Shiva Purana — Uma Samhita — Chapter 43

SiP 5 43.1

शौनक उवाच ।। आचार्य्यपूजनं ब्रूहि सूत व्यासगुरोऽधुना ।। ग्रन्थस्य श्रवणान्ते हि किं कर्तव्यं तदप्यहो

śaunaka uvāca || ācāryyapūjanaṃ brūhi sūta vyāsaguro'dhunā || granthasya śravaṇānte hi kiṃ kartavyaṃ tadapyaho

Śaunaka said: Tell (us) now the worship of the teacher, O Sūta whose guru is Vyāsa; and also this: what is to be done at the end of hearing the text?

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SiP 5 43.2

सूत उवाच ।। पूजयेद्विधिवद्भक्त्याचार्य्यं श्रुत्वा कथां पराम् ।। ग्रन्थान्ते विधिवद्दद्यादाचार्य्याय प्रसन्नधीः

sūta uvāca || pūjayedvidhivadbhaktyācāryyaṃ śrutvā kathāṃ parām || granthānte vidhivaddadyādācāryyāya prasannadhīḥ

Sūta said: Having heard the supreme narrative, one should worship the teacher with devotion according to the rule; at the end of the text, with a gladdened mind, one should make a gift to the teacher according to the rule.

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SiP 5 43.3

ततो वक्तारमानम्य संपूज्य च यथाविधि ।। भूषणैर्हस्तकर्णानां वस्त्रैस्सौम्यादिभिस्सुधीः

tato vaktāramānamya saṃpūjya ca yathāvidhi || bhūṣaṇairhastakarṇānāṃ vastraissaumyādibhissudhīḥ

Then, having bowed to the reciter and worshipped him as prescribed, the wise man (should honour him) with ornaments for the hands and ears, and with garments, pleasing and the like.

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SiP 5 43.4

कृत्वासनं सुवर्णस्य पलमानस्य साम्बरम्

kṛtvāsanaṃ suvarṇasya palamānasya sāmbaram

Having made a seat of gold weighing a pala, together with a cloth,

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SiP 5 43.5

तत्रास्थाप्य शुभं ग्रंथं लिखितं ललिताक्षरैः ।। आचार्याय सुधीर्दद्यान्मुक्तः स्याद्भवबन्धनैः

tatrāsthāpya śubhaṃ graṃthaṃ likhitaṃ lalitākṣaraiḥ || ācāryāya sudhīrdadyānmuktaḥ syādbhavabandhanaiḥ

having placed there the auspicious book written in graceful letters, the wise man should give it to the teacher; he would be freed from the bonds of existence.

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SiP 5 43.6

ग्रामो गजो हयश्चापि यथाशक्त्यपराणि च ।। मुने सर्वाणि देयानि वाचकाय महात्मने

grāmo gajo hayaścāpi yathāśaktyaparāṇi ca || mune sarvāṇi deyāni vācakāya mahātmane

A village, an elephant, and a horse too, and other things according to one's ability — all these, O sage, are to be given to the noble reciter.

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SiP 5 43.7

विधानसहितं सम्यक्छतं हि सफलं स्मृतम् ।। पुराणं शौनकमुने सत्यमेवोदितं मया

vidhānasahitaṃ samyakchataṃ hi saphalaṃ smṛtam || purāṇaṃ śaunakamune satyamevoditaṃ mayā

For the Purāṇa, properly heard together with the (prescribed) rite, is held to be fruitful, O sage Śaunaka; this has been stated by me as the truth.

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SiP 5 43.8

तस्माद्विधानदुक्तं तु शृणुयाद्भक्तितो मुने ।। पुराणं निगमार्थाढ्यं पुण्यदं हृदयं श्रुतेः

tasmādvidhānaduktaṃ tu śṛṇuyādbhaktito mune || purāṇaṃ nigamārthāḍhyaṃ puṇyadaṃ hṛdayaṃ śruteḥ

Therefore one should hear it with devotion in the manner stated by the rule, O sage — the Purāṇa, rich in the meaning of the Vedas, bestowing merit, the heart of scripture.

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