[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) › 7.2.28.2 # Shivapurana 7.2.28.2 Śivapurāṇa 7.2.28.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.2.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2) / 578a ### [7.2.28.2.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p1) aṣṭābhyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ tathā parvāṇi ca kramāt // ### [7.2.28.2.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p2) ayane viṣuve caiva grahaṇeṣu viśeṣataḥ // ### [7.2.28.2.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p3) kartavyā mahatī pūjā hyadhikā vāpi śaktitaḥ // ### [7.2.28.2.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p4) māsimāsi yathānyāyaṃ brahmakūrcaṃ prasādhya tu // ### [7.2.28.2.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p5) snāpayitvā śivaṃ tena pibeccheṣamupoṣitaḥ // ### [7.2.28.2.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p6) brahmahatyādidoṣāṇāmatīva mahatāmapi // ### [7.2.28.2.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p7) niṣkṛtirbrahmakūrcasya pānānnānyā viśiṣyate // ### [7.2.28.2.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p8) pauṣe puṣyanakṣatre kuryānnīrājanaṃ vibhoḥ // ### [7.2.28.2.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p9) māghe maghākhye nakṣatre pradadyād ghṛtakaṃbalam // ### [7.2.28.2.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p10) phālgune cottarānte vai prārabheta mahotsavam // ### [7.2.28.2.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p11) caitre citrāpaurṇamāsyāṃ dolāṃ kuryādyathāvidhi // ### [7.2.28.2.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p12) vaiśākhyāṃ tu viśākhāyāṃ kuryātpuṣpamahālayam // ### [7.2.28.2.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p13) jyeṣṭhe mūlākhyanakṣatre śītakumbhaṃ pradāpayet // ### [7.2.28.2.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p14) āṣāḍhe cottarāṣāḍhe pavitrāropaṇaṃ tathā // ### [7.2.28.2.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p15) śrāvaṇe prākṛtānyāpi maṇḍalāni prakalpayet // ### [7.2.28.2.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p16) śraviṣṭhākhye tu nakṣatre prauṣṭhapadyāṃ tataḥ param // ### [7.2.28.2.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p17) prokṣayecca jalakrīḍāṃ pūrvāṣāḍhāśraye dine // ### [7.2.28.2.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p18) āśvayujyāṃ tato dadyātpāyasaṃ ca navodanam // ### [7.2.28.2.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p19) agnikāryaṃ ca tenaiva kuryācchatabhiṣagdine // ### [7.2.28.2.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p20) kārtikyāṃ kṛtikāyoge dadyāddīpasahasrakam // ### [7.2.28.2.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p21) mārgaśīrṣe tathārdrāyāṃ ghṛtena snāpayecchivam // ### [7.2.28.2.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p22) aśaktasteṣu kāleṣu kuryādutsavameva vā // ### [7.2.28.2.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p23) āsthānaṃ vā mahāpūjāmadhikaṃ vā samarcanam // ### [7.2.28.2.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p24) āvṛtte 'pi ca kalyāṇe praśasteṣvapi karmasu // ### [7.2.28.2.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p25) daurmanasye durācāre duḥsvapne duṣṭadarśane // ### [7.2.28.2.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p26) utpāte vāśubhenyasminroge vā prabale 'tha vā // ### [7.2.28.2.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p27) snānapūjājapadhyānahomadānādikāḥ kriyaḥ // ### [7.2.28.2.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p28) nirmitānuguṇāḥ kāryāḥ puraścaraṇapūrvikāḥ // ### [7.2.28.2.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p29) śivānale ca vihate punassandhānamācaret // ### [7.2.28.2.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p30) ya evaṃ śarvadharmiṣṭho vartate nityamudyataḥ // ### [7.2.28.2.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p31) tasyaikajanmanā muktiṃ prayacchati maheśvaraḥ // ### [7.2.28.2.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p32) etadyathottaraṃ kuryānnityanaimittikeṣu yaḥ // ### [7.2.28.2.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p33) divyaṃ śrīkaṃṭhanāthasya sthānamādyaṃ sa gacchati // ### [7.2.28.2.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p34) tatra bhuktvā mahābhogānkalpakoṭiśatannaraḥ // ### [7.2.28.2.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p35) kālāṃtarecyutastasmādaumaṃ kaumārameva ca // ### [7.2.28.2.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p36) saṃprāpya vaiṣṇavaṃ brāhmaṃ rudralokaṃ viśeṣataḥ // ### [7.2.28.2.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p37) tatroṣitvā ciraṃ kālaṃ bhuktvā bhogānyathoditān // ### [7.2.28.2.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p38) punaścordhvaṃ gatastasmādatītya sthānapañcakam // ### [7.2.28.2.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p39) śrīkaṇṭhājjñānamāsādya tasmācchaivapuraṃ vrajet // ### [7.2.28.2.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p40) ardhacaryārataścāpi dvirāvṛttyaivameva tu // ### [7.2.28.2.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p41) paścājjñānaṃ samāsādya śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt // ### [7.2.28.2.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p42) ardhārdhacarito yastu dehī dehakṣayātparam // ### [7.2.28.2.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p43) aṃḍāṃtaṃ vordhvamavyaktamatītya bhuvanadvayam // ### [7.2.28.2.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p44) saṃprāpya pauruṣaṃ raudrasthānamadrīndrajāpateḥ // ### [7.2.28.2.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p45) 578b ### [7.2.28.2.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p46) anekayugasāhasraṃ bhuktvā bhogānanekadhā // ### [7.2.28.2.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p47) puṇyakṣaye kṣitiṃ prāpya kule mahati jāyate // ### [7.2.28.2.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p48) tatrāpi pūrvasaṃskāravaśena sa mahādyutiḥ // ### [7.2.28.2.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p49) paśudharmānparityajya śivadharmarato bhavet // ### [7.2.28.2.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p50) taddharmagauravādeva dhyātvā śivapuraṃ vrajet // ### [7.2.28.2.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p51) bhogāṃśca vividhānbhuktvā vidyeśvarapadaṃ vrajet // ### [7.2.28.2.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p52) tatra vidyeśvaraissārdhaṃ bhuktvā bhogānbahūnkramāt // ### [7.2.28.2.p53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p53) aṇḍasyāṃtarbahirvātha sakṛdāvartate punaḥ // ### [7.2.28.2.p54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p54) tato labdhvā śivajñānaṃ parāṃ bhaktimavāpya ca // ### [7.2.28.2.p55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p55) śivasādharmyamāsādya na bhūyo vinivartate // ### [7.2.28.2.p56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p56) yaścātīva śive bhakto viṣayāsaktacittavat // ### [7.2.28.2.p57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p57) śivadarmānaso kurvannakurvanvāpi mucyate // ### [7.2.28.2.p58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p58) ekāvṛtto dvirāvṛttastrirāvṛtto nivartakaḥ // ### [7.2.28.2.p59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p59) na punaścakravartī syācchivadharmādhikāravān // ### [7.2.28.2.p60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p60) tasmāccchivāśrito bhūtvā yena kenāpi hetunā // ### [7.2.28.2.p61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p61) śivadharme matiṃ kuryācchreyase cetkṛtodyamaḥ // ### [7.2.28.2.p62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p62) nātra nirbaṃdhayiṣyāmo vayaṃ kecana kenacit // ### [7.2.28.2.p63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p63) nirbandhebhyo 'tivādebhyaḥ prakṛtyaitanna rocate // ### [7.2.28.2.p64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p64) rocate vā parebhyastu puṇyasaṃskāragauravāt // ### [7.2.28.2.p65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p65) saṃsārakāraṇaṃ yeṣāṃ na praroḍhumalaṃ bhavet // ### [7.2.28.2.p66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p66) prakṛtyanuguṇaṃ tasmādvimṛśyaitadaśeṣataḥ // ### [7.2.28.2.p67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p67) śivadharme 'dhikurvīta yadīcchecchivamātmanaḥ // ### [7.2.28.2.p68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p68) oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe nityanaimittikavidhivarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ### [7.2.28.2.p69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2.p69) Chapter 29 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca bhagavaṃstvanmukhādeva śrutaṃ śrutisamaṃ mayā // ## Other recensions (1) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.28.2) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Kriyāsāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.kriyasara.2.5.287) — Śrīkaṇtha, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.28.2) · Pramāṇa