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Shiva Purana — Kailasa Samhita — Chapter 18

SiP 6 18.1

।। शौनक उवाच ।। श्रुत्वा वेदान्तसारं तद्रहस्यम्परमाद्भुतम् ।। किम्पृष्टवान्वामदेवो महेश्वरसुतं तदा

|| śaunaka uvāca || śrutvā vedāntasāraṃ tadrahasyamparamādbhutam || kimpṛṣṭavānvāmadevo maheśvarasutaṃ tadā

Śaunaka said: Having heard that essence of Vedānta, the supremely wondrous secret, what did Vāmadeva then ask the son of Maheśvara?

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SiP 6 18.2

धन्यो योगी वामदेवः शिवज्ञानरतस्सदा ।। यत्स्सम्बन्धात्कथोत्पन्ना दिव्या परमपावनी

dhanyo yogī vāmadevaḥ śivajñānaratassadā || yatssambandhātkathotpannā divyā paramapāvanī

Blessed is the yogin Vāmadeva, ever devoted to the knowledge of Śiva, by whose connection this divine, supremely purifying narrative came into being.

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SiP 6 18.3

इति श्रुत्वा मुनीनान्तद्वचनम्प्रेमगर्भितम् ।। सूतः प्राह प्रसन्नस्ताञ्छिवासक्तमना बुधः

iti śrutvā munīnāntadvacanampremagarbhitam || sūtaḥ prāha prasannastāñchivāsaktamanā budhaḥ

Having heard that speech of the sages, laden with love, Sūta—pleased, wise, his mind fixed on Śiva—spoke to them.

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SiP 6 18.4

सूत उवाच ।। धन्या यूयं महादेवभक्ता लोकोपकारकाः ।। शृणुध्वम्मुनयस्सर्वे संवादं च तयोः पुनः

sūta uvāca || dhanyā yūyaṃ mahādevabhaktā lokopakārakāḥ || śṛṇudhvammunayassarve saṃvādaṃ ca tayoḥ punaḥ

Sūta said: Blessed are you, devotees of Mahādeva, benefactors of the world; hear, all you sages, once more the conversation of those two.

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SiP 6 18.5

श्रुत्वा महेशतनयवचनं द्वैतनाशकम् ।। अद्वैतज्ञानजनकं सन्तुष्टोऽभून्महान्मुनिः

śrutvā maheśatanayavacanaṃ dvaitanāśakam || advaitajñānajanakaṃ santuṣṭo'bhūnmahānmuniḥ

Having heard the words of the son of Maheśa, which destroy duality and give rise to the knowledge of non-duality, the great sage was satisfied.

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SiP 6 18.6

नत्वा स्तुत्वा च विविधं कार्तिकेयं शिवात्मजम् ।। पुनः पप्रच्छ तत्त्वं हि विनयेन महामुनिः इति श्रुत्वा कार्तिकेयो वामदेववचः स्मरन्।। शिवं शिवां च मनसा व्याचष्टुमुपचक्रमे आपूर्य पूर्ववत्पूज्य षडंगोक्तक्रमेण च ।। प्रणवेन पुनस्तद्वै सप्तधैवाभिमन्त्रयेत् आधारशक्तिमारभ्य यजनोक्तविधानतः ।। पञ्चावरणमार्गेण देवमावाह्य पूजयेत् तदंगेषु समालिप्य तद्भस्म विधिना गुरुः ।। आसने संप्रवेश्याथ कल्पिते स्थापयेत्सुखम्

natvā stutvā ca vividhaṃ kārtikeyaṃ śivātmajam || punaḥ papraccha tattvaṃ hi vinayena mahāmuniḥ iti śrutvā kārtikeyo vāmadevavacaḥ smaran|| śivaṃ śivāṃ ca manasā vyācaṣṭumupacakrame āpūrya pūrvavatpūjya ṣaḍaṃgoktakrameṇa ca || praṇavena punastadvai saptadhaivābhimantrayet ādhāraśaktimārabhya yajanoktavidhānataḥ || pañcāvaraṇamārgeṇa devamāvāhya pūjayet tadaṃgeṣu samālipya tadbhasma vidhinā guruḥ || āsane saṃpraveśyātha kalpite sthāpayetsukham

Having bowed to and praised in many ways Kārtikeya, the son of Śiva, the great sage again asked, humbly, about the truth. Hearing this, Kārtikeya, recalling Vāmadeva's words and (calling) Śiva and Śivā to mind, began to expound. Having filled (the vessel) and worshipped as before, and by the sequence stated for the six limbs, he should then consecrate that with the praṇava seven times over. Beginning with the ādhāraśakti, according to the procedure stated for the sacrifice, he should invoke the god by way of the five enclosures and worship (him). The guru, having smeared that ash on his limbs according to the rule, should then lead (him) in and seat (him) comfortably on the prepared seat.

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SiP 6 18.7

वामदेव उवाच ।। भगवन्सर्वतत्त्वज्ञ षण्मुखामृतवारिधे ।। गुरुत्वं कथमेतेषां यतीनाम्भावितात्मनाम्

vāmadeva uvāca || bhagavansarvatattvajña ṣaṇmukhāmṛtavāridhe || gurutvaṃ kathameteṣāṃ yatīnāmbhāvitātmanām

Vāmadeva said: O Lord, knower of all principles, O ocean of nectar with six faces, how does the status of guru belong to these ascetics whose selves are (already) perfected in contemplation?

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SiP 6 18.8

जीवानां भोगमोक्षादिसिद्धिस्सिध्यति यद्वशात् ।। पारम्पर्य्यं विना नैषा मुपदेशाधिकारिता

jīvānāṃ bhogamokṣādisiddhissidhyati yadvaśāt || pāramparyyaṃ vinā naiṣā mupadeśādhikāritā

—(the status) by whose power the attainment of enjoyment, liberation and the rest is accomplished for living beings: without lineal succession this authority to give instruction does not belong to them.

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SiP 6 18.9

एवं च क्षौरकर्मांगं स्नानञ्च कथमीदृशम् ।। इति विज्ञापय स्वामिन्संशयं छेत्तुमर्हसि

evaṃ ca kṣaurakarmāṃgaṃ snānañca kathamīdṛśam || iti vijñāpaya svāminsaṃśayaṃ chettumarhasi

And how, in this way, (can) shaving as a component rite and bathing be such (as prescribed)? Explain this, O Lord; you ought to sever (my) doubt.

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SiP 6 18.11

श्रीसुब्रह्मण्य उवाच । योगपट्टम्प्रवक्ष्यामि गुरुत्वं येन जायते ।। तव स्नेहाद्वामदेव महद्गोप्यं विमुक्तिदम्

śrīsubrahmaṇya uvāca | yogapaṭṭampravakṣyāmi gurutvaṃ yena jāyate || tava snehādvāmadeva mahadgopyaṃ vimuktidam

Śrī Subrahmaṇya said: I shall declare the yogapaṭṭa, by which the status of guru comes about—out of affection for you, Vāmadeva—(a matter) greatly to be kept secret, and bestowing liberation.

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SiP 6 18.12

वैशाखे श्रावणेमासि तथाश्वयुजि कार्तिके ।। मार्गशीर्षे च माघे वा शुक्लपक्षे शुभे दिने

vaiśākhe śrāvaṇemāsi tathāśvayuji kārtike || mārgaśīrṣe ca māghe vā śuklapakṣe śubhe dine

In the month of Vaiśākha, in Śrāvaṇa, likewise in Āśvayuja, in Kārtika, and in Mārgaśīrṣa or in Māgha, in the bright fortnight, on an auspicious day,

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SiP 6 18.13

पंचम्यां पौर्णमास्यां वा कृतप्राभातिकक्रियः ।। लब्धानुज्ञस्तु गुरुणा स्नात्वा नियतमानसः

paṃcamyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ vā kṛtaprābhātikakriyaḥ || labdhānujñastu guruṇā snātvā niyatamānasaḥ

on the fifth day or on the full-moon day, having performed the morning rites, having obtained permission from the guru, having bathed, with mind restrained,

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SiP 6 18.14

पर्य्यंकशौचं कृत्वा तद्वाससांगं प्रमृज्य च ।। द्विगुणं दोरमाबध्य वाससी परिधाय च

paryyaṃkaśaucaṃ kṛtvā tadvāsasāṃgaṃ pramṛjya ca || dviguṇaṃ doramābadhya vāsasī paridhāya ca

having cleansed the couch and wiped it thoroughly with that cloth, having tied on a doubled cord and put on the two garments,

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SiP 6 18.15

क्षालितांघ्रिर्द्विराचम्य भस्म सद्यादिम न्त्रतः ।। धारयेद्धि समादाय समुद्धूलनमार्गतः

kṣālitāṃghrirdvirācamya bhasma sadyādima ntrataḥ || dhārayeddhi samādāya samuddhūlanamārgataḥ

With feet washed and having sipped water twice, (he should) take up ash with the sadya and the following mantras, and wear it, applying it in the manner of a complete dusting.

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SiP 6 18.16

गृहीतहस्तो गुरुणा सानुकूलेन वै मुने ।। सच्छिष्यः साञ्जलिस्स्वाभ्यां हस्ताभ्याम्प्राङ्मुखो यथा

gṛhītahasto guruṇā sānukūlena vai mune || sacchiṣyaḥ sāñjalissvābhyāṃ hastābhyāmprāṅmukho yathā

His hand being taken by the guru who is favourably disposed, O sage, the good disciple, with palms joined by his own two hands, facing east as prescribed—

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SiP 6 18.17

तथोपवेष्टितस्तिष्ठेन्मंडपे समलंकृते।। गुर्वासनवरे शुद्धे चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरे

tathopaveṣṭitastiṣṭhenmaṃḍape samalaṃkṛte|| gurvāsanavare śuddhe cailājinakuśottare

—thus led in, he should stand in the well-adorned pavilion, on the excellent, pure seat of the guru, spread over with cloth, an antelope hide, and kuśa grass.

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SiP 6 18.18

अथ देशिक आदाय शंखं साधारमस्त्रतः ।। विशोध्य तस्य पुरतः स्थापयेत्सानुकूलतः

atha deśika ādāya śaṃkhaṃ sādhāramastrataḥ || viśodhya tasya purataḥ sthāpayetsānukūlataḥ

Then the teacher, taking a conch together with its stand, purifying (it) with the astra mantra, should set it down in front of him in a favourable manner.

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SiP 6 18.19

साधारं शङ्खमपि च सम्पूज्य कुसुमादिभिः।। निःक्षिपेद स्त्रवर्मभ्यां शोधितं तत्र सज्जलम्

sādhāraṃ śaṅkhamapi ca sampūjya kusumādibhiḥ|| niḥkṣipeda stravarmabhyāṃ śodhitaṃ tatra sajjalam

And having worshipped the conch together with its stand with flowers and the rest, he should pour into it purified water made ready, with the astra and the varman (mantras).

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SiP 6 18.21

अभ्यर्च्य गन्धपुष्पाद्यैर्धूपदीपौ प्रदर्श्य च।। संरक्षास्त्रेण तं शंखं वर्मणाथावगुण्ठयेत्

abhyarcya gandhapuṣpādyairdhūpadīpau pradarśya ca|| saṃrakṣāstreṇa taṃ śaṃkhaṃ varmaṇāthāvaguṇṭhayet

Having honoured (it) with fragrances, flowers and the rest, and having shown incense and lamp, he should guard that conch with the astra and then cover it over with the varman.

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SiP 6 18.22

धेनुशंखाख्यमुद्रे च दर्शयेदथ देशिकः।। पुनस्स्वपुरतश्शंखं दक्षिणे देश उत्तमे

dhenuśaṃkhākhyamudre ca darśayedatha deśikaḥ|| punassvapurataśśaṃkhaṃ dakṣiṇe deśa uttame

And the teacher should then display the mudrās called dhenu and śaṅkha; then again, in front of himself, in the excellent place to the south, (he should set) the conch.

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SiP 6 18.23

पूज्यार्घ्योक्तविधानेन सुन्दरम्मण्डलं शुभम् ।। कुर्य्यात्सम्पूजयेत्तञ्च सुगन्धकुसुमा दिभिः अवगुंठ्य प्रदर्श्याथ धूपदीपौ च भक्तितः ।। धेनुयोन्याख्यमुद्रे च सम्यक्तत्र प्रदर्शयेत्

pūjyārghyoktavidhānena sundarammaṇḍalaṃ śubham || kuryyātsampūjayettañca sugandhakusumā dibhiḥ avaguṃṭhya pradarśyātha dhūpadīpau ca bhaktitaḥ || dhenuyonyākhyamudre ca samyaktatra pradarśayet

By the procedure stated for the worship-offering water (arghya) he should make a beautiful, auspicious maṇḍala, and should worship it with fragrant flowers and the rest; then, having covered it and shown incense and lamp with devotion, he should there properly display the mudrās called dhenu and yoni.

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SiP 6 18.24

साधारं शोधितं शुद्धं घटन्तन्तुपरिष्कृतम् ।। धूपितं स्थापितं शुद्धवासितोदप्रपूरितम्

sādhāraṃ śodhitaṃ śuddhaṃ ghaṭantantupariṣkṛtam || dhūpitaṃ sthāpitaṃ śuddhavāsitodaprapūritam

(Next) a pot with its stand, cleansed and pure, adorned with thread, fumigated with incense, set in place, filled with pure scented water—

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SiP 6 18.25

पञ्चत्वक्पञ्चपत्रैश्च मृत्तिकाभिश्च पञ्चभिः।। मिलितं च सुगन्धेन लेपयेत्तम्मुनीश्वर

pañcatvakpañcapatraiśca mṛttikābhiśca pañcabhiḥ|| militaṃ ca sugandhena lepayettammunīśvara

—he should smear it, O lord of sages, with the five barks and five leaves and the five clays, mixed together with a fragrant substance.

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SiP 6 18.26

वस्त्राम्रदलदूर्वाग्रनारिकेलसुमैस्ततः।। तं घटं वस्तुभिश्चान्यैस्संकुर्यात्समलंकृतम्

vastrāmradaladūrvāgranārikelasumaistataḥ|| taṃ ghaṭaṃ vastubhiścānyaissaṃkuryātsamalaṃkṛtam

Then with cloth, mango leaves, tips of dūrva grass, a coconut and flowers, and with other things too, he should make that pot well adorned.

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SiP 6 18.27

विन्यसेत्पञ्चरत्नानि घटे तत्र मुनीश्वर ।। हिरण्यञ्चापि तेषां वाभावे भक्त्या प्रविन्यसेत्

vinyasetpañcaratnāni ghaṭe tatra munīśvara || hiraṇyañcāpi teṣāṃ vābhāve bhaktyā pravinyaset

He should place the five jewels in that pot, O lord of sages; or, in the absence of these, he should devoutly place gold (in it).

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SiP 6 18.28

नीलाख्यरत्नं च तथा रत्ने माणिक्यहेमनी ।। प्रवालगोमेदके च पञ्चरत्नमिदं स्मृतम्

nīlākhyaratnaṃ ca tathā ratne māṇikyahemanī || pravālagomedake ca pañcaratnamidaṃ smṛtam

The jewel called sapphire, and likewise the two jewels ruby and topaz, and coral and gomeda—this is known as the set of five jewels.

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SiP 6 18.29

नृम्लस्कमिति सम्प्रोच्य ग्लूमित्यन्ते ऽथ देशिकः ।। सम्यग्विधानतः प्रीत्या सानुकूलः समर्चयेत्

nṛmlaskamiti samprocya glūmityante 'tha deśikaḥ || samyagvidhānataḥ prītyā sānukūlaḥ samarcayet

Then the teacher, having pronounced "nṛmlask" and "glūm" at the end, should worship (it) properly according to the rule, with affection and favourably disposed.

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SiP 6 18.31

निवेद्य पायसान्नञ्च तांबूलादि यथा पुरा ।। नामाष्टकार्चनान्तं च कृत्वा तमभिमन्त्रयेत्

nivedya pāyasānnañca tāṃbūlādi yathā purā || nāmāṣṭakārcanāntaṃ ca kṛtvā tamabhimantrayet

Having offered milk-rice and betel and the rest as before, and having performed (the worship) up to the worship with the eight names, he should consecrate it with mantras.

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SiP 6 18.32

प्रणवाष्टोत्तरशतं ब्रह्मभिः पञ्चभिः क्रमात् ।। सद्यादीशान्तमप्यस्त्रं रक्षितं वर्मणा पुनः

praṇavāṣṭottaraśataṃ brahmabhiḥ pañcabhiḥ kramāt || sadyādīśāntamapyastraṃ rakṣitaṃ varmaṇā punaḥ

The praṇava one hundred and eight times, then in order with the five brahma-mantras from Sadyojāta up to Īśāna, and the astra as well; and it is again guarded with the varman.

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SiP 6 18.34

ततश्च देशिकस्तस्य दर्भैराच्छाद्य मस्तके ।। मण्डलस्थेशदिग्भागे चतुरस्रं प्रकल्पयेत्

tataśca deśikastasya darbhairācchādya mastake || maṇḍalastheśadigbhāge caturasraṃ prakalpayet

And then the teacher, having covered its top with darbha grass, should lay out a square in the north-eastern portion of the maṇḍala.

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SiP 6 18.35

तदुपर्य्यासनं रम्यं कल्पयित्वा विधानतः ।। तत्र संस्थापयेच्छिष्यं शिशुं सानुकूलतः

taduparyyāsanaṃ ramyaṃ kalpayitvā vidhānataḥ || tatra saṃsthāpayecchiṣyaṃ śiśuṃ sānukūlataḥ

Having prepared upon that a pleasing seat according to the rule, he should there seat the disciple, a child, in the favourable manner.

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SiP 6 18.36

ततः कुम्भं समुत्थाय स्वस्तिवाचनपूर्वकम् ।। अभिषिंचेद्गुरुः शिष्यं प्रादक्षिण्येन मस्तके

tataḥ kumbhaṃ samutthāya svastivācanapūrvakam || abhiṣiṃcedguruḥ śiṣyaṃ prādakṣiṇyena mastake

Then, raising up the pot, preceded by the recitation of benedictions, the guru should sprinkle the disciple on the head, moving rightwards.

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SiP 6 18.37

प्रणवं पूर्वमुच्चार्य्य सप्तधा ब्रह्मभि स्ततः ।। पञ्चभिश्चाभिषेकान्ते शंखोदेनाभिवेष्टयेत्

praṇavaṃ pūrvamuccāryya saptadhā brahmabhi stataḥ || pañcabhiścābhiṣekānte śaṃkhodenābhiveṣṭayet

Uttering the praṇava first, then seven times with the five brahma-mantras, and at the end of the sprinkling he should encircle (him) with the conch-water.

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SiP 6 18.38

चारुदीपं प्रदर्श्याथ वाससा परिमृज्य च ।। नूतनं दोरकौपीनं वाससी परिधापयेत्

cārudīpaṃ pradarśyātha vāsasā parimṛjya ca || nūtanaṃ dorakaupīnaṃ vāsasī paridhāpayet

Having shown a beautiful lamp and wiped (him) with a cloth, he should have (him) put on a new string-and-loincloth and the two garments.

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SiP 6 18.39

क्षालितांघ्रिर्द्विराचम्य धृतभस्मगुरुश्शिशुम् ।। हस्ताभ्यामवलंब्याथ हस्तौ मंडपमध्यतः

kṣālitāṃghrirdvirācamya dhṛtabhasmaguruśśiśum || hastābhyāmavalaṃbyātha hastau maṃḍapamadhyataḥ

With his feet washed, having sipped water twice, wearing ash, the guru, supporting the boy with both hands, (leads him) into the middle of the pavilion.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SiP 6 18.41

पूर्वाभिमुखमात्मीयतत्त्वज्ञानाभिलाषिणम्।। स्वसनस्थो गुरुर्ब्रूयादमलात्मा भवेति तम्

pūrvābhimukhamātmīyatattvajñānābhilāṣiṇam|| svasanastho gururbrūyādamalātmā bhaveti tam

Seated on his own seat, the guru should say to him — who faces east and longs for knowledge of his own true nature — "Become pure of self."

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SiP 6 18.42

गुरुश्च परिपूर्णोऽस्मि शिव इत्यचलस्थितिः।। समाधिमाचरेत्सम्यङ्मुहूर्त्तं गूढमानसः

guruśca paripūrṇo'smi śiva ityacalasthitiḥ|| samādhimācaretsamyaṅmuhūrttaṃ gūḍhamānasaḥ

And the guru, of unwavering posture, (thinking) "I am the wholly complete Śiva," with his mind withdrawn, should duly practise concentration for a muhūrta.

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SiP 6 18.43

पश्चादुन्मील्य नयने सानुकूलेन चेतसा ।। सांजलिं संस्थितं शुद्धं पश्येच्छिष्यमनाकुलः

paścādunmīlya nayane sānukūlena cetasā || sāṃjaliṃ saṃsthitaṃ śuddhaṃ paśyecchiṣyamanākulaḥ

Afterwards, opening his eyes, with a well-disposed mind and untroubled, he should look upon the purified disciple standing with joined palms.

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SiP 6 18.44

स्वहस्तम्भसितालिप्तं विन्यस्य शिशुमस्तके ।। दक्षश्रुतावुपदिशेद्धंसस्सोहमिति स्फुटम्

svahastambhasitāliptaṃ vinyasya śiśumastake || dakṣaśrutāvupadiśeddhaṃsassohamiti sphuṭam

Placing his own hand, smeared with ash, on the boy's head, he should teach distinctly into the right ear: "haṃsaḥ, so'ham (I am he)."

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 6 18.45

तत्राद्याहंपदस्यार्थः शक्तयात्मा स शिवस्स्वयम् ।। स एवाहं शिवोस्मीति स्वात्मानं संविभावय

tatrādyāhaṃpadasyārthaḥ śaktayātmā sa śivassvayam || sa evāhaṃ śivosmīti svātmānaṃ saṃvibhāvaya

There, the meaning of the first word "aham" is: he, Śiva himself, whose self is Śakti. "That very one am I, I am Śiva" — thus contemplate your own self.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 6 18.46

य इत्यणोरर्थतत्त्वमुपदिश्य ततो वदेत्।। अवांतराणां वाक्यानामर्थतात्पर्यमादरात्

ya ityaṇorarthatattvamupadiśya tato vadet|| avāṃtarāṇāṃ vākyānāmarthatātparyamādarāt

"ya" — having thus taught the soul the true meaning, he should then respectfully declare the purport of the meaning of the intervening sentences.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain

SiP 6 18.47

वाक्यानि वच्मि ते ब्रह्मन्सावधानमतिश्शृणु ।। तानि धारय चित्ते हि स ब्रूयादिति संस्फुटम्

vākyāni vacmi te brahmansāvadhānamatiśśṛṇu || tāni dhāraya citte hi sa brūyāditi saṃsphuṭam

"I speak the sentences to you, brahman: listen with attentive mind, and hold them fast in your thought" — so he should say quite plainly.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition