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Shiva Purana

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इत्याह श्रुतिसत्तत्त्वं दृढात्मा गतभीर्भव ॥ इत्याभाष्य स्वयं शिष्यं देवं ध्यायन्समर्चयेत् ॥ ३६ ॥

इत्याह श्रुतिसत्तत्त्वं दृढात्मा गतभीर्भव ॥ इत्याभाष्य स्वयं शिष्यं देवं ध्यायन्समर्चयेत् ॥ ३६ ॥

english translation

शिष्यासनं सम्प्रपूज्य षडुत्थापनमार्गतः ॥ शिवासनं च संकल्प्य शिवमूर्तिं प्रकल्पयेत् ॥ ३७ ॥

He shall worship the seat, of the disciple with the rite of “Ṣaḍutthāpana.” After conceiving Śiva’s seat he shall install an idol of Śiva.

english translation

पञ्च ब्रह्माणि विन्यस्य शिरः पादावसानकम् ॥ मुण्डवत्क्रकलाभेदैः प्रणवस्य कला अपि ॥ ३८ ॥

Placing the five Brahmans on the head and the ends of the feet The arts of the oṁkāra are also different from the arts of the muṇḍavatkra.

english translation

अष्टत्रिंशन्मंत्ररूपा श्शिष्यदेहेऽथ मस्तके ॥ समावाह्य शिवं मुद्राः स्थापनीयाः प्रदर्शयेत् ॥ ३९ ॥

They are in the form of thirty-eight mantras on the body of the disciple and then on the head. Invoke Shiva and display the mudras to be placed.

english translation

ततश्चाङ्गानि विन्यस्य सर्वज्ञानीत्यनुक्रमात्॥ कल्पयेदुपचारांश्च षोडशासनपूर्वकान् ॥ ४० ॥

He shall then perform the Nyāsa of the limbs. The sixteen forms of ancillary services beginning with the offering of the seat shall also be performed.

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