Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.2.28

oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe agnikāryavarṇanaṃ nāma saptaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 28
upamanyuruvāca
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi śivāśramaniṣeviṇām
śivaśāstroktamārgeṇa naimittikavidhikramam

sarveṣvapi ca māseṣu pakṣayorubhayorapi
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aṣṭābhyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ tathā parvāṇi ca kramāt

ayane viṣuve caiva grahaṇeṣu viśeṣataḥ
kartavyā mahatī pūjā hyadhikā vāpi śaktitaḥ

māsimāsi yathānyāyaṃ brahmakūrcaṃ prasādhya tu
snāpayitvā śivaṃ tena pibeccheṣamupoṣitaḥ

brahmahatyādidoṣāṇāmatīva mahatāmapi
niṣkṛtirbrahmakūrcasya pānānnānyā viśiṣyate

pauṣe puṣyanakṣatre kuryānnīrājanaṃ vibhoḥ
māghe maghākhye nakṣatre pradadyād ghṛtakaṃbalam

phālgune cottarānte vai prārabheta mahotsavam
caitre citrāpaurṇamāsyāṃ dolāṃ kuryādyathāvidhi

vaiśākhyāṃ tu viśākhāyāṃ kuryātpuṣpamahālayam
jyeṣṭhe mūlākhyanakṣatre śītakumbhaṃ pradāpayet

āṣāḍhe cottarāṣāḍhe pavitrāropaṇaṃ tathā
śrāvaṇe prākṛtānyāpi maṇḍalāni prakalpayet

śraviṣṭhākhye tu nakṣatre prauṣṭhapadyāṃ tataḥ param
prokṣayecca jalakrīḍāṃ pūrvāṣāḍhāśraye dine

āśvayujyāṃ tato dadyātpāyasaṃ ca navodanam
agnikāryaṃ ca tenaiva kuryācchatabhiṣagdine

kārtikyāṃ kṛtikāyoge dadyāddīpasahasrakam
mārgaśīrṣe tathārdrāyāṃ ghṛtena snāpayecchivam

aśaktasteṣu kāleṣu kuryādutsavameva vā
āsthānaṃ vā mahāpūjāmadhikaṃ vā samarcanam

āvṛtte 'pi ca kalyāṇe praśasteṣvapi karmasu
daurmanasye durācāre duḥsvapne duṣṭadarśane

utpāte vāśubhenyasminroge vā prabale 'tha vā
snānapūjājapadhyānahomadānādikāḥ kriyaḥ

nirmitānuguṇāḥ kāryāḥ puraścaraṇapūrvikāḥ
śivānale ca vihate punassandhānamācaret

ya evaṃ śarvadharmiṣṭho vartate nityamudyataḥ
tasyaikajanmanā muktiṃ prayacchati maheśvaraḥ

etadyathottaraṃ kuryānnityanaimittikeṣu yaḥ
divyaṃ śrīkaṃṭhanāthasya sthānamādyaṃ sa gacchati

tatra bhuktvā mahābhogānkalpakoṭiśatannaraḥ
kālāṃtarecyutastasmādaumaṃ kaumārameva ca

saṃprāpya vaiṣṇavaṃ brāhmaṃ rudralokaṃ viśeṣataḥ
tatroṣitvā ciraṃ kālaṃ bhuktvā bhogānyathoditān

punaścordhvaṃ gatastasmādatītya sthānapañcakam
śrīkaṇṭhājjñānamāsādya tasmācchaivapuraṃ vrajet

ardhacaryārataścāpi dvirāvṛttyaivameva tu
paścājjñānaṃ samāsādya śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt

ardhārdhacarito yastu dehī dehakṣayātparam
aṃḍāṃtaṃ vordhvamavyaktamatītya bhuvanadvayam

saṃprāpya pauruṣaṃ raudrasthānamadrīndrajāpateḥ
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anekayugasāhasraṃ bhuktvā bhogānanekadhā

puṇyakṣaye kṣitiṃ prāpya kule mahati jāyate
tatrāpi pūrvasaṃskāravaśena sa mahādyutiḥ

paśudharmānparityajya śivadharmarato bhavet
taddharmagauravādeva dhyātvā śivapuraṃ vrajet

bhogāṃśca vividhānbhuktvā vidyeśvarapadaṃ vrajet
tatra vidyeśvaraissārdhaṃ bhuktvā bhogānbahūnkramāt

aṇḍasyāṃtarbahirvātha sakṛdāvartate punaḥ
tato labdhvā śivajñānaṃ parāṃ bhaktimavāpya ca

śivasādharmyamāsādya na bhūyo vinivartate
yaścātīva śive bhakto viṣayāsaktacittavat

śivadarmānaso kurvannakurvanvāpi mucyate
ekāvṛtto dvirāvṛttastrirāvṛtto nivartakaḥ

na punaścakravartī syācchivadharmādhikāravān
tasmāccchivāśrito bhūtvā yena kenāpi hetunā

śivadharme matiṃ kuryācchreyase cetkṛtodyamaḥ
nātra nirbaṃdhayiṣyāmo vayaṃ kecana kenacit

nirbandhebhyo 'tivādebhyaḥ prakṛtyaitanna rocate
rocate vā parebhyastu puṇyasaṃskāragauravāt

saṃsārakāraṇaṃ yeṣāṃ na praroḍhumalaṃ bhavet
prakṛtyanuguṇaṃ tasmādvimṛśyaitadaśeṣataḥ

śivadharme 'dhikurvīta yadīcchecchivamātmanaḥ