Shiva Purana — Kailasa Samhita — Chapter 20
SiP 6 20.1
सुब्रह्मण्य उवाच ।। क्षौरस्नानविधिं वक्ष्ये वामदेव महामुने ।। यस्य सद्यो विधानेन शुद्धिस्स्याद्यतिनः परा
subrahmaṇya uvāca || kṣaurasnānavidhiṃ vakṣye vāmadeva mahāmune || yasya sadyo vidhānena śuddhissyādyatinaḥ parā
Subrahmaṇya said: I shall declare the rule for shaving and bathing, Vāmadeva, great sage, by the performance of which an ascetic at once attains the highest purity.
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SiP 6 20.2
योगपट्टप्रकारस्य विधिम्प्राप्य मुनीश्वर।। स शिष्यस्स्याद्व्रती पूर्णः क्षौरकर्म्मोद्यतो भवेत्
yogapaṭṭaprakārasya vidhimprāpya munīśvara|| sa śiṣyassyādvratī pūrṇaḥ kṣaurakarmmodyato bhavet
Having obtained the rule concerning the manner of the yoga-band, O lord of sages, that disciple becomes a complete observer of vows, and should then set about the act of shaving.
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SiP 6 20.3
गुरुं नत्वा विशेषेण लब्धानुज्ञस्ततो गुरोः।। शिरस्संक्षाल्य चाचम्य सवासाः क्षौरमाचरेत्
guruṃ natvā viśeṣeṇa labdhānujñastato guroḥ|| śirassaṃkṣālya cācamya savāsāḥ kṣauramācaret
Having bowed to the teacher in the proper manner and thereupon obtained the teacher's permission, having washed his head and sipped water, he should perform the shaving with his garment on.
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SiP 6 20.4
क्षालयेद्वसनं पश्चान्मृदम्भोभिः क्षुरादिकम्।। तद्धस्तौ च मृदालिप्य क्षालयेति मृदं ददेत्
kṣālayedvasanaṃ paścānmṛdambhobhiḥ kṣurādikam|| taddhastau ca mṛdālipya kṣālayeti mṛdaṃ dadet
Afterwards he should wash the razor and the rest with earth and water; and having smeared that (barber's) two hands with earth, he should give him earth, saying "wash."
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SiP 6 20.5
स्थापितम्प्रोक्षितन्तोयैश्शिवं शिवमितीरयन् ।। स्वनेत्रे पिहिते चैवानामांगुष्ठाभिमंत्रिते
sthāpitamprokṣitantoyaiśśivaṃ śivamitīrayan || svanetre pihite caivānāmāṃguṣṭhābhimaṃtrite
(The razor,) set down and sprinkled with water, saying "Śiva, Śiva"—and his own two eyes being closed and consecrated with the ring finger and thumb—
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SiP 6 20.6
अस्त्रेणोन्मील्य संदृश्य क्षुरा दिक्षौ रसाधनम् ।। अभिमन्त्र्य द्वादशाथ प्रोक्षयेदस्त्रमंत्रतः शुद्धे देशे तु संस्थाप्य मृदं त्रेधा विभज्य च ।। एवम्पुनस्त्रिधा कृत्वा प्रोक्ष्यास्त्रेणाभिमन्त्रयेत् समुत्थाय ततोऽसौ वै दण्डमादाय भूतले ।। स्वगुरुं मन्त्रदम्भक्त्या संस्मरेज्ज्ञाननिष्ठया ततोसौ दृढचेतस्को यतिः स्ववृषसंस्थितः।। भिक्षार्थम्प्रव्रजेच्छुद्धो विप्रवर्गेषु साधुषु
astreṇonmīlya saṃdṛśya kṣurā dikṣau rasādhanam || abhimantrya dvādaśātha prokṣayedastramaṃtrataḥ śuddhe deśe tu saṃsthāpya mṛdaṃ tredhā vibhajya ca || evampunastridhā kṛtvā prokṣyāstreṇābhimantrayet samutthāya tato'sau vai daṇḍamādāya bhūtale || svaguruṃ mantradambhaktyā saṃsmarejjñānaniṣṭhayā tatosau dṛḍhacetasko yatiḥ svavṛṣasaṃsthitaḥ|| bhikṣārthampravrajecchuddho vipravargeṣu sādhuṣu
having opened (the eyes) with the astra-mantra and looked at the razor and the other implements of shaving, and having consecrated them twelve times, he should sprinkle them with the astra-mantra. Setting the earth down in a pure place and dividing it in three, and again making it threefold in this way, he should sprinkle it and consecrate it with the astra-mantra. Then, rising up and taking his staff, upon the ground he should call to mind his own teacher with devotion to the mantra, being fixed in knowledge. Then that ascetic, firm of mind, established in his own observance, purified, should go forth for alms among the good, in the company of brahmins.
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SiP 6 20.7
क्षुरं गृहीत्वा तारेण दक्षभागे निकृन्तयेत् ।। केशांश्च कांश्चि दग्रेषु वप्त्वा सर्वं च वापयेत्
kṣuraṃ gṛhītvā tāreṇa dakṣabhāge nikṛntayet || keśāṃśca kāṃści dagreṣu vaptvā sarvaṃ ca vāpayet
Taking the razor, with the tāra (oṃ) he should cut on the right side; and having shaved some of the hairs at the tips, he should have it all shaved off.
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SiP 6 20.8
पृथिव्यां पर्णमादाय विक्षिपेन्न भुवः स्थले ।। श्मश्रूणि हस्तपादस्थनखानि च निकृंतयेत्
pṛthivyāṃ parṇamādāya vikṣipenna bhuvaḥ sthale || śmaśrūṇi hastapādasthanakhāni ca nikṛṃtayet
Taking a leaf upon the ground, he should scatter (the hair) on it, not on the bare earth; and he should cut the beard and the nails of the hands and feet.
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SiP 6 20.9
बिल्वाश्वत्थतुलस्यादिस्थाने संगृह्य मृतिकाम् ।। द्विषट्वारं निमज्याप्सु तीरं गत्वोपविश्य च
bilvāśvatthatulasyādisthāne saṃgṛhya mṛtikām || dviṣaṭvāraṃ nimajyāpsu tīraṃ gatvopaviśya ca
Having gathered earth from a place with bilva, aśvattha, tulasī and the like, and having immersed himself twelve times in the water, and having gone to the bank and sat down,
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SiP 6 20.11
तत्रैकां मृदमादाय दापयित्वान्यपाणिना ।। करौ द्वादशधा लिप्य प्रत्येकं केन क्षालयेत्
tatraikāṃ mṛdamādāya dāpayitvānyapāṇinā || karau dvādaśadhā lipya pratyekaṃ kena kṣālayet
there, taking one (portion of) earth, and having it given by the other hand, he should smear the two hands twelve times and wash each with one (portion).
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SiP 6 20.12
पुनरेकाम्पादयोश्च मुखे चान्यां करे क्रमात् ।। संलिप्याक्षाल्य चाम्भोभिः पुनश्च जलमाविशेत्
punarekāmpādayośca mukhe cānyāṃ kare kramāt || saṃlipyākṣālya cāmbhobhiḥ punaśca jalamāviśet
Again (smearing) one on the feet, and another on the face and on the hand in order, having smeared and washed with water, he should enter the water again.
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SiP 6 20.13
अन्यां मृदम्भागयित्वा शिरसि द्वादश क्रमात् ।। आलिप्य मृदमास्यान्तनिमज्य च पुनः पुनः
anyāṃ mṛdambhāgayitvā śirasi dvādaśa kramāt || ālipya mṛdamāsyāntanimajya ca punaḥ punaḥ
Having divided another (portion of) earth into parts, and smeared it twelve times in order upon the head, immersing himself in the water up to the mouth again and again,
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SiP 6 20.14
तीरं गत्वा तु गंडूषान्षोडशाचमनं द्विधा ।। प्राणानायम्य च पुनः प्रणवं द्व्यष्टसंख्यया
tīraṃ gatvā tu gaṃḍūṣānṣoḍaśācamanaṃ dvidhā || prāṇānāyamya ca punaḥ praṇavaṃ dvyaṣṭasaṃkhyayā
and having gone to the bank, (he should take) sixteen mouthfuls of water and sip water twice, and restrain the breaths, and again (recite) the praṇava sixteen times.
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SiP 6 20.15
मृदमन्यां पुनस्त्रेधा विभज्य च तदेकया ।। कटिशौचं पादशौचं विधायाचम्य च द्विधा
mṛdamanyāṃ punastredhā vibhajya ca tadekayā || kaṭiśaucaṃ pādaśaucaṃ vidhāyācamya ca dvidhā
Again dividing another (portion of) earth in three, with one of these he should perform the cleansing of the hips and the cleansing of the feet, and sip water twice.
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SiP 6 20.16
प्रणवेनाथ षोडश प्राणानायम्य वाग्यतः ।। पुनरन्यां स्वोरुदेशे त्रिधा विन्यस्य चोमिति
praṇavenātha ṣoḍaśa prāṇānāyamya vāgyataḥ || punaranyāṃ svorudeśe tridhā vinyasya comiti
Then, with speech restrained, having restrained the breaths sixteen times with the praṇava, and again having placed another (portion) threefold on the region of his own thighs with "oṃ",
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SiP 6 20.17
प्रोक्ष्याभिमंत्रयेत्सप्त स्वपाण्योस्तलमेकधा ।। त्रिधालिप्याथ सम्पश्येत्सूर्य्यमूर्तिं च पावनीम्
prokṣyābhimaṃtrayetsapta svapāṇyostalamekadhā || tridhālipyātha sampaśyetsūryyamūrtiṃ ca pāvanīm
having sprinkled it, he should consecrate it seven times; (smearing) the palms of his hands once, and then smearing three times, he should behold the purifying form of the sun.
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SiP 6 20.18
स्वकक्षयोः समालिप्य व्यत्यस्ताभ्यामथान्यया ।। पाणिभ्याञ्च मृदा शिष्यस्सुमतिर्दृढमानसः
svakakṣayoḥ samālipya vyatyastābhyāmathānyayā || pāṇibhyāñca mṛdā śiṣyassumatirdṛḍhamānasaḥ
Then, with another (portion), having smeared his two armpits with the hands crossed—the disciple, of good understanding and firm mind, with the earth in his hands—
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SiP 6 20.19
गृहीत्वान्यां मृदं शुद्धां तथासौ गुरुभक्तिमान् ।। शिर आरभ्य पादान्तं विलिप्यादित्यदृष्टया
gṛhītvānyāṃ mṛdaṃ śuddhāṃ tathāsau gurubhaktimān || śira ārabhya pādāntaṃ vilipyādityadṛṣṭayā
taking another pure (portion of) earth, that devotee of his teacher, likewise, having smeared it from the head down to the feet, with his gaze on the sun,
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SiP 6 20.21
ततस्साम्बं महेशानं शंकरं चन्द्रशेखरम्।। संस्मरेद्भक्तितश्शिष्य सर्वेश्वर्यपतिं शिवम्
tatassāmbaṃ maheśānaṃ śaṃkaraṃ candraśekharam|| saṃsmaredbhaktitaśśiṣya sarveśvaryapatiṃ śivam
then let the disciple with devotion call to mind Śiva, the great lord together with Ambā, Śaṃkara who bears the moon on his crest, the husband of Sarveśvarī.
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SiP 6 20.22
त्रिवारम्प्रणमेत्प्रीत्या साष्टांगं च गुरु शिवम् ।। पञ्चाङ्गेनैकवारञ्च समुत्थाय च वन्दयेत्
trivārampraṇametprītyā sāṣṭāṃgaṃ ca guru śivam || pañcāṅgenaikavārañca samutthāya ca vandayet
Three times he should bow with affection to the teacher as Śiva, with the eight limbs (touching the ground), and once with the five limbs; and rising up, he should salute (him).
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SiP 6 20.23
तीर्थं प्रविश्य तन्मध्ये निमज्योन्मज्य ताम्मृदम् ।। स्कन्धे संस्थाप्य पूर्वोक्तप्रकारेण विलेपयेत्
tīrthaṃ praviśya tanmadhye nimajyonmajya tāmmṛdam || skandhe saṃsthāpya pūrvoktaprakāreṇa vilepayet
Having entered the sacred bathing-place, having submerged and risen up in the middle of it, (and) having set that clay on his shoulder, he should smear (it on) in the manner stated before.
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SiP 6 20.24
तत्रावशिष्टं संगृह्य जलमध्ये प्रविश्य च ।। विलोड्य सम्यक् तां तत्र सर्वांगेषु विलिप्य च
tatrāvaśiṣṭaṃ saṃgṛhya jalamadhye praviśya ca || viloḍya samyak tāṃ tatra sarvāṃgeṣu vilipya ca
Having taken up what is left over there, and having entered into the water, having stirred it well and having smeared it there on all his limbs —
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SiP 6 20.25
त्रिवारमोमिति प्रोच्य शिवपादाम्बुजं स्मरन् ।। संसाराम्बुधिसंतारं सदा यद्विधितो हि सः
trivāramomiti procya śivapādāmbujaṃ smaran || saṃsārāmbudhisaṃtāraṃ sadā yadvidhito hi saḥ
— uttering "om" three times, calling to mind the lotus-feet of Śiva, which are always the crossing over of the ocean of saṃsāra, since he is enjoined to that.
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SiP 6 20.26
अभिषिच्योमिति जलं विरजाभस्मलोलितम् ।। अंगोपमार्ज्जनं कृत्वा सुस्नायाद्भस्मना ततः
abhiṣicyomiti jalaṃ virajābhasmalolitam || aṃgopamārjjanaṃ kṛtvā susnāyādbhasmanā tataḥ
Having sprinkled (himself), with "om," with water stirred together with virajā-ash, and having wiped his limbs, he should then bathe well with ash.
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SiP 6 20.27
त्रिपुंड्रं च विधायाथ यथोक्तविधिना शुभम् ।। यथोक्तांगेषु सर्वेषु सावधान तया मुने
tripuṃḍraṃ ca vidhāyātha yathoktavidhinā śubham || yathoktāṃgeṣu sarveṣu sāvadhāna tayā mune
And then, having made the auspicious tripuṇḍra according to the rule as stated, on all the limbs as stated, with attentiveness, O sage —
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SiP 6 20.28
ततश्शुद्धमना भूत्वा कुर्य्यान्मध्यंदिनक्रियाः ।। महेश्वरं नमस्कृत्य गुरूंस्तीर्थादिकानि च
tataśśuddhamanā bhūtvā kuryyānmadhyaṃdinakriyāḥ || maheśvaraṃ namaskṛtya gurūṃstīrthādikāni ca
— then, having become pure of mind, he should perform the midday rites, after making obeisance to Maheśvara, and to the gurus, the sacred waters, and the rest.
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SiP 6 20.29
सम्पूजयेन्महेशानं भक्त्या परमया मुने ।। साम्बिकं ज्ञानदातारं पातारं त्रिभवस्य वै
sampūjayenmaheśānaṃ bhaktyā paramayā mune || sāmbikaṃ jñānadātāraṃ pātāraṃ tribhavasya vai
He should worship Maheśāna with the highest devotion, O sage — (the god) together with Ambikā, the giver of knowledge, the protector of the three worlds.
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SiP 6 20.31
ततस्तत्र च शुद्धात्मा पञ्चधा परिकल्पितम्।। भैक्ष्यं यथोचितं कुर्य्याद्दूषितान्नं विवर्ज्जयेत्
tatastatra ca śuddhātmā pañcadhā parikalpitam|| bhaikṣyaṃ yathocitaṃ kuryyāddūṣitānnaṃ vivarjjayet
Then there, with purified self, he should take alms, apportioned in five ways, as is fitting; he should avoid defiled food.
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SiP 6 20.32
शौचं स्नानं तथा भिक्षां नित्यमेकान्तसेवनम् ।। भिक्षौश्चत्वारि कर्म्माणि पञ्चमं नैव विद्यते
śaucaṃ snānaṃ tathā bhikṣāṃ nityamekāntasevanam || bhikṣauścatvāri karmmāṇi pañcamaṃ naiva vidyate
Purification, bathing, likewise begging, and constant resort to solitude: four are the acts of a mendicant; there is no fifth at all.
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SiP 6 20.33
अलाबुं वेणुपात्रं च दारवम्मृण्मयन्तथा ।। भिक्षोश्चत्त्वारि पात्राणि पञ्चमन्नैव विद्यते
alābuṃ veṇupātraṃ ca dāravammṛṇmayantathā || bhikṣoścattvāri pātrāṇi pañcamannaiva vidyate
A gourd, a bamboo bowl, a wooden one, and likewise one of clay: four are the bowls of a mendicant; there is no fifth at all.
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SiP 6 20.34
ताम्बूलं तैजसम्पात्रं रेतस्सेकं सितांबरम् ।। दिवास्वापो हि नक्तान्नं यतीनां षड्विवर्जिताः
tāmbūlaṃ taijasampātraṃ retassekaṃ sitāṃbaram || divāsvāpo hi naktānnaṃ yatīnāṃ ṣaḍvivarjitāḥ
Betel, a metal vessel, emission of semen, a white garment, sleeping by day, and food at night: for ascetics these six are to be shunned.
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SiP 6 20.35
साक्षरा विपरीताश्च राक्षसास्त इति स्मृताः।। तस्माद्वै विपरीतं च कर्म्म नैवाचरेद्यतिः
sākṣarā viparītāśca rākṣasāsta iti smṛtāḥ|| tasmādvai viparītaṃ ca karmma naivācaredyatiḥ
With the syllable (sa) and reversed, they are known as "rākṣasas"; therefore an ascetic should never perform an act that is contrary (to the rule).
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SiP 6 20.36
यतिः प्रयत्नतः कुर्य्यात्क्षौरस्नानं च शुद्धये ।। संस्मरन्मनसा शुद्धं परं ब्रह्म सदाशिवम्
yatiḥ prayatnataḥ kuryyātkṣaurasnānaṃ ca śuddhaye || saṃsmaranmanasā śuddhaṃ paraṃ brahma sadāśivam
The ascetic should diligently perform shaving and bathing for the sake of purity, while calling to mind with his mind the pure supreme brahman, Sadāśiva.
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SiP 6 20.37
इत्यैव मुनिशार्द्दूल तव स्नेहान्मयाखिलः ।। क्षौरस्नानविधिः प्रोक्तः किम्भूयः श्रोतुमिच्छसि
ityaiva muniśārddūla tava snehānmayākhilaḥ || kṣaurasnānavidhiḥ proktaḥ kimbhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi
Thus, O tiger among sages, out of affection for you the whole rule of shaving and bathing has been declared by me. What further do you wish to hear?
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