Shiva Purana (Books 1 & 7)

तत्स्वर्णप्रतिमादानंकुर्याद्दक्षिणयासह तिलदानंततःकुर्यात्पूर्णायुष्यप्रसिद्धये

One should give that golden image along with a gift, and then offer sesame seeds for the attainment of full longevity.

आज्यावेक्षणदानंचकुर्याद्व्याधिनिवृत्तये सहस्रंभोजयेद्विप्रान्दरिद्रःशतमेववा

One should give the gift of clarified butter for the removal of disease, and feed a thousand Brahmins—or, if poor, at least a hundred.

वित्ताभावेदरिद्रस्तुयथाशक्तिसमाचरेत् भैरवस्यमहापूजांकुर्याद्भूतादिशांतये

If one is destitute, one should perform as much as possible according to one's means; one should conduct the great worship of Bhairava for the pacification of spirits and directions.

महाभिषेकंनैवेद्यंशिवस्यान्तेतुकारयेत् ब्राह्मणान्भोजयेत्पश्चाद्भूरिभोजनरूपतः

At the end, one should perform the great anointing and offering for Shiva, and afterwards feed Brahmins with abundant food.

एवंकृतेनयज्ञेनदोषशांतिमवाप्नुयात् शांतियज्ञमिमंकुर्याद्वर्षेवर्षेतुफाल्गुने

By performing the sacrifice in this way, one attains the pacification of faults; this peace-sacrifice should be performed every year in the month of Phālguna.

दुर्दर्शनादौ सद्यो वै मासमात्रेसमाचरेत् महापापादिसंप्राप्तौ कुर्याद्भैरवपूजनम्

At the first sign of inauspiciousness, one should perform it immediately, or at least within a month; if great sin arises, one should worship Bhairava.

महाव्याधिसमुत्पत्तौसंकल्पंपुनराचरेत् सर्वभावे दरिद्रस्तु दीपदानमथाचरेत्

If a great disease arises, one should make a resolve again; in every situation, if one is poor, one should at least give a lamp.

तदप्यशक्तः स्नात्वावैयत्किंचिद्दानमाचरेत् दिवाकरंनमस्कुर्यान्मन्त्रेणाष्टोत्तरंशतम्

If even that is not possible, after bathing, one should give whatever little one can, and offer salutations to the Sun with the mantra one hundred and eight times.

सहस्रमयुतंलक्षंकोटिंवाकारयेद् बुधः नमस्कारात्मयज्ञेन तुष्टाः स्युः सर्वदेवताः

The wise should perform a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred thousand, or even a crore salutations; by this sacrifice of salutations, all the deities are satisfied.

त्वत्स्वरूपेर्पिताबुद्धिर्नते ऽशून्ये च रोचति या चास्त्यस्मदहंतेति त्वयिदृष्टे विवर्जिता

The mind that is offered to your form, O Lord, does not delight in emptiness; and the sense of 'I am' that exists in us is dispelled upon seeing you.

नम्रो ऽहंहिस्वदेहेनभोमहांस्त्वमसिप्रभो नशून्योमत्स्वरूपोवैतवदासो ऽस्मिसांप्रतम्

I am humble with my own body, while you are the great one, O Lord; my own nature is not empty, for now I am truly your servant.

यथायोग्यंस्वात्मयज्ञंनमस्कारंप्रकल्पयेत् अथात्रशिवनैवेद्यंदत्त्वातांबूलमाहरेत्

One should offer worship and salutations to the Self as appropriate; then, having given the offering to Shiva, one should take the betel leaf.

शिवप्रदक्षिणंकुर्यात्स्वयमष्टोत्तरं शतम् सहस्रमयुतंलक्षं कोटिमन्येन कारयेत्

One should perform circumambulation of Shiva oneself, one hundred and eight times; a thousand, ten thousand, a hundred thousand, or a crore may be done by another.

शिवप्रदक्षिणात्सर्वंपातकंनश्यतिक्षणात् दुःखस्यमूलंव्याधिर्हिव्याधेर्मूलंहिपातकम्

By circumambulating Shiva, all sins are destroyed in an instant; the root of suffering is disease, and the root of disease is indeed sin.

धर्मेणैवहिपापानामपनोदनमीरितम् शिवोद्देशकृतोधर्मःक्षमःपापविनोदने

It is declared that the removal of sins is through righteousness alone; the righteousness performed for Shiva's sake is capable of dispelling sin.

अध्यक्षं शिवधर्मेषु प्रदक्षिणमितीरितम् क्रियया जपरूपंहिप्रणवंतुप्रदक्षिणम्

It is said that circumambulation is the overseer among the duties to Shiva; in practice, circumambulation is indeed the recitation of the sacred syllable Om.

जननंमरणंद्वंद्वंमायाचक्रमितीरितम् शिवस्यमायाचक्रंहिबलिपीठंतदुच्यते

Birth and death, the pair of opposites, are called the wheel of illusion; indeed, the altar for offerings is said to be Shiva's wheel of illusion.

बलिपीठंसमारभ्यप्रादक्षिण्यक्रमेणवै पदेपदांतरंगत्वाबलिपीठं समाविशेत्

Beginning at the altar for offerings, one should enter it step by step in the order of circumambulation, keeping a space between each step.

नमस्कारंततः कुर्यात्प्रदक्षिणमितीरितम् निर्गमाज्जननंप्राप्तंनमस्त्वात्मसमर्पणम्

Then one should offer salutations, which is said to be circumambulation; upon departing, birth is attained, and with salutations, the self is offered.

जननं मरणं द्वंद्वं शिवमायासमर्पितम् शिवमायार्पितद्वंद्वो न पुनस्त्वात्मभाग्भवेत्

Birth and death, the pair of opposites, are offered to Shiva's illusion; the one who has offered these opposites to Shiva's illusion does not become subject to them again.

यावद्देहंक्रियाधीनःसजीवोबद्ध उच्यते देहत्रयवशीकारेमोक्ष इत्युच्यते बुधैः

As long as one is dependent on action in the body, one is said to be bound and living; liberation is said by the wise to be mastery over the three bodies.

मायाचक्रप्रणेताहिशिवः परमकारणम् शिवमायार्पितद्वंद्वंशिवस्तुपरिमार्जति

Shiva, the mover of the wheel of illusion, is the supreme cause; Shiva indeed removes the opposites that are offered to his illusion.

शिवेनकल्पितंद्वंद्वंतस्मिन्नेव समर्पयेत् शिवस्यातिप्रियंविद्यात्प्रदक्षिणंनमोबुधाः

One should offer to Shiva the opposites that have arisen through him; the wise know that circumambulation and salutation are most dear to Shiva.

प्रदक्षिणनमस्काराः शिवस्यपरमात्मनः षोडशैरुपचारैश्चकृतपूजाफलप्रदा

Circumambulation and salutations to Shiva, the Supreme Self, bestow the fruit of worship performed with the sixteen forms of service.

प्रदक्षिणा ऽविनाश्यंहि पातकंनास्ति भूतले तस्मात्प्रदक्षिणेनैवसर्वपापंविनाशयेत्

There is no sin on earth that cannot be destroyed by circumambulation; therefore, one should destroy all sin by circumambulation alone.

शिवपूजापरोमौनीसत्यादिगुणसंयुतः क्रियातपोजपज्ञानध्यानेष्वेकैकमाचरेत्

One devoted to Shiva, silent, endowed with truth and other virtues, should practice each of the acts—ritual, austerity, recitation, knowledge, and meditation.

ऐश्वर्यंदिव्यदेहश्चज्ञानमज्ञानसंशयः शिवसान्निध्यमित्येतेक्रियादीनांफलंभवेत्

Sovereignty, a divine body, knowledge, the removal of ignorance and doubt, and the presence of Shiva—these are the fruits of those acts.

करणेनफलंयातितमसः परिहापनात् जन्मनःपरिमार्जित्वाज्ज्ञबुद्ध्याजनितानिच

By means of action, the fruit is attained, and darkness is dispelled; after removing the results of birth, those produced by knowledge and intellect as well.

यथादेशं यथाकालं यथादेहं यथाधनम् यथायोग्यंप्रकुर्वीत क्रियादीञ्छिवभक्तिमान्

A devotee of Shiva should perform acts as appropriate to place, time, body, and wealth, and as is fitting.