Skanda Purana · Chapter 1.41

//karadhama uvāca//
kecicchivaṃ samāśritya viṣṇumāśritya vedhasam//
varṇayaṃti pare mokṣaṃ tvaṃ tu kasmāttu manyase

//mahākāla uvāca//
apāravaibhavā devāstrayo'pyete nararṣabha//
yogīṃdrāṇāmapi tvatra ceto muhyati kiṃ mama

purā kilaivaṃ munayo naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ//
saṃdihyāṃtaḥ śreṣṭhatāyāṃ brahmalokamupāgaman

tasminkṣaṇe viriṃco'pi ślokaṃ prahvo'bravītkila//
anaṃtāya namastasmai yasyāṃto nopalabhyate

maheśāya ca bhakte dvau kṛpāyetāṃ sadā mayi//
tataḥ śreṣṭhaṃ ca taṃ matvā kṣīrodaṃ munayo yayuḥ

tatra yogeśvaraḥ ślokaṃ prabudhyannamumabravīt//
brahmāṇaṃ sarvabhūteṣu paramaṃ brahmarūpiṇam

sadāśivaṃ ca vaṃde tau bhavetāṃ maṃgalāya me//
tataste vismitā viprā apasṛtya yayuḥ punaḥ

kailāse dadṛśuḥ sthāṇuṃ vadaṃtaṃ girijāṃ prati//
ekādaśyāṃ pranṛtyāni jāgare viṣṇusadmani

sadā tapasyāṃ carāmi prītyarthaṃ harivedhasoḥ//
śrutveti cāpasṛtyaiva khinnāste munayo'bruvan

yadvā devā na saṃyāṃti pāraṃ ye ca parasparam//
tatsṛṣṭasṛṣṭasṛṣṭeṣu gaṇanā kā'smadādiṣu

uttamādhamamadhyatvamamīṣāṃ varṇayaṃti ye//
asatyavādinaḥ pāpāste yāṃti nirayaṃ dhruvam

evaṃ te niściyāmāsurnaimiṣeyā stapasvinaḥ//
satyametacca rājeṃdra mamāpīdaṃ mataṃ sphuṭam

jāpakānāṃ sahasrāṇi vaiṣṇavānāṃ tathaiva ca//
śaivānāṃ ca vidhiṃ viṣṇuṃ sthāṇuṃ cāpyanvamūmucan

tasmādyasya manorāgo yasmindeve bhavetsphuṭam//
sa taṃ bhajedvipāpaḥ syānmamedaṃ matamuttamam

//karaṃdhama uvāca//
kāni pāpāni vipreṃdra yaistu saṃmūḍhacetasaḥ//
na vedeṣu na dharmeṣu ratimāpadyate manaḥ

//mahākāla uvāca//
adharmabhedā vijñeyāścittavṛttiprabhedataḥ//
sthūlāḥ sūkṣmā asūkṣmāśca koṭibhedairanekaśaḥ

tatra ye pāpanicayāḥ sthūlā narakahetavaḥ//
te samāsena kathyaṃte manovākkāyasādhanāḥ

tu. mahābhārata anuśāsana १३.२
parastrīdravyasaṃkalpaścetasāniṣṭaciṃtanam//
akāryābhiniveśaśca caturddhā karma mānasam

anibaddhapralāpitvamasatyaṃ cāpriyaṃ ca yat//
parāpavādapaiśunyaṃ caturdhā karma vācikam

abhakṣyabhakṣaṇaṃ hiṃsā mithyā kāmasya sevanam//
parasvānāmupādānaṃ caturdhā karma kāyikam

ityetaddvādaśavidhaṃ karma proktaṃ trisaṃbhavam//
asya bhedānpunarvakṣye yeṣāṃ phalamanaṃtakam

ye dviṣaṃti mahādevaṃ saṃsārārṇavatārakam//
sumahātpātakopetāste yāṃti narakāgniṣu

mahāṃti pātakānyāhurniraṃtaraphalāni ṣaṭ‌//
nābhinaṃdaṃti ye dṛṣṭvā śaṃkaraṃ na stuvaṃti ye

yatheṣṭaceṣṭā niḥśaṃkāḥ saṃtiṣṭhaṃti ramaṃti ca//
upacāravinirmuktāḥ śivasya gurusaṃnidhau

śivācāraṃ na manyaṃte śivabhaktāndviṣaṃti ṣaṭ//
gurumārttamaśaktaṃ vā videśaprasthitaṃ tathā

aribhiḥ paribhūtaṃ vā yastyajati sa pāpakṛt//
tadbhāryāputramitreṣu yaścāvajñāṃ karoti vā

ityetatpātakaṃ jñeyaṃ guruniṃdāsamaṃ mahat//
brahmaghnaśca surāpaśca steyī ca gurutalpagaḥ

mahāpātakinastvete tatsaṃsargī ca paṃcamaḥ//
krodhāddveṣādbhayāllobhādbrāhmaṇasya vadaṃti ye

marmāṃtikaṃ mahādoṣaṃ brahmaghnaḥ sa prakīrtitaḥ//
brāhmaṇaṃ yaḥ samāhūya yācamānamakiṃcanam

paścānnāstīti yo brūyātsa ca vai brahmahā smṛtaḥ//
yaśca vidyābhimānena nistejayati saddvijam

udāsīnaḥ sabhāmadhye brahmahā sa prakīrtitaḥ//
mithyāguṇaiḥ svamātmānaṃ nayatyutkarṣatāṃ balāt

viruddhaṃ gurubhiḥ sārdhaṃ brahmaghnaḥ sa prakīrtitaḥ//
kṣuttṛṣṇātaptadehānāṃ dvijānāṃ bhoktumicchatām

yaḥ samācarate vighnaṃ tamāhurbrahmagātakam//
piśunaḥ sarvalokānāṃ chidrānveṣaṇatatparaḥ

udvegajananaḥ krūraḥ sa ca vai brahmahā smṛtaḥ//
gavāṃ tṛṣābhibhūtānāṃ jalārthamupasarpatām

yaḥ samācarate vighnaṃ tamāhurbrahmaghātakam//
paradoṣaṃ parijñāya nṛpakarṇe japeta yaḥ

pāpīyānpiśunaḥ krūrastamāhurbrahmaghātakam//
nyāyenopārjitaṃ vipraistaddravyaharaṇaṃ ca yat

chadmanā vā balādvāpi brahmahatyāsamaṃ matam//
adhītya yaśca śāstrāṇi parityajati mūḍhadhīḥ

surāpānasamaṃ jñeyaṃ jīvanāyaiva vā paṭhet//
agnihotraparityāgaḥ paṃcayajñopakarmaṇām

mātṛpitṛparityāgaḥ kūṭasākṣī suhṛdvadhaḥ//
abhakṣyabhakṣaṇaṃ vanyajaṃtūnāṃ kāmyayā vadhaḥ

grāmaṃ vanaṃ gavāvāsaṃ yaśca krodhena dīpayet//
iti ghorāṇi pāpāni surāpānasamāni ca

dīnasarvasvaharaṇaṃ narastrīgajavājinām//
gobhūratnasuvarṇānāmauṣadhīnāṃ rasasya ca

caṃdanāgarukarpūrakastūrīpaṭṭavāsasām//
hastanyāsāpaharaṇaṃ skamasteyasamaṃ smṛtam

kanyānāṃ varayogyānāmadānaṃ sadṛśe vare//
putramitrakalatreṣu gamanaṃ bhaginīṣu ca

kumārīsāhasaṃ ghoramaṃtyajastrīniṣevaṇam//
savarṇāyāśca gamanaṃ gurutalpasamaṃ smṛtam

dvijāyārthaṃ pratiśrutya na prayacchati yaḥ punaḥ//
na ca casmārayate vipraṃ tulyaṃ tadupapapātakam

abhimānotikopaśca dāṃbhikatvaṃ kṛtaghnatā//
atyaṃtaviṣayāsaktiḥ kārpaṇyaṃ śāṭhyamatsaram

bhṛtyānāṃ ca parityāgaḥ sādhubaṃdhutapasvinām//
gavāṃ kṣatriyavaiśyānāṃ strīśūdrāṇāṃ ca tāḍanam

śivāśramatarūṇāṃ ca puṣpārāmavināśanam//
ayājyānāṃ yājanaṃ cāpyayācyānāṃ ca yācanam

yajñārāmataḍāgādidārāpatyasya vikrayaḥ//
tīrthayātropavāsānāṃ vratāyatanakarmaṇām

strīdhanānyupajīvaṃti strībhiratyaṃtanirjitāḥ//
arakṣaṇaṃ ca nārīṇāṃ madyapastrīniṣevaṇam

ṛṇānāmapradānaṃ ca mithyāghṛddhyupajīvanam//
niṃditānāṃ dhanādānaṃ sādvīkanyoktidūṣaṇam

viṣamāraṇayaṃtrāṇāṃ proyago mūlakarmaṇām//
uccāṭanābhicārāśca rāgavidveṣaṇakriyā

jihvākāmopabho gārthaṃ yasyāraṃbhaḥ svakarmasu//
mūlyenādhyāpayedyastu mūlyenādhīyate ca ye

vrātyatā vratasaṃtyāgaḥ sarvāhāraniṣevaṇam//
asacchāstrābhigamanaṃ śuṣkatarkāva laṃbanam

devāgnigurusādhūnāṃ niṃdā gobrāhmaṇasya ca//
pratyakṣaṃ vā parokṣaṃ vā rājñāṃ maṃḍalināmapi

utsannapatṛdevejyāḥ svakarmatyāginaśca ye//
duḥśīlā nāstikāḥ pāpā na sadā satyavādinaḥ

parvakāle divā cāpsu viyonau paśuyoniṣu//
rajasvalāsvayonau ca maithunaṃ yaḥ samācaret

strīputramitrasuhṛdāmāśācchedakarāśca ye//
janasyāpriyavaktāraḥ krūrāḥ samayabhedinaḥ

bhettā taḍāgakūpānāṃ saṃkramāṇāṃrasasya ca//
ekapaṃktisthitānāṃ ca pākabhedaṃ karoti yaḥ

ityetaiśca narāḥ pāpairupapātakinaḥ smṛtāḥ//
yuktāstadunakaiḥ pāpaiḥ pāpinastānnibodha me

ye gobrāhmaṇakanyānāṃ svāmimitratapasvinām//
antaraṃ yāṃti kāryeṣu te smṛtāḥ pāpino narāḥ

paraśriyābhitapyaṃte hīnāṃ savaṃti ye striyām//
paṃktyarthaṃ ye na kurvaṃti dānayajñādikāḥ kriyāḥ

goṣṭhāgnijalarathyāsu tarucchāyānageṣu ca//
tyajaṃti ye purīṣādyamārāmāyataneṣu ca

gītavādyaratā nityā mattāḥ kilakilāparāḥ//
kūṭaveṣakriyācārāḥ kūṭasaṃvyavahāriṇaḥ

kūṭaśāsanakartāraḥ kūṭayuddhakarāśca ye//
nirdayo'tīva bhṛtyeṣu paśūnāṃ damanaśca yaḥ

mithyāprasādito vākyamākarṇayati yaḥ śanaiḥ//
capalaścāpi māyāvī śaṭho mithyāvinītakaḥ

yo bhāryāputramitrāṇi bālavṛddhakṛśāturān//
bhṛtyānatithibaṃdhūṃśca tyaktvāśnāti bubhukṣitān

yaḥ svayaṃ mṛṣṭamaśnāti viprāyānyatprayacchati//
vṛthāpākaḥ sa vijñeyo brahmavādivigarhitaḥ

niyamānsvayamādāya ye tyajaṃtyajiteṃdriyāḥ//
ye tāḍayaṃti gāṃ nityaṃ vāhayaṃti muhurmuhuḥ

durbalānnaiva puṣṇaṃti praṇaṣṭārthā dviṣaṃti ca//
pīḍayantyabhicāreṇa sakṣatānvāhayaṃti ca

teṣā madattvā cāśraṃti cikitsaṃti na rogiṇaḥ//
ajāviko māhiṣikaḥ samudrī vṛṣalīpatiḥ

hīnavarṇātmavṛttiśca vaidyo dharmadhvajī ca yaḥ//
yaśca śāstramatikramya svecchayaivāharetkaram

sadā daṇḍaruciryaśca yo vā daṇḍarucirna hi//
utkocakairadhikṛtaistaskaraisca prapīḍyate

yasya rājñaḥ prajā rāṣṭre pacyate narakeṣu saḥ//
acauraṃ cauravatpaśyeccauraṃ vā'caurarūpiṇam

ālasyopahato rājā vyasanī narakaṃ vrajet//
evamādīni cānyāni pāpānyāhuḥ purāvidaḥ

yadvātadvā paradravyamapi sarṣapamātrakam//
apahṛtya naraḥ pāpo nārakī nātra saṃśayaḥ

evamādyairnaraḥ pāpairutkrāntaiḥ samanaṃtaram//
śarīraṃ yātanārthāya pūrvākāramavāpnuyāt

tasmāttrividhamapyetannārakīyaṃ vivarjayet//
sadāśivaṃ ca śaraṇaṃ vrajetsacchraddhayā yutaḥ

namaskāraḥ stutiḥ pūjā nāmasaṃkīrtanaṃ tathā//
saṃparkātkautukāllobhānna tasya viphalaṃ bhavet

//karaṃdhama uvāca//
saṃkṣepācchivapūjāyā vidhānaṃ vaktumarhasi//
kṛtena yena manujaḥ śivapūjāphalaṃ labhet

//mahākāla uvāca//
prātarmadhyāhnasāyāhne śaṃkaraṃ sarvadā bhajet//
darśanātsparśanānmartyaḥ kṛtatṛtyo bhavetsphuṭam

ādau snānaṃ prakurvita bhasmasnānamathāpi vā//
āpadgataḥ kaṇṭhasnānaṃ mantrasnānamathāpi vā

āvikaṃ paridadhyācca tato vāsaḥ sitaṃ ca vā//
dhāturaktamatho navyaṃ malinaṃ saṃdhitaṃ na ca

uttarīyaṃ ca saṃdadhyādvinā tanniṣphalārcanam//
bhasmatripuṇḍradhārī ca lalāṭe hṛti cāṃsayoḥ

pūjayedyo mahādevaṃ prītaḥ paśyati taṃ muhuḥ//
sarvadoṣānbahiḥ kṣipya śivāyatanamāviśet

praviśya ca praṇamyeśaṃ tato garbhagṛhaṃ viśet//
pāṇī prakṣālya taccitto nirmālyamavaropayet

yena rudrāyate bhaktyā kurute mārjanakriyām//
tasmānmārjayate tvevaṃ sthāṇunaitatparasparam

rudrabhaktyā ca saṃtiṣṭhenamālinyaṃ mārjayettataḥ//
bhaktirdevasya tiṣṭhenna mālinyaṃ mārjataḥ sadā

gaḍukānpūrayetpaścānnirmalena jalena vai//
gaḍukāstu samāḥ sarve sarve ca śubhadarśanāḥ

nirvraṇāḥ saumyarūpāśca sarve codakapūritāḥ//
vastrapūtajalaiḥ pūrṇāgandhadhūpaiśca vāsitāḥ

kṣālitāḥ pūritā nītāḥ ṣaḍakṣarajapena ca//
gaḍukāṣcaśataṃ kuryādathavāpyaṣṭaviṃśatiḥ

aṣṭādaśāpi caturastatonyūnaṃ na kārayet//
payo dadhi ghṛtaṃ caiva kṣaudramikṣurasaṃ tathā

evaṃ sarvaṃ ca taddravyaṃ vāmataḥ saṃnyasedbhavāt//
tato bahirviniṣkramya pūjayetpratihārakān

sarveṣāṃ vācakā mantrāḥ kathyaṃte'taḥ paraṃ kramāt

ॐgaṃ gaṇapataye namaḥ// ॐkṣāṃ kṣetrapālāya namaḥ// ॐgaṃ gurubhyo namaḥ// iti ākāśe// ॐkauṃ kuladevyai namaḥ// ॐ naṃdine namaḥ// ॐmahākālāya namaḥ// ॐdhātre vidhātrai namaḥ//
tataḥ pravisya liṃgācca kiñciddakṣiṇataḥ śuciḥ//
udaṅmukhaḥ kṣaṇaṃ dhyāyetsamakāyāsanasthitaḥ

darbhādibhiḥ parivṛtaṃ madhyapadmārkamaṃḍalam//
somamaṇḍalamadhyasthaṃ dhyāyedvai vahnimaṃḍalam

tanmadhye viśvarūpaṃ ca vāmādyaṣṭādiśaktikam//
paṃcavaktraṃ daśabhujaṃ trinetraṃ caṃdrabhūṣitam

vāmāṃkagirijaṃ devaṃ dhyāyetsiddhaiḥ stutaṃ muhuḥ//
tataḥ pūrvaṃ pradadyācca pādyārghaṃ śaṃbhave nṛpa

pānīyamakṣatā darbhā gaṃdhapūṣpaṃ sasarpiṣam//
kṣīraṃ dadhi madhu punarnavāṃgo'rghaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

tataḥ śraddhārdracittasya snānaṃ liṃgasya cācaret//
gṛhītvā gaḍukaṃ pūrvaṃ malasnānaṃ samācaret

arddhena snāpayetpūrvaṃ kuryācca malagharṣaṇam//
sarveṇa snāpayetpaścātpūjayetsnāpayettataḥ

praṇamya ca tato bhaktyā snāpayenmūlamaṃtrataḥ//
ॐhūṃ viśvamūrtaye śivāya nama//
iti dvādaśākṣaro mūlamaṃtraḥ

vārikṣaradadhikṣaudraghṛtenekṣurasena ca//
snāpayenmūlamantreṇa jaladhūpārcanātpṛthak

gaḍukaiḥ snāpayetsarvaiḥ snātaṃ gandhairvirūkṣayet

virūkṣitaṃ tataḥ snāpya śrīkhaṇḍena vilepayet//
pūjayedvividhaiḥ puṣpairvidhinā yena tacchṛṇu

āgneyapāde// ॐdharmāya namaḥ// nairṛtake// ॐjñānāya namaḥ// vāyavye// ॐvairāgyāya namaḥ// īśānapāde// ॐaiśvaryāya namaḥ// pūrvapāde// ॐadharmāya namaḥ// dakṣiṇe// ॐajñānāya namaḥ// paścime// ॐavairāgyāya namaḥ// uttare ॐanaiśvaryāya namaḥ// ॐanantāya namaḥ// ॐpadmāya namaḥ ॐarkamaṇḍalā namaḥ// ॐsomamaṇḍalāya namaḥ// ॐvahnimaṇḍalā namaḥ// ॐvāmājyeṣṭhādipaṃcamantraśaktibhyo namaḥ// ॐparamaprakṛtyai devyai namaḥ// ॐīśānatatpuruṣāghoravāmadevasadyojātapañcavaktrāya rudrasādhyavasvādityaviśvedevādidevaviśvarūpāya aṇḍajasvedajodbhijjajarāyujarūpasthāvarajaṅgamamūrtaye parameśvarāya ॐhūṃ viśvamūrtaye śivāya namastriśūladhanuḥkhaḍgakapāladaṇḍakuṭhārebhyaḥ

tato jalādhāramukhe caṇḍīśvarāya namaḥ//
evaṃ saṃpūjya vidhivattato'rghaṃ saṃniveśayet

pānīyamakṣatāḥ puṣpametairyuktaṃ phalottamaiḥ//
gṛhāṇārghyaṃ mahādeva pūjāsaṃpūrtihetave

arghādanaṃtaraṃ śaktaḥ pūjayedvasupūjayā//
dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ ca naivedyaṃ kramātpaścānnivedayet

ghaṇṭāṃ ca vādayettatra tato nīrājanaṃ caret//
bhrāmayeddevadevasya śaṃkhavāditraniḥsvanaiḥ

nīrājanaṃ ca yaḥ paśye ddevadevasya śūlinaḥ//
sa mucyetpātakaiḥ sarvaiḥ kiṃ punaryaḥ kariṣyati

nṛtyaṃ gītaṃ ca vādyaṃ ca alīkamapi yaścaret//
tasya tuṣyedanaṃtaṃhi gītavādyaphalaṃ yataḥ

stotraistataśca saṃstūya daṇḍavatpraṇamedbhuvi//
kṣamāpayecca deveśaṃ sukṛtaṃ kukṛtaṃ kṣama

ya evaṃ yajate rudramasmim̐lliṃge viśeṣataḥ//
pitaraṃ pitāmahaṃ caiva tathaiva prapitāmaham

sarvātpāpātsamuttārya rudraloke vasecciram//
evaṃ māheśvaro bhūtvā sadācāravratasthitaḥ

paśupāśavimokṣārthaṃ pūjayettanmanā yadi//
ya evaṃ yajate rudraṃ tenaitattarpitaṃ jagat

kiṃ tvetatsaphalaṃ rājannācārayo na laṃghayet//
ācārātphalate dharmo hyācārātsvargamaśnute

ācārāllabhate hyāyurācāro haṃtyalakṣaṇam//
yajñadānatapāṃsīha puruṣasya na bhūtaye

bhavanti yaḥ sadācāraṃ samullaṃghya pravartate//
tasya kiñcitsamuddeśaṃ vakṣye taṃ śrṛṇu pārthiva

trivargasādhane yatnaḥ kartavyo gṛhamedhinā//
tatsaṃsiddhau gṛhasthasya siddhiratra paratra ca

brāhme muhūrte budhyena dharmārthau cāpi cintayet//
samutthāya tathācamya daṃtadhāvanapūrvakam

sandhyāmupāsīta budhaḥ saṃśāṃtaḥ prayataḥ śuciḥ//
pūrvāṃ sandhyāṃ sanakṣatrāṃ paścimāṃ sadivākarām

upāsīta yathānyāyaṃ naināṃ jahyādanāpadi//
varjayedanṛtaṃ cāsatpralāpaṃ paruṣaṃ tathā

asatsevāṃ hyasadvādaṃ hyasacchāstraṃ ca pārthiva//
ādarśadarśanaṃ daṃtadhāvanaṃ keśasādhanam

devārcanaṃ ca pūrvāhṇe kāryāṇyāhurmaharṣayaḥ//
pālāśamāsanaṃ caiva pāduke daṃtadhāvanam//
varjayedāsanaṃ caiva padā nākarṣayedbudhaḥ

jalamagniṃ ca ninayedyagapanna vicakṣaṇaḥ

pādau prasārayennaiva gurudevāgnisaṃmukhau//
catuṣpathaṃ caityataruṃ devāgāraṃ tathā yatim

vidyādhikaṃ guruṃ vṛddhaṃ kuryādetānpradakṣiṇān

āhāranīhāravihārayogāḥ susaṃvṛtā dharmavidānukāryāḥ//
vāgbuddhivīryāṇi tapastathaiva vārtāyuṣī guptatame ca kārye

ubhe mūtrapurīṣe tu divā kuryādudaṅmukhaḥ//
dakṣiṇābhimukho rātrau hyevamāyurna riṣyate

pratyagniṃ prati sūryaṃ ca prati gāṃ vratinaṃ prati//
prati somodakaṃ sandhyāṃ prajñā naśyati mehataḥ

bhojane śayane sthāne utsarge malamūtrayoḥ//
rathyācaṃkramaṇe cārdrapañcakaścācametsadā

na nadyāṃ mehanaṃ kuryānna śmaśāne nabhasmani//
na gomaye na kṛṣṭe ca naivālūne na śāḍvale

uddhṛttābhistathādbhistu śaucaṃ kuryādvicakṣaṇaḥ//
aṃtarjalāddevakulādvalmīkānmūṣakasthalāt

apaviddhāpaśaucāśca varjayetpaṃca mṛttikāḥ//
gandhalepāpaharaṇaṃ śaucaṃ kuryāttathā budhaḥ

nātmānaṃ tāḍayennaiva dadyādduḥ khebhya eva ca//
ubhābhyāmapi pāṇibhyāṃ kaṇḍūyennātmanaḥ śiraḥ

rakṣeddārāṃstyajedīṣyāṃ tāsu niṣkāraṇaṃ budhaḥ//
sūryāstaṃ na vinākāścitkriyā naivācarettathā

adroheṇaiva bhūtānāmalpadroheṇa vā punaḥ//
śivacittorjayodvittaṃ na cātikṛpaṇo bhavet

nerṣyuḥ syānna kṛtaghnaḥ syānna paradrohakarmadhīḥ//
na pāṇipādacapalo na netracapalo'nṛjuḥ

na ca vāgaṅgacapalo na cāśiṣṭasya gocaraḥ//
na śuṣkavādaṃ kurvīta śuṣkravairaṃ tathaiva ca

upāyaiḥ sādhayedarthāndaṇḍastvagatikā gatiḥ//
bhinnāśanaṃ bhinnaśayyāṃ varjayedbhinnabhājanam

aṃtareṇa na gacchena dvayorjvalanaliṃgayoḥ//
nāgnyorna viprayoścaiva na daṃpatyornṛpottama

na sūryavyomayornaiva harasya vṛṣabhasya ca//
eteṣāmaṃtaraṃ kurvanyataḥ pāpamavāpnuyāt

naikavastraśca bhuṃjīta nāgnau homamathācaret//
na cārcayeddvijānnaiva kuryāddevārcanaṃ budhaḥ

khaṃḍanaṃ peṣaṇaṃ mārṣṭiṃ jalasaṃśodhanaṃ tathā//
raṃdhanaṃ bhojanaṃ svāpa utthānaṃ gamanaṃ kṣutam

kāryāraṃbhaṃ samāptiṃ ca vacaḥ procya tathā priyam//
pibañjighranspṛśañchṛṇvanvivakṣurmaithunaṃ tathā

śucitvaṃ ca japaṃ sthāṇuṃ yaḥ kuryādviṃśatiṃ tathā//
māheśvaraḥ sa vijñeyaḥ śeṣonyo nāmadhārakaḥ

sa vai rudramayo bhūtvā tataścāṃte śivaṃ vrajet//
parastriyaṃ nābhibhāṣettathā saṃbhāṣayedyadi

mātaḥ svasaratho putri āryeti ca vadedbudhaḥ//
ucachiṣṭo nālabhetkiṃcinna ca sūryaṃ vilokayet

nenduṃ na tārakāścaiva nādayennātmanaḥ śiraḥ//
svasrā dihitrā mātrā vā naikāṃtāsana mācaret

durjayo hīṃdriyagrāmo muhyate paṃḍito'pi san//
gurumabhyāgataṃ gehe svayamutthāya yatnataḥ

āsanaṃ kalpayettasya kuryātpādābhivaṃdanam//
nodakchirāḥ svapejjātu na ca pratyakchirā budhaḥ

śirasyagastyamādhāya tathaiva ca puraṃdaram//
udakyādarśanaṃ sparśaṃ varjyaṃ saṃbhāṣaṇaṃ tathā

nāpsu mūtraṃ purīṣaṃ vā maithunaṃ vā samācaret//
kṛtvā vibhavato devamanuṣyarṣisamarcanām

pitṝṇāṃ ca tataḥ śeṣaṃ bhoktuṃ māheśvaro'rhati//
vāgyataḥ śucirācāṃtaḥ prāṅmukhodaṅmukho'pi vā

antarjānuśca taccitto bhuñjītānnamakutsayan//
nopaghātaṃ vinā doṣānna tasyodāharedbudhaḥ

nagnasnānaṃ na kurvīta na śayīta vrajeta vā//
duṣkṛtaṃ na gurorbrūyātkruddhaṃ cainaṃ prasādayet

parivādaṃ na śrṛmuyādanyeṣāmapi jalpatām//
sadā cā karṇayeddhamāstyaktvā kṛtyaśatānyapi

nityaṃ nityaṃ hi saṃmārṣṭi gehadarpaṇayoriva//
śuklāyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ naktabhojī sadā bhavet

tisro rātrīrna śaktaścedevaṃ māheśvaro bhavet//
saṃyāvakṛśarāmāṃsaṃ nātmānamupasādhayet

sāyaṃprātaśca bhoktavyaṃ kṛtvā hyatithi bhojanam//
svapnādhyayanabhojyāni saṃdhyayośca vivarjayet

bhuṃjānaḥ saṃdhyayormohādasurāvasatho bhavet//
snāto na dhūnayetkeśānkṣute niṣṭhīvite'dhvani

ālabheddakṣiṇaṃ karṇaṃ sarvabhūtāni kṣāmayet//
na cāpi nīlīvāsāḥ syānna viparyastavastradhṛk

varjyaṃ ca malinaṃ vastraṃ daśābhiśca vivarjitam//
prakṣālya mukhahastau ca pādau cāpyupaviśya ca

aṃtajānustrirācāmeddirmukhaṃ parimārjayet//
toyena sparśayetkhāni svamūrdhānaṃ tathaiva ca

ācamya punarācamya kriyāḥ kurvīta sarvaśaḥ//
kṣute niṣṭhīvite caiva daṃtalagne tathaiva ca

patitānāṃ ca saṃbhāṣe kuryādācamanikriyām//
adhyetavyā trayī nityaṃ bhavitavyaṃ vipaścitā

dharmato dhanamāhārya yaṣṭavyaṃ cāpi yatnataḥ//
hīnebhyopi na yuṃjīta tvaṃkāraṃ karhicidbadhaḥ//
tvaṃkāro vā vadho vāpi gurūṇāmubhayaṃ samam

satyaṃ vācyaṃ nityamaitreṇa bhāvyaṃ kāryaṃ tyājyaṃ nityamāyāsakāri//
loke'muṣminyaddinaṃ syāttathāsminnātmā yoge yejanīyo gabhīraiḥ

tīrthasnānaiḥ sopavāsairvrataiśca pātre dānairhomajapyaiścayajñaiḥ//
bhavārcanairdevapūjāviśeṣairātmā nityaṃ śodhanīyo malāktaḥ

yatrāpi kurvato nātmā jugupsāmeti pārthiva//
tatkartavyasamasaṃgena yannagopyaṃ mahājane

iti te vai samuddeśaḥ kīrtitaḥ kiṃcideva ca//
śeṣaḥ smṛtipurāṇebhyastvayā śrotavya eva ca

evamācarato dharmaṃ maheśasya gṛhe sataḥ//
dharmārthakāmasaṃprāptau paratreha ca śobhanam

evaṃ nānāvidhāndharmānmahākālasya phālguna//
vadato dhvanirākāśe sumahānabhyajāyata

yāvatpaśyaṃti ye tatra samājagmuḥ śrṛṇuṣva tān//
brahmā viṣṇuḥ svayaṃ rudro de vī rudragaṇāstathā

iṃdrādayastathā devā vasiṣṭhādyā munīśvarāḥ//
tuṃbarupravarāścāpi gaṃdharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ

tānmaheśamukhānsarvānmahākālo mahāmatiḥ//
arcayāmāsa bahudhā bhaktyudrekātipūritaḥ

tato brahmādibhirdevairvare ratnamayāsane//
upaviṣṭo'bhiṣiktaśca mahīsāgarasaṃgame

tato devyā samāliṃgya nītvotsaṃgaṃ svakaṃ mudā//
putratve kalpitaḥ pārtha mahākālo mahāmatiḥ

uktañca yāvadbrahmāṇḍamidamāste śivavrata//
tāvattiṣṭha śivasthāne śivavacchivabhaktitaḥ

devena ca varo dattastvalliṃgaṃ yo'rcayiṣyati//
jitendriyaḥ śucirbhūtvā ūrdhvaṃ mallokameṣyati

darśanaṃ stavanaṃ pūjā praṇāmaśca tato japaḥ//
dānaṃ cātra kṛtaṃ liṃge mamātitṛptikāraṇam

ityukte vismitā devāḥ sādhu sādhviti te jaguḥ//
brahmaviṣṇumukhāścaiva mahākālaṃ pratuṣṭuvuḥ

tataḥ suraiḥstūyamāno vaṃdyamānaśca cāraṇaiḥ//
nṛtyadbhirapsarobhiśca kītairgaṃdharvajaiḥ śubhaiḥ

koṭikoṭigaṇaiścaiva stuvadbhiḥ sarvato vṛtaḥ

mahākālo rudrabhavanaṃ gato bhavapurassaraḥ//
evametanmahāliṃgamutpannaṃ kurunaṃdana

kūpaścāpi saraḥ puṇyaṃ mahākālasya siddhidam//
atra ye manujāḥ pārtha liṃgasyārādhane ratāḥ

mahākālaḥ samāliṃgya tāñchivāya nivedayet//
etadatyadbhutaṃ liṃgaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam

dṛṣṭaṃ spṛṣṭaṃ pūjitaṃ ca gatāste bhavasadma tat evametāni liṃgāni sapta jātāni phālguna

ye śrṛṇvaṃti gṛṇaṃtyetattepi dhanyā narottamāḥ

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśīti sāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe kaumārikākhaṇḍe śrīmahākālamāhātmye mahākālakaraṃdhamasaṃvāde śivapūjanavidhinityakartavyadharmanirūpaṇapūrvakamahākālaśivalokaprāptivarṇanaṃnāmaikacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ