Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2054
Purāṇic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Purāṇic Literature c9.2054
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c9.2054
ŠIVAPŪJĀ (ŚIVA WORSHIP). There are certain injunctions with regard to the worship of Śiva. Nandikeśa and Mahākāla are to be worshipped first. Then should Gaṅgā, Yamunā, the gaṇas, Vāstupuruṣa, Śakti, and Dharma be worshipped. Next, the navaśaktis (nine powers) i.e. Vāmā, Jyeṣṭhā, Raudrī, Kālī, Kalavikarīṇī (Kalavikalini) Balavikarīṇī (Balavikalini) Balapramathinī, Sarvabhūtadamanī and Manonmanī should be