Shiva Purana — Kailasa Samhita — Chapter 5
SiP 6 5.1
ईश्वर उवाच ।। परीक्ष्य विधिवद्भूमिं गंधवर्णरसादिभिः ।। मनोभिलषिते तत्र वितानवितताम्बरे
īśvara uvāca || parīkṣya vidhivadbhūmiṃ gaṃdhavarṇarasādibhiḥ || manobhilaṣite tatra vitānavitatāmbare
Īśvara said: Having duly examined the ground by its smell, colour, taste and so on, there in a place agreeable to the mind, its sky spread over with a canopy,
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SiP 6 5.2
सुप्रलिप्ते महीपृष्ठे दर्पणोदरसन्निभे ।। अरत्नियुग्ममानेन चतुरस्रं प्रकल्पयेत्
supralipte mahīpṛṣṭhe darpaṇodarasannibhe || aratniyugmamānena caturasraṃ prakalpayet
on a well-plastered surface of earth resembling the face of a mirror, he should lay out a square with the measure of two cubits.
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SiP 6 5.3
तालपत्रं समादाय तत्समायामविस्तरम्।। तस्मिन्भागान्प्रकुर्वीत त्रयोदशसमां कलाम्
tālapatraṃ samādāya tatsamāyāmavistaram|| tasminbhāgānprakurvīta trayodaśasamāṃ kalām
Taking a palm leaf of length and breadth equal to that, he should make divisions on it, thirteen equal parts.
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SiP 6 5.4
तत्पत्रं तत्र निक्षिप्य पश्चिमाभिमुखः स्थितः ।। तत्पूर्वभागे सुदृढं सूत्रमादाय रंजितम्
tatpatraṃ tatra nikṣipya paścimābhimukhaḥ sthitaḥ || tatpūrvabhāge sudṛḍhaṃ sūtramādāya raṃjitam
Having laid that leaf down there, standing facing west, taking up on its eastern part a very firm dyed cord —
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SiP 6 5.5
प्राक्प्रत्यग्दक्षिणोदक् च चतुर्दिशि निपातयेत् ।। सूत्राणि देवदेवेशि नवषष्ट्युत्तरं शतम्
prākpratyagdakṣiṇodak ca caturdiśi nipātayet || sūtrāṇi devadeveśi navaṣaṣṭyuttaraṃ śatam
east, west, south and north — in the four directions let him lay down the cords, O Mistress of the god of gods: one hundred and sixty-nine.
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SiP 6 5.6
कोष्ठानि स्युस्ततस्तस्य मध्यकोष्ठं तु कर्णिका।। कोष्ठाष्टकं बहिस्तस्य दलाष्टकमिहोच्यते तदुपर्य्यमरेशं च महाकालं च मध्यतः ।। तन्मस्तकस्थं दण्डं च तत ईश्वरमालिखेत् पद्मस्येशानकोष्ठे तु तथा पद्मं समालिखेत् ।। कवर्गस्य तृतीयं तु पंचमस्वरसंयुतम् एवन्दक्षिणमारभ्य कुर्यात्सोमान्तमीश्वरि।। तद्बाह्यपंक्तौ पूर्वादिमध्यमान्तं विचित्रयेत्
koṣṭhāni syustatastasya madhyakoṣṭhaṃ tu karṇikā|| koṣṭhāṣṭakaṃ bahistasya dalāṣṭakamihocyate taduparyyamareśaṃ ca mahākālaṃ ca madhyataḥ || tanmastakasthaṃ daṇḍaṃ ca tata īśvaramālikhet padmasyeśānakoṣṭhe tu tathā padmaṃ samālikhet || kavargasya tṛtīyaṃ tu paṃcamasvarasaṃyutam evandakṣiṇamārabhya kuryātsomāntamīśvari|| tadbāhyapaṃktau pūrvādimadhyamāntaṃ vicitrayet
Then there will be cells for it; the middle cell is the pericarp. The set of eight cells outside it is here called the set of eight petals. Above that (he should draw) Amareśa, and Mahākāla in the middle; and the staff standing at its head, then he should draw Īśvara. And in the northeastern cell of the lotus he should likewise draw a lotus. And the third (letter) of the ka-series joined with the fifth vowel — thus, beginning from the south, he should proceed as far as soma, O Īśvarī. In the row outside that he should mark out (the letters) from the east up to the middle one.
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SiP 6 5.7
दलानि श्वेतवर्णानि दलाष्टकमिहोच्यते ।। ।। दलानि श्वेतवर्णात्रि समग्राणि प्रकल्पयेत् ।। पीतरूपां कर्णिकां च कृत्वा रक्तं च वृत्तकम्
dalāni śvetavarṇāni dalāṣṭakamihocyate || || dalāni śvetavarṇātri samagrāṇi prakalpayet || pītarūpāṃ karṇikāṃ ca kṛtvā raktaṃ ca vṛttakam
The petals are white in colour; the set of eight petals is spoken of here. He should make the petals white in colour and entire; and making the pericarp yellow in form, the round (band) red.
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SiP 6 5.8
वनभिद्दलदक्षं तु समारभ्य सुरेश्वरि ।। रक्तकृष्णाः क्रमेणैव दलसन्धीन्विचित्रयेत्
vanabhiddaladakṣaṃ tu samārabhya sureśvari || raktakṛṣṇāḥ krameṇaiva dalasandhīnvicitrayet
Beginning from the petal to the right of the fire (i.e. southeastern) petal, O Mistress of the gods, he should mark the junctions of the petals red and black in due order.
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SiP 6 5.9
कर्णिकायां लिखेद्यंत्रं प्रणवार्थप्रकाशकम् ।। अधः पीठं समालिख्य श्रीकण्ठं च तदूर्ध्वतः
karṇikāyāṃ likhedyaṃtraṃ praṇavārthaprakāśakam || adhaḥ pīṭhaṃ samālikhya śrīkaṇṭhaṃ ca tadūrdhvataḥ
In the pericarp he should draw the diagram that reveals the meaning of the praṇava; drawing the pedestal below, and Śrīkaṇṭha above it.
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SiP 6 5.11
श्यामेन पीठं पीतेन श्रीकण्ठं च विचित्रयेत् ।। अमरेशं महाकालं रक्तं कृष्णं च तौ क्रमात्
śyāmena pīṭhaṃ pītena śrīkaṇṭhaṃ ca vicitrayet || amareśaṃ mahākālaṃ raktaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ ca tau kramāt
He should colour the pedestal dark and Śrīkaṇṭha yellow; and Amareśa and Mahākāla, those two, red and black respectively.
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SiP 6 5.12
कुर्यात्सुधूम्रं दण्डं च धवलं चेश्वरं बुधः ।। एवं यंत्रं समालिख्य रक्तं सद्येन वेष्टयेत्
kuryātsudhūmraṃ daṇḍaṃ ca dhavalaṃ ceśvaraṃ budhaḥ || evaṃ yaṃtraṃ samālikhya raktaṃ sadyena veṣṭayet
The wise one should make the staff smoke-grey and Īśvara white. Having drawn the diagram thus, he should encircle it with red by means of Sadya(-jāta).
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SiP 6 5.13
तदुत्थेनैव नादेन विद्यादीशानमीश्वरि ।। तद्वासपंक्तीर्गृह्णीयादाग्नेयादिक्रमेण वै
tadutthenaiva nādena vidyādīśānamīśvari || tadvāsapaṃktīrgṛhṇīyādāgneyādikrameṇa vai
By the sound arising from that one should know Īśāna, O Īśvarī; and one should take the rows of its dwellings in order beginning from the southeast.
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SiP 6 5.14
कोष्ठानि कोणभागेषु चत्वार्येतानि सुन्दरि ।। शुक्लेनापूर्य्य वर्णादि चतुष्कं रक्तधातुभिः
koṣṭhāni koṇabhāgeṣu catvāryetāni sundari || śuklenāpūryya varṇādi catuṣkaṃ raktadhātubhiḥ
These four cells (are) in the corner portions, O beautiful one. Having filled (them) with white, (he should fill) the set of four beginning with 'varṇa' with red pigments,
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SiP 6 5.15
आपूर्य्य तानि चत्वारि द्वाराणि परिकल्पयेत् ।। ततस्तत्पार्श्वयोर्द्वंद्वं पीतेनैव प्रपूरयेत्
āpūryya tāni catvāri dvārāṇi parikalpayet || tatastatpārśvayordvaṃdvaṃ pītenaiva prapūrayet
and having filled them, he should lay out the four doors; then on both sides of them he should fill each pair with yellow.
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SiP 6 5.16
आग्नेयकोष्ठमध्ये तु पीताभे चतुरस्रके ।। अष्टपत्रं लिखेत्पद्मं रक्ताभं पीतकर्णिकम्
āgneyakoṣṭhamadhye tu pītābhe caturasrake || aṣṭapatraṃ likhetpadmaṃ raktābhaṃ pītakarṇikam
And in the middle of the southeastern cell, in the yellow-hued square, he should draw an eight-petalled lotus, red-hued with a yellow pericarp.
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SiP 6 5.17
हकारं विलिखेन्मध्ये विन्दुयुक्तं समाहितः ।। पद्मस्य नैर्ऋते कोष्ठे चतुरस्रन्तदा लिखेत्
hakāraṃ vilikhenmadhye vinduyuktaṃ samāhitaḥ || padmasya nairṛte koṣṭhe caturasrantadā likhet
Collected in mind, he should write ha in the middle, joined with a dot; then in the southwestern cell of the lotus he should draw a square.
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SiP 6 5.18
पद्ममष्टदलं रक्तं पीतकिंजल्ककर्णिकम् ।।। शवर्गस्य तृतीयन्तु षष्ठस्वरसमन्वितम्
padmamaṣṭadalaṃ raktaṃ pītakiṃjalkakarṇikam ||| śavargasya tṛtīyantu ṣaṣṭhasvarasamanvitam
(and) a red eight-petalled lotus with yellow filaments and pericarp; and the third (letter) of the śa-series joined with the sixth vowel,
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SiP 6 5.19
चतुर्दशस्वरोपेतं बिन्दुनादविभूषितम् ।। एतद्बीजवरं भद्रे पद्ममध्ये समालिखेत्।।
caturdaśasvaropetaṃ bindunādavibhūṣitam || etadbījavaraṃ bhadre padmamadhye samālikhet||
provided with the fourteenth vowel, adorned with dot and resonance — this excellent seed, O gracious lady, he should draw in the middle of the lotus.
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SiP 6 5.21
विलिखेन्मध्यतस्तस्य बिन्दुकण्ठे स्वलंकृतम् ।। तद्बाह्यपंक्तित्रितये पूर्वादिपरितः क्रमात्
vilikhenmadhyatastasya bindukaṇṭhe svalaṃkṛtam || tadbāhyapaṃktitritaye pūrvādiparitaḥ kramāt
He should write it in the middle of that, well adorned at the neck of the dot; and in the three rows outside that, in order all round beginning from the east,
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SiP 6 5.22
कोष्ठानि पंच गृह्रीयाद्गिरिराजसुते शिवे ।। मध्ये तु कर्णिकां कुर्यात्पीतां रक्तं च वृत्तकम्
koṣṭhāni paṃca gṛhrīyādgirirājasute śive || madhye tu karṇikāṃ kuryātpītāṃ raktaṃ ca vṛttakam
he should take five cells, O daughter of the mountain king, O Śivā; and in the middle he should make the pericarp yellow and the round (band) red.
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SiP 6 5.23
दलानि रक्तवर्णानि कल्पयेत्कल्पवित्तमः।। दलबाह्ये तु कृष्णेन रंध्राणि परिपूरयेत्
dalāni raktavarṇāni kalpayetkalpavittamaḥ|| dalabāhye tu kṛṣṇena raṃdhrāṇi paripūrayet
The foremost knower of the rite should make the petals red in colour; and outside the petals he should fill the gaps with black.
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SiP 6 5.24
आग्नेयादीनि चत्वारि शुक्लेनैव प्रपूरयेत्।। पूर्वे षड्बिन्दुसहितं षट्कोणं कृष्णमालिखेत्
āgneyādīni catvāri śuklenaiva prapūrayet|| pūrve ṣaḍbindusahitaṃ ṣaṭkoṇaṃ kṛṣṇamālikhet
The four beginning with the southeast he should fill with white; in the east he should draw a black hexagon together with six dots.
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SiP 6 5.25
रक्तवर्णं दक्षिणतस्त्रिकोणं चोत्तरे ततः।। श्वेताभमर्द्धचन्द्रं च पीतवर्णं च पश्चिमे
raktavarṇaṃ dakṣiṇatastrikoṇaṃ cottare tataḥ|| śvetābhamarddhacandraṃ ca pītavarṇaṃ ca paścime
(He should draw) a red-coloured triangle in the south, and then in the north a white-hued half-moon, and in the west a yellow-coloured
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SiP 6 5.26
चतुरस्रं क्रमात्तेषु लिखेद्बीजचतुष्टयम्।। पूर्वे बिन्दुं समालिख्य शुभ्रं कृष्णं तु दक्षिणे
caturasraṃ kramātteṣu likhedbījacatuṣṭayam|| pūrve binduṃ samālikhya śubhraṃ kṛṣṇaṃ tu dakṣiṇe
A square (in due place); in them one should write, in order, the four seed-syllables. In the east, having written the bindu, white; but black in the south,
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SiP 6 5.27
उकारमुत्तरे रक्तं मकारं पश्चिमे ततः।। अकारं पीतमेवं तु कृत्वा वर्णचतुष्टयम्
ukāramuttare raktaṃ makāraṃ paścime tataḥ|| akāraṃ pītamevaṃ tu kṛtvā varṇacatuṣṭayam
the syllable u, red, in the north; then the syllable ma in the west; the syllable a, yellow — thus having made the four colours (of the four letters).
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SiP 6 5.28
सर्वोर्द्ध्वपंक्त्यधः पंक्तौ समारभ्य च सुन्दरि।। पीतं श्वेतं च रक्तं च कृष्णं चेति चतुष्टयम्
sarvorddhvapaṃktyadhaḥ paṃktau samārabhya ca sundari|| pītaṃ śvetaṃ ca raktaṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ ceti catuṣṭayam
Beginning in the row below the topmost row, O beautiful one: yellow, white, red and black — these four.
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SiP 6 5.29
तदधो धवलं श्यामं पीतं रक्तं चतुष्टयम् ।। अधस्त्रिकोणके रक्तं शुक्लं पीतं वरानने
tadadho dhavalaṃ śyāmaṃ pītaṃ raktaṃ catuṣṭayam || adhastrikoṇake raktaṃ śuklaṃ pītaṃ varānane
Below that, the four: white, dark, yellow, red. In the triangle below: red, white, yellow, O fair-faced one.
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SiP 6 5.31
पीतं रक्तं च कृष्णं च श्यामं श्वेतं च पीतकम् ।। आग्रेय्यादि समारभ्य रक्तं श्यामं सितं प्रिये
pītaṃ raktaṃ ca kṛṣṇaṃ ca śyāmaṃ śvetaṃ ca pītakam || āgreyyādi samārabhya raktaṃ śyāmaṃ sitaṃ priye
Yellow, red, black, dark, white and yellow. Beginning from the southeast onward: red, dark, white, O dear one,
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SiP 6 5.32
रक्तं कृष्णं च रक्तं च षट्कमेव प्रकीर्तितम् ।। दक्षिणाद्यं महेशानि पूर्वावधि समीरितम्
raktaṃ kṛṣṇaṃ ca raktaṃ ca ṣaṭkameva prakīrtitam || dakṣiṇādyaṃ maheśāni pūrvāvadhi samīritam
red, black and red — just this set of six is declared. Beginning with the south up to the east it has been stated, O Maheśānī.
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SiP 6 5.33
नैर्ऋताद्यन्तु विज्ञेयमाग्नेयावधि चेश्वरि ।। वारुणं तु समारभ्य दक्षिणावधि चेरितम
nairṛtādyantu vijñeyamāgneyāvadhi ceśvari || vāruṇaṃ tu samārabhya dakṣiṇāvadhi ceritama
And the set beginning with the southwest and extending to the southeast is to be known, O Īśvarī; and beginning with the west up to the south it has been declared.
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SiP 6 5.34
वायव्याद्यं महादेवि नैर्ऋतावधि चेरितम् ।। सोमार्थं परमेशानि वारुणावधि चेरितम्
vāyavyādyaṃ mahādevi nairṛtāvadhi ceritam || somārthaṃ parameśāni vāruṇāvadhi ceritam
That beginning with the northwest, O Mahādevī, extending to the southwest, has been declared; the northern one, O Parameśānī, extending to the west, has been declared.
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SiP 6 5.35
ईशानाद्यं तु विज्ञेयं वायव्यावधि चाम्बिके ।। इत्युक्तो मण्डलविधिर्मया तुभ्यं च पार्वति
īśānādyaṃ tu vijñeyaṃ vāyavyāvadhi cāmbike || ityukto maṇḍalavidhirmayā tubhyaṃ ca pārvati
And that beginning with the northeast, extending to the northwest, is to be known, O Ambikā. Thus the rule of the maṇḍala has been told by me to you, O Pārvatī.
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SiP 6 5.36
एवं मण्डलमालिख्य नियतात्मा यतिस्स्वतः ।। सौरपूजां प्रकुर्वीत स हि तद्वस्तुतत्परः
evaṃ maṇḍalamālikhya niyatātmā yatissvataḥ || saurapūjāṃ prakurvīta sa hi tadvastutatparaḥ
Having drawn the maṇḍala thus, self-restrained, an ascetic of his own accord should perform the worship of the Sun; for he is (then) intent upon that object.
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