Shiva Purana — Vidyeshvara Samhita — Chapter 24
SiP 1 24.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे विद्येश्वरसंहितायां साध्यसाधनखंडेशिवनममाहात्म्यवर्णनोनामत्रयोविंशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् २४ सूत उवाच द्विविधंभस्मसंप्रोक्तंसर्वमंगलदंपरम् तत्प्रकारमहंवक्ष्येसावधानतयाशृणु
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṃḍeśivanamamāhātmyavarṇanonāmatrayoviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 24 sūta uvāca dvividhaṃbhasmasaṃproktaṃsarvamaṃgaladaṃparam tatprakāramahaṃvakṣyesāvadhānatayāśṛṇu
Thus in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, in the Vidyeśvara Saṃhitā, in the section on the goal and the means, the twenty-third chapter, called the description of the greatness of Śiva's name. Chapter 24. Sūta said: Ash is declared to be of two kinds, supreme and bestowing all auspiciousness. I shall tell its classification; listen attentively.
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SiP 1 24.2
एकंज्ञेयं महाभस्मद्वितीयंस्वल्पसंज्ञकम् महाभस्म इतिप्रोक्तंभस्मनानाविधंपरम्
ekaṃjñeyaṃ mahābhasmadvitīyaṃsvalpasaṃjñakam mahābhasma itiproktaṃbhasmanānāvidhaṃparam
One is to be known as great ash, the second is called the lesser; the supreme ash termed 'great ash' is of various kinds.
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SiP 1 24.3
तद्भस्मत्रिविधंप्रोक्तंश्रोतंस्मार्तंचलौकिकम् भस्मैव स्वल्पसज्ञाहिबहुधापरिकीर्तितम्
tadbhasmatrividhaṃproktaṃśrotaṃsmārtaṃcalaukikam bhasmaiva svalpasajñāhibahudhāparikīrtitam
That ash is declared to be of three kinds: the śrauta (Vedic), the smārta (traditional), and the worldly; the ash called the lesser one is indeed proclaimed in many varieties.
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SiP 1 24.4
श्रौतंभस्मतथास्मार्तंद्विजानामेवकीर्तितम् अन्येषामपिसर्वेषामपरंभस्मलौकिकम्
śrautaṃbhasmatathāsmārtaṃdvijānāmevakīrtitam anyeṣāmapisarveṣāmaparaṃbhasmalaukikam
The śrauta ash and likewise the smārta are declared to belong to the twice-born alone; for all the others there is the other ash, the worldly one.
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SiP 1 24.5
धारणंमंत्रतः प्रोक्तंद्विजानांमुनिपुंगवैः केवलंधारणंज्ञेयमन्येषांमंत्रवर्जितम्
dhāraṇaṃmaṃtrataḥ proktaṃdvijānāṃmunipuṃgavaiḥ kevalaṃdhāraṇaṃjñeyamanyeṣāṃmaṃtravarjitam
For the twice-born, the wearing (of ash) with a mantra has been declared by the foremost of sages; for the others, mere wearing, without mantra, is to be understood.
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SiP 1 24.6
आग्नेयमुच्यतेभस्मदग्धगोमयसंभवम् तदापिद्रव्यमित्युक्तंत्रिपुंड्रस्यमहामुने
āgneyamucyatebhasmadagdhagomayasaṃbhavam tadāpidravyamityuktaṃtripuṃḍrasyamahāmune
The ash produced from burnt cow-dung is called 'of fire' (āgneya); that too is said to be a material for the tripuṇḍra, O great sage.
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SiP 1 24.7
अग्निहोत्रोत्थितंभस्मसंग्राह्यंवामनीषिभिः अन्ययज्ञोत्थितंवापित्रिपुण्ड्रस्यचधारणे
agnihotrotthitaṃbhasmasaṃgrāhyaṃvāmanīṣibhiḥ anyayajñotthitaṃvāpitripuṇḍrasyacadhāraṇe
Or else ash that has arisen from the agnihotra should be gathered by the thoughtful, or even that arisen from another sacrifice, for the wearing of the tripuṇḍra.
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SiP 1 24.8
अग्निरित्यादिभिर्मंत्रैर्जाबालोपनिषद्गतेः सप्तभिधूलनंकार्यंभस्मनासजलेनच
agnirityādibhirmaṃtrairjābālopaniṣadgateḥ saptabhidhūlanaṃkāryaṃbhasmanāsajalenaca
With the mantras beginning "agni...", which are found in the Jābāla Upaniṣad, the dusting (of the body) should be done seven times with ash together with water.
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SiP 1 24.9
वर्णानामाश्रमाणांचमंत्रतोमंत्रतोपि च त्रिपुंड्रोद्धूलनंप्रोक्तजाबालैरादरेणच
varṇānāmāśramāṇāṃcamaṃtratomaṃtratopi ca tripuṃḍroddhūlanaṃproktajābālairādareṇaca
For the (four) classes and the (four) stages of life, both with mantra and also without mantra, the dusting with the tripuṇḍra has been declared by the Jābālas, and that with reverence.
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SiP 1 24.10
भस्मनोद्धूलनंचैवयथातिर्यक्त्रिपुंड्रकम् प्रमादादपिमोक्षार्थीनत्यजेदितिविश्रुतिः
bhasmanoddhūlanaṃcaivayathātiryaktripuṃḍrakam pramādādapimokṣārthīnatyajeditiviśrutiḥ
The dusting with ash, and likewise the horizontal tripuṇḍra — one who desires liberation should not abandon (them) even through carelessness: so runs the sacred tradition.
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SiP 1 24.11
शिवेनविष्णुनाचैवतथातिर्यक्त्रिपुंड्रकम् उमादेवीचलक्ष्मींश्चवाचान्याभिश्चनित्यशः
śivenaviṣṇunācaivatathātiryaktripuṃḍrakam umādevīcalakṣmīṃścavācānyābhiścanityaśaḥ
(It is worn) by Śiva and by Viṣṇu, and likewise the horizontal tripuṇḍra, and by the goddess Umā and by Lakṣmī, and by other (goddesses) too, perpetually.
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SiP 1 24.12
ब्राह्मणैः क्षत्रियैर्वैश्यैः शूद्रैरपिचसंस्करैः अपभ्रंशैर्धृतंभस्मत्रिपुंड्रोद्धूलनात्मना
brāhmaṇaiḥ kṣatriyairvaiśyaiḥ śūdrairapicasaṃskaraiḥ apabhraṃśairdhṛtaṃbhasmatripuṃḍroddhūlanātmanā
By brāhmaṇas, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and also by śūdras, by those who have received the rites and by the fallen ones, ash is worn in the form of the tripuṇḍra and of the dusting.
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SiP 1 24.13
उद्धूलनंत्रिपुंड्रंचश्रद्धयानाचरंतिये तेषांनास्तिसमाचारोवर्णाश्रमसमन्वितः
uddhūlanaṃtripuṃḍraṃcaśraddhayānācaraṃtiye teṣāṃnāstisamācārovarṇāśramasamanvitaḥ
Those who do not practise the dusting and the tripuṇḍra with faith — for them there is no right conduct in accordance with class and stage of life.
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SiP 1 24.14
उद्धूलनंत्रिपुंड्रंचश्रद्धयानाचरंतिये तेषांनास्तिविनिमुंक्तिस्संसाराज्जन्मकोटिभिः
uddhūlanaṃtripuṃḍraṃcaśraddhayānācaraṃtiye teṣāṃnāstivinimuṃktissaṃsārājjanmakoṭibhiḥ
Those who do not practise the dusting and the tripuṇḍra with faith — for them there is no release from transmigration even through tens of millions of births.
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SiP 1 24.15
उद्धूलनंत्रिपुंड्रंचश्रद्धयानाचरन्तिये तेषांनास्तिशिवज्ञानंकल्पकोटिशतैरपि
uddhūlanaṃtripuṃḍraṃcaśraddhayānācarantiye teṣāṃnāstiśivajñānaṃkalpakoṭiśatairapi
Those who do not practise the dusting and the tripuṇḍra with faith — for them there is no knowledge of Śiva even in hundreds of tens of millions of aeons.
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SiP 1 24.16
उद्धूलनंत्रिपुंड्रं च श्रद्धयानाचरन्तिये तेमहापातकैर्युक्ता इतिशास्त्रीयनिर्णयः
uddhūlanaṃtripuṃḍraṃ ca śraddhayānācarantiye temahāpātakairyuktā itiśāstrīyanirṇayaḥ
Those who do not practise the dusting and the tripuṇḍra with faith — they are afflicted with the great sins: such is the determination of scripture.
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SiP 1 24.17
उद्धूलनंत्रिपुंड्रंचश्रद्धयानाचरन्ति ये तेषामाचरितं सर्वंविपरीतफलाय हि
uddhūlanaṃtripuṃḍraṃcaśraddhayānācaranti ye teṣāmācaritaṃ sarvaṃviparītaphalāya hi
Those who do not practise the dusting and the tripuṇḍra with faith — everything they perform tends indeed to a contrary result.
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SiP 1 24.18
महापातकयुक्तानां जंतूनांशर्वविद्विषाम् त्रिपुंड्रोद्धूलनद्वेषोजायतेसुदृढं मुने
mahāpātakayuktānāṃ jaṃtūnāṃśarvavidviṣām tripuṃḍroddhūlanadveṣojāyatesudṛḍhaṃ mune
In creatures afflicted with the great sins, who hate Śarva (Śiva), hatred of the tripuṇḍra and the dusting arises very firmly, O sage.
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SiP 1 24.19
शिवाग्निकार्यं यः कृत्वाकुर्यात्त्रियायुषात्मवित् मुच्यतेसर्वपापैस्तुस्पृष्टेनभस्मनानरः
śivāgnikāryaṃ yaḥ kṛtvākuryāttriyāyuṣātmavit mucyatesarvapāpaistuspṛṣṭenabhasmanānaraḥ
The knower of the self who, having performed the fire-rite of Śiva, should act with the triyāyuṣa (mantra) — that man is freed from all sins by the ash so touched.
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SiP 1 24.20
सितेनभस्मनाकुर्यात्त्रिसन्ध्यंयस्त्रिपुण्ड्रकम् सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः शिवेनसहमोदते
sitenabhasmanākuryāttrisandhyaṃyastripuṇḍrakam sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ śivenasahamodate
He who makes the tripuṇḍra with white ash at the three junctures of the day is freed from all sins and rejoices together with Śiva.
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SiP 1 24.21
सितेनभस्मना कुर्यालाटे तु त्रिपुण्ड्रकम् योसावनादिभूतान्हिलोकानाप्तो मृतोभवेत्
sitenabhasmanā kuryālāṭe tu tripuṇḍrakam yosāvanādibhūtānhilokānāpto mṛtobhavet
He who makes the tripuṇḍra with white ash on the forehead — when he dies, he becomes one who has attained the worlds of beings that are without beginning.
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SiP 1 24.22
अकृत्वा भस्मनास्नानं न जपेद्वैषडक्षरम् त्रिपुंड्रं च रचित्वा तु विधिनाभस्मनाजपेत्
akṛtvā bhasmanāsnānaṃ na japedvaiṣaḍakṣaram tripuṃḍraṃ ca racitvā tu vidhinābhasmanājapet
Without having performed the bath with ash one should not recite the six-syllable (mantra); rather, having formed the tripuṇḍra with ash according to the rule, one should recite it.
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SiP 1 24.23
अदयो वाधमो वापि सर्वपापान्वितोपि वा उषःपापान्वितो वापिमूर्खो वा पतितोपि वा
adayo vādhamo vāpi sarvapāpānvitopi vā uṣaḥpāpānvito vāpimūrkho vā patitopi vā
Whether pitiless, or the lowest of men, or laden with every sin, or stained with the sin of the dawn(?), or a fool, or even fallen—
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SiP 1 24.24
यस्मिन्देशेवसेन्नित्यंभूतिशासनसंयुतः सर्वतीर्थैश्चक्रतुभिःसांनिध्यंक्रियतेसदा
yasmindeśevasennityaṃbhūtiśāsanasaṃyutaḥ sarvatīrthaiścakratubhiḥsāṃnidhyaṃkriyatesadā
—in whatever place he dwells constantly, provided with the mark of ash, there a permanent presence is always effected by all the sacred fords and by (all) sacrifices.
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SiP 1 24.25
त्रिपुंड्रसहितो जीवः पूज्यः सर्वैः सुरासुरैः पापान्वितोपि शुद्धात्मा किं पुनः श्रद्धया युतः
tripuṃḍrasahito jīvaḥ pūjyaḥ sarvaiḥ surāsuraiḥ pāpānvitopi śuddhātmā kiṃ punaḥ śraddhayā yutaḥ
A living being marked with the tripuṇḍra is to be honoured by all gods and demons; even if laden with sin he is of pure soul—how much more one who is possessed of faith.
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SiP 1 24.26
यस्मिन्देशे शिवज्ञानी भूतिशासनसंयुतः गतो यदृच्छयाद्यापि तस्मिस्तीर्थाः समागताः
yasmindeśe śivajñānī bhūtiśāsanasaṃyutaḥ gato yadṛcchayādyāpi tasmistīrthāḥ samāgatāḥ
In whatever place one who knows Śiva, provided with the mark of ash, has gone even by mere chance, into that place the sacred fords have come together.
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SiP 1 24.27
बहुनात्रकिमुक्तेनधार्यंभस्मसदा बुधैः लिंगार्चनंसदाकार्यंजप्योमंत्रःषडक्षरः
bahunātrakimuktenadhāryaṃbhasmasadā budhaiḥ liṃgārcanaṃsadākāryaṃjapyomaṃtraḥṣaḍakṣaraḥ
What is the use of saying much here: ash is always to be worn by the wise, the liṅga is always to be worshipped, and the six-syllable mantra recited.
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SiP 1 24.28
ब्रह्मणाविष्णुनावापि रुद्रेणमुनिभिः सुरैः भस्मधारणमाहात्म्यंनशक्यंपरिभाषितुम्
brahmaṇāviṣṇunāvāpi rudreṇamunibhiḥ suraiḥ bhasmadhāraṇamāhātmyaṃnaśakyaṃparibhāṣitum
Even by Brahmā, or by Viṣṇu, or by Rudra, by the sages, by the gods, the greatness of wearing ash cannot be fully described.
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SiP 1 24.29
इति वर्णाश्रमाचारोलुप्तवर्णक्रियोपि च पापात्सकृत्त्रिपुंड्रस्यधारणात्सोपिमुच्यते
iti varṇāśramācāroluptavarṇakriyopi ca pāpātsakṛttripuṃḍrasyadhāraṇātsopimucyate
Thus, even one whose conduct of class and stage of life and whose class-observances have lapsed—he too is released from sin by wearing the tripuṇḍra once.
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SiP 1 24.30
येभस्मधारिणंत्यक्त्वाकर्मकुर्वंतिमानवाः तेषां नास्तिविनिर्मोक्षः संसाराज्जन्मकोटिभिः
yebhasmadhāriṇaṃtyaktvākarmakurvaṃtimānavāḥ teṣāṃ nāstivinirmokṣaḥ saṃsārājjanmakoṭibhiḥ
Those men who abandon the wearer of ash and (yet) perform ritual acts—for them there is no complete release from transmigration through crores of births.
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SiP 1 24.31
ते नाधीतंगुरोःसर्वंतेनसर्वमनुष्ठितम् येनविप्रेणशिरसित्रिपुंड्रंभस्मनाकृतम्
te nādhītaṃguroḥsarvaṃtenasarvamanuṣṭhitam yenavipreṇaśirasitripuṃḍraṃbhasmanākṛtam
By him everything has been learned from the teacher, by him everything has been performed—by that brahmin who has made the tripuṇḍra with ash upon his head.
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SiP 1 24.32
ये भस्मधारिणं दृष्ट्वानराः कुर्वंतिताडनम् तेषांचंडालतोजन्मब्रह्मन्नूह्यंविपश्चिता
ye bhasmadhāriṇaṃ dṛṣṭvānarāḥ kurvaṃtitāḍanam teṣāṃcaṃḍālatojanmabrahmannūhyaṃvipaścitā
Those men who, on seeing a wearer of ash, strike him—their birth is as a caṇḍāla: O brahmin, this is to be inferred by the discerning.
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SiP 1 24.33
मानस्तोकेनमंत्रेणमंत्रितंभस्मधारयेत् ब्राह्मणःक्षत्रियश्चैव प्रोक्तेष्वंगेषुभक्तिमान्
mānastokenamaṃtreṇamaṃtritaṃbhasmadhārayet brāhmaṇaḥkṣatriyaścaiva prokteṣvaṃgeṣubhaktimān
One should wear ash consecrated with the mānastoke mantra—the brahmin and the kṣatriya, being devout, on the limbs that have been declared.
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SiP 1 24.34
वैश्यस्त्रियंबकेनैवशूद्रःपञ्चाक्षरेणतु अन्येषां विधवास्त्रीणां विधिः प्रोक्तश्चशूद्रवत्
vaiśyastriyaṃbakenaivaśūdraḥpañcākṣareṇatu anyeṣāṃ vidhavāstrīṇāṃ vidhiḥ proktaścaśūdravat
The vaiśya with the tryambaka (mantra), but the śūdra with the five-syllable one; for others and for widowed women the rule is declared to be as for the śūdra.
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SiP 1 24.35
पञ्चब्रह्मादिमनुभिर्गृहस्थस्यविधीयते त्रियंबकेनमनुनाविधिर्वैब्रह्मचारिणः
pañcabrahmādimanubhirgṛhasthasyavidhīyate triyaṃbakenamanunāvidhirvaibrahmacāriṇaḥ
For the householder it is prescribed with the mantras beginning with the five brahma-(mantras); with the tryambaka mantra is the rule for the celibate student.
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SiP 1 24.36
अघोरेणाथमनुनाविपिनस्थविधिःस्मृतः यतिस्तुप्रणवेनैव त्रिपुंड्रादीनिकारयेत्
aghoreṇāthamanunāvipinasthavidhiḥsmṛtaḥ yatistupraṇavenaiva tripuṃḍrādīnikārayet
Then with the aghora mantra the rule for the forest-dweller is taught; but the renunciant should make the tripuṇḍra and the rest with the praṇava alone.
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SiP 1 24.37
अतिवर्णाश्रमीनित्यंशिवोहंभावनात्परात् शिवयोगी च नियतमीशानेनापि धारयेत्
ativarṇāśramīnityaṃśivohaṃbhāvanātparāt śivayogī ca niyatamīśānenāpi dhārayet
One beyond class and stage of life, ever intent on the contemplation 'I am Śiva', and the Śiva-yogin, should invariably wear it with the īśāna (mantra) as well.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 24.38
न त्याज्यं सर्ववर्णैश्च भस्मधारणमुत्तमम् अन्यैरपि यथाजीवैस्सदेति शिवशासनम्
na tyājyaṃ sarvavarṇaiśca bhasmadhāraṇamuttamam anyairapi yathājīvaissadeti śivaśāsanam
The excellent wearing of ash is not to be given up by any of the classes, nor by others either, as long as they live—such is Śiva's ordinance.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.39
भस्मस्नानेनयावंतः कणाः स्वाङ्गेप्रतिष्ठिताः तावंति शिवलिंगानि तनौधत्तेहिधारकः
bhasmasnānenayāvaṃtaḥ kaṇāḥ svāṅgepratiṣṭhitāḥ tāvaṃti śivaliṃgāni tanaudhattehidhārakaḥ
However many particles are established on one's own body by the ash-bath, that many Śiva-liṅgas the wearer bears on his body.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.40
ब्राह्मणाः क्षत्रियावैश्याः शूद्राश्चापि च संकराः स्त्रियोथविधवाबालाः प्राप्ताः पाखंडिकास्तथा
brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyāvaiśyāḥ śūdrāścāpi ca saṃkarāḥ striyothavidhavābālāḥ prāptāḥ pākhaṃḍikāstathā
Brahmins, kṣatriyas, vaiśyas, and also śūdras and those of mixed birth, women, or widows, children, and heretics too, once they have obtained it—
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 24.41
ब्रह्मचारीगृहीवन्यःसंन्यासीवाव्रतीतथा नार्योभस्मत्रिपुंड्रांकामुक्ता एवनसंशयः
brahmacārīgṛhīvanyaḥsaṃnyāsīvāvratītathā nāryobhasmatripuṃḍrāṃkāmuktā evanasaṃśayaḥ
—a student, a householder, a forest-dweller, a renunciant, or one under a vow, and a woman: those marked with the tripuṇḍra of ash are simply liberated, there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.42
ज्ञानधृज्ञानतोवापिवह्निदाहसमोयथा ज्ञानाज्ञानधृतंभस्मपावयेत्सकलंनरम्
jñānadhṛjñānatovāpivahnidāhasamoyathā jñānājñānadhṛtaṃbhasmapāvayetsakalaṃnaram
Whether worn with knowledge or from ignorance—just as the burning of fire is the same—ash worn with knowledge or without knowledge purifies every man.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 24.43
नाश्नीयाज्जलमन्नमल्पमपिवा भस्माक्षधृत्याविना भुक्त्वावाथगृहीवनीपतियतिर्वर्णीतथासंकरः एनोभुङ्नरकंप्रयातिसतदागायत्रिजापेनतद्वर्णानां तु यतेस्तु मुख्यप्रणवाजपेन मुक्तंभवेत्
nāśnīyājjalamannamalpamapivā bhasmākṣadhṛtyāvinā bhuktvāvāthagṛhīvanīpatiyatirvarṇītathāsaṃkaraḥ enobhuṅnarakaṃprayātisatadāgāyatrijāpenatadvarṇānāṃ tu yatestu mukhyapraṇavājapena muktaṃbhavet
One should not eat food nor drink water, not even a little, without wearing ashes and the (rudra)akṣa; whether it be a householder, a mendicant, an ascetic, a student, or a man of mixed caste — having eaten thus, he eats sin and goes to hell. Then, for (men of) those classes, (release comes) by muttering the Gāyatrī; but for the ascetic he becomes released by muttering the foremost praṇava (Om).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 24.44
त्रिपुंड्रं ये विनिंदंति निन्दन्तिशिवमेवते धारयंतिचयेभक्त्या धारयन्ति तमेवते
tripuṃḍraṃ ye viniṃdaṃti nindantiśivamevate dhārayaṃticayebhaktyā dhārayanti tamevate
Those who revile the tripuṇḍra revile Śiva himself; and those who wear it with devotion, they wear him himself.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.45
धिग्भस्मरहितं भालंधिग्ग्राममशिवालयम् धिगनीशार्चनं जन्मधिग्विद्यामशिवाश्रयाम्
dhigbhasmarahitaṃ bhālaṃdhiggrāmamaśivālayam dhiganīśārcanaṃ janmadhigvidyāmaśivāśrayām
Damn a forehead without ashes; damn a village that has no Śiva temple; damn a birth without worship of the Lord; damn learning that does not rest on Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.46
येनिंदंतिमहेश्वरंत्रिजगतामाधारभूतंहरं ये निन्दंतित्रिपुंड्रधारणकरं दोषस्तु तद्दर्शने तेवैसंकरसूकरासुरखरश्वक्रोष्टुकीटोपमाजाता एव भवंतिपापपरमास्तेनारकाः केवलम्
yeniṃdaṃtimaheśvaraṃtrijagatāmādhārabhūtaṃharaṃ ye nindaṃtitripuṃḍradhāraṇakaraṃ doṣastu taddarśane tevaisaṃkarasūkarāsurakharaśvakroṣṭukīṭopamājātā eva bhavaṃtipāpaparamāstenārakāḥ kevalam
Those who revile Maheśvara, Hara, who is the support of the three worlds, and those who revile one who wears the tripuṇḍra — indeed there is fault in the very sight of such a one. They are born like mixed-castes, boars, demons, donkeys, dogs, jackals and worms, utterly given over to sin, and are merely hell-bound.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 24.47
तेदृष्ट्वा शशिभास्करौनिशि दिनेस्वप्नेपिनोकेवलंपश्यंतुश्रुतिरुद्रसूक्तजपतोमुच्येततेनादृताः सत्संभाषणतोभवेद्धिनरकंनिस्तारवानास्थितंयेभस्मादिविधारणंहिपुरुषंनिंदंतिमंदाहिते
tedṛṣṭvā śaśibhāskarauniśi dinesvapnepinokevalaṃpaśyaṃtuśrutirudrasūktajapatomucyetatenādṛtāḥ satsaṃbhāṣaṇatobhaveddhinarakaṃnistāravānāsthitaṃyebhasmādividhāraṇaṃhipuruṣaṃniṃdaṃtimaṃdāhite
Having seen them, one should not look at moon or sun by night or by day, nor even in a dream; only by muttering the Rudra-sūkta of the Veda is one freed; those who have honoured them (are freed) by conversing with the good — otherwise hell (results); there is no crossing over for one who stands (thus). For those dull-witted men who revile a man wearing ashes and the rest — (so it is) here.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 24.48
नतांत्रिकस्त्वधिकृतोनोर्ध्वपुंड्रधरोमुने संतप्तचक्रचिह्नोत्रशिवयज्ञेबहिष्कृतः
natāṃtrikastvadhikṛtonordhvapuṃḍradharomune saṃtaptacakracihnotraśivayajñebahiṣkṛtaḥ
The tāntrika is not qualified, nor, O sage, the wearer of the upright mark (ūrdhvapuṇḍra); one who bears here the mark of a branded discus is excluded from the sacrifice to Śiva.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 24.49
तत्रैतेबहवोलोकाबृहज्जाबालचोदिताः तेविचार्याःप्रयत्नेनततोभस्मरतोभवेत्
tatraitebahavolokābṛhajjābālacoditāḥ tevicāryāḥprayatnenatatobhasmaratobhavet
On this matter there are many passages enjoined by the Bṛhajjābāla (Upaniṣad); these are to be pondered with effort, and thereupon one becomes devoted to the ashes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 24.50
यच्चंदनैश्चंदनकेपिमिश्रंधार्यंहिभस्मैवत्रिपुंड्रभस्मना विभूतिभालोपरिकिंचनापिधार्यंसदानोयदिसंतिबुद्धयः
yaccaṃdanaiścaṃdanakepimiśraṃdhāryaṃhibhasmaivatripuṃḍrabhasmanā vibhūtibhāloparikiṃcanāpidhāryaṃsadānoyadisaṃtibuddhayaḥ
Even what is mixed with sandal pastes and sandal powder — ash alone is indeed to be worn; with the ash of the tripuṇḍra, at least some vibhūti should always be worn upon the forehead, if there be any (right) understanding.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 24.51
स्त्रीभिस्त्रिपुण्ड्रमलकावधि धारणीयं भस्मद्विजादिभिरथो विधवाभिरेवम् तद्वत्सदाश्रमवतां विशदाविभूतिर्धार्यापवर्गफलदासकलाघहन्त्री
strībhistripuṇḍramalakāvadhi dhāraṇīyaṃ bhasmadvijādibhiratho vidhavābhirevam tadvatsadāśramavatāṃ viśadāvibhūtirdhāryāpavargaphaladāsakalāghahantrī
By women the tripuṇḍra of ashes should be worn as far as the hairline, and by twice-born men and the rest, and likewise by widows; so too for those living in the (four) stages of life the bright vibhūti is to be worn — it gives the fruit of liberation and destroys every sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 24.52
त्रिपुण्ड्रंकुरुतेयस्तु भस्मना विधिपूर्वकम् महापातकसंघातैर्मुच्यते चोपपातकैः
tripuṇḍraṃkuruteyastu bhasmanā vidhipūrvakam mahāpātakasaṃghātairmucyate copapātakaiḥ
Whoever makes the tripuṇḍra with ashes according to the rule is freed from whole masses of great sins and from the minor sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.53
ब्रह्मचारीगृहस्थोवावानप्रस्थोथवायतिः ब्रह्मक्षत्त्राश्चविट्शूद्रास्तथान्ये पतिताधमाः
brahmacārīgṛhasthovāvānaprasthothavāyatiḥ brahmakṣattrāścaviṭśūdrāstathānye patitādhamāḥ
A student, a householder, or a forest-dweller, or an ascetic, brahmins and kṣatriyas, vaiśyas and śūdras, and likewise others, fallen and lowly —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.54
उद्धूलनंत्रिपुंड्रं च धृत्वाशुद्धाभवंतिच भस्मनोविधिना सम्यक्पापराशिंविहाय च
uddhūlanaṃtripuṃḍraṃ ca dhṛtvāśuddhābhavaṃtica bhasmanovidhinā samyakpāparāśiṃvihāya ca
— having worn the dusting-over (of ashes) and the tripuṇḍra, they become pure, having wholly cast off the heap of their sins by the rule of the ashes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.55
भस्मधारी विशेषेण स्त्रीगोहत्यादिपातकैः वीरहत्याश्वहत्याभ्यां मुच्यतेनात्र संशयः
bhasmadhārī viśeṣeṇa strīgohatyādipātakaiḥ vīrahatyāśvahatyābhyāṃ mucyatenātra saṃśayaḥ
One who wears the ashes is freed in particular from the sins of killing a woman, killing a cow and the rest, and from the killing of a hero and the killing of a horse — here there is no doubt.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.56
परद्रव्यापहरणं परदाराभिमर्शनम् परनिन्दा परक्षेत्रहरणं परपीडनम्
paradravyāpaharaṇaṃ paradārābhimarśanam paranindā parakṣetraharaṇaṃ parapīḍanam
Taking away another's property, touching another's wife, slandering another, seizing another's field, tormenting another,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.57
सस्यारामादिहरणं गृहदाहादिकर्म च गोहिरण्यमहिष्यादितिलकम्बलवाससाम्
sasyārāmādiharaṇaṃ gṛhadāhādikarma ca gohiraṇyamahiṣyāditilakambalavāsasām
stealing crops, gardens and the like, and acts such as burning a house, (stealing) cows, gold, buffaloes and the like, sesame, blankets and clothes,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.58
अन्नधान्यजलादीनां नीचेभ्यश्चपरिग्रहः दशवेश्यामतंगीषु वृषलीषु नटीषु च
annadhānyajalādīnāṃ nīcebhyaścaparigrahaḥ daśaveśyāmataṃgīṣu vṛṣalīṣu naṭīṣu ca
and accepting food, grain, water and the like from low people; intercourse with the ten (kinds of women) — prostitutes, Mātaṅga women, śūdra women and actresses,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 24.59
रजस्वलासु कन्यासु विधवासु च मैथुनम् मांसचर्मरसादीनां लवणस्य च विक्रयः
rajasvalāsu kanyāsu vidhavāsu ca maithunam māṃsacarmarasādīnāṃ lavaṇasya ca vikrayaḥ
intercourse with menstruating women, with virgins and with widows; and the selling of meat, hides, juices and the like, and of salt,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.60
पैशुन्यं कूटवादश्च साक्षिमिथ्याभिलाषिणाम् एवमादीन्यसंख्यानि पापानि विधानि च सद्य एव विनश्यंति त्रिपुंड्रस्य च धारणात्
paiśunyaṃ kūṭavādaśca sākṣimithyābhilāṣiṇām evamādīnyasaṃkhyāni pāpāni vidhāni ca sadya eva vinaśyaṃti tripuṃḍrasya ca dhāraṇāt
malicious slander and false speech, and (the acts) of those who crave false witness — sins of these kinds, countless and of many sorts, perish that very instant through the wearing of the tripuṇḍra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.61
शिवद्रव्यापहरणंशिवनिंदाचकुत्रचित् निंदाचशिवभक्तानांप्रायश्चित्तैर्नशुद्ध्यति
śivadravyāpaharaṇaṃśivaniṃdācakutracit niṃdācaśivabhaktānāṃprāyaścittairnaśuddhyati
Stealing Śiva's property, reviling Śiva anywhere, and reviling the devotees of Śiva — (from these) one is not purified by expiations.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.62
रुद्राक्षं यस्य गात्रेषु ललाटे तु त्रिपंड्रकम् सचांडालोपिसंपूज्यस्सर्ववर्णोत्तमोत्तमः
rudrākṣaṃ yasya gātreṣu lalāṭe tu tripaṃḍrakam sacāṃḍālopisaṃpūjyassarvavarṇottamottamaḥ
He on whose limbs is the rudrākṣa and on whose forehead the tripuṇḍra — even if he be a Cāṇḍāla, he is to be worshipped, the highest of the high among all the classes.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.63
यानितीर्थानिलोकेस्मिन्गंगाद्यास्सरितश्चयोः स्नातोभवतिसर्वत्रललाटेयस्त्रिपुंड्रकम्
yānitīrthānilokesmingaṃgādyāssaritaścayoḥ snātobhavatisarvatralalāṭeyastripuṃḍrakam
Whatever holy fords there are in this world, and the rivers beginning with the Gaṅgā — he who (bears) the tripuṇḍra on his forehead has bathed in them all.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.64
सप्तकोटि महामंत्राः पञ्चाक्षरपुरस्सराः तथान्ये कोटिशो मंत्राः शैवकैवल्यहेतवः
saptakoṭi mahāmaṃtrāḥ pañcākṣarapurassarāḥ tathānye koṭiśo maṃtrāḥ śaivakaivalyahetavaḥ
Seven crore great mantras, headed by the five-syllabled one, and likewise other mantras by the crore, which are causes of Śaiva liberation —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.65
अन्ये मंत्राश्च देवानां सर्वसौख्यकरामुने ते सर्वे तस्य वश्याः स्युर्यो बिभर्ति त्रिपुंड्रकम्
anye maṃtrāśca devānāṃ sarvasaukhyakarāmune te sarve tasya vaśyāḥ syuryo bibharti tripuṃḍrakam
and the other mantras of the gods, which bring every happiness, O sage — all these become subject to him who bears the tripuṇḍra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.66
सहस्रं पूर्वजातानां सहस्रं जनयिष्यताम् स्ववंशजानां ज्ञातीनामुद्धरेद्यस्त्रिपुण्ड्रकृत्
sahasraṃ pūrvajātānāṃ sahasraṃ janayiṣyatām svavaṃśajānāṃ jñātīnāmuddharedyastripuṇḍrakṛt
He who makes the tripuṇḍra rescues a thousand (kinsmen) born before him and a thousand yet to be born, kinsmen born of his own lineage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.67
इह भुक्त्वाखिलान्भोगान्दीर्घायुर्व्याधिवर्जितः जीवितांते च मरणं सुखेनैव प्रपद्यते
iha bhuktvākhilānbhogāndīrghāyurvyādhivarjitaḥ jīvitāṃte ca maraṇaṃ sukhenaiva prapadyate
Having enjoyed here all pleasures, long-lived and free of disease, at the end of his life he meets death with ease.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.68
अष्टैश्वर्यगुणोपेतंप्राप्यदिव्यवपुः शिवम् दिव्यंविमानमारुह्यदिव्यत्रिदशसेवितम्
aṣṭaiśvaryaguṇopetaṃprāpyadivyavapuḥ śivam divyaṃvimānamāruhyadivyatridaśasevitam
Endowed with the eight qualities of lordship, obtaining a divine, auspicious body, and mounting a divine celestial car attended by the divine thirty (gods) —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.69
विद्याधराणांसर्वेषांगंधर्वाणांमहौजसाम् इंद्रादिलोकपालानांलोकेषुचयथाक्रमम्
vidyādharāṇāṃsarveṣāṃgaṃdharvāṇāṃmahaujasām iṃdrādilokapālānāṃlokeṣucayathākramam
and in the worlds of all the Vidyādharas, of the Gandharvas of great vigour, and of Indra and the other guardians of the regions, in due order,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.70
भुक्त्वा भोगान्सुविपुलान्प्रजेशानां पदेषु च ब्रह्मणः पदमासाद्यतत्रकन्याशतंलमेत्
bhuktvā bhogānsuvipulānprajeśānāṃ padeṣu ca brahmaṇaḥ padamāsādyatatrakanyāśataṃlamet
having enjoyed most abundant pleasures, and (likewise) in the stations of the lords of creatures; then, reaching the station of Brahmā, there he obtains a hundred maidens.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.71
तत्र ब्रह्मायुषोमानंभुक्त्वाभोगाननेकशः विष्णोर्लोकेलभेद्भोगंयावद्ब्रह्मशतात्ययः
tatra brahmāyuṣomānaṃbhuktvābhogānanekaśaḥ viṣṇorlokelabhedbhogaṃyāvadbrahmaśatātyayaḥ
There, having enjoyed pleasures many times over for the measure of Brahmā's lifespan, in Viṣṇu's world he obtains enjoyment until a hundred Brahmās have passed away.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.72
शिवलोकं ततः प्राप्य लब्ध्वेष्टं काममक्षयम् शिवसायुज्यमाप्नोतिसंशयोनात्रजायते
śivalokaṃ tataḥ prāpya labdhveṣṭaṃ kāmamakṣayam śivasāyujyamāpnotisaṃśayonātrajāyate
Then, having reached the world of Śiva and obtained his desired, imperishable wish, he attains union with Śiva; no doubt arises about this.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.73
सर्वोपनिषदांसारंसमालोक्यमुहुर्मुहुः इदमेव हि निर्णीतं परं श्रेयस्त्रिपुंड्रकम्
sarvopaniṣadāṃsāraṃsamālokyamuhurmuhuḥ idameva hi nirṇītaṃ paraṃ śreyastripuṃḍrakam
Having examined again and again the essence of all the Upaniṣads, just this has been settled: the tripuṇḍra is the highest good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.74
विभूतिंनिंदतेयोवैब्राह्मणः सोन्यजातकः यातिचनरकेघोरेयावद्ब्रह्मा चतुर्मुखः
vibhūtiṃniṃdateyovaibrāhmaṇaḥ sonyajātakaḥ yāticanarakeghoreyāvadbrahmā caturmukhaḥ
The brahmin who reviles the sacred ash — he is of some other birth (than brahmin), and he goes to dreadful hell for as long as four-faced Brahmā endures.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.75
श्राद्धेयज्ञेजपेहोमेवैश्वदेवेसुरार्चने धृतत्रिपुंड्रःपूतात्मामृत्युंजयतिमानवः
śrāddheyajñejapehomevaiśvadevesurārcane dhṛtatripuṃḍraḥpūtātmāmṛtyuṃjayatimānavaḥ
In the śrāddha, in sacrifice, in japa, in the homa, in the Vaiśvadeva rite, in the worship of the gods — the man who wears the tripuṇḍra, his self purified, conquers death.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.76
जलस्नानं मलत्यागेभस्मस्नानंसदाशुचि मंत्रस्नानंहरेत्पापंज्ञानस्नानेपरंपदम्
jalasnānaṃ malatyāgebhasmasnānaṃsadāśuci maṃtrasnānaṃharetpāpaṃjñānasnāneparaṃpadam
Bathing in water is for the removal of dirt; bathing in ash is always purifying; bathing in mantra removes sin; in bathing in knowledge (there is) the supreme state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.77
सर्वतीर्थेषुयत्पुण्यंसर्वतीर्थेषुयत्फलम् तत्फलंसमवाप्नोतिभस्मस्नानकरोनरः
sarvatīrtheṣuyatpuṇyaṃsarvatīrtheṣuyatphalam tatphalaṃsamavāpnotibhasmasnānakaronaraḥ
Whatever merit there is in all the holy fords, whatever fruit there is in all the holy fords — that fruit the man obtains who bathes in ash.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.78
भस्मस्नानं परं तीर्थंगंगास्नानंदिनेदिने भस्मरूपीशिवःसाक्षाद्भस्म त्रैलोक्यपावनम्
bhasmasnānaṃ paraṃ tīrthaṃgaṃgāsnānaṃdinedine bhasmarūpīśivaḥsākṣādbhasma trailokyapāvanam
Bathing in ash is the supreme ford, a bath in the Gaṅgā day after day; Śiva in the form of ash is directly present; ash purifies the three worlds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.79
नतदूनंनतद्ध्यानंनतद्दानंजपोनसः त्रिपुंड्रेणविनायेन विप्रेण यदनुष्ठितम्
natadūnaṃnataddhyānaṃnataddānaṃjaponasaḥ tripuṃḍreṇavināyena vipreṇa yadanuṣṭhitam
That is no oblation, that is no meditation, that is no gift, and that is no japa, which is performed by a brahmin without the tripuṇḍra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 24.80
वानप्रस्थस्यकन्यानांदीक्षाहीननृणां तथा मध्याह्नात्प्राग्जलैर्युक्तंपरतोजलवर्जितम्
vānaprasthasyakanyānāṃdīkṣāhīnanṛṇāṃ tathā madhyāhnātprāgjalairyuktaṃparatojalavarjitam
For the forest-dweller, for maidens, and likewise for men who lack initiation: before midday (it is to be made) with water, after that without water.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 24.81
एवं त्रिपुंड्रं यः कुर्यान्नित्यंनियतमानसः शिवभक्तः सविज्ञेयो भुक्तिमुक्तिं च विंदति
evaṃ tripuṃḍraṃ yaḥ kuryānnityaṃniyatamānasaḥ śivabhaktaḥ savijñeyo bhuktimuktiṃ ca viṃdati
He who thus makes the tripuṇḍra daily with a controlled mind is to be known as a devotee of Śiva, and he obtains both enjoyment and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.82
यस्यांगेनैवरुद्राक्ष एकोपिबहुपुण्यदः तस्यजन्मनिरर्थंस्यात्त्रिपुंड्ररहितो यदि
yasyāṃgenaivarudrākṣa ekopibahupuṇyadaḥ tasyajanmanirarthaṃsyāttripuṃḍrarahito yadi
He on whose body even a single rudrākṣa bestows much merit — even his birth would be pointless if he lacks the tripuṇḍra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.83
एवंत्रिपुंड्रमाहात्म्यंसमासात्कथितंमया रहस्यंसर्वजंतूनां गोपनीयमिदं त्वया
evaṃtripuṃḍramāhātmyaṃsamāsātkathitaṃmayā rahasyaṃsarvajaṃtūnāṃ gopanīyamidaṃ tvayā
Thus have I told in brief the greatness of the tripuṇḍra; this is a secret from all creatures, and you must keep it hidden.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.84
तिस्रोरेखाभवंत्येवस्थानेषुमुनिपुंगवाः ललाटादिषुसर्वेषुयथोक्तेषुबुधैर्मुने
tisrorekhābhavaṃtyevasthāneṣumunipuṃgavāḥ lalāṭādiṣusarveṣuyathokteṣubudhairmune
The lines are just three, O best of sages, in (all) the places — on the forehead and the rest, in all those declared by the wise, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.85
भ्रुवोर्मध्यंसमारभ्ययावदंतोभवेद्भ्रुवोः तावत्प्रमाणंसंधार्यं ललाटे च त्रिपुंड्रकम्
bhruvormadhyaṃsamārabhyayāvadaṃtobhavedbhruvoḥ tāvatpramāṇaṃsaṃdhāryaṃ lalāṭe ca tripuṃḍrakam
Beginning from the middle of the brows, as far as the end of the brows extends — that is the measure in which the tripuṇḍra is to be worn on the forehead.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.86
मध्यमानामिकांगुल्यामध्येतुप्रतिलोमतः अंगुष्ठेन कृतारेखा त्रिपुंड्राख्या भिधीयते
madhyamānāmikāṃgulyāmadhyetupratilomataḥ aṃguṣṭhena kṛtārekhā tripuṃḍrākhyā bhidhīyate
The line made in the middle with the middle and the ring finger in reverse direction, and (then) with the thumb, is called the tripuṇḍra.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 24.87
मध्येंगुलिभिरादाय तिसृभिर्भस्मयत्नतः त्रिपुण्ड्रधारयेद्भक्त्याभुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदंपरम्
madhyeṃgulibhirādāya tisṛbhirbhasmayatnataḥ tripuṇḍradhārayedbhaktyābhuktimuktipradaṃparam
Taking up the ash carefully with the three middle fingers, one should wear the tripuṇḍra with devotion — the supreme (mark) that grants enjoyment and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.88
तिसृणामपि रेखानां प्रत्येकंनवदेवताः सर्वत्रांगेषुतावक्ष्येसावधानतया शृणु
tisṛṇāmapi rekhānāṃ pratyekaṃnavadevatāḥ sarvatrāṃgeṣutāvakṣyesāvadhānatayā śṛṇu
For each one of the three lines there are nine deities; I shall tell you (of them) in all the limbs everywhere — listen attentively.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.89
अकारो गार्हपत्याग्निर्भूधर्मश्च रजोगुणः ऋग्वेदश्च क्रियाशक्तिः प्रातःसवनमेव च
akāro gārhapatyāgnirbhūdharmaśca rajoguṇaḥ ṛgvedaśca kriyāśaktiḥ prātaḥsavanameva ca
The syllable 'a', the household fire (gārhapatya), earth, dharma, the quality of rajas, the Ṛgveda, the power of action, and the morning pressing (of soma);
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.90
महदेवश्च रेखायाः प्रथमायाश्च देवता विज्ञेया मुनिशार्दूलाः शिवदीक्षापरायणैः
mahadevaśca rekhāyāḥ prathamāyāśca devatā vijñeyā muniśārdūlāḥ śivadīkṣāparāyaṇaiḥ
and Mahādeva — these are to be known, O tigers among sages, as the deities of the first line, by those devoted to Śiva's initiation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.91
उकारो दक्षिणाग्निश्च नभस्तत्त्वं यजुस्तथा मध्यंदिनं च सवनमिच्छाशक्त्यंतरात्मकौ
ukāro dakṣiṇāgniśca nabhastattvaṃ yajustathā madhyaṃdinaṃ ca savanamicchāśaktyaṃtarātmakau
The syllable 'u', the southern fire (dakṣiṇāgni), the element of ether, the Yajus, the midday pressing, the power of will, and the inner self;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.92
महेश्वरश्च रेखाया द्वितीयायाश्च देवता विज्ञेयामुनिशार्दूल शिवदीक्षापरायणैः
maheśvaraśca rekhāyā dvitīyāyāśca devatā vijñeyāmuniśārdūla śivadīkṣāparāyaṇaiḥ
and Maheśvara — these are to be known, O tiger among sages, as the deities of the second line, by those devoted to Śiva's initiation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.93
मकाराहवनीयौ च परमात्मा तमोदिवौ ज्ञानशक्तिः सामवेदस्तृतीयं सवनं तथा
makārāhavanīyau ca paramātmā tamodivau jñānaśaktiḥ sāmavedastṛtīyaṃ savanaṃ tathā
The syllable 'm' and the āhavanīya fire, the supreme Self, tamas and heaven, the power of knowledge, the Sāmaveda, and likewise the third pressing;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.94
शिवश्चैव च रेखायास्तृतियायाश्च देवता विज्ञेयामुनिशार्दूल शिवदीक्षापरायणौ
śivaścaiva ca rekhāyāstṛtiyāyāśca devatā vijñeyāmuniśārdūla śivadīkṣāparāyaṇau
and Śiva too — these are to be known, O tiger among sages, as the deities of the third line, by the two devoted to Śiva's initiation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.95
एवं नित्यं नमस्कृत्य सद्भक्त्या स्थानदेवताः त्रिपुंड्रं धारयेच्छुद्धो भुक्तिंमुक्तिं च विंदति
evaṃ nityaṃ namaskṛtya sadbhaktyā sthānadevatāḥ tripuṃḍraṃ dhārayecchuddho bhuktiṃmuktiṃ ca viṃdati
Thus, having always bowed with true devotion to the deities of the (several) places, one who is pure should wear the tripuṇḍra, and he obtains enjoyment and liberation.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.96
इत्युक्ताःस्थानदेवाश्चसर्वांगेषुमुनिश्वर तेषां संबंधिनोभक्त्यास्थानानिशृणुसांप्रतम्
ityuktāḥsthānadevāścasarvāṃgeṣumuniśvara teṣāṃ saṃbaṃdhinobhaktyāsthānāniśṛṇusāṃpratam
Thus have the deities of the places in all the limbs been declared, O lord of sages; now hear the places connected with them, (to be marked) with devotion.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.97
द्वात्रिंशत्स्थानके वार्धषोडशस्थानकेपि च अष्टस्थाने तथा चैव पञ्चस्थानेपि नान्यसेत्
dvātriṃśatsthānake vārdhaṣoḍaśasthānakepi ca aṣṭasthāne tathā caiva pañcasthānepi nānyaset
Whether in the thirty-two places, or in the sixteen places, or in the eight places, or likewise in the five places, one should not deviate.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 24.98
उत्तमांगे ललाटे च कर्णयोर्नेत्रयोस्तथा नासावक्त्रगलेष्वेवंहस्तद्वय अतःपरम्
uttamāṃge lalāṭe ca karṇayornetrayostathā nāsāvaktragaleṣvevaṃhastadvaya ataḥparam
On the head and the forehead, on the two ears and the two eyes, likewise on the nose, mouth and throat, and next on the two hands;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.99
कूर्परे मणिबंधेचहृदयेपार्श्वयोर्द्वयोः नाभौमुष्कद्वयेचैवमूर्वोर्गुल्फेचजानुनि
kūrpare maṇibaṃdhecahṛdayepārśvayordvayoḥ nābhaumuṣkadvayecaivamūrvorgulphecajānuni
on the elbow, on the wrist, on the heart, on the two sides, on the navel, on the two testicles, on the thighs, on the ankle and on the knee;
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.100
जंघाद्वयेपदद्वन्द्वेद्वात्रिंशत्स्थानमुत्तमम् अग्न्यब्भूवायुदिग्देशदिक्पालान्वसुभिः सह
jaṃghādvayepadadvandvedvātriṃśatsthānamuttamam agnyabbhūvāyudigdeśadikpālānvasubhiḥ saha
on the two shanks and the pair of feet — this is the excellent set of thirty-two places; (there are) fire, water, earth, wind, the regions of the directions, the guardians of the directions, together with the Vasus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 24.101
धराध्रुवश्चसोमश्च अपश्चेवानिलोनलः प्रत्यूषश्च प्रभासश्चवसवोष्टप्रकीर्तिताः
dharādhruvaścasomaśca apaścevānilonalaḥ pratyūṣaśca prabhāsaścavasavoṣṭaprakīrtitāḥ
Dhara, Dhruva, Soma, Apa, Anila, Anala, Pratyūṣa and Prabhāsa — these are proclaimed as the eight Vasus.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.102
एतेषांनाममात्रेणत्रिपुंड्रंधारयेद्बुधाः कुर्याद्वाषोडशस्थानेत्रिपुण्ड्रंतुसमाहितः
eteṣāṃnāmamātreṇatripuṃḍraṃdhārayedbudhāḥ kuryādvāṣoḍaśasthānetripuṇḍraṃtusamāhitaḥ
Merely by the names of these, O wise ones, one should wear the tripuṇḍra; or, composed in mind, one should make the tripuṇḍra in the sixteen places.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.103
शीर्षकेचललाटेचकंठेचांसद्वयेभुजे कूर्परेमणिबंधेचहृदयेनाभिपार्श्वके
śīrṣakecalalāṭecakaṃṭhecāṃsadvayebhuje kūrparemaṇibaṃdhecahṛdayenābhipārśvake
On the head, on the forehead, on the throat, on the two shoulders, on the arm, on the elbow, on the wrist, on the heart, on the navel, on the side,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.104
पृष्ठेचैवंप्रतिष्ठाययजेत्तत्राश्विदैवते शिवशक्तिंतथारुद्रमीशंनारदमेवच
pṛṣṭhecaivaṃpratiṣṭhāyayajettatrāśvidaivate śivaśaktiṃtathārudramīśaṃnāradamevaca
and on the back — having thus established (the marks), one should there worship the deities beginning with the Aśvins: Śiva, Śakti, Rudra, Īśa, and Nārada,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 24.105
वामादिनवशक्तीश्च एताः षोडशदेवताः नासत्योदस्रकश्चैव अश्विनौद्वौप्रकीर्तितौ
vāmādinavaśaktīśca etāḥ ṣoḍaśadevatāḥ nāsatyodasrakaścaiva aśvinaudvauprakīrtitau
and the nine Śaktis beginning with Vāmā — these are the sixteen deities. Nāsatya and Dasra are declared to be the two Aśvins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.106
अथवामूर्ध्निकेशेचकर्मयोर्वदनेतथा बाहुद्वये च हृदयेनाभ्यामूरुयुगेतथा
athavāmūrdhnikeśecakarmayorvadanetathā bāhudvaye ca hṛdayenābhyāmūruyugetathā
Or else on the crown-hair, on the two ears, on the face likewise, on the two arms, on the heart, on the navel, and on the pair of thighs,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.107
जानुद्वयेचपदयोः पृष्ठभागे च षोडश शिवश्चन्द्रश्च रुद्रःको विघ्नेशोविष्णुरेव वा
jānudvayecapadayoḥ pṛṣṭhabhāge ca ṣoḍaśa śivaścandraśca rudraḥko vighneśoviṣṇureva vā
on the two knees, on the feet, and on the back portion — (these are) the sixteen. Śiva, Candra, Rudra, Ka (Brahmā), Vighneśa, or indeed Viṣṇu,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.108
श्रीश्चैवहृदयेशम्भुस्तथानाभौप्रजापतिः नागश्चनागकन्याश्च उभयोरृषिकन्यकाः
śrīścaivahṛdayeśambhustathānābhauprajāpatiḥ nāgaścanāgakanyāśca ubhayorṛṣikanyakāḥ
and Śrī; Śambhu on the heart, and Prajāpati on the navel; the Nāga and the Nāga maidens, and on the two (thighs?) the ṛṣis' daughters,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 24.109
पादयोश्चसमुद्राश्चतीर्थाः पृष्ठे विशालतः इत्येव षोडश स्थानमथोच्यते
pādayoścasamudrāścatīrthāḥ pṛṣṭhe viśālataḥ ityeva ṣoḍaśa sthānamathocyate
and on the two feet the oceans, and on the back the sacred fords, extensively. Thus indeed (are) the sixteen places. Now (another) is stated.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 1 24.110
गुह्यस्थानं ललाटश्च कर्णद्वयमनुत्तमम् अंसयुग्मं च हृदयं नाभिरित्येवमष्टकम्
guhyasthānaṃ lalāṭaśca karṇadvayamanuttamam aṃsayugmaṃ ca hṛdayaṃ nābhirityevamaṣṭakam
The private part, the forehead, the excellent pair of ears, the two shoulders, the heart, and the navel — thus (there are) eight.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.111
ब्रह्मा च ऋषयः सप्तदेवताश्चप्रकीर्तिताः इत्येवं तु समुद्दिष्टं भस्मविद्भिर्मुनीश्वराः
brahmā ca ṛṣayaḥ saptadevatāścaprakīrtitāḥ ityevaṃ tu samuddiṣṭaṃ bhasmavidbhirmunīśvarāḥ
Brahmā and the seven ṛṣis are proclaimed to be the deities. Thus indeed has it been set forth by the knowers of ash, O lords among sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.112
अथ वा मस्तकं बाहूहृदयं नाभिरेव च पञ्चस्थानान्यमून्याहुर्धारणे भस्मविज्जनाः
atha vā mastakaṃ bāhūhṛdayaṃ nābhireva ca pañcasthānānyamūnyāhurdhāraṇe bhasmavijjanāḥ
Or else the head, the arms, the heart, and the navel — these people who know ash call the five places for wearing (the ash).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.113
यथासंभवनं कुर्याद्देशकालाद्यपेक्षया उद्धूलनेप्यशक्तिश्चेत्त्रिपुण्ड्रादीनि कारयेत्
yathāsaṃbhavanaṃ kuryāddeśakālādyapekṣayā uddhūlanepyaśaktiścettripuṇḍrādīni kārayet
One should act according to what is possible, with regard to place, time and so on; if one is unable even to smear (oneself with ash), one should make the tripuṇḍra and the rest.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.114
त्रिनेत्रंत्रिगुणाधारंत्रिवेदजनकंशिवम् स्मरन्नमः शिवायेति ललाटे तु त्रिपुण्ड्रकम्
trinetraṃtriguṇādhāraṃtrivedajanakaṃśivam smarannamaḥ śivāyeti lalāṭe tu tripuṇḍrakam
Remembering Śiva, the three-eyed, the support of the three guṇas, the begetter of the three Vedas, (saying) "oṃ namaḥ śivāya," (one makes) the tripuṇḍra on the forehead.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.115
ईशाभ्यांनम इत्युक्त्वापार्श्वयोश्च त्रिपुण्ड्रकम् बीजाभ्यां नम इत्युक्त्वाधारयेत्तुप्रकोष्ठयोः
īśābhyāṃnama ityuktvāpārśvayośca tripuṇḍrakam bījābhyāṃ nama ityuktvādhārayettuprakoṣṭhayoḥ
Saying "homage to the two Īśas," (one makes) the tripuṇḍra on the two sides; saying "homage to the two Bījas," one should wear (it) on the two forearms.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 24.116
कुर्यादधः पितृभ्यां च उमेशाभ्यांतथोपरि भीमायेतिततःपृष्ठेशिरसःपश्चिमेतथा
kuryādadhaḥ pitṛbhyāṃ ca umeśābhyāṃtathopari bhīmāyetitataḥpṛṣṭheśirasaḥpaścimetathā
Below one should make (it) with "to the two Pitṛs," and above likewise with "to Umā and Īśa"; then with "to Bhīma" on the back, and likewise on the rear of the head.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain