Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 28
SiP 7.2 28.1
ॐ इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायामुत्तरखण्डे अग्निकार्यवर्णनं नाम सप्तविंशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् २८ उपमन्युरुवाच अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि शिवाश्रमनिषेविणाम् शिवशास्त्रोक्तमार्गेण नैमित्तिकविधिक्रमम्
oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe agnikāryavarṇanaṃ nāma saptaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 28 upamanyuruvāca ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi śivāśramaniṣeviṇām śivaśāstroktamārgeṇa naimittikavidhikramam
Oṃ. Thus, in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, in the seventh (part), in the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, in the latter section, the twenty-seventh chapter, called "The Description of the Fire Rite." Chapter 28. Upamanyu said: Next I shall declare, for those who dwell in the āśrama of Śiva, the sequence of occasional rites according to the way stated in the Śaiva scriptures.
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SiP 7.2 28.2
सर्वेष्वपि च मासेषु पक्षयोरुभयोरपि ५७८अ अष्टाभ्यां च चतुर्दश्यां तथा पर्वाणि च क्रमात्
sarveṣvapi ca māseṣu pakṣayorubhayorapi 578a aṣṭābhyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ tathā parvāṇi ca kramāt
And in all the months, and in both fortnights, on the eighth and on the fourteenth, and likewise on the parvan days, in order—
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SiP 7.2 28.3
अयने विषुवे चैव ग्रहणेषु विशेषतः कर्तव्या महती पूजा ह्यधिका वापि शक्तितः
ayane viṣuve caiva grahaṇeṣu viśeṣataḥ kartavyā mahatī pūjā hyadhikā vāpi śaktitaḥ
—at a solstice and at an equinox, and especially at eclipses, a great worship should be performed, or even a more abundant one, according to one's ability.
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SiP 7.2 28.4
मासिमासि यथान्यायं ब्रह्मकूर्चं प्रसाध्य तु स्नापयित्वा शिवं तेन पिबेच्छेषमुपोषितः
māsimāsi yathānyāyaṃ brahmakūrcaṃ prasādhya tu snāpayitvā śivaṃ tena pibeccheṣamupoṣitaḥ
Month by month, having prepared the brahmakūrca according to rule and having bathed Śiva with it, one should drink the remainder, having fasted.
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SiP 7.2 28.5
ब्रह्महत्यादिदोषाणामतीव महतामपि निष्कृतिर्ब्रह्मकूर्चस्य पानान्नान्या विशिष्यते
brahmahatyādidoṣāṇāmatīva mahatāmapi niṣkṛtirbrahmakūrcasya pānānnānyā viśiṣyate
For faults even of the very greatest sort, such as the killing of a brahmin, no other expiation is superior to the drinking of the brahmakūrca.
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SiP 7.2 28.6
पौषे पुष्यनक्षत्रे कुर्यान्नीराजनं विभोः माघे मघाख्ये नक्षत्रे प्रदद्याद् घृतकंबलम्
pauṣe puṣyanakṣatre kuryānnīrājanaṃ vibhoḥ māghe maghākhye nakṣatre pradadyād ghṛtakaṃbalam
In (the month of) Pauṣa, under the asterism Puṣya, one should perform the lustration (nīrājana) of the Lord; in Māgha, under the asterism named Maghā, one should present a ghee-blanket (ghṛtakambala).
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SiP 7.2 28.7
फाल्गुने चोत्तरान्ते वै प्रारभेत महोत्सवम् चैत्रे चित्रापौर्णमास्यां दोलां कुर्याद्यथाविधि
phālgune cottarānte vai prārabheta mahotsavam caitre citrāpaurṇamāsyāṃ dolāṃ kuryādyathāvidhi
And in Phālguna, at the end of (the asterism) Uttarā, one should begin the great festival; in Caitra, on the full-moon day of Citrā, one should perform the swing-rite according to prescription.
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SiP 7.2 28.8
वैशाख्यां तु विशाखायां कुर्यात्पुष्पमहालयम् ज्येष्ठे मूलाख्यनक्षत्रे शीतकुम्भं प्रदापयेत्
vaiśākhyāṃ tu viśākhāyāṃ kuryātpuṣpamahālayam jyeṣṭhe mūlākhyanakṣatre śītakumbhaṃ pradāpayet
But on the full moon of Vaiśākha, under Viśākhā, one should make the great flower-abode; in Jyeṣṭha, under the asterism named Mūla, one should have a cool water-jar presented.
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SiP 7.2 28.9
आषाढे चोत्तराषाढे पवित्रारोपणं तथा श्रावणे प्राकृतान्यापि मण्डलानि प्रकल्पयेत्
āṣāḍhe cottarāṣāḍhe pavitrāropaṇaṃ tathā śrāvaṇe prākṛtānyāpi maṇḍalāni prakalpayet
In Āṣāḍha, under Uttarāṣāḍhā, likewise the tying on of the sacred thread (pavitrāropaṇa); in Śrāvaṇa one should lay out even the ordinary maṇḍalas.
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SiP 7.2 28.10
श्रविष्ठाख्ये तु नक्षत्रे प्रौष्ठपद्यां ततः परम् प्रोक्षयेच्च जलक्रीडां पूर्वाषाढाश्रये दिने
śraviṣṭhākhye tu nakṣatre prauṣṭhapadyāṃ tataḥ param prokṣayecca jalakrīḍāṃ pūrvāṣāḍhāśraye dine
But under the asterism named Śraviṣṭhā, thereafter on the Prauṣṭhapadī (day), one should sprinkle, and the water-sport on the day belonging to Pūrvāṣāḍhā.
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SiP 7.2 28.11
आश्वयुज्यां ततो दद्यात्पायसं च नवोदनम् अग्निकार्यं च तेनैव कुर्याच्छतभिषग्दिने
āśvayujyāṃ tato dadyātpāyasaṃ ca navodanam agnikāryaṃ ca tenaiva kuryācchatabhiṣagdine
Then on the full moon of Āśvayuja one should offer milk-rice and food of the new grain; and with that very (food) one should perform the fire rite on the day of Śatabhiṣaj.
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SiP 7.2 28.12
कार्तिक्यां कृतिकायोगे दद्याद्दीपसहस्रकम् मार्गशीर्षे तथार्द्रायां घृतेन स्नापयेच्छिवम्
kārtikyāṃ kṛtikāyoge dadyāddīpasahasrakam mārgaśīrṣe tathārdrāyāṃ ghṛtena snāpayecchivam
On the full moon of Kārtika, at the conjunction with Kṛttikā, one should offer a thousand lamps; and in Mārgaśīrṣa, under Ārdrā, one should bathe Śiva with ghee.
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SiP 7.2 28.13
अशक्तस्तेषु कालेषु कुर्यादुत्सवमेव वा आस्थानं वा महापूजामधिकं वा समर्चनम्
aśaktasteṣu kāleṣu kuryādutsavameva vā āsthānaṃ vā mahāpūjāmadhikaṃ vā samarcanam
One who is unable, at those times should perform at least a festival, or an assembly, or a great worship, or a more abundant act of worship.
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SiP 7.2 28.14
आवृत्ते ऽपि च कल्याणे प्रशस्तेष्वपि कर्मसु दौर्मनस्ये दुराचारे दुःस्वप्ने दुष्टदर्शने
āvṛtte 'pi ca kalyāṇe praśasteṣvapi karmasu daurmanasye durācāre duḥsvapne duṣṭadarśane
Also when an auspicious occasion has come round, and in praiseworthy rites, in dejection of mind, in bad conduct, in an evil dream, at the sight of something inauspicious,
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SiP 7.2 28.15
उत्पाते वाशुभेन्यस्मिन्रोगे वा प्रबले ऽथ वा स्नानपूजाजपध्यानहोमदानादिकाः क्रियः
utpāte vāśubhenyasminroge vā prabale 'tha vā snānapūjājapadhyānahomadānādikāḥ kriyaḥ
or at a portent, or at some other inauspicious thing, or when a disease is severe—the rites of bathing, worship, muttering, meditation, oblation, giving and the rest,
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SiP 7.2 28.16
निर्मितानुगुणाः कार्याः पुरश्चरणपूर्विकाः शिवानले च विहते पुनस्सन्धानमाचरेत्
nirmitānuguṇāḥ kāryāḥ puraścaraṇapūrvikāḥ śivānale ca vihate punassandhānamācaret
are to be performed in accordance with what is enjoined, preceded by the preliminary observance; and when the Śiva-fire has been extinguished, one should again perform the rejoining (of the fire).
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SiP 7.2 28.17
य एवं शर्वधर्मिष्ठो वर्तते नित्यमुद्यतः तस्यैकजन्मना मुक्तिं प्रयच्छति महेश्वरः
ya evaṃ śarvadharmiṣṭho vartate nityamudyataḥ tasyaikajanmanā muktiṃ prayacchati maheśvaraḥ
He who thus lives, most devoted to the Law of Śarva, ever intent (upon it)—to him Maheśvara grants liberation within a single birth.
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SiP 7.2 28.18
एतद्यथोत्तरं कुर्यान्नित्यनैमित्तिकेषु यः दिव्यं श्रीकंठनाथस्य स्थानमाद्यं स गच्छति
etadyathottaraṃ kuryānnityanaimittikeṣu yaḥ divyaṃ śrīkaṃṭhanāthasya sthānamādyaṃ sa gacchati
He who performs this in the regular and occasional rites, each better than the last, goes to the divine, primal abode of Lord Śrīkaṇṭha.
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SiP 7.2 28.19
तत्र भुक्त्वा महाभोगान्कल्पकोटिशतन्नरः कालांतरेच्युतस्तस्मादौमं कौमारमेव च
tatra bhuktvā mahābhogānkalpakoṭiśatannaraḥ kālāṃtarecyutastasmādaumaṃ kaumārameva ca
There the man, having enjoyed great pleasures for a hundred crores of kalpas, fallen from there after a lapse of time, (goes) to the world of Umā and to that of Kumāra,
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SiP 7.2 28.20
संप्राप्य वैष्णवं ब्राह्मं रुद्रलोकं विशेषतः तत्रोषित्वा चिरं कालं भुक्त्वा भोगान्यथोदितान्
saṃprāpya vaiṣṇavaṃ brāhmaṃ rudralokaṃ viśeṣataḥ tatroṣitvā ciraṃ kālaṃ bhuktvā bhogānyathoditān
and having reached the Vaiṣṇava and the Brāhma (world), and especially the world of Rudra, having dwelt there a long time and enjoyed the pleasures as described,
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SiP 7.2 28.21
पुनश्चोर्ध्वं गतस्तस्मादतीत्य स्थानपञ्चकम् श्रीकण्ठाज्ज्ञानमासाद्य तस्माच्छैवपुरं व्रजेत्
punaścordhvaṃ gatastasmādatītya sthānapañcakam śrīkaṇṭhājjñānamāsādya tasmācchaivapuraṃ vrajet
And again, having gone upward from there and passed beyond the five stations, having obtained knowledge from Śrīkaṇṭha, from there he may go to Śiva's city.
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SiP 7.2 28.22
अर्धचर्यारतश्चापि द्विरावृत्त्यैवमेव तु पश्चाज्ज्ञानं समासाद्य शिवसायुज्यमाप्नुयात्
ardhacaryārataścāpi dvirāvṛttyaivameva tu paścājjñānaṃ samāsādya śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt
And one devoted to half the (prescribed) observance likewise, by a twofold return; afterwards, having attained knowledge, he would obtain union with Śiva.
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SiP 7.2 28.23
अर्धार्धचरितो यस्तु देही देहक्षयात्परम् अंडांतं वोर्ध्वमव्यक्तमतीत्य भुवनद्वयम्
ardhārdhacarito yastu dehī dehakṣayātparam aṃḍāṃtaṃ vordhvamavyaktamatītya bhuvanadvayam
But the embodied one who has practised half of the half, after the destruction of the body, passing beyond the two worlds — up to the end of the egg, or upward, the unmanifest —
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SiP 7.2 28.24
संप्राप्य पौरुषं रौद्रस्थानमद्रीन्द्रजापतेः ५७८ब् अनेकयुगसाहस्रं भुक्त्वा भोगाननेकधा
saṃprāpya pauruṣaṃ raudrasthānamadrīndrajāpateḥ 578b anekayugasāhasraṃ bhuktvā bhogānanekadhā
having reached the Puruṣa (station) and the Rudra station of the husband of the daughter of the lord of mountains, and having enjoyed pleasures in many ways for many thousands of ages —
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SiP 7.2 28.25
पुण्यक्षये क्षितिं प्राप्य कुले महति जायते तत्रापि पूर्वसंस्कारवशेन स महाद्युतिः
puṇyakṣaye kṣitiṃ prāpya kule mahati jāyate tatrāpi pūrvasaṃskāravaśena sa mahādyutiḥ
when the merit is exhausted, reaching the earth, he is born in a great family; and there too, by the force of his former conditioning, he is of great splendour.
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SiP 7.2 28.26
पशुधर्मान्परित्यज्य शिवधर्मरतो भवेत् तद्धर्मगौरवादेव ध्यात्वा शिवपुरं व्रजेत्
paśudharmānparityajya śivadharmarato bhavet taddharmagauravādeva dhyātvā śivapuraṃ vrajet
Abandoning the duties of a bound soul, he becomes devoted to the duties (owed) to Śiva; and just by the weight of that duty, having meditated, he goes to Śiva's city.
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SiP 7.2 28.27
भोगांश्च विविधान्भुक्त्वा विद्येश्वरपदं व्रजेत् तत्र विद्येश्वरैस्सार्धं भुक्त्वा भोगान्बहून्क्रमात्
bhogāṃśca vividhānbhuktvā vidyeśvarapadaṃ vrajet tatra vidyeśvaraissārdhaṃ bhuktvā bhogānbahūnkramāt
And having enjoyed manifold pleasures, he goes to the station of the Vidyeśvaras; there, together with the Vidyeśvaras, having enjoyed many pleasures in due order,
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SiP 7.2 28.28
अण्डस्यांतर्बहिर्वाथ सकृदावर्तते पुनः ततो लब्ध्वा शिवज्ञानं परां भक्तिमवाप्य च
aṇḍasyāṃtarbahirvātha sakṛdāvartate punaḥ tato labdhvā śivajñānaṃ parāṃ bhaktimavāpya ca
he returns once again, within the egg or outside it; then, having obtained the knowledge of Śiva and attained supreme devotion,
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SiP 7.2 28.29
शिवसाधर्म्यमासाद्य न भूयो विनिवर्तते यश्चातीव शिवे भक्तो विषयासक्तचित्तवत्
śivasādharmyamāsādya na bhūyo vinivartate yaścātīva śive bhakto viṣayāsaktacittavat
having attained likeness of nature with Śiva, he does not return again. And he who is exceedingly devoted to Śiva, as though his mind were attached to sense-objects,
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SiP 7.2 28.30
शिवदर्मानसो कुर्वन्नकुर्वन्वापि मुच्यते एकावृत्तो द्विरावृत्तस्त्रिरावृत्तो निवर्तकः
śivadarmānaso kurvannakurvanvāpi mucyate ekāvṛtto dvirāvṛttastrirāvṛtto nivartakaḥ
whether performing the duties (owed) to Śiva or not performing them, is released. The one who returns once, the one who returns twice, the one who returns three times, the one who turns back —
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SiP 7.2 28.31
न पुनश्चक्रवर्ती स्याच्छिवधर्माधिकारवान् तस्माच्च्छिवाश्रितो भूत्वा येन केनापि हेतुना
na punaścakravartī syācchivadharmādhikāravān tasmāccchivāśrito bhūtvā yena kenāpi hetunā
he who has the qualification for the duties of Śiva would not again be a universal emperor. Therefore, having taken refuge in Śiva by whatever cause,
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SiP 7.2 28.32
शिवधर्मे मतिं कुर्याच्छ्रेयसे चेत्कृतोद्यमः नात्र निर्बंधयिष्यामो वयं केचन केनचित्
śivadharme matiṃ kuryācchreyase cetkṛtodyamaḥ nātra nirbaṃdhayiṣyāmo vayaṃ kecana kenacit
one should set the mind on the duty (owed) to Śiva, if one has made an effort toward the good. In this matter we shall not compel anyone, any of us, by any means.
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SiP 7.2 28.33
निर्बन्धेभ्यो ऽतिवादेभ्यः प्रकृत्यैतन्न रोचते रोचते वा परेभ्यस्तु पुण्यसंस्कारगौरवात्
nirbandhebhyo 'tivādebhyaḥ prakṛtyaitanna rocate rocate vā parebhyastu puṇyasaṃskāragauravāt
Because of compulsions and excessive arguments this does not please (some) by nature; or it does please others, because of the weight of their meritorious conditioning,
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SiP 7.2 28.34
संसारकारणं येषां न प्ररोढुमलं भवेत् प्रकृत्यनुगुणं तस्माद्विमृश्यैतदशेषतः
saṃsārakāraṇaṃ yeṣāṃ na praroḍhumalaṃ bhavet prakṛtyanuguṇaṃ tasmādvimṛśyaitadaśeṣataḥ
(those) in whom the cause of transaṃsāra is not able to sprout, (each) according to his own nature. Therefore, having considered this completely,
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SiP 7.2 28.35
शिवधर्मे ऽधिकुर्वीत यदीच्छेच्छिवमात्मनः
śivadharme 'dhikurvīta yadīcchecchivamātmanaḥ
one should take up the duty (owed) to Śiva, if one desires the welfare of oneself.
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