Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.2.26

oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe śivaśāstroktapūjanavarṇanaṃ nāma pañcaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 26
upamanyuruvāca
brahmaghno vā surāpo vā steyīvā gurutalpagaḥ
mātṛhā pitṛhā vāpi vīrahā bhrūṇahāpi vā

saṃpūjyāmantrakaṃ bhaktyā śivaṃ paramakāraṇam
taistaiḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyeta varṣairdvādaśabhiḥ kramāt

tasmātsarvaprayatnena patito 'pi yajecchivam
bhaktaścennāparaḥ kaścidbhikṣāhāro jiteṃdriyaḥ

kṛtvāpi sumahatpāpaṃ bhaktyā pañcākṣareṇa tu
pūjayedyadi deveśaṃ tasmātpāpātpramucyate

abbhakṣā vāyubhakṣāśca ye cānye vratakarśitāḥ
teṣāmetairvratairnāsti śivalokasamāgamaḥ

bhaktyā pañcākṣareṇaiva yaḥ śivaṃ sakṛdarcayet
sopi gacchecchivasthānaṃ śivamantrasya gauravāt

tasmāttapāṃsi yajñāṃśca sarve sarvasvadakṣiṇāḥ
śivamūrtyarcanasyaite koṭyaṃśenāpi no samāḥ

baddho vāpyatha mukto vā paścātpañcākṣareṇa cet
pūjayanmucyate bhakto nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

arudro vā sarudro vā sūktena śivamarcayet
yaḥ sakṛtpatito vāpimūḍho vā mucyate naraḥ

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ṣaḍakṣareṇa vā devaṃ sūktamantreṇa pūjayet
śivabhakto jitakrodho hyalabdho labdha eva ca

alabdhāllabdha evātra viśiṣṭo nātra saṃśayaḥ
sa brahmāṃgena vā tena sahaṃsena vimucyate

tasmānnityaṃ śivaṃ bhaktyā sūktamantreṇa pūjayet
ekakālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā trikālaṃ nityameva vā

ye 'rcayaṃti mahādevaṃ vijñeyāste maheśvarāḥ
jñānenātmasahāyena nārcito bhagavāñchivaḥ

sa ciraṃ saṃsaratyasminsaṃsāre duḥkhasāgare
durllabhaṃ prāpya mānuṣyaṃ mūḍho nārcayate śivam

niṣphalaṃ tasya tajjanma mokṣāya na bhavedyataḥ
durllabhaṃ prāpya mānuṣyaṃ ye 'rcayanti pinākinam

teṣāṃ hi saphalaṃ janma kṛtārthāste narottamāḥ
bhavabhaktiparā ye ca bhavapraṇatacetasaḥ

bhavasaṃsmaraṇodyuktā na te duḥkhasya bhāginaḥ
bhavanāni manojñāni vibhramābharaṇāḥ striyaḥ

dhanaṃ cātṛptiparyantaṃ śivapūjāvidheḥ phalam
ye vāñchanti mahābhogānrājyaṃ ca tridaśālaye

te vāñchanti sadākālaṃ harasya caraṇāmbujam
saubhāgyaṃ kāntimadrūpaṃ sattvaṃ tyāgārdrabhāvatā

śauryaṃ vai jagati khyātiśśivamarcayato bhavet
tasmātsarvaṃ parityajya śivaikāhitamānasaḥ

śivapūjāvidhiṃ kuryādyadīcchecchivamātmanaḥ
tvaritaṃ jīvitaṃ yāti tvaritaṃ yāti yauvanam

tvaritaṃ vyādhirabhyeti tasmātpūjyaḥ pinākadhṛk
yāvannāyāti maraṇaṃ yāvannākramate jarā

yāvannendriyavaikalyaṃ tāvatpūjaya śaṃkaram
na śivārcanatulyo 'sti dharmo 'nyo bhuvanatraye

iti vijñāya yatnena pūjanīyassadāśivaḥ
dvārayāgaṃ javanikāṃ parivārabalikriyām

nityotsavaṃ ca kurvīta prasāde yadi pūjayet
havirnivedanādūrdhvaṃ svayaṃ cānucaro 'pi vā

prasādaparivārebhyo baliṃ dadyādyathākramam
nirgamya saha vāditraistadāśābhimukhaḥ sthitaḥ

puṣpaṃ dhūpaṃ ca dīpañca dadyādannaṃ jalaiḥ saha
tato dadyānmahāpīṭhe tiṣṭhanbalimudaṅmukhaḥ

tato niveditaṃ deve yattadannādikaṃ purā
tatsarvaṃ sāvaśeṣaṃ vā caṇḍāya vinivedayet

hutvā ca vidhivatpaścātpūjāśeṣaṃ samāpayet
kṛtvā prayogaṃ vidhivadyāvanmantraṃ japaṃ tataḥ

nityotsavaṃ prakurvīta yathoktaṃ śivaśāsane
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vipule taijase pātre raktapadmopaśobhite

astraṃ pāśupataṃ divyaṃ tatrāvāhya samarcayet
śivasyāropyaḥ tatpātraṃ dvijasyālaṃkṛtasya ca

nyastāstravapuṣā tena dīptayaṣṭidharasya ca
prāsādaparivārebhyo bahirmaṃgalaniḥsvanaiḥ

nṛtyageyādibhiścaiva saha dīpadhvajādibhiḥ
pradakṣiṇatrayaṃ kṛtvā na drutaṃ cāvilambitam

mahāpīṭhaṃ samāvṛtya triḥpradakṣiṇayogataḥ
punaḥ praviṣṭo dvārastho yajamānaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ
ādāyābhyaṃtaraṃ nītvā hyastramudvāsayet tataḥ

pradakṣiṇādikaṃ kṛtvā yathāpūrvoditaṃ kramāt
ādāya cāṣṭapuṣpāṇi pūjāmatha samāpayet