Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.2.30

oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe kāmyakarmavarṇanaṃ nāmaikonatriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 30
tatrādau śivayoḥ pārśve dakṣiṇe vāmataḥ kramāt
gaṃdhādyairarcayetpūrvaṃ devau heraṃbaṣaṇmukhau

tato brahmāṇi parita īśānādi yathākramam
saśaktikāni sadyāṃtaṃ prathamāvaraṇe yajet

ṣaḍaṃgānyapi tatraiva hṛdayādīnyanukramāt
śivasya ca śivāyāśca vāhneyādi samarcayet

tatra vāmādikānrudrānaṣṭau vāmādiśaktibhiḥ
arcayedvā na vā paścātpūrvādiparitaḥ kramāt

prathamāvaraṇaṃ proktaṃ mayā te yadunaṃdana
dvitīyāvaraṇaṃ prītyā procyate śraddhayā śṛṇu

anaṃtaṃ pūrvādikpatre tacchaktiṃ tasya vāmataḥ
sūkṣmaṃ dakṣiṇadikpatre saha śaktyā samarcayet

tataḥ paścimadikpatre saha śaktyā śivottamam
tathaivottaradikpatre caikanetraṃ samarcayet

ekarudraṃ ca tacchaktiṃ paścādīśadale 'rcayet
trimūrtiṃ tasya śaktiṃ ca pūjayedagnidigdale

śrīkaṇṭhaṃ nairṛte patre tacchaktiṃ tasya vāmataḥ
tathaiva mārute patre śikhaṃḍīśaṃ samarcayet

dvitīyāvaraṇe cejyāssarvartaścakravartinaḥ
tṛtīyāvaraṇe pūjyāḥ śaktibhiścāṣṭamūrtayaḥ

aṣṭasu kramaśo dikṣu pūrvādiparitaḥ kramāt
bhavaḥ śarvastatheśāno rudraḥ paśupatistataḥ

ugro bhīmo mahādeva ityaṣṭau mūrtayaḥ kramāt
anaṃtaraṃ tataścaiva mahādevādayaḥ kramāt
śaktibhissaha saṃpūjyāstatraikādaśamūrtayaḥ

580a
mahādevaḥ śivo rudraḥ śaṃkaro nīlalohitaḥ
īśāno vijayo bhīmo devadevo bhavodbhavaḥ

kapardīśaśca kathyaṃte tathaikādaśaśaktayaḥ
tatrāṣṭau prathamaṃ pūjyāḥ vāhneyādi yathākramam

devadevaḥ pūrvapatre īśānaṃ cāgnigocare
bhavodbhavastayormadhye kapālīśastataḥ param

tasminnāvaraṇe bhūyo vṛṣendraṃ purato yajet
naṃdinaṃ dakṣiṇe tasya mahākālaṃ tathottare

śāstāraṃ vahnidikpatre mātḥrdakṣiṇadigdale
gajāsyaṃ nairṛte patre ṣaṇmukhaṃ vāruṇe punaḥ

jyeṣṭhāṃ vāyudale gaurīmuttare caṃḍamaiśvare
śāstṛnandīśayormadhye munīndraṃ vṛṣabhaṃ yajet

mahākālasyottarataḥ piṃgalaṃ tu samarcayet
śāstṛmātṛsamūhasya madhye bhṛṃgīśvaraṃ tataḥ

mātṛvighneśamadhye tu vīrabhadraṃ samarcayet
skandavighneśayormadhye yajeddevīṃ sarasvatīm

jyeṣṭhākumārayormadhye śriyaṃ śivapadārcitām
jyeṣṭhāgaṇāmbayormadhye mahāmoṭīṃ samarcayet

gaṇāmbācaṇḍayormadhye devīṃ durgāṃ prapūjayet
atraivāvaraṇe bhūyaḥ śivānucarasaṃhatim

rudraprathamabhūtākhyāṃ vividhāṃ ca saśaktikām
śivāyāśca sakhīvargaṃ japeddhyātvā samāhitaḥ

evaṃ tṛtīyāvaraṇe vitate pūjite sati
caturthāvaraṇaṃ dhyātvā bahistasya samarcayet

bhānuḥ pūrvadale pūjyo dakṣiṇe caturānanaḥ
rudro varuṇadikpatre viṣṇuruttaradigdale

caturṇāmapi devānāṃ pṛthagāvaraṇānyatha
tasyāṃgāni ṣaḍevādau dīptādyābhiśca śaktibhiḥ

dīptā sūkṣmā jayā bhadrā vibhūtirvimalā kramāt
amoghā vidyutā caiva pūrvādi paritaḥ sthitāḥ

dvitīyāvaraṇe pūjyāścatasro mūrtayaḥ kramāt
pūrvādyuttaraparyaṃtāḥ śaktayaśca tataḥ param

ādityo bhāskaro bhānū raviścetyanupūrvaśaḥ
arko brahmā tathā rudro viṣṇuścaite vivasvataḥ

vistārā pūrvadigbhāge sutarāṃ dakṣiṇe sthitāḥ
bodhanī paścime bhāge āpyāyinyuttare punaḥ

uṣāṃ prabhāṃ tathā prājñāṃ sandhyāmapi tataḥ param
aiśānādiṣu vinyasya dvitīyāvaraṇe yajet

somamaṃgārakaṃ caiva budhaṃ buddhimatāṃ varam
bṛhaspatiṃ bṛhadbuddhiṃ bhārgavaṃ tejasāṃ nidhim

śanaiścaraṃ tathā rāhuṃ ketuṃ dhūmraṃ bhayaṃkaram
samaṃtato yajedetāṃstṛtīyāvaraṇe kramāt

athavā dvādaśādityā dvitīyāvaraṇe yajet
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tṛtīyāvaraṇe caiva rāśīndvādaśa pūjayet

saptasapta gaṇāṃścaiva bahistasya samaṃtataḥ
ṛṣīndevāṃśca gaṃdharvānpannagānapsarogaṇān

grāmaṇyaśca tathā yakṣānyātudhānāṃstathā hayān
saptacchaṃdomayāṃścaiva vālakhilyāṃśca pūjayet

evaṃ tṛtīyāvaraṇe samabhyarcya divākaram
brahmāṇamarcayetpaścāttribhirāvaraṇaiḥ sahaḥ

hiraṇyagarbhaṃ pūrvasyāṃ virājaṃ dakṣiṇe tataḥ
kālaṃ paścimadigbhāge puruṣaṃ cottare yajet

hiraṇyagarbhaḥ prathamo brahmā kamalasannibhaḥ
kālo jātyaṃjanaprakhyaḥ puruṣaḥ sphaṭikopamaḥ

triguṇo rājasaścaiva tāmasaḥ sāttvikastathā
catvāra ete kramaśaḥ prathamāvaraṇe sthitāḥ

dvitīyāvaraṇe pūjyāḥ pūrvādiparitaḥ kramāt
sanatkumāraḥ sanakaḥ sanaṃdaśca sanātanaḥ

tṛtīyāvaraṇe paścādarcayecca prajāpatīn
aṣṭau pūrvāṃśca pūrvādau trīnprākpaścādanukramāt

dakṣo rucirbhṛguścaiva marīciśca tathāṃgirāḥ
pulastyaḥ pulahaścaiva kraturatriśca kaśyapaḥ

vasiṣṭhaśceti vikhyātāḥ prajānāṃ patayastvime
teṣāṃ bhāryāśca taissārdhaṃ pūjanīyā yathākramam

prasūtiśca tathā ' 'kūtiḥ khyātiḥ sambhūtireva ca
dhṛtiḥ smṛtiḥ kṣamā caiva sannatiścānasūyakā

devamātārundhatī ca sarvāḥ khalu pativratāḥ
śivārcanarato nityaṃ śrīmatyaḥ priyadarśanāḥ

prathamāvaraṇe vedāṃścaturo vā prapūjayet
itihāsapurāṇāni dvitīyāvaraṇe punaḥ

tṛtīyāvaraṇe paścāddharmaśāstrapurassarāḥ
vaidikyo nikhilā vidyāḥ pūjyā eva samaṃtataḥ

pūrvādipurato vedāstadanye tu yathāruci
aṣṭadhā vā caturdhā vā kṛtvā pūjāṃ samaṃtataḥ

evaṃ brahmāṇamabhyarcya tribhirāvaraṇairyutam
dakṣiṇe paścime paścādrudraṃ sāvaraṇaṃ yajet

tasya brahmaṣaḍaṃgāni prathamāvaraṇaṃ smṛtam
dvitīyāvaraṇe caiva vidyeśvaramayaṃ tathā

tṛtīyāvaraṇe bhedo vidyate sa tu kathyate
catasro mūrtayastasya pūjyāḥ pūrvāditaḥ kramāt

triguṇāssakalo devaḥ purastācchivasaṃjñakaḥ
rājaso dakṣiṇe brahmā sṛṣṭikṛtpūjyate bhavaḥ

tāmasaḥ paścime cāgniḥ pūjyassaṃhārako haraḥ
sāttvikassukhakṛtsaumye viṣṇurviśvapatirmṛḍaḥ

evaṃ paścimadigbhāge śambhoḥ ṣaḍviṃśakaṃ śivam
samabhyarcyottare pārśve tato vaikuṃṭhamarcayet

vāsudevaṃ puraskṛtvā prathamāvaraṇe yajet
581a
aniruddhaṃ dakṣiṇataḥ pradyumnaṃ paścime tataḥ

saumye saṃkarṣaṇaṃ paścādvyatyastau vā yajedimau
prathamāvaraṇaṃ proktaṃ dvitīyāvaraṇaṃ śubham

matsyaḥ kūrmo varāhaśca narasiṃhotha vāmanaḥ
rāmaścānyatamaḥ kṛṣṇo bhavānaśvamukhopi ca

tṛtīyāvaraṇe cakruḥ pūrvabhāge samarcayet
nārāyaṇākhyāṃ yāmyestraṃ kvacidavyāhataṃ yajet

paścime pāṃcajanyaṃ ca śārṅgaṃdhanurathottare
evaṃ tryāvaraṇaiḥ sākṣādviśvākhyāṃ paramaṃ harim

mahāviṣṇuṃ sadāviṣṇuṃ mūrtīkṛtya samarcayet
itthaṃ viṣṇoścaturvyūhakramānmūrticatuṣṭayam
pūjayitvā ca tacchaktīścatasraḥ pujayetkramāt

prabhāmāgneyadigbhāge nairṛte tu sarasvatīm
gaṇāṃbikā ca vāyavye lakṣmīṃ raudre samarcayet

evaṃ bhānvādimūrtīnāṃ tacchaktīnāmanaṃtaram
pūjāṃ vidhāya lokeśāṃstatraivāvaraṇe yajet

indramagniṃ yamaṃ caiva nirṛtiṃ varuṇaṃ tathā
vāyuṃ somaṃ kuberaṃ ca paścādīśānamarcayet

evaṃ caturthāvaraṇaṃ pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ
āyudhāni maheśasya paścādbāṃhyaṃ samarcayet

śrīmantriśūlamaiśāne vajraṃ māhendradiṅmukhe
paraśuṃ vahnidigbhāge yāmye sāyakamarcayet

nairṛte tu yajetkhaḍgaṃ pāśaṃ vāruṇagocare
aṃkuśaṃ mārute bhāge pinākaṃ cottare yajet

paścimābhimukhaṃ raudraṃ kṣetrapālaṃ samarcayet
pañcamāvaraṇaṃ caiva sampūjyānantaraṃ bahiḥ

sarvāvaraṇadevānāṃ bahirvā pañcame 'thavā
pañcame mātṛbhissārdhaṃ mahokṣa purato yajet

tataḥ samaṃtataḥ pūjyāssarvā vai devayonayaḥ
khecarā ṛṣayassiddhā daityā yakṣāśca rākṣasāḥ

anaṃtādyāśca nāgeṃdrā nāgaistattatkulodbhavaiḥ
ḍākinībhūtavetālapretabhairavanāyakāḥ

pātālavāsinaścānye nānāyonisamudbhavāḥ
nadyassamudrā girayaḥ kānanāni sarāṃsi ca

paśavaḥ pakṣiṇo vṛkṣāḥ kīṭādyāḥ kṣudrayonayaḥ
narāśca vividhākārā mṛgāśca kṣudrayonayaḥ

bhuvanānyantaraṇḍasya tato brahmāṇḍakoṭayaḥ
bahiraṃḍānyasaṃkhyāni bhuvanāni sahādhipaiḥ

brahmāṃḍādhārakā rudrā daśadikṣu vyavasthitāḥ
yadgauḍa yacca māmeyaṃ yadvā śāktaṃ tataḥ param

yatkiñcidasti śabdasya vācyaṃ cidacidātmakam
tatsarvaṃ śivayoḥ pārśve buddhvā sāmānyato yajet

kṛtāṃjalipuṭāḥ sarve 'ciṃtyāḥ smitamukhāstathā
581b
prītyā saṃprekṣamāṇāśca devaṃ devīṃ ca sarvadā

itthamāvaraṇābhyarcāṃ kṛtvāvikṣepaśāṃtaye
punarabhyarcya deveśaṃ paktvākṣaramudīrayet

nivedayettataḥ paścācchivayoramṛtopamam
suvyañjanasamāyuktaṃ śuddhaṃ cāru mahācarum

dvātriṃśadāḍhakairmukhyamadhamaṃ tvāḍhakāvaram
sādhayitvā yathāsaṃpacchraddhayā vinivedayet

tato nivedya pānīyaṃ tāṃbūlaṃ copadaṃśakaiḥ
nīrājanādikaṃ kṛtvā pūjāśeṣaṃ samāpayet

bhogopayogyadravyāṇi viśiṣṭānyeva sādhayet
vittaśāṭhyaṃ na kurvīta bhaktimānvibhave sati

śaṭhasyopekṣakasyāpi vyaṃgyaṃ caivānutiṣṭhataḥ
na phalaṃtyeva karmāṇi kāmyānīti satāṃ kathā

tasmātsamyagupekṣāṃ ca tyaktvā sarvāṃgayogataḥ
kuryātkāmyāni karmāṇi phalasiddhiṃ yadīcchati

itthaṃ pūjāṃ samāpyātha devaṃ devīṃ praṇamya ca
bhaktyā manassamādhāya paścātstotramudīrayet

tataḥ stotramupāsyānte tvaṣṭottaraśatāvarām
japetpañcākṣarīṃ vidyāṃ sahasrottaramutsukaḥ

vidyāpūjāṃ guroḥ pūjāṃ kṛtvā paścādyathākramam
yathodayaṃ yathāśrāddhaṃ sadasyānapi pūjayet

tataḥ udvāsya deveśaṃ sarvairāvaraṇaiḥ saha
maṇḍalaṃ gurave dadyādyāgopakaraṇaissaha

śivāśritebhyo vā dadyātsarvamevānupūrvaśaḥ
athavā tacchivāyaiva śivakṣetre samarpayet

śivāgnau vā yajeddevaṃ homadravyaiśca saptabhiḥ
samabhyarcya yathānyāyaṃ sarvāvaraṇadevatāḥ

eṣa yogeśvaro nāma triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ
na tasmādadhikaḥ kaścidyāgo 'sti bhuvane kvacit

na tadasti jagatyasminnasadhyaṃ yadanena tu
aihikaṃ vā phalaṃ kiṃcidāmuṣmikaphalaṃ tu vā

idamasya phalaṃ nedamiti naiva niyamyate
śreyorūpasya kṛtsnasya tadidaṃ śreṣṭasādhanam

idaṃ na śakyate vaktuṃ puruṣeṇa yadarcyate
ciṃtāmaṇerivaitasmāttattena prāpyate phalam

tathāpi kṣudramuddiśya phalaṃ naitatprayojayet
laghvarthī mahato yasmātsvayaṃ laghutaro bhavet

mahadvā phalamalpaṃ vā kṛtaṃ cetkarma sidhyati
mahādevaṃ samuddiśya kṛtaṃ karma prayujyatām

tasmādananyalabhyeṣu śatrumṛtyuṃjayādiṣu
phaleṣu dṛṣṭādṛṣṭeṣu kuryādetadvicakṣaṇaḥ

mahatsvapi ca pāteṣu mahārāgabhayādiṣu
durbhikṣādiṣu śāṃtyarthaṃ śāṃtiṃ kuryādanena tu

bahunā kiṃ pralāpena mahāvyāpannivārakam
ātmīyamastraṃ śaivānāmidamāha maheśvaraḥ

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tasmāditaḥ paraṃ nāsti paritrāṇamihātmanaḥ
iti matvā prayuṃjānaḥ karmedaṃ śubhamaśnute

stotramātraṃ śucirbhūtvā yaḥ paṭhetsusamāhitaḥ
sopyabhīṣṭatamādarthādaṣṭāṃśaphalamāpnuyāt

arthaṃ tasyānusandhāya parvaṇyanaśanaḥ paṭhet
aṣṭābhyāṃ vā caturdaśyāṃ phalamardhaṃ samāpnuyāt

yastvarthamanusaṃdhāya parvādiṣu tathā vratī
māsamekaṃ japetstotraṃ sa kṛtsnaṃ phalamāpnuyāt