[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Shivapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva) › 7.2.15.9 # Shivapurana 7.2.15.9 Śivapurāṇa 7.2.15.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.2.15.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9) / 561b ### [7.2.15.9.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p1) tīvrā tu jīvatotyaṃtaṃ puṃsaḥ pāpaviśodhikā // ### [7.2.15.9.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p2) śaktī jñānavatī dīkṣā śiṣyadehaṃ praviśya tu // ### [7.2.15.9.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p3) guruṇā yogamārgeṇa kriyate jñānacakṣuṣā // ### [7.2.15.9.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p4) māṃtrī kriyāvatī dīkṣā kuṃḍamaṃḍalapūrvikā // ### [7.2.15.9.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p5) maṃdamaṃdataroddeśātkartavyā guruṇā bahiḥ // ### 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[7.2.15.9.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p14) lakṣaṇaṃ śaktipātasya prabodhānaṃdasaṃbhavaḥ // ### [7.2.15.9.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p15) sā yasmātparamā śaktiḥ prabodhānaṃdarūpiṇī // ### [7.2.15.9.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p16) ānaṃdabodhayorliṃgamaṃtaḥkaraṇavikriyāḥ // ### [7.2.15.9.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p17) yathā syātkaṃparomāṃcasvaranetrāṃgavikriyāḥ // ### [7.2.15.9.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p18) śiṣyopi lakṣaṇairebhiḥ kuryādguruparīkṣaṇam // ### [7.2.15.9.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p19) tatsaṃparkaiḥ śivārcādau saṃgatairvātha tadgataiḥ // ### [7.2.15.9.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p20) śiṣyastu śikṣaṇīyatvādgurorgauravakāraṇāt // ### [7.2.15.9.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p21) tasmātsarvaprayatnena gurorgauravamācaret // ### 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[7.2.15.9.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p30) gacchaṃstiṣṭhansvapanbhuṃjannānyatkarma samācaret // ### [7.2.15.9.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p31) samakṣaṃ yadi kurvīta sarvaṃ cānujñayā guroḥ // ### [7.2.15.9.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p32) gurorgṛhe samakṣaṃ vā na yatheṣṭāsano bhavet // ### [7.2.15.9.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p33) gururdevo yataḥ sākṣāttadgṛhaṃ devamandiram // ### [7.2.15.9.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p34) pāpināṃ ca yathā saṃgāttatpāpātpatito bhavet // ### [7.2.15.9.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p35) yatheha vahnisaṃparkānmalaṃ tyajati kāṃcanam // ### [7.2.15.9.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p36) tathaiva gurusaṃparkātpāpaṃ tyajati mānavaḥ // ### [7.2.15.9.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p37) yathā vahnisamīpastho ghṛtakumbho vilīyate // ### 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[7.2.15.9.p134](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p134) manasā yastu saṃskāraḥ kriyate yogavartmanā // ### [7.2.15.9.p135](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p135) sa neha kathito guhyo guruvaktraikagocaraḥ // ### [7.2.15.9.p136](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p136) kriyāvānyastu saṃskāraḥ kuṃḍamaṃḍapapūrvakaḥ // ### [7.2.15.9.p137](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p137) sa vakṣyate samāsena tasya śakyo na vistaraḥ // ### [7.2.15.9.p138](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p138) oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe dīkṣāvidhāne gurumāhātmyaṃ nāma pañcadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ ### [7.2.15.9.p139](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.15.9.p139) Chapter 16 upamanyuruvāca puṇye 'hani śucau deśe bahudoṣavivarjite // ## Other recensions (1) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.15.9) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (13) - 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