Shiva Purana — Vidyeshvara Samhita — Chapter 18
SiP 1 18.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे विद्येश्वरसंहितायां सप्तदशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् १८ ऋष्य ऊचुः बंधमोक्षस्वरूपं हि ब्रूहि सर्वार्थवित्तम सूत उवाच बंधमोक्षंतथोपायंवक्ष्ये ऽहंशृणुतादरात्
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ saptadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 18 ṛṣya ūcuḥ baṃdhamokṣasvarūpaṃ hi brūhi sarvārthavittama sūta uvāca baṃdhamokṣaṃtathopāyaṃvakṣye 'haṃśṛṇutādarāt
Thus the seventeenth chapter in the Vidyeśvara-saṃhitā of the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa. Chapter 18. The sages said: Tell us the very nature of bondage and liberation, O best knower of all things. Sūta said: I shall speak of bondage, of liberation, and of the means (to it); listen attentively.
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SiP 1 18.2
प्रकृत्याद्यष्टबंधेनबद्धोजीवः स उच्यते प्रकृत्याद्यष्टबंधेननिर्मुक्तोमुक्त उच्यते
prakṛtyādyaṣṭabaṃdhenabaddhojīvaḥ sa ucyate prakṛtyādyaṣṭabaṃdhenanirmuktomukta ucyate
He who is bound by the eightfold bond beginning with primal matter (prakṛti) is called a soul (jīva); he who is wholly released from the eightfold bond beginning with prakṛti is called liberated.
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SiP 1 18.3
प्रकृत्यादिवशीकारोमोक्ष इत्युच्यतेस्वतः बद्धजीवस्तुनिर्मुक्तोमुक्तजीवः स कथ्यते
prakṛtyādivaśīkāromokṣa ityucyatesvataḥ baddhajīvastunirmuktomuktajīvaḥ sa kathyate
Mastery over prakṛti and the rest is of itself called liberation; the bound soul, once released, is said to be a liberated soul.
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SiP 1 18.4
प्रकृत्यग्रेततोबुद्धिरहंकारोगुणात्मकः पञ्चतन्मात्रमित्येतेप्रकृत्याद्यष्टकंविदुः
prakṛtyagretatobuddhirahaṃkāroguṇātmakaḥ pañcatanmātramityeteprakṛtyādyaṣṭakaṃviduḥ
Prakṛti first, then buddhi, ahaṃkāra which consists of the guṇas, and the five subtle elements (tanmātras) — these (eight) they know as the octad beginning with prakṛti.
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SiP 1 18.5
प्रकृट्याद्यष्टजोदेहोदेहजंकर्म उच्यते पुनश्चकर्मजोदेहोजन्मकर्मपुनःपुनः
prakṛṭyādyaṣṭajodehodehajaṃkarma ucyate punaścakarmajodehojanmakarmapunaḥpunaḥ
The body is born of the eight beginning with prakṛti; karma is said to be born of the body; and again the body is born of karma — (thus) birth and karma again and again.
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SiP 1 18.6
शरीरंत्रिविधंज्ञेयंस्थूलंसूक्ष्मंचकारणम् स्थूलंव्यापारदंप्रोक्तंसूक्ष्ममिंद्रियभोगदम्
śarīraṃtrividhaṃjñeyaṃsthūlaṃsūkṣmaṃcakāraṇam sthūlaṃvyāpāradaṃproktaṃsūkṣmamiṃdriyabhogadam
The body is to be known as threefold: gross, subtle, and causal. The gross is said to bestow activity, the subtle to bestow the enjoyments of the senses.
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SiP 1 18.7
कारणंत्वात्मभोगार्थंजीवकर्मानुरूपतः सुखं दुःखं पुण्यपापैः कर्मभिः फलमश्नुते
kāraṇaṃtvātmabhogārthaṃjīvakarmānurūpataḥ sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ puṇyapāpaiḥ karmabhiḥ phalamaśnute
The causal (body), however, is for the sake of the self's experience, in accordance with the jīva's karma; through karmas, meritorious and sinful, it enjoys the fruit — pleasure and pain.
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SiP 1 18.8
तस्माद्धिकर्मरज्ज्वा हि बद्धो जीवः पुनः पुनः शरीरत्रयकर्मभ्यां चक्रवद्भ्राम्यते सदा
tasmāddhikarmarajjvā hi baddho jīvaḥ punaḥ punaḥ śarīratrayakarmabhyāṃ cakravadbhrāmyate sadā
Therefore indeed the jīva, bound again and again by the rope of karma, is whirled about always like a wheel by the three bodies and by karmas.
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SiP 1 18.9
चक्रभ्रमनिवृत्यर्थं चक्रकर्तारमीडयेत् प्रकृत्यादि महाचक्रं प्रकृतेः परतः शिवः
cakrabhramanivṛtyarthaṃ cakrakartāramīḍayet prakṛtyādi mahācakraṃ prakṛteḥ parataḥ śivaḥ
In order to stop the whirling of the wheel one should praise the maker of the wheel; prakṛti and the rest are the great wheel, and beyond prakṛti is Śiva.
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SiP 1 18.10
चक्रकर्तामहेशो हि प्रकृतेः परतोयतः पिबतिवाथवमतिजीवन्बालोजलंयथा
cakrakartāmaheśo hi prakṛteḥ paratoyataḥ pibativāthavamatijīvanbālojalaṃyathā
For the maker of the wheel is Maheśa, since he is beyond prakṛti; ... he drinks, or else, being of (such) mind, alive, as a child (drinks) water.
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SiP 1 18.11
शिवस्तथा प्रकृत्यादि वशीकृत्याधितिष्ठति सर्वंवशीकृतंयस्मात्तस्माच्छिव इति स्मृतः शिव एव हि सर्वज्ञः परिपूर्णश्च निःस्पृहः
śivastathā prakṛtyādi vaśīkṛtyādhitiṣṭhati sarvaṃvaśīkṛtaṃyasmāttasmācchiva iti smṛtaḥ śiva eva hi sarvajñaḥ paripūrṇaśca niḥspṛhaḥ
So Śiva, having brought prakṛti and the rest under his control, presides over (them); since all has been brought under (his) control, he is therefore called Śiva. Śiva alone is all-knowing, wholly complete, and without craving.
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SiP 1 18.12
सर्वज्ञतातृप्तिरनादिबोधः स्वतंत्रता नित्यमलुप्तशक्तिः अनंतशक्तिश्चमहेश्वरस्य यन्मानसैश्वर्यमवैति वेदः
sarvajñatātṛptiranādibodhaḥ svataṃtratā nityamaluptaśaktiḥ anaṃtaśaktiścamaheśvarasya yanmānasaiśvaryamavaiti vedaḥ
Omniscience, contentment, beginningless awareness, independence, power that is never diminished, and infinite power belong to Maheśvara — that mental sovereignty which the Veda knows.
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SiP 1 18.13
अतः शिवप्रसादेन प्रकृत्यादिवशंभवेत् शिवप्रसादलाभार्थं शिवमेवप्रपूजयतेत्
ataḥ śivaprasādena prakṛtyādivaśaṃbhavet śivaprasādalābhārthaṃ śivamevaprapūjayatet
Therefore by Śiva's grace one may gain control over prakṛti and the rest; in order to obtain Śiva's grace one should worship Śiva alone.
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SiP 1 18.14
निःस्पृहस्य च पूर्णस्यतस्य पूजाकथं भवेत् शिवोद्देशकृतं कर्म प्रसादजनकं भवेत्
niḥspṛhasya ca pūrṇasyatasya pūjākathaṃ bhavet śivoddeśakṛtaṃ karma prasādajanakaṃ bhavet
But how can there be worship of him who is without craving and complete? An act done with Śiva as its aim becomes productive of (his) grace.
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SiP 1 18.15
लिंगेबेरेभक्तजनेशिवमुद्दिश्यपूजयेत् कायेनमनसावाचाधनेनापिप्रपूजयेत्
liṃgeberebhaktajaneśivamuddiśyapūjayet kāyenamanasāvācādhanenāpiprapūjayet
In a liṅga, in an image, in a devotee, one should worship with Śiva as the aim; with body, with mind, with speech, and also with wealth one should worship (him).
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SiP 1 18.16
पुजया तु महेशो हि प्रकृतेः परमः शिवः प्रसादंकुरुतेसत्यंपूजकस्यविशेषतः
pujayā tu maheśo hi prakṛteḥ paramaḥ śivaḥ prasādaṃkurutesatyaṃpūjakasyaviśeṣataḥ
But by worship Maheśa indeed, Śiva who is supreme over prakṛti, truly bestows grace, especially upon the worshipper.
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SiP 1 18.17
शिवप्रसादात्कर्माद्यंक्रमेणस्ववशंभवेत् कर्मारभ्यप्रकृत्यंतंयदासर्वं वशंभवेत्
śivaprasādātkarmādyaṃkrameṇasvavaśaṃbhavet karmārabhyaprakṛtyaṃtaṃyadāsarvaṃ vaśaṃbhavet
By Śiva's grace karma and the rest come gradually under one's own control; when everything from karma up to prakṛti comes under (one's) control —
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SiP 1 18.18
तदामुक्त इतिप्रोक्तःस्वात्मारामोविराजते प्रसादात्परमेशस्यकर्म देहोयदावशः
tadāmukta itiproktaḥsvātmārāmovirājate prasādātparameśasyakarma dehoyadāvaśaḥ
then he is said to be liberated; delighting in his own self, he shines. When, by the grace of the supreme Lord, karma and the body are under (his) control,
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SiP 1 18.19
तदावैशिवलोकेतुवासःसालोक्यमुच्यते सामीप्यंयातिसांबस्यतन्मात्रेचवशंगते
tadāvaiśivaloketuvāsaḥsālokyamucyate sāmīpyaṃyātisāṃbasyatanmātrecavaśaṃgate
then indeed dwelling in Śiva's world is called sālokya (sharing his world); and he attains sāmīpya (nearness) to Śiva-with-Ambā when the tanmātras too have come under control.
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SiP 1 18.20
तदातुशिवसायुज्यमायुधाद्यैः क्रियादिभिः महाप्रसादलाभेचबुद्धिश्चापिवशाभवेत्
tadātuśivasāyujyamāyudhādyaiḥ kriyādibhiḥ mahāprasādalābhecabuddhiścāpivaśābhavet
then there is union with Śiva (sāyujya) through his weapons and the like, through (his) activities and the like; and when the great grace is obtained, buddhi too comes under control.
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SiP 1 18.21
बुद्धिस्तुकार्यंप्रकृतेस्तत्सृष्टिरितिकथ्यते पुनर्महाप्रसादेनप्रकृतिर्वशमेष्यति
buddhistukāryaṃprakṛtestatsṛṣṭiritikathyate punarmahāprasādenaprakṛtirvaśameṣyati
But buddhi is the effect of prakṛti; that is called her creation. Again, by the great grace, prakṛti will come under control.
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SiP 1 18.22
शिवस्यमानसैश्वर्यंतदा ऽयत्नंभविष्यति सार्वज्ञाद्यंशिवैश्वर्यंलब्ध्वास्वात्मनि राजते
śivasyamānasaiśvaryaṃtadā 'yatnaṃbhaviṣyati sārvajñādyaṃśivaiśvaryaṃlabdhvāsvātmani rājate
Then Śiva's mental sovereignty will come about effortlessly; having obtained Śiva's lordship beginning with omniscience, he shines within his own self.
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SiP 1 18.23
तत्सायुज्यमितिप्राहुर्वेदागमपरायणाः एवंक्रमेणमुक्तिःस्याल्लिंगादौपूजयास्वतः
tatsāyujyamitiprāhurvedāgamaparāyaṇāḥ evaṃkrameṇamuktiḥsyālliṃgādaupūjayāsvataḥ
That, those devoted to Veda and Āgama call sāyujya (union). Thus, step by step, liberation comes of itself through the worship of the liṅga and the rest.
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SiP 1 18.24
अतःशिवप्रसादार्थंक्रियाद्यैःपूजयेच्छिवम् शिवक्रिया शिवतपः शिवमंत्रजपः सदा
ataḥśivaprasādārthaṃkriyādyaiḥpūjayecchivam śivakriyā śivatapaḥ śivamaṃtrajapaḥ sadā
Therefore, in order to gain Śiva's grace, one should worship Śiva with rites and the rest: Śiva-rites, austerity directed to Śiva, and constant muttering of Śiva's mantra.
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SiP 1 18.25
शिवज्ञानंशिवध्यानमुत्तरोत्तरमभ्यसेत् आसुप्तेरामृतेःकालंनयेद्वैशिवचिंतया
śivajñānaṃśivadhyānamuttarottaramabhyaset āsupterāmṛteḥkālaṃnayedvaiśivaciṃtayā
Knowledge of Śiva, meditation on Śiva — one should practise (these), each higher than the last; from waking until death one should indeed pass the time in thought of Śiva.
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SiP 1 18.26
सद्यादिभिश्चकुसुमैरर्चयेच्छिंवमेष्यति ॥ शिव्प्_१,१८। २६अब्। ऋषय ऊचुः लिंगादौशिवपूजायाविधानंब्रूहिसर्वतः
sadyādibhiścakusumairarcayecchiṃvameṣyati // śivp_1,18. 26ab/ ṛṣaya ūcuḥ liṃgādauśivapūjāyāvidhānaṃbrūhisarvataḥ
And with the Sadyojāta and other (mantras) and with flowers one should worship (him), and (Śiva) will come. The seers said: Tell us fully the rule for the worship of Śiva in the liṅga and the rest.
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SiP 1 18.27
सूत उवाच लिंगानांचक्रमंवक्ष्येयथावच्छृणुत द्विजाः तदेवलिंगं प्रथमं प्रणवं सार्वकामिकम्
sūta uvāca liṃgānāṃcakramaṃvakṣyeyathāvacchṛṇuta dvijāḥ tadevaliṃgaṃ prathamaṃ praṇavaṃ sārvakāmikam
Sūta said: I shall declare the series of liṅgas; hear it as it is, twice-born ones. That very first liṅga is the praṇava (OM), which grants all desires.
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SiP 1 18.28
सूक्ष्मप्रणवरूपंहिसूक्ष्मरूपंतुनिष्फलम् स्थूललिंगं हि सकलंतत्पञ्चाक्षरमुच्यते
sūkṣmapraṇavarūpaṃhisūkṣmarūpaṃtuniṣphalam sthūlaliṃgaṃ hi sakalaṃtatpañcākṣaramucyate
For the subtle (liṅga) has the form of the praṇava, and the subtle form is without parts (niṣkala); the gross liṅga indeed is with parts (sakala), and that is said to be the five-syllabled (mantra).
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SiP 1 18.29
तयोः पूजातपः प्रोक्तंसाक्षान्मोक्षप्रदे उभे पौरुषप्रकृतिभूतानिलिंगानिसुबहूनिच
tayoḥ pūjātapaḥ proktaṃsākṣānmokṣaprade ubhe pauruṣaprakṛtibhūtāniliṃgānisubahūnica
The worship and the austerity of those two are declared to be, both of them, directly bestowers of liberation. And the liṅgas that consist of puruṣa and of prakṛti are very many.
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SiP 1 18.30
तानि विस्तरतोवक्तुं शिवो वेत्तिनचापरः भूविकाराणिलिंगानिज्ञातानिप्रब्रवीमिवः
tāni vistaratovaktuṃ śivo vettinacāparaḥ bhūvikārāṇiliṃgānijñātāniprabravīmivaḥ
To speak of them at length — Śiva knows (how), and no other. The liṅgas that are modifications of earth, those that are known, I shall declare to you.
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SiP 1 18.31
स्वयंभूलिंगंप्रथमंबिंदुलिंगंद्वितीयकम् प्रतिष्ठितंचरंचैवगुरुलिंगंतु पञ्चमम्
svayaṃbhūliṃgaṃprathamaṃbiṃduliṃgaṃdvitīyakam pratiṣṭhitaṃcaraṃcaivaguruliṃgaṃtu pañcamam
The self-arisen (svayambhū) liṅga is first, the bindu-liṅga second, the installed (pratiṣṭhita), the movable (cara), and the guru-liṅga fifth.
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SiP 1 18.32
देवर्षितपसा तुष्टः सान्निध्यार्थंतुतत्रवै पृथिव्यन्तर्गतःशर्वोबीजं वै नादरूपतः
devarṣitapasā tuṣṭaḥ sānnidhyārthaṃtutatravai pṛthivyantargataḥśarvobījaṃ vai nādarūpataḥ
Pleased by the austerity of the gods and seers, in order to be present there, Śarva, having entered within the earth, (became) the seed in the form of sound (nāda).
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SiP 1 18.33
स्थावरांकुरवद्भूमिमुद्भिद्य व्यक्त एव सः स्वयंभूतं जातमिति स्वयंभूरिति तं विदुः
sthāvarāṃkuravadbhūmimudbhidya vyakta eva saḥ svayaṃbhūtaṃ jātamiti svayaṃbhūriti taṃ viduḥ
Bursting through the earth like the sprout of a plant, he indeed became manifest; because it arose of itself (svayaṃbhūtam), they know it as svayambhū.
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SiP 1 18.34
तल्लिंगपूजया ज्ञानं स्वयमेव प्रवर्धते सुवर्णरजतादौ वा पृथिव्यांस्थिंडिलेपिवा
talliṃgapūjayā jñānaṃ svayameva pravardhate suvarṇarajatādau vā pṛthivyāṃsthiṃḍilepivā
By the worship of that liṅga, knowledge grows of its own accord — whether on gold, silver and the like, or on the ground, or on a levelled altar-spot.
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SiP 1 18.35
स्वहस्ताल्लिखितं लिंगं शुद्धप्रणवमंत्रकम् यंत्रलिंगं समालिख्य प्रतिष्ठावाहनं चरेत्
svahastāllikhitaṃ liṃgaṃ śuddhapraṇavamaṃtrakam yaṃtraliṃgaṃ samālikhya pratiṣṭhāvāhanaṃ caret
A liṅga written by one's own hand, having the pure praṇava as its mantra — having drawn out the yantra-liṅga, one should perform its installation and invocation.
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SiP 1 18.36
बिंदुनादमयंलिंगंस्थावरंजंगमंचयत् भावनामयमेतद्धि शिवदृष्टं न संशयः
biṃdunādamayaṃliṃgaṃsthāvaraṃjaṃgamaṃcayat bhāvanāmayametaddhi śivadṛṣṭaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
The liṅga consisting of bindu and nāda, whether fixed or movable — this indeed consists of contemplation (bhāvanā), and is seen by Śiva; there is no doubt.
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SiP 1 18.37
यत्र विश्वस्यते शंभुस्तत्र तस्मै फलप्रदः स्वहस्ताल्लिख्यते यंत्रे स्थावरादावकृत्रिमे
yatra viśvasyate śaṃbhustatra tasmai phalapradaḥ svahastāllikhyate yaṃtre sthāvarādāvakṛtrime
Wherever Śambhu is trusted, there he grants fruit to that (worshipper). It is written by one's own hand on a yantra, or on a fixed, uncontrived (object) and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.38
आवाह्यपूजयेच्छंभुंषोडशैरुपचारकैः स्वयमैस्वर्यमाप्नोतिज्ञानमभ्यासतोभवेत्
āvāhyapūjayecchaṃbhuṃṣoḍaśairupacārakaiḥ svayamaisvaryamāpnotijñānamabhyāsatobhavet
Having invoked (him), one should worship Śambhu with the sixteen services; one attains lordship oneself, and knowledge arises from practice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.39
देवैश्च ऋषिभिश्चापिस्वात्मसिद्ध्यर्थमेवहि समंत्रेणात्महस्तेनकृतंयच्छुद्धमंडले
devaiśca ṛṣibhiścāpisvātmasiddhyarthamevahi samaṃtreṇātmahastenakṛtaṃyacchuddhamaṃḍale
And by the gods and by the seers too, just for the sake of their own attainment, what was made with mantra by their own hand upon a pure maṇḍala —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.40
शुद्धभावनया चैवस्थापितं लिंगमुत्तमम् तल्लिंगंपौरुषं प्राहुस्तत्प्रतिष्ठितमुच्यते
śuddhabhāvanayā caivasthāpitaṃ liṃgamuttamam talliṃgaṃpauruṣaṃ prāhustatpratiṣṭhitamucyate
and the excellent liṅga established with pure contemplation — that liṅga they call pauruṣa (belonging to puruṣa), and that is termed 'installed' (pratiṣṭhita).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.41
तल्लिंगपूजयानित्यंपौरुषैश्वर्यमाप्नुयात् महद्भिर्ब्राह्मणैश्चापिराजभिश्चमहाधनैः
talliṃgapūjayānityaṃpauruṣaiśvaryamāpnuyāt mahadbhirbrāhmaṇaiścāpirājabhiścamahādhanaiḥ
By constant worship of that liṅga one would obtain the lordship belonging to puruṣa. And by great brahmins and by kings of great wealth —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.42
शिल्पिनाकल्पितंलिंगंमंत्रेणस्थापितंचयत् प्रतिष्ठितंप्राकृतंहिप्राकृतैश्वर्यभोगदम्
śilpinākalpitaṃliṃgaṃmaṃtreṇasthāpitaṃcayat pratiṣṭhitaṃprākṛtaṃhiprākṛtaiśvaryabhogadam
the liṅga fashioned by a craftsman and installed with mantra is the prākṛta installed (liṅga), granting the lordship and enjoyment belonging to prakṛti.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.43
यदूर्जितंचनित्यं च तद्धि पौरुषमुच्यते यद्दुर्बलमनित्यं च तद्धि प्राकृतमुच्यते
yadūrjitaṃcanityaṃ ca taddhi pauruṣamucyate yaddurbalamanityaṃ ca taddhi prākṛtamucyate
That which is strong and permanent, that indeed is called pauruṣa; that which is weak and impermanent, that indeed is called prākṛta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.44
लिंगंनाभिस्तथाजिह्वानासाग्रञ्चशिखाक्रमात् कट्यादिषुत्रिलोकेषु लिंगमाध्यात्मिकंचरम्
liṃgaṃnābhistathājihvānāsāgrañcaśikhākramāt kaṭyādiṣutrilokeṣu liṃgamādhyātmikaṃcaram
The liṅga (is located) at the navel, likewise the tongue, the tip of the nose, and the crest, in that order; in the three worlds beginning with the hips the inner (ādhyātmika) liṅga is a moving one.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.45
पर्वतंपौरुषं प्रोक्तंभूतलं प्राकृतं विदुः वृक्षादि पौरुषं ज्ञेयं गुल्मादि प्राकृतं विदुः
parvataṃpauruṣaṃ proktaṃbhūtalaṃ prākṛtaṃ viduḥ vṛkṣādi pauruṣaṃ jñeyaṃ gulmādi prākṛtaṃ viduḥ
A mountain is called pauruṣa (of man), while the surface of the earth they know as prākṛta (of nature); a tree and the like is to be known as pauruṣa, bushes and the like they know as prākṛta.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.46
षाष्टिकं प्राकृतं ज्ञेयं शालिगोधूमपौरुषम् ऐश्वर्यं पौरुषं विद्यादणिमाद्यष्टसिद्धिदम्
ṣāṣṭikaṃ prākṛtaṃ jñeyaṃ śāligodhūmapauruṣam aiśvaryaṃ pauruṣaṃ vidyādaṇimādyaṣṭasiddhidam
The sixty-day rice is to be known as prākṛta, while śāli rice and wheat are pauruṣa; one should know lordship to be pauruṣa, which grants the eight powers beginning with aṇimā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.47
सुस्त्रीधनादिविषयं प्राकृतं प्राहुरास्तिकाः प्रथमं चरलिंगेषु रसलिंगं प्रकथ्यते
sustrīdhanādiviṣayaṃ prākṛtaṃ prāhurāstikāḥ prathamaṃ caraliṃgeṣu rasaliṃgaṃ prakathyate
What has a good wife, wealth and the like for its object, the believers call prākṛta. First among the moving liṅgas, the mercury liṅga (rasaliṅga) is now expounded.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.48
रसलिंगंब्राह्मणानांसर्वाभीष्टप्रदंभवेत् बाणलिंगंक्षत्रियाणां महाराज्यप्रदंशुभम्
rasaliṃgaṃbrāhmaṇānāṃsarvābhīṣṭapradaṃbhavet bāṇaliṃgaṃkṣatriyāṇāṃ mahārājyapradaṃśubham
The mercury liṅga is, for brāhmaṇas, the giver of all that is desired; the bāṇa liṅga is auspicious for kṣatriyas, granting great kingship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.49
स्वर्णलिंगं तु वैश्यानांमहाधनपतित्वदम् शिलालिंगंतुशूद्राणांमहाशुद्धिकरंशुभम्
svarṇaliṃgaṃ tu vaiśyānāṃmahādhanapatitvadam śilāliṃgaṃtuśūdrāṇāṃmahāśuddhikaraṃśubham
But the golden liṅga, for vaiśyas, confers the lordship of great wealth; the stone liṅga, for śūdras, is auspicious and works great purification.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.50
स्फाटिकंबाणलिंगं च सर्वेषांसर्वकामदम् स्वीयाभावे ऽन्यदीयंतुपूजायांननिषिद्ध्यते
sphāṭikaṃbāṇaliṃgaṃ ca sarveṣāṃsarvakāmadam svīyābhāve 'nyadīyaṃtupūjāyāṃnaniṣiddhyate
The crystal liṅga and the bāṇa liṅga grant all wishes to all; in the absence of one's own, another's is not forbidden for worship.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.51
स्त्रीणांतुपार्थिवंलिंगंसभत्ःणांविशेषतः विधवानांप्रवृत्तानांस्फाटिकं परिकीर्तितम्
strīṇāṃtupārthivaṃliṃgaṃsabhatḥṇāṃviśeṣataḥ vidhavānāṃpravṛttānāṃsphāṭikaṃ parikīrtitam
For women the earthen liṅga (is prescribed), especially for those who have husbands; for widows still engaged (in worldly life) the crystal one is declared.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.52
विधवानां निवृत्तानां रसलिंगं विशिष्यते बाल्येवायौवनेवापिवार्धकेवापिसुव्रताः
vidhavānāṃ nivṛttānāṃ rasaliṃgaṃ viśiṣyate bālyevāyauvanevāpivārdhakevāpisuvratāḥ
For widows who have withdrawn (from worldly life) the mercury liṅga is preferred—whether in childhood, or in youth, or in old age, O you of good vows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.53
शुद्धस्फटिकलिंगंतुस्त्रीणांतत्सर्वभोगदम् प्रवृत्तानांपीठपूजासर्वाभीष्टप्रदा भुवि
śuddhasphaṭikaliṃgaṃtustrīṇāṃtatsarvabhogadam pravṛttānāṃpīṭhapūjāsarvābhīṣṭapradā bhuvi
But the liṅga of pure crystal grants women all enjoyments; for those engaged (in worldly life) the worship of the pedestal grants on earth everything desired.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.54
पात्रेणैवप्रवृत्तस्तुसर्वपूजांसमाचरेत् अभिषेकांतेनैवेद्यंशाल्यन्नेनसमाचरेत्
pātreṇaivapravṛttastusarvapūjāṃsamācaret abhiṣekāṃtenaivedyaṃśālyannenasamācaret
One who is engaged (in worldly life) should perform the whole worship with a vessel; he should carry out (the rites) from the ablution up to the food offering with cooked śāli rice.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.55
पूजांतेस्थापयेल्लिंगंसंपुटेषुपृथग्गृहे करपूजानिवृत्तानांस्वभोज्यंतुनिवेदयेत्
pūjāṃtesthāpayelliṃgaṃsaṃpuṭeṣupṛthaggṛhe karapūjānivṛttānāṃsvabhojyaṃtunivedayet
At the end of the worship one should set the liṅga in caskets in a separate room; for those withdrawn (who practise) worship in the hand, one should offer one's own food.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.56
निवृत्तानांपरंसूक्ष्मलिंगमेवविशिष्यते विभूत्यभ्यर्चनं कुर्याद्विभूतिंचनिवेदयेत्
nivṛttānāṃparaṃsūkṣmaliṃgamevaviśiṣyate vibhūtyabhyarcanaṃ kuryādvibhūtiṃcanivedayet
For those who have withdrawn, the supreme subtle liṅga alone is preferred; one should perform the worship with sacred ash and should also offer sacred ash.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.57
पूजांकृत्वाथतल्लिंगंशिरसाधारयेत्सदा विभूतिस्त्रिविधाप्रोक्तालोकवेदशिवाग्निभिः
pūjāṃkṛtvāthatalliṃgaṃśirasādhārayetsadā vibhūtistrividhāproktālokavedaśivāgnibhiḥ
Having done the worship, one should then always bear that liṅga upon the head. Sacred ash is declared to be of three kinds, according to the worldly, the Vedic, and the Śiva fires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.58
लोकाग्निजमथो भस्मद्रव्यशुद्ध्यर्थमावहेत् मृद्दारुलोहरूपाणांधान्यानांचतथैवच
lokāgnijamatho bhasmadravyaśuddhyarthamāvahet mṛddāruloharūpāṇāṃdhānyānāṃcatathaivaca
Then one should bring the ash born of worldly fire for the purification of substances—of things made of clay, wood and metal, and likewise of grains,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.59
तिलादीनां च द्रव्याणांवस्त्रादीनांतथैव च तथापर्युषितानांचभस्मनाशिद्धिरिष्यते
tilādīnāṃ ca dravyāṇāṃvastrādīnāṃtathaiva ca tathāparyuṣitānāṃcabhasmanāśiddhiriṣyate
and of substances such as sesame, and likewise of cloths and the like, and also of things gone stale: their purification is held to be (accomplished) by ash.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.60
श्वादिभिर्दूषितानांचभस्मनाशुद्धिरिष्यते सजलंनिर्जलंभस्म यथायोग्यं तु योजयेत्
śvādibhirdūṣitānāṃcabhasmanāśuddhiriṣyate sajalaṃnirjalaṃbhasma yathāyogyaṃ tu yojayet
And of things defiled by dogs and the like, purification is held to be by ash; one should apply the ash wet or dry, as is fitting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.61
वेदाग्निजंतथाभस्मतत्कर्मांतेषु धारयेत् मंत्रेणक्रिययाजन्यंकर्माग्नौ भस्मरूपधृक्
vedāgnijaṃtathābhasmatatkarmāṃteṣu dhārayet maṃtreṇakriyayājanyaṃkarmāgnau bhasmarūpadhṛk
Likewise the ash born of the Vedic fire one should bear at the conclusion of those rites; whatever is produced by mantra and by ritual act takes the form of ash in the fire of the rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.62
तद्भस्मधारणात्कर्म स्वात्मन्यारोपितं भवेत् अघोरेणात्मंत्रेण बिल्वकाष्ठंप्रदाहयेत्
tadbhasmadhāraṇātkarma svātmanyāropitaṃ bhavet aghoreṇātmaṃtreṇa bilvakāṣṭhaṃpradāhayet
By bearing that ash the ritual act becomes deposited in one's own self. With the Aghora mantra one should burn bilva wood.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.63
शिवाग्निरितिसंप्रोक्तस्तेनदग्धंशिवाग्निजम् कपिलागोमयं पूर्वं केवलं गव्यमेव वा
śivāgniritisaṃproktastenadagdhaṃśivāgnijam kapilāgomayaṃ pūrvaṃ kevalaṃ gavyameva vā
That is called the Śiva fire; what is burnt by it is born of the Śiva fire. (One should use) first the dung of a tawny cow, or else simply what comes from a cow.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.64
शम्यस्वत्थपलाशान्वावटारम्वधबिल्वकान् शिवाग्निनादहेच्छुद्धंतद्वैभस्म शिवाग्निजम्
śamyasvatthapalāśānvāvaṭāramvadhabilvakān śivāgninādahecchuddhaṃtadvaibhasma śivāgnijam
Śamī, aśvattha, palāśa, or vaṭa, and āragvadha and bilva (woods) — one should burn (them) with the Śiva-fire; that pure ash is indeed the ash born of the Śiva-fire.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.65
दर्भाग्नौ वादहेत्काष्ठंशिवमंत्रंसमुच्चरन् सम्यक्संशोध्यवस्त्रेणनवकुंभेनिधापयेत्
darbhāgnau vādahetkāṣṭhaṃśivamaṃtraṃsamuccaran samyaksaṃśodhyavastreṇanavakuṃbhenidhāpayet
Or he should burn the wood in a darbha-grass fire while reciting the Śiva mantra; having thoroughly strained (it) with a cloth, he should store (it) in a new pot.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.66
दीप्त्यर्थं तत्तु संग्राह्यं मन्यते पूज्यतेपि च भस्मशब्दार्थ एवं हि शिवःपूर्वंतथा ऽकरोत्
dīptyarthaṃ tattu saṃgrāhyaṃ manyate pūjyatepi ca bhasmaśabdārtha evaṃ hi śivaḥpūrvaṃtathā 'karot
But that is to be collected for the sake of radiance; it is held in esteem and is also honoured. Such indeed is the meaning of the word bhasma, for Śiva did so formerly.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.67
यथास्वविषयेराजासारंगृह्णातियत्करम् यथामनुष्याःसस्यादीन्दग्ध्वासारंभजंतिवै
yathāsvaviṣayerājāsāraṃgṛhṇātiyatkaram yathāmanuṣyāḥsasyādīndagdhvāsāraṃbhajaṃtivai
As a king in his own territory takes the best part, whatever tax (there is); as men, having burnt grain and the like, partake of its essence—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.68
यथाहिजाठराग्निश्चभक्ष्यादीन्विविधान्बहून् दग्ध्वासारतरंसारात्स्वदेहंपरिपुष्यति
yathāhijāṭharāgniścabhakṣyādīnvividhānbahūn dagdhvāsārataraṃsārātsvadehaṃparipuṣyati
As indeed the belly-fire, having burnt the many and various foods, nourishes its own body with what is more essential than the essence—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.69
तथाप्रपञ्चकर्तापिसशिवःपरमेश्वरः स्वाधिष्ठेयप्रपञ्चस्यदग्ध्वासारंगृहीतवान्
tathāprapañcakartāpisaśivaḥparameśvaraḥ svādhiṣṭheyaprapañcasyadagdhvāsāraṃgṛhītavān
So too Śiva, the supreme Lord, the maker of the manifold world, having burnt the manifold that is to be governed by him, took its essence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.70
दग्ध्वाप्रपञ्चंतद्भस्मस्वात्मन्यारोपयच्छिवः उद्धूलनेनव्याजेन जगत्सारं गृहीतवान्
dagdhvāprapañcaṃtadbhasmasvātmanyāropayacchivaḥ uddhūlanenavyājena jagatsāraṃ gṛhītavān
Having burnt the manifold world, Śiva applied that ash to his own body; under the pretext of smearing himself, he took the essence of the world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.71
स्वरत्नंस्थापयामास स्वकीयेहिशरीरके केशमाकाशसारेणवायुसारेणवैमुखम्
svaratnaṃsthāpayāmāsa svakīyehiśarīrake keśamākāśasāreṇavāyusāreṇavaimukham
He set his own jewel upon his own body: the hair with the essence of space, the face with the essence of wind,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.72
हृदयंचाग्निसारेणत्वपांसारेणवैकटिम् जानुचावनिसारेणतद्वत्सर्वं तदंगकम्
hṛdayaṃcāgnisāreṇatvapāṃsāreṇavaikaṭim jānucāvanisāreṇatadvatsarvaṃ tadaṃgakam
the heart with the essence of fire, the waist with the essence of the waters, and the knees with the essence of earth, and likewise all that body of his.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.73
ब्रह्मविष्ण्वोश्चरुद्राणांसारंचैवत्रिपुंड्रकम् तथातिलकरूपेणललाटान्तेमहेश्वरः
brahmaviṣṇvoścarudrāṇāṃsāraṃcaivatripuṃḍrakam tathātilakarūpeṇalalāṭāntemaheśvaraḥ
And the essence of Brahmā, of Viṣṇu and of the Rudras is the triple line; and so Maheśvara (wears it) in the form of a tilaka on the forehead.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.74
भवृद्ध्यासर्वमेतद्धिमन्यतेस्वयमैत्यसौ प्रपञ्चसारसर्वस्वमनेनैववशीकृतम्
bhavṛddhyāsarvametaddhimanyatesvayamaityasau prapañcasārasarvasvamanenaivavaśīkṛtam
By this increase he holds all this to be his own; the whole essence of the manifold world has been mastered by this very (ash).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.75
तस्मादस्यवशीकर्तानास्तीतिसशिवःस्मृतः यथासर्वमृगाणांचहिंसकोमृगहिंसकः
tasmādasyavaśīkartānāstītisaśivaḥsmṛtaḥ yathāsarvamṛgāṇāṃcahiṃsakomṛgahiṃsakaḥ
Therefore there is none who can master him, and so he is called Śiva. As the slayer of all beasts is the slayer of beasts—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.76
अस्यहिंसामृगोनास्तिततस्मात्सिंह इतीरितः शं नित्यंसुखमानंदमिकारः पुरुषः स्मृतः
asyahiṃsāmṛgonāstitatasmātsiṃha itīritaḥ śaṃ nityaṃsukhamānaṃdamikāraḥ puruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ
there is no beast that can slay him, and therefore he is called lion (siṃha). "Śaṃ" is eternal happiness and bliss; the syllable "i" is declared to be the Puruṣa.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.77
वकारः शक्तिरमृतंमेलनंशिव उच्यते तस्मादेवंस्वमात्मानं शिवंकृत्वार्चयेच्छिवम्
vakāraḥ śaktiramṛtaṃmelanaṃśiva ucyate tasmādevaṃsvamātmānaṃ śivaṃkṛtvārcayecchivam
The syllable "va" is Śakti, the nectar; their joining is called Śiva. Therefore, having thus made one's own self Śiva, one should worship Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.78
तस्मादुद्धूलनंपूर्वं त्रिपुंड्रंधारयेत्परम् पूजाकालेहिसजलंशुद्ध्यर्थंनिर्जलंभवेत्
tasmāduddhūlanaṃpūrvaṃ tripuṃḍraṃdhārayetparam pūjākālehisajalaṃśuddhyarthaṃnirjalaṃbhavet
Therefore one should first smear (oneself with ash), and then wear the triple line as the supreme (mark); at the time of worship it should be with water, (but) for purification it should be without water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.79
दिवावा यदिवारात्रौनारीवाथनरोपिवा पूजार्थंसजलंभस्मत्रिपुंड्रेणैवधारयेत्
divāvā yadivārātraunārīvāthanaropivā pūjārthaṃsajalaṃbhasmatripuṃḍreṇaivadhārayet
Whether by day or by night, whether woman or man, for the purpose of worship one should wear the ash with water, as a triple line only.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.80
त्रिपुंड्रंसजलंभस्मधृत्वापूजांकरोतियः शिवपूजांफलंसांगंतस्यैवहिसुनिश्चितम्
tripuṃḍraṃsajalaṃbhasmadhṛtvāpūjāṃkarotiyaḥ śivapūjāṃphalaṃsāṃgaṃtasyaivahisuniścitam
Whoever performs worship having worn the triple line of ash with water — to him alone belongs, quite certainly, the complete fruit of the worship of Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.81
भस्मवैशिवमंत्रेणधृत्वाह्यत्याश्रमीभवेत् शिवाश्रमीतिसंप्रोक्तः शिवैकपरमोयतः
bhasmavaiśivamaṃtreṇadhṛtvāhyatyāśramībhavet śivāśramītisaṃproktaḥ śivaikaparamoyataḥ
Having worn the ash with the Śiva mantra, one becomes indeed one beyond the stages of life; he is called "one whose stage of life is Śiva," since for him Śiva alone is supreme.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.82
शिवव्रतैकनिष्ठस्यनाशौचंनचसूतकम् ललाटे ऽग्रेसितंभस्मतिलकंधारयेन्मृदा
śivavrataikaniṣṭhasyanāśaucaṃnacasūtakam lalāṭe 'gresitaṃbhasmatilakaṃdhārayenmṛdā
For one wholly fixed on the Śiva vow there is no ritual impurity, nor birth-pollution. First, on the forehead, he should wear the white ash as a tilaka, (mixed) with clay.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.83
स्वहस्ताद्गुरुहस्ताद्वाशिवभक्तस्यलक्षणम् गुणान्रुंध इति प्रोक्तोगुरुशब्दस्यविग्रहः
svahastādguruhastādvāśivabhaktasyalakṣaṇam guṇānruṃdha iti proktoguruśabdasyavigrahaḥ
From one's own hand or from the guru's hand — this is the mark of a devotee of Śiva. "He restrains the qualities" — such is said to be the etymological analysis of the word "guru."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.84
सविकारान्राजसादीन्गुणान्रुंधेव्यपोहति गुणातीतः परशिवोगुरुरूपंसमाश्रितः
savikārānrājasādīnguṇānruṃdhevyapohati guṇātītaḥ paraśivogururūpaṃsamāśritaḥ
The supreme Śiva, who is beyond the qualities, having taken on the form of a guru, restrains — that is, drives away — the qualities beginning with rajas together with their modifications.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.85
गुणत्रयंव्यपोह्याग्रेशिवंबोधयतीतिसः विश्वस्तानांतुशिष्याणांगुरुरित्यभिधीयते
guṇatrayaṃvyapohyāgreśivaṃbodhayatītisaḥ viśvastānāṃtuśiṣyāṇāṃgururityabhidhīyate
Since he first drives away the three qualities and then awakens (the knowledge of) Śiva, he is called the "guru" of the disciples who have trust (in him).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.86
तस्माद्गुरुशरीरंतुगुरुलिंगंभवेद्बुधः गुरुलिंगस्यपूजातुगुरुशुश्रूषणं भवेत्
tasmādguruśarīraṃtuguruliṃgaṃbhavedbudhaḥ guruliṃgasyapūjātuguruśuśrūṣaṇaṃ bhavet
Therefore the wise man should (hold that) the guru's body is the guru-liṅga; and worship of the guru-liṅga consists in service to the guru.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.87
श्रुतंकरोतिशुश्रूषाकायेनमनसागिरा उक्तं यद्गुरुणापूर्वं शक्यंवा ऽशक्यमेववा
śrutaṃkarotiśuśrūṣākāyenamanasāgirā uktaṃ yadguruṇāpūrvaṃ śakyaṃvā 'śakyamevavā
Service (śuśrūṣā) is doing with body, mind and speech what has been heard — whatever the guru has said before, be it possible or impossible.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.88
करोत्येवहिपूतात्माप्राणैरपिधनैरपि तस्माद्वैशासनेयोग्यः शिष्य इत्यभिधीयते
karotyevahipūtātmāprāṇairapidhanairapi tasmādvaiśāsaneyogyaḥ śiṣya ityabhidhīyate
The purified soul does it indeed, even at the cost of his life-breaths, even at the cost of his wealth; therefore he is fit for (receiving) command, and so he is called a disciple.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.89
शरीराद्यर्थकंसर्वंगुरोर्दत्त्वासुशिष्यकः अग्रपाकंनिवेद्याग्रेभुंजीयाद्गुर्वनुज्ञया
śarīrādyarthakaṃsarvaṃgurordattvāsuśiṣyakaḥ agrapākaṃnivedyāgrebhuṃjīyādgurvanujñayā
Having given everything — his body and his possessions — to the guru, the good disciple should offer the first-cooked food first (to him) and (then) eat, with the guru's permission.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.90
शिष्यःपुत्र इति प्रोक्तः सदाशिष्यत्वयोगतः जिह्वालिंगान्मंत्रशुक्रंकर्णयोनौनिषिच्यवै
śiṣyaḥputra iti proktaḥ sadāśiṣyatvayogataḥ jihvāliṃgānmaṃtraśukraṃkarṇayonauniṣicyavai
The disciple is called "son", since he is always joined to discipleship, (the guru) having poured the semen of the mantra from the liṅga that is his tongue into the womb that is (the disciple's) ear.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.91
जातःपुत्रोमंत्रपुत्रःपितरंपूजयेद्गुरुम् निमज्जयतिपुत्रंवैसंसारेजनकःपिता
jātaḥputromaṃtraputraḥpitaraṃpūjayedgurum nimajjayatiputraṃvaisaṃsārejanakaḥpitā
Born (thus) a son, a son of the mantra, he should worship the guru as his father; for the begetting father indeed sinks his son in the round of rebirth,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.92
संतारयतिसंसाराद्गुरुर्वैबोधकः पिता उभयोरंतरंज्ञात्वापितरंगुरुमर्चयेत्
saṃtārayatisaṃsārādgururvaibodhakaḥ pitā ubhayoraṃtaraṃjñātvāpitaraṃgurumarcayet
whereas the guru, the father who awakens, carries (him) across out of the round of rebirth. Knowing the difference between the two, one should honour the guru as father.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.93
अंगशुश्रूषयाचापि धनाद्यैः स्वार्जितैर्गुरुम् पादादिकेशपर्यंतंलिंगान्यंगानियद्गुरोः
aṃgaśuśrūṣayācāpi dhanādyaiḥ svārjitairgurum pādādikeśaparyaṃtaṃliṃgānyaṃgāniyadguroḥ
(One should worship) the guru with bodily service and also with wealth and other things earned by oneself; from the feet up to the hair, whatever limbs the guru has are liṅgas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.94
धनरूपैः पादुकाद्यैः पादसंग्रणादिभिः स्नानाभिषेकनैवेद्यैर्भोजनैश्चप्रपूजयेत्
dhanarūpaiḥ pādukādyaiḥ pādasaṃgraṇādibhiḥ snānābhiṣekanaivedyairbhojanaiścaprapūjayet
He should worship (him) well with things in the form of wealth, with sandals and the like, by clasping his feet and so on, with bathings, anointings, food-offerings and meals.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.95
गुरुपूजैवपूजास्याच्छिवस्यपरमात्मनः गुरुशेषंतुयत्सर्वमात्मशुद्धिकरंभवेत्
gurupūjaivapūjāsyācchivasyaparamātmanaḥ guruśeṣaṃtuyatsarvamātmaśuddhikaraṃbhavet
Worship of the guru is itself worship of Śiva, the supreme Self; and whatever is left over from the guru is productive of purification of the self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.96
गुरोःशेषःशिवोच्छिष्टंजलमन्नादिनिर्मितम् शिष्याणांशिवभक्तानांग्राह्यंभोज्यंभवेद्द्विजाः
guroḥśeṣaḥśivocchiṣṭaṃjalamannādinirmitam śiṣyāṇāṃśivabhaktānāṃgrāhyaṃbhojyaṃbhaveddvijāḥ
What is left over from the guru is Śiva's leavings — water, and what is made of food and the rest; for disciples who are devotees of Śiva it is to be accepted and eaten, O twice-born ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.97
गुर्वनुज्ञाविरहितंचोरवत्सकलंभवेत् गुरोरपिविशेषज्ञंयत्नाद्गृह्णीतवैगुरुम्
gurvanujñāvirahitaṃcoravatsakalaṃbhavet gurorapiviśeṣajñaṃyatnādgṛhṇītavaigurum
Without the guru's permission, everything (one does) is like a thief's (act); and even among gurus, one should with effort take as guru one who knows the distinctions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.98
अज्ञानमोचनंसाध्यंविशेषज्ञोहिमोचकः आदौचविघ्नशमनंकर्तव्यंकर्मपूर्तये
ajñānamocanaṃsādhyaṃviśeṣajñohimocakaḥ ādaucavighnaśamanaṃkartavyaṃkarmapūrtaye
What is to be accomplished is release from ignorance, and it is the knower of distinctions who is the releaser. And at the outset the quelling of obstacles must be done, for the completion of the rite.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.99
निर्विघ्नेनकृतंसांगंकर्मवैसफलं भवेत् तस्मात्सकलकर्मादौविघ्नेशं पूजयेद् बुधः
nirvighnenakṛtaṃsāṃgaṃkarmavaisaphalaṃ bhavet tasmātsakalakarmādauvighneśaṃ pūjayed budhaḥ
A rite performed without obstacle, complete with all its parts, becomes fruitful; therefore at the beginning of every rite the wise man should worship the Lord of Obstacles.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.100
सर्वबाधानिवृत्त्यर्थंसर्वान्देवान्यजेद्बुधः ज्वरादिग्रंथिरोगाश्चबाधाह्याध्यात्मिकामता
sarvabādhānivṛttyarthaṃsarvāndevānyajedbudhaḥ jvarādigraṃthirogāścabādhāhyādhyātmikāmatā
In order to remove all afflictions the wise man should worship all the gods. Fevers and tumour-diseases and the like are held to be afflictions of the bodily-personal kind (ādhyātmika).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.101
पिशाचजंबुकादीनांवल्मीकाद्युद्भवेतथा अकस्मादेवगोधादिजंतूनांपतनेपिच
piśācajaṃbukādīnāṃvalmīkādyudbhavetathā akasmādevagodhādijaṃtūnāṃpatanepica
Likewise the appearance of ant-hills and the like belonging to piśācas, jackals and so on, and when creatures such as monitor lizards fall (on one) all of a sudden,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.102
गृहेकच्छपसर्पस्त्रीदुर्जनादर्शनेपिच वृक्षनारीगवादीनांप्रसूतिविषयेपिच
gṛhekacchapasarpastrīdurjanādarśanepica vṛkṣanārīgavādīnāṃprasūtiviṣayepica
and when a tortoise, a snake, a woman, or an evil man is seen in the house, and in the matter of the bringing forth (of offspring or fruit) by trees, women, cows and the like —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.103
भाविदुःखंसमायातितस्मात्तेभौतिकामता अमेध्या शनिपातश्चमहामारीतथैवच
bhāviduḥkhaṃsamāyātitasmāttebhautikāmatā amedhyā śanipātaścamahāmārītathaivaca
future suffering comes about; therefore these are held to be (afflictions) of the elemental kind (bhautika). And impure things, the fall of lightning, and likewise great plague,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.104
ज्वरमारीविषूचिश्चगोमारीचमसूरिका जन्मर्क्षग्रहसंक्रांतिग्रहयोगास्वराशिके
jvaramārīviṣūciścagomārīcamasūrikā janmarkṣagrahasaṃkrāṃtigrahayogāsvarāśike
Fever, plague, cholera, cattle-plague and smallpox; (afflictions) at the birth-star, at planetary transits, and evil planetary conjunctions and (evil) zodiacal positions —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.105
दुःस्वप्नदर्शनाद्याश्चमतावैह्यधिदैविकाः शवचांडालपतितस्पर्शाद्येंतर्गृहेगते
duḥsvapnadarśanādyāścamatāvaihyadhidaivikāḥ śavacāṃḍālapatitasparśādyeṃtargṛhegate
and the seeing of bad dreams and the like — these are reckoned to be (portents) pertaining to the gods; (likewise) when the touch of a corpse, a caṇḍāla or an outcaste and the like has occurred inside the house,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.106
एतादृशेसमुत्पन्नेभाविदुःखस्यसूचके शांतियज्ञंतुमतिमान्कुर्यात्तद्दोषशांतये
etādṛśesamutpannebhāviduḥkhasyasūcake śāṃtiyajñaṃtumatimānkuryāttaddoṣaśāṃtaye
when such (a portent) has arisen, indicating future suffering, the wise man should perform a pacification sacrifice for the appeasement of that fault.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.107
देवालये ऽथगोष्ठेवाचैत्येवापिगृहांगणे प्रादेशोन्नतधिष्ण्येवैद्विहस्तेयस्वलंकृते
devālaye 'thagoṣṭhevācaityevāpigṛhāṃgaṇe prādeśonnatadhiṣṇyevaidvihasteyasvalaṃkṛte
In a temple, or in a cow-pen, or at a sacred (caitya) shrine, or in the courtyard of the house, on an altar raised a span high and two cubits (square), well adorned,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.108
भारमात्रव्रीहिधान्यंप्रस्थाप्यपरिसृत्यच मध्येविलिख्यकमलंतथादिक्षुविलिख्यवै
bhāramātravrīhidhānyaṃprasthāpyaparisṛtyaca madhyevilikhyakamalaṃtathādikṣuvilikhyavai
having set down a load-measure of rice grain and having spread it about, having drawn a lotus in the middle and likewise having drawn (figures) in the directions,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.109
तंतुनावेष्टितंकुंभं नवगुग्गुलधूपितम् मध्येस्थाप्यमहाकुंभंतथादिक्ष्वपिविन्यसेत्
taṃtunāveṣṭitaṃkuṃbhaṃ navagugguladhūpitam madhyesthāpyamahākuṃbhaṃtathādikṣvapivinyaset
a pot wrapped round with thread, fumigated with fresh guggulu incense — the great pot is to be placed in the middle, and likewise (pots) should be set down in the (four) directions.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.110
सनालाम्रककूर्चादीन्कलशांश्च तथाष्टसु पूरयेन्मंत्रपूतेनपञ्चद्रव्ययुतेनहि
sanālāmrakakūrcādīnkalaśāṃśca tathāṣṭasu pūrayenmaṃtrapūtenapañcadravyayutenahi
He should fill the eight jars, (furnished) with stalked mango sprigs, bundles of grass and so forth, with (water) purified by mantras and mixed with the five substances.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.111
प्रक्षिपेन्नवरत्नानिनीलादीन्क्रमशस्तथा कर्मज्ञंचसपत्नीकमाचार्यंवरयेद्बुधः
prakṣipennavaratnāninīlādīnkramaśastathā karmajñaṃcasapatnīkamācāryaṃvarayedbudhaḥ
He should also cast in the nine gems, the sapphire and the rest, in order; and the wise man should choose as officiant one who knows the rite, together with his wife.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.112
सुवर्णप्रतिमां विष्णोरिंद्रादीनांच निक्षिपेत् सशिरस्केमध्यकुंभेविष्णुमाबाह्यपूजयेत्
suvarṇapratimāṃ viṣṇoriṃdrādīnāṃca nikṣipet saśiraskemadhyakuṃbheviṣṇumābāhyapūjayet
He should place a golden image of Viṣṇu and of Indra and the others (in the pots); in the central pot, which has a head (i.e. a lid/face), he should worship Viṣṇu, and (the others) outside.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.113
प्रागादिषुयथामंत्रमिंद्रादीन्क्रमशोयजेत् तत्तन्नाम्नाचतुर्थ्यांचनमोन्ते नयथाक्रमम्
prāgādiṣuyathāmaṃtramiṃdrādīnkramaśoyajet tattannāmnācaturthyāṃcanamonte nayathākramam
In the east and the other directions he should worship Indra and the rest in order, according to the mantra, with each one's name in the dative and with 'namaḥ' at the end, in due sequence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.114
आवाहनादिकंसर्वमाचार्येणैवकारयेत् आचार्य ऋत्विजा सार्धं तन्मात्रान्प्रजपेच्छतम्
āvāhanādikaṃsarvamācāryeṇaivakārayet ācārya ṛtvijā sārdhaṃ tanmātrānprajapecchatam
He should have the officiant himself perform the whole invocation and the rest; the officiant together with the priests should recite a hundred of the (mantra's) constituent verses.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.115
कुंभस्य पश्चिमे भागेजपांतेहोममाचरेत् कोटिंलक्षंसहस्रंवाशतमष्टोत्तरं बुधाः
kuṃbhasya paścime bhāgejapāṃtehomamācaret koṭiṃlakṣaṃsahasraṃvāśatamaṣṭottaraṃ budhāḥ
On the western side of the pot, at the end of the recitation, he should perform the oblation — a crore, a lakh, a thousand, or a hundred and eight, O wise ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.116
एकाहंवानवाहंवातथामंडलमेव वा यथायोग्यंप्रकुर्वीतकालदेशानुसारतः
ekāhaṃvānavāhaṃvātathāmaṃḍalameva vā yathāyogyaṃprakurvītakāladeśānusārataḥ
For one day, or for nine days, or indeed for a maṇḍala (period of forty days) — he should do as is fitting, according to the time and the place.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.117
शमीहोमश्च शांत्यर्थे वृत्त्यर्थेचपलाशकम् समिदन्नाज्यकैर्द्रव्यैर्नाम्नामंत्रेण वा हुनेत्
śamīhomaśca śāṃtyarthe vṛttyarthecapalāśakam samidannājyakairdravyairnāmnāmaṃtreṇa vā hunet
And the śamī-wood oblation is for pacification, and the palāśa-wood one for livelihood; he should offer with the substances — firewood, food and ghee — either with the names or with the mantra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.118
प्रारंभेयत्कृतंद्रव्यंतत्क्रियांतंसमाचरेत् पुण्याहंवाचयित्वांते दिनेसंप्रोक्ष्ययेज्जलैः
prāraṃbheyatkṛtaṃdravyaṃtatkriyāṃtaṃsamācaret puṇyāhaṃvācayitvāṃte dinesaṃprokṣyayejjalaiḥ
Whatever material was prepared at the beginning, that he should use through to the end of the rite; and having had the 'auspicious day' (formula) recited, on the last day he should sprinkle with waters.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.119
ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्पश्चाद्यावदाहुतिसंख्यया आचार्यश्चहविष्याशीत्विजश्चभवेद्बुधाः
brāhmaṇānbhojayetpaścādyāvadāhutisaṃkhyayā ācāryaścahaviṣyāśītvijaścabhavedbudhāḥ
Afterwards he should feed brahmins according to the number of the oblations; and the officiant and the priests should eat the sacrificial food, O wise ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.120
आदित्यादीन्ग्रहानिष्ट्वासर्वहोमांत एवहि ऋत्विभ्योदक्षिणांदद्यान्नवरत्नंयथा क्रमम्
ādityādīngrahāniṣṭvāsarvahomāṃta evahi ṛtvibhyodakṣiṇāṃdadyānnavaratnaṃyathā kramam
Having worshipped the planets beginning with the Sun, just at the end of all the oblations, he should give the priests their fee, and the nine gems in due order.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.121
दशदानंततःकुर्याद्भूरिदानंततः परम् बालानामुपनीतानांगृहिणांवनिनांधनम्
daśadānaṃtataḥkuryādbhūridānaṃtataḥ param bālānāmupanītānāṃgṛhiṇāṃvanināṃdhanam
Then he should make the ten gifts, and after that the abundant gift: wealth to boys who have been invested (with the sacred thread), to householders and to forest-dwellers,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.122
कन्यानांचसभर्त्ःणांविधवानांततःपरम् तंत्रोपकरणंसर्वमाचार्यायनिवेदयेत्
kanyānāṃcasabhartḥṇāṃvidhavānāṃtataḥparam taṃtropakaraṇaṃsarvamācāryāyanivedayet
and to maidens, to those who have husbands, and after that to widows; all the ritual apparatus he should present to the officiant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.123
उत्पातानांचमारीणांदुःखस्वामीयमःस्मृतः तस्माद्यमस्यप्रीत्यर्थंकालदानंप्रदापयेत्
utpātānāṃcamārīṇāṃduḥkhasvāmīyamaḥsmṛtaḥ tasmādyamasyaprītyarthaṃkāladānaṃpradāpayet
Yama is held to be the lord of the suffering of portents and plagues; therefore, for the pleasing of Yama, he should have the gift of Kāla made.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.124
शतनिष्केण वा कुर्याद्दशनिष्केण वा पुनः पाशांकुशधरं कालं कुर्यात्पुरुषरूपिणम्
śataniṣkeṇa vā kuryāddaśaniṣkeṇa vā punaḥ pāśāṃkuśadharaṃ kālaṃ kuryātpuruṣarūpiṇam
Or he should have (the image) made with a hundred niṣkas, or again with ten niṣkas: he should make Kāla in human form, holding a noose and a goad.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.125
तत्स्वर्णप्रतिमादानंकुर्याद्दक्षिणयासह तिलदानंततःकुर्यात्पूर्णायुष्यप्रसिद्धये
tatsvarṇapratimādānaṃkuryāddakṣiṇayāsaha tiladānaṃtataḥkuryātpūrṇāyuṣyaprasiddhaye
He should then make the gift of that golden image together with a fee; thereafter he should make a gift of sesame, for the accomplishment of a full life span.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.126
आज्यावेक्षणदानंचकुर्याद्व्याधिनिवृत्तये सहस्रंभोजयेद्विप्रान्दरिद्रःशतमेववा
ājyāvekṣaṇadānaṃcakuryādvyādhinivṛttaye sahasraṃbhojayedviprāndaridraḥśatamevavā
And he should make the gift of ghee and of the mirror-gazing (rite) for the cessation of disease; he should feed a thousand brahmins, or, if poor, just a hundred.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.127
वित्ताभावेदरिद्रस्तुयथाशक्तिसमाचरेत् भैरवस्यमहापूजांकुर्याद्भूतादिशांतये
vittābhāvedaridrastuyathāśaktisamācaret bhairavasyamahāpūjāṃkuryādbhūtādiśāṃtaye
But in the absence of wealth a poor man should perform (it) according to his ability; he should perform the great worship of Bhairava for the appeasing of spirits and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.128
महाभिषेकंनैवेद्यंशिवस्यान्तेतुकारयेत् ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्पश्चाद्भूरिभोजनरूपतः
mahābhiṣekaṃnaivedyaṃśivasyāntetukārayet brāhmaṇānbhojayetpaścādbhūribhojanarūpataḥ
At the end he should have the great ablution and the food-offering made for Śiva; afterwards he should feed the brahmins with an abundant meal.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.129
एवंकृतेनयज्ञेनदोषशांतिमवाप्नुयात् शांतियज्ञमिमंकुर्याद्वर्षेवर्षेतुफाल्गुने
evaṃkṛtenayajñenadoṣaśāṃtimavāpnuyāt śāṃtiyajñamimaṃkuryādvarṣevarṣetuphālgune
By a sacrifice performed thus he would obtain the appeasing of the fault; he should perform this appeasement-sacrifice year by year, in (the month of) Phālguna.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.130
दुर्दर्शनादौ सद्यो वै मासमात्रेसमाचरेत् महापापादिसंप्राप्तौ कुर्याद्भैरवपूजनम्
durdarśanādau sadyo vai māsamātresamācaret mahāpāpādisaṃprāptau kuryādbhairavapūjanam
In the case of an evil omen and the like, (he should do it) at once, indeed within a mere month; upon the incurring of a great sin and the like, he should perform the worship of Bhairava.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.131
महाव्याधिसमुत्पत्तौसंकल्पंपुनराचरेत् सर्वभावे दरिद्रस्तु दीपदानमथाचरेत्
mahāvyādhisamutpattausaṃkalpaṃpunarācaret sarvabhāve daridrastu dīpadānamathācaret
When a great disease arises, he should again undertake the resolve; in every case, but a poor man should then make a gift of lamps.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.132
तदप्यशक्तः स्नात्वावैयत्किंचिद्दानमाचरेत् दिवाकरंनमस्कुर्यान्मन्त्रेणाष्टोत्तरंशतम्
tadapyaśaktaḥ snātvāvaiyatkiṃciddānamācaret divākaraṃnamaskuryānmantreṇāṣṭottaraṃśatam
If he is unable even for that, he should bathe and make whatever small gift (he can); he should make obeisance to the Sun a hundred and eight times with the mantra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.133
सहस्रमयुतंलक्षंकोटिंवाकारयेद् बुधः नमस्कारात्मयज्ञेन तुष्टाः स्युः सर्वदेवताः
sahasramayutaṃlakṣaṃkoṭiṃvākārayed budhaḥ namaskārātmayajñena tuṣṭāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ
Or the wise man should have it done a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred thousand, or ten million times; by the sacrifice of self that consists of obeisance all the deities are pleased.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.134
त्वत्स्वरूपेर्पिताबुद्धिर्नते ऽशून्ये च रोचति या चास्त्यस्मदहंतेति त्वयिदृष्टे विवर्जिता
tvatsvarūperpitābuddhirnate 'śūnye ca rocati yā cāstyasmadahaṃteti tvayidṛṣṭe vivarjitā
(My) mind, having been offered up into your own form, does not take delight in you as void; and whatever 'I am from myself' there is, that is abandoned once you are seen.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.135
नम्रो ऽहंहिस्वदेहेनभोमहांस्त्वमसिप्रभो नशून्योमत्स्वरूपोवैतवदासो ऽस्मिसांप्रतम्
namro 'haṃhisvadehenabhomahāṃstvamasiprabho naśūnyomatsvarūpovaitavadāso 'smisāṃpratam
I bow with my own body, O sir; you are great, O Lord. Not void, of the same nature as myself — I am indeed now your servant.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.136
यथायोग्यंस्वात्मयज्ञंनमस्कारंप्रकल्पयेत् अथात्रशिवनैवेद्यंदत्त्वातांबूलमाहरेत्
yathāyogyaṃsvātmayajñaṃnamaskāraṃprakalpayet athātraśivanaivedyaṃdattvātāṃbūlamāharet
He should arrange the sacrifice of his own self, the obeisance, as is fitting; then, having given the food-offering to Śiva here, he should bring betel.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.137
शिवप्रदक्षिणंकुर्यात्स्वयमष्टोत्तरं शतम् सहस्रमयुतंलक्षं कोटिमन्येन कारयेत्
śivapradakṣiṇaṃkuryātsvayamaṣṭottaraṃ śatam sahasramayutaṃlakṣaṃ koṭimanyena kārayet
He should himself make a hundred and eight circumambulations of Śiva; a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred thousand, or ten million he may have done by another.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.138
शिवप्रदक्षिणात्सर्वंपातकंनश्यतिक्षणात् दुःखस्यमूलंव्याधिर्हिव्याधेर्मूलंहिपातकम्
śivapradakṣiṇātsarvaṃpātakaṃnaśyatikṣaṇāt duḥkhasyamūlaṃvyādhirhivyādhermūlaṃhipātakam
By circumambulation of Śiva every sin perishes in an instant; for disease is the root of suffering, and sin is the root of disease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.139
धर्मेणैवहिपापानामपनोदनमीरितम् शिवोद्देशकृतोधर्मःक्षमःपापविनोदने
dharmeṇaivahipāpānāmapanodanamīritam śivoddeśakṛtodharmaḥkṣamaḥpāpavinodane
It is declared that the removal of sins comes only through dharma; the dharma performed with Śiva as its aim is capable of dispelling sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.140
अध्यक्षं शिवधर्मेषु प्रदक्षिणमितीरितम् क्रियया जपरूपंहिप्रणवंतुप्रदक्षिणम्
adhyakṣaṃ śivadharmeṣu pradakṣiṇamitīritam kriyayā japarūpaṃhipraṇavaṃtupradakṣiṇam
Among the dharmas of Śiva, circumambulation is declared to be the foremost; circumambulation, by (its very) action, is indeed of the form of recitation, and is the praṇava (OM).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.141
जननंमरणंद्वंद्वंमायाचक्रमितीरितम् शिवस्यमायाचक्रंहिबलिपीठंतदुच्यते
jananaṃmaraṇaṃdvaṃdvaṃmāyācakramitīritam śivasyamāyācakraṃhibalipīṭhaṃtaducyate
Birth and death, the pair (of opposites), is declared to be the wheel of māyā; and Śiva's wheel of māyā is said to be the offering-platform (balipīṭha).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.142
बलिपीठंसमारभ्यप्रादक्षिण्यक्रमेणवै पदेपदांतरंगत्वाबलिपीठं समाविशेत्
balipīṭhaṃsamārabhyaprādakṣiṇyakrameṇavai padepadāṃtaraṃgatvābalipīṭhaṃ samāviśet
Beginning from the balipīṭha, in the order of keeping (the shrine) to the right, going step by step, he should come back to the balipīṭha.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.143
नमस्कारंततः कुर्यात्प्रदक्षिणमितीरितम् निर्गमाज्जननंप्राप्तंनमस्त्वात्मसमर्पणम्
namaskāraṃtataḥ kuryātpradakṣiṇamitīritam nirgamājjananaṃprāptaṃnamastvātmasamarpaṇam
Then he should make obeisance — that is declared to be circumambulation; by going out, birth is attained, while obeisance is the surrender of the self.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.144
जननं मरणं द्वंद्वं शिवमायासमर्पितम् शिवमायार्पितद्वंद्वो न पुनस्त्वात्मभाग्भवेत्
jananaṃ maraṇaṃ dvaṃdvaṃ śivamāyāsamarpitam śivamāyārpitadvaṃdvo na punastvātmabhāgbhavet
Birth and death, the pair (of opposites), is offered up to Śiva's māyā; one whose duality has been consigned to Śiva's māyā would not again come to have (such) a self (i.e. be embodied again).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.145
यावद्देहंक्रियाधीनःसजीवोबद्ध उच्यते देहत्रयवशीकारेमोक्ष इत्युच्यते बुधैः
yāvaddehaṃkriyādhīnaḥsajīvobaddha ucyate dehatrayavaśīkāremokṣa ityucyate budhaiḥ
So long as (one) is subject to action in respect of the body, that living being is called bound; when the three bodies are brought under control, the wise call it liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.146
मायाचक्रप्रणेताहिशिवः परमकारणम् शिवमायार्पितद्वंद्वंशिवस्तुपरिमार्जति
māyācakrapraṇetāhiśivaḥ paramakāraṇam śivamāyārpitadvaṃdvaṃśivastuparimārjati
For Śiva, the supreme cause, is the one who sets in motion the wheel of māyā; and Śiva wipes away the duality that has been consigned to Śiva's māyā.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.147
शिवेनकल्पितंद्वंद्वंतस्मिन्नेव समर्पयेत् शिवस्यातिप्रियंविद्यात्प्रदक्षिणंनमोबुधाः
śivenakalpitaṃdvaṃdvaṃtasminneva samarpayet śivasyātipriyaṃvidyātpradakṣiṇaṃnamobudhāḥ
The duality fashioned by Śiva one should offer up to him alone; know, O wise ones, that circumambulation and obeisance are exceedingly dear to Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.148
प्रदक्षिणनमस्काराः शिवस्यपरमात्मनः षोडशैरुपचारैश्चकृतपूजाफलप्रदा
pradakṣiṇanamaskārāḥ śivasyaparamātmanaḥ ṣoḍaśairupacāraiścakṛtapūjāphalapradā
Circumambulations and prostrations to Śiva, the supreme Self, bestow the fruit of a worship performed with the sixteen services.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.149
प्रदक्षिणा ऽविनाश्यंहि पातकंनास्ति भूतले तस्मात्प्रदक्षिणेनैवसर्वपापंविनाशयेत्
pradakṣiṇā 'vināśyaṃhi pātakaṃnāsti bhūtale tasmātpradakṣiṇenaivasarvapāpaṃvināśayet
For there is no sin on earth that circumambulation cannot destroy; therefore by circumambulation alone one should destroy all sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.150
शिवपूजापरोमौनीसत्यादिगुणसंयुतः क्रियातपोजपज्ञानध्यानेष्वेकैकमाचरेत्
śivapūjāparomaunīsatyādiguṇasaṃyutaḥ kriyātapojapajñānadhyāneṣvekaikamācaret
Devoted to Śiva's worship, keeping silence, endowed with truthfulness and the other virtues, one should practise one of these one by one: ritual action, austerity, muttered recitation, knowledge, and meditation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.151
ऐश्वर्यंदिव्यदेहश्चज्ञानमज्ञानसंशयः शिवसान्निध्यमित्येतेक्रियादीनांफलंभवेत्
aiśvaryaṃdivyadehaścajñānamajñānasaṃśayaḥ śivasānnidhyamityetekriyādīnāṃphalaṃbhavet
Lordship, a divine body, knowledge, the (removal of) doubt born of ignorance, and nearness to Śiva — these are the fruits of ritual action and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.152
करणेनफलंयातितमसः परिहापनात् जन्मनःपरिमार्जित्वाज्ज्ञबुद्ध्याजनितानिच
karaṇenaphalaṃyātitamasaḥ parihāpanāt janmanaḥparimārjitvājjñabuddhyājanitānica
By performing (the rite) one attains the fruit, through the removal of darkness (tamas), through the wiping away of (further) birth, and (through the destruction of) those (bonds) produced, by the intelligence of one who knows.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.153
यथादेशं यथाकालं यथादेहं यथाधनम् यथायोग्यंप्रकुर्वीत क्रियादीञ्छिवभक्तिमान्
yathādeśaṃ yathākālaṃ yathādehaṃ yathādhanam yathāyogyaṃprakurvīta kriyādīñchivabhaktimān
According to place, according to time, according to (the state of the) body, according to wealth, one devoted to Śiva should perform ritual action and the rest as is fitting.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.154
न्यायार्जितसुवित्तेनवसेत्प्राज्ञः शिवस्थले जीवहिंसादिरहितमतिक्लेशविवर्जितम्
nyāyārjitasuvittenavasetprājñaḥ śivasthale jīvahiṃsādirahitamatikleśavivarjitam
The wise man should dwell in a place of Śiva, with wealth honestly earned, (a place) free of injury to living beings and the like, and free of excessive trouble.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.155
पञ्चाक्षरेणजप्तंचतोयमन्नंविदुः सुखम् अथवा ऽहुर्दरिद्रस्यभिक्षान्नंज्ञानदंभवेत्
pañcākṣareṇajaptaṃcatoyamannaṃviduḥ sukham athavā 'hurdaridrasyabhikṣānnaṃjñānadaṃbhavet
And they know that water and food over which the five-syllable (mantra) has been muttered give happiness; or else they say that for a poor man alms-food bestows knowledge.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.156
शिवभक्तस्यभिक्षान्नंशिवभक्तिविवर्धनम् शंभुसत्रमितिप्राहुर्भिक्षान्नंशिवयोगिनः
śivabhaktasyabhikṣānnaṃśivabhaktivivardhanam śaṃbhusatramitiprāhurbhikṣānnaṃśivayoginaḥ
The alms-food of a devotee of Śiva increases devotion to Śiva; the Śiva-yogins call alms-food "Śambhu's sacrificial session."
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.157
येनकेनाप्युपायेनयत्रकुत्रापिभूतले शुद्धान्नभुक्सदामौनीरहस्यं न प्रकाशयेत्
yenakenāpyupāyenayatrakutrāpibhūtale śuddhānnabhuksadāmaunīrahasyaṃ na prakāśayet
By whatever means, in whatever place on earth, eating pure food, always silent, one should not reveal the secret.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.158
प्रकाशयेत्तुभक्तानांशिवमाहात्म्यमेवहि रहस्यंशिवमंत्रस्यशिवोजानातिनापरः
prakāśayettubhaktānāṃśivamāhātmyamevahi rahasyaṃśivamaṃtrasyaśivojānātināparaḥ
But to devotees one may indeed reveal the greatness of Śiva; the secret of Śiva's mantra Śiva knows, and no other.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.159
शिवभक्तोवसेन्नित्यंशिवलिंगंसमाश्रितः स्थाणुलिंगाश्रयेणैवस्थाणुर्भवतिभूसुराः
śivabhaktovasennityaṃśivaliṃgaṃsamāśritaḥ sthāṇuliṃgāśrayeṇaivasthāṇurbhavatibhūsurāḥ
A devotee of Śiva should always dwell taking refuge in the Śiva-liṅga; by resorting to the fixed liṅga alone he becomes the Immovable One (Sthāṇu), O brāhmaṇas.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.160
पूजयाचरलिंगस्यक्रमान्मुक्तोभवेद्ध्रुवम् सर्वमुक्तंसमासेनसाध्यसाधनमुत्तमम्
pūjayācaraliṃgasyakramānmuktobhaveddhruvam sarvamuktaṃsamāsenasādhyasādhanamuttamam
By the worship of the movable liṅga too one surely becomes liberated in due course. All has been told in brief — the best goal and the means to it.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 18.161
व्यासेनयत्पुराप्रोक्तंयच्छ्रुतंहिमयापुरा भद्रमस्तुहिवो ऽस्माकं शिवभक्तिर्दृढा ऽस्तुसा
vyāsenayatpurāproktaṃyacchrutaṃhimayāpurā bhadramastuhivo 'smākaṃ śivabhaktirdṛḍhā 'stusā
What was formerly spoken by Vyāsa and what I formerly heard — may there be good fortune for you and for us, and may that devotion to Śiva be firm.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 18.162
य इमंपठते ऽध्यायं यः शृणोति नरः सदा शिवज्ञानंसलभतेशिवस्यकृपयाबुधाः
ya imaṃpaṭhate 'dhyāyaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti naraḥ sadā śivajñānaṃsalabhateśivasyakṛpayābudhāḥ
The man who recites this chapter, and who always listens to it, obtains the knowledge of Śiva, by Śiva's grace, O wise ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition