Chapter 11

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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
kathaṃ liṃgaṃ pratiṣṭhāpyaṃ kathaṃ vātasya lakṣaṇam |
kathaṃ vā tatsamabhyarcyaṃ deśe kāle ca kena hi || 1 ||
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sūta uvāca |
yuṣmadarthaṃ pravakṣyāmi buddhyatāmavadhānataḥ |
anukūle śubhe kāle puṇye tīrthe taṭe tathā || 2 ||
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yatheṣṭaṃ liṃgamāropyaṃ yatra syānnityamarcanam |
pārthivena tathāpyenaṃ taijasena yathāruci || 3 ||
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kalpalakṣaṇasaṃyuktaṃ liṃgaṃ pūjāphalaṃ labhet |
sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyuktaṃ sadyaḥ pūjāphalapradam || 4 ||
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care viśiṣyate sūkṣmaṃ sthāvare sthūlameva hi |
salakṣaṇaṃ sapīṭhaṃ ca sthāpayecchivanirmitam || 5 ||
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maṃḍalaṃ caturasraṃ vā trikoṇamathavā tathā |
khaṭvāṃgavanmadhyasūkṣmaṃ liṃgapīṭhaṃ mahāphalaṃ || 6 ||
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prathamaṃ mṛcchilādibhyo ligaṃ lohādibhiḥ kṛtam |
yena liṃgaṃ tena pīṭhaṃ sthāvare hi viśiṣyate || 7 ||
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liṃgaṃ pīṭhaṃ care tvekaṃ liṃgaṃ bāṇakṛtaṃ vinā |
liṃgapramāṇaṃ kartṛṇāṃ dvādaśāṃgulamuttamam || 8 ||
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nyūnaṃ cetphalamalpaṃ syādadhikaṃ naiva dūṣyate |
karturekāṃgulanyūnaṃ carepi ca tathaiva hi || 9 ||
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ādau vimānaṃ śilpena kāryaṃ devagaṇairyutam |
tatra garbhagṛhe ramye dṛḍhe darpaṇasaṃnibhe || 10 ||
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bhūṣite navaratnaiśca digdvāre ca pradhānakaiḥ |
nīlaṃ raktaṃ ca vai dūryaṃ śyāmaṃ mārakataṃ tathā || 11 ||
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muktāpravālagomedavajrāṇi navaratnakam |
madhye liṃgaṃ mahaddravyaṃ nikṣipetsahavaidike || 12 ||
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saṃpūjya liṃgaṃ sadyādyaiḥ paṃcasthāne yathākramam |
agnau ca hutvā bahudhā haviṣāsa kalaṃ ca mām || 13 ||
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abhyarcya gurumācāryamarthaiḥ kāmaiśca bāṃdhavam |
dadyādaiśvaryamarthibhyo jaḍamapyajaḍaṃ tathā || 14 ||
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sthāvaraṃ jaṃgamaṃ jīvaṃ sarvaṃ saṃtoṣya yatnataḥ |
suvarṇapūrite śvabhre navaratnaiśca pūrite || 15 ||
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sadyādi brahma coccārya dhyātvā devaṃ paraṃ śubham |
udīrya ca mahāmaṃtramaoṃkāraṃ nādaghoṣitam || 16 ||
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liṃgaṃ tatra pratiṣṭhāpya ligaṃ pīṭhena yojayet |
liṃgaṃ sapīṭhaṃ nikṣipya nityalepena baṃdhayet || 17 ||
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evaṃ beraṃ ca saṃsthāpyaṃ tatraiva paramaṃ śubham |
paṃcākṣareṇa beraṃ tu utsavārthaṃ vahistathā || 18 ||
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beraṃ gurubhyo gṛhṇīyātsādhubhiḥ pūjitaṃ tu vā |
evaṃ liṃge ca bere ca pūjā śivapadapradā || 19 ||
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punaśca dvividhaṃ proktaṃ sthāvaraṃ jaṃgamaṃ tathā |
sthāvaraṃ liṃgamityāhustarugulmādikaṃ tathā || 20 ||
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jaṃgamaṃ liṃgamityāhuḥ kṛmikīṭādikaṃ tathā |
sthāvarasya ca śuśrūṣā jaṃgamasya ca tarpaṇam || 21 ||
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tattatsukhānurāgeṇa śivapūjāṃ vidurbudhāḥ |
pīṭhamaṃbāmayaṃ sarvaṃ śivaliṃgaṃ ca cinmayam || 22 ||
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yathā devīmumāmaṃke dhṛtvā tiṣṭhati śaṃkaraḥ |
tathā liṃgamidaṃ pīṭhaṃ dhṛtvā tiṣṭhati saṃtatam || 23 ||
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evaṃ sthāpya mahāliṃgaṃ pūjayedupacārakaiḥ |
nityapūjā yathā śaktidhvajādikaraṇaṃ tathā || 24 ||
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iti saṃsthāpayelliṃgaṃ sākṣācchivapadapradam |
athavā caraliṃgaṃ tu ṣoḍaśairupacārakaiḥ || 25 ||
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pūjayecca yathānyāyaṃ kramācchivapadapradam |
āvāhanaṃ cāsanaṃ ca arghyaṃ pādyaṃ tathaiva ca || 26 ||
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tadaṃgācamanaṃ caiva snānamabhyaṃgapūrvakam |
vastraṃ gaṃdhaṃ tathā puṣpaṃ dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ nivedanam || 27 ||
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nīrājanaṃ ca tāṃbūlaṃ namaskāro visarjanam |
athavā'rghyādikaṃ kṛtvā naivedyāṃ taṃ yathāvidhi || 28 ||
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athābhiṣekaṃ naivedyaṃ namaskāraṃ ca tarpaṇam |
yathāśakti sadākuryātkramācchivapadapradam || 29 ||
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athavā mānuṣe liṃgepyārṣe daive svayaṃbhuvi |
sthāpite'pūrvake liṃge sopacāraṃ yathā tathā || 30 ||
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pūjopakaraṇe datte yatkiṃcitphalamaśnute |
pradakṣiṇānamaskāraiḥ kramācchivapadapradam || 31 ||
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liṃgaṃ darśanamātraṃ vā niyamena śivapradam |
mṛtpiṣṭagośakṛtpuṣpaiḥ karavīreṇa vā phalaiḥ || 32 ||
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guḍena navanītena bhasmanānnairyathāruci |
liṃgaṃ yatnena kṛtvāṃte yajettadanusārataḥ || 33 ||
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aṃguṣṭhādāvapi tathā pūjāmicchaṃti kecana |
liṃgakarmaṇi sarvatra niṣedhosti na karhicit || 34 ||
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sarvatra phaladātā hi prayāsānuguṇaṃ śivaḥ |
athavā liṃgadānaṃ vā liṃgamaulyamathāpi vā || 35 ||
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śraddhayā śivabhaktāya dattaṃ śivapadapradam |
athavā praṇavaṃ nityaṃ japeddaśasahasrakam || 36 ||
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saṃdhyayośca sahasraṃ vā jñeyaṃ śivapadapradam |
japakāle makārāṃtaṃ manaḥśuddhikaraṃ bhajet || 37 ||
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samādhau mānasaṃ proktamupāṃśu sārvakālikam |
samānapraṇavaṃ cemaṃ biṃdunādayutaṃ viduḥ || 38 ||
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atha paṃcākṣaraṃ nityaṃ japedayutamādarāt |
saṃdhyayośca sahasraṃ vā jñeyaṃ śivapadapradam || 39 ||
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praṇavenādisaṃyuktaṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ viśiṣyate |
dīkṣāyuktaṃ gurorgrāhyaṃ maṃtraṃ hyatha phalāptaye || 40 ||
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kuṃbhasnānaṃ maṃtradīkṣāṃ mātṛkānyāsameva ca |
brāhmaṇaḥ satyapūtātmā gururjñānī viśiṣyate || 41 ||
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dvijānāṃ ca namaḥpūrvamanyeṣāṃ ca namontakam |
strīṇāṃ ca kvacidicchaṃti namo taṃ ca yathāvidhi || 42 ||
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viprastrīṇāṃ namaḥ pūrvamidamicchaṃti kecana |
paṃcakoṭijapaṃ kṛtvā sadā śivasamo bhavet || 43 ||
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ekadvitricatuḥkoṭyābrahmādīnāṃ padaṃ vrajet |
japedakṣaralakṣaṃvā akṣarāṇāṃ pṛthakpṛthak || 44 ||
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athavākṣaralakṣaṃ vā jñeyaṃ śivapadapradam |
sahasraṃ tu sahasrāṇāṃ sahasreṇa dinena hi || 45 ||
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japenmaṃtrādiṣṭasiddhirnityaṃ brāhmaṇabhojanāt |
aṣṭottarasahasraṃ vai gāyatrīṃ prātareva hi || 46 ||
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brāhmaṇastu japennityaṃ kramācchivapadapradān |
vedamaṃtrāṃstu sūktāni japenniyamamāsthitaḥ || 47 ||
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ekaṃ daśārṇaṃ maṃtraṃ ca śatonaṃ ca tadūrdhvakam |
ayutaṃ ca sahasraṃ ca śatamekaṃ vinā bhavet || 48 ||
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vedapārāyaṇaṃ caiva jñeyaṃ śivapadapradam |
anyānbahutarānmaṃtrāñjapedakṣaralakṣataḥ || 49 ||
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ekākṣarāṃstathā maṃtrāñjapedakṣarakoṭitaḥ |
tataḥ paraṃ japeccaiva sahasraṃ bhaktipūrvakam || 50 ||
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evaṃ kuryādyathāśakti kramācchiva padaṃ labhet |
nityaṃ rucikaraṃ tvekaṃ maṃtramāmaraṇāṃtikam || 51 ||
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japetsahasramomiti sarvābhīṣṭaṃ śivājñayā |
puṣpārāmādikaṃ vāpi tathā saṃmārjanādikam || 52 ||
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śivāya śivakāryāthe kṛtvā śivapadaṃ labhet |
śivakṣetre tathā vāsaṃ nityaṃ kuryācca bhaktitaḥ || 53 ||
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jaḍānāmajaḍānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ bhuktimuktidam |
tasmādvāsaṃ śivakṣetre kuryadāmaraṇaṃ budhaḥ || 54 ||
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liṃgāddhastaśataṃ puṇyaṃ kṣetre mānuṣake viduḥ |
sahasrāratnimātraṃ tu puṇyakṣetre tathārṣake || 55 ||
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daivaliṃge tathā jñeyaṃ sahasrāratnimānataḥ |
dhanuṣpramāṇasāhasraṃ puṇyaṃ kṣetre svayaṃ bhuvi || 56 ||
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puṇyakṣetre sthitā vāpī kūpādyaṃ puṣkarāṇi ca |
śivagaṃgeti vijñeyaṃ śivasya vacanaṃ yathā || 57 ||
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tatra snātvā tathā dattvā japitvā hi śivaṃ vrajet |
śivakṣetraṃ samāśritya vasedāmaraṇaṃ tathā || 58 ||
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dāhaṃ daśāhaṃ māsyaṃ vā sapiṃḍīkaraṇaṃ tu vā |
ābdikaṃ vā śivakṣetre kṣetre piṃḍamathāpi vā || 59 ||
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sarvapāpa vinirmuktaḥ sadyaḥ śivapadaṃ labhet |
athavā saptarātraṃ vā vasedvā paṃcarātrakam || 60 ||
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trirātramekarātraṃ vā kramācchivapadaṃ labhet |
svavarṇānuguṇaṃ loke svācārātprāpnute naraḥ || 61 ||
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varṇoddhāreṇa bhaktyā ca tatphalātiśayaṃ naraḥ |
sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ kāmanayā sadyaḥ phalamavāpnuyāt || 62 ||
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sarvaṃ kṛtamakāmena sākṣācchivapadapradam |
prātarmadhyāhnasāyāhnamahastriṣvekataḥ kramāt || 63 ||
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prātarvidhikaraṃ jñeyaṃ madhyāhnaṃ kāmikaṃ tathā |
sāyāhnaṃ śāṃtikaṃ jñeyaṃ rātrāvapi tathaiva hi || 64 ||
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kālo niśītho vai proktomadhyayāmadvayaṃ niśi |
śivapūjā viśeṣeṇa tatkāle'bhīṣṭasiddhidā || 65 ||
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evaṃ jñātvā naraḥ kurvanyathoktaphalabhāgbhavet |
kalau yuge viśeṣeṇa phalasiddhistu karmaṇā || 66 ||
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uktena kenacidvāpi adhikāravibhedataḥ |
sadvṛttiḥ pāpabhīruścettatatphalamavāpnuyāt || 67 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
atha kṣetrāṇi puṇyāni samāsātkathayasva naḥ |
sarvāḥ striyaśca puruṣā yānyāśritya padaṃ labhet || 68 ||
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sūta yogivaraśreṣṭha śivakṣetrāgamāṃstathā |
sūta uvāca |
śṛṇuta śraddhayā sarvakṣetrāṇi ca tadāgamān || 69 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃekadaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 11 ||
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