[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Skandapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda) › 3.3.7.99.1 # Skandapurana 3.3.7.99.1 Skandapurāṇa 3.3.7.99.1 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.3.7.99.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.7.99.1) .. sūta uvāca .. .. ityuktā muninā sādhvī sā vipravanitā punaḥ .. taṃ praṇamyātha papraccha śivapūjāvidheḥ kramam .. 1 .. .. śāṃḍilya uvāca .. .. pakṣadvaye trayodaśyāṃ nirāhāro bhavedyadā .. ghaṭītrayādastamayātpūrvaṃ snānaṃ samācaret .. 2 .. śuklāṃbaradharo dhīro vāgyato niyamānvitaḥ.. kṛtasaṃdhyājapavidhiḥ śivapūjāṃ samārabhet .. 3 .. devasya purataḥ samyagupalipya navāṃbhasā .. vidhāya maṃḍalaṃ ramyaṃ dhautavastrādibhirbudhaḥ .. 4.. vitānādyairalaṃkṛtya phalapuṣpanavāṃkuraiḥ .. vicitrapadmamuddhṛtya varṇapaṃcakasaṃyutam .. 5 .. tatropaviśya suśubhe bhaktiyuktaḥ sthirāsane .. samyaksaṃpāditāśeṣa pūjopakaraṇaḥ śuciḥ .. 6 .. āgamoktena maṃtreṇa pīṭhamāmaṃtrayetsudhīḥ .. tataḥ kṛtvātmaśuddhiṃ ca bhūtaśuddhyādikaṃ kramāt .. 7 .. prāṇāyāmatrayaṃ kṛtvā bījavarṇaiḥ sabiṃdukaiḥ .. mātṛkā nyasya vidhivaddhyātvā tāṃ devatāṃ parām .. 8 .. samāpya mātṛkā bhūyo dhyātvā caiva paraṃ śivam .. vāmabhāge guruṃ natvā dakṣiṇe gaṇapaṃ namet .. 9 .. aṃsoruyugme dharmādīnnyasya nābhau ca pārśvayoḥ .. adharmādīnanaṃtādīnhṛdi pīṭhe manuṃ nyaset .. .. 3.3.7.10 .. ādhāraśaktimārabhya jñānātmānamanukramāt .. uktakrameṇa vinyasya hṛtpadme sādhubhāvite .. 11 .. navaśaktimaye ramye dhyāyeddevamumāpatim.. candrakoṭipratīkāśaṃ trinetraṃ candraśekharam .. 12 .. āpiṃgalajaṭājūṭaṃ ratnamaulivirājitam .. nīlagrīvamudārāṃgaṃ nāgahāropaśobhitam .. 13 .. varadābhayahastaṃ ca dhāriṇaṃ ca paraśvadham .. dadhānaṃ nāgavalayakeyūrāṃgadamudrikam .. 14 .. vyāghracarmaparīdhānaṃ ratnasiṃhāsane sthitam .. > Sūta said: / Thus addressed by the sage, that virtuous brahmin woman / bowed to him and then asked the procedure for worshiping Śiva. (1) / Śāṇḍilya said: / When one fasts on the thirteenth day of either fortnight, / three ghaṭīs before sunset one should take a ritual ablution. (2) / Wearing white garments, steadfast, restrained in speech, bound by vows, / having performed the prescribed twilight prayers and recitation, he should begin the worship of Śiva. (3) / Having smeared the ground before the god properly with fresh water, / and constructed a charming maṇḍala with clean cloths and other materials, the wise man, (4) / adorning it with canopies and the like, with fruits, flowers, and fresh sprouts, / drawing a variegated lotus endowed with the five colors, (5) / sitting there upon a steady, very auspicious seat, endowed with devotion, / having properly procured all the worship implements, being pure, (6) / the intelligent man should consecrate the seat with the mantra spoken in the scriptures. / Then, having performed purification of oneself and purification of the elements and the rest in proper order, (7) / having performed three breath-controls with the seed-syllables accompanied by the dot, / having deposited the letters of the alphabet according to rule, and meditating on that supreme deity, (8) / having completed the alphabet, and then meditating once again on supreme Śiva, / bowing to the guru on the left side, he should bow to Gaṇapati on the right. (9) / Having deposited Dharma and the others on the pair of shoulders and thighs, and on the navel and the two sides / Adharma and the others, and Ananta and the others, he should deposit the mantra upon the heart-seat. (10) / Beginning with the foundational power, following in order up to the nature of wisdom, / having deposited them in the stated order upon the lotus of the heart properly visualized, (11) / which is delightful and consists of the nine powers, he should meditate on the god, the lord of Umā: / resembling ten million moons, three-eyed, bearing the crescent moon upon his crest, (12) / with reddish-brown matted locks, radiant with a jewel-encrusted crest, / blue-necked, of noble form, adorned with a serpent-necklace, (13) / with hands granting boons and fearlessness, holding an axe, / wearing serpent-bracelets, upper armlets, armlets, and rings, (14) / clad in a tiger skin, seated upon a jeweled throne. > — English (machine translation) (machine translation) - [Previous: 3.3.6.60\_49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.6.60_49) - [Next: 3.3.7.99.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.7.99.2) - [Up: 3.3.7.99](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.7.99) ## Translations (1) - [English (machine translation)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda~en-mt.3.3.7.99.1) — English, machine translation ## Linked texts (1) - [Kathāsaritsāgara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.brhatkatha.kathasaritsagara.2.1.67) — Somadeva Bhaṭṭa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.7.99.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skanda.3.3.7.99.1) · Pramāṇa