Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 21
SiP 7.2 21.1
ॐ इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायामुत्तरखण्डे विशेषादिसंस्कृतिर्नाम विंशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् २१ कृष्ण उवाच भगवञ्छ्रोतुमिच्छामि शिवाश्रमनिषेविणाम् शिवशास्त्रोदितं कर्म नित्यनैमित्तिकं तथा
oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe viśeṣādisaṃskṛtirnāma viṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 21 kṛṣṇa uvāca bhagavañchrotumicchāmi śivāśramaniṣeviṇām śivaśāstroditaṃ karma nityanaimittikaṃ tathā
Oṃ. Thus, in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, in the seventh (section), in the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, in the latter part, the twentieth chapter, called "The Consecration Beginning with the Special (Rite)." Chapter 21. Kṛṣṇa said: Lord, I wish to hear the rite taught in the Śaiva scriptures for those who follow the Śaiva stages of life, both the daily and the occasional.
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SiP 7.2 21.2
उपमन्युरुवाच प्रातरुत्थाय शयनाद्ध्यात्वा देवं सहाम्बया विचार्य कार्यं निर्गच्छेद्गृहादभ्युदिते ऽरुणे
upamanyuruvāca prātarutthāya śayanāddhyātvā devaṃ sahāmbayā vicārya kāryaṃ nirgacchedgṛhādabhyudite 'ruṇe
Upamanyu said: Having risen from bed at dawn, having meditated on the God together with the Mother, and having considered what is to be done, he should go out from the house when the red dawn has risen.
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SiP 7.2 21.3
अबाधे विजने देशे कुर्यादावश्यकं ततः ५६९अ कृत्वा शौचं विधानेन दंतधावनमाचरेत्
abādhe vijane deśe kuryādāvaśyakaṃ tataḥ 569a kṛtvā śaucaṃ vidhānena daṃtadhāvanamācaret
In an unobstructed, solitary place he should then do what must be done; having performed the cleansing according to rule, he should proceed to brush the teeth.
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SiP 7.2 21.4
अलाभे दंतकाष्ठानामष्टम्यादिदिनेषु च अपां द्वादशगण्डूषैः कुर्यादास्यविशोधनम्
alābhe daṃtakāṣṭhānāmaṣṭamyādidineṣu ca apāṃ dvādaśagaṇḍūṣaiḥ kuryādāsyaviśodhanam
When tooth-sticks are not to be had, and on the eighth day and the like, he should cleanse the mouth with twelve mouthfuls of water.
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SiP 7.2 21.5
आचम्य विधिवत्पश्चाद्वारुणं स्नानमाचरेत् नद्यां वा देवखाते वा ह्रदे वाथ गृहे ऽपि वा
ācamya vidhivatpaścādvāruṇaṃ snānamācaret nadyāṃ vā devakhāte vā hrade vātha gṛhe 'pi vā
Having sipped water in the prescribed manner, he should afterwards perform the water-bath, in a river, or in a tank dug for a god, or in a pool, or else even in the house.
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SiP 7.2 21.6
स्नानद्रव्याणि तत्तीरे स्थापयित्वा बहिर्मलम् व्यापोह्य मृदमालिप्य स्नात्वा गोमयमालिपेत्
snānadravyāṇi tattīre sthāpayitvā bahirmalam vyāpohya mṛdamālipya snātvā gomayamālipet
Having set down the bathing materials on its bank, having removed the outer dirt and smeared on clay, he should bathe and then smear on cow-dung.
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SiP 7.2 21.7
स्नात्वा पुनः पुनर्वस्त्रं त्यक्त्वावाथ विशोध्य च सुस्नातो नृपवद्भूयः शुद्धं वासो वसीत च
snātvā punaḥ punarvastraṃ tyaktvāvātha viśodhya ca susnāto nṛpavadbhūyaḥ śuddhaṃ vāso vasīta ca
Having bathed, again and again, and having discarded the garment or else cleansed it, being well bathed he should once more put on a pure garment, as a king does.
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SiP 7.2 21.8
मलस्नानं सुगंधाद्यैः स्नानं दन्तविशोधनम् न कुर्याद्ब्रह्मचारी च तपस्वी विधवा तथा
malasnānaṃ sugaṃdhādyaiḥ snānaṃ dantaviśodhanam na kuryādbrahmacārī ca tapasvī vidhavā tathā
The bath for dirt, the bath with fragrant substances and the rest, and the cleansing of the teeth — these a celibate student should not do, nor an ascetic, nor a widow.
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SiP 7.2 21.9
सोपवीतश्शिखां बद्धा प्रविश्य च जलांतरम् अवगाह्य समाचांतो जले न्यस्येत्त्रिमंडलम्
sopavītaśśikhāṃ baddhā praviśya ca jalāṃtaram avagāhya samācāṃto jale nyasyettrimaṃḍalam
Wearing the sacred thread, having tied up the topknot, and having entered into the water, having submerged and sipped water, he should set down the three circles in the water.
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SiP 7.2 21.10
सौम्ये मग्नः पुनर्मंत्रं जपेच्छक्त्या शिवं स्मरेत् उत्थायाचम्य तेनैव स्वात्मानमभिषेचयेत्
saumye magnaḥ punarmaṃtraṃ japecchaktyā śivaṃ smaret utthāyācamya tenaiva svātmānamabhiṣecayet
Immersed in the northern (portion), he should again recite the mantra as he is able and call Śiva to mind; rising and sipping water, with that same (mantra) he should sprinkle himself.
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SiP 7.2 21.11
गोशृंगेण सदर्भेण पालाशेन दलेन वा पाद्मेन वाथ पाणिभ्यां पञ्चकृत्वस्त्रिरेव वा
gośṛṃgeṇa sadarbheṇa pālāśena dalena vā pādmena vātha pāṇibhyāṃ pañcakṛtvastrireva vā
With a cow's horn together with darbha grass, or with a palāśa leaf, or with a lotus leaf, or with the two hands, five times or indeed three times;
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SiP 7.2 21.12
उद्यानादौ गृहे चैव वर्धन्या कलशेन वा अवगाहनकाले ऽद्भिर्मंत्रितैरभिषेचयेत्
udyānādau gṛhe caiva vardhanyā kalaśena vā avagāhanakāle 'dbhirmaṃtritairabhiṣecayet
In a garden and the like, and in the house too, with a vardhanī vessel or with a jar; at the time of immersion he should sprinkle with water over which mantras have been said.
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SiP 7.2 21.13
अथ चेद्वारुणं कर्तुमशक्तः शुद्धवाससा आर्द्रेण शोधयेद्देहमापादतलमस्तकम्
atha cedvāruṇaṃ kartumaśaktaḥ śuddhavāsasā ārdreṇa śodhayeddehamāpādatalamastakam
But if he is unable to perform the water-bath, he should cleanse the body from the soles of the feet to the head with a clean, wet cloth.
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SiP 7.2 21.14
आग्नेयं वाथ वा मांत्रं कुर्यात्स्नानं शिवेन वा शिवचिंतापरं स्नानं युक्तस्यात्मीयमुच्यते
āgneyaṃ vātha vā māṃtraṃ kuryātsnānaṃ śivena vā śivaciṃtāparaṃ snānaṃ yuktasyātmīyamucyate
Or else he should perform the fiery (bath), or the mantra-bath, or (the bath) with Śiva('s mantra); the bath consisting in intent meditation on Śiva is called the inner (bath) of one who is disciplined.
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SiP 7.2 21.15
स्वसूत्रोक्तविधानेन मंत्राचमनपूर्वकम् आचरेद्ब्रह्मयज्ञांतं कृत्वा देवादितर्पणम्
svasūtroktavidhānena maṃtrācamanapūrvakam ācaredbrahmayajñāṃtaṃ kṛtvā devāditarpaṇam
By the procedure stated in his own (ritual) manual, preceded by mantra-sipping (ācamana), he should perform (the rites) ending with the brahma-sacrifice, having made the libation to the gods and the rest.
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SiP 7.2 21.16
मंडलस्थं महादेवं ध्यात्वाभ्यर्च्य यथाविधि दद्यादर्घ्यं ततस्तस्मै शिवायादित्यरूपिणे
maṃḍalasthaṃ mahādevaṃ dhyātvābhyarcya yathāvidhi dadyādarghyaṃ tatastasmai śivāyādityarūpiṇe
Having meditated on Mahādeva stationed in the maṇḍala and worshipped (him) according to rule, he should then offer the arghya to that Śiva who has the form of the sun.
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SiP 7.2 21.17
अथ वैतत्स्वसूत्रोक्तं कृत्वा हस्तौ विशोधयेत् करन्यासं ततः कृत्वा सकलीकृतविग्रहः
atha vaitatsvasūtroktaṃ kṛtvā hastau viśodhayet karanyāsaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā sakalīkṛtavigrahaḥ
Or else, having done this as stated in his own manual, he should purify his hands; then, having performed the placing (of mantras) on the hands, his body made complete (with the mantras),
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SiP 7.2 21.18
वामहस्तगतांभोभिर्गंधसिद्धार्थकान्वितैः कुशपुंजेन वाभ्युक्ष्य मूलमंत्रसमन्वितैः
vāmahastagatāṃbhobhirgaṃdhasiddhārthakānvitaiḥ kuśapuṃjena vābhyukṣya mūlamaṃtrasamanvitaiḥ
with the water held in his left hand, together with fragrance and white mustard seeds, or else having sprinkled with a bunch of kuśa grass, (the water) being accompanied by the root-mantra,
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SiP 7.2 21.19
आपोहिष्ठादिभिर्मन्त्रैः शेषमाघ्राय वै जलम् वामनासापुटेनैव देवं संभावयेत्सितम्
āpohiṣṭhādibhirmantraiḥ śeṣamāghrāya vai jalam vāmanāsāpuṭenaiva devaṃ saṃbhāvayetsitam
having smelled the remaining water with the mantras beginning 'āpo hi ṣṭhā', with the left nostril alone he should conceive the god as white,
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SiP 7.2 21.20
अर्घमादाय देहस्थं सव्यनासापुटेन च कृष्णवर्णेन बाह्यस्थं भावयेच्च शिलागतम्
arghamādāya dehasthaṃ savyanāsāpuṭena ca kṛṣṇavarṇena bāhyasthaṃ bhāvayecca śilāgatam
and, taking up the arghya standing in the body, with the right nostril (he should conceive it) as black in colour, and should conceive the outer one as resting on the stone.
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SiP 7.2 21.21
तर्पयेदथ देवेभ्य ऋषिभिश्च विशेषतः भूतेभ्यश्च पितृभ्यश्च दद्यादर्घ्यं यथाविधि
tarpayedatha devebhya ṛṣibhiśca viśeṣataḥ bhūtebhyaśca pitṛbhyaśca dadyādarghyaṃ yathāvidhi
Then he should make the libation to the gods and, especially, with the seers, and to the beings and to the fathers, and should offer the arghya according to rule.
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SiP 7.2 21.22
रक्तचंदनतोयेन हस्तमात्रेण मंडलम् सुवृत्तं कल्पयेद्भूमौ रक्तचूर्णाद्यलंकृतम्
raktacaṃdanatoyena hastamātreṇa maṃḍalam suvṛttaṃ kalpayedbhūmau raktacūrṇādyalaṃkṛtam
With water mixed with red sandal he should lay out on the ground a well-rounded maṇḍala a cubit (in size), adorned with red powder and the like.
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SiP 7.2 21.23
तत्र संपूजयेद्भानुं स्वकीयावरणैः सह स्वखोल्कायेति मंत्रेण सांगतस्सुखसिद्धये
tatra saṃpūjayedbhānuṃ svakīyāvaraṇaiḥ saha svakholkāyeti maṃtreṇa sāṃgatassukhasiddhaye
There he should worship the sun together with his own encircling (deities), with the mantra 'svakholkāya', along with the ancillaries, for the attainment of happiness.
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SiP 7.2 21.24
पुनश्च मंडलं कृत्वा तदंगैः परिपूज्य च तत्र स्थाप्य हेमपात्रं मागधप्रस्थसंमितम्
punaśca maṃḍalaṃ kṛtvā tadaṃgaiḥ paripūjya ca tatra sthāpya hemapātraṃ māgadhaprasthasaṃmitam
And again, having made a maṇḍala and worshipped it with its parts, having placed there a golden vessel of the measure of a Magadha prastha,
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SiP 7.2 21.25
५६९ब् पूरयेद्गंधतोयेन रक्तचंदनयोगिना रक्तपुष्पैस्तिलैश्चैव कुशाक्षतसमन्वितैः
569b pūrayedgaṃdhatoyena raktacaṃdanayoginā raktapuṣpaistilaiścaiva kuśākṣatasamanvitaiḥ
he should fill (it) with scented water combined with red sandal, with red flowers and sesame seeds, together with kuśa and unbroken rice grains,
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SiP 7.2 21.26
दूर्वापामार्गगव्यैश्च केवलेन जलेन वा जानुभ्यां धरणीं गत्वा नत्वा देवं च मंडले
dūrvāpāmārgagavyaiśca kevalena jalena vā jānubhyāṃ dharaṇīṃ gatvā natvā devaṃ ca maṃḍale
and with dūrvā grass, apāmārga, and cow-products, or with plain water; going down on his knees to the ground and bowing to the god in the maṇḍala,
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SiP 7.2 21.27
कृत्वा शिरसि तत्पात्रं दद्यादर्घ्यं शिवाय तत् अथवांजलिना तोयं सदर्भं मूलविद्यया
kṛtvā śirasi tatpātraṃ dadyādarghyaṃ śivāya tat athavāṃjalinā toyaṃ sadarbhaṃ mūlavidyayā
having placed that vessel on his head, he should offer that arghya to Śiva; or else (he should offer) water with darbha grass in his joined palms, with the root-vidyā,
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SiP 7.2 21.28
उत्क्षिपेदम्बरस्थाय शिवायादित्यमूर्तये कृत्वा पुनः करन्यासं करशोधनपूर्वकम्
utkṣipedambarasthāya śivāyādityamūrtaye kṛtvā punaḥ karanyāsaṃ karaśodhanapūrvakam
he should toss it up to Śiva who stands in the sky in the form of the sun; then, having again performed the placing (of mantras) on the hands, preceded by the purification of the hands,
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SiP 7.2 21.29
बुद्ध्वेशानादिसद्यांतं पञ्चब्रह्ममयं शिवम् गृहीत्वा भसितं मन्त्रैर्विमृज्याङ्गानि संस्पृशेत्
buddhveśānādisadyāṃtaṃ pañcabrahmamayaṃ śivam gṛhītvā bhasitaṃ mantrairvimṛjyāṅgāni saṃspṛśet
having recognised Śiva as consisting of the five brahmans, from Īśāna to Sadyojāta, and having taken ash, he should wipe and touch his limbs with the mantras,
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SiP 7.2 21.30
या दिनांतैश्शिरोवक्त्रहृद्गुह्यचरणान्क्रमात् ततो मूलेन सर्वांगमालभ्य वसनान्तरम्
yā dināṃtaiśśirovaktrahṛdguhyacaraṇānkramāt tato mūlena sarvāṃgamālabhya vasanāntaram
(touching) in order head, face, heart, private parts and feet with (the mantras) ending in 'yā' ... 'dinā'; then, having touched the whole body with the root-mantra, another garment
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SiP 7.2 21.31
परिधाय द्विराचम्य प्रोक्ष्यैकादशमन्त्रितैः जलैराच्छाद्य वासो ऽयद्द्विराचम्य शिवं स्मरेत्
paridhāya dvirācamya prokṣyaikādaśamantritaiḥ jalairācchādya vāso 'yaddvirācamya śivaṃ smaret
he should put on; having sipped water twice, and sprinkling with waters over which eleven (mantras) have been recited, having covered (himself) with the garment, sipping water twice, he should call Śiva to mind.
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SiP 7.2 21.32
पुनर्न्यस्तकरो मन्त्री त्रिपुंड्रं भस्मना लिखेत् अवक्रमाय तं व्यक्तं ललाटे गन्धवारिणा
punarnyastakaro mantrī tripuṃḍraṃ bhasmanā likhet avakramāya taṃ vyaktaṃ lalāṭe gandhavāriṇā
Again, with hands set (with mantras), the mantra-adept should draw the triple line with ash; (or) for the descending order, that (mark) clearly on the forehead with scented water.
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SiP 7.2 21.33
वृत्तं वा चतुरस्रं वा बिन्दुमर्धेन्दुमेव वा ललाटे यादृशं पुण्ड्रं लिखितं भस्मना पुनः
vṛttaṃ vā caturasraṃ vā bindumardhendumeva vā lalāṭe yādṛśaṃ puṇḍraṃ likhitaṃ bhasmanā punaḥ
Whatever kind of mark—round, or square, or a dot, or a half-moon—has been drawn with ash on the forehead, again
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SiP 7.2 21.34
तादृशं भुजयोर्मूर्ध्नि स्तनयोरंतरे लिखेत् सर्वांगोद्धूलनं चैव न समानं त्रिपुण्ड्रकैः
tādṛśaṃ bhujayormūrdhni stanayoraṃtare likhet sarvāṃgoddhūlanaṃ caiva na samānaṃ tripuṇḍrakaiḥ
Such (a mark) he should draw on the two arms, on the head, and between the breasts; and the dusting of the whole body is not equal to the triple marks.
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SiP 7.2 21.35
तस्मात्त्रिपुण्ड्रमेवैकं लिखेदुद्धूलनं विना रुद्राक्षान्धारयेद्मूर्ध्नि कंठे श्रोते करे तथा
tasmāttripuṇḍramevaikaṃ likheduddhūlanaṃ vinā rudrākṣāndhārayedmūrdhni kaṃṭhe śrote kare tathā
Therefore he should draw the triple mark alone, without the (full-body) dusting; he should wear rudrākṣas on the head, on the neck, on the ear, and likewise on the hand.
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SiP 7.2 21.36
सुवर्णवर्णमच्छिन्नं शुभं नान्यैर्धृतं शुभम् विप्रादीनां क्रमाच्छ्रेष्ठं पीतं रक्तमथासितम्
suvarṇavarṇamacchinnaṃ śubhaṃ nānyairdhṛtaṃ śubham viprādīnāṃ kramācchreṣṭhaṃ pītaṃ raktamathāsitam
Gold-coloured, unbroken, it is auspicious; not worn by others, it is auspicious. For the brahmins and the rest, in order, the best is the yellow, the red, and then the black.
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SiP 7.2 21.37
तदलाभे यथालाभं धारणीयमदूषितम् तत्रापि नोत्तरं नीचैर्धार्यं नीचमथोत्तरैः
tadalābhe yathālābhaṃ dhāraṇīyamadūṣitam tatrāpi nottaraṃ nīcairdhāryaṃ nīcamathottaraiḥ
When that is not obtained, whatever is obtainable, undefiled, is to be worn; even there the higher (kind) is not to be worn by the lower, nor the lower by the higher.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 21.38
नाशुचिर्धारयेदक्षं सदा कालेषु धारयेत् इत्थं त्रिसंध्यमथवा द्विसंध्यं सकृदेव वा
nāśucirdhārayedakṣaṃ sadā kāleṣu dhārayet itthaṃ trisaṃdhyamathavā dvisaṃdhyaṃ sakṛdeva vā
One who is impure should not wear the bead; one should wear it always, at the (proper) times — thus at the three junctures (of day), or at two junctures, or even just once.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 21.39
कृत्वा स्नानादिकं शक्त्या पूजयेत्परमेश्वरम् प्रजास्थानं समासाद्य बद्ध्वा रुचिरमासनम्
kṛtvā snānādikaṃ śaktyā pūjayetparameśvaram prajāsthānaṃ samāsādya baddhvā ruciramāsanam
Having performed bathing and the rest according to his ability, he should worship the Supreme Lord; having reached the place (assigned) for the people, having arranged a pleasing seat,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.2 21.40
ध्यायेद्देवं च देवीं च प्राङ्मुखो वाप्युदङ्मुखः श्वेतादीन्नकुलीशांतांस्तच्छिष्यान्प्रणमेद्गुरुम्
dhyāyeddevaṃ ca devīṃ ca prāṅmukho vāpyudaṅmukhaḥ śvetādīnnakulīśāṃtāṃstacchiṣyānpraṇamedgurum
facing east or else facing north, he should meditate on the God and the Goddess, and should bow to Śveta and the rest, up to Nakulīśa, to their disciples, and to (his own) guru.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 21.41
पुनर्देवं शिवं नत्वा ततो नामाष्टकं जपेत् शिवो महेश्वरश्चैव रुद्रो विष्णुः पितामहः
punardevaṃ śivaṃ natvā tato nāmāṣṭakaṃ japet śivo maheśvaraścaiva rudro viṣṇuḥ pitāmahaḥ
Again, having bowed to God Śiva, he should then recite the set of eight names: Śiva, and Maheśvara, Rudra, Viṣṇu, Pitāmaha,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 7.2 21.42
संसारवैद्यस्सर्वज्ञः परमात्मेति चाष्टकम् अथवा शिवमेवैकं जपित्वैकादशाधिकम्
saṃsāravaidyassarvajñaḥ paramātmeti cāṣṭakam athavā śivamevaikaṃ japitvaikādaśādhikam
Physician of the round of births, All-knowing, and Supreme Self — such is the set of eight; or else, having recited the single (name) Śiva alone more than eleven times,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 7.2 21.43
जिह्वाग्रे तेजसो राशिं ध्यात्वाव्याध्यादिशांतये प्रक्षाल्य चरणौ कृत्वा करौ चंदनचर्चितौ प्रकुर्वीत करन्यासं करशोधनपूर्वकम्
jihvāgre tejaso rāśiṃ dhyātvāvyādhyādiśāṃtaye prakṣālya caraṇau kṛtvā karau caṃdanacarcitau prakurvīta karanyāsaṃ karaśodhanapūrvakam
having meditated on a mass of light at the tip of the tongue for the allaying of diseases and the rest, having washed the feet, having made the two hands smeared with sandal-paste, he should perform the placing (of mantras) on the hands, preceded by the purification of the hands.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition