Tithyarka 5.p1.19

5.p1.19

kāmyamāsaśivarātrivratasya grahaṇakālāvadhivratahemādrau skānde—
“ādau mārgaśira māsi dīpotsavadine'pi vā
gṛhṇīyānmāghamāse vā dvādaśaivamupoṣayet
evaṃ dvādaśavarṣe tu dvādaśaiva tapodhanān ||”
āmantrayeti śeṣaḥ | tatraiva pakṣāntaram—
"sarvakāmapradaṃ kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ śivavratam
ityupakramya—
caturdaśābdaṃ karttavyaṃ śivarātrivrataṃ śubham |"
iti saṃkṣepaḥ
athātra sarvalokopakārārthaṃ vārṣikaśivavratānuṣṭhānaprayogaṃ
vadāmaḥ | tatra yadyapi bhūyāṃsaḥ prakārā dṛśyante, tathāpi pramāṇībhūtaśivarahasyasaṃvādī tāvatprakāraḥ pradarśyate—
"vinā bhasmatripuṇḍreṇa vinā rudrākṣamālayā
pūjito'pi mahāde vo na syāttasya phalapradaḥ
tasmānmṛdā'pi karttavyaṃ lalāṭe ca tripuṇḍrakam |"
iti liṅgapurāṇāt tripuṇḍrarudrākṣamālānvito māsapakṣādyullikhya
śrīsadāśivacaraṇapaṅkajaparāgasārūpyakāmo'haṃ mahāśivarātrau vārṣikaṃ
śivarātrivrataṃ kariṣye—iti prātaḥ saṅkalpya mantrān paṭhet | nūtanavrate tu nūtanamiti viśeṣaḥ | mantrāstu—
"śivarātrivrataṃ hyetat kariṣye'haṃ mahāphalam
nirvighramastu me cātra tvatprasādājjagatpate !
caturdaśyāṃ nirāhāro bhūtvā śambho'pare'hani
bhokṣye'haṃ bhuktimuktyarthaṃ śaraṇaṃ me maheśvaraḥ0||" iti
tato rātrau pūrvayāme śivapūjanaṃ kariṣye—iti saṅkalpya sañjātapratiṣṭhaliṅge śivaṃ mūlamantreṇa 'tryambakam' iti vaidikena vā dugdhābhiṣekapūrvakamāvāhanādiṣoḍaśopacārairarcayet | pūrvapūjāyāmarghyadāne
mantraḥ"śivarātrivrataṃ deva ! pūjājapaparāyaṇaḥ
karomi vidhivaddattaṃ gṛhāṇārghyaṃ maheśvara ! ||" iti