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Shiva Purana

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पश्चिमाभिमुखम्पंचशिरसम्परमाद्भुतम् ॥ सकृद्दर्शनमात्रेण सर्वाघक्षयकारणम् ॥ २१ ॥

It is wonderful to have five heads facing west It is the cause of the destruction of all sins by merely seeing it once.

english translation

सर्वसिद्धिप्रदम्भुक्तिमुक्तिदन्त्रिगुणेश्वरम् ॥ ततश्च परया भक्त्या तस्य दक्षिणगां शिवाम् ॥ २२ ॥

He bestows all perfections, enjoys liberation and is the lord of the three modes of nature. Then with great devotion he took the auspicious southern river.

english translation

ज्ञानप्रसूनकलिकां समर्च्य हि जगत्प्रसूम् ॥ श्रीमत्पंचाक्षरीं विद्यामष्टोत्तरसहस्रकम् ॥ २३ ॥

Worship the bud of the flower of knowledge, the flower of the universe. The auspicious five-syllabled knowledge is eighty-eight thousand.

english translation

जप्त्वा प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य स्तुत्वा नत्वा मुहुर्मुहुः ॥ २४॥

After chanting the mantra, circumambulate the Lord, praise Him and bow down to Him again and again.

english translation

ततः प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य गिरिम्प्रत्यहमादरात् ॥ आमोदतीव मनसि प्रत्यहन्नियमास्थितः॥ २५॥

Then he circumambulated the mountain with reverence every day He seemed to rejoice in his mind and observed the rules.

english translation