Shiva Purana · Chapter 7.28
upamanyuruvāca
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi śivāśramaniṣeviṇām
śivaśāstroktamārgeṇa naimittikavidhikramam
sarveṣvapi ca māseṣu pakṣayorubhayorapi
aṣṭābhyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ tathā parvāṇi ca kramāt
ayane viṣuve caiva grahaṇeṣu viśeṣataḥ
kartavyā mahatī pūjā hyadhikā vāpi śaktitaḥ
māsimāsi yathānyāyaṃ brahmakūrcaṃ prasādhya tu
snāpayitvā śivaṃ tena pibeccheṣamupoṣitaḥ
brahmahatyādidoṣāṇāmatīva mahatāmapi
niṣkṛtirbrahmakūrcasya pānānnānyā viśiṣyate
pauṣe puṣyanakṣatre kuryānnīrājanaṃ vibhoḥ
māghe maghākhye nakṣatre pradadyādghṛtakaṃbalam
phālgune cottarānte vai prārabheta mahotsavam
caitre citrāpaurṇamāsyāṃ dolāṃ kuryādyathāvidhi
vaiśākhyāṃ tu viśākhāyāṃ kuryātpuṣpamahālayam
jyeṣṭhe mūlākhyanakṣatre śītakumbhaṃ pradāpayet
āṣāḍhe cottarāṣāḍhe pavitrāropaṇaṃ tathā
śrāvaṇe prākṛtānyāpi maṇḍalāni prakalpayet
śraviṣṭhākhye tu nakṣatre prauṣṭhapadyāṃ tataḥ param
prokṣayecca jalakrīḍāṃ pūrvāṣāḍhāśraye dine
āśvayujyāṃ tato dadyātpāyasaṃ ca navodanam
agnikāryaṃ ca tenaiva kuryācchatabhiṣagdine
kārtikyāṃ kṛtikāyoge dadyāddīpasahasrakam
mārgaśīrṣe tathārdrāyāṃ ghṛtena snāpayecchivam
aśaktasteṣu kāleṣu kuryādutsavameva vā
āsthānaṃ vā mahāpūjāmadhikaṃ vā samarcanam
āvṛtte 'pi ca kalyāṇe praśasteṣvapi karmasu
daurmanasye durācāre duḥsvapne duṣṭadarśane
utpāte vāśubhenyasminroge vā prabale 'tha vā
snānapūjājapadhyānahomadānādikāḥ kriyaḥ
nirmitānuguṇāḥ kāryāḥ puraścaraṇapūrvikāḥ
śivānale ca vihate punassandhānamācaret
ya evaṃ śarvadharmiṣṭho vartate nityamudyataḥ
tasyaikajanmanā muktiṃ prayacchati maheśvaraḥ
etadyathottaraṃ kuryānnityanaimittikeṣu yaḥ
divyaṃ śrīkaṃṭhanāthasya sthānamādyaṃ sa gacchati
tatra bhuktvā mahābhogānkalpakoṭiśatannaraḥ
kālāṃtarecyutastasmādaumaṃ kaumārameva ca
saṃprāpya vaiṣṇavaṃ brāhmaṃ rudralokaṃ viśeṣataḥ
tatroṣitvā ciraṃ kālaṃ bhuktvā bhogānyathoditān
punaścordhvaṃ gatastasmādatītya sthānapañcakam
śrīkaṇṭhājjñānamāsādya tasmācchaivapuraṃ vrajet
ardhacaryārataścāpi dvirāvṛttyaivameva tu
paścājjñānaṃ samāsādya śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt
ardhārdhacarito yastu dehī dehakṣayātparam
aṃḍāṃtaṃ vordhvamavyaktamatītya bhuvanadvayam
saṃprāpya pauruṣaṃ raudrasthānamadrīndrajāpateḥ
anekayugasāhasraṃ bhuktvā bhogānanekadhā
puṇyakṣaye kṣitiṃ prāpya kule mahati jāyate
tatrāpi pūrvasaṃskāravaśena sa mahādyutiḥ
paśudharmānparityajya śivadharmarato bhavet
taddharmagauravādeva dhyātvā śivapuraṃ vrajet
bhogāṃśca vividhānbhuktvā vidyeśvarapadaṃ vrajet
tatra vidyeśvaraissārdhaṃ bhuktvā bhogānbahūnkramāt
aṇḍasyāṃtarbahirvātha sakṛdāvartate punaḥ
tato labdhvā śivajñānaṃ parāṃ bhaktimavāpya ca
śivasādharmyamāsādya na bhūyo vinivartate
yaścātīva śive bhakto viṣayāsaktacittavat
śivadarmānaso kurvannakurvanvāpi mucyate
ekāvṛtto dvirāvṛttastrirāvṛtto nivartakaḥ
na punaścakravartī syācchivadharmādhikāravān
tasmāccchivāśrito bhūtvā yena kenāpi hetunā
śivadharme matiṃ kuryācchreyase cetkṛtodyamaḥ
nātra nirbaṃdhayiṣyāmo vayaṃ kecana kenacit
nirbandhebhyo 'tivādebhyaḥ prakṛtyaitanna rocate
rocate vā parebhyastu puṇyasaṃskāragauravāt
saṃsārakāraṇaṃ yeṣāṃ na praroḍhumalaṃ bhavet
prakṛtyanuguṇaṃ tasmādvimṛśyaitadaśeṣataḥ
śivadharme 'dhikurvīta yadīcchecchivamātmanaḥ
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe nityanaimittikavidhivarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
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