Shiva Purana — Kailasa Samhita — Chapter 4
SiP 6 4.1
ईश्वर उवाच ।। अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि संन्यासाह्निककर्म च ।। तव स्नेहान्महादेवि संप्रदायानुरोधतः
īśvara uvāca || ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi saṃnyāsāhnikakarma ca || tava snehānmahādevi saṃpradāyānurodhataḥ
The Lord said: Next I shall declare the daily observances and duties of the renunciant, out of affection for you, O great Goddess, and in conformity with the tradition.
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SiP 6 4.2
ब्राह्मे मुहूर्त्त उत्थाय शिरसि श्वेतपंकजे ।। सहस्रारे समासीनं गुरुं संचितयेद्यतिः
brāhme muhūrtta utthāya śirasi śvetapaṃkaje || sahasrāre samāsīnaṃ guruṃ saṃcitayedyatiḥ
Having risen at the brāhma hour, the ascetic should meditate on the guru seated in the white lotus in the head, the thousand-petalled one.
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SiP 6 4.3
शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशं द्विनेत्रं वरदाभये ।। दधानं शिवसद्भावमेवात्मनि मनोहरम्
śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ dvinetraṃ varadābhaye || dadhānaṃ śivasadbhāvamevātmani manoharam
(He should meditate on the guru as) resembling pure crystal, having two eyes, holding (the gestures of) boon-giving and fearlessness, bearing within himself the very real being of Śiva, and captivating (to the mind).
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SiP 6 4.4
भावोपनीतैः संपूज्य गन्धादिभिरनुक्रमात् ।। बद्धांजलिपुटो भूत्वा नमस्कुर्याद्गुरुं ततः
bhāvopanītaiḥ saṃpūjya gandhādibhiranukramāt || baddhāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā namaskuryādguruṃ tataḥ
Having worshipped (him) in due order with perfumes and the rest, presented mentally, and having made his cupped hands folded (in salutation), he should then bow to the guru.
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SiP 6 4.5
प्रातःप्रभृति सायान्ते सायादिप्रातरं ततः ।। यत्करोमि महादेव तदस्तु तव पूजनम्
prātaḥprabhṛti sāyānte sāyādiprātaraṃ tataḥ || yatkaromi mahādeva tadastu tava pūjanam
"From morning until the close of evening, and then from evening onward until morning — whatever I do, O Mahādeva, let that be worship of you."
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SiP 6 4.6
प्रतिविज्ञाप्य गुरवे लब्धानुज्ञस्ततो गुरोः ।। निरुद्धप्राण आसीनो विजितात्मा जितेन्द्रियः वस्त्रेणाच्छाद्य मतिमाञ्छिरो नासिकया सह।। विशोध्य देहं वि धिवत्तृणमाधाय भूतले द्विराचम्य समादाय भस्म सद्यादिमंत्रतः ।। अग्निरित्यादिभिर्मंत्रैरभिमंत्र्य स्पृशेत्तनुम् सौरमण्डलमध्यस्थं सर्वतेजोमयं परम् ।। अष्टबाहुं चतुर्वक्त्रमर्द्धनारीकमद्भुतम्
prativijñāpya gurave labdhānujñastato guroḥ || niruddhaprāṇa āsīno vijitātmā jitendriyaḥ vastreṇācchādya matimāñchiro nāsikayā saha|| viśodhya dehaṃ vi dhivattṛṇamādhāya bhūtale dvirācamya samādāya bhasma sadyādimaṃtrataḥ || agnirityādibhirmaṃtrairabhimaṃtrya spṛśettanum sauramaṇḍalamadhyasthaṃ sarvatejomayaṃ param || aṣṭabāhuṃ caturvaktramarddhanārīkamadbhutam
Having informed his teacher and then obtained the teacher's permission, seated with breath restrained, self-controlled, his senses subdued; the wise (practitioner), having covered his head together with the nose with a cloth, having purified the body as prescribed, having laid grass on the ground, having sipped water twice, having taken up ash with the mantra beginning "sadyojāta", and having consecrated it with the mantras beginning "agnir iti", he should touch his body. (He should meditate on) the Supreme One who stands in the middle of the solar orb, made wholly of radiance, eight-armed, four-faced, half-female, wondrous.
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SiP 6 4.7
मूलादिब्रह्मरंध्रांतं षट्चक्रं परिचिंतयेत् ।। विद्युत्कोटिसमप्रख्यं सर्वतेजोमयं परम्
mūlādibrahmaraṃdhrāṃtaṃ ṣaṭcakraṃ pariciṃtayet || vidyutkoṭisamaprakhyaṃ sarvatejomayaṃ param
He should meditate on the six wheels (cakras), (extending) from the root (mūlādhāra) up to the aperture of Brahman; (it is) resplendent like ten million lightning-flashes, made wholly of radiance, supreme.
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SiP 6 4.8
तन्मध्ये चिंतयेन्मां च सच्चिदानन्दविग्रहम् ।। निर्गुणं परमं ब्रह्म सदाशिवमनामयम्
tanmadhye ciṃtayenmāṃ ca saccidānandavigraham || nirguṇaṃ paramaṃ brahma sadāśivamanāmayam
And in the midst of that let (him) contemplate me, whose form is being, consciousness and bliss — the attributeless, supreme Brahman, the eternally auspicious one, free from ailment.
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SiP 6 4.9
सोहमस्मीति मतिमान्म दैक्यमनुभूय च ।। बहिर्निर्गत्य च ततो दूरं गच्छेद्यथासुखम्
sohamasmīti matimānma daikyamanubhūya ca || bahirnirgatya ca tato dūraṃ gacchedyathāsukham
Thinking "I am He," and having experienced (his) oneness with me, the wise man should then go out and go far off, as is comfortable (for him).
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SiP 6 4.11
गृहीतशिश्न उत्थाय ततो गच्छेज्जलाशयम् ।। उद्धृत्य वार्यथान्यायं शौचं कुर्यादतन्द्रितः
gṛhītaśiśna utthāya tato gacchejjalāśayam || uddhṛtya vāryathānyāyaṃ śaucaṃ kuryādatandritaḥ
Holding the organ, he should rise and then go to a body of water; having drawn up water in the prescribed manner, he should perform the cleansing without slackness.
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SiP 6 4.12
हस्तौ पादौ च संशोध्य द्विराचम्योमिति स्मरन् ।। उत्तराभिमुखो मौनी दन्तधावनमाचरेत्
hastau pādau ca saṃśodhya dvirācamyomiti smaran || uttarābhimukho maunī dantadhāvanamācaret
Having washed the hands and feet, and having sipped water twice while remembering "Oṃ," facing the north and keeping silent, one should clean the teeth.
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SiP 6 4.13
तृणपर्णैः सदा कुर्यादमामेकादशी विना ।। अपां द्वादशगण्डूषैर्मुखं संशोधयेत्ततः
tṛṇaparṇaiḥ sadā kuryādamāmekādaśī vinā || apāṃ dvādaśagaṇḍūṣairmukhaṃ saṃśodhayettataḥ
(He) should always do (the tooth-cleaning) with blades of grass and leaves, except on the new-moon day and the eleventh (lunar day); then he should rinse the mouth out with twelve mouthfuls of water.
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SiP 6 4.14
द्विराचम्य मृदा तोयैः कटिशौचं विधाय च ।। अरुणोदयकाले तु स्नानं कुर्यान्मृदा सह
dvirācamya mṛdā toyaiḥ kaṭiśaucaṃ vidhāya ca || aruṇodayakāle tu snānaṃ kuryānmṛdā saha
— tr. refused: cyber
SiP 6 4.15
गुरुं संस्मृत्य मां चैव स्नानसंध्याद्यमाचरेत् ।। विस्तारभयतो नोक्तमत्र द्रष्टव्यमन्यतः
guruṃ saṃsmṛtya māṃ caiva snānasaṃdhyādyamācaret || vistārabhayato noktamatra draṣṭavyamanyataḥ
Having called to mind the guru and me as well, he should perform the bath, the saṃdhyā rite and the rest. For fear of prolixity it is not set out here; it is to be looked up elsewhere.
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SiP 6 4.16
आबध्य शंखमुद्रां च प्रणवेनाभिषेचयेत् ।। शिरसि द्वादशावृत्त्या तदर्धं वा तदर्धकम्
ābadhya śaṃkhamudrāṃ ca praṇavenābhiṣecayet || śirasi dvādaśāvṛttyā tadardhaṃ vā tadardhakam
And having formed the conch-mudrā, he should pour (the water) over himself with the praṇava upon the head, with twelve repetitions, or half that, or half of that again.
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SiP 6 4.17
तीरमागत्य कौपीनं प्रक्षाल्याचम्य च द्विधा ।। प्रोक्षयेत्प्रणवेनैव वस्त्रमंगोपमार्जनम्
tīramāgatya kaupīnaṃ prakṣālyācamya ca dvidhā || prokṣayetpraṇavenaiva vastramaṃgopamārjanam
Coming to the bank, having washed the loincloth and sipped water twice, he should sprinkle, with the praṇava alone, the cloth used for wiping the body.
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SiP 6 4.18
मुखम्प्रथमतो मृज्य शिर आरभ्य सर्वतः ।। तेनैव मार्जयेद्देहं स्थित्वा च गुरुसन्निधौ
mukhamprathamato mṛjya śira ārabhya sarvataḥ || tenaiva mārjayeddehaṃ sthitvā ca gurusannidhau
Wiping the face first, then beginning at the head, he should with that same (cloth) wipe the body all over, standing in the guru's presence.
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SiP 6 4.19
आबध्याद्वामतः शुद्धं कौपीनं च सडोरकम् ।। ततः संधारयेद्भस्म तद्विधिः प्रोच्यतेऽद्रिजे
ābadhyādvāmataḥ śuddhaṃ kaupīnaṃ ca saḍorakam || tataḥ saṃdhārayedbhasma tadvidhiḥ procyate'drije
Having tied on, from the left, a clean loincloth together with its cord, he should then wear ashes; that rule is now declared, O mountain-born one.
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SiP 6 4.21
आपोवेत्यभिमंत्र्याथ जलं तेनैव सेचयेत् ।। ओमापोज्योतिरित्युक्त्वा मानस्तोकेति मंत्रतः
āpovetyabhimaṃtryātha jalaṃ tenaiva secayet || omāpojyotirityuktvā mānastoketi maṃtrataḥ
Having consecrated (it) with the mantra beginning "āpo vai", he should then sprinkle the water with that same (mantra); having said "oṃ āpo jyotiḥ", and by the mantra "mā nas toke"...
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SiP 6 4.22
समद्य कमलद्वन्द्वं कुर्या केकं तु पंचधा।। शिरोवदनहृद्गुह्यपादेषु परमेश्वरि
samadya kamaladvandvaṃ kuryā kekaṃ tu paṃcadhā|| śirovadanahṛdguhyapādeṣu parameśvari
Having brought the pair of lotuses (i.e. the palms) together, he should perform the (ash-application) in five places: on the head, the face, the heart, the private parts and the feet, O supreme Goddess.
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SiP 6 4.23
ईशानादिसमारभ्य सद्यान्तं पंचभिः क्रमात्।। उद्धूल्य कवलं पश्चात्प्रणवेनाभिषेचयेत्
īśānādisamārabhya sadyāntaṃ paṃcabhiḥ kramāt|| uddhūlya kavalaṃ paścātpraṇavenābhiṣecayet
Beginning with Īśāna and ending with Sadyojāta, in order with the five (mantras), having dusted himself (with ash), he should afterwards consecrate a mouthful (of water) with the praṇava.
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SiP 6 4.24
सर्वांगं च ततो हस्तौ प्रक्षाल्यान्यत्समाहरेत् समर्च्य पूर्वत्तत्तु त्रिपुण्ड्रांस्तेन धारयेत्
sarvāṃgaṃ ca tato hastau prakṣālyānyatsamāharet samarcya pūrvattattu tripuṇḍrāṃstena dhārayet
(He should dust) the whole body too; then, washing his hands, he should take up another (portion of ash); having worshipped it as before, with it he should wear the three lines.
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SiP 6 4.26
नाभौ बाह्वौः संधिषु च पृष्ठ चैव यथाक्रमम् ।। प्रक्षाल्य हस्तौ च ततो द्विराचम्य यथाविधि
nābhau bāhvauḥ saṃdhiṣu ca pṛṣṭha caiva yathākramam || prakṣālya hastau ca tato dvirācamya yathāvidhi
On the navel, the two arms, the joints, and the back as well, in due order; and having washed the hands, then sipping water twice as prescribed —
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SiP 6 4.27
पंचीकरणमुच्चार्य भावयेत्स्वगुरुं बुधः ।। वक्ष्यमाणप्रकारेण प्राणायामान्षडाचरेत्
paṃcīkaraṇamuccārya bhāvayetsvaguruṃ budhaḥ || vakṣyamāṇaprakāreṇa prāṇāyāmānṣaḍācaret
Uttering the pañcīkaraṇa, the wise man should call his own guru to mind; in the manner to be stated he should perform six breath-restraints.
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SiP 6 4.28
दक्षहस्तेन संगृह्य जलं वामेन पाणिना ।। समाच्छाद्य द्विषड्वारं प्रणवे नाभिमंत्रयेत्
dakṣahastena saṃgṛhya jalaṃ vāmena pāṇinā || samācchādya dviṣaḍvāraṃ praṇave nābhimaṃtrayet
Taking water in the right hand and covering it over with the left hand, he should consecrate it twelve times with the praṇava.
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SiP 6 4.29
त्रियायुषैस्त्र्यम्बकैश्च प्रणवेन शिवेन च।। शिरस्यथ ललाटे च वक्षसि स्कन्ध एव च एवं त्रिवारं संप्रोक्ष्य शिरसि त्रिः पिबेत्ततः ।। समाहितेन मनसा ध्यायन्नोंकारमीश्वरम्
triyāyuṣaistryambakaiśca praṇavena śivena ca|| śirasyatha lalāṭe ca vakṣasi skandha eva ca evaṃ trivāraṃ saṃprokṣya śirasi triḥ pibettataḥ || samāhitena manasā dhyāyannoṃkāramīśvaram
With the triyāyuṣa and the tryambaka (verses), with the praṇava and with the Śiva (mantra), (he should sprinkle) on the head, then on the forehead, on the chest and on the shoulder. Having thus sprinkled three times, he should then drink three times upon the head, with collected mind, meditating on Oṃ as the Lord.
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SiP 6 4.31
सर्वाश्चर्य्यगुणोपेतं सर्वालंकारशोभितम् ।। एवं ध्यात्वाथ विधिवद्दद्यादर्घ्यत्रयं ततः
sarvāścaryyaguṇopetaṃ sarvālaṃkāraśobhitam || evaṃ dhyātvātha vidhivaddadyādarghyatrayaṃ tataḥ
(Meditating on him as) possessed of every wondrous quality, resplendent with every ornament — having thus meditated, he should then duly offer the three arghya-oblations.
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SiP 6 4.32
अष्टोत्तरशतं जप्त्वा द्विषड्वारं तु तर्पयेत् ।। पुनराचम्य विधिवत्प्राणायामत्रयं चरेत्
aṣṭottaraśataṃ japtvā dviṣaḍvāraṃ tu tarpayet || punarācamya vidhivatprāṇāyāmatrayaṃ caret
Having recited (the mantra) a hundred and eight times, he should make the libation twelve times; then, sipping water again as prescribed, he should perform three breath-restraints.
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SiP 6 4.33
पूजासदनमागच्छेन्मनसा संस्मरञ्च्छिवम्।। द्वारमासाद्य प्रक्षाल्य पादौ मौनी द्विराचमेत्
pūjāsadanamāgacchenmanasā saṃsmarañcchivam|| dvāramāsādya prakṣālya pādau maunī dvirācamet
He should approach the house of worship, calling Śiva to mind in thought; reaching the door and washing his feet, silent, he should sip water twice.
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SiP 6 4.34
प्रविशेद्विधिना तत्र दक्षपादपुरस्स रम्।। मण्डपान्तस्सुधीस्तत्र मण्डलं रचयेत्क्रमात्
praviśedvidhinā tatra dakṣapādapurassa ram|| maṇḍapāntassudhīstatra maṇḍalaṃ racayetkramāt
He should enter there as prescribed, right foot first; and there within the pavilion the wise man should lay out the maṇḍala in order.
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