[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) › 7.2.23.3 # Shivapurana 7.2.23.3 Śivapurāṇa 7.2.23.3 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.2.23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3) / 571b ### [7.2.23.3.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p1) dhyātvā vināyakaṃ devaṃ pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ // ### [7.2.23.3.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p2) dakṣiṇe cottare caiva naṃdīśaṃ suyaśaṃ tathā // ### [7.2.23.3.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p3) ārādhya manasā samyagāsanaṃ kalpayedbudhaḥ // ### [7.2.23.3.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p4) ārādhanādikairyuktassiṃhayogāsanādikam // ### [7.2.23.3.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p5) padmāsanaṃ vā vimalaṃ tattvatrayasamanvitam // ### [7.2.23.3.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p6) tasyopari śivaṃ dhyāyetsāṃbaṃ sarvamanoharam // ### [7.2.23.3.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p7) sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannaṃ sarvāvayavaśobhanam // ### [7.2.23.3.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p8) sarvātiśayasaṃyuktaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam // ### [7.2.23.3.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p9) raktāsyapāṇicaraṇaṃ kuṃdacaṃdrasmitānanam // ### [7.2.23.3.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p10) śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ phullapadmatrilocanam // ### [7.2.23.3.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p11) caturbhujamudārāṅgaṃ cārucaṃdrakalādharam // ### [7.2.23.3.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p12) varadābhayahastaṃ ca mṛgaṭaṃkadharaṃ haram // ### [7.2.23.3.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p13) bhujaṃgahāravalayaṃ cārunīlagalāṃtaram // ### [7.2.23.3.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p14) sarvopamānarahitaṃ sānugaṃ saparicchadam // ### [7.2.23.3.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p15) tataḥ saṃciṃtayettasya vāmabhāge maheśvarīm // ### [7.2.23.3.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p16) praphullotpalapatrābhāṃ vistīrṇāyatalocanām // ### [7.2.23.3.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p17) pūrṇacaṃdrābhavadanāṃ nīlakuṃcitamūrdhajām // ### [7.2.23.3.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p18) nīlotpaladalaprakhyāṃ candrārdhakṛtaśekharām // ### [7.2.23.3.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p19) ativṛttaghanottuṃgasnigdhapīnapayodharām // ### [7.2.23.3.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p20) tanumadhyāṃ pṛthuśroṇīṃ pītasūkṣmavarāmbarām // ### [7.2.23.3.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p21) sarvābharaṇasaṃpannāṃ lalāṭatilakojjvalām // ### [7.2.23.3.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p22) vicitrapuṣpasaṃkīrṇakeśapāśopaśobhitām // ### [7.2.23.3.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p23) sarvato 'nuguṇākārāṃ kiṃcillajjānatānanām // ### [7.2.23.3.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p24) hemāraviṃdaṃ vilasaddadhānāṃ dakṣiṇe kare // ### [7.2.23.3.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p25) daṃḍavaccāparaṃ haste nyasyāsīnāṃ mahāsane // ### [7.2.23.3.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p26) pāśavicchedikāṃ sākṣātsaccidānaṃdarūpiṇīm // ### [7.2.23.3.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p27) evaṃ devaṃ ca devīṃ ca dhyātvāsanavare śubhe // ### [7.2.23.3.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p28) sarvopacāravadbhaktyā bhāvapuṣpaissamarcayet // ### [7.2.23.3.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p29) athavā parikalpyaivaṃ mūrtimanyatamāṃ vibhoḥ // ### [7.2.23.3.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p30) śaivīṃ sadāśivākhyāṃ vā tathā māheśvarīṃ parām // ### [7.2.23.3.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p31) ṣaḍviṃśakābhidhānāṃ vā śrīkaṃṭhākhyāmathāpi vā // ### [7.2.23.3.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p32) mantranyāsādikāṃ cāpi kṛtvā svasyāṃ tanau yathā // ### [7.2.23.3.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p33) asyāṃ mūrtau mūrtimaṃtaṃ śivaṃ sadasataḥ param // ### [7.2.23.3.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p34) dhyātvā bāhyakrameṇaiva pūjāṃ nirvartayeddhiyā // ### [7.2.23.3.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p35) samidājyādibhiḥ paścānnābhau homaṃ ca bhāvayet // ### [7.2.23.3.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p36) bhrūmadhye ca śivaṃ dhyāyecchuddhadīpaśikhākṛtim // ### [7.2.23.3.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p37) itthamaṃge svataṃtre vā yoge dhyānamaye śubhe // ### [7.2.23.3.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p38) agnikāryāvasānaṃ ca sarvatraiva samo vidhiḥ // ### [7.2.23.3.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p39) atha ciṃtāmayaṃ sarvaṃ samāpyārādhanakramam // ### [7.2.23.3.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p40) liṃge ca pūjayeddevaṃ sthaṃḍile vānale 'pi vā // ### [7.2.23.3.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p41) oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe pūjāvidhānavyākhyānavarṇanaṃ nāma trayoviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ 572a ### [7.2.23.3.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3.p42) Chapter 24 upamanyuruvāca prokṣayenmūlamaṃtreṇa pūjāsthānaṃ viśuddhaye // ## Other recensions (1) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.23.3) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Kriyāsāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.kriyasara.2.5.99) — Śrīkaṇtha, Sanskrit - [Śivadharma (Nandiprokta)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.sivadharma.sivadharmanandiprokta.1.140) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.23.3) · Pramāṇa