Shiva Purana (Books 1 & 7)

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.

शिवस्वभाव एवैकश्चिंत्यते निरुपाधिकः यथा शैवमनोवृत्तिर्महायोग इहोच्यते

When only the essential nature of Shiva, without any attributes, is contemplated, then the movement of the mind is said to be Shaiva, and this is called the great yoga here.

दृष्टे तथानुश्रविके विरक्तं विषये मनः यस्य तस्याधिकारोस्ति योगे नान्यस्य कस्यचित्

Only the one whose mind is detached from both what is seen and what is heard has the qualification for yoga, and no one else.

विषयद्वयदोषाणां गुणानामीश्वरस्य च दर्शनादेव सततं विरक्तं जायते मनः

By constantly perceiving the faults of both objects of sense and their qualities, as well as of the Lord, the mind becomes detached.

अष्टांगो वा षडंगो वा सर्वयोगः समासतः यमश्च नियमश्चैव स्वस्तिकाद्यं तथासनम्

All yoga, in summary, is either eightfold or sixfold: yama, niyama, and posture beginning with svastika, and so on.

प्राणायामः प्रत्याहारो धारणा ध्यानमेव च समाधिरिति योगांगान्यष्टावुक्तानि सूरिभिः

Breath control, withdrawal of the senses, concentration, meditation, and absorption—these eight limbs of yoga are declared by the wise.

आसनं प्राणसंरोधः प्रत्याहारोथ धारणा ध्यानं समाधिर्योगस्य षडंगानि समासतः

Posture, restraint of breath, withdrawal of the senses, concentration, meditation, and absorption—these are, in summary, the six limbs of yoga.

पृथग्लक्षणमेतेषां शिवशास्त्रे समीरितम् शिवागमेषु चान्येषु विशेषात्कामिकादिषु

The distinct characteristics of these have been taught in the Shiva scriptures, and also in other Shaiva texts, especially in the Kamika and similar Agamas.

योगशास्त्रेष्वपि तथा पुराणेष्वपि केषु च अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं ब्रह्मचर्यापरिग्रहः यम इत्युच्यते सद्भिः पञ्चावयवयोगतः

Likewise, in the yoga scriptures and in some Purāṇas, non-violence, truthfulness, non-stealing, celibacy, and non-possessiveness—these five, in their respective forms, are called yama by the virtuous.

शौचं तुष्टिस्तपश्चैव जपः प्रणिधिरेव च इति पञ्चप्रभेदस्स्यान्नियमः स्वांशभेदतः

Purity, contentment, austerity, recitation, and devotion—these five, in their own divisions, are said to be niyama.

स्वस्तिकं पद्ममध्येंदुं वीरं योगं प्रसाधितम् पर्यंकं च यथेष्टं च प्रोक्तमासनमष्टधा

Svastika, lotus, half-moon, hero, accomplished yoga, paryanka, and as desired—these eight are said to be the postures.