Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.1.33

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe śreṣṭhānuṣṭhānavarṇanaṃ nāma dvātriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 33
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
bhagavañchrotumicchāmo vrataṃ pāśupataṃ param
brahmādayo 'pi yatkṛtvā sarve pāśupatāḥ smṛtāḥ

vāyuruvāca
rahasyaṃ vaḥ pravakṣyāmi sarvapāpanikṛntanam
vrataṃ pāśupataṃ śrautamatharvaśirasi śrutam

kālaścaitrī paurṇamāsī deśaḥ śivaparigrahaḥ
kṣetrārāmādyaraṇyaṃ vā praśastaśśubhalakṣaṇaḥ

tatra pūrvaṃ trayodaśyāṃ susnātaḥ sukṛtāhnikaḥ
anujñāpya svamācāryaṃ saṃpūjya praṇipatya ca

pūjāṃ vaiśeṣikīṃ kṛtvā śuklāṃbaradharaḥ svayam
śuklayajñopavītī ca śuklamālyānulepanaḥ

darbhāsane samāsīno darbhamuṣṭiṃ pragṛhya ca
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prāṇāyāmatrayaṃ kṛtvā prāṅmukho vāpyudaṅmukhaḥ
dhyātvā devaṃ ca devīṃ ca tadvijñāpanavartmanā

vratametatkaromīti bhavetsaṃkalpya dīkṣitaḥ
yāvaccharīrapātaṃ vā dvādaśābdamathāpi vā

tadardhaṃ vā tadardhaṃ vā māsadvādaśakaṃ tu vā
tadardhaṃ vā tadardhaṃ vā māsamekamathāpi vā

dinadvādaśakaṃ vā 'tha dinaṣaṭkamathāpi vā
tadardhaṃ dinamekaṃ vā vratasaṃkalpanāvadhi

agnimādhāya vidhivadvirajāhomakāraṇāt
hutvājyena samidbhiśca caruṇā ca yathākramam

pūrṇāmāpūrya tāṃ bhūyastattvānāṃ śuddhimuddiśan
juhuyānmūlamantreṇa taireva samidādibhiḥ

tattvānyetāni maddehe śuddhyaṃtām 1ityanusmaran
pañcabhūtāni tanmātrāḥ pañcakarmendriyāṇi ca

jñānakarmavibhedena pañcakarmavibhāgaśaḥ
tvagādidhātavassapta pañca prāṇādivāyavaḥ

manobuddhirahaṃ khyātirguṇāḥ prakṛtipūruṣau
rāgo vidyākale caiva niyatiḥ kāla eva ca

māyā ca śuddhividyā ca maheśvarasadāśivau
śaktiśca śivatattvaṃ ca tattvāni kramaśo viduḥ

mantraistu virajairhutvā hotāsau virajā bhavet
śivānugrahamāsādya jñānavānsa hi jāyate

atha gomayamādāya piṇḍīkṛtyābhimaṃtrya ca
vinyasyāgnau ca samprokṣya dine tasminhaviṣyabhuk

prabhāte tu caturdaśyāṃ kṛtvā sarvaṃ puroditam
dine tasminnirāhāraḥ kālaṃ śeṣaṃ samāpayet

prātaḥ parvaṇi cāpyevaṃ kṛtvā homā vasānataḥ
upasaṃhṛtya rudrāgniṃ gṛhṇīyādbhasma yatnataḥ

tataśca jaṭilo muṇḍī śikhaikajaṭa eva vā
bhūtvā snātvā tato vītalajjaścetsyāddigambaraḥ

api kāṣāyavasanaścarmacīrāmbaro 'tha vā
ekāmbaro valkalī vā bhaveddaṇḍī ca mekhalī

prakṣālya caraṇau paścāddvirācamyātmanastanum
saṃkulīkṛtya tadbhasma virajānalasaṃbhavam

agnirityādibhirmaṃtraiḥ ṣaḍbhirātharvaṇaiḥ kramāt
vibhṛjyāṃgāni mūrdhādicaraṇāṃtāni taisspṛśet

tatastena krameṇaiva samuddhṛtya ca bhasmanā
sarvāṃgoddhūlanaṃ kuryātpraṇavena śivena vā

tatastripuṇḍraṃ racayettriyāyuṣasamāhvayam
śivabhāvaṃ samāgamya śivayogamathācaret

kuryātstrisandhyamapyevametatpāśupataṃ vratam
bhuktimuktipradaṃ caitatpaśutvaṃ vinivartayet

tatpaśutvaṃ parityajya kṛtvā pāśupataṃ vratam
pūjanīyo mahādevo liṃgamūrtissanātanaḥ

padmamaṣṭadalaṃ haimaṃ navaratnairalaṃkṛtam
karṇikākeśaropetamāsanaṃ parikalpayet

vibhave tadabhāve tu raktaṃ sitamathāpi vā
padmaṃ tasyāpyabhāve tu kevalaṃ bhāvanāmayam

tatpadmakarṇikāmadhye kṛtvā liṃgaṃ kanīyasam
sphīṭikaṃ pīṭhikopetaṃ pūjayedvidhivatkramāt

pratiṣṭhāpya vidhānena talliṃgaṃ kṛtaśodhanam
parikalpyāsanaṃ mūrtiṃ pañcavaktraprakārataḥ

pañcagavyādibhiḥ pūrṇairyathāvibhavasaṃbhṛtaiḥ
snāpayetkalaśaiḥ pūrṇairaṣṭāpadasamudbhavaiḥ

gaṃdhadravyaissakarpūraiścandanādyaissakuṃkumaiḥ
savedikaṃ samālipya liṃgaṃ bhūṣaṇabhūṣitam

bilvapatraiśca padmaiśca raktaiḥ śvetaistathotpalaiḥ
nīlotpalaistathānyaiśca puṣpaistaistaissugaṃdhibhiḥ

puṇyaiḥ praśastaiḥ patraiśca citrairdūrvākṣatādibhiḥ
samabhyarcya yathālābhaṃ mahāpūjāvidhānataḥ

dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ tathā cāpi naivedyaṃ ca samādiśet
nivedayitvā vibhave kalyāṇaṃ ca samācaret

iṣṭāni ca viśiṣṭāni nyāyenopārjitāni ca
sarvadravyāṇi deyāni vrate tasminviśeṣataḥ

śrīpatrotpalapadmānāṃ saṃkhyā sāhasrikī matā
pratyekamaparā saṃkhyā śatamaṣṭottaraṃ dvijāḥ

tatrāpi ca viśeṣeṇa na tyajedbilvapatrakam
haimamekaṃ paraṃ prāhuḥ padmaṃ padmasahasrakāt

nīlotpalādiṣvapyetatsamānaṃ bilbapatrakaiḥ
puṣpāntare na niyamo yathālābhaṃ nivedayet

aṣṭāṅgamarghyamutkṛṣṭaṃ dhūpālepau viśeṣataḥ
candanaṃ vāmadevākhye haritālaṃ ca pauruṣe

īśāne bhasitaṃ kecidālepanamitīdṛśām
na dhūpamiti manyante dhūpāntaravidhānataḥ
sitāgurumaghorākhye mukhe kṛṣṇāguruṃ punaḥ

pauruṣe guggulaṃ savye saumye saugaṃdhikaṃ mukhe
īśāne 'pi hyuśīrādi deyāddhūpaṃ viśeṣataḥ

śarkarāmadhukarpūrakapilāghṛtasaṃyutam
caṃdanāgurukāṣṭhādyaṃ sāmānyaṃ saṃpracakṣate

karpūravartirājyāḍhyā deyā dīpāvalistataḥ
arghyamācamanaṃ deyaṃ prativaktramataḥ param

prathamāvaraṇe pūjyo kramāddherambaṣaṇmukhau
brahmāṃgāni tataścaiva prathamāvaraṇercite

dvitīyāvaraṇe pūjyā vighneśāścakravartinaḥ
tṛtīyāvaraṇe pūjyā bhavādyā aṣṭamūrtayaḥ

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mahādevādayastatra tathaikādaśamūrtayaḥ
caturthāvaraṇe pūjyāḥ sarva eva gaṇeśvarāḥ

bahireva tu padmasya pañcamāvaraṇe kramāt
daśadikpatayaḥ pūjyāḥ sāstrāḥ sānucarāstathā

brahmaṇo mānasāḥ putrāḥ sarve 'pi jyotiṣāṃ gaṇāḥ
sarvā devyaśca devāśca sarve sarve ca khecarāḥ

pātālavāsinaścānye sarve munigaṇā api
yogino hi sakhāssarve pataṃgā mātarastathā

kṣetrapālāśca sagaṇāḥ sarvaṃ caitaccarācaram
pūjanīyaṃ śivaprītyā mattvā śaṃbhuvibhūtimat

athāvaraṇapūjāṃte saṃpūjya parameśvaram
sājyaṃ savyaṃ janaṃ hṛdyaṃ havirbhaktyā nivedayet

mukhavāsādikaṃ dattvā tāmbūlaṃ sopadaṃśakam
alaṃkṛtya ca bhūyo 'pi nānāpuṣpavibhūṣaṇaiḥ

nīrājanāṃte vistīrya pūjāśeṣaṃ samāpayet
caṣakaṃ sopakāraṃ ca śayanaṃ ca samarpayet

candrasaṃkāśahāraṃ ca śayanīyaṃ samarpayet
ādyaṃ nṛpocitaṃ hṛdyaṃ tatsarvamanurūpataḥ

kṛtvā ca kārayitvā ca hitvā ca pratipūjanam
stotraṃ vyapohanaṃ japtvā vidyāṃ pañcākṣarīṃ japet

pradakṣiṇāṃ praṇāmaṃ ca kṛtvātmānaṃ samarpayet
tataḥ purastāddevasya guruviprau ca pūjayet

dattvārghyamaṣṭau puṣpāṇi devamudvāsya liṃgataḥ
agneścāgniṃ susaṃyamya hyudvāsya ca tamapyuta

pratyahaṃ ca janastvevaṃ kuryātsevāṃ puroditām
tatastatsāmbujaṃ liṃgaṃ sarvopakaraṇānvitam

samarpayetsvagurave sthāpayedvā śivālaye
saṃpūjya ca gurūnviprānvratinaśca viśeṣataḥ

bhaktāndvijāṃśca śaktaśceddīnānāthāṃśca toṣayet
svayaṃ cānaśane śaktaḥ phalamūlāśane 'tha vā

payovrato vā bhikṣāśī bhavedekāśanastathā
naktaṃ yuktāśano nityaṃ bhūśayyānirataḥ śuciḥ

bhasmaśāyī tṛṇeśāyī cīrājinadhṛto 'thavā
brahmacaryavrato nityaṃ vratametatsamācaret

arkavāre tathārdrāyāṃ pañcadaśyāṃ ca pakṣayoḥ
aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ śaktastūpavasedapi

pākhaṇḍipatitodakyāssūtakāntyajapūrvakān
varjayetsarvayatnena manasā karmaṇā girā

kṣamadānadayāsatyāhiṃsāśīlaḥ sadā bhavet
saṃtuṣṭaśca praśāntaśca japadhyānaratastathā

kuryāttriṣavaṇasnānaṃ bhasmasnānamathāpi vā
pūjāṃ vaiśeṣikīṃ caiva manasā vacasā girā

bahunātra kimuktena nācaredaśivaṃ vratī
pramādāttu tathācāre nirūpya gurulāghave

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ucitāṃ niṣkṛtiṃ kuryātpūjāhomajapādibhiḥ
āsamāptervratasyaivamācarenna pramādataḥ

godānaṃ ca vṛṣotsargaṃ kuryātpūjāṃ ca saṃpadā
bhaktaśca śivaprītyarthaṃ sarvakāmavivarjitaḥ

sāmānyametatkathitaṃ vratasyāsya samāsataḥ
pratimāsaṃ viśeṣaṃ ca pravadāmi yathāśrutam

vaiśākhe vajraliṃgaṃ tu jyeṣṭhe mārakataṃ śubham
āṣāḍhe mauktikaṃ vidyācchrāvaṇe nīlanirmitam

māse bhādrapade caiva padmarāgamayaṃ param
āśvine māsi vidyādvai liṃgaṃ gomedakaṃ varam

kārtikyāṃ vaidrumaṃ liṃgaṃ vaidūryaṃ mārgaśīrṣake
puṣparāgamayaṃ pauṣe māghe dyumaṇijantathā

phālguṇe candrakāntotthaṃ caitre tadvyatyayo 'thavā
sarvamāseṣu ratnānāmalābhe haimameva vā

haimābhāve rājataṃ vā tāmrajaṃ śailajantathā
mṛnmayaṃ vā yathālābhaṃ jātuṣaṃ cānyadeva vā

sarvagaṃdhamayaṃ vātha liṃgaṃ kuryādyathāruci
vratāvasānasamaye samācaritanityakaḥ

kṛtvā vaiśeṣikīṃ pūjāṃ hutvā caiva yathā purā
saṃpūjya ca tathācāryaṃ vratinaśca viśeṣataḥ

deśikenāpyanujñātaḥ prāṅmukho vāpyudaṅmukhaḥ
darbhāsano darbhapāṇiḥ prāṇāpānau niyamya ca

japitvā śaktito mūlaṃ dhyātvā sāmbaṃ triyambakam
anujñāpya yathāpūrvaṃ namaskṛtya kṛtāñjaliḥ

samutsṛjāmi bhagavanvratametattvadājñayā
ityuktvā liṃgamūlasthāndarbhānuttaratastyajet

tato daṇḍajaṭācīramekhalā api cotsṛjet
punarācamya vidhivatpañcākṣaramudīrayet

yaḥ kṛtvātyaṃtikīṃ dīkṣāmādehāntamanākulaḥ
vratametatprakurvīta sa tu vai naiṣṭhikaḥ smṛtaḥ

so 'tyāśramī ca vijñeyo mahāpāśupatastathā
sa eva tapatāṃ śreṣṭha sa eva ca mahāvratī

na tena sadṛśaḥ kaścitkṛtakṛtyo mumukṣuṣu
yo yatirnaiṣṭhiko jātastamāhurnaiṣṭhikottamam

yo 'nvahaṃ dvādaśāhaṃ vā vratametatsamācaret
so 'pi naiṣṭhikatulyaḥ syāttīvravratasamanvayāt

ghṛtākto yaścaredetadvrataṃ vrataparāyaṇaḥ
dvitraikadivasaṃ vāpi sa ca kaścana naiṣṭhikaḥ

kṛtyamityeva niṣkāmo yaścaredvratamuttamam
śivārpitātmā satataṃ na tena sadṛśaḥ kvacit

bhasmacchanno dvijo vidvānmahāpātakasaṃbhavaiḥ
pāpaissudāruṇaissadyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

rudrāgniryatparaṃ vīryantadbhasma parikīrtitam
tasmātsarveṣu kāleṣu vīryavānbhasmasaṃyutaḥ

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bhasmaniṣṭhasya naśyanti deṣā bhasmāgnisaṃgamāt
bhasmasnānaviśuddhātmā bhasmaniṣṭha iti smṛtaḥ

bhasmanā digdhasarvāṃgo bhasmadīptatripuṃḍrakaḥ
bhasmasnāyī ca puruṣo bhasmaniṣṭha iti smṛtaḥ

bhūtapretapiśāsāśca rogāścātīva dussahāḥ
bhasmaniṣṭhasya sānnidhyādvidravaṃti na saṃśayaḥ

bhāsanādbhāsitaṃ proktaṃ bhasma kalmaṣabhakṣaṇāt
bhūtibhūtikarī caiva rakṣā rakṣākarī param

kimanyadiha vaktavyaṃ bhasmamāhātmyakāraṇam
vratī ca bhasmanā snātassvayaṃ devo maheśvaraḥ

paramāstraṃ ca śaivānāṃ bhasmaitatpārameśvaram
dhaumyāgrajasya tapasi vyāpado yannivāritāḥ

tasmātsarvaprayatnena kṛtvā pāśupatavratam
dhanavadbhasma saṃgṛhya bhasmasnānarato bhavet