Shiva Purana — Vidyeshvara Samhita — Chapter 16
SiP 1 16.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे विद्येश्वरसंहितायां पञ्चदशोध्यायः छप्तेर् १६ ऋषय ऊचुः पार्थिवप्रतिमापूजाविधानं ब्रूहि सत्तम येन पूजाविधानेन सर्वाभिष्टमवाप्यते
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ pañcadaśodhyāyaḥ chapter 16 ṛṣaya ūcuḥ pārthivapratimāpūjāvidhānaṃ brūhi sattama yena pūjāvidhānena sarvābhiṣṭamavāpyate
Thus the fifteenth chapter in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, in the Vidyeśvara-saṃhitā. [Chapter 16] The sages said: Tell (us), O most excellent one, the rule for the worship of an earthen image, by which rule of worship every desire is obtained.
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SiP 1 16.2
सूत उवाच सुसाधुपृष्टं युष्माभिः सदा सर्वार्थदायकम् सद्यो दुःखस्य शमनं शृणुत प्रब्रवीमि वः
sūta uvāca susādhupṛṣṭaṃ yuṣmābhiḥ sadā sarvārthadāyakam sadyo duḥkhasya śamanaṃ śṛṇuta prabravīmi vaḥ
Sūta said: Very well have you asked about that which always bestows every object, and which at once quells sorrow; listen, I shall declare it to you.
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SiP 1 16.3
अपमृत्युहरं कालमृत्योश्चापि विनाशनम् सद्यः कलत्रपुत्रादिधनधान्यप्रदं द्विजाः
apamṛtyuharaṃ kālamṛtyoścāpi vināśanam sadyaḥ kalatraputrādidhanadhānyapradaṃ dvijāḥ
(It is) the remover of untimely death and the destroyer even of death at (one's appointed) time, and at once the giver of wife, sons and the rest, of wealth and grain, O twice-born ones.
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SiP 1 16.4
अन्नादिभोज्यं वस्त्रादिसर्वमुत्पद्यते यतः ततो मृदादिप्रतिमापूजाभीष्टप्रदा भुवि
annādibhojyaṃ vastrādisarvamutpadyate yataḥ tato mṛdādipratimāpūjābhīṣṭapradā bhuvi
Since food and other things to eat, clothing and all (else) arise from it, therefore the worship of an image made of clay and the like is a giver of what is desired in this world.
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SiP 1 16.5
पुरुषाणां च नारीणामधिकारोत्र निश्चितम् नद्यां तडागे कूपे वा जलांतर्मृदमाहरेत्
puruṣāṇāṃ ca nārīṇāmadhikārotra niścitam nadyāṃ taḍāge kūpe vā jalāṃtarmṛdamāharet
Here the entitlement of both men and women is settled; one should fetch clay from within the water, in a river, a tank, or a well.
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SiP 1 16.6
संशोध्य गंधचूर्णेन पेषयित्वा सुमंडपे हस्तेन प्रतिमां कुर्यात्क्षीरेण च सुसंस्कृताम्
saṃśodhya gaṃdhacūrṇena peṣayitvā sumaṃḍape hastena pratimāṃ kuryātkṣīreṇa ca susaṃskṛtām
Having cleansed it, having ground it with fragrant powder in a fine pavilion, one should make the image with one's hand, well prepared also with milk.
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SiP 1 16.7
अंगप्रत्यंगकोपेतामायुधैश्च समन्विताम् पद्मासनस्थितां कृत्वा पूजयेदादरेण हि
aṃgapratyaṃgakopetāmāyudhaiśca samanvitām padmāsanasthitāṃ kṛtvā pūjayedādareṇa hi
Having made it furnished with limbs and minor limbs and provided with weapons, seated upon a lotus seat, one should worship it with reverence.
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SiP 1 16.8
विघ्नेशादित्यविष्णूनामंबायाश्च शिवस्य च शिवस्यशिवलिंगं च सर्वदा पूजयेद्द्विज
vighneśādityaviṣṇūnāmaṃbāyāśca śivasya ca śivasyaśivaliṃgaṃ ca sarvadā pūjayeddvija
He should always worship (the images) of Vighneśa, the Sun and Viṣṇu, and of the Mother and of Śiva, and Śiva's śiva-liṅga, O twice-born one.
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SiP 1 16.9
षोडशैरुपचारैश्च कुर्यात्तत्फलसिद्धये पुष्पेण प्रोक्षणं कुर्यादभिषेकं समंत्रकम्
ṣoḍaśairupacāraiśca kuryāttatphalasiddhaye puṣpeṇa prokṣaṇaṃ kuryādabhiṣekaṃ samaṃtrakam
And he should perform (the worship) with the sixteen attendances in order to secure its fruit; he should perform the sprinkling with a flower, and the bathing accompanied by mantras.
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SiP 1 16.10
शाल्यन्नेनैव नैवेद्यं सर्वं कुडवमानतः गृहे तु कुडवं ज्ञेयं मानुषे प्रस्थमिष्यते
śālyannenaiva naivedyaṃ sarvaṃ kuḍavamānataḥ gṛhe tu kuḍavaṃ jñeyaṃ mānuṣe prasthamiṣyate
The food-offering should be entirely of boiled rice, by the kuḍava measure; at home a kuḍava is to be understood, while for a man-made (image) a prastha is prescribed.
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SiP 1 16.11
दैवे प्रस्थत्रयं योग्यं स्वयंभोः प्रस्थपञ्चकम् एवं पूर्णफलं विद्यादधिकं वै द्वयं त्रयम्
daive prasthatrayaṃ yogyaṃ svayaṃbhoḥ prasthapañcakam evaṃ pūrṇaphalaṃ vidyādadhikaṃ vai dvayaṃ trayam
For a divine (image) three prasthas are proper, for a self-manifest (liṅga) five prasthas; thus one should know the full fruit — indeed twice or three times as much is more (than full).
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SiP 1 16.12
सहस्रपूजया सत्यं सत्यलोकं लभेद्द्विजः द्वादशांगुलमायामं द्विगुणं च ततो ऽधिकम्
sahasrapūjayā satyaṃ satyalokaṃ labheddvijaḥ dvādaśāṃgulamāyāmaṃ dviguṇaṃ ca tato 'dhikam
By a thousand worships the twice-born truly attains Satyaloka. The length is twelve aṅgulas, or double that, or more than that.
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SiP 1 16.13
प्रमाणमंगुलस्यैकं तदूर्ध्वं पञ्चकत्रयम् अयोदारुकृतं पात्रं शिवमित्युच्यते बुधैः
pramāṇamaṃgulasyaikaṃ tadūrdhvaṃ pañcakatrayam ayodārukṛtaṃ pātraṃ śivamityucyate budhaiḥ
The measure is one aṅgula; above that, three times five; a vessel made of iron or wood is called "śiva" by the wise.
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SiP 1 16.14
तदष्टभागः प्रस्थः स्यात्तच्चतुःकुडवं मतम् दशप्रस्थं शतप्रस्थं सहस्रप्रस्थमेव च
tadaṣṭabhāgaḥ prasthaḥ syāttaccatuḥkuḍavaṃ matam daśaprasthaṃ śataprasthaṃ sahasraprasthameva ca
An eighth part of that would be a prastha; that is reckoned as four kuḍavas; and (there are measures of) ten prasthas, a hundred prasthas, and a thousand prasthas.
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SiP 1 16.15
जलतैलादिगंधानां यथायोग्यं च मानतः मानुषार्षस्वयंभूनां महापूजेति कथ्यते
jalatailādigaṃdhānāṃ yathāyogyaṃ ca mānataḥ mānuṣārṣasvayaṃbhūnāṃ mahāpūjeti kathyate
And of water, oil and the rest, and of fragrances, according to what is fitting and by measure — (the worship) of images human-made, made by seers, or self-manifest is called the great worship.
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SiP 1 16.16
अभिषेकादात्मशुद्धिर्गंधात्पुण्यमवाप्यते आयुस्तृप्तिश्च नैवेद्याद्धूपादर्थमवाप्यते
abhiṣekādātmaśuddhirgaṃdhātpuṇyamavāpyate āyustṛptiśca naivedyāddhūpādarthamavāpyate
From the ablution comes purification of the self; from fragrance merit is obtained; from the food-offering, long life and satisfaction; from incense, wealth is obtained.
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SiP 1 16.17
दीपाज्ज्ञानमवाप्नोति तांबूलाद्भोगमाप्नुयात् तस्मात्स्नानादिकं षट्कं प्रयत्नेन प्रसाधयेत्
dīpājjñānamavāpnoti tāṃbūlādbhogamāpnuyāt tasmātsnānādikaṃ ṣaṭkaṃ prayatnena prasādhayet
From the lamp one obtains knowledge; from betel one would gain enjoyment; therefore let one carefully accomplish the set of six beginning with bathing.
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SiP 1 16.18
नमस्कारो जपश्चैव सर्वाभीष्टप्रदावुभौ पूजान्ते च सदाकार्यौ भोगमोक्षार्थिभिर्नरैः
namaskāro japaścaiva sarvābhīṣṭapradāvubhau pūjānte ca sadākāryau bhogamokṣārthibhirnaraiḥ
Salutation and muttered recitation — both of these grant every wish; and they are always to be performed at the end of the worship by men who seek enjoyment and liberation.
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SiP 1 16.19
संपूज्य मनसा पूर्वं कुर्यात्तत्तत्सदा नरः देवानां पूजया चैव तत्तल्लोकमवाप्नुयात्
saṃpūjya manasā pūrvaṃ kuryāttattatsadā naraḥ devānāṃ pūjayā caiva tattallokamavāpnuyāt
Having first worshipped mentally, a man should always perform each of these; and by the worship of the gods he would attain the respective world (of each).
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SiP 1 16.20
तदवांतरलोके च यथेष्टं भोग्यमाप्यते तद्विशेषान्प्रवक्ष्यामि शृणुत श्रद्धया द्विजाः
tadavāṃtaraloke ca yatheṣṭaṃ bhogyamāpyate tadviśeṣānpravakṣyāmi śṛṇuta śraddhayā dvijāḥ
And in the intermediate world belonging to that, whatever is desired is obtained as enjoyment. I shall declare the particulars of that; listen with faith, O twice-born.
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SiP 1 16.21
विघ्नेशपूजया सम्यग्भूर्लोके ऽभीष्टमाप्नुयात् शुक्रवारे चतुर्थ्यां च सिते श्रावणभाद्रके
vighneśapūjayā samyagbhūrloke 'bhīṣṭamāpnuyāt śukravāre caturthyāṃ ca site śrāvaṇabhādrake
By the worship of the Lord of Obstacles one duly obtains what is desired in the earthly world — on a Friday, on the fourth day, in the bright (fortnight), in (the months of) Śrāvaṇa and Bhādra,
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SiP 1 16.22
भिषगृक्षे धनुर्मासे विघ्नेशं विधिवद्यजेत् शतं पूजासहस्रं वा तत्संख्याकदिनैर्व्रजेत्
bhiṣagṛkṣe dhanurmāse vighneśaṃ vidhivadyajet śataṃ pūjāsahasraṃ vā tatsaṃkhyākadinairvrajet
in the constellation Bhiṣaj (Śatabhiṣaj), in the month of Dhanus, one should worship the Lord of Obstacles according to rule; a hundred or a thousand worships — one should proceed with as many days as that number.
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SiP 1 16.23
देवाग्निश्रद्धया नित्यं पुत्रदं चेष्टदं नृणाम् सर्वपापप्रशमनं तत्तद्दुरितनाशनम्
devāgniśraddhayā nityaṃ putradaṃ ceṣṭadaṃ nṛṇām sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ tattadduritanāśanam
By faith toward the god and the fire, constantly (the worship) gives sons and gives what is desired to men, quelling all sins, destroying each particular evil.
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SiP 1 16.24
वारपूजांशिवादीनामात्मशुद्धिप्रदां विदुः तीथिनक्षत्रयोगानामाधारं सार्वकामिकम्
vārapūjāṃśivādīnāmātmaśuddhipradāṃ viduḥ tīthinakṣatrayogānāmādhāraṃ sārvakāmikam
They know the weekday-worship of Śiva and the others to bestow purification of the self; (the weekday is) the support of the lunar days, the constellations and the conjunctions, granting all desires.
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SiP 1 16.25
तथा बृद्धिक्षयाभावात्पूर्णब्रह्मात्मकं विदुः उदयादुदयं वारो ब्रह्मप्रभृति कर्मणाम्
tathā bṛddhikṣayābhāvātpūrṇabrahmātmakaṃ viduḥ udayādudayaṃ vāro brahmaprabhṛti karmaṇām
Likewise, because it has neither increase nor decrease, they know it to be of the nature of the full Brahman; the weekday runs from sunrise to sunrise, and is the beginning of Brahman(-related) rites.
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SiP 1 16.26
तिथ्यादौ देवपूजा हि पूर्णभोगप्रदा नृणाम् पूर्वभागः पित्ःणां तु निशि युक्तः प्रशस्यते
tithyādau devapūjā hi pūrṇabhogapradā nṛṇām pūrvabhāgaḥ pitḥṇāṃ tu niśi yuktaḥ praśasyate
For worship of the gods on the lunar day and the rest bestows full enjoyment upon men; but the earlier portion is for the forefathers, and joined with the night it is commended.
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SiP 1 16.27
परभागस्तु देवानां दिवा युक्तः प्रशास्यते उदयव्यापिनी ग्राह्या मध्याह्ने यदि सा तिथिः
parabhāgastu devānāṃ divā yuktaḥ praśāsyate udayavyāpinī grāhyā madhyāhne yadi sā tithiḥ
But the later portion belongs to the gods, and joined with the daytime it is commended; (the lunar day) that extends over sunrise is to be taken if that lunar day (also holds) at midday.
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SiP 1 16.28
देवकार्ये तथा ग्राह्यास्थिति ऋक्षादिकाः शुभाः सम्यग्विचार्य वारादीन्कुर्यात्पूजाजपादिकम्
devakārye tathā grāhyāsthiti ṛkṣādikāḥ śubhāḥ samyagvicārya vārādīnkuryātpūjājapādikam
Likewise in a rite for a god it is to be taken thus; the constellations and the rest are auspicious; having well considered the weekdays and so on, one should perform worship, recitation and the rest.
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SiP 1 16.29
पूजार्यते ह्यनेनेति वेदेष्वर्थस्य योजना पूर्णभोगफलसिद्धिश्च जायते तेन कर्मणा
pūjāryate hyaneneti vedeṣvarthasya yojanā pūrṇabhogaphalasiddhiśca jāyate tena karmaṇā
"By this (the god) is honoured" — such is the application of the meaning in the Vedas; and by that rite the attainment of the fruit of full enjoyment comes about.
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SiP 1 16.30
मनोभावांस्तथा ज्ञानमिष्टभोगार्थयोजनात् पूजाशब्दर्थ एवं हि विश्रुतो लोकवेदयोः
manobhāvāṃstathā jñānamiṣṭabhogārthayojanāt pūjāśabdartha evaṃ hi viśruto lokavedayoḥ
Likewise (it yields) the states of mind and knowledge, through the joining of the aim of the desired enjoyment; thus indeed is the sense of the word pūjā well known in common usage and in the Veda.
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SiP 1 16.31
नित्यनैमित्तिकं कालात्सद्यः काम्ये स्वनुष्ठिते नित्यं मासं च पक्षं च वर्षं चैव यथाक्रमम्
nityanaimittikaṃ kālātsadyaḥ kāmye svanuṣṭhite nityaṃ māsaṃ ca pakṣaṃ ca varṣaṃ caiva yathākramam
The obligatory and the occasional (rites bear fruit) according to their time; immediately in the case of an optional rite well performed — daily, monthly, fortnightly, and yearly, respectively.
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SiP 1 16.32
तत्तत्कर्मफलप्राप्तिस्तादृक्पापक्षयः क्रमात् महागणपतेः पूजा चतुर्थ्यां कृष्णपक्षके
tattatkarmaphalaprāptistādṛkpāpakṣayaḥ kramāt mahāgaṇapateḥ pūjā caturthyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣake
The attainment of the fruit of each such rite, and a like destruction of sin, come in order. The worship of the great Gaṇapati on the fourth day of the dark fortnight
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SiP 1 16.33
पक्षपापक्षयकरी पक्षभोगफलप्रदा चैत्रे चतुर्थ्यां पूजा च कृता मासफलप्रदा
pakṣapāpakṣayakarī pakṣabhogaphalapradā caitre caturthyāṃ pūjā ca kṛtā māsaphalapradā
destroys a fortnight's sins and grants the fruit of a fortnight's enjoyment; and worship performed on the fourth day in (the month of) Caitra grants the fruit of a month.
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SiP 1 16.34
वर्षभोगप्रदा ज्ञेया कृता वै सिंहभाद्रके श्रवण्यादित्यवारे च सप्तम्यां हस्तभे दिने
varṣabhogapradā jñeyā kṛtā vai siṃhabhādrake śravaṇyādityavāre ca saptamyāṃ hastabhe dine
(The worship) performed in Leo (the sun in Siṃha) on the Bhadrā (day)/in Bhādrapada is to be known as bestowing a year's enjoyment; likewise on a Sunday joined with Śravaṇa, and on a seventh-day whose asterism is Hasta.
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SiP 1 16.35
माघशुक्ले च सप्तम्यामादित्ययजनं चरेत् ज्येष्ठभाद्रकसौम्ये च द्वादश्यां श्रवर्णक्षके
māghaśukle ca saptamyāmādityayajanaṃ caret jyeṣṭhabhādrakasaumye ca dvādaśyāṃ śravarṇakṣake
And in the bright half of Māgha, on the seventh, one should perform the worship of the Sun; and in Jyeṣṭha's bhadrā (day) on a Wednesday, on the twelfth, under the asterism Śravaṇa.
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SiP 1 16.36
द्वादश्यां विष्णुयजनमिष्टंसंपत्करं विदुः श्रावणे विष्णुयजनमिष्टारोग्यप्रदं भवेत्
dvādaśyāṃ viṣṇuyajanamiṣṭaṃsaṃpatkaraṃ viduḥ śrāvaṇe viṣṇuyajanamiṣṭārogyapradaṃ bhavet
They know the worship of Viṣṇu on the twelfth to be productive of what is desired and of prosperity; the worship of Viṣṇu in Śrāvaṇa is (said to) bestow what is desired and health.
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SiP 1 16.37
गवादीन्द्वादशानर्थान्सांगान्दत्वा तु यत्फलम् तत्फलं समवाप्नोति द्वादश्यां विष्णुतर्पणात्
gavādīndvādaśānarthānsāṃgāndatvā tu yatphalam tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti dvādaśyāṃ viṣṇutarpaṇāt
Whatever fruit (comes) from giving away twelve goods, cows and the rest, together with their accessories — that same fruit one obtains fully by the propitiation of Viṣṇu on the twelfth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.38
द्वादश्यां द्वादशान्विप्रान्विष्णोर्द्वादशनामतः षोडशैरुपचारैश्च यजेत्तत्प्रीतिमाप्नुयात्
dvādaśyāṃ dvādaśānviprānviṣṇordvādaśanāmataḥ ṣoḍaśairupacāraiśca yajettatprītimāpnuyāt
On the twelfth one should worship twelve brahmins, by the twelve names of Viṣṇu, with the sixteen attendances; (thereby) one would obtain his favour.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.39
एवं च सर्वदेवानां तत्तद्द्वादशनामकैः द्वादशब्रह्मयजनं तत्तत्प्रीतिकरं भवेत्
evaṃ ca sarvadevānāṃ tattaddvādaśanāmakaiḥ dvādaśabrahmayajanaṃ tattatprītikaraṃ bhavet
And in this way, for all the gods, by their respective twelve names, the worship of twelve brahmins becomes productive of the favour of each.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.40
कर्कटे सोमवारे च नवम्यां मृगशीर्षके अंबां यजेद्भूतिकामः सर्वभोगफलप्रदाम्
karkaṭe somavāre ca navamyāṃ mṛgaśīrṣake aṃbāṃ yajedbhūtikāmaḥ sarvabhogaphalapradām
And in Cancer, on a Monday, on the ninth, under Mṛgaśiras, one desiring prosperity should worship the Mother, who bestows the fruit of all enjoyments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.41
आश्वयुक्छुक्लनवमी सर्वाभीष्टफलप्रदा आदिवारे चतुर्दश्यां कृष्णपक्षे विशेषतः
āśvayukchuklanavamī sarvābhīṣṭaphalapradā ādivāre caturdaśyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe viśeṣataḥ
The ninth of the bright half of Āśvina bestows the fruit of everything desired; (so too) on a Sunday, on the fourteenth, in the dark fortnight especially.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.42
आर्द्रायां च महार्द्रायां शिवपूजा विशिष्यते माघकृष्णचतुर्दश्यां सर्वाभीष्टफलप्रदा
ārdrāyāṃ ca mahārdrāyāṃ śivapūjā viśiṣyate māghakṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ sarvābhīṣṭaphalapradā
On Ārdrā, and on the Great Ārdrā, the worship of Śiva is preeminent; on the fourteenth of the dark half of Māgha it bestows the fruit of everything desired,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.43
आयुष्करी मृत्युहरा सर्वसिद्धिकरी नृणाम् ज्येष्ठमासे महार्द्रायां चतुर्दशीदिनेपि च
āyuṣkarī mṛtyuharā sarvasiddhikarī nṛṇām jyeṣṭhamāse mahārdrāyāṃ caturdaśīdinepi ca
(and it is) productive of long life, remover of death, granting all attainments to men. In the month of Jyeṣṭha, on the Great Ārdrā, and also on the fourteenth day,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.44
मार्गशीर्षार्द्रकायां वा षोडशैरुपचारकैः तत्तन्मूर्तिशिवं पूज्य तस्य वै पाददर्शनम्
mārgaśīrṣārdrakāyāṃ vā ṣoḍaśairupacārakaiḥ tattanmūrtiśivaṃ pūjya tasya vai pādadarśanam
or on the Ārdrā of Mārgaśīrṣa, having worshipped Śiva in his respective forms with the sixteen attendances, (there comes) indeed the sight of his feet.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.45
शिवस्य यजनं ज्ञेयं भोगमोक्षप्रदं नृणाम् वारादिदेवयजनं कार्तिके हि विशिष्यते
śivasya yajanaṃ jñeyaṃ bhogamokṣapradaṃ nṛṇām vārādidevayajanaṃ kārtike hi viśiṣyate
The worship of Śiva is to be known as bestowing enjoyment and liberation on men; and the worship of the deities of the weekdays and so on is preeminent in Kārtika.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.46
कार्तिके मासि संप्राप्ते सर्वान्देवान्यजेद्बुधः दानेन तपसा होमैर्जपेन नियमेन च
kārtike māsi saṃprāpte sarvāndevānyajedbudhaḥ dānena tapasā homairjapena niyamena ca
When the month of Kārtika has arrived, the wise man should worship all the gods — with gift, with austerity, with oblations, with muttered prayer, and with observance,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.47
षोडशैरुपचारैश्च प्रतिमा विप्रमंत्रकैः ब्राह्मणानां भोजनेन निष्कामार्तिकरो भवेत्
ṣoḍaśairupacāraiśca pratimā vipramaṃtrakaiḥ brāhmaṇānāṃ bhojanena niṣkāmārtikaro bhavet
and with the sixteen attendances (offered to) the images, with brahmins as reciters of the mantras; by the feeding of brahmins he becomes one who accomplishes the aim of the desireless.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.48
कार्तिके देवयजनं सर्वभोगप्रदं भवेत् व्याधीनां हरणं चैव भवेद्भूतग्रहक्षयः
kārtike devayajanaṃ sarvabhogapradaṃ bhavet vyādhīnāṃ haraṇaṃ caiva bhavedbhūtagrahakṣayaḥ
In Kārtika the worship of the gods becomes bestower of all enjoyments; and there is a removal of diseases, and destruction of (possession by) spirits and planets comes about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.49
कार्तिकादित्यवारेषु नृणामादित्यपूजनात् तैलकार्पासदानात्तु भवेत्कुष्ठादिसंक्षयः
kārtikādityavāreṣu nṛṇāmādityapūjanāt tailakārpāsadānāttu bhavetkuṣṭhādisaṃkṣayaḥ
On the Sundays of Kārtika, by men's worship of the Sun, and by the gift of oil and cotton, there comes about the destruction of leprosy and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.50
हरीतकीमरीचीनां वस्त्रक्षीरादिदानतः ब्रह्मप्रतिष्ठया चैव क्षयरोगक्षयो भवेत्
harītakīmarīcīnāṃ vastrakṣīrādidānataḥ brahmapratiṣṭhayā caiva kṣayarogakṣayo bhavet
By the gift of myrobalan and pepper, of cloth, milk and so forth, and by the installation of Brahmā, the wasting disease is destroyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.51
दीपसर्षपदानाच्च अपस्मारक्षयो भवेत् कृत्तिकासोमवारेषु शिवस्य यजनं नृणाम्
dīpasarṣapadānācca apasmārakṣayo bhavet kṛttikāsomavāreṣu śivasya yajanaṃ nṛṇām
And by the gift of lamps and mustard seed there comes about the destruction of epilepsy. On the Mondays under Kṛttikā, men's worship of Śiva
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.52
महादारिद्र्यशमनं सर्वसंपत्करं भवेत् गृहक्षेत्रादिदानाच्च गृहोपकरणादिना
mahādāridryaśamanaṃ sarvasaṃpatkaraṃ bhavet gṛhakṣetrādidānācca gṛhopakaraṇādinā
becomes the quelling of great poverty and productive of all prosperity — and (so too) by the gift of a house, a field and the like, and by household utensils and so forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.53
कृत्तिकाभौमवारेषु स्कंदस्य यजनान्नृणाम् दीपघंटादिदानाद्वै वाक्सिद्धिरचिराद्भवेत्
kṛttikābhaumavāreṣu skaṃdasya yajanānnṛṇām dīpaghaṃṭādidānādvai vāksiddhiracirādbhavet
On the Tuesdays under Kṛttikā, from men's worship of Skanda, and indeed from the gift of lamps, bells and the like, mastery of speech comes about before long.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.54
कृत्तिकासौम्यवारेषु विष्णोर्वै यजनं नृणाम् दध्योदनस्य दानं च सत्संतानकरं भवेत्
kṛttikāsaumyavāreṣu viṣṇorvai yajanaṃ nṛṇām dadhyodanasya dānaṃ ca satsaṃtānakaraṃ bhavet
When the Kṛttikā (asterism) falls on a Wednesday, men's worship of Viṣṇu and the gift of curd-rice bring good offspring.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.55
कृतिकागुरुवारेषु ब्रह्मणो यजनाद्धनैः मधुस्वर्णाज्यदानेन भोगवृद्धिर्भवेन्नृणाम्
kṛtikāguruvāreṣu brahmaṇo yajanāddhanaiḥ madhusvarṇājyadānena bhogavṛddhirbhavennṛṇām
When Kṛttikā falls on a Thursday, from worshipping Brahmā with wealth and from the gift of honey, gold and ghee, men obtain an increase of enjoyments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.56
कृत्तिकाशुक्रवारेषु गजकोमेडयाजनात् १ गंधपुष्पान्नदानेन भोग्यवृद्धिर्भवेन्नृणाम्
kṛttikāśukravāreṣu gajakomeḍayājanāt 1 gaṃdhapuṣpānnadānena bhogyavṛddhirbhavennṛṇām
When Kṛttikā falls on a Friday, from the worship of Gajakomeḍa, and by the gift of perfume, flowers and food, men obtain an increase of things to be enjoyed.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.57
वंध्या सुपुत्रं लभते स्वर्णरौप्यादिदानतः कृत्तिकाशनिवारेषु दिक्पालानां च वंदनम्
vaṃdhyā suputraṃ labhate svarṇaraupyādidānataḥ kṛttikāśanivāreṣu dikpālānāṃ ca vaṃdanam
A barren woman obtains a good son through the gift of gold, silver and the like; and when Kṛttikā falls on a Saturday, (there should be) salutation of the guardians of the directions,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.58
दिग्गजानां च नागानां सेतुपानां च पूजनम् गजकोमेडो गजवक्त्रः त्र्यंबकस्य च रुद्रस्य विष्णोः पापहरस्य च
diggajānāṃ ca nāgānāṃ setupānāṃ ca pūjanam gajakomeḍo gajavaktraḥ tryaṃbakasya ca rudrasya viṣṇoḥ pāpaharasya ca
and worship of the elephants of the directions, of the serpents, and of the guardians of the dikes: Gajakomeḍa is the elephant-faced one—and (worship) of Tryambaka, of Rudra, and of Viṣṇu the remover of sin,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.59
ज्ञानदं ब्रह्मणश्चैव धन्वंतर्यश्विनोस्तथा रोगापमृत्युहरणं तत्कालव्याधिशांतिदम्
jñānadaṃ brahmaṇaścaiva dhanvaṃtaryaśvinostathā rogāpamṛtyuharaṇaṃ tatkālavyādhiśāṃtidam
and of Brahmā, which gives knowledge; likewise (worship) of Dhanvantari and of the two Aśvins, which removes disease and untimely death and quells the illness of that season.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.60
लवणायसतैलानां माषादीनां च दानतः त्रिकटुफलगंधानां जलादीनां च दानतः
lavaṇāyasatailānāṃ māṣādīnāṃ ca dānataḥ trikaṭuphalagaṃdhānāṃ jalādīnāṃ ca dānataḥ
By the gift of salt, iron and oil, and of beans and the like; by the gift of the three pungent spices, fruit and perfumes, and of water and the like;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.61
द्रवाणां कठिनानां च प्रस्थेन पलमानतः स्वर्गप्राप्तिर्धनुर्मासे ह्युषःकाले च पूजनम्
dravāṇāṃ kaṭhinānāṃ ca prasthena palamānataḥ svargaprāptirdhanurmāse hyuṣaḥkāle ca pūjanam
of liquids by the prastha measure and of solids by the pala measure—there is attainment of heaven; and in the month of Dhanus (worship should be done) at dawn.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.62
शिवादीनां च सर्वेषां क्रमाद्वै सर्वसिद्धये शाल्यन्नस्य हविष्यस्य नैवेद्यं शस्तमुच्यते
śivādīnāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ kramādvai sarvasiddhaye śālyannasya haviṣyasya naivedyaṃ śastamucyate
And of Śiva and all the rest in due order, for the accomplishment of everything, an offering of rice-food and of oblation-food is declared best.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.63
विविधान्नस्य नैवेद्यं धनुर्मासे विशिष्यते मार्गशीर्षे ऽन्नदस्यैव सर्वमिष्टफलं भवेत्
vividhānnasya naivedyaṃ dhanurmāse viśiṣyate mārgaśīrṣe 'nnadasyaiva sarvamiṣṭaphalaṃ bhavet
An offering of various kinds of food is distinguished in the month of Dhanus; for one who gives food in Mārgaśīrṣa every desired fruit comes about.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.64
पापक्षयं चेष्टसिद्धिं चारोग्यं धर्ममेव च सम्यग्वेदपरिज्ञानं सदनुष्ठानमेव च
pāpakṣayaṃ ceṣṭasiddhiṃ cārogyaṃ dharmameva ca samyagvedaparijñānaṃ sadanuṣṭhānameva ca
Destruction of sin, accomplishment of what is desired, health, and dharma itself, full knowledge of the Veda, and right performance too,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.65
इहामुत्र महाभोगानंते योगं च शाश्वतम् वेदांतज्ञानसिद्धिं च मार्गशीर्षान्नदो लभेत्
ihāmutra mahābhogānaṃte yogaṃ ca śāśvatam vedāṃtajñānasiddhiṃ ca mārgaśīrṣānnado labhet
great enjoyments here and in the next world, and at the end eternal union (yoga), and the attainment of the knowledge of Vedānta—these the giver of food in Mārgaśīrṣa obtains.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.66
मार्गशीर्षे ह्युषःकाले दिनत्रयमथापि वा यजेद्देवान्भोगकामो नाधनुर्मासिको भवेत्
mārgaśīrṣe hyuṣaḥkāle dinatrayamathāpi vā yajeddevānbhogakāmo nādhanurmāsiko bhavet
In Mārgaśīrṣa, at dawn, or else for three days, one who desires enjoyments should worship the gods; (otherwise) he does not become one who has kept the month of Dhanus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.67
यावत्संगवकालं तु धनुर्मासो विधीयते धनुर्मासे निराहारो मासमात्रं जितेंद्रियः
yāvatsaṃgavakālaṃ tu dhanurmāso vidhīyate dhanurmāse nirāhāro māsamātraṃ jiteṃdriyaḥ
The month of Dhanus (observance) is prescribed up to the saṃgava time (mid-morning); in the month of Dhanus, for a full month, fasting and with senses subdued,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.68
आमध्याह्नजपेद्विप्रो गायत्रीं वेदमातरम् पञ्चाक्षरादिकान्मंत्रान्पश्चादासप्तिकं जपेत्
āmadhyāhnajapedvipro gāyatrīṃ vedamātaram pañcākṣarādikānmaṃtrānpaścādāsaptikaṃ japet
the brahmin should recite until midday the Gāyatrī, the mother of the Vedas; afterwards he should recite the five-syllable and other mantras up to the seventh (hour).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.69
ज्ञानं लब्ध्वा च देहांते विप्रो मुक्तिमवाप्नुयात् अन्येषां नरनारीणां त्रिःस्नानेन जपेन च
jñānaṃ labdhvā ca dehāṃte vipro muktimavāpnuyāt anyeṣāṃ naranārīṇāṃ triḥsnānena japena ca
And having gained knowledge, at the end of his body the brahmin would attain liberation; for other men and women, by bathing three times and by recitation,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.70
सदा पञ्चाक्षरस्यैव विशुद्धं ज्ञानमाप्यते इष्टमन्त्रान्सदाजप्त्वा महापापक्षयं लभेत्
sadā pañcākṣarasyaiva viśuddhaṃ jñānamāpyate iṣṭamantrānsadājaptvā mahāpāpakṣayaṃ labhet
pure knowledge is always obtained from the five-syllable (mantra) alone; having constantly recited the mantras of one's chosen deity, one obtains the destruction of great sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.71
धनुर्मासे विशेषेण महानैवेद्यमाचरेत् शालितंडुलभारेण मरीचप्रस्थकेन च
dhanurmāse viśeṣeṇa mahānaivedyamācaret śālitaṃḍulabhāreṇa marīcaprasthakena ca
In the month of Dhanus especially one should perform the great food-offering, with a bhāra of śāli rice-grains and a prastha of pepper,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.72
गणनाद्द्वादशं सर्वं मध्वाज्यकुडवेन हि द्रोणयुक्तेन मुद्गेन द्वादशव्यंजनेन च
gaṇanāddvādaśaṃ sarvaṃ madhvājyakuḍavena hi droṇayuktena mudgena dvādaśavyaṃjanena ca
everything twelvefold by count, with a kuḍava of honey and ghee, with a droṇa-measure of mung beans, and with twelve savoury dishes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.73
घृतपक्वैरपूपैश्च मोदकैः शालिकादिभिः द्वादशैश्च दधिक्षीरैर्द्वादशप्रस्थकेन च
ghṛtapakvairapūpaiśca modakaiḥ śālikādibhiḥ dvādaśaiśca dadhikṣīrairdvādaśaprasthakena ca
and with cakes fried in ghee, with sweetmeats (modakas), with śālika-cakes and the rest, twelve of each, and with curds and milk to the measure of twelve prasthas,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.74
नारिकेलफलादीनां तथा गणनया सह द्वादशक्रमुकैर्युक्तं षट्त्रिंशत्पत्रकैर्युतम्
nārikelaphalādīnāṃ tathā gaṇanayā saha dvādaśakramukairyuktaṃ ṣaṭtriṃśatpatrakairyutam
(and) together with a reckoning of coconuts and the rest, joined with twelve areca nuts, together with thirty-six betel leaves,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.75
कर्पूरखुरचूर्णेन पञ्चसौगंधिकैर्युतम् तांबूलयुक्तं तु यदा महानैवेद्यलक्षणम्
karpūrakhuracūrṇena pañcasaugaṃdhikairyutam tāṃbūlayuktaṃ tu yadā mahānaivedyalakṣaṇam
with camphor and khura-powder, joined with the five fragrant substances, and with betel — such, then, is the description of the great food-offering (mahānaivedya).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.76
महानैवेद्यमेतद्वै देवतार्पणपूर्वकम् वर्णानुक्रमपूर्वेण तद्भक्तेभ्यः प्रदापयेत्
mahānaivedyametadvai devatārpaṇapūrvakam varṇānukramapūrveṇa tadbhaktebhyaḥ pradāpayet
This great food-offering, preceded by the presentation to the deity, he should have distributed to its devotees in the order of their classes (varṇa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.77
एवं चौदननैवेद्याद्भूमौ राष्ट्रपतिर्भवेत् महानैवेद्यदानेन नरः स्वर्गमवाप्नुयात्
evaṃ caudananaivedyādbhūmau rāṣṭrapatirbhavet mahānaivedyadānena naraḥ svargamavāpnuyāt
Thus, from an offering of boiled rice one becomes a ruler of a realm on earth; by the gift of the great food-offering a man would attain heaven.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.78
महानैवेद्यदानेन सहस्रेण द्विजर्षभाः सत्यलोके च तल्लोके पूर्णमायुरवाप्नुयात्
mahānaivedyadānena sahasreṇa dvijarṣabhāḥ satyaloke ca talloke pūrṇamāyuravāpnuyāt
By a thousand gifts of the great food-offering, O best of twice-born, (one attains) the world of truth, and in that world he would obtain a full lifespan.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.79
सहस्राणां च त्रिंशत्या महानैवेद्यदानतः तदूर्ध्वलोकमाप्यैव न पुनर्जन्मभाग्भवेत्
sahasrāṇāṃ ca triṃśatyā mahānaivedyadānataḥ tadūrdhvalokamāpyaiva na punarjanmabhāgbhavet
And by thirty thousand gifts of the great food-offering, having reached the world above that, he would not be subject to rebirth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.80
सहस्राणां च षट्त्रिंशज्जन्म नैवेद्यमीरितम् तावन्नैवेद्यदानं तु महापूर्णं तदुच्यते
sahasrāṇāṃ ca ṣaṭtriṃśajjanma naivedyamīritam tāvannaivedyadānaṃ tu mahāpūrṇaṃ taducyate
And thirty-six thousand is called the birth-offering (janma-naivedya); such a gift of food-offering is termed the 'greatly complete' (mahāpūrṇa).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.81
महापूर्णस्य नैवेद्यं जन्मनैवेद्यमिष्यते जन्मनैवेद्यदानेन पुनर्जन्म न विद्यते
mahāpūrṇasya naivedyaṃ janmanaivedyamiṣyate janmanaivedyadānena punarjanma na vidyate
The food-offering of the 'greatly complete' is held to be the birth-offering; by the gift of the birth-offering there is no further birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.82
ऊर्जे मासि दिने पुण्ये जन्म नैवेद्यमाचरेत् संक्रांतिपातजन्मर्क्षपौर्णमास्यादिसंयुते
ūrje māsi dine puṇye janma naivedyamācaret saṃkrāṃtipātajanmarkṣapaurṇamāsyādisaṃyute
In the month of Ūrja (Kārttika), on an auspicious day, one should perform the birth-offering — (a day) joined with a solstitial/equinoctial passage, a pāta, the birth-star, a full moon, or the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.83
अब्दजन्मदिने कुर्याज्जन्मनैवेद्यमुत्तमम् मासांतरेषु जन्मर्क्षपूर्णयोगदिनेपि च
abdajanmadine kuryājjanmanaivedyamuttamam māsāṃtareṣu janmarkṣapūrṇayogadinepi ca
On the yearly birthday one should perform the excellent birth-offering, and also in other months on a day of the birth-star or of the full-moon conjunction;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.84
मेलनेचशनेर्वापितावत्साहस्रमाचरेत् जन्मनैवेद्यदानेनजन्मार्पणफलंलभेत्
melanecaśanervāpitāvatsāhasramācaret janmanaivedyadānenajanmārpaṇaphalaṃlabhet
or at a conjunction with Saturn one should perform that many thousand; by the gift of the birth-offering one obtains the fruit of offering up (one's) birth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.85
जन्मार्पणाच्छिवः प्रीतिःस्वसायुज्यंददातिहि इदंतज्जन्मनैवेद्यंशिवस्यैवप्रदापयेत्
janmārpaṇācchivaḥ prītiḥsvasāyujyaṃdadātihi idaṃtajjanmanaivedyaṃśivasyaivapradāpayet
By the offering up of (one's) birth Śiva is pleased, and he indeed grants union with himself; this birth-offering one should present to Śiva alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.86
योनिलिंगस्वरूपेणशिवोजन्मानिरूपकः तस्माज्जन्मनिवृत्त्यर्थंजन्म पूजा शिवस्य हि
yoniliṃgasvarūpeṇaśivojanmānirūpakaḥ tasmājjanmanivṛttyarthaṃjanma pūjā śivasya hi
In the form of the yoni and the liṅga Śiva is the definer of birth; therefore, for the cessation of birth, the worship of birth belongs to Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.87
बिंदुनादात्मकंसर्वंजगत्स्थावरजंगमम् बिंदुःशक्तिःशिवोनादःशिवशक्त्यात्मकंजगत्
biṃdunādātmakaṃsarvaṃjagatsthāvarajaṃgamam biṃduḥśaktiḥśivonādaḥśivaśaktyātmakaṃjagat
All this world, moving and unmoving, consists of bindu and nāda: bindu is Śakti, Śiva is nāda; the world consists of Śiva and Śakti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.88
नादाधारमिदंबिंदुर्बिंद्वाधारमिदं जगत् जगदाधारभूतौहिबिंदुनादौ व्यवस्थितौ
nādādhāramidaṃbiṃdurbiṃdvādhāramidaṃ jagat jagadādhārabhūtauhibiṃdunādau vyavasthitau
This bindu is the support of nāda, and this world has bindu as its support; bindu and nāda stand established as the very foundation of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.89
विन्दुनादयुतंसर्वंसकलीकरणंभवेत् सकलीकरणाज्जन्मजगत्प्राप्नोत्यसंशयः
vindunādayutaṃsarvaṃsakalīkaraṇaṃbhavet sakalīkaraṇājjanmajagatprāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ
All that is joined with bindu and nāda comes to be the making-of-parts (sakalīkaraṇa); from the making-of-parts arises birth — one reaches the world, without doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.90
बिंदुनादात्मकंलिंगंजगत्कारणमुच्यते बिंदुर्देर्वीशिवोनादःशिवलिंगंतुकथ्यते
biṃdunādātmakaṃliṃgaṃjagatkāraṇamucyate biṃdurdervīśivonādaḥśivaliṃgaṃtukathyate
The liṅga consisting of bindu and nāda is called the cause of the world; bindu is the Goddess, Śiva is nāda — and (their union) is called the Śiva-liṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.91
तस्माज्जन्मनिवृत्त्यर्थंशिवलिंगंप्रपूजयेत् मातादेवीबिंदुरूपानादरूपः शिवः पिता
tasmājjanmanivṛttyarthaṃśivaliṃgaṃprapūjayet mātādevībiṃdurūpānādarūpaḥ śivaḥ pitā
Therefore, for the cessation of birth, one should worship the Śiva-liṅga: the mother is the Goddess in the form of bindu, the father is Śiva in the form of nāda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.92
पूजिताभ्यांपितृभ्यांतुपरमानंद एव हि परमानंदलाभार्थंशिवलिंगंप्रपूजयेत्
pūjitābhyāṃpitṛbhyāṃtuparamānaṃda eva hi paramānaṃdalābhārthaṃśivaliṃgaṃprapūjayet
When these two parents are worshipped there is indeed supreme bliss; for the sake of gaining supreme bliss one should worship the Śiva-liṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.93
सादेवीजगतांमातासशिवोजगतः पिता पित्रोः शुश्रूषकेनित्यंकृपाधिक्यं हि वर्धते
sādevījagatāṃmātāsaśivojagataḥ pitā pitroḥ śuśrūṣakenityaṃkṛpādhikyaṃ hi vardhate
She, the Goddess, is the mother of the worlds; he, Śiva, is the father of the world; for one who always serves the two parents, an abundance of grace increases.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.94
कृपयांतर्गतैश्वर्यंपूजकस्यददातिहि तस्मादंतर्गतानंदलाभार्थंमुनिपुंगवाः
kṛpayāṃtargataiśvaryaṃpūjakasyadadātihi tasmādaṃtargatānaṃdalābhārthaṃmunipuṃgavāḥ
Out of grace (Śiva) grants the worshipper inner lordship; therefore, O bulls among sages, for the sake of attaining inner bliss —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.95
पितृमातृस्वरूपेणशिवलिंगंप्रपूजयेत् भर्गः पुरुषरूपो हि भर्गाप्रकृतिरुच्यते
pitṛmātṛsvarūpeṇaśivaliṃgaṃprapūjayet bhargaḥ puruṣarūpo hi bhargāprakṛtirucyate
— one should worship the Śiva-liṅga in the form of father and mother; for Bharga has the form of the puruṣa, and Bhargā is called prakṛti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.96
अव्यक्तांतरधिष्ठानं गर्भः पुरुष उच्यते सुव्यक्तांतरधिष्ठानंगर्भः प्रकृतिरुच्यते
avyaktāṃtaradhiṣṭhānaṃ garbhaḥ puruṣa ucyate suvyaktāṃtaradhiṣṭhānaṃgarbhaḥ prakṛtirucyate
The womb whose inner ground is unmanifest is called puruṣa; the womb whose inner ground is fully manifest is called prakṛti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.97
पुरुषत्वादिगर्भोहिगर्भवाञ्जनकोयतः पुरुषात्प्रकृतोयुक्तंप्रथमंजन्मकथ्यते
puruṣatvādigarbhohigarbhavāñjanakoyataḥ puruṣātprakṛtoyuktaṃprathamaṃjanmakathyate
Since the womb, having puruṣa-hood and the rest, is itself the begetter that possesses a womb, the first birth is declared to be that which is joined to prakṛti out of the puruṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.98
प्रकृतेर्व्यक्ततांयातंद्वितीयं जन्म कथ्यते जन्मजंतुर्मृत्युजन्म पुरुषात्प्रतिपद्यते
prakṛtervyaktatāṃyātaṃdvitīyaṃ janma kathyate janmajaṃturmṛtyujanma puruṣātpratipadyate
What has come to manifestation out of prakṛti is called the second birth; the born creature, whose birth is (bound to) death, obtains (its) birth from the puruṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.99
अन्यतोभाव्यते ऽवश्यंमाययाजन्मकथ्यते जीर्यतेजन्मकालाद्यत्तस्माज्जीव इति स्मृतः
anyatobhāvyate 'vaśyaṃmāyayājanmakathyate jīryatejanmakālādyattasmājjīva iti smṛtaḥ
From something else it is necessarily brought into being — such birth is said to be by māyā; because it decays from the time of birth onward, it is therefore remembered as jīva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.100
जन्मतेतन्यते पाशैर्जीवशब्दार्थ एव हि जन्मपाशनिवृत्त्यर्थंजन्मलिंगंप्रपूजयेत्
janmatetanyate pāśairjīvaśabdārtha eva hi janmapāśanivṛttyarthaṃjanmaliṃgaṃprapūjayet
Birth is spun out by the bonds — that indeed is the sense of the word jīva; for the sake of the cessation of the bond of birth one should worship the birth-liṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.101
भं वृद्धिं गच्छतीत्यर्थाद्भगःप्रकृतिरुच्यते प्राकृतैः शब्दमात्राद्यैः प्राकृतेंद्रियभोजनात्
bhaṃ vṛddhiṃ gacchatītyarthādbhagaḥprakṛtirucyate prākṛtaiḥ śabdamātrādyaiḥ prākṛteṃdriyabhojanāt
Since the sense (of the syllable) 'bha' is 'it goes to increase', bhaga is called prakṛti — through material things beginning with mere sound, since it is the feeding of the material senses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.102
भगस्येदं भोगमिति शब्दार्थो मुख्यतः श्रुतः मुख्यो भगस्तु प्रकृतिर्भगवाञ्छिव उच्यते
bhagasyedaṃ bhogamiti śabdārtho mukhyataḥ śrutaḥ mukhyo bhagastu prakṛtirbhagavāñchiva ucyate
'This belongs to bhaga' — thus the sense of the word bhoga is heard in its primary meaning; the primary bhaga is prakṛti, and Śiva is called Bhagavān (the possessor of bhaga).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.103
भगवान्भोगदाताहिना ऽन्योभोगप्रदायकः भगस्वामीचभगवान्भर्ग इत्युच्यतेबुधैः
bhagavānbhogadātāhinā 'nyobhogapradāyakaḥ bhagasvāmīcabhagavānbharga ityucyatebudhaiḥ
Bhagavān is the giver of enjoyment; no other is a bestower of enjoyment; and Bhagavān, the master of bhaga, is called Bharga by the wise.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.104
भगेनसहितंलिंगं भगंलिंगेनसंयुतम् इहामुत्रचभोगार्थंनित्यभोगार्थमेव च
bhagenasahitaṃliṃgaṃ bhagaṃliṃgenasaṃyutam ihāmutracabhogārthaṃnityabhogārthameva ca
The liṅga together with the bhaga, the bhaga joined with the liṅga — for the sake of enjoyment here and hereafter, and indeed for the sake of eternal enjoyment,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.105
भगवंतंमहादेवं शिवलिंगंप्रपूजयेत् लोकप्रसवितासूर्यस्तच्चिह्नं प्रसवाद्भवेत्
bhagavaṃtaṃmahādevaṃ śivaliṃgaṃprapūjayet lokaprasavitāsūryastaccihnaṃ prasavādbhavet
one should worship the Śiva-liṅga, Mahādeva, the Bhagavān. The sun is the begetter of the world; that mark of his comes from begetting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.106
लिंगेप्रसूतिकर्तारंलिंगिनंपुरुषोयजेत् ॥ शिव्प्_१,१६। १०६अब्। लिंगार्थगमकंचिह्नंलिंगमित्यभिधीयते
liṃgeprasūtikartāraṃliṃginaṃpuruṣoyajet // śivp_1,16. 106ab/ liṃgārthagamakaṃcihnaṃliṃgamityabhidhīyate
In the liṅga a man should worship the maker of generation, the possessor of the liṅga. The mark that conveys the meaning 'liṅga' is called a liṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.107
लिंगमर्थंहिपुरुषं शिवंगमयतीत्यदः शिवशक्त्योश्चचिह्नस्यमेलनंलिंगमुच्यते
liṃgamarthaṃhipuruṣaṃ śivaṃgamayatītyadaḥ śivaśaktyoścacihnasyamelanaṃliṃgamucyate
For the liṅga leads (gamayati) the puruṣa to the goal (artha), Śiva — hence this (name); and the joining of the mark of Śiva and Śakti is called the liṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.108
स्वचिह्नपूजनात्प्रीतश्चिह्नकार्यं न वीयते चिह्नकार्यंतुजन्मादिजन्माद्यंविनिवर्तते
svacihnapūjanātprītaścihnakāryaṃ na vīyate cihnakāryaṃtujanmādijanmādyaṃvinivartate
(Śiva,) pleased by the worship of his own mark — the work of the mark is not lost; and the work of the mark, birth and the rest, causes birth and the rest to cease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.109
प्राकृतैः पुरुषैश्चापिबाह्याभ्यंतरसंभवैः षोडशैरुपचारैश्च शिवलिंगंप्रपूजयेत्
prākṛtaiḥ puruṣaiścāpibāhyābhyaṃtarasaṃbhavaiḥ ṣoḍaśairupacāraiśca śivaliṃgaṃprapūjayet
And with material and with puruṣa-related (offerings), arising outwardly and inwardly, and with the sixteen attendances, one should worship the Śiva-liṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.110
एवमादित्यवारेहिपूजाजन्मनिवर्तिका आदिवारेमहालिंगंप्रणवेनैवपूजयेत्
evamādityavārehipūjājanmanivartikā ādivāremahāliṃgaṃpraṇavenaivapūjayet
Thus on Sunday indeed the worship turns back (further) birth; on Sunday one should worship the great liṅga with the praṇava alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.111
आदिवारे पञ्चगव्यैरभिषेको विशिष्यते गोमयंगोजलंक्षीरंदध्याज्यं पञ्चगव्यकम्
ādivāre pañcagavyairabhiṣeko viśiṣyate gomayaṃgojalaṃkṣīraṃdadhyājyaṃ pañcagavyakam
On Sunday bathing (the liṅga) with the five cow-products is preferred: cow-dung, cow-urine, milk, curds and ghee are the five cow-products.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.112
क्षीराद्यंचपृथक्च्चैवमधुनाचेक्षुसारकैः गव्यक्षीरान्ननैवेद्यंप्रणवेनैवकारयेत्
kṣīrādyaṃcapṛthakccaivamadhunācekṣusārakaiḥ gavyakṣīrānnanaivedyaṃpraṇavenaivakārayet
And milk and the rest separately as well, and with honey and with cane-juice; the food-offering of cow's milk and rice one should make with the praṇava alone.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.113
प्रणवंध्वनिलिंगंतुनादलिंगंस्वयंभुवः बिंदुलिंगं तु यंत्रंस्यान्मकारंतुप्रतिष्ठितम्
praṇavaṃdhvaniliṃgaṃtunādaliṃgaṃsvayaṃbhuvaḥ biṃduliṃgaṃ tu yaṃtraṃsyānmakāraṃtupratiṣṭhitam
The praṇava is the sound-liṅga; the nāda-liṅga belongs to the self-existent (Śiva); the bindu-liṅga is the yantra; and the syllable 'ma' is the installed (liṅga).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 16.114
उकारंचरलिंगंस्यादकारंगुरुविग्रहम् षड्लिंगपूजयानित्यंजीवन्मुक्तोनसंशयः
ukāraṃcaraliṃgaṃsyādakāraṃguruvigraham ṣaḍliṃgapūjayānityaṃjīvanmuktonasaṃśayaḥ
The syllable u would be the moving liṅga, the syllable a the form of the guru. By constant worship of the six liṅgas one is liberated while still living — there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.115
शिवस्यभक्त्यापूजा हि जन्ममुक्तिकरीनृणाम् रुद्राक्षधारणात्पादमर्धं वैभूतिधारणात्
śivasyabhaktyāpūjā hi janmamuktikarīnṛṇām rudrākṣadhāraṇātpādamardhaṃ vaibhūtidhāraṇāt
For worship (of Śiva) with devotion to Śiva brings men release from birth; a quarter (of that comes) from wearing rudrākṣa, a half from wearing sacred ash.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.116
त्रिपादं मंत्रजाप्याच्च पूजया पूर्णभक्तिमान् शिवलिंगं च भक्तं च पूज्य मोक्षं लभेन्नरः
tripādaṃ maṃtrajāpyācca pūjayā pūrṇabhaktimān śivaliṃgaṃ ca bhaktaṃ ca pūjya mokṣaṃ labhennaraḥ
Three quarters (come) from muttering the mantra, and through worship one becomes full of devotion; having worshipped both the Śiva-liṅga and the devotee, a man attains liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 16.117
य इमं पठते ऽध्यायं शृणुयाद्वा समाहितः तस्यैव शिवभक्तिश्च वर्धतेसुदृढा द्विजाः
ya imaṃ paṭhate 'dhyāyaṃ śṛṇuyādvā samāhitaḥ tasyaiva śivabhaktiśca vardhatesudṛḍhā dvijāḥ
Whoever recites this chapter, or hears it with concentrated mind, his devotion to Śiva grows very firm, O twice-born ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition