Shiva Purana (Books 1 & 7)

आयुष्कामो गुरोर्वारे देवानां पुष्टिसिद्धये उपवीतेन वस्त्रेण क्षीराज्येन यजेद्बुधः

Desiring long life, on Thursday, one should worship the gods for the attainment of strength, using a sacred thread, cloth, milk, and clarified butter.

भोगार्थं भृगवारे तु यजेद्देवान्समाहितः षड्रसोपेतमन्नं च दद्याद्ब्राह्मणतृप्तये

For the sake of enjoyment, on Friday, one should worship the gods with concentration, and give food containing all six tastes to satisfy the Brahmins.

स्त्रीणां च तृप्तये तद्वद्देयं वस्त्रादिकं शुभम् अपमृत्युहरे मंदे रुद्राद्रींश्च यजेद्बुधः

For the satisfaction of women, likewise, one should give auspicious items such as cloth; for the removal of untimely death, on Saturday, the wise should worship Rudra and others.

तिलहोमेन दानेन तिलान्नेन च भोजयेत् इत्थं यजेच्च विबुधानारोग्यादिफलं लभेत्

With offerings of sesame in the fire, gifts, and feeding with sesame food, one should worship the gods in this way and obtain results such as health.

देवानां नित्ययजने विशेषयजनेपि च स्नाने दाने जपे होमे ब्राह्मणानां च तर्पणे

In daily worship of the gods and in special worship, in bathing, giving, recitation, fire-offering, and in satisfying Brahmins,

तिथिनक्षत्रयोगे च तत्तद्देवप्रपूजने आदिवारादिवारेषु सर्वज्ञो जगदीश्वरः

On the conjunctions of lunar days and stars, in the worship of each respective deity, and on the days of the week, the all-knowing Lord of the universe,

ततद्रूपेण सर्वेषामारोग्यादिफलप्रदः देशकालानुसारेण तथा पात्रानुसारतः

In each form, he bestows upon all the results such as health, according to place and time, and according to the recipient.

द्रव्यश्रद्धानुसारेण तथा लोकानुसारतः तारतम्यक्रमाद्देवस्त्वारोग्यादीन्प्रयच्छति

According to the substance, faith, and custom, and according to the order of superiority, the god grants health and other benefits.

शुभादावशुभांते च जन्मर्क्षेषु गृहे गृही आरोग्यादिसमृद्ध्यर्थमादित्यादीन्ग्रहान्यजेत्

At the beginning of auspiciousness and the end of inauspiciousness, and at birth-stars in the house, the householder should worship the planets beginning with the Sun for health and prosperity.

तस्माद्वै देवयजनं सर्वाभीष्टफलप्रदम् समंत्रकं ब्राह्मणानामन्येषां चैव तांत्रिकम्

Therefore, the worship of the gods grants all desired results, whether with Vedic mantras for Brahmins or with Tantric rites for others.

यथाशक्त्यानुरूपेण कर्तव्यं सर्वदा नरैः सप्तस्वपि च वारेषु नरैः शुभफलेप्सुभिः

According to one's ability, it should always be performed by people, on all seven days of the week, by those who desire auspicious results.

दरिद्रस्तपसा देवान्यजेदाढ्यो धनेन हि पुनश्चैवंविधं धर्मं कुरुते श्रद्धया सह

The poor should worship the gods with austerity, the wealthy with wealth; and again, one should perform such dharma with faith.

पुनश्च भोगान्विविधान्भुक्त्वा भूमौ प्रजायते छायां जलाशयं ब्रह्मप्रतिष्ठां धर्मसंचयम्

Again, after enjoying various pleasures, one is born on earth, obtaining shade, water, establishment in Brahman, and the accumulation of merit.

सर्वं च वित्तवान्कुर्यात्सदा भोगप्रसिद्धये कालाच्च पुण्यपाकेन ज्ञानसिद्धिः प्रजायते

One who possesses wealth should always use it for the attainment of enjoyment; and in due time, through the merit of good and bad deeds, knowledge is attained.

य इमं शृणुते ऽध्यायं पठते वा नरो द्विजाः श्रवणस्योपकर्ता च देवयज्ञफलं लभेत्

O twice-born, whoever listens to or recites this chapter, or assists in its hearing, obtains the fruit of a sacrifice offered to the gods.

देशादीन्क्रमशो ब्रूहि सूत सर्वार्थवित्तम् शुद्धं गृहं समफलं देवयज्ञादिकर्मसु

O Sūta, knower of all things, tell in order about regions and the like, and about a pure house that yields equal fruit in rituals such as offerings to the gods.

ततो दशगुणं गोष्ठं जलतीरं ततो दश ततो दशगुणं बिल्वतुलस्यश्वत्थमूलकम्

After that, a cowshed is considered ten times greater; then the bank of a water body is ten times greater than that; then ten times greater is the root of a bilva, tulasi, or aśvattha tree.

ततो देवालयं विद्यात्तीर्थतीरं ततो दश ततो दशगुणं नद्यास्तीर्थनद्यास्ततो दश

After that, know a temple to be ten times greater; then the bank of a sacred ford is ten times greater; then ten times greater is the bank of a river that is itself a sacred ford.

सप्तगंगानदीतीरं तस्या दशगुणं भवेत् गंगा गोदावरी चैव कावेरी ताम्रपर्णिका

The bank of the seven Gangā rivers is ten times greater than that; these seven Gangās are Gaṅgā, Godāvarī, Kāverī, and Tāmraparṇī.

सिंधुश्च सरयू रेवा सप्तगंगाः प्रकीर्तिताः ततो ऽब्धितीरं दश च पर्वताग्रे ततो दश

Sindhu, Sarayū, and Revā are also declared as the seven Gangās; after that, the seashore is ten times greater, and then the mountaintop is ten times greater than that.

सर्वस्मादधिकं ज्ञेयं यत्र वा रोचते मनः कृते पूर्णफलं ज्ञेयं यज्ञदानादिकं तथा

Above all, that place should be known as superior where the mind finds delight; in such a place, the full fruit of sacrifices, gifts, and the like is to be known.

त्रेतायुगे त्रिपादं च द्वापरे ऽर्धं सदा स्मृतम् कलौ पादं तु विज्ञेयं तत्पादोनं ततोर्धके

In the Kṛta Yuga, the full fruit is obtained; in the Tretā Yuga, three-fourths is always remembered; in the Dvāpara, half; in the Kali Yuga, a quarter is to be known, and less than a quarter above that.

शुद्धात्मनः शुद्धदिनं पुण्यं समफलं विदुः तस्माद्दशगुणं ज्ञेयं रविसंक्रमणे बुधाः

For one of pure mind, a pure and auspicious day is known to yield equal fruit; therefore, the wise know that during the sun's transit, the fruit is tenfold.

विषुवे तद्दशगुणमयने तद्दश स्मृतम् तद्दश मृगसंक्रांतौ तच्चंद्रग्रहणे दश

At the equinox, that fruit is tenfold; at the solstice, it is remembered as tenfold; at the entry of the sun into Mṛgaśīrṣa, it is tenfold; and at a lunar eclipse, it is tenfold.

ततश्च सूर्यग्रहणे पूर्णकालोत्तमे विदुः जगद्रूपस्य सूर्यस्य विषयोगाच्च रोगदम्

Then, at the time of a solar eclipse, which is considered the best of all times, it is known that the sun, the form of the world, is afflicted by poison, and that this removes disease.

अतस्तद्विषशांत्यर्थं स्नानदानजपां चरेत् विषशांत्यर्थकालत्वात्स कालः पुण्यदः स्मृतः

Therefore, for the sake of pacifying that poison, one should perform bathing, giving, and recitation; because that time is for the pacification of poison, it is remembered as bestowing merit.

जन्मर्क्षे च व्रतांते च सूर्यरागोपमं विदुः महतां संगकालश्च कोट्यर्कग्रहणं विदुः

At one's birth star and at the end of a vow, it is known to be like the sun's passion; and the time of association with great souls is known as equal to a crore of solar eclipses.

तपोनिष्ठा ज्ञाननिष्ठा योगिनो यतयस्तथा पूजायाः पात्रमेते हि पापसंक्षयकारणम्

Those devoted to austerity, those established in knowledge, yogis, and ascetics—these are indeed fit recipients of worship, as they are the cause of the destruction of sin.

चतुर्विंशतिलक्षं वा गायत्र्या जपसंयुतः ब्राह्मणस्तु भवेत्पात्रं संपूर्णफलभोगदम्

A brāhmaṇa who has performed twenty-four lakhs of repetitions of the Gāyatrī is considered a worthy recipient, bestowing the enjoyment of complete fruit.