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# Shivapurana 7.2.16.18

Śivapurāṇa 7.2.16.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

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sarvamaṃgalasaṃyuktaḥ samācaritanaityakaḥ //  
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### [7.2.16.18.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p1)

mahāpūjāṃ maheśasya kṛtvā maṇḍalamadhyataḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p2)

śivakuṃbhe tathā bhūyaḥ śivamāvāhya pūjayet //

### [7.2.16.18.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p3)

paścimābhimukhaṃ dhyātvā yajñarakṣakamīśvaram //

### [7.2.16.18.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p4)

arcayedastravardhanyāmastramīśasya dakṣiṇe //

### [7.2.16.18.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p5)

mantrakumbhe ca vinyasya mantraṃ mantraviśāradaḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p6)

kṛtvā mudrādikaṃ sarvaṃ mantrayāgaṃ samācaret //

### [7.2.16.18.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p7)

tataśśivānale homaṃ kuryāddeśikasattamaḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p8)

pradhānakuṇḍe parito juhuyuścāpare dvijāḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p9)

ācāryātpādamardhaṃ vā homasteṣāṃ vidhīyate //

### [7.2.16.18.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p10)

pradhānakuṇḍa evātha juhuyāddeśikottamaḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p11)

svādhyāyamapare kuryuḥ stotraṃ maṃgalavācanam //

### [7.2.16.18.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p12)

japaṃ ca vidhivaccānye śivabhaktiparāyaṇāḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p13)

nṛtyaṃ gītaṃ ca vādyaṃ ca maṃgalānyaparāṇi ca //

### [7.2.16.18.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p14)

pūjanaṃ ca sadasyānāṃ kṛtvā samyagvidhānataḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p15)

puṇyāhaṃ kārayitvātha punaḥ saṃpūjya śaṃkaram //

### [7.2.16.18.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p16)

prārthayeddeśiko devaṃ śiṣyānugrahakāmyayā //

### [7.2.16.18.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p17)

prasīda devadeveśa dehamāviśya māmakam //

### [7.2.16.18.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p18)

vimocayainaṃ viśveśa ghṛṇayā ca ghṛṇānidhe //

### [7.2.16.18.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p19)

atha caivaṃ karomīti labdhānujñastu deśikaḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p20)

ānīyopoṣitaṃ śiṣyaṃ haviṣyāśinameva vā //

### [7.2.16.18.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p21)

ekāśanaṃ vā virataṃ snātaṃ prātaḥkṛtakriyam //

### [7.2.16.18.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p22)

japaṃtaṃ praṇavaṃ devaṃ dhyāyaṃtaṃ kṛtamaṃgalam //

### [7.2.16.18.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p23)

dvārasya paścimasyāgramaṇḍale dakṣiṇasya vā //

### [7.2.16.18.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p24)

darbhāsane samāsīnaṃ vidhāyodaṅmukhaṃ śiśum //

### [7.2.16.18.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p25)

svayaṃ prāgvadanastiṣṭhannūrdhvakāyaṃ kṛtāṃjalim //

### [7.2.16.18.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p26)

saṃprokṣya prokṣaṇautoyairmūrdhanyastreṇa mudrayā //

### [7.2.16.18.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p27)

puṣpakṣepeṇa saṃtāḍya badhnīyāllocanaṃ guruḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p28)

dukūlārdhena vastreṇa maṃtritena navena ca //

### [7.2.16.18.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p29)

tataḥ praveśayecchiṣyaṃ gururdvāreṇa maṃḍalam //

### [7.2.16.18.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p30)

so 'pi teneritaḥ śaṃbhorācarettriḥ pradakṣiṇam //

### [7.2.16.18.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p31)

tatassuvarṇasaṃmiśraṃ dattvā puṣpāṃjaliṃ prabhoḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p32)

prāṅmukhaścodaṅmukho vā praṇameddaṃḍavatkṣito //

### [7.2.16.18.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p33)

tatassaṃprokṣya mūlena śirasyastreṇa pūrvavat //

### [7.2.16.18.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p34)

saṃtāḍya deśikastasya mocayennetrabaṃdhanam //

### [7.2.16.18.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p35)

sa dṛṣṭvā maṃḍalaṃ bhūyaḥ praṇametsāñjaliḥ prabhum //

### [7.2.16.18.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p36)

athāsīnaṃ śivācāryo maṃḍalasya tu dakṣiṇe //

### [7.2.16.18.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p37)

upaveśyātmanassavye śiṣyaṃ darbhāsane guruḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p38)

ārādhya ca mahādevaṃ śivahastaṃ pravinyaset //

### [7.2.16.18.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p39)

śivatejomayaṃ pāṇiṃ śivamaṃtramudīrayet //

### [7.2.16.18.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p40)

śivābhimānasaṃpanno nyasecchiṣyasya mastake //

### [7.2.16.18.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p41)

sarvāṃgālaṃbanaṃ caiva kuryāttenaiva deśikaḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p42)

śiṣyo 'pi praṇamedbhūmau deśikākṛtamīśvaram //

### [7.2.16.18.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p43)

tataśśivānale devaṃ samabhyarcya yathāvidhi //

### [7.2.16.18.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p44)

hutāhutitrayaṃ śiṣyamupaveśya yathā purā //

### [7.2.16.18.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p45)

564a

### [7.2.16.18.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p46)

darbhāgraiḥ saṃspṛśaṃstaṃ ca vidyayātmānamāviśet //

### [7.2.16.18.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p47)

namaskṛtya mahādevaṃ nāḍīsaṃdhānamācaret //

### [7.2.16.18.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p48)

śivaśāstroktamārgeṇa kṛtvā prāṇasya nirgamam //

### [7.2.16.18.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p49)

śiṣyadehapraveśaṃ ca smṛtvā maṃtrāṃstu tarpayet //

### [7.2.16.18.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p50)

saṃtarpaṇāya mūlasya tenaivāhutayo daśa //

### [7.2.16.18.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p51)

deyāstisrastathāṃgānāmaṃgaireva yathākramam //

### [7.2.16.18.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p52)

tataḥ pūrṇāhutiṃ dattvā prāyaścittāya deśikaḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p53)

punardaśāhutīnkuryānmūlamaṃtreṇa maṃtravit //

### [7.2.16.18.p54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p54)

punaḥ saṃpūjya deveśaṃ samyagācamya deśikaḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p55)

hutvā caiva yathānyāyaṃ svajātyā vaiśyamuddharet //

### [7.2.16.18.p56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p56)

tasyaivaṃ janayetkṣātramuddhāraṃ ca tataḥ punaḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p57)

kṛtvā tathaiva vipratvaṃ janayedasya deśikaḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p58)

rājanyaṃ caivamuddhṛtya kṛtvā vipraṃ punastayoḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p59)

rudratvaṃ janayedvipre rudranāmaiva sādhayet //

### [7.2.16.18.p60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p60)

prokṣaṇaṃ tāḍanaṃ kṛtvā śiśossvātmānamātmani //

### [7.2.16.18.p61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p61)

śivātmakamanusmṛtya sphuraṃtaṃ visphuliṃgavat //

### [7.2.16.18.p62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p62)

nāḍyā yathoktayā vāyuṃ recayenmaṃtrato guruḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p63)

nirgamya praviśennāḍyā śiṣyasya hṛdayaṃ tathā //

### [7.2.16.18.p64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p64)

praviśya tasya caitanyaṃ nīlabindunibhaṃ smaran //

### [7.2.16.18.p65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p65)

svatejasāpāstamalaṃ jvalaṃtamanuciṃtayet //

### [7.2.16.18.p66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p66)

tamādāya tayā nāḍyā maṃtrī saṃhāramudrayā //

### [7.2.16.18.p67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p67)

na pūrakeṇa niveśyainamekībhāvārthamātmanaḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p68)

kuṃbhakena tathā nāḍyā recakena yathā purā //

### [7.2.16.18.p69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p69)

tasmādādāya śiṣyasya hṛdaye tanniveśayet //

### [7.2.16.18.p70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p70)

tamālabhya śivāllabdhaṃ tasmai dattvopavītakam //

### [7.2.16.18.p71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p71)

hutvā ' 'hutitrayaṃ paścāddadyātpūrṇāhutiṃ tataḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p72)

devasya dakṣiṇe śiṣyamupaveśyavarāsane //

### [7.2.16.18.p73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p73)

kuśapuṣpaparistīrṇe baddhāṃjalirudaṅmukham //

### [7.2.16.18.p74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p74)

svastikāsanamārūḍhaṃ vidhāya prāṅmukhaḥ svayam //

### [7.2.16.18.p75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p75)

varāsanasthito maṃtrairmahāmaṃgalaniḥsvanaiḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p76)

samādāya ghaṭaṃ pūrṇaṃ pūrṇameva prasāditam //

### [7.2.16.18.p77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p77)

dhyāyamānaḥ śivaṃ śiṣyamābhiṣiṃceta deśikaḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p78)

athāpanudya snānāṃbu paridhāya sitāṃbaram //

### [7.2.16.18.p79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p79)

ācāntolaṃkṛtaśśiṣyaḥ prāṃjalirmaṃḍapaṃ vrajet //

### [7.2.16.18.p80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p80)

upaveśya yathāpūrvaṃ taṃ gururdarbhaviṣṭare //

### [7.2.16.18.p81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p81)

saṃpūjya maṃḍalaṃ devaṃ karanyāsaṃ samācaret //

### [7.2.16.18.p82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p82)

tatastu bhasmanā devaṃ dhyāyanmanasi deśikaḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p83)

samālabheta pāṇibhyāṃ śiśuṃ śivamudīrayet //

### [7.2.16.18.p84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p84)

atha tasya śivācāryo dahanaplāvanādikam //

### [7.2.16.18.p85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p85)

sakalīkaraṇaṃ kṛtvā mātṛkānyāsavartmanā //

### [7.2.16.18.p86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p86)

tataḥ śivāsanaṃ dhyātvā śiṣyamūrdhni deśikaḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p87)

tatrāvāhya yathānyāyamarcayenmanasā śivam //

### [7.2.16.18.p88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p88)

prārthayetprāṃjalirdevaṃ nityamatra sthito bhava //

### [7.2.16.18.p89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p89)

iti vijñāpya taṃ śaṃbhostejasā bhāsuraṃ smaret //

### [7.2.16.18.p90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p90)

564b

### [7.2.16.18.p91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p91)

saṃpūjyātha śivaṃ śaivīmājñāṃ prāpya śivātmikām //

### [7.2.16.18.p92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p92)

karṇe śiṣyasya śanakaiśśivamantramudīrayet //

### [7.2.16.18.p93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p93)

sa tu baddhāṃjaliḥ śrutvā mantraṃ tadgatamānasaḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p94)

śanaistaṃ vyāharecchiṣyaśivācāryasya śāsanāt //

### [7.2.16.18.p95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p95)

tataḥ śāktaṃ ca saṃdiśya mantraṃ mantravicakṣaṇaḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p96](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p96)

uccārayitvā ca sukhaṃ tasmai maṃgalamādiśet //

### [7.2.16.18.p97](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p97)

tatassamāsānmantrārthaṃ vācyavācakayogataḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p98](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p98)

samadiśyeśvaraṃ rūpaṃ yogamāsanamādiśet //

### [7.2.16.18.p99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p99)

atha gurvājñayā śiṣyaḥ śivāgnigurusannidhau //

### [7.2.16.18.p100](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p100)

bhaktyaivamabhisaṃdhāya dīkṣāvākyamudīrayet //

### [7.2.16.18.p101](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p101)

varaṃ prāṇaparityāgaśchedanaṃ śiraso 'pi vā //

### [7.2.16.18.p102](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p102)

na tvanabhyarcya bhuṃjīya bhagavantaṃ trilocanam //

### [7.2.16.18.p103](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p103)

sa eva dadyānniyato yāvanmohaviparyayaḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p104](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p104)

tāvadārādhayeddevaṃ tanniṣṭhastatparāyaṇaḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p105](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p105)

tataḥ sa samayo nāma bhaviṣyati śivāśrame //

### [7.2.16.18.p106](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p106)

labdhādhikāro gurvājñāpālakastadvaśo bhavet //

### [7.2.16.18.p107](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p107)

ataḥ paraṃ nyastakaro bhasmādāya svahastataḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p108](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p108)

dadyācchiṣyāya mūlena rudrākṣaṃ cābhimaṃtritam //

### [7.2.16.18.p109](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p109)

pratimā vāpi devasya gūḍhadehamathāpi vā //

### [7.2.16.18.p110](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p110)

pūjāhomajapadhyānasādhanāni ca saṃbhave //

### [7.2.16.18.p111](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p111)

sopi śiṣyaḥ śivācāryāllabdhāni bahumānataḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p112](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p112)

ādadītājñayā tasya deśikasya na cānyathā //

### [7.2.16.18.p113](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p113)

ācāryādāptamakhilaṃ śirasyādhāya bhaktitaḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p114](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p114)

rakṣayetpūjayecchaṃbhuṃ maṭhe vā gṛha evavā //

### [7.2.16.18.p115](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p115)

ataḥ paraṃ śivācāramādiśedasya deśikaḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p116](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p116)

bhaktiśraddhānusāreṇa prajñāyāścānusārataḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p117](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p117)

yaduktaṃ yatsamājñātaṃ yaccaivānyatprakīrtitam //

### [7.2.16.18.p118](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p118)

śivācāryeṇa samaye tatsarvaṃ śirasā vahet //

### [7.2.16.18.p119](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p119)

śivāgamasya grahaṇaṃ vācanaṃ śravaṇaṃ tathā //

### [7.2.16.18.p120](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p120)

deśikadeśataḥ kuryānna svecchāto na cānyataḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p121](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p121)

iti saṃkṣepataḥ proktaḥ saṃskāraḥ samayāhvayaḥ //

### [7.2.16.18.p122](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p122)

sākṣācchivapuraprāptau nṛṇāṃ paramasādhanam //

### [7.2.16.18.p123](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p123)

oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe śiṣyasaṃskāravarṇanaṃ nāma ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāyaḥ

### [7.2.16.18.p124](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.16.18.p124)

Chapter 17  
upamanyuruvāca  
ataḥ paraṃ samāvekṣya guruḥ śiṣyasya yogyatām //

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