[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) › 7.2.36.16 # Shivapurana 7.2.36.16 Śivapurāṇa 7.2.36.16 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.2.36.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16) / śuddhairjalaiḥ snāpayitvā liṃgamabhyarcayetkramāt // / aiśānyāṃ padmamālikhya śuddhalipte mahītale // ### [7.2.36.16.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p1) 1 lyabārṣaḥ 2 ḍiḍhḍhaṇañiti ḍībabhāva ārṣaḥ ### [7.2.36.16.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p2) 592b ### [7.2.36.16.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p3) śivakuṃbhaṃ śodhayitvā tatrāvāhya śivaṃ yajet // ### [7.2.36.16.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p4) vedīmadhye sitaṃ padmaṃ parikalpya vidhānataḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p5) tasya paścimataścāpi caṃḍikāpadmamālikhet // ### [7.2.36.16.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p6) kṣaumādyairvāhatairvastraiḥ puṣpairdarbhairathāpi vā // ### [7.2.36.16.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p7) prakalpya śayanaṃ tasminhemapuṣpaṃ vinikṣipet // ### [7.2.36.16.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p8) tatra liṃgaṃ samānīya sarvamaṃgalaniḥsvanaiḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p9) raktena vastrayugmena sakūrcena samaṃtataḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p10) saha piṃḍikayāveṣṭya śāyayecca yathā purā // ### [7.2.36.16.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p11) purastātpadmamālikhya taddaleṣu yathākramam // ### [7.2.36.16.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p12) vidyeśakalaśānnyasyenmadhye śaivīṃ ca vardhanīm // ### [7.2.36.16.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p13) parītya padmatritayaṃ juhuyurdvijasattamāḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p14) te cāṣṭamūrtayaḥ kalpyāḥ pūrvādiparitaḥ sthitāḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p15) catvāraścātha vā dikṣu svadhyetārassajāpakāḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p16) juhuyuste viraṃcyādyāścatasro mūrtayaḥ smṛtāḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p17) daiśikaḥ prathamaṃ teṣāmaiśānyāṃ paścime 'tha vā // ### [7.2.36.16.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p18) pradhānahomaṃ kurvīta saptadravyairyathākramam // ### [7.2.36.16.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p19) ācāryātpādamardhaṃ vā juhuyuścāpare dvijāḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p20) pradhānamekamevātra juhuyādatha vā guruḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p21) pūrvaṃ pūrṇāhutiṃ hutvā ghṛtenāṣṭottaraṃ śatam // ### [7.2.36.16.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p22) mūrdhni mūlena liṃgasya śivahastaṃ pravinyaset // ### [7.2.36.16.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p23) śatamardhaṃ tadardhaṃ vā kramāddravyaiśca saptabhiḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p24) hutvāhutvā spṛśelliṃgaṃ vedikāṃ ca punaḥ punaḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p25) pūrṇāhutiṃ tato hutvā kramāddadyācca dakṣiṇām // ### [7.2.36.16.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p26) ācāryātpādamardhaṃ vā hotḥṇāṃ sthapaterapi // ### [7.2.36.16.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p27) tadardhaṃ deyamanyebhyaḥ sadasyebhyaśca śaktitaḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p28) tataḥ śvabhre vṛṣaṃ haimaṃ kūrcaṃ vāpi niveśya ca // ### [7.2.36.16.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p29) mṛdaṃbhasā pañcagavyaiḥ punaḥ śuddhajalena ca // ### [7.2.36.16.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p30) śodhitāṃ caṃdanāliptāṃ śvabhre brahmaśilāṃ kṣipet // ### [7.2.36.16.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p31) karanyāsaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā navabhiḥ śaktināmabhiḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p32) haritālādidhātūṃśca bījagaṃdhauṣadhairapi // ### [7.2.36.16.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p33) śivaśāstroktavidhinā kṣipedbrahmaśilopari // ### [7.2.36.16.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p34) pratiliṃgaṃ tu saṃsthāpya kṣīraṃ vṛkṣasamudbhavam // ### [7.2.36.16.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p35) sthitaṃ buddhvā tadutsṛjya liṃgaṃ brahmaśilopari // ### [7.2.36.16.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p36) prāgudakpravarāṃ kiṃcitsthāpayenmūlavidyayā // ### [7.2.36.16.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p37) piṃḍikāṃ cātha saṃyojya śāktaṃ mūlamanusmaran // ### [7.2.36.16.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p38) bandhanaṃ baṃdhakadravyaiḥ kṛtvā sthānaṃ viśodhya ca // ### [7.2.36.16.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p39) dattvā cārghyaṃ ca puṣpāṇi kuryuryavanikāṃ punaḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p40) yathāyogyaṃ niṣekādi liṃgasya puratastadā // ### [7.2.36.16.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p41) ānīya śayanasthānātkalaśānvinyasetkramāt // ### [7.2.36.16.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p42) mahāpūjāmathārabhya saṃpūjya kalaśāndaśa // ### [7.2.36.16.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p43) śivamaṃtramanusmṛtya śivakuṃbhajalāṃtare // ### [7.2.36.16.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p44) aṃguṣṭhānāmikāyogādādāya tamudīrayet // ### [7.2.36.16.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p45) nyasedīśānabhāgasya madhye liṃgasya maṃtravit // ### [7.2.36.16.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p46) 593a ### [7.2.36.16.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p47) śaktiṃ nyasettathā vidyāṃ vidyeśāṃśca yathākramam // ### [7.2.36.16.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p48) liṅgamūle śivajalaistato liṃgaṃ niṣecayet // ### [7.2.36.16.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p49) vardhanyāṃ piṃḍikāliṃgaṃ vidyeśakalaśaiḥ punaḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p50) abhiṣicyāsanaṃ paścādādhārādyaṃ prakalpayet // ### [7.2.36.16.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p51) kṛtvā pañcakalānyāsaṃ dīptaṃ liṃgamanusmaret // ### [7.2.36.16.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p52) āvāhayecchivau sākṣātprāñjaliḥ prāgudaṅmukhaḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p53) vṛṣādhirājamāruhya vimānaṃ vā nabhastalāt // ### [7.2.36.16.p54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p54) alaṃkṛtaṃ sahāyāṃtaṃ devyā devamanusmaran // ### [7.2.36.16.p55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p55) sarvābharaṇaśobhāḍhyaṃ sarvamaṃgalanisvanaiḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p56) brahmaviṣṇumaheśārkaśakrādyairdevadānavaiḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p57) ānaṃdaklinnasarvāṃgairvinyastāṃjalimastakaiḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p58) stuvadbhireva nṛtyadbhirnāmadbhirabhito vṛtam // ### [7.2.36.16.p59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p59) tataḥ pañcopacārāṃśca kṛtvā pūjāṃ samāpayet // ### [7.2.36.16.p60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p60) nātaḥ parataraḥ kaścidvidhiḥ pañcopacārakāt // ### 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[7.2.36.16.p69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p69) gṛhārcāṃ ca punarvakṣye pratiṣṭhāvidhimuttamam // ### [7.2.36.16.p70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p70) kṛtvā kanīyasaṃberaṃ liṃgaṃ vā lakṣaṇānvitam // ### [7.2.36.16.p71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p71) ayane cottare prāpte śuklapakśe śubhe dine // ### [7.2.36.16.p72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p72) devīṃ kṛtvā śubhe deśe tatrābjaṃ pūrvavallikhet // ### [7.2.36.16.p73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p73) vikīrya patrapuṣpādyairmadhye kuṃbhaṃ nidhāya ca // ### [7.2.36.16.p74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p74) paritastasya caturaḥ kalaśān dikṣu vinyaset // ### [7.2.36.16.p75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p75) pañca brahmāṇi tadbījaisteṣu pañcasu pañcabhiḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p76) nyasya saṃpūjya mudrādi darśayitvābhirakṣya ca // ### [7.2.36.16.p77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p77) viśodhya liṃgaṃ beraṃ vā mṛttoyādyairyathā purā // ### [7.2.36.16.p78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p78) sthāpayetpuṣpasaṃchannamuttarasthe varāsane // ### [7.2.36.16.p79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p79) nidhāya puṣpaṃ śirasi prokṣayetprokṣaṇījalaiḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p80) samabhyarcya punaḥ puṣpairjayaśabdādipūrvakam // ### [7.2.36.16.p81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p81) kumbhairīśānavidyāṃtaiḥ snāpayenmūlavidyayā // ### [7.2.36.16.p82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p82) tataḥ pañcakalānyāsaṃ kṛtvā pūjāṃ ca pūrvavat // ### [7.2.36.16.p83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p83) nityamārādhayettatra devyā devaṃ trilocanam // ### [7.2.36.16.p84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p84) ekamevātha vā kuṃbhaṃ mūrtimantrasamanvitam // ### [7.2.36.16.p85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p85) nyasya padmāṃtare sarvaṃ śeṣaṃ pūrvavadācaret // ### [7.2.36.16.p86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p86) atyaṃtopahataṃ liṃgaṃ viśodhya sthāpayetpunaḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p87) saṃprokṣayedupahatamanāgupahataṃ yajet // ### [7.2.36.16.p88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p88) liṃgāni bāṇasaṃjñāni sthāpanīyāni vā na vā // ### [7.2.36.16.p89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p89) tāni pūrvaṃ śivenaiva saṃskṛtāni yatastataḥ // ### [7.2.36.16.p90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p90) śeṣāṇi sthāpanīyāni yāni dṛṣṭāni bāṇavat // ### [7.2.36.16.p91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p91) svayamudbhūtaliṃge ca divye cārṣe tathaiva ca // ### [7.2.36.16.p92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.36.16.p92) 593b ### 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