Shiva Purana

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ज्ञानार्थी पूजयेत्कोट्या शंकरं लोक शंकरम् ।। शिवदर्शनकामो वै तदर्धेन प्रपूजयेत् ।। २१ ।।

sanskrit

A person seeking knowledge shall worship Śiva, the benefactor of the world, ten million times. A person desiring Śiva’s vision shall worship Him five million times.

english translation

jJAnArthI pUjayetkoTyA zaMkaraM loka zaMkaram || zivadarzanakAmo vai tadardhena prapUjayet || 21 ||

hk transliteration

तथा मृत्युंजयो जाप्यः कामनाफलरूपतः ।। पंचलक्षा जपा यर्हि प्रत्यक्षं तु भवेच्छिवः ।। २२ ।।

sanskrit

The Mṛtyuñjaya mantra shall be repeated half a million times when Śiva shall be visible to the devotee and fulfil his desires.

english translation

tathA mRtyuMjayo jApyaH kAmanAphalarUpataH || paMcalakSA japA yarhi pratyakSaM tu bhavecchivaH || 22 ||

hk transliteration

लक्षेण भजते कश्चिद्द्वितीये जातिसंभवः ।। तृतीये कामनालाभश्चतुर्थे तं प्रपश्यति ।। २३ ।।

sanskrit

If a person repeats the mantra a hundred thousand times and begins a second instalment he will be lifted to a higher caste. When he completes the third hundred thousand times all his worldly desires will be fulfilled. In the fourth Lakṣa he will be able to see the lord.

english translation

lakSeNa bhajate kazciddvitIye jAtisaMbhavaH || tRtIye kAmanAlAbhazcaturthe taM prapazyati || 23 ||

hk transliteration

पंचमं च यदा लक्षं फलं यच्छत्यसंशयम् ।। अनेनैव तु मंत्रेण दशलक्षे फलं भवेत् ।। २४ ।।

sanskrit

When the fifty Lakṣa is completed, the lord will confer on him all benefits. When the same mantra is repeated a million times, the merit is tremendous.

english translation

paMcamaM ca yadA lakSaM phalaM yacchatyasaMzayam || anenaiva tu maMtreNa dazalakSe phalaM bhavet || 24 ||

hk transliteration

मुक्तिकामो भवेद्यो वै दर्भैश्च पूजनं चरेत् ।। लक्षसंख्या तु सर्वत्र ज्ञातव्या ऋषिसत्तम ।। २५ ।।

sanskrit

A person desirous of liberation shall worship him with Darbhas. O best of sages, the number everywhere is a hundred thousand times.

english translation

muktikAmo bhavedyo vai darbhaizca pUjanaM caret || lakSasaMkhyA tu sarvatra jJAtavyA RSisattama || 25 ||

hk transliteration