Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.2.16

oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe dīkṣāvidhāne gurumāhātmyaṃ nāma pañcadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 16
upamanyuruvāca
puṇye 'hani śucau deśe bahudoṣavivarjite
deśikaḥ prathamaṃ kuryātsaṃskāraṃ samayāhvayam

parīkṣya bhūmiṃ vidhivadgaṃdhavarṇarasādibhiḥ
śilpiśāstroktamārgeṇa maṇḍapaṃ tatra kalpayet

kṛtvā vediṃ ca tanmadhye kuṇḍāni parikalpayet
aṣṭadikṣu tathā dikṣu tatraiśānyāṃ punaḥ kramāt

pradhānakuṃḍaṃ kurvīta yadvā paścimabhāgataḥ
pradhānamekamevātha kṛtvā śobhāṃ prakalpayet

vitānadhvajamālābhirvividhābhiranekaśaḥ
vedimadhye tataḥ kuryānmaṃḍalaṃ śubhalakṣaṇam

raktahemādibhiścūrṇairīśvarāvāhanocitam
siṃdūraśālinīvāracūrṇairevātha nirdhanaḥ

ekahastaṃ dvihastaṃ vā sitaṃ vā raktameva vā
ekahastasya padmasya karṇikāṣṭāṃgulā matā

kesarāṇi tadardhāni śeṣaṃ cāṣṭadalādikam
dvihastasya tu padmasya dviguṇaṃ karṇikādikam

kṛtvā śobhopaśobhāḍhyamaiśānyāṃ tasya kalpayet
ekahastaṃ tadardhaṃ vā punarvedyaḥ tu maṃḍalam

vrīhitaṃdulasiddhārthatilapuṣpakuśāstṛte
tatra lakṣaṇasaṃyuktaṃ śivakuṃbhaṃ prasādhayet

sauvarṇaṃ rājataṃ vāpi tāmrajaṃ mṛnmayaṃ tu vā
gandhapuṣpākṣatākīrṇaṃ kuśadūrvāṃkurācitam

sitasūtrāvṛtaṃ kaṃṭhe navavastrayugāvṛtam
śuddhāmbupūrṇamutkūrcaṃ sadravyaṃ sapidhānakam

bhṛṅgāraṃ vardhanīṃ cāpi śaṃkhaṃ ca cakrameva vā
vinā sūtrādikaṃ sarvaṃ padmapatramathāpi vā

tasyāsanāraviṃdasya kalpayeduttare dale
agrataścaṃdanāṃbhobhirastrarājasya vardhanīm

maṇḍalasya tataḥ prācyāṃ maṃtrakuṃbhe ca pūrvavat
kṛtvā vidhivadīśasya mahāpūjāṃ samācaret

athārṇavasya tīre vā nadyāṃ goṣṭhe 'pi vā girau
devāgare gṛhe vāpi deśe 'nyasminmanohare

kṛtvā pūrvoditaṃ sarvaṃ vinā vā maṃḍapādikam
maṃḍalaṃ pūrvavatkṛtvā sthaṃḍilaṃ ca vibhāvasoḥ

praviśya pūjābhavanaṃ prahṛṣṭavadano guruḥ
sarvamaṃgalasaṃyuktaḥ samācaritanaityakaḥ

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mahāpūjāṃ maheśasya kṛtvā maṇḍalamadhyataḥ
śivakuṃbhe tathā bhūyaḥ śivamāvāhya pūjayet

paścimābhimukhaṃ dhyātvā yajñarakṣakamīśvaram
arcayedastravardhanyāmastramīśasya dakṣiṇe

mantrakumbhe ca vinyasya mantraṃ mantraviśāradaḥ
kṛtvā mudrādikaṃ sarvaṃ mantrayāgaṃ samācaret

tataśśivānale homaṃ kuryāddeśikasattamaḥ
pradhānakuṇḍe parito juhuyuścāpare dvijāḥ

ācāryātpādamardhaṃ vā homasteṣāṃ vidhīyate
pradhānakuṇḍa evātha juhuyāddeśikottamaḥ

svādhyāyamapare kuryuḥ stotraṃ maṃgalavācanam
japaṃ ca vidhivaccānye śivabhaktiparāyaṇāḥ

nṛtyaṃ gītaṃ ca vādyaṃ ca maṃgalānyaparāṇi ca
pūjanaṃ ca sadasyānāṃ kṛtvā samyagvidhānataḥ

puṇyāhaṃ kārayitvātha punaḥ saṃpūjya śaṃkaram
prārthayeddeśiko devaṃ śiṣyānugrahakāmyayā

prasīda devadeveśa dehamāviśya māmakam
vimocayainaṃ viśveśa ghṛṇayā ca ghṛṇānidhe

atha caivaṃ karomīti labdhānujñastu deśikaḥ
ānīyopoṣitaṃ śiṣyaṃ haviṣyāśinameva vā

ekāśanaṃ vā virataṃ snātaṃ prātaḥkṛtakriyam
japaṃtaṃ praṇavaṃ devaṃ dhyāyaṃtaṃ kṛtamaṃgalam

dvārasya paścimasyāgramaṇḍale dakṣiṇasya vā
darbhāsane samāsīnaṃ vidhāyodaṅmukhaṃ śiśum

svayaṃ prāgvadanastiṣṭhannūrdhvakāyaṃ kṛtāṃjalim
saṃprokṣya prokṣaṇautoyairmūrdhanyastreṇa mudrayā

puṣpakṣepeṇa saṃtāḍya badhnīyāllocanaṃ guruḥ
dukūlārdhena vastreṇa maṃtritena navena ca

tataḥ praveśayecchiṣyaṃ gururdvāreṇa maṃḍalam
so 'pi teneritaḥ śaṃbhorācarettriḥ pradakṣiṇam

tatassuvarṇasaṃmiśraṃ dattvā puṣpāṃjaliṃ prabhoḥ
prāṅmukhaścodaṅmukho vā praṇameddaṃḍavatkṣito

tatassaṃprokṣya mūlena śirasyastreṇa pūrvavat
saṃtāḍya deśikastasya mocayennetrabaṃdhanam

sa dṛṣṭvā maṃḍalaṃ bhūyaḥ praṇametsāñjaliḥ prabhum
athāsīnaṃ śivācāryo maṃḍalasya tu dakṣiṇe

upaveśyātmanassavye śiṣyaṃ darbhāsane guruḥ
ārādhya ca mahādevaṃ śivahastaṃ pravinyaset

śivatejomayaṃ pāṇiṃ śivamaṃtramudīrayet
śivābhimānasaṃpanno nyasecchiṣyasya mastake

sarvāṃgālaṃbanaṃ caiva kuryāttenaiva deśikaḥ
śiṣyo 'pi praṇamedbhūmau deśikākṛtamīśvaram

tataśśivānale devaṃ samabhyarcya yathāvidhi
hutāhutitrayaṃ śiṣyamupaveśya yathā purā

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darbhāgraiḥ saṃspṛśaṃstaṃ ca vidyayātmānamāviśet
namaskṛtya mahādevaṃ nāḍīsaṃdhānamācaret

śivaśāstroktamārgeṇa kṛtvā prāṇasya nirgamam
śiṣyadehapraveśaṃ ca smṛtvā maṃtrāṃstu tarpayet

saṃtarpaṇāya mūlasya tenaivāhutayo daśa
deyāstisrastathāṃgānāmaṃgaireva yathākramam

tataḥ pūrṇāhutiṃ dattvā prāyaścittāya deśikaḥ
punardaśāhutīnkuryānmūlamaṃtreṇa maṃtravit

punaḥ saṃpūjya deveśaṃ samyagācamya deśikaḥ
hutvā caiva yathānyāyaṃ svajātyā vaiśyamuddharet

tasyaivaṃ janayetkṣātramuddhāraṃ ca tataḥ punaḥ
kṛtvā tathaiva vipratvaṃ janayedasya deśikaḥ

rājanyaṃ caivamuddhṛtya kṛtvā vipraṃ punastayoḥ
rudratvaṃ janayedvipre rudranāmaiva sādhayet

prokṣaṇaṃ tāḍanaṃ kṛtvā śiśossvātmānamātmani
śivātmakamanusmṛtya sphuraṃtaṃ visphuliṃgavat

nāḍyā yathoktayā vāyuṃ recayenmaṃtrato guruḥ
nirgamya praviśennāḍyā śiṣyasya hṛdayaṃ tathā

praviśya tasya caitanyaṃ nīlabindunibhaṃ smaran
svatejasāpāstamalaṃ jvalaṃtamanuciṃtayet

tamādāya tayā nāḍyā maṃtrī saṃhāramudrayā
na pūrakeṇa niveśyainamekībhāvārthamātmanaḥ

kuṃbhakena tathā nāḍyā recakena yathā purā
tasmādādāya śiṣyasya hṛdaye tanniveśayet

tamālabhya śivāllabdhaṃ tasmai dattvopavītakam
hutvā ' 'hutitrayaṃ paścāddadyātpūrṇāhutiṃ tataḥ

devasya dakṣiṇe śiṣyamupaveśyavarāsane
kuśapuṣpaparistīrṇe baddhāṃjalirudaṅmukham

svastikāsanamārūḍhaṃ vidhāya prāṅmukhaḥ svayam
varāsanasthito maṃtrairmahāmaṃgalaniḥsvanaiḥ

samādāya ghaṭaṃ pūrṇaṃ pūrṇameva prasāditam
dhyāyamānaḥ śivaṃ śiṣyamābhiṣiṃceta deśikaḥ

athāpanudya snānāṃbu paridhāya sitāṃbaram
ācāntolaṃkṛtaśśiṣyaḥ prāṃjalirmaṃḍapaṃ vrajet

upaveśya yathāpūrvaṃ taṃ gururdarbhaviṣṭare
saṃpūjya maṃḍalaṃ devaṃ karanyāsaṃ samācaret

tatastu bhasmanā devaṃ dhyāyanmanasi deśikaḥ
samālabheta pāṇibhyāṃ śiśuṃ śivamudīrayet

atha tasya śivācāryo dahanaplāvanādikam
sakalīkaraṇaṃ kṛtvā mātṛkānyāsavartmanā

tataḥ śivāsanaṃ dhyātvā śiṣyamūrdhni deśikaḥ
tatrāvāhya yathānyāyamarcayenmanasā śivam

prārthayetprāṃjalirdevaṃ nityamatra sthito bhava
iti vijñāpya taṃ śaṃbhostejasā bhāsuraṃ smaret

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saṃpūjyātha śivaṃ śaivīmājñāṃ prāpya śivātmikām
karṇe śiṣyasya śanakaiśśivamantramudīrayet

sa tu baddhāṃjaliḥ śrutvā mantraṃ tadgatamānasaḥ
śanaistaṃ vyāharecchiṣyaśivācāryasya śāsanāt

tataḥ śāktaṃ ca saṃdiśya mantraṃ mantravicakṣaṇaḥ
uccārayitvā ca sukhaṃ tasmai maṃgalamādiśet

tatassamāsānmantrārthaṃ vācyavācakayogataḥ
samadiśyeśvaraṃ rūpaṃ yogamāsanamādiśet

atha gurvājñayā śiṣyaḥ śivāgnigurusannidhau
bhaktyaivamabhisaṃdhāya dīkṣāvākyamudīrayet

varaṃ prāṇaparityāgaśchedanaṃ śiraso 'pi vā
na tvanabhyarcya bhuṃjīya bhagavantaṃ trilocanam

sa eva dadyānniyato yāvanmohaviparyayaḥ
tāvadārādhayeddevaṃ tanniṣṭhastatparāyaṇaḥ

tataḥ sa samayo nāma bhaviṣyati śivāśrame
labdhādhikāro gurvājñāpālakastadvaśo bhavet

ataḥ paraṃ nyastakaro bhasmādāya svahastataḥ
dadyācchiṣyāya mūlena rudrākṣaṃ cābhimaṃtritam

pratimā vāpi devasya gūḍhadehamathāpi vā
pūjāhomajapadhyānasādhanāni ca saṃbhave

sopi śiṣyaḥ śivācāryāllabdhāni bahumānataḥ
ādadītājñayā tasya deśikasya na cānyathā

ācāryādāptamakhilaṃ śirasyādhāya bhaktitaḥ
rakṣayetpūjayecchaṃbhuṃ maṭhe vā gṛha evavā

ataḥ paraṃ śivācāramādiśedasya deśikaḥ
bhaktiśraddhānusāreṇa prajñāyāścānusārataḥ

yaduktaṃ yatsamājñātaṃ yaccaivānyatprakīrtitam
śivācāryeṇa samaye tatsarvaṃ śirasā vahet

śivāgamasya grahaṇaṃ vācanaṃ śravaṇaṃ tathā
deśikadeśataḥ kuryānna svecchāto na cānyataḥ

iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaḥ saṃskāraḥ samayāhvayaḥ
sākṣācchivapuraprāptau nṛṇāṃ paramasādhanam