Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 23
SiP 7.2 23.1
ॐ इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायामुत्तरखण्डे शिवशास्त्रोक्तनित्यनैमित्तिककर्मवर्णनं नाम द्वाविंशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् २३ उपमन्युरुवाच व्याख्यां पूजाविधानस्य प्रवदामि समासतः शिवशास्त्रे शिवेनैव शिवायै कथितस्य तु
oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe śivaśāstroktanityanaimittikakarmavarṇanaṃ nāma dvāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 23 upamanyuruvāca vyākhyāṃ pūjāvidhānasya pravadāmi samāsataḥ śivaśāstre śivenaiva śivāyai kathitasya tu
Oṃ. Thus, in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, in the seventh (section), in the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, in the latter part, the twenty-second chapter, called the description of the regular and occasional rites taught in the Śiva scripture. Chapter 23. Upamanyu said: I shall declare in brief the exposition of the rule of worship as it was taught in the Śiva scripture by Śiva himself to Śivā.
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SiP 7.2 23.2
अंगमभ्यंतरं यागमग्निकार्यावसानकम् विधाय वा न वा पश्चाद्बहिर्यागं समाचरेत्
aṃgamabhyaṃtaraṃ yāgamagnikāryāvasānakam vidhāya vā na vā paścādbahiryāgaṃ samācaret
Having performed, or not performed, the inner sacrifice, which is a subsidiary part and ends with the fire-rite, one should afterwards carry out the external sacrifice.
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SiP 7.2 23.3
तत्र द्रव्याणि मनसा कल्पयित्वा विशोध्य च ५७१ब् ध्यात्वा विनायकं देवं पूजयित्वा विधानतः
tatra dravyāṇi manasā kalpayitvā viśodhya ca 571b dhyātvā vināyakaṃ devaṃ pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ
There, having mentally arranged the materials and purified (them), having meditated on the god Vināyaka and worshipped (him) according to rule,
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SiP 7.2 23.4
दक्षिणे चोत्तरे चैव नंदीशं सुयशं तथा आराध्य मनसा सम्यगासनं कल्पयेद्बुधः
dakṣiṇe cottare caiva naṃdīśaṃ suyaśaṃ tathā ārādhya manasā samyagāsanaṃ kalpayedbudhaḥ
and having duly propitiated in mind Nandīśa on the right and Suyaśa on the north, the wise man should arrange a seat,
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SiP 7.2 23.5
आराधनादिकैर्युक्तस्सिंहयोगासनादिकम् पद्मासनं वा विमलं तत्त्वत्रयसमन्वितम्
ārādhanādikairyuktassiṃhayogāsanādikam padmāsanaṃ vā vimalaṃ tattvatrayasamanvitam
provided with propitiation and the rest — a lion-seat, a yoga-seat, or the like, or a spotless lotus-seat furnished with the three principles.
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SiP 7.2 23.6
तस्योपरि शिवं ध्यायेत्सांबं सर्वमनोहरम् सर्वलक्षणसंपन्नं सर्वावयवशोभनम्
tasyopari śivaṃ dhyāyetsāṃbaṃ sarvamanoharam sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannaṃ sarvāvayavaśobhanam
Upon it he should meditate on Śiva together with Ambā, all-enchanting, endowed with all auspicious marks, beautiful in all his limbs,
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SiP 7.2 23.7
सर्वातिशयसंयुक्तं सर्वाभरणभूषितम् रक्तास्यपाणिचरणं कुंदचंद्रस्मिताननम्
sarvātiśayasaṃyuktaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam raktāsyapāṇicaraṇaṃ kuṃdacaṃdrasmitānanam
possessed of every excellence, adorned with all ornaments, with red face, hands and feet, his face smiling like jasmine and the moon,
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SiP 7.2 23.8
शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशं फुल्लपद्मत्रिलोचनम् चतुर्भुजमुदाराङ्गं चारुचंद्रकलाधरम्
śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ phullapadmatrilocanam caturbhujamudārāṅgaṃ cārucaṃdrakalādharam
resembling pure crystal, three-eyed with eyes like full-blown lotuses, four-armed, with noble limbs, wearing the lovely crescent of the moon,
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SiP 7.2 23.9
वरदाभयहस्तं च मृगटंकधरं हरम् भुजंगहारवलयं चारुनीलगलांतरम्
varadābhayahastaṃ ca mṛgaṭaṃkadharaṃ haram bhujaṃgahāravalayaṃ cārunīlagalāṃtaram
with hands (showing) boon-giving and fearlessness, and bearing a deer and a chisel-axe — Hara, whose necklace and bracelets are serpents, with the beautiful dark hollow of his throat,
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SiP 7.2 23.10
सर्वोपमानरहितं सानुगं सपरिच्छदम् ततः संचिंतयेत्तस्य वामभागे महेश्वरीम्
sarvopamānarahitaṃ sānugaṃ saparicchadam tataḥ saṃciṃtayettasya vāmabhāge maheśvarīm
(He should meditate on) Hara as free of all comparison, attended by his followers and with his retinue; then one should meditate on Maheśvarī on his left side,
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SiP 7.2 23.11
प्रफुल्लोत्पलपत्राभां विस्तीर्णायतलोचनाम् पूर्णचंद्राभवदनां नीलकुंचितमूर्धजाम्
praphullotpalapatrābhāṃ vistīrṇāyatalocanām pūrṇacaṃdrābhavadanāṃ nīlakuṃcitamūrdhajām
having the sheen of a full-blown lotus petal, with broad, long eyes, her face like the full moon, her hair black and curling,
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SiP 7.2 23.12
नीलोत्पलदलप्रख्यां चन्द्रार्धकृतशेखराम् अतिवृत्तघनोत्तुंगस्निग्धपीनपयोधराम्
nīlotpaladalaprakhyāṃ candrārdhakṛtaśekharām ativṛttaghanottuṃgasnigdhapīnapayodharām
resembling the petal of a blue lotus, wearing the half-moon as her crest, with breasts very round, firm, high, smooth and full,
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SiP 7.2 23.13
तनुमध्यां पृथुश्रोणीं पीतसूक्ष्मवराम्बराम् सर्वाभरणसंपन्नां ललाटतिलकोज्ज्वलाम्
tanumadhyāṃ pṛthuśroṇīṃ pītasūkṣmavarāmbarām sarvābharaṇasaṃpannāṃ lalāṭatilakojjvalām
slender-waisted, broad-hipped, clad in fine excellent yellow garments, endowed with every ornament, radiant with the mark on her forehead,
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SiP 7.2 23.14
विचित्रपुष्पसंकीर्णकेशपाशोपशोभिताम् सर्वतो ऽनुगुणाकारां किंचिल्लज्जानताननाम्
vicitrapuṣpasaṃkīrṇakeśapāśopaśobhitām sarvato 'nuguṇākārāṃ kiṃcillajjānatānanām
adorned with a mass of hair strewn with varied flowers, of a form well-proportioned in every part, her face slightly bowed with modesty,
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SiP 7.2 23.15
हेमारविंदं विलसद्दधानां दक्षिणे करे दंडवच्चापरं हस्ते न्यस्यासीनां महासने
hemāraviṃdaṃ vilasaddadhānāṃ dakṣiṇe kare daṃḍavaccāparaṃ haste nyasyāsīnāṃ mahāsane
holding a shining golden lotus in her right hand, and the other hand laid rod-like (upon her seat), seated on a great throne,
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SiP 7.2 23.16
पाशविच्छेदिकां साक्षात्सच्चिदानंदरूपिणीम् एवं देवं च देवीं च ध्यात्वासनवरे शुभे
pāśavicchedikāṃ sākṣātsaccidānaṃdarūpiṇīm evaṃ devaṃ ca devīṃ ca dhyātvāsanavare śubhe
the severer of bonds, the very embodiment of being, consciousness and bliss. Having thus meditated on the god and on the goddess upon the excellent auspicious seat,
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SiP 7.2 23.17
सर्वोपचारवद्भक्त्या भावपुष्पैस्समर्चयेत् अथवा परिकल्प्यैवं मूर्तिमन्यतमां विभोः
sarvopacāravadbhaktyā bhāvapuṣpaissamarcayet athavā parikalpyaivaṃ mūrtimanyatamāṃ vibhoḥ
one should worship (them) with devotion, with all the services and with flowers of thought; or else, having thus imagined some one other form of the Lord —
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SiP 7.2 23.18
शैवीं सदाशिवाख्यां वा तथा माहेश्वरीं पराम् षड्विंशकाभिधानां वा श्रीकंठाख्यामथापि वा
śaivīṃ sadāśivākhyāṃ vā tathā māheśvarīṃ parām ṣaḍviṃśakābhidhānāṃ vā śrīkaṃṭhākhyāmathāpi vā
the Śaiva one, or that called Sadāśiva, or the supreme Māheśvarī, or the one named the Twenty-sixth, or else the one called Śrīkaṇṭha —
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SiP 7.2 23.19
मन्त्रन्यासादिकां चापि कृत्वा स्वस्यां तनौ यथा अस्यां मूर्तौ मूर्तिमंतं शिवं सदसतः परम्
mantranyāsādikāṃ cāpi kṛtvā svasyāṃ tanau yathā asyāṃ mūrtau mūrtimaṃtaṃ śivaṃ sadasataḥ param
and having also performed the placing of mantras and the rest upon his own body, (so too) in this form (he should meditate on) Śiva as embodied, beyond the existent and the non-existent,
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SiP 7.2 23.20
ध्यात्वा बाह्यक्रमेणैव पूजां निर्वर्तयेद्धिया समिदाज्यादिभिः पश्चान्नाभौ होमं च भावयेत्
dhyātvā bāhyakrameṇaiva pūjāṃ nirvartayeddhiyā samidājyādibhiḥ paścānnābhau homaṃ ca bhāvayet
and having meditated, he should carry out the worship with his mind, just in the external order; afterwards he should imagine the fire offering in the navel with fuel-sticks, ghee and the rest.
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SiP 7.2 23.21
भ्रूमध्ये च शिवं ध्यायेच्छुद्धदीपशिखाकृतिम् इत्थमंगे स्वतंत्रे वा योगे ध्यानमये शुभे
bhrūmadhye ca śivaṃ dhyāyecchuddhadīpaśikhākṛtim itthamaṃge svataṃtre vā yoge dhyānamaye śubhe
And he should meditate on Śiva in the middle of the brows, in the form of a pure lamp-flame. Thus in the (fire's) limb, or in the independent (rite), or in the auspicious yoga consisting of meditation —
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SiP 7.2 23.22
अग्निकार्यावसानं च सर्वत्रैव समो विधिः अथ चिंतामयं सर्वं समाप्याराधनक्रमम्
agnikāryāvasānaṃ ca sarvatraiva samo vidhiḥ atha ciṃtāmayaṃ sarvaṃ samāpyārādhanakramam
and at the conclusion of the fire rite the procedure is the same everywhere. Then, having completed the whole sequence of worship made of thought,
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SiP 7.2 23.23
लिंगे च पूजयेद्देवं स्थंडिले वानले ऽपि वा
liṃge ca pūjayeddevaṃ sthaṃḍile vānale 'pi vā
he should worship the god in a liṅga, or on an altar-ground, or even in fire.
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