Shiva Purana (Books 1 & 7)

परितस्तस्य चतुरः कलशान् दिक्षु विन्यसेत् पञ्च ब्रह्माणि तद्बीजैस्तेषु पञ्चसु पञ्चभिः

All around it, one should place four pitchers in the directions; in the five, one should install the five Brahmas with their respective seed-mantras.

न्यस्य संपूज्य मुद्रादि दर्शयित्वाभिरक्ष्य च विशोध्य लिंगं बेरं वा मृत्तोयाद्यैर्यथा पुरा

Having placed and worshipped them, shown the mudrās, and protected them, one should purify the liṅga or image as before with clay, water, and so on.

स्थापयेत्पुष्पसंछन्नमुत्तरस्थे वरासने निधाय पुष्पं शिरसि प्रोक्षयेत्प्रोक्षणीजलैः

One should place it, covered with flowers, on an excellent seat to the north, place a flower on its head, and sprinkle it with consecration water.

समभ्यर्च्य पुनः पुष्पैर्जयशब्दादिपूर्वकम् कुम्भैरीशानविद्यांतैः स्नापयेन्मूलविद्यया

Having worshipped it again with flowers, accompanied by sounds of victory and so on, one should bathe it with pitchers, using Īśāna and Vidyā mantras, and the root mantra.

ततः पञ्चकलान्यासं कृत्वा पूजां च पूर्ववत् नित्यमाराधयेत्तत्र देव्या देवं त्रिलोचनम्

Then, having performed the placement of the five parts and worship as before, one should always worship there the three-eyed God with the Goddess.

एकमेवाथ वा कुंभं मूर्तिमन्त्रसमन्वितम् न्यस्य पद्मांतरे सर्वं शेषं पूर्ववदाचरेत्

Alternatively, one may place a single pot, endowed with form and mantra, within the lotus, and perform all the remaining rites as before.

अत्यंतोपहतं लिंगं विशोध्य स्थापयेत्पुनः संप्रोक्षयेदुपहतमनागुपहतं यजेत्

A linga that is utterly damaged should be purified and then reinstalled; one that is only slightly damaged should be sprinkled and worshipped.

लिंगानि बाणसंज्ञानि स्थापनीयानि वा न वा तानि पूर्वं शिवेनैव संस्कृतानि यतस्ततः

Lingas known as 'bāṇa' may or may not be installed; those previously consecrated by Shiva himself should be treated accordingly.

शेषाणि स्थापनीयानि यानि दृष्टानि बाणवत् स्वयमुद्भूतलिंगे च दिव्ये चार्षे तथैव च

The remaining lingas, those seen to be like bāṇa, as well as those self-manifested and divine or sage-made, should likewise be installed.

अपीठे पीठमावेश्य कृत्वा संप्रोक्षणं विधिम् यजेत्तत्र शिवं तेषां प्रतिष्ठा न विधीयते

If there is no pedestal, one should place a pedestal, perform the prescribed sprinkling, and worship Shiva there; for these, formal installation is not required.

दग्धं श्लथं क्षतांगं च क्षिपेल्लिंगं जलाशये संधानयोग्यं संधाय प्रतिष्ठाविधिमाचरेत्

A linga that is burned, loose, or with broken parts should be cast into a water reservoir; if it can be repaired, it should be joined and the installation rite performed.

बेराद्वा विकलाल्लिंगाद्देवपूजापुरस्सरम् उद्वास्य हृदि संधानं त्यागं वा युक्तमाचरेत्

If the image or linga is defective, after removing the deity with proper worship, one should either join it in the heart or abandon it, as appropriate.

एकाहपूजाविहतौ कुर्याद्द्विगुणमर्चनम् द्विरात्रे च महापूजां संप्रोक्षणमतः परम्

If daily worship is interrupted for one day, one should perform double the worship; if for two days, a great worship and then sprinkling should be done.

मासादूर्ध्वमनेकाहं पूजा यदि विहन्यते प्रतिष्ठा प्रोच्यते कैश्चित्कैश्चित्संप्रोक्षणक्रमः

If worship is interrupted for many days beyond a month, some declare installation is required, while others prescribe the procedure of sprinkling.

संप्रोक्षणे तु लिंगादेर्देवमुद्वास्य पूर्ववत् अष्टपञ्चक्रमेणैव स्नापयित्वा मृदंभसा

In the sprinkling rite, after removing the deity from the linga as before, one should bathe it with mud-water according to the eight-fivefold method.

गवां रसैश्च संस्नाप्य दर्भतोयैर्विशोध्य च प्रोक्षयेत्प्रोक्षणीतोयैर्मूलेनाष्टोत्तरं शतम्

After bathing with cow products and purifying with darbha water, one should sprinkle with water meant for sprinkling, reciting the root mantra one hundred and eight times.

सपुष्पं सकुशं पाणिं न्यस्य लिंगस्य मस्तके पञ्चवारं जपेन्मूलमष्टोत्तरशतं ततः

Placing a hand with flowers and kusa grass on the linga's head, one should recite the root mantra one hundred and eight times, five times in succession.

ततो मूलेन मूर्धादिपीठांतं संस्पृशेदपि पूजां च महतीं कुर्याद्देवमावाह्य पूर्ववत्

Then, with the root mantra, one should touch from the head to the pedestal, and perform a great worship, invoking the deity as before.

अलब्धे स्थापिते लिंगे शिवस्थाने जले ऽथ वा वह्नौ रवौ तथा व्योम्नि भगवंतं शिवं यजेत्

If a linga cannot be installed, one should worship the blessed Shiva in water, fire, the sun, or the sky, as his place.

ज्ञाने क्रियायां चर्यायां सारमुद्धृत्य संग्रहात् उक्तं भगवता सर्वं श्रुतं श्रुतिसमं मया

Having extracted the essence from knowledge, action, and conduct, and summarized it, all has been spoken by the Blessed One and heard by me, equal to the Vedas.

इदानीं श्रोतुमिच्छामि योगं परमदुर्लभम् साधिकारं च सांगं च सविधिं सप्रयोजनम्

Now I wish to hear about yoga, which is exceedingly rare, along with its prerequisites, limbs, procedures, and purpose.

यद्यस्ति मरणं पूर्वं योगाद्यनुपमर्दतः सद्यः साधयितुं शक्यं येन स्यान्नात्महा नरः

If death occurs before yoga is accomplished, is there a means by which a man may attain it immediately, without self-destruction?

तच्च तत्कारणं चैव तत्कालकरणानि च तद्भेदतारतम्यं च वक्तुमर्हसि तत्त्वतः

You should explain that, its causes, the times and means of its occurrence, and the gradations and distinctions thereof, in truth.

स्थाने पृष्टं त्वया कृष्ण सर्वप्रश्नार्थवेदिना ततः क्रमेण तत्सर्वं वक्ष्ये शृणु समाहितः

You have rightly asked, O Krishna, as one who knows the meaning of all questions. Therefore, I will explain all this to you in order—listen attentively.

निरुद्धवृत्त्यंतरस्यं शिवे चित्तस्य निश्चला या वृत्तिः स समासेन योगः स खलु पञ्चधा

When the movements of the mind are restrained and the mind becomes motionless within Shiva, that state, in brief, is called yoga, which is indeed of five kinds.

मंत्रयोगःस्पर्शयोगो भावयोगस्तथापरः अभावयोगस्सर्वेभ्यो महायोगः परो मतः

Mantra-yoga, sparsha-yoga, bhava-yoga, and another called abhava-yoga—among them, the supreme is considered to be the great yoga.

मंत्राभ्यासवशेनैव मंत्रवाच्यार्थगोचरः अव्याक्षेपा मनोवृत्तिर्मंत्रयोग उदाहृतः

When, by the practice of mantra, the mind's activity is undistracted and focused on the meaning indicated by the mantra, that is called mantra-yoga.

प्राणायाममुखा सैव स्पर्शे योगोभिधीयते स मंत्रस्पर्शनिर्मुक्तो भावयोगः प्रकीर्तितः

That same yoga, beginning with breath control, is called sparsha-yoga; when freed from mantra and touch, it is known as bhava-yoga.

विलीनावयवं विश्वं रूपं संभाव्यते यतः अभावयोगः संप्रोक्तो ऽनाभासाद्वस्तुनः सतः

When the entire universe, with all its parts, is conceived as dissolved, that is called abhava-yoga, pertaining to the reality that is without appearance.