaissadeti śivaśāsanam

bhasmasnānena yāvaṃtaḥ kaṇāḥ svāṇge pratiṣṭhitāḥ /
tāvaṃti śivaliṃgāni tanau dhatte hi dhārakaḥ

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrā ścāpi ca saṃkarāḥ /
striyotha vidhavā bālāḥ prāptāḥ pākhaṃḍikāstathā

brahmacārī gṛhī vanyaḥ saṃnyāsī vā vratī tathā /
nāryo bhasma tripuṃḍrāṃkā muktā eva na saṃśayaḥ

jñānājñānadhṛto vāpi vahnidāhasamo yathā /
jñānājñānadhṛtaṃ bhasma pāvayetsakalaṃ naram

nāśnīyājjalamannamalpamapi vā bhasmākṣadhṛtyā vinā /
bhuktvāvātha gṛhī vanīpatiyatirvarṇī tathā saṃkaraḥ /
enobhuṇnarakaṃ prayāti sata dāgāyatrijāpena tadvarṇānāṃ tu yatestu mukhyapraṇavājapena muktaṃbhavet

tripuṃḍraṃ ye viniṃdaṃti nindanti śivameva te /
dhārayaṃti ca ye bhaktyā dhārayanti tameva te

dhigbhasmarahitaṃ bhālaṃ dhiggrāmamaśivālayam /
dhiganīśārcanaṃ janma dhigvidyāmaśivāśrayām

ye niṃdaṃti maheśvaraṃ trijagatāmādhārabhūtaṃ haraṃ ye nindaṃti tripuṃḍradhāraṇakaraṃ doṣastu taddarśane /
te vai saṃkarasūkarāsurakharaśvakroṣṭukīṭopamā jātā eva bhavaṃti pāpaparamāstenārakāḥ kevalam

te dṛṣṭvā śaśibhāskarau niśi dine svapnepi no kevalaṃ paśyaṃtu śrutirudra sūktajapato mucyeta tenādṛtāḥ /
satsaṃbhāṣaṇato bhaveddhi narakaṃ nistāravānāsthitaṃ ye bhasmādividhāraṇaṃ hi puruṣaṃ niṃdaṃti maṃdā hi te

na tāṃtrikastvadhikṛto norddhvapuṃḍradharo mune /
saṃtaptacakracihnotra śivayajñe bahiṣkṛtaḥ

tatraite bahavo lokā bṛhajjābālacoditāḥ /
te vicāryāḥ prayatnena tato bhasmarato bhavet

yaccaṃdanaiścaṃdanakepi miśraṃ dhāryaṃ hi bhasmaiva tripuṃḍrabhasmanā /
vibhūtibhālopari kiṃcanāpi dhāryaṃ sadā no yadi saṃtibuddhayaḥ

strībhistripuṇḍramalakāvadhi dhāraṇīyaṃ bhasma dvijādibhiratho vidhavābhirevam /
tadvatsadāśramavatāṃ viśadāvibhūtirdhāryāpavargaphaladā sakalāghahantrī

tripuṇḍraṃ kurute yastu bhasmanā vidhipūrvakam /
mahāpātakasaṃghātairmucyate copapātakaiḥ

brahmacārī gṛhastho vā vānaprasthotha vā yatiḥ /
brahmakṣattrāśca viṭśūdrā stathānye patitādhamāḥ

uddhūlanaṃ tripuṃḍraṃ ca dhṛtvā śuddhā bhavaṃti ca /
bhasmano vidhinā samyakpāparāśiṃ vihāya ca

bhasmadhārī viśeṣeṇa strīgohatyādipātakaiḥ /
vīrahatyāśvahatyābhyāṃ mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

paradra vyāpaharaṇaṃ paradārābhimarśanam /
paranindā parakṣetraharaṇaṃ parapīḍanam

sasyārāmādiharaṇaṃ gṛhadāhādikarma ca /
gohiraṇyamahiṣyāditilakambalavāsasām

annadhānyajalādīnāṃ nīcebhyaśca parigrahaḥ /
daśaveśyāmataṃgīṣu vṛṣalīṣu naṭīṣu ca

rajasvalāsu kanyāsu vidhavāsu ca maithunam /
māṃsacarmarasādīnāṃ lavaṇasya ca vikrayaḥ

paiśunyaṃ kūṭavādaśca sākṣimithyābhilāṣiṇām /
evamādīnyasaṃkhyāni pāpāni vividhāni ca/
sadya eva vinaśyaṃti tripuṃḍrasya ca dhāraṇāt

śivadra vyāpaharaṇaṃ śivaniṃdā ca kutracit /
niṃdā ca śivabhaktānāṃ prāyaścittairna śuddhyati

rudrā kṣaṃ yasya gātreṣu lalāṭe tu tripaṃḍrakam /
sacāṃḍālopi saṃpūjyassarvavarṇottamottamaḥ

yāni tīrthāni lokesmingaṃgādyāssaritaśca yāḥ /
snāto bhavati sarvatra lalāṭe yastripuṃḍrakam

saptakoṭi mahāmaṃtrāḥ paṃcākṣarapurassarāḥ /
tathānye koṭiśo maṃtrāḥ śaivakaivalyahetavaḥ

anye maṃtrāśca devānāṃ sarvasaukhyakarā mune /
te sarve tasya vaśyāḥ syuryo bibharti tripuṃḍrakam

sahasraṃ pūrvajātānāṃ sahasraṃ janayiṣyatām /
svavaṃśajānāṃ jñātīnāmuddharedyastripuṃḍrakṛt

iha bhuktvā khilānbhogāndīrghāyurvyādhivarjitaḥ /
jīvitāṃte ca maraṇaṃ sukhenaiva prapadyate

aṣṭaiśvaryaguṇopetaṃ prāpya divyavapuḥ śivam /
divyaṃ vimānamāruhya divyatridaśasevitam

vidyādharāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ gaṃdharvāṇāṃ mahaujasām /
iṃdrā dilokapālānāṃ lokeṣu ca yathākramam

bhuktvā bhogānsuvipulānprajeśānāṃ padeṣu ca /
brahmaṇaḥ padamāsādya tatra kanyāśataṃ ramet

tatra brahmāyuṣo mānaṃ bhuktvā bhogānanekaśaḥ /
viṣṇorloke labhedbhogaṃ yāvadbrahmaśatātyayaḥ

śivalokaṃ tataḥ prāpya labdhveṣṭaṃ kāmamakṣayam /
śivasāyujyamāpnoti saṃśayo nātra jāyate

sarvopaniṣadāṃ sāraṃ samālokya muhurmuhuḥ /
idameva hi nirṇītaṃ paraṃ śreyastripuṃḍrakam

vibhūtiṃ niṃdate yo vai brāhmaṇaḥ sonyajātakaḥ /
yāti ca narake ghore yāvadbrahmā caturmukhaḥ

śrāddhe yajñe jape home vaiśvadeve surārcane /
dhṛtatripuṃḍraḥ pūtātmā mṛtyuṃ jayati mānavaḥ

jalasnānaṃ malatyāge bhasmasnānaṃ sadā śuci /
maṃtrasnānaṃ haretpāpaṃ jñānasnāne paraṃ padam

sarvatīrtheṣu yatpuṇyaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu yatphalam /
tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti bhasmasnānakaro naraḥ

bhasmasnānaṃ paraṃ tīrthaṃ gaṃgāsnānaṃ dine dine /
bhasmarūpī śivaḥ sākṣādbhasma trailokyapāvanam

na tadūnaṃ na taddhyānaṃ na taddānaṃ japo na saḥ /
tripuṃḍreṇa vināyena vipreṇa yadanuṣṭhitam

vānaprasthasya kanyānāṃ dīkṣāhīnanṛṇāṃ tathā /
madhyāhnātprāgjalairyuktaṃ parato jalavarjitam

evaṃ tripuṃḍraṃ yaḥ kuryyānnityaṃ niyatamānasaḥ /
śivabhaktaḥ savijñeyo bhuktiṃ muktiṃ ca viṃdati

yasyāṃgenaiva rudrā kṣa ekopi bahupuṇyadaḥ /
tasya janmanirarthaṃ syāttripuṃḍrarahito yadi

evaṃ tripuṃḍramāhātmyaṃ samāsātkathitaṃ mayā /
rahasyaṃ sarvajaṃtūnāṃ gopanīyamidaṃ tvayā

tisro rekhā bhavaṃtyeva sthāneṣu munipuṃgavāḥ /
lalāṭādiṣu sarveṣu yathokteṣu budhairmune

bhruvormadhyaṃ samārabhya yāvadaṃto bhavedbhruvoḥ /
tāvatpramāṇaṃ saṃdhāryaṃ lalāṭe ca tripuṃḍrakam

madhyamānāmikāṃgulyā madhye tu pratilomataḥ /
aṃguṣṭhena kṛtā rekhā tripuṃḍrākhyā bhidhīyate

madhyeṃgulibhirādāya tisṛbhirbhasma yatnataḥ /
tripuṇḍradhārayedbhaktyā bhuktimuktipradaṃ param

tisṛṇāmapi rekhānāṃ pratyekaṃ navadevatāḥ /
sarvatrāṃgeṣu tā vakṣye sāvadhānatayā śṛṇu

akāro gārhapatyāgnirbhūdharmaśca rajoguṇaḥ /
ṛgvedaśca kriyāśaktiḥ prātaḥsavanameva ca

mahadevaśca rekhāyāḥ prathamāyāśca devatā /
vijñeyā muniśārdūlāḥ śivadīkṣāparāyaṇaiḥ

ukāro dakṣiṇāgniśca nabhastattvaṃ yajustathā /
madhyaṃdinaṃ ca savanamicchāśaktyaṃtarātmakau

maheśvaraśca rekhāyā dvitīyāyāśca devatā /
vijñeyā muniśārdūla śivadīkṣāparāyaṇaiḥ

makārāhavanīyau ca paramātmā tamodivau /
jñānaśaktiḥ sāmavedastṛtīyaṃ savanaṃ tathā

śivaścaiva ca rekhāyāstṛtiyāyāśca devatā /
vijñeyā muniśārdūla śivadīkṣāparāyaṇau

evaṃ nityaṃ namaskṛtya sadbhaktyā sthānadevatāḥ /
tripuṃḍraṃ dhārayecchuddho bhuktiṃ muktiṃ ca viṃdati

ityuktāḥ sthānadevāśca sarvāṃgeṣu munīśvaraḥ /
teṣāṃ saṃbaṃdhino bhaktyā sthānāni śṛṇu sāṃpratam

dvātriṃśatsthānake vārddhaṣoḍaśasthānakepi ca /
aṣṭasthāne tathā caiva paṃcasthānepi nānyaset

uttamāṃge lalāṭe ca karṇayornetrayostathā /
nāsāvaktragaleṣvevaṃ hastadvaya ataḥ param

kūrpare maṇibaṃdhe ca hṛdaye pārśvayordvayoḥ /
nābhau muṣkadvaye caivamūrvorgulphe ca jānuni

jaṃghādvayepadadvandve dvātriṃśatsthānamuttamam १००b/
agnyabbhūvāyudigdeśadikpālānvasubhiḥ saha

dharā dhruvaśca somaśca apaścevānilonalaḥ १०१b/
pratyūṣaśca prabhāsaśca vasavoṣṭau prakīrtitāḥ

eteṣāṃ nāmamātreṇa tripuṃḍraṃ dhārayedbudhāḥ १०२b/
kuryādvā ṣoḍaśasthāne tripuṇḍraṃ tu samāhitaḥ

śīrṣake ca lalāṭeca kaṃṭhe cāṃsadvaye bhuje १०३b/
kūrpare maṇibaṃdhe ca hṛdaye nābhipārśvake

pṛṣṭhe caivaṃ pratiṣṭhāya yajettatrāśvidaivate १०४b/
śivaśaktiṃ tathā rudra mīśaṃ nāradameva ca

vāmādinavaśaktīśca etāḥ ṣoḍaśadevatāḥ १०५b/
nāsatyo dasrakaścaiva aśvinau dvau prakīrtitau

athavā mūrddhni keśe ca karmayorvadane tathā १०६b/
bāhudvaye ca hṛdaye nābhyāmūruyuge tathā

jānudvaye ca padayoḥ pṛṣṭhabhāge ca ṣoḍaśa १०७b/
śivaścandra śca rudra ḥ! ko vighneśo viṣṇureva vā

śrīścaiva hṛdaye śambhustathā nābhau prajāpatiḥ १०८b/
nāgaśca nāgakanyāśca ubhayorṛṣikanyakāḥ

pādayośca samudrā śca tīrthāḥ pṛṣṭhe viśālataḥ १०९b/
ityeva ṣoḍaśasthānamaṣṭasthānamathocyate

guhyasthānaṃ lalāṭaśca karṇadvayamanuttamam ११०b/
aṃsayugmaṃ ca hṛdayaṃ nābhirityevamaṣṭakam

brahmā ca ṛṣayaḥ saptadevatāśca prakīrtitāḥ १११b/
ityevaṃ tu samuddiṣṭaṃ bhasmavidbhirmunīśvarāḥ

atha vā mastakaṃ bāhūhṛdayaṃ nābhireva ca ११२b/
paṃcasthānānyamūnyāhurdhāraṇe bhasmavijjanāḥ

yathāsaṃbhavanaṃ kuryyāddeśakālādyapekṣayā ११३b/
uddhūlanepyaśaktiścettripuṇḍrādīni kārayet

trinetraṃ triguṇādhāraṃ trivedajanakaṃ śivam ११४b/
smarannamaḥ śivāyeti lalāṭe tu tripuṇḍrakam

īśābhyāṃ nama ityuktvāpārśvayośca tripuṇḍrakam ११५b/
bījābhyāṃ nama ityuktvā dhārayettu prakoṣṭhayoḥ

kuryādadhaḥ pitṛbhyāṃ ca umeśābhyāṃ tathopari ११६b/
bhīmāyeti tataḥ pṛṣṭhe śirasaḥ paścime tathā

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ bhasmadhāraṇavarṇanonāma caturviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ /