Shiva Purana (Books 1 & 7)

प्रसीद देवदेवेश देहमाविश्य मामकम् विमोचयैनं विश्वेश घृणया च घृणानिधे

Be gracious, Lord of gods, enter my body; O Lord of the universe, O ocean of compassion, release him with your mercy.

अथ चैवं करोमीति लब्धानुज्ञस्तु देशिकः आनीयोपोषितं शिष्यं हविष्याशिनमेव वा

Then, having received permission, the teacher should bring the disciple who has fasted or is eating sacrificial food.

एकाशनं वा विरतं स्नातं प्रातःकृतक्रियम् जपंतं प्रणवं देवं ध्यायंतं कृतमंगलम्

Whether he eats once a day, has restrained himself, has bathed and performed morning duties, recites the praṇava, meditates on the Lord, and has completed the auspicious rites.

द्वारस्य पश्चिमस्याग्रमण्डले दक्षिणस्य वा दर्भासने समासीनं विधायोदङ्मुखं शिशुम्

Seating the disciple, who is to face north, on a darbha grass seat at the front of the western or southern entrance of the maṇḍala,

स्वयं प्राग्वदनस्तिष्ठन्नूर्ध्वकायं कृतांजलिम् संप्रोक्ष्य प्रोक्षणौतोयैर्मूर्धन्यस्त्रेण मुद्रया

the teacher, standing himself facing east, with his body upright and hands joined in reverence, sprinkles the disciple's head with consecrated water using the astra gesture.

पुष्पक्षेपेण संताड्य बध्नीयाल्लोचनं गुरुः दुकूलार्धेन वस्त्रेण मंत्रितेन नवेन च

Striking with a flower offering, the teacher should bind the disciple's eyes with half of a new, consecrated cloth.

ततः प्रवेशयेच्छिष्यं गुरुर्द्वारेण मंडलम् सो ऽपि तेनेरितः शंभोराचरेत्त्रिः प्रदक्षिणम्

Then the teacher should lead the disciple into the maṇḍala through the entrance; the disciple, thus guided, should circumambulate Śambhu three times.

ततस्सुवर्णसंमिश्रं दत्त्वा पुष्पांजलिं प्रभोः प्राङ्मुखश्चोदङ्मुखो वा प्रणमेद्दंडवत्क्षितो

After that, offering a handful of flowers mixed with gold to the Lord, the disciple, facing east or north, should prostrate himself full-length on the ground.

ततस्संप्रोक्ष्य मूलेन शिरस्यस्त्रेण पूर्ववत् संताड्य देशिकस्तस्य मोचयेन्नेत्रबंधनम्

Then, after sprinkling the head with the root mantra and the astra gesture as before, the teacher should strike and then remove the binding from the disciple's eyes.

स दृष्ट्वा मंडलं भूयः प्रणमेत्साञ्जलिः प्रभुम् अथासीनं शिवाचार्यो मंडलस्य तु दक्षिणे

Upon seeing the maṇḍala, the disciple should again bow to the Lord with joined palms; then the Śiva teacher, seated at the southern side of the maṇḍala,

उपवेश्यात्मनस्सव्ये शिष्यं दर्भासने गुरुः आराध्य च महादेवं शिवहस्तं प्रविन्यसेत्

should seat the disciple to his own left on a darbha seat; having worshipped Mahādeva, he should place the Śiva hand gesture.

शिवतेजोमयं पाणिं शिवमंत्रमुदीरयेत् शिवाभिमानसंपन्नो न्यसेच्छिष्यस्य मस्तके

Imbuing his hand with the radiance of Śiva, he should recite the Śiva mantra and, filled with devotion to Śiva, place his hand on the disciple's head.

सर्वांगालंबनं चैव कुर्यात्तेनैव देशिकः शिष्यो ऽपि प्रणमेद्भूमौ देशिकाकृतमीश्वरम्

The teacher should perform the full-body support gesture in the same way; the disciple should bow to the teacher, who has become as the Lord, by prostrating on the ground.

ततश्शिवानले देवं समभ्यर्च्य यथाविधि हुताहुतित्रयं शिष्यमुपवेश्य यथा पुरा

Then, having properly worshipped the Lord in the Śiva fire, and having seated the disciple as before after the threefold offering, he should proceed.

दर्भाग्रैः संस्पृशंस्तं च विद्ययात्मानमाविशेत् नमस्कृत्य महादेवं नाडीसंधानमाचरेत्

Touching the disciple with the tips of darbha grass, the teacher should enter into the disciple by means of knowledge; after bowing to Mahādeva, he should perform the joining of the channels.

शिवशास्त्रोक्तमार्गेण कृत्वा प्राणस्य निर्गमम् शिष्यदेहप्रवेशं च स्मृत्वा मंत्रांस्तु तर्पयेत्

Following the method taught in the Śiva scriptures, having caused the breath to exit and entered the disciple's body, he should then satisfy the mantras by remembrance.

संतर्पणाय मूलस्य तेनैवाहुतयो दश देयास्तिस्रस्तथांगानामंगैरेव यथाक्रमम्

For the satisfaction of the root mantra, ten offerings should be made in the same way, and likewise three for the limbs, each with their respective mantras in order.

ततः पूर्णाहुतिं दत्त्वा प्रायश्चित्ताय देशिकः पुनर्दशाहुतीन्कुर्यान्मूलमंत्रेण मंत्रवित्

Then, after making the full offering for expiation, the teacher, who knows the mantras, should again make ten offerings with the root mantra.

पुनः संपूज्य देवेशं सम्यगाचम्य देशिकः हुत्वा चैव यथान्यायं स्वजात्या वैश्यमुद्धरेत्

Again, having worshipped the Lord of gods and performed proper purification, the teacher, after making the offerings according to rule, should uplift the Vaiśya to his own caste.

तस्यैवं जनयेत्क्षात्रमुद्धारं च ततः पुनः कृत्वा तथैव विप्रत्वं जनयेदस्य देशिकः

In this way, he should generate the Kṣatriya status, and then again, in the same manner, the teacher should generate Brāhmaṇa status for him.

राजन्यं चैवमुद्धृत्य कृत्वा विप्रं पुनस्तयोः रुद्रत्वं जनयेद्विप्रे रुद्रनामैव साधयेत्

Having thus uplifted the Rājanya and made him a Brāhmaṇa, the teacher should then generate Rudra-hood in both; in the Brāhmaṇa, he should establish the name of Rudra.

प्रोक्षणं ताडनं कृत्वा शिशोस्स्वात्मानमात्मनि शिवात्मकमनुस्मृत्य स्फुरंतं विस्फुलिंगवत्

After sprinkling and striking the child, one should recall within oneself that one's own self is of the nature of Shiva, perceiving it as flashing like a spark.

नाड्या यथोक्तया वायुं रेचयेन्मंत्रतो गुरुः निर्गम्य प्रविशेन्नाड्या शिष्यस्य हृदयं तथा

With the prescribed method, the teacher should expel the breath through the channel as instructed, and then, through that channel, enter into the heart of the disciple.

प्रविश्य तस्य चैतन्यं नीलबिन्दुनिभं स्मरन् स्वतेजसापास्तमलं ज्वलंतमनुचिंतयेत्

Entering there, he should contemplate the consciousness of the disciple, remembering it as resembling a blue point, shining, purified of impurity by his own radiance.

तमादाय तया नाड्या मंत्री संहारमुद्रया न पूरकेण निवेश्यैनमेकीभावार्थमात्मनः

Taking that (consciousness) by means of that channel, the teacher, with the gesture of withdrawal, should not establish it with inhalation, but for the purpose of unification with his own self.

कुंभकेन तथा नाड्या रेचकेन यथा पुरा तस्मादादाय शिष्यस्य हृदये तन्निवेशयेत्

Then, with retention and again with exhalation through the channel as before, he should take it and establish it in the heart of the disciple.

तमालभ्य शिवाल्लब्धं तस्मै दत्त्वोपवीतकम् हुत्वा ऽ ऽहुतित्रयं पश्चाद्दद्यात्पूर्णाहुतिं ततः

Having obtained that from Shiva, he should give the sacred thread to him, and after offering three oblations, he should then give the full oblation.

देवस्य दक्षिणे शिष्यमुपवेश्यवरासने कुशपुष्पपरिस्तीर्णे बद्धांजलिरुदङ्मुखम्

Seating the disciple to the south of the deity on an excellent seat, covered with kusa grass and flowers, with hands joined and facing north.

स्वस्तिकासनमारूढं विधाय प्राङ्मुखः स्वयम् वरासनस्थितो मंत्रैर्महामंगलनिःस्वनैः

He himself, seated on the excellent seat facing east, having assumed the svastika posture, should recite the mantras with great auspicious resonance.