Puranic Encyclopaedia: A Comprehensive Dictionary with Special Reference to the Epic and Puranic Literature c9.2055

c9.2055

worshipped. Then chanting the mantra ‘Hām, hūm, hām Śivamūrtaye’ Śiva is to be worshipped. Śiva is to be worshipped with aṅgas (with limbs, touching certain portions of the body) and with Vaktra (mouth, chanting). Aṅgas are to be worshipped with the chanting, Haum Śivāya haum’ Vaktra with the chanting ‘Hām Īśānāya’. Gaurī should be worshipped with the bīja ‘Hrīm’, Gaṇapati with ‘Gam’ and Dikpālas like Indra, his arrows and Caṇḍeśvara should be worshipped by touching the heart etc. of the worshipper. (Agni Purāṇa, Chapter 21).