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ईश्वर उवाच ॥ अतः परं प्रवक्ष्यामि संन्यासाह्निककर्म च ॥ तव स्नेहान्महादेवि संप्रदायानुरोधतः ॥ १॥
Lord Śiva said:— O goddess, after this I shall mention the daily routine during the Sannyāsa according to the convention. It is out of my affection for you that I am narrating the same.
english translation
ब्राह्मे मुहूर्त्त उत्थाय शिरसि श्वेतपंकजे ॥ सहस्रारे समासीनं गुरुं संचितयेद्यतिः ॥ २ ॥
The ascetic shall get up in the Brāhma Muhūrta and think about the preceptor Śiva seated in the thousand-petalled lotus on the head.
english translation
शुद्धस्फटिकसंकाशं द्विनेत्रं वरदाभये ॥ दधानं शिवसद्भावमेवात्मनि मनोहरम् ॥ ३॥
The preceptor resembling pure crystal, with two eyes and holding the mystic gestures of boon and protection in the hand is conceived as Śiva of beautiful form in the soul.
english translation
भावोपनीतैः संपूज्य गन्धादिभिरनुक्रमात् ॥ बद्धांजलिपुटो भूत्वा नमस्कुर्याद्गुरुं ततः ॥ ४॥
He shall bow to the preceptor with palms joined in reverence and worship him with scents, fragrant flowers etc. created by his imagination.
english translation
प्रातःप्रभृति सायान्ते सायादिप्रातरं ततः ॥ यत्करोमि महादेव तदस्तु तव पूजनम् ॥ ५॥
He shall pray thus—“O lord, let whatever I do from morning till sunset and from sunset till daybreak be your worship.”
english translation