Shiva Purana — Vidyeshvara Samhita — Chapter 17
SiP 1 17.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे विद्येश्वरसंहितायां षोडशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् १७ ऋषय ऊचुः प्रणवस्यचमाहात्म्यंषड्लिंगस्यमहामुने शिवभक्तस्यपूजांचक्रमशोब्रूहिनःप्रभो
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 17 ṛṣaya ūcuḥ praṇavasyacamāhātmyaṃṣaḍliṃgasyamahāmune śivabhaktasyapūjāṃcakramaśobrūhinaḥprabho
Thus the sixteenth chapter in the Vidyeśvara-saṃhitā of the glorious great Śiva Purāṇa. The sages said: O great sage, O lord, tell us in due order the greatness of the praṇava and of the six liṅgas, and the worship of Śiva's devotee.
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SiP 1 17.2
सूत उवाच तपोधनैर्भवद्भिश्च सम्यक्प्रश्नस्त्वयं कृतः अस्योत्तरंमहादेवोजानातिस्मनचापरः
sūta uvāca tapodhanairbhavadbhiśca samyakpraśnastvayaṃ kṛtaḥ asyottaraṃmahādevojānātismanacāparaḥ
Sūta said: By you, whose wealth is austerity, this question has been rightly put. Mahādeva knows the answer to it, and no one else.
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SiP 1 17.3
अथापिवक्ष्येतमहंशिवस्यकृपयैवहि शिवो ऽस्माकंचयुष्माकंरक्षांगृह्णातुभूरिशः
athāpivakṣyetamahaṃśivasyakṛpayaivahi śivo 'smākaṃcayuṣmākaṃrakṣāṃgṛhṇātubhūriśaḥ
Still, I shall speak of it, indeed only by Śiva's grace. May Śiva abundantly take up the protection of us and of you.
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SiP 1 17.4
प्रोहिप्रकृतिजातस्यसंसारस्यमहोदधेः नवं नावांतरमिति प्रणवं वै विदुर्बुधाः
prohiprakṛtijātasyasaṃsārasyamahodadheḥ navaṃ nāvāṃtaramiti praṇavaṃ vai vidurbudhāḥ
For 'pra' (stands for) the great ocean of transmigration born of prakṛti, and 'nava' means 'a boat' — thus indeed the wise understand the praṇava.
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SiP 1 17.5
प्रःप्रपञ्चोननास्तिवो युष्माकंप्रणवंविदुः प्रकर्षेणनयेद्यस्मान्मोक्षंवः प्रणवं विदुः
praḥprapañconanāstivo yuṣmākaṃpraṇavaṃviduḥ prakarṣeṇanayedyasmānmokṣaṃvaḥ praṇavaṃ viduḥ
'Pra' is the manifold world, 'na' is 'is not', 'vaḥ' is 'for you' — so they know the praṇava. And because it leads you to liberation in an eminent degree (pra-karṣeṇa na-yet), they know it as the praṇava.
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SiP 1 17.6
स्वजापकानांयोगिनांस्वमंत्रपूजकस्यच सर्वकर्मक्षयंकृत्वादिव्यज्ञानंतुनूतनम्
svajāpakānāṃyogināṃsvamaṃtrapūjakasyaca sarvakarmakṣayaṃkṛtvādivyajñānaṃtunūtanam
For those who mutter it, for yogins, and for one who worships his own mantra, having destroyed all karma, (it gives) divine knowledge that is new.
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SiP 1 17.7
तमेव मायारहितं नूतनं परिचक्षते प्रकर्षेण महात्मानं नवं शुद्धस्वरूपकम्
tameva māyārahitaṃ nūtanaṃ paricakṣate prakarṣeṇa mahātmānaṃ navaṃ śuddhasvarūpakam
Him alone, devoid of māyā, they call 'new' (nūtana) — eminently the great Self, new, of pure form.
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SiP 1 17.8
नूतनं वै करोतीति प्रणवं तं विदुर्बुधाः प्रणवंद्विविधंप्रोक्तंसूक्ष्मस्थूलविभेदतः
nūtanaṃ vai karotīti praṇavaṃ taṃ vidurbudhāḥ praṇavaṃdvividhaṃproktaṃsūkṣmasthūlavibhedataḥ
'It makes (one) new' — so the wise know that as the praṇava. The praṇava is declared to be twofold, by the distinction of subtle and gross.
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SiP 1 17.9
सूक्ष्ममेकाक्षरं विद्यात्स्थूलं पञ्चाक्षरं विदुः सूक्ष्ममव्यक्तपञ्चार्णं सुव्यक्तार्णं तथेतरत्
sūkṣmamekākṣaraṃ vidyātsthūlaṃ pañcākṣaraṃ viduḥ sūkṣmamavyaktapañcārṇaṃ suvyaktārṇaṃ tathetarat
One should know the subtle to be of one syllable; the gross they know to be of five syllables. The subtle has five unmanifest letters, and the other has well-manifested letters.
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SiP 1 17.10
जीवन्मुक्तस्य सूक्ष्मं हि सर्वसारं हि तस्यहि मंत्रेणार्थानुसंधानं स्वदेहविलयावधि
jīvanmuktasya sūkṣmaṃ hi sarvasāraṃ hi tasyahi maṃtreṇārthānusaṃdhānaṃ svadehavilayāvadhi
The subtle belongs to one liberated while living; it is indeed the essence of everything for him — the joining of (his) attention to the meaning by means of the mantra, until the dissolution of his own body.
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SiP 1 17.11
स्वदेहेगलितेपूर्णंशिवंप्राप्नोतिनिश्चयः केवलंमंत्रजापीतुयोगंप्राप्नोतिनिश्चयः
svadehegalitepūrṇaṃśivaṃprāpnotiniścayaḥ kevalaṃmaṃtrajāpītuyogaṃprāpnotiniścayaḥ
When his own body has fallen away he certainly attains the full Śiva; but one who merely mutters the mantra certainly attains (only) yoga.
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SiP 1 17.12
षट्त्रिंशत्कोटिजापीतुनिश्चयंयोगमाप्नुयात् सूक्ष्मंचद्विविधंज्ञेयंह्रस्वदीर्घविभेदतः
ṣaṭtriṃśatkoṭijāpītuniścayaṃyogamāpnuyāt sūkṣmaṃcadvividhaṃjñeyaṃhrasvadīrghavibhedataḥ
By muttering it thirty-six crore times one would certainly attain yoga. And the subtle is to be known as twofold, by the distinction of short and long.
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SiP 1 17.13
अकारश्च उकारश्चमकारश्चततःपरम् बिंदुनादयुतं तद्धि शब्दकालकलान्वितम्
akāraśca ukāraścamakāraścatataḥparam biṃdunādayutaṃ taddhi śabdakālakalānvitam
The syllable a, the syllable u, and beyond that the syllable m, joined with bindu and nāda — that indeed is accompanied by śabda, kāla and kalā.
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SiP 1 17.14
दीर्घप्रणवमेवंहियोगिनामेवहृद्गतम् मकारंतंत्रितत्त्वं हि ह्रस्वप्रणव उच्यते
dīrghapraṇavamevaṃhiyogināmevahṛdgatam makāraṃtaṃtritattvaṃ hi hrasvapraṇava ucyate
Thus the long praṇava dwells in the heart of yogins alone; but that which ends in m, consisting of three principles, is called the short praṇava.
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SiP 1 17.15
शिवःशक्तिस्तयोरैक्यंमकारंतुत्रिकात्मकम् ह्रस्वमेवंहिजाप्यंस्यात्सर्वपापक्षयैषिणाम्
śivaḥśaktistayoraikyaṃmakāraṃtutrikātmakam hrasvamevaṃhijāpyaṃsyātsarvapāpakṣayaiṣiṇām
Śiva, Śakti, and the union of the two: the (form) ending in m is threefold in nature. Thus the short (praṇava) should be muttered by those who desire the destruction of all sin.
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SiP 1 17.16
भूवायुकनकार्णोद्योःशब्दाद्याश्चतथादश आशान्वयेदशपुनः प्रवृत्ता इतिकथ्यते
bhūvāyukanakārṇodyoḥśabdādyāścatathādaśa āśānvayedaśapunaḥ pravṛttā itikathyate
Earth, wind, ... and the letters, and likewise the ten beginning with sound; and again ten in the series of the quarters — these are said to be the 'outgoing' (pravṛtta) ones.
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SiP 1 17.17
ह्रस्वमेवप्रवृत्तानांनिवृत्तानांतुदीर्घकम् व्याहृत्यादौचमंत्रादौकामंशब्दकलायुतम्
hrasvamevapravṛttānāṃnivṛttānāṃtudīrghakam vyāhṛtyādaucamaṃtrādaukāmaṃśabdakalāyutam
For those engaged (in worldly activity) the short (form) alone (is used), but for those withdrawn the long one; at the beginning of an utterance and at the beginning of a mantra (it is used) at will, joined with the sound and its measure (kalā).
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SiP 1 17.18
वेदादौचप्रयोज्यंस्याद्वंदनेसंध्ययोरपि नवकौटिजपाञ्जप्त्वासंशुद्धःपुरुषोभवेत्
vedādaucaprayojyaṃsyādvaṃdanesaṃdhyayorapi navakauṭijapāñjaptvāsaṃśuddhaḥpuruṣobhavet
It should be employed at the beginning of Vedic (recitation), and also in salutation and at the two twilights; having recited nine crores of repetitions, a person becomes purified.
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SiP 1 17.19
पुनश्चनवकोट्यातुपृथिवीजयमाप्नुयात् पुनश्चनवकोट्यातुह्यपांजयमवाप्नुयात्
punaścanavakoṭyātupṛthivījayamāpnuyāt punaścanavakoṭyātuhyapāṃjayamavāpnuyāt
And again, by nine crores (of repetitions) he would attain the conquest of earth; and again, by nine crores he would attain the conquest of the waters.
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SiP 1 17.20
पुनश्चनवकोट्यातुतेजसांजयमाप्नुयात् पुनश्चनवकोट्या तु वायोर्जयमवाप्नुयात् आकाशजयमाप्नोति नवकोटिजपेन वै
punaścanavakoṭyātutejasāṃjayamāpnuyāt punaścanavakoṭyā tu vāyorjayamavāpnuyāt ākāśajayamāpnoti navakoṭijapena vai
And again, by nine crores he would attain the conquest of the fiery (elements); and again, by nine crores he would attain the conquest of wind; and by a recitation of nine crores he attains the conquest of space.
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SiP 1 17.21
गंधादीनांक्रमेणैवनवकोटिजपेणवै अहंकारस्य च पुनर्नव कोटिजपेन वै
gaṃdhādīnāṃkrameṇaivanavakoṭijapeṇavai ahaṃkārasya ca punarnava koṭijapena vai
And likewise, in order, (the conquest) of smell and the rest by a recitation of nine crores; and again, (the conquest) of the ego-sense by a recitation of nine crores.
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SiP 1 17.22
सहस्रमंत्रजप्तेन नित्यशुद्धो भवेत्पुमान् ततः परंस्वसिद्ध्यर्थंजपोभवतिहिद्विजाः
sahasramaṃtrajaptena nityaśuddho bhavetpumān tataḥ paraṃsvasiddhyarthaṃjapobhavatihidvijāḥ
By a thousand recitations of the mantra a man becomes constantly pure; beyond that, the recitation serves for one's own attainment, O twice-born ones.
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SiP 1 17.23
एवमष्टोत्तरशतकोटिजप्तेनवैपुनः प्रणवेनप्रबुद्धस्तुशुद्धयोगमवाप्नुयात्
evamaṣṭottaraśatakoṭijaptenavaipunaḥ praṇavenaprabuddhastuśuddhayogamavāpnuyāt
Thus again, by the recitation of a hundred and eight crores, awakened by the praṇava, he would attain the pure yoga.
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SiP 1 17.24
शुद्धयोगेनसंयुक्तोजीवन्मुक्तोनसंशयः सदाजपन्सदाध्यायञ्छिवं प्रणवरूपिणम्
śuddhayogenasaṃyuktojīvanmuktonasaṃśayaḥ sadājapansadādhyāyañchivaṃ praṇavarūpiṇam
United with the pure yoga, he is liberated while living—there is no doubt—ever reciting, ever meditating on Śiva whose form is the praṇava.
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SiP 1 17.25
समाधिस्थोमहायोगीशिव एव नसंशयः ऋषिच्छंदोदेवतादिन्यस्यदेहेपुनर्जपेत्
samādhisthomahāyogīśiva eva nasaṃśayaḥ ṛṣicchaṃdodevatādinyasyadehepunarjapet
The great yogin established in samādhi is Śiva himself, without doubt. Having placed the seer, the meter, the deity and the rest upon (his) body, let him recite again.
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SiP 1 17.26
प्रणवं मातृकायुक्तंदेहेत्यस्य ऋषिर्भवेत् दशमातृषडध्वादि सर्वंन्यासफलं लभेत्
praṇavaṃ mātṛkāyuktaṃdehetyasya ṛṣirbhavet daśamātṛṣaḍadhvādi sarvaṃnyāsaphalaṃ labhet
The praṇava joined with the mātṛkā—for the (formula) 'in the body' he becomes the seer; the ten mothers, the six paths and the rest—he obtains the whole fruit of the placing (nyāsa).
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SiP 1 17.27
प्रवृत्तानां चमिश्राणांस्थूलप्रणवमिष्यते क्रियातपोजपैर्युक्तास्त्रिविधाः शिवयोगिनः
pravṛttānāṃ camiśrāṇāṃsthūlapraṇavamiṣyate kriyātapojapairyuktāstrividhāḥ śivayoginaḥ
For those engaged (in activity) and for the mixed, the gross praṇava is prescribed; Śiva-yogins are of three kinds, joined respectively with rite, austerity, and recitation.
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SiP 1 17.28
धनादिविभवैश्चैवकराद्यंगैर्नमादिभिः क्रियया पूजयायुक्तःक्रियायोगीति कथ्यते
dhanādivibhavaiścaivakarādyaṃgairnamādibhiḥ kriyayā pūjayāyuktaḥkriyāyogīti kathyate
He who, with wealth and other means, with hands and the other limbs, with obeisance and the rest, is joined to rite and to worship, is called a kriyā-yogin.
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SiP 1 17.29
पूजायुक्तश्चमितभुग्बाह्यंद्रियजयान्वितः परद्रोहादिरहितस्तपोयोगीति कथ्यते
pūjāyuktaścamitabhugbāhyaṃdriyajayānvitaḥ paradrohādirahitastapoyogīti kathyate
He who is joined to worship, eats sparingly, has conquered the outer senses, and is free from injuring others and the like, is called a tapo-yogin.
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SiP 1 17.30
एतैर्युक्तःसदाक्रुद्धःसर्वकामादिवर्जितः सदाजपपरःशांतोजपयोगीति तंविदुः
etairyuktaḥsadākruddhaḥsarvakāmādivarjitaḥ sadājapaparaḥśāṃtojapayogīti taṃviduḥ
He who is endowed with these, never angry, free from all desires and the like, ever devoted to recitation, calm—him they know as a japa-yogin.
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SiP 1 17.31
उपचारैः षोडशभिः पूजया शिवयोगिनाम् सालोक्यादिक्रमेणैवशुद्धोमुक्तिंलभेन्नरः
upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ pūjayā śivayoginām sālokyādikrameṇaivaśuddhomuktiṃlabhennaraḥ
By worship of the Śiva-yogins with the sixteen services, a man, purified, would attain liberation through the sequence beginning with sālokya.
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SiP 1 17.32
जपयोगमथोवक्ष्येगदतः शृणुतद्विजाः तपःकर्तुर्जपः प्रोक्तोयज्जमन्परिमार्जते
japayogamathovakṣyegadataḥ śṛṇutadvijāḥ tapaḥkarturjapaḥ proktoyajjamanparimārjate
Now I shall declare the yoga of recitation; hear it as it is told, O twice-born ones. Recitation is declared (to belong) to the performer of austerity, and while reciting he is cleansed.
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SiP 1 17.33
शिवनामनमःपूर्वंचतुर्थ्यांपञ्चतत्त्वकम् स्थूलप्रणवरूपं हि शिवपञ्चाक्षरं द्विजाः
śivanāmanamaḥpūrvaṃcaturthyāṃpañcatattvakam sthūlapraṇavarūpaṃ hi śivapañcākṣaraṃ dvijāḥ
The name of Śiva, preceded by 'namaḥ' and in the fourth (dative) case, made up of the five elements—this five-syllabled (mantra) of Śiva is indeed the gross form of the praṇava, O twice-born ones.
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SiP 1 17.34
पञ्चाक्षरजपेनैव सर्वसिद्धिं लभेन्नरः प्रणवेनादिसंयुक्तंसदापञ्चाक्षरंजपेत्
pañcākṣarajapenaiva sarvasiddhiṃ labhennaraḥ praṇavenādisaṃyuktaṃsadāpañcākṣaraṃjapet
By the recitation of the five-syllabled (mantra) alone a man obtains every attainment; joined at the beginning with the praṇava, let him always recite the five-syllabled (mantra).
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SiP 1 17.35
गुरूपदेशंसंगम्यसुखवासेसुभूतले पूर्वपक्षेसमारभ्यकृष्णभूतावधिद्विजाः
gurūpadeśaṃsaṃgamyasukhavāsesubhūtale pūrvapakṣesamārabhyakṛṣṇabhūtāvadhidvijāḥ
Having obtained the teacher's instruction, in a pleasant dwelling on good ground, beginning in the bright fortnight and continuing to the end of the dark, O twice-born ones—
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SiP 1 17.36
माघंभाद्रंविशिष्टंतुसर्वकालोत्तमोत्तमम् एकवारंमिताशीतुवाग्यतोनियतेंद्रियः
māghaṃbhādraṃviśiṣṭaṃtusarvakālottamottamam ekavāraṃmitāśītuvāgyatoniyateṃdriyaḥ
Māgha and Bhādra are especially (good), the very best of all times; eating measured food once (a day), restrained in speech, with senses controlled.
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SiP 1 17.37
स्वस्यराजपित्ःणांचशुश्रूषणंचनित्यशः सहस्रजपमात्रेणभवेच्छुद्धो ऽन्यथा ऋणी
svasyarājapitḥṇāṃcaśuśrūṣaṇaṃcanityaśaḥ sahasrajapamātreṇabhavecchuddho 'nyathā ṛṇī
And constant service to one's own king and to the (fore)fathers — by a mere thousand recitations one becomes pure; otherwise (one remains) a debtor.
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SiP 1 17.38
पञ्चाक्षरंपञ्चलक्षंजपेच्छिवमनुस्मरन् पद्मासनस्थंशिवदंगंगाचंद्रकलान्वितम्
pañcākṣaraṃpañcalakṣaṃjapecchivamanusmaran padmāsanasthaṃśivadaṃgaṃgācaṃdrakalānvitam
One should recite the five-syllable (mantra) five hundred thousand times, calling Śiva to mind: seated in the lotus posture, of auspicious body, having the Gaṅgā and the crescent moon,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.39
वामोरुस्थितशक्त्याचविराजंतंमहागणैः मृगटंकधरंदेवंवरदाभयपाणिकम्
vāmorusthitaśaktyācavirājaṃtaṃmahāgaṇaiḥ mṛgaṭaṃkadharaṃdevaṃvaradābhayapāṇikam
and shining with the Goddess seated on his left thigh and with the great hosts (gaṇas) — the god who bears the deer and the axe, whose hands grant boons and freedom from fear,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.40
सदानुग्रहकर्तारं सदाशिवमनुस्मरन् संपूज्यमनसा पूर्वंहृदिवासूर्यमंडले
sadānugrahakartāraṃ sadāśivamanusmaran saṃpūjyamanasā pūrvaṃhṛdivāsūryamaṃḍale
ever the doer of grace — remembering Sadāśiva thus, and having first worshipped (him) mentally in the heart, as in the sun's orb,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.41
जपेत्पञ्चाक्षरींविद्यांप्राङ्मुखः शुद्धकर्मकृत् प्रातःकृष्णचतुर्दश्यां नित्यकर्मसमाप्यच
japetpañcākṣarīṃvidyāṃprāṅmukhaḥ śuddhakarmakṛt prātaḥkṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ nityakarmasamāpyaca
one should recite the five-syllable lore facing east, performing pure rites; in the morning on the dark fourteenth, and having completed the daily duties,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.42
मनोरमेशुचौदेशेनियतः शुद्धमानसः पञ्चाक्षरस्यमंत्रस्य सहस्रंद्वादशंजपेत्
manorameśucaudeśeniyataḥ śuddhamānasaḥ pañcākṣarasyamaṃtrasya sahasraṃdvādaśaṃjapet
in a pleasing and pure place, restrained, with a purified mind, one should recite the five-syllable mantra twelve thousand (times).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.43
वरयेच्चसपत्नीकाञ्छैवान्वैब्राह्मणोत्तमान् एकंगुरुवरंशिष्टंवरयेत्सांबमूर्तिकम्
varayeccasapatnīkāñchaivānvaibrāhmaṇottamān ekaṃguruvaraṃśiṣṭaṃvarayetsāṃbamūrtikam
And he should invite Śaivas, indeed the best of brahmins, together with their wives; as the one remaining chief guru he should invite (one) having the form of Śiva-with-Ambā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.44
ईशानंचाथपुरुषमघोरंवाममेव च सद्योजातं चपञ्चैवशिवभक्तान्द्विजोत्तमान्
īśānaṃcāthapuruṣamaghoraṃvāmameva ca sadyojātaṃ capañcaivaśivabhaktāndvijottamān
and then Īśāna, Puruṣa, Aghora, Vāma, and Sadyojāta — five devotees of Śiva, the best of the twice-born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.45
पूजाद्रव्याणिसंपाद्यशिवपूजांसमारभेत् शिवपूजांचविधिवत्कृत्वाहोमंसमारभेत्
pūjādravyāṇisaṃpādyaśivapūjāṃsamārabhet śivapūjāṃcavidhivatkṛtvāhomaṃsamārabhet
Having procured the materials of worship, he should begin the worship of Śiva; and having performed the worship of Śiva according to rule, he should begin the oblation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.46
मुखांतं च स्वसूत्रेणकृत्याहोमंसमारभेत् दशैकंवाशतैकंवासहस्रैकमथापिवा
mukhāṃtaṃ ca svasūtreṇakṛtyāhomaṃsamārabhet daśaikaṃvāśataikaṃvāsahasraikamathāpivā
And having performed (the rite) up to the 'mukha' with his own formula, he should begin the oblation — eleven, or a hundred and one, or else a thousand and one (oblations).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.47
कापिलेनघृतेनैवजुहुयात्स्वयमेवहि कारयेच्छिवभक्तैर्वाप्यष्टोत्तरशतंबुधः
kāpilenaghṛtenaivajuhuyātsvayamevahi kārayecchivabhaktairvāpyaṣṭottaraśataṃbudhaḥ
He should offer, himself indeed, with the ghee of a tawny cow; or the wise man should have a hundred and eight (oblations) made by devotees of Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.48
होमान्ते दक्षिणादेयागुरोर्गोमिथुनं तथा ईशानादिस्वरूपांस्तान्गुरुंसांबंविभाव्य च
homānte dakṣiṇādeyāgurorgomithunaṃ tathā īśānādisvarūpāṃstānguruṃsāṃbaṃvibhāvya ca
At the end of the oblation a fee is to be given to the guru, and likewise a pair of cattle; and having conceived those (brahmins) as having the forms of Īśāna and the rest, and the guru as Śiva-with-Ambā,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.49
तेषां पत्सिक्ततोयेनस्वशिरः स्नानमाचरेत् षट्त्रिंशत्कोटितीर्थेषुसद्यःस्नानफलंलभेत्
teṣāṃ patsiktatoyenasvaśiraḥ snānamācaret ṣaṭtriṃśatkoṭitīrtheṣusadyaḥsnānaphalaṃlabhet
with the water poured over their feet he should perform the bathing of his own head; he at once obtains the fruit of bathing in thirty-six crore sacred fords.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.50
दशांगमन्नंतेषां वैदद्याद्वैभक्तिपूर्वकम् पराबुद्ध्यागुरोः पत्नीमीशानादिक्रमेण तु
daśāṃgamannaṃteṣāṃ vaidadyādvaibhaktipūrvakam parābuddhyāguroḥ patnīmīśānādikrameṇa tu
He should indeed give them food of ten kinds, with devotion; and (regarding) the guru's wife as the supreme (Goddess) in his mind, and (the others) in the order of Īśāna and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.51
परमान्नेनसंपूज्ययथाविभवविस्तरम् रुद्राक्षवस्त्रपूर्वंचवटकापूपकैर्युतम्
paramānnenasaṃpūjyayathāvibhavavistaram rudrākṣavastrapūrvaṃcavaṭakāpūpakairyutam
having worshipped (them) with fine rice-food to the extent of his means, preceded by rudrākṣas and cloth, and accompanied by cakes and sweet-cakes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.52
बलिदानंततः कृत्वाभूरिभोजनमाचरेत् ततः संप्रार्थ्यदेवेशंजपंतावत्समापयेत्
balidānaṃtataḥ kṛtvābhūribhojanamācaret tataḥ saṃprārthyadeveśaṃjapaṃtāvatsamāpayet
then, having made the food-offering, he should carry out an abundant feeding; then, having entreated the Lord of gods, he should conclude the recitation for that much (time).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.53
पुरश्चरणमेवंतुकृत्वामन्त्रीभवेन्नरः पुनश्चपञ्च लक्षेणसर्वपापक्षयोभवेत्
puraścaraṇamevaṃtukṛtvāmantrībhavennaraḥ punaścapañca lakṣeṇasarvapāpakṣayobhavet
Having thus performed the preliminary observance, a man becomes a possessor of the mantra; and again, by five hundred thousand (recitations) there comes destruction of all his sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.54
अतलादिसमारभ्यसत्यलोकावधिक्रमात् पञ्चलक्षजपात्तत्तल्लोकैश्वर्यमवाप्नुयात्
atalādisamārabhyasatyalokāvadhikramāt pañcalakṣajapāttattallokaiśvaryamavāpnuyāt
Beginning from Atala and proceeding up to the limit of Satyaloka, by five hundred thousand recitations he would attain lordship over each of those worlds in turn.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.55
मध्येमृतश्चेद्भोगांतेभूमौतज्जापकोभवेत् पुनश्चपञ्चलक्षेणब्रह्मसामीप्यमाप्नुयात्
madhyemṛtaścedbhogāṃtebhūmautajjāpakobhavet punaścapañcalakṣeṇabrahmasāmīpyamāpnuyāt
If he dies in the middle, at the end of the enjoyments he becomes a reciter of that (mantra) again on earth; and again by five hundred thousand (recitations) he would attain nearness to Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.56
पुनश्चपञ्चलक्षेण सारूप्यैश्वर्यमाप्नुयात् आहत्यशतलक्षेणसाक्षाद्ब्रह्मसमोभवेत्
punaścapañcalakṣeṇa sārūpyaiśvaryamāpnuyāt āhatyaśatalakṣeṇasākṣādbrahmasamobhavet
And again by five hundred thousand he would attain the lordship of having the same form (as Brahmā); altogether, by ten million he becomes directly equal to Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.57
कार्यब्रह्मण एवं हि सायुज्यंप्रतिपद्य वै यथेष्टंभोगमाप्नोतितद्ब्रह्मप्रलयावधि
kāryabrahmaṇa evaṃ hi sāyujyaṃpratipadya vai yatheṣṭaṃbhogamāpnotitadbrahmapralayāvadhi
Thus, having attained union with the effected Brahmā, he obtains enjoyment as he wishes, up to the dissolution of that Brahmā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.58
पुनः कल्पांतरेवृत्ते ब्रह्मपुत्रः सजायते पुनश्चतपसादीप्तःक्रमान्मुक्तोभविष्यति
punaḥ kalpāṃtarevṛtte brahmaputraḥ sajāyate punaścatapasādīptaḥkramānmuktobhaviṣyati
Again, when another kalpa has come round, he is born as a son of Brahmā, and again, blazing with ascetic heat, he will in due course become liberated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.59
पृथ्व्यादिकार्यभूतेभ्योलोकावैनिर्मिताःक्रमात् पातालादि च सत्यांतंब्रह्मलोकाश्चतुर्दश
pṛthvyādikāryabhūtebhyolokāvainirmitāḥkramāt pātālādi ca satyāṃtaṃbrahmalokāścaturdaśa
Out of the effected elements, earth and the rest, the worlds were fashioned in order: from Pātāla up to Satya, the fourteen Brahmā-worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.60
सत्यादूर्ध्वंक्षमांतंवैविष्णुलोकाश्चतुर्दश क्षमलोकेकार्यविष्णुर्वैकुंठेवरपत्तने
satyādūrdhvaṃkṣamāṃtaṃvaiviṣṇulokāścaturdaśa kṣamalokekāryaviṣṇurvaikuṃṭhevarapattane
Above Satya, up to Kṣamā, are the fourteen Viṣṇu-worlds; in the Kṣamā world the effected Viṣṇu (dwells) in Vaikuṇṭha, the foremost city.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.61
कार्यलक्ष्म्यामहाभोगिरक्षांकृत्वा ऽधितिष्ठति तदूर्ध्वगाश्चाशुच्यंतालोकाष्टाविंशतिः स्थिताः
kāryalakṣmyāmahābhogirakṣāṃkṛtvā 'dhitiṣṭhati tadūrdhvagāścāśucyaṃtālokāṣṭāviṃśatiḥ sthitāḥ
Together with the effected Lakṣmī, he of great enjoyment presides there, exercising protection. Above that are situated twenty-eight worlds, ending with Śuci.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.62
शुचौलोकेतुकैलासेरुद्रोवैभूतहृत्स्थितः षडुत्तराश्चपञ्चाशदहिंसांतास्तदूर्ध्वगाः
śucauloketukailāserudrovaibhūtahṛtsthitaḥ ṣaḍuttarāścapañcāśadahiṃsāṃtāstadūrdhvagāḥ
In the world Śuci, on Kailāsa, Rudra abides, seated in the hearts of beings; and above that are fifty-six (worlds), ending with Ahiṃsā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.63
अहिंसालोकमास्थायज्ञानकैलासकेपुरे कार्येश्वरस्तिरोभावंसर्वान्कृत्वाधितिष्ठति
ahiṃsālokamāsthāyajñānakailāsakepure kāryeśvarastirobhāvaṃsarvānkṛtvādhitiṣṭhati
Abiding in the Ahiṃsā world, in the city Jñānakailāsa, the effected Īśvara presides, having effected the concealment of all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.64
तदंतेकालचक्रंहिकालातीतस्ततःपरम् शिवेनाधिष्ठितस्तत्रकालश्चक्रेश्वराह्वयः
tadaṃtekālacakraṃhikālātītastataḥparam śivenādhiṣṭhitastatrakālaścakreśvarāhvayaḥ
At the end of that is the wheel of time; beyond that is what is past time. There, appointed by Śiva, is Kāla, called Cakreśvara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.65
माहिषं धर्ममास्थायसर्वान्कालेन युंजति असत्यश्चाशुचिश्चैव हिंसाचैवाथनिर्घृणा
māhiṣaṃ dharmamāsthāyasarvānkālena yuṃjati asatyaścāśuciścaiva hiṃsācaivāthanirghṛṇā
Abiding in the buffalo-dharma, he yokes all (beings) with time: untruth, and impurity, and violence, and then pitilessness—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.66
असत्यादिचतुष्पादःसर्वांशः कामरूपधृक् नास्तिक्यलक्ष्मीर्दुःसंगोवेदबाह्यध्वनिःसदा
asatyādicatuṣpādaḥsarvāṃśaḥ kāmarūpadhṛk nāstikyalakṣmīrduḥsaṃgovedabāhyadhvaniḥsadā
—untruth and the rest being his four feet; consisting wholly (of these), assuming forms at will; godlessness is his Lakṣmī, bad company (his companion), his sound always outside the Veda.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.67
क्रोधसंगःकृष्णवर्णोमहामहिषवेषवान् तावन्महेश्वरःप्रोक्तस्तिरोधास्तावदेव हि
krodhasaṃgaḥkṛṣṇavarṇomahāmahiṣaveṣavān tāvanmaheśvaraḥproktastirodhāstāvadeva hi
Attached to anger, black in colour, wearing the guise of a great buffalo: just so far is Maheśvara declared, and just so far is concealment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.68
तदर्वाक्कर्मभोगो हि तदूर्ध्वंज्ञानभोगकम् तदर्वाक्कर्म मायाहिज्ञानमाया तदूर्ध्वकम्
tadarvākkarmabhogo hi tadūrdhvaṃjñānabhogakam tadarvākkarma māyāhijñānamāyā tadūrdhvakam
Below that is the enjoyment of karma, above that the enjoyment of knowledge; below that is karma-māyā, above that knowledge-māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.69
मा लक्ष्मीः कर्मभोगोवैयातिमायेतिकथ्यते मा लक्ष्मीर्ज्ञानभोगोवैयातिमायेतिकथ्यते
mā lakṣmīḥ karmabhogovaiyātimāyetikathyate mā lakṣmīrjñānabhogovaiyātimāyetikathyate
"Mā" is Lakṣmī, and "yā" the enjoyment of karma: so it is called māyā. "Mā" is Lakṣmī, and "yā" the enjoyment of knowledge: so it is called māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.70
तदूर्ध्वंनित्यभोगोहितदर्वाङ्नश्वरंविदुः तदर्वाक्चतिरोधानंतदूर्ध्वंनतिरोधनम्
tadūrdhvaṃnityabhogohitadarvāṅnaśvaraṃviduḥ tadarvākcatirodhānaṃtadūrdhvaṃnatirodhanam
Above that the enjoyment is eternal; below that they know it to be perishable. Below that there is concealment, above that no concealment.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.71
तदर्वाक्पाशबंधोहितदूर्ध्वंनहिबंधनम् तदर्वाक्परिवर्तंतेकाम्यकर्मानुसारिणः
tadarvākpāśabaṃdhohitadūrdhvaṃnahibaṃdhanam tadarvākparivartaṃtekāmyakarmānusāriṇaḥ
Below that there is bondage by fetters; above that there is no bondage at all. Below that revolve those who pursue desire-motivated rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.72
निष्कामकर्मभोगस्तुतदूर्ध्वंपरिकीर्तितः तदर्वाक्परिवर्तंतेबिंदुपूजापरायणाः
niṣkāmakarmabhogastutadūrdhvaṃparikīrtitaḥ tadarvākparivartaṃtebiṃdupūjāparāyaṇāḥ
But above that is proclaimed the enjoyment of desireless action. Below that revolve those intent on the worship of the bindu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.73
तदूर्ध्वंहिव्रजंत्येवनिष्कामालिंगपूजकाः तदर्वाक्परिवर्तंतंशिवान्यसुरपूजकाः
tadūrdhvaṃhivrajaṃtyevaniṣkāmāliṃgapūjakāḥ tadarvākparivartaṃtaṃśivānyasurapūjakāḥ
Above that indeed go the desireless worshippers of the liṅga; below that revolve the worshippers of gods other than Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.74
शिवैकनिरताये च तदूर्ध्वंसंप्रयांतिते तदर्वाग्जीवकोटिःस्यात्तदूर्ध्वंपरकोटिकाः
śivaikaniratāye ca tadūrdhvaṃsaṃprayāṃtite tadarvāgjīvakoṭiḥsyāttadūrdhvaṃparakoṭikāḥ
And those devoted to Śiva alone go forth above that; below that is the multitude of souls, above that those of the highest order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.75
सांसारिकास्तदर्वाक्च मुक्ताः खलु तदूर्ध्वगाः तदर्वाक्परिवर्तंते प्राकृतद्रव्यपूजकाः
sāṃsārikāstadarvākca muktāḥ khalu tadūrdhvagāḥ tadarvākparivartaṃte prākṛtadravyapūjakāḥ
Below that are those belonging to saṃsāra, and above that go the liberated; below that revolve the worshippers of material substances.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.76
तदूर्ध्वंहिव्रजंत्येतेपौरुषद्रव्यपूजकाः तदर्वाक्छक्तिलिंगं तु शिवलिंगं तदूर्ध्वकम्
tadūrdhvaṃhivrajaṃtyetepauruṣadravyapūjakāḥ tadarvākchaktiliṃgaṃ tu śivaliṃgaṃ tadūrdhvakam
Above that indeed go these worshippers of the substance that belongs to the Puruṣa; below that is the śakti-liṅga, above that the śiva-liṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.77
तदर्वागावृतं लिंगं तदूर्ध्वं हि निरावृति तदर्वाक्कल्पितं लिंगं तदूर्ध्वं वै न कल्पितम्
tadarvāgāvṛtaṃ liṃgaṃ tadūrdhvaṃ hi nirāvṛti tadarvākkalpitaṃ liṃgaṃ tadūrdhvaṃ vai na kalpitam
Below that the liṅga is enveloped, while above that it is without envelopment; below that the liṅga is fashioned (by construction), while above that it is indeed not fashioned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.78
तदर्वाग्बाह्यलिंगं स्यादंतरंगं तदूर्ध्वकम् ॥ शिव्प्_१,१७। ७८अब्। तदर्वाक्छक्तिलोका हि शतं वै द्वादशाधिकम्
tadarvāgbāhyaliṃgaṃ syādaṃtaraṃgaṃ tadūrdhvakam // śivp_1,17. 78ab/ tadarvākchaktilokā hi śataṃ vai dvādaśādhikam
Below that would be the outer liṅga, and above that the inner one. Below that the Śakti-worlds are indeed a hundred and twelve.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.79
तदर्वाग्बिंदुरूपं हि नादरूपं तदुत्तरम् तदर्वाक्कर्मलोकस्तु तदूर्ध्वं ज्ञानलोककः
tadarvāgbiṃdurūpaṃ hi nādarūpaṃ taduttaram tadarvākkarmalokastu tadūrdhvaṃ jñānalokakaḥ
Below that (it) has the form of bindu, above that the form of nāda; below that is the world of action (karma), above that the world of knowledge (jñāna).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.80
नमस्कारस्तदूर्ध्वंहिमदाहंकारनाशनः जनिजंतिरोधानंनानिषिद्ध्यातते इति
namaskārastadūrdhvaṃhimadāhaṃkāranāśanaḥ janijaṃtirodhānaṃnāniṣiddhyātate iti
Above that, obeisance is the destroyer of my egoism; (thus) the concealment (tirodhāna) of the bonds of birth is not (something) established — so (it is said).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.81
ज्ञानशब्दार्थ एवं हि तिरोधाननिवारणात् तदर्वाक्परिवर्तंतेह्याधिभौतिकपूजकाः
jñānaśabdārtha evaṃ hi tirodhānanivāraṇāt tadarvākparivartaṃtehyādhibhautikapūjakāḥ
Such indeed is the sense of the word 'knowledge' (jñāna), since it wards off concealment; below that the worshippers of the physical (ādhibhautika) plane revolve.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.82
आध्यात्मिकार्चका एव तदूर्ध्वंसंप्रयांतिवै तावद्वैवेदिभागंतन्महालोकात्मलिंगके
ādhyātmikārcakā eva tadūrdhvaṃsaṃprayāṃtivai tāvadvaivedibhāgaṃtanmahālokātmaliṃgake
Only the worshippers of the inner self (ādhyātmika) go up above that; so far extends the portion of the altar there, in the liṅga that is the self of the great world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.83
प्रकृत्याद्यष्टबंधोपिवेद्यंतेसंप्रतिष्ठतः एवमेतादृशंज्ञेयंसर्वंलौकिकवैदिकम्
prakṛtyādyaṣṭabaṃdhopivedyaṃtesaṃpratiṣṭhataḥ evametādṛśaṃjñeyaṃsarvaṃlaukikavaidikam
Even the eightfold bond beginning with prakṛti is known when it is fully established; thus all this, worldly and Vedic, is to be understood in this way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.84
अधर्ममहिषारूढंकालचक्रंतरंतिते सत्यादिधर्मयुक्तायेशिवपूजापराश्चये
adharmamahiṣārūḍhaṃkālacakraṃtaraṃtite satyādidharmayuktāyeśivapūjāparāścaye
Those who, joined to the virtues beginning with truth, are devoted to the worship of Śiva cross over the wheel of Time mounted on the buffalo of unrighteousness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.85
तदूर्ध्वंवृषभोधर्मोब्रह्मचर्यस्वरूपधृक् सत्यादिपादयुक्तस्तुशिवलोकाग्रतःस्थितः
tadūrdhvaṃvṛṣabhodharmobrahmacaryasvarūpadhṛk satyādipādayuktastuśivalokāgrataḥsthitaḥ
Above that is the bull, Dharma, bearing the form of chastity; endowed with the feet that are truth and the rest, he stands before the world of Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.86
क्षमाशृङ्गः शमश्रोत्रो वेदध्वनिविभूषितः आस्तिक्यचक्षुर्निश्वासगुरुबुद्धिमना वृषः
kṣamāśṛṅgaḥ śamaśrotro vedadhvanivibhūṣitaḥ āstikyacakṣurniśvāsagurubuddhimanā vṛṣaḥ
The bull has patience for horns, tranquillity for ears, and is adorned with the sound of the Veda; his eye is faith (in the divine), his breath and mind-intellect are the guru('s teaching).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.87
क्रियादिवृषभा ज्ञेयाः कारणादिषु सर्वदा तं क्रियावृषभं धर्मं कालातीतोधितिष्ठति
kriyādivṛṣabhā jñeyāḥ kāraṇādiṣu sarvadā taṃ kriyāvṛṣabhaṃ dharmaṃ kālātītodhitiṣṭhati
Bulls beginning with kriyā are always to be known among the (five) causal (deities) and so on; that bull of action, Dharma, He who is beyond Time bestrides.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.88
ब्रह्मविष्णुमहेशानां स्वस्वायुर्दिनमुच्यते
brahmaviṣṇumaheśānāṃ svasvāyurdinamucyate
Of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and Maheśa, the lifespan of each is called (his own) day.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.89
तदूर्ध्वं न दिनं रात्रिर्न जन्ममरणादिकम् ॥ शिव्प्_१,१७। ८८च्द्। पुनः कारणसत्यांताः कारणब्रह्मणस्तथा गंधादिभ्यस्तु भूतेभ्यस्तदूर्ध्वं निर्मिताः सदा
tadūrdhvaṃ na dinaṃ rātrirna janmamaraṇādikam // śivp_1,17. 88cd/ punaḥ kāraṇasatyāṃtāḥ kāraṇabrahmaṇastathā gaṃdhādibhyastu bhūtebhyastadūrdhvaṃ nirmitāḥ sadā
Above that there is no day, no night, no birth, death and the like. Again, those ending with Kāraṇa-Sadya (?) and likewise from the causal Brahmā, from the elements beginning with smell, above that (worlds) are always fashioned.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.90
सूक्ष्मगंधस्वरूपाहिस्थितालोकाश्चतुर्दश पुनः कारणविष्णोर्वैस्थिता लोकाश्चतुर्दश
sūkṣmagaṃdhasvarūpāhisthitālokāścaturdaśa punaḥ kāraṇaviṣṇorvaisthitā lokāścaturdaśa
Fourteen worlds stand, having the nature of subtle smell; again, of the causal Viṣṇu fourteen worlds stand.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.91
पुनःकारणरुद्रस्यलोकाष्टाविंशका मताः पुनश्चकारणेशस्यषट्पञ्चाशत्तदूर्ध्वगाः
punaḥkāraṇarudrasyalokāṣṭāviṃśakā matāḥ punaścakāraṇeśasyaṣaṭpañcāśattadūrdhvagāḥ
Again, of the causal Rudra the worlds are held to be twenty-eight; and again, of the causal Lord (Īśa) fifty-six lie above that.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.92
ततः परंब्रह्मचर्यलोकाख्यं शिवसंमतम् तत्रैवज्ञानकैलासेपञ्चावरणसंयुते
tataḥ paraṃbrahmacaryalokākhyaṃ śivasaṃmatam tatraivajñānakailāsepañcāvaraṇasaṃyute
Beyond that is what is called the world of chastity (brahmacarya), approved by Śiva; there itself, on the Kailāsa of knowledge, furnished with five enclosures —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.93
पञ्चमंडलसंयुक्तंपञ्चब्रह्मकलान्वितम् आदिशक्तिसमायुक्तमादिलिंगंतुतत्रवै
pañcamaṃḍalasaṃyuktaṃpañcabrahmakalānvitam ādiśaktisamāyuktamādiliṃgaṃtutatravai
joined with the five maṇḍalas, possessed of the parts (kalās) of the five Brahmans, united with the primal Śakti — there indeed is the primal liṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.94
शिवालयमिदंप्रोक्तंशिवस्यपरमात्मनः परशक्त्यासमायुक्तस्तत्रैवपरमेश्वरः
śivālayamidaṃproktaṃśivasyaparamātmanaḥ paraśaktyāsamāyuktastatraivaparameśvaraḥ
This is declared to be the abode of Śiva, of Śiva the supreme Self; there itself is the Supreme Lord, united with the supreme Śakti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.95
सृष्टिः स्थितिश्चसंहारस्तिरोभावोप्यनुग्रहः पञ्चकृत्यप्रवीणो ऽसौसच्चिदानंदविग्रहः
sṛṣṭiḥ sthitiścasaṃhārastirobhāvopyanugrahaḥ pañcakṛtyapravīṇo 'sausaccidānaṃdavigrahaḥ
Creation, maintenance, dissolution, concealment and also grace — skilled in these five acts is he, whose body is being, consciousness and bliss.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.96
ध्यानधर्मः सदायस्यसदानुग्रहतत्परः समाध्यासनमासीनः स्वात्मारामोविराजते
dhyānadharmaḥ sadāyasyasadānugrahatatparaḥ samādhyāsanamāsīnaḥ svātmārāmovirājate
Whose constant practice (dharma) is meditation, ever intent on bestowing grace, seated in the posture of samādhi, delighting in his own Self, he shines forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.97
तस्यसंदर्शनंसांध्यंकर्मध्यानादिभिः क्रमात् नित्यादिकर्मयजनाच्छिवकर्ममतिर्भवेत्
tasyasaṃdarśanaṃsāṃdhyaṃkarmadhyānādibhiḥ kramāt nityādikarmayajanācchivakarmamatirbhavet
By ritual acts, meditation and the rest, in due order, (there comes) the twilight vision of him; from the performance of the daily and other rites there arises the disposition toward the Śiva-rites.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.98
क्रियादिशिवकर्मभ्यः शिवज्ञानंप्रसाधयेत् तद्दर्शनगताःसर्वेमुक्ता एव नसंशयः
kriyādiśivakarmabhyaḥ śivajñānaṃprasādhayet taddarśanagatāḥsarvemuktā eva nasaṃśayaḥ
From the Śiva-rites beginning with kriyā one should accomplish the knowledge of Śiva; all who attain that vision are liberated, there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.99
मुक्तिरात्मस्वरूपेणस्वात्मारामत्वमेवहि क्रियातपोजपज्ञानध्यानधर्मेषुसुस्थितः
muktirātmasvarūpeṇasvātmārāmatvamevahi kriyātapojapajñānadhyānadharmeṣususthitaḥ
Liberation is indeed just being at rest in one's own self, in the form of the self; (such a one is) firmly established in rite, austerity, muttered recitation, knowledge, meditation, and (right) practice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.100
शिवस्यदर्शनंलब्धास्वात्मारामत्वमेवहि यथारविःस्वकिरणादशुद्धिमपनेष्यति
śivasyadarśanaṃlabdhāsvātmārāmatvamevahi yathāraviḥsvakiraṇādaśuddhimapaneṣyati
Having obtained the vision of Śiva, (there is) indeed just the state of resting in one's own self; as the sun by its own rays will remove impurity,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.101
कृपाविचक्षणःशंभुरज्ञानमपनेष्यति अज्ञानविनिवृत्तौतुशिवज्ञानंप्रवर्तते
kṛpāvicakṣaṇaḥśaṃbhurajñānamapaneṣyati ajñānavinivṛttautuśivajñānaṃpravartate
so Śambhu, skilled through compassion, will remove ignorance; and when ignorance has ceased, the knowledge of Śiva comes forth.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.102
शिवज्ञानात्स्वस्वरूपमात्मारामत्वमेष्यति आत्मारामत्वसंसिद्धौकृतकृत्योभवेन्नरः
śivajñānātsvasvarūpamātmārāmatvameṣyati ātmārāmatvasaṃsiddhaukṛtakṛtyobhavennaraḥ
From the knowledge of Śiva one attains one's own true nature, the state of resting in the self; and when that state is fully accomplished a man becomes one who has done what was to be done.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.103
पुनश्चशतलक्षेणब्रह्मणःपदमाप्नुयात् पुनश्चशतलक्षेणविष्णोःपदमवाप्नुयात्
punaścaśatalakṣeṇabrahmaṇaḥpadamāpnuyāt punaścaśatalakṣeṇaviṣṇoḥpadamavāpnuyāt
And again, by ten million (recitations) he would attain the station of Brahmā; and again, by ten million he would attain the station of Viṣṇu.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.104
पुनश्चशतलक्षेणरुद्रस्यपदमाप्नुयात् पुनश्च शतलक्षेण ऐश्वर्यं पदमाप्नुयात्
punaścaśatalakṣeṇarudrasyapadamāpnuyāt punaśca śatalakṣeṇa aiśvaryaṃ padamāpnuyāt
And again, by ten million he would attain the station of Rudra; and again, by ten million he would attain the station of lordship (Īśvara).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.105
पुनश्चैवंविधेनैव जपेन सुसमाहितः शिवलोकादिभूतं हि कालचक्रमवाप्नुयात्
punaścaivaṃvidhenaiva japena susamāhitaḥ śivalokādibhūtaṃ hi kālacakramavāpnuyāt
And again, by just such recitation, well composed, he would attain the wheel of time, which consists of the world of Śiva and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.106
कालचक्रंपञ्चचक्रमेकैकेनक्रमोत्तरे सृष्टिमोहौब्रह्मचक्रंभोगमोहौतुवैष्णवम्
kālacakraṃpañcacakramekaikenakramottare sṛṣṭimohaubrahmacakraṃbhogamohautuvaiṣṇavam
The wheel of time is fivefold, one by one in ascending order: creation and delusion are the Brahmā-wheel; enjoyment and delusion are the Vaiṣṇava (wheel);
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.107
कोपमोहौरौद्रचक्रंभ्रमणंचैश्वरंविदुः शिवचक्रंज्ञानमोहौपञ्चचक्रंविदुर्बुधाः
kopamohauraudracakraṃbhramaṇaṃcaiśvaraṃviduḥ śivacakraṃjñānamohaupañcacakraṃvidurbudhāḥ
anger and delusion are the Raudra wheel, and whirling they know as the Īśvara (wheel); knowledge and delusion are the Śiva-wheel — thus the wise know the five wheels.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.108
पुनश्चदशकोट्या हि कारणब्रह्मणः पदम् पुनश्च दशकोट्याहितत्पदैश्वर्यमाप्नुयात्
punaścadaśakoṭyā hi kāraṇabrahmaṇaḥ padam punaśca daśakoṭyāhitatpadaiśvaryamāpnuyāt
And again, by a hundred million (recitations, one attains) the station of the causal Brahman; and again, by a hundred million he would attain the lordship of that station.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.109
एवं क्रमेण विष्ण्वादेः पदंलब्ध्वामहौजसः क्रमेणतत्पदैश्वर्यं लब्ध्वाचैवमहात्मनः
evaṃ krameṇa viṣṇvādeḥ padaṃlabdhvāmahaujasaḥ krameṇatatpadaiśvaryaṃ labdhvācaivamahātmanaḥ
Thus in due order, having obtained the station of Viṣṇu and the rest, (he becomes) of great vigour; and in order having obtained the lordship of that station, (he becomes) great-souled.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.110
शतकोटिमनुं जप्त्वा पञ्चोत्तरमतंद्रितः शिवलोकमवाप्नोतिपञ्चमावरणाद्बहिः
śatakoṭimanuṃ japtvā pañcottaramataṃdritaḥ śivalokamavāpnotipañcamāvaraṇādbahiḥ
Having muttered the mantra a thousand million times or more, unwearied, he attains the world of Śiva, outside the fifth enclosure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.111
राजसंमंडपंतत्रनंदीसंस्थानमुत्तमम् तपोरूपश्चवृषभस्तत्रैवपरिदृश्यते
rājasaṃmaṃḍapaṃtatranaṃdīsaṃsthānamuttamam taporūpaścavṛṣabhastatraivaparidṛśyate
There is a royal pavilion there, the excellent seat of Nandin; and the bull, whose form is austerity, is seen there too.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.112
सद्योजातस्यतत्स्थानंपञ्चमावरणंपरम् वामदेवस्यचस्थानंचतुर्थावरणंपुनः
sadyojātasyatatsthānaṃpañcamāvaraṇaṃparam vāmadevasyacasthānaṃcaturthāvaraṇaṃpunaḥ
That place of Sadyojāta is the supreme fifth enclosure; and the place of Vāmadeva is again the fourth enclosure.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.113
अघोरनिलयंपश्चात्तृतीयावरणंपरम् पुरुषस्यैवसांबस्यद्वितीयावरणंशुभम्
aghoranilayaṃpaścāttṛtīyāvaraṇaṃparam puruṣasyaivasāṃbasyadvitīyāvaraṇaṃśubham
Next, the abode of Aghora is the supreme third enclosure; the auspicious second enclosure belongs to Puruṣa together with Ambā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.114
ईशानस्यपरस्यैवप्रथमावरणंततः ध्यानधर्मस्य च स्थानंपञ्चमंमंडपंततः
īśānasyaparasyaivaprathamāvaraṇaṃtataḥ dhyānadharmasya ca sthānaṃpañcamaṃmaṃḍapaṃtataḥ
Then the first enclosure belongs to the supreme Īśāna; and the place of the meditation-practice is then the fifth pavilion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.115
बलिनाथस्यसंस्थानंतत्रपूर्णामृतप्रदम् चतुर्थंमंडपंपश्चाच्चंद्रशेखरमूर्तिमत्
balināthasyasaṃsthānaṃtatrapūrṇāmṛtapradam caturthaṃmaṃḍapaṃpaścāccaṃdraśekharamūrtimat
There is the seat of Balinātha, bestowing full nectar; then the fourth pavilion has the form of Candraśekhara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.116
सोमस्कंदस्यचस्थानंतृतीयंमंडपंपरम् द्वितीयंमंडपंनृत्यमंडपंप्राहुरास्तिकाः
somaskaṃdasyacasthānaṃtṛtīyaṃmaṃḍapaṃparam dvitīyaṃmaṃḍapaṃnṛtyamaṃḍapaṃprāhurāstikāḥ
And the place of Somāskanda is the supreme third pavilion; the second pavilion the faithful call the dance pavilion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.117
प्रथमंमूलमायायाः स्थानंतत्रैवशोभनम् ततः परं गर्भगृहंलिंगस्थानं परं शुभम्
prathamaṃmūlamāyāyāḥ sthānaṃtatraivaśobhanam tataḥ paraṃ garbhagṛhaṃliṃgasthānaṃ paraṃ śubham
The first is the place of the root-māyā (mūlamāyā); right there it is fair. Beyond that is the womb-chamber, the place of the liṅga, supremely auspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.118
नन्दिसंस्थानतः पश्चान्नविदुः शिववैभवम् नंदीश्वरोबहिस्तिष्ठन्पञ्चाक्षरमुपासते
nandisaṃsthānataḥ paścānnaviduḥ śivavaibhavam naṃdīśvarobahistiṣṭhanpañcākṣaramupāsate
Behind the station of Nandi they do not know Śiva's glory; Nandīśvara, standing outside, worships the five-syllable (mantra).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.119
एवं गुरुक्रमाल्लब्धं नंदीशाच्च मयापुनः ततः परंस्वसंवेद्यं शिवे नैवानुभावितम्
evaṃ gurukramāllabdhaṃ naṃdīśācca mayāpunaḥ tataḥ paraṃsvasaṃvedyaṃ śive naivānubhāvitam
Thus it was obtained by me through the succession of teachers, and again from Nandīśa; beyond that it is to be known by oneself, experienced only in Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.120
शिवस्यकृपयासाक्षाच्छिवलोकस्यवैभवम् विज्ञातुंशक्यते सर्वैर्नान्यथेत्याहुरास्तिकाः
śivasyakṛpayāsākṣācchivalokasyavaibhavam vijñātuṃśakyate sarvairnānyathetyāhurāstikāḥ
By Śiva's grace directly the glory of Śiva's world can be known by all, and not otherwise—so say the faithful.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.121
एवंक्रमेणमुक्ताःस्युर्ब्राह्मणावैजितेंद्रियः अन्येषां च क्रमंवक्ष्ये गदतः शृणुतादरात्
evaṃkrameṇamuktāḥsyurbrāhmaṇāvaijiteṃdriyaḥ anyeṣāṃ ca kramaṃvakṣye gadataḥ śṛṇutādarāt
In this sequence brahmins whose senses are subdued become liberated. I shall also declare the sequence for others; listen attentively as (I) speak.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.122
गुरूपदेशाज्जाप्यंवैब्राह्मणानांनमो ऽंतकम् पञ्चाक्षरं पञ्चलक्षमायुष्यंप्रजपेद्विधिः
gurūpadeśājjāpyaṃvaibrāhmaṇānāṃnamo 'ṃtakam pañcākṣaraṃ pañcalakṣamāyuṣyaṃprajapedvidhiḥ
By the guru's instruction the mantra to be muttered by brahmins ends in 'namaḥ'; the rule is that one should recite the five-syllable (mantra) five hundred thousand times for long life.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.123
स्त्रीत्वापनयनार्थंतुपञ्चलक्षंजपेत्पुनः मंत्रेणपुरुषोभूत्वाक्रमान्मुक्तोभवेद्बुधः
strītvāpanayanārthaṃtupañcalakṣaṃjapetpunaḥ maṃtreṇapuruṣobhūtvākramānmuktobhavedbudhaḥ
But for the removal of womanhood one should recite five hundred thousand again; having become a man by the mantra, the wise one becomes step by step liberated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.124
क्षत्रियःपञ्चलक्षेणक्षत्त्रत्वमपनेष्यति पुनश्चपञ्चलक्षेणक्षत्त्रियोब्राह्मणोभवेत्
kṣatriyaḥpañcalakṣeṇakṣattratvamapaneṣyati punaścapañcalakṣeṇakṣattriyobrāhmaṇobhavet
A kṣatriya, by five hundred thousand (recitations), will remove kṣatriya-hood; and again, by five hundred thousand, the kṣatriya becomes a brahmin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.125
मंत्रसिद्धिर्जपाच्चैवक्रमान्मुक्तोभवैन्नरः वैश्यस्तुपञ्चलक्षेणवैश्यत्वमपनेष्यति
maṃtrasiddhirjapāccaivakramānmuktobhavainnaraḥ vaiśyastupañcalakṣeṇavaiśyatvamapaneṣyati
And from recitation comes the mantra's efficacy; the man becomes liberated step by step. But a vaiśya, by five hundred thousand, will remove vaiśya-hood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.126
पुनश्चपञ्चलक्षेणमंत्रक्षत्त्रिय उच्यते पुनश्चपञ्चलक्षेण क्षत्त्रत्वमपनेष्यति
punaścapañcalakṣeṇamaṃtrakṣattriya ucyate punaścapañcalakṣeṇa kṣattratvamapaneṣyati
And again, by five hundred thousand, he is called a mantra-kṣatriya; and again, by five hundred thousand, he will remove kṣatriya-hood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.127
पुनश्चपञ्चलक्षेणमंत्रब्राह्मण उच्यते शूद्रश्चैवनम्ॐतेन पञ्चविंशतिलक्षतः
punaścapañcalakṣeṇamaṃtrabrāhmaṇa ucyate śūdraścaivanamoṃtena pañcaviṃśatilakṣataḥ
And again, by five hundred thousand, he is called a mantra-brahmin. And a śūdra, with the (mantra) ending in 'namaḥ', by two million five hundred thousand—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.128
मंत्रविप्रत्वमापद्य पश्चाच्छुद्धो भवेद्द्विजः नारीवाथ नरो वाथ ब्राह्मणो वान्य एव वा
maṃtravipratvamāpadya paścācchuddho bhaveddvijaḥ nārīvātha naro vātha brāhmaṇo vānya eva vā
—having attained mantra-brahminhood, thereafter the twice-born becomes pure. Whether a woman, or a man, or a brahmin, or anyone else at all—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.129
नमोन्तं वा नमः पूर्वमातुरः सर्वमातुरः सर्वदा जपेत् ततः स्त्रीणांतथैवोह्यगुरुर्निर्दर्शयेत्क्रमात्
namontaṃ vā namaḥ pūrvamāturaḥ sarvamāturaḥ sarvadā japet tataḥ strīṇāṃtathaivohyagururnirdarśayetkramāt
—one should recite it always with 'namaḥ' at the end, or with 'namaḥ' first; the afflicted, one afflicted in every way, should recite always. Then for women likewise the guru should demonstrate the sequence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.130
साधकः पञ्चलक्षान्ते शिवप्रीत्यर्थमेव हि महाभिषेक नैवेद्यं कृत्वा भक्तांश्च पूजयेत्
sādhakaḥ pañcalakṣānte śivaprītyarthameva hi mahābhiṣeka naivedyaṃ kṛtvā bhaktāṃśca pūjayet
At the completion of five hundred thousand the adept, just for the sake of Śiva's pleasure, having performed the great ablution and the food-offering, should also worship the devotees.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.131
पूजया शिवभक्तस्य शिवः प्रीततरो भवेत् शिवस्य शिवभक्तस्य भेदो नास्ति शिवो हि सः
pūjayā śivabhaktasya śivaḥ prītataro bhavet śivasya śivabhaktasya bhedo nāsti śivo hi saḥ
By the worship of a devotee of Śiva, Śiva becomes yet more pleased; there is no difference between Śiva and Śiva's devotee—he is indeed Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.132
शिवस्वरूपमंत्रस्यधारणाच्छिव एव हि शिवभक्तशरीरे हि शिवेतत्परमोभवेत्
śivasvarūpamaṃtrasyadhāraṇācchiva eva hi śivabhaktaśarīre hi śivetatparamobhavet
By bearing the mantra whose very form is Śiva, (he is) Śiva himself; for in the body of a devotee of Śiva, O Śiva (Devī), that supreme one comes to be present.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.133
शिवभक्ताः क्रियाः सर्वा वेदसर्वक्रियांविदुः यावद्यावच्छिवंमंत्रंयेनजप्तंभवेत्क्रमात्
śivabhaktāḥ kriyāḥ sarvā vedasarvakriyāṃviduḥ yāvadyāvacchivaṃmaṃtraṃyenajaptaṃbhavetkramāt
All the acts of Śiva's devotees—these they know as all the Vedic acts. For however much the Śiva-mantra has been recited by someone, step by step,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.134
तावद्वैशिवसान्निध्यं तस्मिन्देहे न संशयः देवीलिंगंभवेद्रूपं शिवभक्तस्त्रियास्तथा
tāvadvaiśivasānnidhyaṃ tasmindehe na saṃśayaḥ devīliṃgaṃbhavedrūpaṃ śivabhaktastriyāstathā
just so long is Śiva's presence in that body, without doubt. And the form would become a Devī-liṅga, likewise for a woman who is a devotee of Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.135
यावन्मंत्रंजपेद्देव्यास्तावत्सान्निध्यमस्ति हि शिवंसंपूजयेद्धीमान्स्वयंवैशब्दरूपभाक्
yāvanmaṃtraṃjapeddevyāstāvatsānnidhyamasti hi śivaṃsaṃpūjayeddhīmānsvayaṃvaiśabdarūpabhāk
As long as one recites the Goddess's mantra, just so long her presence exists. The wise one should fully worship Śiva, himself partaking of the form of sound.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.136
स्वयंचैवशिवोभूत्वापरांशक्तिंप्रपूजयेत् शक्तिंबेरंचलिंगं च ह्यालेख्यामाययायजेत्
svayaṃcaivaśivobhūtvāparāṃśaktiṃprapūjayet śaktiṃberaṃcaliṃgaṃ ca hyālekhyāmāyayāyajet
And having himself become Śiva, he should worship the supreme Śakti; and he should worship the Śakti-image and the liṅga, and also a painted (image) by means of māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.137
शिवलिंगं शिवंमत्वास्वात्मानंशक्तिरूपकम् शक्तिलिंगंचदेवींचमत्वास्वंशिवरूपकम्
śivaliṃgaṃ śivaṃmatvāsvātmānaṃśaktirūpakam śaktiliṃgaṃcadevīṃcamatvāsvaṃśivarūpakam
Regarding the śiva-liṅga as Śiva and oneself as having the form of Śakti; and regarding the śakti-liṅga as the Goddess and oneself as having the form of Śiva —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.138
शिवलिंगंनादरूपबिंदुरूपंतुशक्तिकम् उपप्रधानभावेन अन्योन्यासक्तलिंगकम्
śivaliṃgaṃnādarūpabiṃdurūpaṃtuśaktikam upapradhānabhāvena anyonyāsaktaliṃgakam
The śiva-liṅga is of the form of sound (nāda), while that of Śakti is of the form of the point (bindu); by a relation of subordinate and principal, the two liṅgas are joined to one another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.139
पूजयेच्च शिवंशक्तिसशिवोमूलभावनात् शिवभक्ताञ्छिवमत्ररूपकाञ्छिवरूपकान्
pūjayecca śivaṃśaktisaśivomūlabhāvanāt śivabhaktāñchivamatrarūpakāñchivarūpakān
And one should worship Śiva and Śakti — oneself being Śiva by means of the root meditation — and (also) the devotees of Śiva, who have the form of the Śiva-mantra, who have the form of Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.140
षोडशैरुपचारैश्चपूजयेदिष्टमाप्नुयात् येनशुश्रूषणाद्यैश्च शिवभक्तस्य लिंगिनः
ṣoḍaśairupacāraiścapūjayediṣṭamāpnuyāt yenaśuśrūṣaṇādyaiśca śivabhaktasya liṃginaḥ
One should worship with the sixteen services, and (thereby) may obtain what is desired; and by which acts of attendance and the like toward a Śiva-devotee who bears the liṅga
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SiP 1 17.141
आनंदंजनयेद्विद्वाञ्छिवःप्रीततरो भवेत् शिवभक्तान्सपत्नीकान्पत्न्यासहसदैवतत्
ānaṃdaṃjanayedvidvāñchivaḥprītataro bhavet śivabhaktānsapatnīkānpatnyāsahasadaivatat
the learned man should produce joy, Śiva becomes yet more pleased. (One should honour) the devotees of Śiva together with their wives, oneself together with one's wife — always that.
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SiP 1 17.142
पूजयेद्भोजनाद्यैश्चपञ्चवादशवाशतम् धनेदेहेचमंत्रेचभावनायामवंचकः
pūjayedbhojanādyaiścapañcavādaśavāśatam dhanedehecamaṃtrecabhāvanāyāmavaṃcakaḥ
One should worship (them) with food and the rest — five, or ten, or a hundred — being without deceit in wealth, in body, in mantra, and in conviction.
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SiP 1 17.143
शिवशक्तिस्वरूपेणनपुनर्जायते भुवि नाभेरधो ब्रह्मभागमाकंठंविष्णुभागकम्
śivaśaktisvarūpeṇanapunarjāyate bhuvi nābheradho brahmabhāgamākaṃṭhaṃviṣṇubhāgakam
By (attaining) the very nature of Śiva and Śakti, he is not born again on earth. Below the navel is the portion of Brahmā; up to the throat is the portion of Viṣṇu;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.144
मुखंलिंगमितिप्रोक्तंशिवभक्तशरीरकम् मृतान्दाहादियुक्तान्वादाहादिरहितान्मृतान्
mukhaṃliṃgamitiproktaṃśivabhaktaśarīrakam mṛtāndāhādiyuktānvādāhādirahitānmṛtān
the head is said to be the liṅga — such is the body of a Śiva-devotee. Those who have died and received cremation and the other (rites), or those who have died without cremation and the rest —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.145
उद्दिश्यपूजयेदादिपितरंशिवमेवहि पूजांकृत्वादिमातुश्चशिवभक्तांश्च पूजयेत्
uddiśyapūjayedādipitaraṃśivamevahi pūjāṃkṛtvādimātuścaśivabhaktāṃśca pūjayet
having them as the intended recipients, one should worship the primal father, Śiva himself; and having performed the worship of the primal mother, one should worship the devotees of Śiva as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.146
पितृलोकंसमासाद्यक्रमान्मुक्तोभवेन्मृतः क्रियायुक्तदशभ्यश्चतपोयुक्तोविशिष्यते
pitṛlokaṃsamāsādyakramānmuktobhavenmṛtaḥ kriyāyuktadaśabhyaścatapoyuktoviśiṣyate
Having reached the world of the fathers, the dead one becomes liberated in due course. And than ten men engaged in ritual action, one engaged in austerity is superior.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.147
तपोयुक्तशतेभ्यश्चजपयुक्तोविशिष्यते जपयुक्तसहस्रेभ्यः शिवज्ञानी विशिष्यते
tapoyuktaśatebhyaścajapayuktoviśiṣyate japayuktasahasrebhyaḥ śivajñānī viśiṣyate
And than a hundred engaged in austerity, one engaged in recitation is superior; than a thousand engaged in recitation, one who knows Śiva is superior.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.148
शिवज्ञानिषुलक्षेषु ध्यानयुक्तो विशिष्यते ध्यानयुक्तेषु कोटिभ्यः समाधिस्थो विशिष्यते
śivajñāniṣulakṣeṣu dhyānayukto viśiṣyate dhyānayukteṣu koṭibhyaḥ samādhistho viśiṣyate
Among a hundred thousand knowers of Śiva, one engaged in meditation is superior; than ten million engaged in meditation, one established in samādhi is superior.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.149
उत्तरोत्तर वै शिष्ट्यात्पूजायामुत्तरोत्तरम् फलंवैशिष्ट्यरूपञ्चदुर्विज्ञेयंमनीषिभिः
uttarottara vai śiṣṭyātpūjāyāmuttarottaram phalaṃvaiśiṣṭyarūpañcadurvijñeyaṃmanīṣibhiḥ
By this successively (increasing) superiority, in worship (there is) a successively higher fruit and a form of excellence, hard for the thoughtful to comprehend.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.150
तस्माद्वैशिवभक्तस्यमहिमानंवेत्तिकोनरः शिवशक्त्योः पूजनं च शिवभक्तस्य पूजनम्
tasmādvaiśivabhaktasyamahimānaṃvettikonaraḥ śivaśaktyoḥ pūjanaṃ ca śivabhaktasya pūjanam
Therefore, whatever man knows the greatness of a Śiva-devotee, and (whatever man) the worship of Śiva and Śakti and the worship of a Śiva-devotee
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SiP 1 17.151
कुरुतेयोनरोभक्त्यासशिवः शिवमेधते य इमं पठते ऽध्यायमर्थवद्वेदसंमतम्
kuruteyonarobhaktyāsaśivaḥ śivamedhate ya imaṃ paṭhate 'dhyāyamarthavadvedasaṃmatam
performs with devotion, he, being Śiva, prospers as Śiva. Whoever recites this chapter, full of meaning and approved by the Veda,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 17.152
शिवज्ञानीभवेद्विप्रःशिवेन सहमोदते श्रावयेच्छिवभक्तांश्चविशेषज्ञो मनीश्वराः
śivajñānībhavedvipraḥśivena sahamodate śrāvayecchivabhaktāṃścaviśeṣajño manīśvarāḥ
that brahmin becomes a knower of Śiva, he rejoices together with Śiva; and one who knows it particularly well should cause the devotees of Śiva to hear it, O lords among sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 17.153
शिवप्रसादशिद्धिः स्याच्छिवस्यकृपया बुधाः
śivaprasādaśiddhiḥ syācchivasyakṛpayā budhāḥ
May the attainment of Śiva's grace come about, by the compassion of Śiva, O wise ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition