Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 1.24

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṃḍeśivanamamāhātmyavarṇanonāmatrayoviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 24
sūta uvāca
dvividhaṃbhasmasaṃproktaṃsarvamaṃgaladaṃparam
tatprakāramahaṃvakṣyesāvadhānatayāśṛṇu

ekaṃjñeyaṃ mahābhasmadvitīyaṃsvalpasaṃjñakam
mahābhasma itiproktaṃbhasmanānāvidhaṃparam

tadbhasmatrividhaṃproktaṃśrotaṃsmārtaṃcalaukikam
bhasmaiva svalpasajñāhibahudhāparikīrtitam

śrautaṃbhasmatathāsmārtaṃdvijānāmevakīrtitam
anyeṣāmapisarveṣāmaparaṃbhasmalaukikam

dhāraṇaṃmaṃtrataḥ proktaṃdvijānāṃmunipuṃgavaiḥ
kevalaṃdhāraṇaṃjñeyamanyeṣāṃmaṃtravarjitam

āgneyamucyatebhasmadagdhagomayasaṃbhavam
tadāpidravyamityuktaṃtripuṃḍrasyamahāmune

agnihotrotthitaṃbhasmasaṃgrāhyaṃvāmanīṣibhiḥ
anyayajñotthitaṃvāpitripuṇḍrasyacadhāraṇe

agnirityādibhirmaṃtrairjābālopaniṣadgateḥ
saptabhidhūlanaṃkāryaṃbhasmanāsajalenaca

varṇānāmāśramāṇāṃcamaṃtratomaṃtratopi ca
tripuṃḍroddhūlanaṃproktajābālairādareṇaca

bhasmanoddhūlanaṃcaivayathātiryaktripuṃḍrakam
pramādādapimokṣārthīnatyajeditiviśrutiḥ

śivenaviṣṇunācaivatathātiryaktripuṃḍrakam
umādevīcalakṣmīṃścavācānyābhiścanityaśaḥ

brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyairvaiśyaiḥ śūdrairapicasaṃskaraiḥ
apabhraṃśairdhṛtaṃbhasmatripuṃḍroddhūlanātmanā

uddhūlanaṃtripuṃḍraṃcaśraddhayānācaraṃtiye
teṣāṃnāstisamācārovarṇāśramasamanvitaḥ

uddhūlanaṃtripuṃḍraṃcaśraddhayānācaraṃtiye
teṣāṃnāstivinimuṃktissaṃsārājjanmakoṭibhiḥ

uddhūlanaṃtripuṃḍraṃcaśraddhayānācarantiye
teṣāṃnāstiśivajñānaṃkalpakoṭiśatairapi

uddhūlanaṃtripuṃḍraṃ ca śraddhayānācarantiye
temahāpātakairyuktā itiśāstrīyanirṇayaḥ

uddhūlanaṃtripuṃḍraṃcaśraddhayānācaranti ye
teṣāmācaritaṃ sarvaṃviparītaphalāya hi

mahāpātakayuktānāṃ jaṃtūnāṃśarvavidviṣām
tripuṃḍroddhūlanadveṣojāyatesudṛḍhaṃ mune

śivāgnikāryaṃ yaḥ kṛtvākuryāttriyāyuṣātmavit
mucyatesarvapāpaistuspṛṣṭenabhasmanānaraḥ

sitenabhasmanākuryāttrisandhyaṃyastripuṇḍrakam
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śivenasahamodate

sitenabhasmanā kuryālāṭe tu tripuṇḍrakam
yosāvanādibhūtānhilokānāpto mṛtobhavet

akṛtvā bhasmanāsnānaṃ na japedvaiṣaḍakṣaram
tripuṃḍraṃ ca racitvā tu vidhinābhasmanājapet

adayo vādhamo vāpi sarvapāpānvitopi vā
uṣaḥpāpānvito vāpimūrkho vā patitopi vā

yasmindeśevasennityaṃbhūtiśāsanasaṃyutaḥ
sarvatīrthaiścakratubhiḥsāṃnidhyaṃkriyatesadā

tripuṃḍrasahito jīvaḥ pūjyaḥ sarvaiḥ surāsuraiḥ
pāpānvitopi śuddhātmā kiṃ punaḥ śraddhayā yutaḥ

yasmindeśe śivajñānī bhūtiśāsanasaṃyutaḥ
gato yadṛcchayādyāpi tasmistīrthāḥ samāgatāḥ

bahunātrakimuktenadhāryaṃbhasmasadā budhaiḥ
liṃgārcanaṃsadākāryaṃjapyomaṃtraḥṣaḍakṣaraḥ

brahmaṇāviṣṇunāvāpi rudreṇamunibhiḥ suraiḥ
bhasmadhāraṇamāhātmyaṃnaśakyaṃparibhāṣitum

iti varṇāśramācāroluptavarṇakriyopi ca
pāpātsakṛttripuṃḍrasyadhāraṇātsopimucyate

yebhasmadhāriṇaṃtyaktvākarmakurvaṃtimānavāḥ
teṣāṃ nāstivinirmokṣaḥ saṃsārājjanmakoṭibhiḥ

te nādhītaṃguroḥsarvaṃtenasarvamanuṣṭhitam
yenavipreṇaśirasitripuṃḍraṃbhasmanākṛtam

ye bhasmadhāriṇaṃ dṛṣṭvānarāḥ kurvaṃtitāḍanam
teṣāṃcaṃḍālatojanmabrahmannūhyaṃvipaścitā

mānastokenamaṃtreṇamaṃtritaṃbhasmadhārayet
brāhmaṇaḥkṣatriyaścaiva prokteṣvaṃgeṣubhaktimān

vaiśyastriyaṃbakenaivaśūdraḥpañcākṣareṇatu
anyeṣāṃ vidhavāstrīṇāṃ vidhiḥ proktaścaśūdravat

pañcabrahmādimanubhirgṛhasthasyavidhīyate
triyaṃbakenamanunāvidhirvaibrahmacāriṇaḥ

aghoreṇāthamanunāvipinasthavidhiḥsmṛtaḥ
yatistupraṇavenaiva tripuṃḍrādīnikārayet

ativarṇāśramīnityaṃśivohaṃbhāvanātparāt
śivayogī ca niyatamīśānenāpi dhārayet

na tyājyaṃ sarvavarṇaiśca bhasmadhāraṇamuttamam
anyairapi yathājīvaissadeti śivaśāsanam

bhasmasnānenayāvaṃtaḥ kaṇāḥ svāṅgepratiṣṭhitāḥ
tāvaṃti śivaliṃgāni tanaudhattehidhārakaḥ

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyāvaiśyāḥ śūdrāścāpi ca saṃkarāḥ
striyothavidhavābālāḥ prāptāḥ pākhaṃḍikāstathā

brahmacārīgṛhīvanyaḥsaṃnyāsīvāvratītathā
nāryobhasmatripuṃḍrāṃkāmuktā evanasaṃśayaḥ

jñānadhṛjñānatovāpivahnidāhasamoyathā
jñānājñānadhṛtaṃbhasmapāvayetsakalaṃnaram

nāśnīyājjalamannamalpamapivā bhasmākṣadhṛtyāvinā bhuktvāvāthagṛhīvanīpatiyatirvarṇītathāsaṃkaraḥ
enobhuṅnarakaṃprayātisatadāgāyatrijāpenatadvarṇānāṃ tu yatestu mukhyapraṇavājapena muktaṃbhavet

tripuṃḍraṃ ye viniṃdaṃti nindantiśivamevate
dhārayaṃticayebhaktyā dhārayanti tamevate

dhigbhasmarahitaṃ bhālaṃdhiggrāmamaśivālayam
dhiganīśārcanaṃ janmadhigvidyāmaśivāśrayām

yeniṃdaṃtimaheśvaraṃtrijagatāmādhārabhūtaṃharaṃ ye nindaṃtitripuṃḍradhāraṇakaraṃ doṣastu taddarśane
tevaisaṃkarasūkarāsurakharaśvakroṣṭukīṭopamājātā eva bhavaṃtipāpaparamāstenārakāḥ kevalam

tedṛṣṭvā śaśibhāskarauniśi dinesvapnepinokevalaṃpaśyaṃtuśrutirudrasūktajapatomucyetatenādṛtāḥ
satsaṃbhāṣaṇatobhaveddhinarakaṃnistāravānāsthitaṃyebhasmādividhāraṇaṃhipuruṣaṃniṃdaṃtimaṃdāhite

natāṃtrikastvadhikṛtonordhvapuṃḍradharomune
saṃtaptacakracihnotraśivayajñebahiṣkṛtaḥ

tatraitebahavolokābṛhajjābālacoditāḥ
tevicāryāḥprayatnenatatobhasmaratobhavet

yaccaṃdanaiścaṃdanakepimiśraṃdhāryaṃhibhasmaivatripuṃḍrabhasmanā
vibhūtibhāloparikiṃcanāpidhāryaṃsadānoyadisaṃtibuddhayaḥ

strībhistripuṇḍramalakāvadhi dhāraṇīyaṃ bhasmadvijādibhiratho vidhavābhirevam
tadvatsadāśramavatāṃ viśadāvibhūtirdhāryāpavargaphaladāsakalāghahantrī

tripuṇḍraṃkuruteyastu bhasmanā vidhipūrvakam
mahāpātakasaṃghātairmucyate copapātakaiḥ

brahmacārīgṛhasthovāvānaprasthothavāyatiḥ
brahmakṣattrāścaviṭśūdrāstathānye patitādhamāḥ

uddhūlanaṃtripuṃḍraṃ ca dhṛtvāśuddhābhavaṃtica
bhasmanovidhinā samyakpāparāśiṃvihāya ca

bhasmadhārī viśeṣeṇa strīgohatyādipātakaiḥ
vīrahatyāśvahatyābhyāṃ mucyatenātra saṃśayaḥ

paradravyāpaharaṇaṃ paradārābhimarśanam
paranindā parakṣetraharaṇaṃ parapīḍanam

sasyārāmādiharaṇaṃ gṛhadāhādikarma ca
gohiraṇyamahiṣyāditilakambalavāsasām

annadhānyajalādīnāṃ nīcebhyaścaparigrahaḥ
daśaveśyāmataṃgīṣu vṛṣalīṣu naṭīṣu ca

rajasvalāsu kanyāsu vidhavāsu ca maithunam
māṃsacarmarasādīnāṃ lavaṇasya ca vikrayaḥ

paiśunyaṃ kūṭavādaśca sākṣimithyābhilāṣiṇām
evamādīnyasaṃkhyāni pāpāni vidhāni ca
sadya eva vinaśyaṃti tripuṃḍrasya ca dhāraṇāt

śivadravyāpaharaṇaṃśivaniṃdācakutracit
niṃdācaśivabhaktānāṃprāyaścittairnaśuddhyati

rudrākṣaṃ yasya gātreṣu lalāṭe tu tripaṃḍrakam
sacāṃḍālopisaṃpūjyassarvavarṇottamottamaḥ

yānitīrthānilokesmingaṃgādyāssaritaścayoḥ
snātobhavatisarvatralalāṭeyastripuṃḍrakam

saptakoṭi mahāmaṃtrāḥ pañcākṣarapurassarāḥ
tathānye koṭiśo maṃtrāḥ śaivakaivalyahetavaḥ

anye maṃtrāśca devānāṃ sarvasaukhyakarāmune
te sarve tasya vaśyāḥ syuryo bibharti tripuṃḍrakam

sahasraṃ pūrvajātānāṃ sahasraṃ janayiṣyatām
svavaṃśajānāṃ jñātīnāmuddharedyastripuṇḍrakṛt

iha bhuktvākhilānbhogāndīrghāyurvyādhivarjitaḥ
jīvitāṃte ca maraṇaṃ sukhenaiva prapadyate

aṣṭaiśvaryaguṇopetaṃprāpyadivyavapuḥ śivam
divyaṃvimānamāruhyadivyatridaśasevitam

vidyādharāṇāṃsarveṣāṃgaṃdharvāṇāṃmahaujasām
iṃdrādilokapālānāṃlokeṣucayathākramam

bhuktvā bhogānsuvipulānprajeśānāṃ padeṣu ca
brahmaṇaḥ padamāsādyatatrakanyāśataṃlamet

tatra brahmāyuṣomānaṃbhuktvābhogānanekaśaḥ
viṣṇorlokelabhedbhogaṃyāvadbrahmaśatātyayaḥ

śivalokaṃ tataḥ prāpya labdhveṣṭaṃ kāmamakṣayam
śivasāyujyamāpnotisaṃśayonātrajāyate

sarvopaniṣadāṃsāraṃsamālokyamuhurmuhuḥ
idameva hi nirṇītaṃ paraṃ śreyastripuṃḍrakam

vibhūtiṃniṃdateyovaibrāhmaṇaḥ sonyajātakaḥ
yāticanarakeghoreyāvadbrahmā caturmukhaḥ

śrāddheyajñejapehomevaiśvadevesurārcane
dhṛtatripuṃḍraḥpūtātmāmṛtyuṃjayatimānavaḥ

jalasnānaṃ malatyāgebhasmasnānaṃsadāśuci
maṃtrasnānaṃharetpāpaṃjñānasnāneparaṃpadam

sarvatīrtheṣuyatpuṇyaṃsarvatīrtheṣuyatphalam
tatphalaṃsamavāpnotibhasmasnānakaronaraḥ

bhasmasnānaṃ paraṃ tīrthaṃgaṃgāsnānaṃdinedine
bhasmarūpīśivaḥsākṣādbhasma trailokyapāvanam

natadūnaṃnataddhyānaṃnataddānaṃjaponasaḥ
tripuṃḍreṇavināyena vipreṇa yadanuṣṭhitam

vānaprasthasyakanyānāṃdīkṣāhīnanṛṇāṃ tathā
madhyāhnātprāgjalairyuktaṃparatojalavarjitam

evaṃ tripuṃḍraṃ yaḥ kuryānnityaṃniyatamānasaḥ
śivabhaktaḥ savijñeyo bhuktimuktiṃ ca viṃdati

yasyāṃgenaivarudrākṣa ekopibahupuṇyadaḥ
tasyajanmanirarthaṃsyāttripuṃḍrarahito yadi

evaṃtripuṃḍramāhātmyaṃsamāsātkathitaṃmayā
rahasyaṃsarvajaṃtūnāṃ gopanīyamidaṃ tvayā

tisrorekhābhavaṃtyevasthāneṣumunipuṃgavāḥ
lalāṭādiṣusarveṣuyathokteṣubudhairmune

bhruvormadhyaṃsamārabhyayāvadaṃtobhavedbhruvoḥ
tāvatpramāṇaṃsaṃdhāryaṃ lalāṭe ca tripuṃḍrakam

madhyamānāmikāṃgulyāmadhyetupratilomataḥ
aṃguṣṭhena kṛtārekhā tripuṃḍrākhyā bhidhīyate

madhyeṃgulibhirādāya tisṛbhirbhasmayatnataḥ
tripuṇḍradhārayedbhaktyābhuktimuktipradaṃparam

tisṛṇāmapi rekhānāṃ pratyekaṃnavadevatāḥ
sarvatrāṃgeṣutāvakṣyesāvadhānatayā 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
vijñeyāmuniśārdūla śivadīkṣāparāyaṇaiḥ

makārāhavanīyau ca paramātmā tamodivau
jñānaśaktiḥ sāmavedastṛtīyaṃ savanaṃ tathā

śivaścaiva ca rekhāyāstṛtiyāyāśca devatā
vijñeyāmuniśārdūla śivadīkṣāparāyaṇau

evaṃ nityaṃ namaskṛtya sadbhaktyā sthānadevatāḥ
tripuṃḍraṃ dhārayecchuddho bhuktiṃmuktiṃ ca viṃdati

ityuktāḥsthānadevāścasarvāṃgeṣumuniśvara
teṣāṃ saṃbaṃdhinobhaktyāsthānāniśṛṇusāṃpratam

dvātriṃśatsthānake vārdhaṣoḍaśasthānakepi ca
aṣṭasthāne tathā caiva pañcasthānepi nānyaset

uttamāṃge lalāṭe ca karṇayornetrayostathā
nāsāvaktragaleṣvevaṃhastadvaya ataḥparam

kūrpare maṇibaṃdhecahṛdayepārśvayordvayoḥ
nābhaumuṣkadvayecaivamūrvorgulphecajānuni

jaṃghādvayepadadvandvedvātriṃśatsthānamuttamam
agnyabbhūvāyudigdeśadikpālānvasubhiḥ saha

dharādhruvaścasomaśca apaścevānilonalaḥ
pratyūṣaśca prabhāsaścavasavoṣṭaprakīrtitāḥ

eteṣāṃnāmamātreṇatripuṃḍraṃdhārayedbudhāḥ
kuryādvāṣoḍaśasthānetripuṇḍraṃtusamāhitaḥ

śīrṣakecalalāṭecakaṃṭhecāṃsadvayebhuje
kūrparemaṇibaṃdhecahṛdayenābhipārśvake

pṛṣṭhecaivaṃpratiṣṭhāyayajettatrāśvidaivate
śivaśaktiṃtathārudramīśaṃnāradamevaca

vāmādinavaśaktīśca etāḥ ṣoḍaśadevatāḥ
nāsatyodasrakaścaiva aśvinaudvauprakīrtitau

athavāmūrdhnikeśecakarmayorvadanetathā
bāhudvaye ca hṛdayenābhyāmūruyugetathā

jānudvayecapadayoḥ pṛṣṭhabhāge ca ṣoḍaśa
śivaścandraśca rudraḥko vighneśoviṣṇureva vā

śrīścaivahṛdayeśambhustathānābhauprajāpatiḥ
nāgaścanāgakanyāśca ubhayorṛṣikanyakāḥ

pādayoścasamudrāścatīrthāḥ pṛṣṭhe viśālataḥ
ityeva ṣoḍaśa sthānamathocyate

guhyasthānaṃ lalāṭaśca karṇadvayamanuttamam
aṃsayugmaṃ ca hṛdayaṃ nābhirityevamaṣṭakam

brahmā ca ṛṣayaḥ saptadevatāścaprakīrtitāḥ
ityevaṃ tu samuddiṣṭaṃ bhasmavidbhirmunīśvarāḥ

atha vā mastakaṃ bāhūhṛdayaṃ nābhireva ca
pañcasthānānyamūnyāhurdhāraṇe bhasmavijjanāḥ

yathāsaṃbhavanaṃ kuryāddeśakālādyapekṣayā
uddhūlanepyaśaktiścettripuṇḍrādīni kārayet

trinetraṃtriguṇādhāraṃtrivedajanakaṃśivam
smarannamaḥ śivāyeti lalāṭe tu tripuṇḍrakam

īśābhyāṃnama ityuktvāpārśvayośca tripuṇḍrakam
bījābhyāṃ nama ityuktvādhārayettuprakoṣṭhayoḥ

kuryādadhaḥ pitṛbhyāṃ ca umeśābhyāṃtathopari
bhīmāyetitataḥpṛṣṭheśirasaḥpaścimetathā