Shiva Purana · Chapter 7.26

upamanyuruvāca
brahmaghno vā surāpo vā steyīvā gurutalpagaḥ

mātṛhā pitṛhā vāpi vīrahā bhrūṇahāpi vā

saṃpūjyāmantrakaṃ bhaktyā śivaṃ paramakāraṇam

taistaiḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyeta varṣairdvādaśabhiḥ kramāt

tasmātsarvaprayatnena patito 'pi yajecchivam

bhaktaścennāparaḥ kaścidbhikṣāhāro jiteṃdriyaḥ

kṛtvāpi sumahatpāpaṃ bhaktyā pañcākṣareṇa tu

pūjayedyadi deveśaṃ tasmātpāpātpramucyate

abbhakṣā vāyubhakṣāśca ye cānye vratakarśitāḥ

teṣāmetairvratairnāsti śivalokasamāgamaḥ

bhaktyā pañcākṣareṇaiva yaḥ śivaṃ sakṛdarcayet

sopi gacchecchivasthānaṃ śivamantrasya gauravāt

tasmāttapāṃsi yajñāṃśca sarve sarvasvadakṣiṇāḥ

śivamūrtyarcanasyaite koṭyaṃśenāpi no samāḥ

baddho vāpyatha mukto vā paścātpañcākṣareṇa cet

pūjayanmucyate bhakto nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

arudro vā sarudro vā sūktena śivamarcayet

yaḥ sakṛtpatito vāpimūḍho vā mucyate naraḥ

ṣaḍakṣareṇa vā devaṃ sūktamantreṇa pūjayet

śivabhakto jitakrodho hyalabdho labdha eva ca

alabdhāllabdha evātra viśiṣṭo nātra saṃśayaḥ

sa brahmāṃgena vā tena sahaṃsena vimucyate

tasmānnityaṃ śivaṃ bhaktyā sūktamantreṇa pūjayet

ekakālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā trikālaṃ nityameva vā

ye 'rcayaṃti mahādevaṃ vijñeyāste maheśvarāḥ

jñānenātmasahāyena nārcito bhagavāñchivaḥ

sa ciraṃ saṃsaratyasminsaṃsāre duḥkhasāgare

durllabhaṃ prāpya mānuṣyaṃ mūḍho nārcayate śivam

niṣphalaṃ tasya tajjanma mokṣāya na bhavedyataḥ

durllabhaṃ prāpya mānuṣyaṃ ye 'rcayanti pinākinam

teṣāṃ hi saphalaṃ janma kṛtārthāste narottamāḥ

bhavabhaktiparā ye ca bhavapraṇatacetasaḥ

bhavasaṃsmaraṇodyuktā na te duḥkhasya bhāginaḥ

bhavanāni manojñāni vibhramābharaṇāḥ striyaḥ

dhanaṃ cātṛptiparyantaṃ śivapūjāvidheḥ phalam

ye vāñchanti mahābhogānrājyaṃ ca tridaśālaye

te vāñchanti sadākālaṃ harasya caraṇāmbujam

saubhāgyaṃ kāntimadrūpaṃ sattvaṃ tyāgārdrabhāvatā

śauryaṃ vai jagati khyātiśśivamarcayato bhavet

tasmātsarvaṃ parityajya śivaikāhitamānasaḥ

śivapūjāvidhiṃ kuryādyadīcchecchivamātmanaḥ

tvaritaṃ jīvitaṃ yāti tvaritaṃ yāti yauvanam

tvaritaṃ vyādhirabhyeti tasmātpūjyaḥ pinākadhṛk

yāvannāyāti maraṇaṃ yāvannākramate jarā

yāvannendriyavaikalyaṃ tāvatpūjaya śaṃkaram

na śivārcanatulyo 'sti dharmo 'nyo bhuvanatraye

iti vijñāya yatnena pūjanīyassadāśivaḥ

dvārayāgaṃ javanikāṃ parivārabalikriyām

nityotsavaṃ ca kurvīta prasāde yadi pūjayet

havirnivedanādūrdhvaṃ svayaṃ cānucaro 'pi vā

prasādaparivārebhyo baliṃ dadyādyathākramam

nirgamya saha vāditraistadāśābhimukhaḥ sthitaḥ

puṣpaṃ dhūpaṃ ca dīpañca dadyādannaṃ jalaiḥ saha

tato dadyānmahāpīṭhe tiṣṭhanbalimudaṅmukhaḥ

tato niveditaṃ deve yattadannādikaṃ purā

tatsarvaṃ sāvaśeṣaṃ vā caṇḍāya vinivedayet

hutvā ca vidhivatpaścātpūjāśeṣaṃ samāpayet

kṛtvā prayogaṃ vidhivadyāvanmantraṃ japaṃ tataḥ

nityotsavaṃ prakurvīta yathoktaṃ śivaśāsane

vipule taijase pātre raktapadmopaśobhite

astraṃ pāśupataṃ divyaṃ tatrāvāhya samarcayet

śivasyāropyaḥ tatpātraṃ dvijasyālaṃkṛtasya ca

nyastāstravapuṣā tena dīptayaṣṭidharasya ca

prāsādaparivārebhyo bahirmaṃgalaniḥsvanaiḥ

nṛtyageyādibhiścaiva saha dīpadhvajādibhiḥ

pradakṣiṇatrayaṃ kṛtvā na drutaṃ cāvilambitam

mahāpīṭhaṃ samāvṛtya triḥpradakṣiṇayogataḥ

punaḥ praviṣṭo dvārastho yajamānaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ

ādāyābhyaṃtaraṃ nītvā hyastramudvāsayettataḥ

pradakṣiṇādikaṃ kṛtvā yathāpūrvoditaṃ kramāt

ādāya cāṣṭapuṣpāṇi pūjāmatha samāpayet

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe sāṃgopāṃgapūjāvidhānavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaḍviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ