Shiva Purana — Vayaviya Samhita, Uttara Bhaga — Chapter 29
SiP 7.2 29.1
ॐ इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे सप्तम्यां वायवीयसंहितायामुत्तरखण्डे नित्यनैमित्तिकविधिवर्णनं नामाष्टाविंशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् २९ श्रीकृष्ण उवाच भगवंस्त्वन्मुखादेव श्रुतं श्रुतिसमं मया स्वाश्रितानां शिवप्रोक्तं नित्यनैमित्तिकं तथा
oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe nityanaimittikavidhivarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 29 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca bhagavaṃstvanmukhādeva śrutaṃ śrutisamaṃ mayā svāśritānāṃ śivaproktaṃ nityanaimittikaṃ tathā
Oṃ. Thus in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, in the seventh (part), in the Vāyavīya Saṃhitā, in the latter section, the twenty-eighth chapter, called the description of the rules for regular and occasional rites. Chapter 29. Śrī Kṛṣṇa said: Lord, from your very mouth I have heard, equal to scripture, what was declared by Śiva concerning the regular and occasional (rites) of those who have taken refuge in him.
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SiP 7.2 29.2
इदानीं श्रोतुमिच्छामि शिवधर्माधिकारिणाम् काम्यमप्यस्ति चेत्कर्म वक्तुमर्हसि साम्प्रतम्
idānīṃ śrotumicchāmi śivadharmādhikāriṇām kāmyamapyasti cetkarma vaktumarhasi sāmpratam
Now I wish to hear about those qualified for the duty (owed) to Śiva; if there is also an optional rite (done for a desired end), you ought to speak of it now.
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SiP 7.2 29.3
उपमन्युरुवाच अस्त्यैहिकफलं किञ्चिदामुष्मिकफलं तथा ऐहिकामुष्मिकञ्चापि तच्च पञ्चविधं पुनः
upamanyuruvāca astyaihikaphalaṃ kiñcidāmuṣmikaphalaṃ tathā aihikāmuṣmikañcāpi tacca pañcavidhaṃ punaḥ
Upamanyu said: There is some (rite) with fruit in this world, and likewise (some) with fruit in the next world, and also (some) with fruit in both this world and the next; and that again is of five kinds.
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SiP 7.2 29.4
किंचित्क्रियामयं कर्म किंचित्कर्म तपो मयम्
kiṃcitkriyāmayaṃ karma kiṃcitkarma tapo mayam
Some rite consists of ritual action, some rite consists of austerity,
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SiP 7.2 29.5
जपध्यानमयं किंचित्किंचित्सर्वमयं तथा क्रियामयं तथा भिन्नं होमदानार्चनक्रमात्
japadhyānamayaṃ kiṃcitkiṃcitsarvamayaṃ tathā kriyāmayaṃ tathā bhinnaṃ homadānārcanakramāt
some consists of muttered recitation and meditation, and some likewise consists of all (of these). That which consists of ritual action is further divided, according to the sequence of oblation, gift, and worship.
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SiP 7.2 29.6
सर्वशक्तिमतामेव नान्येषां सफलं भवेत् शक्तिश्चाज्ञा मदेशस्य शिवस्य परमात्मनः
sarvaśaktimatāmeva nānyeṣāṃ saphalaṃ bhavet śaktiścājñā madeśasya śivasya paramātmanaḥ
Only for those possessed of all power, not for others, would (the rite) be fruitful; and the power is the command of Śiva, the supreme Self, my lord.
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SiP 7.2 29.7
तस्मात्काम्यानि कर्माणि कुर्यादाज्ञाधरोद्विजः अथ वक्ष्यामि काम्यं हि चेहामुत्र फलप्रदम्
tasmātkāmyāni karmāṇi kuryādājñādharodvijaḥ atha vakṣyāmi kāmyaṃ hi cehāmutra phalapradam
Therefore let the twice-born who upholds (that) command perform the rites done for particular desires. Now I shall declare the desire-based (rite), which bestows fruit here and in the world beyond.
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SiP 7.2 29.8
शैवैर्माहेश्वरैश्चैव कार्यमंतर्बहिः क्रमात् शिवो महेश्वरश्चेति नात्यंतमिह भिद्यते
śaivairmāheśvaraiścaiva kāryamaṃtarbahiḥ kramāt śivo maheśvaraśceti nātyaṃtamiha bhidyate
By Śaivas and by Māheśvaras it is to be done inwardly and outwardly respectively; "Śiva" and "Maheśvara" — here (the two) are not utterly distinguished.
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SiP 7.2 29.9
यथा तथा न भिद्यंते शैवा माहेश्वरा अपि शिवाश्रिता हि ते शैवा ज्ञानयज्ञरता नराः
yathā tathā na bhidyaṃte śaivā māheśvarā api śivāśritā hi te śaivā jñānayajñaratā narāḥ
Just so, Śaivas and Māheśvaras too are not distinguished; for those Śaivas are men resorting to Śiva, devoted to the sacrifice of knowledge.
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SiP 7.2 29.10
माहेश्वरास्समाख्याता कर्मयज्ञरता भुवि ५७९अ तस्मादाभ्यन्तरे कुर्युः शैवा माहेश्वरा वहिः
māheśvarāssamākhyātā karmayajñaratā bhuvi 579a tasmādābhyantare kuryuḥ śaivā māheśvarā vahiḥ
The Māheśvaras are declared to be devoted to the sacrifice of action on earth; therefore the Śaivas should perform (it) inwardly, the Māheśvaras outwardly.
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SiP 7.2 29.11
न तु प्रयोगो भिद्येत वक्ष्यमाणस्य कर्मणः परीक्ष्य भूमिं विधिवद्गंधवर्णरसादिभिः
na tu prayogo bhidyeta vakṣyamāṇasya karmaṇaḥ parīkṣya bhūmiṃ vidhivadgaṃdhavarṇarasādibhiḥ
But the application of the rite about to be stated should not be varied. Having examined the ground according to rule, by its smell, colour, taste and the rest,
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SiP 7.2 29.12
मनोभिलषिते तत्र वितानविततांबरे सुप्रलिप्ते महीपृष्ठे दर्पणोदरसंनिभे
manobhilaṣite tatra vitānavitatāṃbare supralipte mahīpṛṣṭhe darpaṇodarasaṃnibhe
there, on a surface of ground pleasing to the mind, with a canopy spread as its sky, well plastered, resembling the surface of a mirror,
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SiP 7.2 29.13
प्राचीमुत्पादयेत्पूर्वं शास्त्रदृष्टेन वर्त्मना एकहस्तं द्विहस्तं वा मण्डलं परिकल्पयेत्
prācīmutpādayetpūrvaṃ śāstradṛṣṭena vartmanā ekahastaṃ dvihastaṃ vā maṇḍalaṃ parikalpayet
he should first establish the eastern direction by the method seen in the scriptures, and lay out a maṇḍala of one cubit or of two cubits.
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SiP 7.2 29.14
आलिखेद्विमलं पद्ममष्टपत्रं सकर्णिकम् रत्नहेमादिभिश्चूर्णैर्यथासंभवसंभृतैः
ālikhedvimalaṃ padmamaṣṭapatraṃ sakarṇikam ratnahemādibhiścūrṇairyathāsaṃbhavasaṃbhṛtaiḥ
He should draw a spotless lotus of eight petals with a pericarp, using powders of jewels, gold and the like, gathered as available,
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SiP 7.2 29.15
पञ्चावरणसंयुक्तं बहुशोभासमन्वितम् दलेषु सिद्धयः कल्प्याः केसरेषु सशक्तिकाः
pañcāvaraṇasaṃyuktaṃ bahuśobhāsamanvitam daleṣu siddhayaḥ kalpyāḥ kesareṣu saśaktikāḥ
joined with five enclosures and endowed with much splendour. On the petals the siddhis are to be imagined, on the filaments (the siddhis) together with their powers.
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SiP 7.2 29.16
रुद्रा वामादयस्त्वष्टौ पूर्वादिदलतः क्रमात् कर्णिकायां च वैराग्यं बीजेषु नव शक्तयः
rudrā vāmādayastvaṣṭau pūrvādidalataḥ kramāt karṇikāyāṃ ca vairāgyaṃ bījeṣu nava śaktayaḥ
And the eight Rudras, Vāma and the rest, in order beginning from the eastern petal; on the pericarp dispassion, and on the seeds the nine powers.
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SiP 7.2 29.17
स्कन्दे शिवात्मको धर्मो नाले ज्ञानं शिवाश्रयम् कर्णिकोपरि चाग्नेयं मंडलं सौरमैन्दवम्
skande śivātmako dharmo nāle jñānaṃ śivāśrayam karṇikopari cāgneyaṃ maṃḍalaṃ sauramaindavam
On the stalk-base (is) dharma whose self is Śiva, on the stalk knowledge that rests on Śiva; and above the pericarp the fiery disc, the solar and the lunar.
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SiP 7.2 29.18
शिवविद्यात्मतत्त्वाख्यं तत्त्वत्रयमतः परम् सर्वासनोपरि सुखं विचित्रकुसुमान्वितम्
śivavidyātmatattvākhyaṃ tattvatrayamataḥ param sarvāsanopari sukhaṃ vicitrakusumānvitam
Beyond this, the triad of principles called Śiva, Vidyā and Ātman; above all the seats, a pleasant (seat) furnished with many-coloured flowers.
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SiP 7.2 29.19
पञ्चावरणसंयुक्तं पूजयेदंबया सह शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशं प्रसन्नं शीतलद्युतिम्
pañcāvaraṇasaṃyuktaṃ pūjayedaṃbayā saha śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ prasannaṃ śītaladyutim
He should worship (him), joined with the five enclosures, together with the Mother — (him who is) like pure crystal, serene, of cool radiance,
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SiP 7.2 29.20
विद्युद्वलयसंकाशजटामुकुटभूषितम् शार्दूलचर्मवसनं किञ्चित्स्मितमुखांबुजम्
vidyudvalayasaṃkāśajaṭāmukuṭabhūṣitam śārdūlacarmavasanaṃ kiñcitsmitamukhāṃbujam
adorned with a crown of matted hair resembling a circle of lightning, wearing a tiger's skin, his lotus-face slightly smiling,
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SiP 7.2 29.21
रक्तपद्मदलप्रख्यपादपाणितलाधरम् सर्वलक्षणसंपन्नं सर्वाभरणभूषितम्
raktapadmadalaprakhyapādapāṇitalādharam sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam
having the soles of his feet, his palms and his lower lip like red lotus petals, endowed with all the (auspicious) marks, adorned with every ornament,
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SiP 7.2 29.22
दिव्यायुधवरैर्युक्तं दिव्यगंधानुलेपनम् पञ्चवक्त्रं दशभुजं चन्द्रखण्डशिखामणिम्
divyāyudhavarairyuktaṃ divyagaṃdhānulepanam pañcavaktraṃ daśabhujaṃ candrakhaṇḍaśikhāmaṇim
equipped with excellent divine weapons, anointed with divine perfumes, five-faced, ten-armed, with the crescent moon as his crest-jewel.
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SiP 7.2 29.23
अस्य पूर्वमुखं सौम्यं बालार्कसदृशप्रभम् त्रिलोचनारविंदाढ्यं कृतबालेंदुशेखरम्
asya pūrvamukhaṃ saumyaṃ bālārkasadṛśaprabham trilocanāraviṃdāḍhyaṃ kṛtabāleṃduśekharam
His eastern face is gentle, its radiance like the newly risen sun, rich with three lotus-eyes, having the young moon set upon it,
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SiP 7.2 29.24
दक्षिणं नीलजीमूतसमानरुचिरप्रभम् भ्रुकुटीकुटिलं घोरं रक्तवृत्तेक्षणत्रयम्
dakṣiṇaṃ nīlajīmūtasamānaruciraprabham bhrukuṭīkuṭilaṃ ghoraṃ raktavṛttekṣaṇatrayam
the southern one radiant with a lustre like a dark cloud, contorted with knitted brows, terrible, with three round red eyes,
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SiP 7.2 29.25
दंष्ट्राकरालं दुर्धर्षं स्फुरिताधरपल्लवम् उत्तरं विद्रुमप्रख्यं नीलालकविभूषितम्
daṃṣṭrākarālaṃ durdharṣaṃ sphuritādharapallavam uttaraṃ vidrumaprakhyaṃ nīlālakavibhūṣitam
gaping with fangs, hard to withstand, its lower lip a quivering sprout; the northern one like coral, adorned with dark curls,
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SiP 7.2 29.26
सविलासं त्रिनयनं चन्द्राभरणशेखरम् पश्चिमं पूर्णचन्द्राभं लोचनत्रितयोज्ज्वलम्
savilāsaṃ trinayanaṃ candrābharaṇaśekharam paścimaṃ pūrṇacandrābhaṃ locanatritayojjvalam
(the face) full of playfulness, three-eyed, with the moon as the ornament on its crest; the western (face) with the sheen of the full moon, blazing with its three eyes;
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SiP 7.2 29.27
चन्द्ररेखाधरं सौम्यं मंदस्मितमनोहरम् पञ्चमं स्फटिकप्रख्यमिंदुरेखासमुज्ज्वलम्
candrarekhādharaṃ saumyaṃ maṃdasmitamanoharam pañcamaṃ sphaṭikaprakhyamiṃdurekhāsamujjvalam
bearing the crescent moon, gentle, charming with a soft smile; the fifth (face), like crystal, radiant as a streak of the moon;
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SiP 7.2 29.28
अतीव सौम्यमुत्फुल्ललोचनत्रितयोज्ज्वलम् दक्षिणे शूलपरशुवज्रखड्गानलोज्ज्वलम्
atīva saumyamutphullalocanatritayojjvalam dakṣiṇe śūlaparaśuvajrakhaḍgānalojjvalam
exceedingly gentle, blazing with three wide-open eyes; on the right, brilliant with trident, axe, thunderbolt, sword and fire;
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SiP 7.2 29.29
सव्ये च नागनाराचघण्टापाशांकुशोज्ज्वलम् निवृत्त्याजानुसंबद्धमानाभेश्च प्रतिष्ठया
savye ca nāganārācaghaṇṭāpāśāṃkuśojjvalam nivṛttyājānusaṃbaddhamānābheśca pratiṣṭhayā
and on the left, brilliant with serpent, arrow, bell, noose and goad; joined up to the knees by (the kalā) Nivṛtti, and up to the navel by Pratiṣṭhā;
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SiP 7.2 29.30
आकंठं विद्यया तद्वदाललाटं तु शांतया तदूर्ध्वं शांत्यतीताख्यकलया परया तथा
ākaṃṭhaṃ vidyayā tadvadālalāṭaṃ tu śāṃtayā tadūrdhvaṃ śāṃtyatītākhyakalayā parayā tathā
up to the throat by Vidyā, and likewise up to the forehead by Śāntā, and above that by the kalā called Śāntyatīta, the supreme one;
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SiP 7.2 29.31
पञ्चाध्वव्यापिनं साक्षात्कलापञ्चकविग्रहम् ईशानमुकुटं देवं पुरुषाख्यं पुरातनम्
pañcādhvavyāpinaṃ sākṣātkalāpañcakavigraham īśānamukuṭaṃ devaṃ puruṣākhyaṃ purātanam
(one should meditate on him as) pervading the five paths, having as his very body the set of five kalās, the god whose crown is Īśāna, the ancient one called Puruṣa,
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SiP 7.2 29.32
अघोरहृदयं तद्वद्वामगुह्यं महेश्वरम् ५७९ब् सद्यपादं च तन्मूर्तिमष्टत्रिंशत्कलामयम्
aghorahṛdayaṃ tadvadvāmaguhyaṃ maheśvaram 579b sadyapādaṃ ca tanmūrtimaṣṭatriṃśatkalāmayam
whose heart is Aghora, likewise Vāmadeva as the secret parts, Maheśvara (…), and Sadyojāta as the feet — that form consisting of the thirty-eight kalās,
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SiP 7.2 29.33
मातृकामयमीशानं पञ्चब्रह्ममयं तथा ॐकाराख्यमयं चैव हंसशक्त्या समन्वितम्
mātṛkāmayamīśānaṃ pañcabrahmamayaṃ tathā oṃkārākhyamayaṃ caiva haṃsaśaktyā samanvitam
Īśāna consisting of the mātṛkā (alphabet), and likewise consisting of the five Brahmans, and consisting too of what is called the syllable Oṃ, accompanied by the Haṃsa power,
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SiP 7.2 29.34
तथेच्छात्मिकया शक्त्या समारूढांकमंडलम् ज्ञानाख्यया दक्षिणतो वामतश्च क्रियाख्यया
tathecchātmikayā śaktyā samārūḍhāṃkamaṃḍalam jñānākhyayā dakṣiṇato vāmataśca kriyākhyayā
whose seat's circle is mounted (by him) together with the power that is Will, with the one called Knowledge on the right and on the left with the one called Action,
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SiP 7.2 29.35
तत्त्वत्रयमयं साक्षाद्विद्यामूर्तिं सदाशिवम् मूर्तिमूलेन संकल्प्य सकलीकृत्य च क्रमात्
tattvatrayamayaṃ sākṣādvidyāmūrtiṃ sadāśivam mūrtimūlena saṃkalpya sakalīkṛtya ca kramāt
consisting of the three tattvas, Sadāśiva himself, the very embodiment of vidyā — having conceived (him) with the mūrti-mūla mantra and performed the sakalīkaraṇa in due order,
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SiP 7.2 29.36
संपूज्य च यथान्यायमर्घान्तं मूलविद्यया मूर्तिमन्तं शिवं साक्षाच्छक्त्या परमया सह
saṃpūjya ca yathānyāyamarghāntaṃ mūlavidyayā mūrtimantaṃ śivaṃ sākṣācchaktyā paramayā saha
and having worshipped (him) as prescribed up to the arghya with the root mantra — Śiva himself, possessed of form, together with the supreme Śakti,
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SiP 7.2 29.37
तत्रावाह्य महादेवं सदसद्व्यक्तिवर्जितम् पञ्चोपकरणं कृत्वा पूजयेत्परमेश्वरम्
tatrāvāhya mahādevaṃ sadasadvyaktivarjitam pañcopakaraṇaṃ kṛtvā pūjayetparameśvaram
having invoked there the Great God, who is free of manifestation as existent or non-existent, and having made the five requisites, one should worship the Supreme Lord
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SiP 7.2 29.38
ब्रह्मभिश्च षडङ्गैश्च ततो मातृकया सह प्रणवेन शिवेनैव शक्तियुक्तेन च क्रमात्
brahmabhiśca ṣaḍaṅgaiśca tato mātṛkayā saha praṇavena śivenaiva śaktiyuktena ca kramāt
with the Brahma-mantras and with the six aṅgas, then together with the mātṛkā, with the praṇava, and with the Śiva (mantra) itself joined to the Śakti (mantra), in order,
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SiP 7.2 29.39
शांतेन वा तथान्यैश्च वेदमन्त्रैश्च कृत्स्नशः पूजयेत्परमं देवं केवलेन शिवेन वा
śāṃtena vā tathānyaiśca vedamantraiśca kṛtsnaśaḥ pūjayetparamaṃ devaṃ kevalena śivena vā
or with the Śānta (mantra), and likewise with the other Vedic mantras in full; or one should worship the supreme god with the Śiva (mantra) alone.
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SiP 7.2 29.40
पाद्यादिमुखवासांतं कृत्वा प्रस्थापनं विना पञ्चावरणपूजां तु ह्यारभेत यथाक्रमम्
pādyādimukhavāsāṃtaṃ kṛtvā prasthāpanaṃ vinā pañcāvaraṇapūjāṃ tu hyārabheta yathākramam
Having performed (the rites) from the foot-water up to the mouth-perfume, but without the dismissal, one should then begin the worship of the five enclosures in due order.
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