Shiva Purana (Books 1 & 7)

मानोमहन्तमितिचमंत्रेणावाहनंचरेत् यातेरुद्रेणमंत्रेणसंचरेदुपवेशनम्

With the mantra 'You are great in honor,' one should perform the invocation; with the mantra 'O Rudra, proceed,' one should perform the seating.

मंत्रेणयामिषुमिति न्यासंकुर्याच्छिवस्यच अध्यवोचदिति प्रेम्णाधिवासंमनुनाचरेत्

With the mantra 'I come with the arrow,' one should perform the nyāsa for Śiva; with the mantra 'He declared,' one should lovingly perform the consecration.

मनुनासौजीव इतिदेवतान्यासमाचरेत् असौयोवसर्पतीति चाचरेदपसर्पणम्

With the mantra 'With vital force,' one should perform the installation of the deities; with the mantra 'He who moves,' one should perform the removal of obstacles.

अर्घ्यं च रुद्रगायत्र्या ऽचमनं त्र्यंबकेण च

One should offer arghya with the Rudra Gāyatrī, and perform sipping of water with the Tryambaka mantra.

पयःपृथिव्यामिति च पयसास्नानमाचरेत् दधिक्राव्णेतिमंत्रेणदधिस्नानं च कारयेत्

With the mantra 'Milk is of the earth,' one should perform the bathing with milk; with the mantra 'Dadhikrāvan,' one should also perform the bathing with curds.

मधुखंडस्नपनंप्रोक्तमितिपञ्चामृतं स्मृतम् अथवा पाद्यमंत्रेण स्नानंपञ्चामृतेन च

Bathing with honey and sugar is prescribed; this is known as the five nectars. Alternatively, with the pādya mantra, one should bathe with the five nectars.

मानस्तोके इति प्रेम्णा मंत्रेण कटिबंधनम् नमो धृष्णवे इति वा उत्तरीयं च धापयेत्

With the mantra 'O Mind, in the child,' one should lovingly tie the girdle; or with the mantra 'Salutation to the bold one,' one should put on the upper garment.

या ते हेतिरिति प्रेम्णा ऋक्चतुष्केण वैदिकः शिवाय विधिना भक्तश्चरेद्वस्त्रसमर्पणम्

With the mantra 'That weapon of yours,' recited with love and the four ṛks, the devotee should offer cloth to Śiva according to the Vedic rule.

नमः श्वभ्य इति प्रेम्णा गंधं दद्यादृचा सुधीः

With the mantra 'Salutation to the dogs,' recited with love and the ṛk, the wise one should offer fragrance.

नमः पार्याय इति वा पुष्प मंत्रेण चार्पयेत् नमः पर्ण्याय इति वा बिल्बपत्रसमर्पणम्

With the mantra 'Salutation to Pārya,' or with the flower mantra, one should offer flowers; with the mantra 'Salutation to Parṇya,' or otherwise, one should offer bilva leaves.

नमःकपर्दिनेचेति धूपं दद्याद्यथाविधि दीपं दद्याद्यथोक्तं तु नम आशव इत्यृचा

With the mantra 'Salutation to Kapardī,' one should offer incense as prescribed; one should offer a lamp as stated, with the ṛk 'Salutation to Āśava.'

नमोज्येष्ठायमंत्रेण दद्यान्नैवेद्यमुत्तमम् मनुनात्र्यम्बकमितिपुनराचमनंस्मृतम्

With the mantra 'namojyeṣṭhāya', one should offer the finest food; then, with the mantra 'tryambakam', it is remembered that one should perform ācamana again.

इमा रुद्रायेति ऋचा कुर्यात्फलसमर्पणम् नमो व्रज्यायेति ऋचा सकलं शंभवेर्पयेत्

With the verse 'imā rudrāya', one should offer the fruit; with the verse 'namo vrajyāya', one should dedicate everything to Śambhu.

मनो महांतमिति च मानस्तोके इति ततः मंत्रेद्वयेनैकदशाक्षतै रुद्रान्प्रपूजयेत्

With the mantras 'mano mahāntam' and 'mānastoke', using these two mantras and eleven akṣaras, one should worship the Rudras.

हिरण्यगर्भ इति त्र्यृचादक्षिणांहिसमर्पयेत् देवस्यत्वेतिमंत्रेणह्यभिषेकंचरेद्बुधः

With the three verses beginning 'hiraṇyagarbha', one should offer dakṣiṇā; with the mantra 'devasyatve', the wise should perform abhiṣeka.

दीपमंत्रेणवाशंभोर्नीराजनविधिंचरेत् पुष्पांजलिंचरेद्भक्त्या इमा रुद्रायचत्र्यृचा

With the lamp mantra for Śambhu, one should perform the rite of nirājana; with devotion, one should offer a handful of flowers, using the three verses 'imā rudrāya'.

मानोमहान्तमिति च चरेत्प्राज्ञः प्रदक्षिणाम् मानस्तोकेति मंत्रेण साष्टाङ्गंप्रणमेत्सुधीः

With the mantra 'mano mahāntam', the wise should perform pradakṣiṇā; with the mantra 'mānastoke', the intelligent should make a full prostration.

यतोयत इत्यभयांज्ञानाख्यां त्र्यंबकेण च

With the mantra 'yatoyata', which signifies the gesture of fearlessness, and with 'tryambaka', which is called the gesture of knowledge.

नमःसेनेति मंत्रेणमहामुद्रांप्रदर्शयेत् दर्शयेद्धेनुमुद्रांचनमोगेभ्य ऋचानया

With the mantra 'namaḥseneti', one should display the great mudrā; one should also show the cow mudrā, and with the verse 'namoge', the mudrā is indicated.

पञ्चमुद्राःप्रदर्श्याथ शिवमंत्रजपं चरेत् शतरुद्रियमंत्रेण जपेद्वेदविचक्षणः

After displaying the five mudrās, one should recite the Śiva mantra; the one skilled in the Vedas should recite the Śatarudriya mantra.

ततः पञ्चाङ्गपाठंचकुर्याद्वेदविचक्षणः देवागात्वितिमंत्रेणकुर्याच्छंभोर्विसर्जनम्

Then, the one skilled in the Vedas should perform the recitation of the five limbs; with the mantra 'devāgāt', one should perform the dismissal of Śambhu.

इत्युक्तः शिवपूजायाव्यासतोवैदिकोविधिः समासतश्चशृणुतवैदिकंविधिमुत्तमम्

Thus has the Vedic procedure for Śiva worship been stated by Vyāsa; now hear, in summary, the supreme Vedic rite.

ऋचासद्योजातमितिमृदाहरणमाचरेत् वामदेवाय इति च जलप्रक्षेपमाचरेत्

With the verse 'sadyojāta', one should perform the taking of clay; with 'vāmadevāya', one should perform the sprinkling of water.

अघोरेण च मंत्रेणलिंगनिर्माणमाचरेत् तत्पुरुषायमंत्रेणाह्वानं कुर्याद्यथाविधि

With the mantra 'aghoreṇa', one should fashion the liṅga; with the mantra 'tatpuruṣāya', one should perform the invocation according to the proper method.

संयोजयेद्वेदिकायामीशानमनुनाहरम् अन्यत्सर्वं विधानंचकुर्यात्संक्षेपतः सुधीः

One should join Hara to the altar with the mantra 'īśāna'; all other procedures should be performed concisely by the wise.

पञ्चाक्षरेणमंत्रेणगुरुदत्तेनवातथा कुर्यात्पूजां षोडशोपचारेण विधिवत्सुधीः

With the five-syllable mantra given by the guru, the wise should perform worship with sixteen offerings, according to the prescribed method.

भवायभवनाशायमहादेवायधीमहि उग्राय उग्रनाशाय शर्वाय शशिमौलिने

We contemplate Bhava, the destroyer of existence, the great god; the fierce one, the destroyer of fierceness, Śarva, the one with the moon on his head.

अनेन मनुना वापि पूजयेच्छंकरंसुधीः सुभक्त्या चभ्रमंत्यक्त्वाभक्त्यैवफलदः शिवः

With this mantra, or otherwise, the wise should worship Śaṃkara; with pure devotion and abandoning error, Śiva grants the fruit solely through devotion.

इत्यपि प्रोक्तमादृत्य वैदिकक्रमपूजनम् प्रोच्यतेन्यविधिः सम्यक्साधारणतयाद्विजः

Thus, the Vedic sequence of worship has also been stated; now, the general procedure is properly explained for the twice-born.