Shiva Purana — Kailasa Samhita — Chapter 3

SiP 6 3.1

।। ईश्वर उवाच ।। शृणु देवि प्रवक्ष्यामि यन्मां त्वम्परि पृच्छसि ।। तस्य श्रवणमात्रेण जीवस्साक्षाच्छिवो भवेत्

|| īśvara uvāca || śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi yanmāṃ tvampari pṛcchasi || tasya śravaṇamātreṇa jīvassākṣācchivo bhavet

Īśvara said: Listen, Goddess, I shall declare what you ask of me. By the mere hearing of it a living being becomes Śiva himself.

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SiP 6 3.2

प्रणवार्थपरिज्ञानमेव ज्ञानं मदात्मकम् ।। बीजन्तत्सर्वविद्यानां मंत्र म्प्रणवनामकम्

praṇavārthaparijñānameva jñānaṃ madātmakam || bījantatsarvavidyānāṃ maṃtra mpraṇavanāmakam

The full understanding of the meaning of the praṇava is itself the knowledge that consists of me. That mantra named praṇava is the seed of all sciences.

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SiP 6 3.3

अतिसूक्ष्मं महार्थं च ज्ञेयं तद्वटबीजवत् ।। वेदादि वेदसारं च मद्रूपं च विशेषतः

atisūkṣmaṃ mahārthaṃ ca jñeyaṃ tadvaṭabījavat || vedādi vedasāraṃ ca madrūpaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ

It is to be known as exceedingly subtle yet of great import, like the seed of the banyan; (it is) the beginning of the Veda and the essence of the Veda, and especially my own form.

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SiP 6 3.4

देवो गुणत्रयातीतः सर्वज्ञः सर्वकृत्प्रभुः ।। ओमित्येकाक्षरे मंत्रे स्थितोहं सर्वगश्शिवः

devo guṇatrayātītaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvakṛtprabhuḥ || omityekākṣare maṃtre sthitohaṃ sarvagaśśivaḥ

The god beyond the three qualities, all-knowing, the lord who makes all — as the single-syllabled mantra 'om' I abide, the all-pervading Śiva.

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SiP 6 3.5

यदस्ति वस्तु तत्सर्वं गुणप्राधान्ययोगतः ।। समस्तं व्यस्त मपि च प्रणवार्थं प्रचक्षते

yadasti vastu tatsarvaṃ guṇaprādhānyayogataḥ || samastaṃ vyasta mapi ca praṇavārthaṃ pracakṣate

Whatever thing exists, all of that, through the predominance of one or another of the qualities, whether taken together or taken separately, they declare to be the meaning of the praṇava.

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SiP 6 3.6

सर्वार्थसाधकं तस्मादेकं ब्रह्मैतदक्षरम् ।। तेनोमिति जगत्कृस्नं कुरुते प्रथमं शिवः एनमेव हि देवेशि सर्वमंत्रशिरोमणिम् ।। काश्यामहं प्रदास्यामि जीवानां मुक्तिहेतवे तस्माद्वेदादिरेवाहं प्रणवो मम वाचकः।। वाचकत्वान्ममैषोऽपि वेदादिरिति कथ्यते मन्त्रो यन्त्रं देवता च प्रपंचो गुरुरेव च ।। शिष्यश्च षट्पदार्था नामेषामर्थं शृणु प्रिये सर्वशास्त्रार्थ तत्त्वज्ञं वेदान्तज्ञानपारगम् ।। आचार्य्यमुपसंगम्य यतिं मतिमतां वरम् अथाग्निमात्मन्यारोप्य ब्राह्मणः प्रव्रजेद्गृहात् ।। श्रपयित्वा चरुं तस्मिन्समिदन्नाज्यभेदतः ततो गुरुः समादाय विरजानलजं शितम् ।। भस्म तेनैव तं शिष्यं समुद्धृत्य यथाविधि एवंविधोपासकस्य मल्लोकगतिमेव च ।। मत्तो विज्ञानमासाद्य मत्सायुज्यफलं प्रिये

sarvārthasādhakaṃ tasmādekaṃ brahmaitadakṣaram || tenomiti jagatkṛsnaṃ kurute prathamaṃ śivaḥ enameva hi deveśi sarvamaṃtraśiromaṇim || kāśyāmahaṃ pradāsyāmi jīvānāṃ muktihetave tasmādvedādirevāhaṃ praṇavo mama vācakaḥ|| vācakatvānmamaiṣo'pi vedādiriti kathyate mantro yantraṃ devatā ca prapaṃco gurureva ca || śiṣyaśca ṣaṭpadārthā nāmeṣāmarthaṃ śṛṇu priye sarvaśāstrārtha tattvajñaṃ vedāntajñānapāragam || ācāryyamupasaṃgamya yatiṃ matimatāṃ varam athāgnimātmanyāropya brāhmaṇaḥ pravrajedgṛhāt || śrapayitvā caruṃ tasminsamidannājyabhedataḥ tato guruḥ samādāya virajānalajaṃ śitam || bhasma tenaiva taṃ śiṣyaṃ samuddhṛtya yathāvidhi evaṃvidhopāsakasya mallokagatimeva ca || matto vijñānamāsādya matsāyujyaphalaṃ priye

Therefore this one imperishable brahman (/syllable) accomplishes every aim; by it, as 'om', Śiva first makes the whole world. This very (syllable), O queen of the gods, the crest-jewel of all mantras, I shall bestow in Kāśī for the liberation of living beings. Therefore I myself am the beginning of the Veda; the praṇava is what denotes me, and because it denotes me it too is called 'the beginning of the Veda'. Mantra, yantra, deity, the manifold world, the guru, and the disciple — these are the six categories; hear their meaning, dear one. Having approached the teacher who knows the truth of the meaning of all the scriptures, who has gone to the far shore of Vedānta knowledge, an ascetic, the best of the wise — then, having placed the fire within himself, let the brahmin go forth from the household, after cooking the caru in it with the several (offerings of) kindling, food and ghee. Then the guru, taking up the cooled ash born of the viraja fire, with that very (ash) raising up that disciple according to rule — for a worshipper of such a kind (there is) attainment of my world, and, having obtained knowledge from me, the fruit of union with me, dear one.

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SiP 6 3.7

शिवो वा प्रणवो ह्येष प्रणवो वा शिवः स्मृतः ।। वाच्यवाचकयोर्भेदो नात्यंतं विद्यते यतः

śivo vā praṇavo hyeṣa praṇavo vā śivaḥ smṛtaḥ || vācyavācakayorbhedo nātyaṃtaṃ vidyate yataḥ

Either this praṇava is Śiva, or Śiva is held to be the praṇava, since between the signified and the signifier no absolute difference exists.

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SiP 6 3.8

तस्मादेकाक्षरं देवं मां च ब्रह्मर्षयो विदुः ।। वाच्यवाचकयोरैक्यं मन्यमाना विपश्चितः

tasmādekākṣaraṃ devaṃ māṃ ca brahmarṣayo viduḥ || vācyavācakayoraikyaṃ manyamānā vipaścitaḥ

Therefore the brahmin-seers know the single-syllabled one and me as the (one) god, the wise ones holding the identity of the signified and the signifier.

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SiP 6 3.9

अतस्तदेव जानीयात्प्रणवं सर्वकारणम् ।। निर्विकारी मुमुक्षुर्मां निर्गुणं परमेश्वरम्

atastadeva jānīyātpraṇavaṃ sarvakāraṇam || nirvikārī mumukṣurmāṃ nirguṇaṃ parameśvaram

Hence one seeking liberation, free of change, should know that very praṇava, the cause of all, as me, the qualityless supreme Lord.

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SiP 6 3.11

तत्रादौ सम्प्रवक्ष्यामि प्रणवोद्धारमम्बिके ।। यस्य विज्ञानमात्रेण सिद्धिश्च परमा भवेत्

tatrādau sampravakṣyāmi praṇavoddhāramambike || yasya vijñānamātreṇa siddhiśca paramā bhavet

There, first, I shall fully declare the extraction of the praṇava, O Ambikā, by the mere understanding of which the highest attainment comes about.

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SiP 6 3.12

निवृत्तिमुद्धरेत्पूर्वमिन्धनं च ततः परम् ।। कालं समुद्धरेत्पश्चाद्दंडमीश्वरमेव च

nivṛttimuddharetpūrvamindhanaṃ ca tataḥ param || kālaṃ samuddharetpaścāddaṃḍamīśvarameva ca

First he should extract nivṛtti, and after that indhana; then he should extract kāla, and daṇḍa and īśvara.

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SiP 6 3.13

वर्णपंचकरूपोयमेवं प्रणव उद्धृतः ।। त्रिमात्रबिन्दुनादात्मा मुक्तिदो जपतां सदा

varṇapaṃcakarūpoyamevaṃ praṇava uddhṛtaḥ || trimātrabindunādātmā muktido japatāṃ sadā

Thus this praṇava is extracted as having the form of five phonemes; consisting of three measures together with bindu and nāda, it ever gives liberation to those who recite it.

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SiP 6 3.14

ब्रह्मादिस्थावरान्तानां सर्वेषां प्राणिनां खलु ।। प्राणः प्रणव एवायं तस्मात्प्रणव ईरितः

brahmādisthāvarāntānāṃ sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ khalu || prāṇaḥ praṇava evāyaṃ tasmātpraṇava īritaḥ

Indeed, of all breathing creatures, from Brahmā down to immobile things, this praṇava is the very breath (prāṇa); therefore it is called praṇava.

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SiP 6 3.15

आद्यम्वर्णमकारं च उकारमुत्तरे ततः ।। मकारं मध्यतश्चैव नादांतं तस्य चोमिति

ādyamvarṇamakāraṃ ca ukāramuttare tataḥ || makāraṃ madhyataścaiva nādāṃtaṃ tasya comiti

The first phoneme, a; then u after it; and m in the middle; and its end in nāda — thus 'om'.

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SiP 6 3.16

जलवद्वर्णमाद्यन्तु दक्षिणे चोत्तरे तथा ।। मध्ये मकारं शुचिवदोंकारे मुनिसत्तम ।।

jalavadvarṇamādyantu dakṣiṇe cottare tathā || madhye makāraṃ śucivadoṃkāre munisattama ||

The first phoneme like water in the south and likewise in the north; m in the middle, like something pure, in the oṃkāra, O best of sages.

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SiP 6 3.17

अकारश्चाप्युकारोयं मकाराश्च त्रयं क्रमात् ।। तिस्रो मात्रास्समाख्याता अर्द्धमात्रा ततः परम्

akāraścāpyukāroyaṃ makārāśca trayaṃ kramāt || tisro mātrāssamākhyātā arddhamātrā tataḥ param

The sound a, this sound u, and the sound m — these three in order; three morae are declared, and beyond that a half-mora.

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SiP 6 3.18

अर्द्धमात्रा महेशानि बिन्दुनादस्वरूपिणी ।। वर्णनीया न वै चाद्धा ज्ञेया ज्ञानिभिरेव सा

arddhamātrā maheśāni bindunādasvarūpiṇī || varṇanīyā na vai cāddhā jñeyā jñānibhireva sā

The half-mora, O Great Mistress, has the nature of bindu and nāda; it cannot truly be described directly — it is to be known by the knowers alone.

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SiP 6 3.19

ईशानस्सर्वविद्यानामित्यद्याश्श्रुतयः प्रिये ।। मत्त एव भवन्तीति वेदास्सत्यम्वदन्ति हि

īśānassarvavidyānāmityadyāśśrutayaḥ priye || matta eva bhavantīti vedāssatyamvadanti hi

"He is the lord of all sciences" — such are the foremost scriptural utterances, O beloved; "they arise from me alone" — thus the Vedas indeed speak the truth.

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SiP 6 3.21

अकारस्तु महद्बीजं रजस्स्रष्टा चतुर्मुखः।। उकारः प्रकृतिर्योनिस्सत्त्वं पालयिता हरिः

akārastu mahadbījaṃ rajassraṣṭā caturmukhaḥ|| ukāraḥ prakṛtiryonissattvaṃ pālayitā hariḥ

The sound a is the seed of mahat, rajas, the four-faced creator; the sound u is prakṛti, the womb, sattva, Hari the preserver.

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SiP 6 3.22

मकारः पुरुषो बीजी तमस्संहारको हरः ।। बिन्दुर्महेश्वरो देवस्तिरो भाव उदाहृतः

makāraḥ puruṣo bījī tamassaṃhārako haraḥ || bindurmaheśvaro devastiro bhāva udāhṛtaḥ

The sound m is puruṣa, the possessor of the seed, tamas, Hara the destroyer; the bindu is the god Maheśvara, said to be the state of concealment.

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SiP 6 3.23

नादस्सदाशिवः प्रोक्तस्सर्वानुग्रहकारकः।। नादमूर्द्धनि संचिन्त्य परात्परतरः शिवः

nādassadāśivaḥ proktassarvānugrahakārakaḥ|| nādamūrddhani saṃcintya parātparataraḥ śivaḥ

The nāda is said to be Sadāśiva, who bestows grace on all; meditating on the nāda in the crown of the head — Śiva, higher than the highest.

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SiP 6 3.24

स सर्वज्ञः सर्वकर्त्ता सर्वेशो निर्मलोऽव्ययः ।। अनिर्देश्यः परब्रह्म साक्षात्सदसतः परः

sa sarvajñaḥ sarvakarttā sarveśo nirmalo'vyayaḥ || anirdeśyaḥ parabrahma sākṣātsadasataḥ paraḥ

He is all-knowing, the doer of all, the lord of all, spotless, imperishable, indefinable, the supreme Brahman, directly beyond the existent and the non-existent.

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SiP 6 3.26

सद्यादीशानपर्य्यंतान्यकारादिषु पंचसु ।। स्थितानि पंच ब्रह्माणि तानि मन्मूर्त्तयः क्रमात्

sadyādīśānaparyyaṃtānyakārādiṣu paṃcasu || sthitāni paṃca brahmāṇi tāni manmūrttayaḥ kramāt

In the five (letters) beginning with the sound a there abide the five Brahmans, from Sadyojāta up to Īśāna; those, in order, are my forms.

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SiP 6 3.27

अष्टौ कलास्समाख्याता अकारे सद्यजाश्शिवे ।। उकारे वामरूपिण्यस्त्रयोदश समीरिताः

aṣṭau kalāssamākhyātā akāre sadyajāśśive || ukāre vāmarūpiṇyastrayodaśa samīritāḥ

Eight kalās, born of Sadyojāta, are declared to be in the sound a, O auspicious one; in the sound u thirteen, of the form of Vāmadeva, are proclaimed.

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SiP 6 3.28

अष्टावघोररूपिण्यो मकारे संस्थिताः कलाः ।। बिन्दौ चतस्रस्संभूताः कलाः पुरुषगोचराः

aṣṭāvaghorarūpiṇyo makāre saṃsthitāḥ kalāḥ || bindau catasrassaṃbhūtāḥ kalāḥ puruṣagocarāḥ

Eight kalās of the form of Aghora are established in the sound m; in the bindu four kalās have arisen, belonging to the sphere of Puruṣa.

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SiP 6 3.29

अकारादिषु वर्णेषु व्यापकं चोत्तरोत्तरम् ।। व्याप्यन्त्वधस्तनं वर्णमेवं सर्वत्र भावयेत् नादे पंच समाख्याताः कला ईशानसंभवाः ।। षड्विधैक्यानुसंधानात्प्रपंचात्मकतोच्यते

akārādiṣu varṇeṣu vyāpakaṃ cottarottaram || vyāpyantvadhastanaṃ varṇamevaṃ sarvatra bhāvayet nāde paṃca samākhyātāḥ kalā īśānasaṃbhavāḥ || ṣaḍvidhaikyānusaṃdhānātprapaṃcātmakatocyate

Among the letters beginning with a, each successive one is the pervader, while the letter below is the pervaded; thus one should conceive it everywhere. In the nāda five kalās, arisen from Īśāna, are declared; by joining together the unity of the six kinds, its being the manifold universe is spoken of.

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SiP 6 3.31

पंचवर्णसमष्टिः स्यान्मन्त्रः पूर्वमुदाहतः ।। स एव यंत्रतां प्राप्तो वक्ष्ये तन्मण्डलक्रमम्

paṃcavarṇasamaṣṭiḥ syānmantraḥ pūrvamudāhataḥ || sa eva yaṃtratāṃ prāpto vakṣye tanmaṇḍalakramam

The mantra declared earlier is the aggregate of the five letters; that same one, having attained the state of a yantra — I shall tell the order of its maṇḍala.

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SiP 6 3.32

यन्त्रं तु देवतारूपं देवता विश्वरूपिणी ।। विश्वरूपो गुरुः प्रोक्तश्शिष्यो गुरुवपुस्त्वतः

yantraṃ tu devatārūpaṃ devatā viśvarūpiṇī || viśvarūpo guruḥ proktaśśiṣyo guruvapustvataḥ

The yantra has the form of the deity; the deity has the universe as her form; the guru is said to be of the form of the universe; hence the disciple has the body of the guru.

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SiP 6 3.33

ओमितीदं सर्वमिति सर्वं ब्रह्मेति च श्रुतेः ।। वाच्यवाचकसम्बन्धोप्ययमेवार्थ ईरितः

omitīdaṃ sarvamiti sarvaṃ brahmeti ca śruteḥ || vācyavācakasambandhopyayamevārtha īritaḥ

Since scripture says "Om is all this" and "all this is Brahman," this very meaning is stated as the relation of the denoted and the denoter.

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SiP 6 3.34

आधारो मणिपूरश्च हृदयं तु ततः परम् ।। विशुद्धिराज्ञा च ततः शक्तिः शान्तिरिति क्रमात्

ādhāro maṇipūraśca hṛdayaṃ tu tataḥ param || viśuddhirājñā ca tataḥ śaktiḥ śāntiriti kramāt

The support (mūlādhāra), the maṇipūra, then the heart, then the viśuddhi and the ājñā, then śakti and śānti — in that order.

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SiP 6 3.35

स्थानान्येतानि देवेशि शान्त्यतीतं परात्परम् ।। अधिकारी भवेद्यस्य वैराग्यं जायते दृढम्

sthānānyetāni deveśi śāntyatītaṃ parātparam || adhikārī bhavedyasya vairāgyaṃ jāyate dṛḍham

These are the stations, O Mistress of the gods; beyond śānti is that which is higher than the high. He becomes qualified in whom firm dispassion arises.

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SiP 6 3.36

विषयः स्यामहं देवि जीवब्रह्मैक्यभावनात् ।। सम्बन्धं शृणु देवेशि विषयः सम्यगीरितः

viṣayaḥ syāmahaṃ devi jīvabrahmaikyabhāvanāt || sambandhaṃ śṛṇu deveśi viṣayaḥ samyagīritaḥ

I am the subject matter, O Goddess, through the contemplation of the oneness of the individual soul and Brahman; hear now the relation, O Mistress of the gods — the subject matter has been fully stated.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 6 3.37

जीवात्मनोर्मया सार्द्धमैक्यस्य प्रणवस्य च ।। वाच्यवाचकभावोत्र सम्वन्धस्समुदीरितः

jīvātmanormayā sārddhamaikyasya praṇavasya ca || vācyavācakabhāvotra samvandhassamudīritaḥ

Here the relation is declared to be the state of the denoted and the denoter, between the oneness of the individual soul with me and the praṇava.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 6 3.38

व्रतादिनिरतः शान्तस्तपस्वी विजितेन्द्रियः ।। शौचाचारसमायुक्तो भूदेवो वेदनिष्ठितः

vratādinirataḥ śāntastapasvī vijitendriyaḥ || śaucācārasamāyukto bhūdevo vedaniṣṭhitaḥ

Devoted to vows and the like, calm, given to austerity, with the senses subdued, possessed of purity and good conduct, a god on earth, steadfast in the Veda,

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SiP 6 3.39

विषयेषु विरक्तः सन्नैहिकामुष्मिकेषु च ।। देवानां ब्राह्मणोऽपीह लोकजेषु शिवव्रती

viṣayeṣu viraktaḥ sannaihikāmuṣmikeṣu ca || devānāṃ brāhmaṇo'pīha lokajeṣu śivavratī

being detached from objects, both those of this world and those of the next — even a brāhmaṇa among the gods here, a keeper of the Śiva-vow among those born in the world.

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

SiP 6 3.41

दीर्घदण्डप्रणामाद्यैस्तोषयेद्यत्नतस्सुधीः ।। शान्त्यादिगुणसंयुक्तः शिष्यस्सौशील्यवान्वरः

dīrghadaṇḍapraṇāmādyaistoṣayedyatnatassudhīḥ || śāntyādiguṇasaṃyuktaḥ śiṣyassauśīlyavānvaraḥ

With long prostrations and the like the wise (candidate) should diligently please (the guru); the excellent disciple is one joined with the qualities beginning with tranquillity and possessed of good conduct.

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SiP 6 3.42

यो गुरुः स शिवः प्रोक्तो यश्शिवस्स गुरुः स्मृतः ।। इति निश्चित्य मनसा स्वविचारं निवेदयेत्

yo guruḥ sa śivaḥ prokto yaśśivassa guruḥ smṛtaḥ || iti niścitya manasā svavicāraṃ nivedayet

"He who is the guru is declared to be Śiva, and he who is Śiva is held to be the guru" — having thus resolved in his mind, he should declare his own deliberation (to him).

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SiP 6 3.43

लब्धानुज्ञस्तु गुरुणा द्वादशाहं पयोवती ।। समुद्रतीरे नद्यां च पर्वते वा शिवालये

labdhānujñastu guruṇā dvādaśāhaṃ payovatī || samudratīre nadyāṃ ca parvate vā śivālaye

Having obtained permission from the guru, (he should remain) for twelve days living on milk, on the seashore, at a river, on a mountain, or in a temple of Śiva.

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SiP 6 3.44

शुक्लपक्षे तु पंचम्यामेकादश्यां तथापि वा ।। प्रातः स्नात्वा तु शुद्धात्मा कृतनित्य क्रियस्सुधीः

śuklapakṣe tu paṃcamyāmekādaśyāṃ tathāpi vā || prātaḥ snātvā tu śuddhātmā kṛtanitya kriyassudhīḥ

Then, in the bright fortnight, on the fifth day, or else likewise on the eleventh, having bathed at dawn, pure of self, having performed the daily rites, the wise one—

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SiP 6 3.45

गुरुमाहूय विधिना नान्दीश्राद्धं विधाय च ।। क्षौरं च कारयित्वाथ कक्षोपस्थविवर्जितम्

gurumāhūya vidhinā nāndīśrāddhaṃ vidhāya ca || kṣauraṃ ca kārayitvātha kakṣopasthavivarjitam

having summoned the guru and duly performed the nāndī-śrāddha, and then having had the shaving done, excepting the armpits and the pubic region,

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SiP 6 3.46

केशश्मश्रुनखानां वै स्नात्वा नियतमानसः ।। सक्तुं प्राश्याथ सायाह्ने स्नात्वा सन्ध्यामुपास्य च

keśaśmaśrunakhānāṃ vai snātvā niyatamānasaḥ || saktuṃ prāśyātha sāyāhne snātvā sandhyāmupāsya ca

of the hair, beard and nails, having bathed, with restrained mind, having eaten barley-meal, then in the evening having bathed and worshipped the twilight,

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SiP 6 3.47

सायमौपासनं कृत्वा गुरुणा सहितो द्विजः ।। शास्त्रोक्तदक्षिणान्दत्त्वा शिवाय गुरुरूपिणे

sāyamaupāsanaṃ kṛtvā guruṇā sahito dvijaḥ || śāstroktadakṣiṇāndattvā śivāya gururūpiṇe

having performed the evening aupāsana rite, the twice-born, together with the guru, having given the fee prescribed by the scriptures to Śiva in the form of the guru,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 6 3.48

होमद्रव्याणि संपाद्य स्वसूत्रोक्तविधानतः ।। अग्निमाधाय विधिवल्लौकिकादिविभेदतः

homadravyāṇi saṃpādya svasūtroktavidhānataḥ || agnimādhāya vidhivallaukikādivibhedataḥ

having assembled the materials for the oblation according to the rule stated in his own sūtra, having duly installed the fire, according to the distinctions of the laukika (fire) and the rest,

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SiP 6 3.49

आहिताग्निस्तु यः कुर्यात्प्राजापत्ये ष्टिनाहिते ।। श्रौते वैश्वानरे सम्यक् सर्ववेदसदक्षिणम्

āhitāgnistu yaḥ kuryātprājāpatye ṣṭināhite || śraute vaiśvānare samyak sarvavedasadakṣiṇam

but he who has established the (śrauta) fires should perform properly, in the Prājāpatya rite—when the fires have been established, in the śrauta Vaiśvānara (rite)—(the offering) with the gift of all his possessions;

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

SiP 6 3.51

पौरुषेणैव सूक्तेन हुत्वा प्रत्यृचमात्मवान् ।। हुत्वा च सौविष्टकृतीं स्वसूत्रोक्तविधानतः

pauruṣeṇaiva sūktena hutvā pratyṛcamātmavān || hutvā ca sauviṣṭakṛtīṃ svasūtroktavidhānataḥ

having offered with the Puruṣa hymn itself, verse by verse, self-possessed, and having offered the sviṣṭakṛt oblation according to the rule stated in his own sūtra,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 6 3.52

हुत्वोपरिष्टात्तन्त्रं च तेनाग्नेरुत्तरे बुधः ।। स्थित्वासने जपेन्मौनी चैलाजिनकुशोत्तरे ।। यावद्ब्राह्ममुहूर्त्तं तु गायत्रीं दृढमानसः

hutvopariṣṭāttantraṃ ca tenāgneruttare budhaḥ || sthitvāsane japenmaunī cailājinakuśottare || yāvadbrāhmamuhūrttaṃ tu gāyatrīṃ dṛḍhamānasaḥ

and having offered the concluding sequence (tantra) afterwards, the wise one, to the north of that fire, seated on a seat covered with cloth, antelope-hide and kuśa grass, should recite in silence, with firm mind, the Gāyatrī until the brāhma-muhūrta.

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SiP 6 3.53

ततः स्नात्वा यथा पूर्वं श्रपयित्वा चरुं ततः ।। पौरुषं सूक्तमारभ्य विरजान्तं हुनेद्बुधः

tataḥ snātvā yathā pūrvaṃ śrapayitvā caruṃ tataḥ || pauruṣaṃ sūktamārabhya virajāntaṃ hunedbudhaḥ

Then, having bathed as before, and having then cooked the caru, the wise one should offer, beginning with the Puruṣa hymn and ending with the Virajā (hymns),

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SiP 6 3.54

वामदेवमतेनापि शौनकादिमतेन वा ।। तत्र मुख्यं वामदेव्यं गर्भयुक्तो यतो मुनिः

vāmadevamatenāpi śaunakādimatena vā || tatra mukhyaṃ vāmadevyaṃ garbhayukto yato muniḥ

either according to the view of Vāmadeva or according to the view of Śaunaka and others; of these the Vāmadeva view is the principal one, since that sage was (endowed with knowledge already) in the womb.

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

SiP 6 3.55

होमशेषं समाप्याथ हुनेत् ।। ततोग्निमात्मन्यारोप्य प्रातस्सन्ध्यमुपास्य च

homaśeṣaṃ samāpyātha hunet || tatognimātmanyāropya prātassandhyamupāsya ca

Then, having completed the remainder of the oblation, he should offer; then, having taken the fire up into himself, and having worshipped the morning twilight,

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SiP 6 3.56

सवितर्युदिते पश्चात्सावित्रीं प्राविशेत्क्रमात् ।। एषणानां त्रयं त्यक्त्वा प्रेषमुच्चार्य च क्रमात्

savitaryudite paścātsāvitrīṃ prāviśetkramāt || eṣaṇānāṃ trayaṃ tyaktvā preṣamuccārya ca kramāt

afterwards, when the sun has risen, he should enter into the Sāvitrī in due order; abandoning the three cravings and uttering the praiṣa formula in due order,

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

SiP 6 3.57

शिखोपवीते संत्यज्य कटिसूत्रादिकं ततः ।। विसृज्य प्राङ्मुखो गच्छेदुत्तराशामुखोपि वा

śikhopavīte saṃtyajya kaṭisūtrādikaṃ tataḥ || visṛjya prāṅmukho gaccheduttarāśāmukhopi vā

having given up the tuft of hair and the sacred thread, and then discarding the waistband and the rest, he should go facing east, or else facing the northern direction.

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SiP 6 3.58

गृह्णीयाद्दण्डकौपीनाद्युचितं लोकवर्तने ।। विरक्तश्चेन गृह्णीयाल्लोकवृत्तिविचारणे

gṛhṇīyāddaṇḍakaupīnādyucitaṃ lokavartane || viraktaścena gṛhṇīyāllokavṛttivicāraṇe

He should take a staff, a loincloth and the like, as is fitting for living in the world; but if he is detached, he should not take them, out of regard for worldly usage.

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

SiP 6 3.59

गुरोः समीपं गत्वाथ दण्डवत्प्रणमेत्त्रयम् ।। समुत्थाय ततस्तिष्ठेद्गुरुपादसमीपतः

guroḥ samīpaṃ gatvātha daṇḍavatpraṇamettrayam || samutthāya tatastiṣṭhedgurupādasamīpataḥ

Then, having gone near the guru, he should bow down like a staff three times; rising up, he should then stand close by the guru's feet.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 6 3.61

अग्निरित्यादिभिर्मन्त्रैस्त्रिपुण्ड्रं धारयेत्ततः ।। हृत्पंकजे समासीनं मां त्वया सह चिन्तयेत्

agnirityādibhirmantraistripuṇḍraṃ dhārayettataḥ || hṛtpaṃkaje samāsīnaṃ māṃ tvayā saha cintayet

Then he should wear the tripuṇḍra with the mantras beginning "agniḥ..."; he should meditate on me, seated in the lotus of the heart together with you.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 6 3.62

हस्तं निधाय शिरसि शिष्यस्य प्रीतमानसः ।। ऋष्यादिसहितं तस्य दक्षकर्णे समुच्चरेत्

hastaṃ nidhāya śirasi śiṣyasya prītamānasaḥ || ṛṣyādisahitaṃ tasya dakṣakarṇe samuccaret

Placing his hand on the disciple's head, with a pleased mind, he should utter into his right ear (the mantra) together with its seer and the rest.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 6 3.63

प्रणवं त्रिःप्रकारं तु ततस्तस्यार्थमादिशेत् ।। षड्विधार्थं परिज्ञानसहितं गुरुसत्तमः

praṇavaṃ triḥprakāraṃ tu tatastasyārthamādiśet || ṣaḍvidhārthaṃ parijñānasahitaṃ gurusattamaḥ

(He should utter) the praṇava in its threefold form; then the best of gurus should instruct (the disciple) in its meaning — the sixfold meaning together with (its) full understanding.

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

SiP 6 3.64

द्विषट्प्रकारं स गुरुं प्रणम्य भुवि दण्डवत् ।। तदधीनो भवेन्नित्यं वेदान्तं सम्यगभ्यसेत्

dviṣaṭprakāraṃ sa guruṃ praṇamya bhuvi daṇḍavat || tadadhīno bhavennityaṃ vedāntaṃ samyagabhyaset

Having bowed down to that guru upon the ground like a staff, (he should worship the praṇava) in its twelvefold form; he should remain ever subject to him and study Vedānta thoroughly.

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

SiP 6 3.65

मामेव चिंतयेन्नित्यं परमात्मानमात्मनि।। विशुद्धे निर्विकारे वै ब्रह्मसाक्षिणमव्ययम्

māmeva ciṃtayennityaṃ paramātmānamātmani|| viśuddhe nirvikāre vai brahmasākṣiṇamavyayam

He should constantly meditate on Me alone, the Supreme Self, within the self — within (that self which is) wholly pure and free of modification — (on Me as) the imperishable witness, Brahman.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 6 3.66

शमादिधर्मनिरतो वेदान्तज्ञानपारगः ।। अत्राधिकारी स प्रोक्तो यतिर्विगतमत्सरः

śamādidharmanirato vedāntajñānapāragaḥ || atrādhikārī sa prokto yatirvigatamatsaraḥ

— tr. refused: cyber

SiP 6 3.67

हृत्पुण्डरीकं विरजं विशोकं विशदम्परम् ।। अष्टपत्रं केशराढ्यं कर्णिकोपरि शो भितम्

hṛtpuṇḍarīkaṃ virajaṃ viśokaṃ viśadamparam || aṣṭapatraṃ keśarāḍhyaṃ karṇikopari śo bhitam

(One should contemplate) the lotus of the heart, free of dust, free of sorrow, clear and supreme, having eight petals, rich in filaments, adorned above (its) pericarp,

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition

SiP 6 3.68

आधारशक्तिमारभ्य त्रितत्वांतमयं पदम् ।। विचिन्त्य मध्यतस्तस्य दहरं व्योम भावयेत्

ādhāraśaktimārabhya tritatvāṃtamayaṃ padam || vicintya madhyatastasya daharaṃ vyoma bhāvayet

Beginning with the supporting power (ādhāra-śakti) and having contemplated the seat that extends up to the three principles, one should call to mind, in the middle of it, the tiny (heart-)space.

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

SiP 6 3.69

ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मां त्वया सह ।। चिंतयेन्मध्यतस्तस्य नित्यमुद्युक्तमानसः

omityekākṣaraṃ brahma vyāharanmāṃ tvayā saha || ciṃtayenmadhyatastasya nityamudyuktamānasaḥ

Uttering Om, the single-syllabled brahman, one should meditate in the middle of that (space) upon me together with you, his mind always intent.

AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition