Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.2.14

oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe pañcākṣaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma trayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 14
īśvara uvāca
ājñāhīnaṃ kriyāhīnaṃ śraddhāhīnaṃ varānane
ājñārthaṃ dakṣiṇāhīnaṃ sadā japtaṃ ca niṣphalam

ājñāsiddhaṃ kriyāsiddhaṃ śraddhāsiddhaṃ mamātmakam
evaṃ ceddakṣiṇāyuktaṃ maṃtrasiddhirmahatphalam

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upagamya guruṃ vipramācāryaṃ tattvavedinam
jāpitaṃ sadguṇopetaṃ dhyānayogaparāyaṇam

toṣayettaṃ prayatnena bhāvaśuddhisamanvitaḥ
vācā ca manasā caiva kāyena draviṇena ca

ācāryaṃ pūjayedvipraḥ sarvadātiprayatnataḥ
hastyaśvaratharatnāni kṣetrāṇi ca gṛhāṇi ca

bhūṣaṇāni ca vāsāṃsi dhānyāni ca dhanāni ca
etāni gurave dadyādbhaktyā ca vibhave sati

vittaśāṭhyaṃ na kurvīta yadīcchetsiddhimātmanaḥ
paścānnivedya svātmānaṃ gurave saparicchadam

evaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivadyathāśaktitvavaṃcayan
ādadīta gurormaṃtraṃ jñānaṃ caiva krameṇa tu

evaṃ tuṣṭo guruḥ śiṣyaṃ pūjakaṃ vatsaroṣitam
śuśrūṣumanahaṃkāraṃ snātaṃ śucimupoṣitam

snāpayitvā viśuddhyarthaṃ pūrṇakuṃbhaghṛtena vai
jalena mantraśuddhena puṇyadravyayutena ca

alaṃkṛtya suveṣaṃ ca gaṃdhasragvastrabhūṣaṇaiḥ
puṇyāhaṃ vācayitvā ca brāhmaṇānabhipūjya ca

samudratīre nadyāṃ ca goṣṭhe devālaye 'pi vā
śucau deśe gṛhe vāpi kāle siddhikare tithau

nakṣatre śubhayoge ca sarvadoṣavivarjite
anugṛhya tato dadyājjñānaṃ mama yathāvidhi

svareṇoccārayetsamyagekāṃte 'tiprasannadhīḥ
uccāryoccārayitvā tamāvayormaṃtramuttamam

śivaṃ cāstu śubhaṃ cāstu śobhano 'stu priyo 'stviti
evaṃ dadyādgururmaṃtramājñāṃ caiva tataḥ param

evaṃ labdhvā gurormaṃtramājñāṃ caiva samāhitaḥ
saṃkalpya ca japennityaṃ puraścaraṇapūrvakam

yāvajjīvaṃ japennityamaṣṭottarasahasrakam
ananyastatparo bhūtvā sa yāti paramāṃ gatim

japedakṣaralakṣaṃ vai caturguṇitamādarāt
naktāśī saṃyamī yassa pauraścaraṇikaḥ smṛtaḥ

yaḥ puraścaraṇaṃ kṛtvā nityajāpī bhavetpunaḥ
tasya nāsti samo loke sa siddhaḥ siddhado bhavet

snānaṃ kṛtvā śucau deśe baddhvā ruciramānasam
tvayā māṃ hṛdi saṃciṃtya saṃciṃtya svaguruṃ tataḥ

udaṅmukhaḥ prāṅmukho vā maunī caikāgramānasaḥ
viśodhya pañcatattvāni dahanaplāvanādibhiḥ

mantranyāsādikaṃ kṛtvā saphalīkṛtavigrahaḥ
āvayorvigrahau dhyāyanprāṇāpānau niyamya ca

vidyāsthānaṃ svakaṃ rūpamṛṣiñchando 'dhidaivatam
bījaṃ śaktiṃ tathā vākyaṃ smṛtvā pañcākṣarīṃ japet

uttamaṃ mānasaṃ jāpyamupāṃśuṃ caivamadhyamam
adhamaṃ vācikaṃ prāhurāgamārthaviśāradāḥ

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uttamaṃ rudradaivatyaṃ madhyamaṃ viṣṇudaivatam
adhamaṃ brahmadaivatyamityāhuranupūrvaśaḥ

yaduccanīcasvaritaiḥspaṣṭāspaṣṭapadākṣaraiḥ
maṃtramuccārayedvācā vāciko 'yaṃ japassmṛtaḥ

jihvāmātraparispaṃdādīṣaduccārito 'pi vā
aparairaśrutaḥ kiṃcicchruto vopāṃśurucyate

dhiyā yadakṣaraśreṇyā varṇādvarṇaṃ padātpadam
śabdārthaciṃtanaṃ bhūyaḥ kathyate mānaso japaḥ

vācikastveka eva syādupāṃśuḥ śatamucyate
sāhasraṃ mānasaḥ proktaḥ sagarbhastu śatādhikaḥ

prāṇāyāmasamāyuktassagarbho japa ucyate
ādyaṃtayoragarbho 'pi prāṇāyāmaḥ praśasyate

catvāriṃśatsamāvṛttīḥ prāṇānāyamya saṃsmaret
maṃtraṃ maṃtrārthaviddhīmānaśaktaḥ śaktito japet

pañcakaṃ trikamekaṃ vā prāṇāyāmaṃ samācaret
agarbhaṃ vā sagarbhaṃ vā sagarbhastatra śasyate

sagarbhādapi sāhasraṃ sadhyāno japa ucyate
eṣu pañcavidheṣvekaḥ kartavyaḥ śaktito japaḥ

aṅgulyā japasaṃkhyānamekamevamudāhṛtam
rekhayāṣṭaguṇaṃ vidyātputrajīvairdaśādhikam

śataṃ syācchaṃkhamaṇibhiḥ pravālaistu sahasrakam
sphaṭikairdaśasāhasraṃ mauktikairlakṣamucyate

padmākṣairdaśalakṣantu sauvarṇaiḥ koṭirucyate
kuśagraṃthyā ca rudrākṣairanaṃtaguṇitaṃ bhavet

triṃśadakṣaiḥ kṛtā mālā dhanadā japakarmaṇi
saptaviṃśatisaṃkhyātairakṣaiḥ puṣṭipradā bhavet

pañcaviṃśatisaṃkhyātaiḥ kṛtā muktiṃ prayacchati
akṣaistu pañcadaśabhirabhicāraphalapradā

aṃguṣṭhaṃ mokṣadaṃ vidyāttarjanīṃ śatrunāśinīm
madhyamāṃ dhanadāṃ śāṃtiṃ karotyeṣā hyanāmikā

aṣṭottaraśataṃ mālā tatra syāduttamottamā
śatasaṃkhyottamā mālā pañcāśadbhistu madhyamā

catuḥ pañcāśadakṣaistu hṛcchreṣṭhā hi prakīrtitā
ityevaṃ mālayā kuryājjapaṃ kasmai na darśayet

kaniṣṭhā kṣariṇī proktā japakarmaṇi śobhanā
aṃguṣṭhena japejjapyamanyairaṃgulibhissaha

aṃguṣṭhena vinā japyaṃ kṛtaṃ tadaphalaṃ yataḥ
gṛhe japaṃ samaṃ vidyādgoṣṭhe śataguṇaṃ viduḥ

puṇyāraṇye tathārāme sahasraguṇamucyate
ayutaṃ parvate puṇye nadyāṃ lakṣamudāhṛtam

koṭiṃ devālaye prāhuranantaṃ mama sannidhau
sūryasyāgnerguroriṃdordīpasya ca jalasya ca

viprāṇāṃ ca gavāṃ caiva sannidhau śasyate japaḥ
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tatpūrvābhimukhaṃ vaśyaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ cābhicārikam

paścimaṃ dhanadaṃ vidyādauttaraṃ śātidaṃ bhavet
sūryāgnivipradevānāṃ gurūṇāmapi sannidhau

anyeṣāṃ ca prasaktānāṃ mantraṃ na vimukho japet
uṣṇīṣī kuṃcukī namro muktakeśo galāvṛtaḥ

apavitrakaro 'śuddho vilapanna japetkvacit
krodhaṃ madaṃ kṣutaṃ trīṇi niṣṭhīvanavijṛṃbhaṇe

darśanaṃ ca śvanīcānāṃ varjayejjapakarmaṇi
ācametsaṃbhave teṣāṃ smaredvā māṃ tvayā saha

jyotīṃṣi ca prapaśyedvā kuryādvā prāṇasaṃyamam
anāsanaḥ śayāne vā gacchannutthita eva vā

rathyāyāmaśive sthāne na japettimirāntare
prasārya na japetpādau kukkuṭāsana eva vā

yānaśayyādhirūḍho vā ciṃtāvyākulito 'tha vā
śaktaścetsarvamevaitadaśaktaḥ śaktito japet

kimatra bahunoktena samāsena vacaḥ śṛṇu
sadācāro japañchuddhaṃ dhyāyanbhadraṃ samaśnute

ācāraḥ paramo dharma ācāraḥ paramaṃ dhanaṃ
ācāraḥ paramā vidyā ācāraḥ paramā gatiḥ

ācārahīnaḥ puruṣo loke bhavati niṃditaḥ
paratra ca sukhī na syāttasmādācāravānbhavet

yasya yadvihitaṃ karma vede śāstre ca vaidikaiḥ
tasya tena samācāraḥ sadācāro na cetaraḥ

sadbhirācaritatvācca sadācāraḥ sa ucyate
sadācārasya tasyāhurāstikyaṃ mūlakāraṇam

āstikaścetpramādādyaiḥ sadācārādavicyutaḥ
na duṣyati naro nityaṃ tasmādāstikatāṃ vrajet

yathehāsti sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ sukṛtairduṣkṛtairapi
tathā paratra cāstīti matirāstikyamucyate

rahasyamanyadvakṣyāmi gopanīyamidaṃ priye
na vācyaṃ yasya kasyāpi nāstikasyātha vā paśoḥ

sadācāravihīnasya patitasyāntyajasya ca
pañcākṣarātparaṃ nāsti paritrāṇaṃ kalau yuge

gacchatastiṣṭhato vāpi svecchayā karma kurvataḥ
aśucervā śucervāpi mantro 'yanna ca niṣphalaḥ

anācāravatāṃ puṃsāmaviśuddhaṣaḍadhvanām
anādiṣṭo 'pi guruṇā mantro 'yaṃ na ca niṣphalaḥ

antyajasyāpi mūrkhasya mūḍhasya patitasya ca
nirmaryādasya nīcasya maṃtro 'yaṃ na ca niṣphalaḥ

sarvāvasthāṃ gatasyāpi mayi bhaktimataḥ param
sidhyatyeva na saṃdeho nāparasya tu kasyacit

na lagnatithinakṣatravārayogādayaḥ priye
asyātyaṃtamavekṣyāḥ syurnaiṣa saptassadoditaḥ

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na kadācinna kasyāpi ripureṣa mahāmanuḥ
susiddho vāpi siddho vā sādhyo vāpi bhaviṣyati

siddhena guruṇādiṣṭassusiddha iti kathyate
asiddhenāpi vā dattassiddhasādhyastu kevalaḥ

asādhitassādhito vā sidhyatvena na saṃśayaḥ
śraddhātiśayayuktasya mayi maṃtre tathā gurau

tasmānmaṃtrāntarāṃstyaktvā sāpāyān 1adhikārataḥ
āśrametparamāṃ vidyāṃ sākṣātpañcākṣarīṃ budhaḥ

maṃtrāntareṣu siddheṣu maṃtra eṣa na sidhyati
siddhe tvasminmahāmaṃtre te ca siddhā bhavaṃtyuta

yathā deveṣvalabdho 'smi labdheṣvapi maheśvari
mayi labdhe tu te labdhā maṃtreṣveṣu samo vidhiḥ

ye doṣāssarvamaṃtrāṇāṃ na te 'sminsaṃbhavaṃtyapi
asya maṃtrasya jātyādīnanapekṣya pravartanāt

tathāpi naiva kṣudreṣu phaleṣu prati yogiṣu
sahasā viniyuṃjīta tasmādeṣa mahābalaḥ

upamanyuruvāca
evaṃ sākṣānmahādevyai mahādevena śūlinā
hitā ya jagatāmuktaḥ pañcākṣaravidhiryathā

ya idaṃ kīrtayedbhaktyā śṛṇuyādvā samāhitaḥ
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ prayāti paramāṃ gatim