Shiva Purana
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ते नवांगे उभे ज्ञेये वर्णिते मुनिभिः प्रिये ॥ वर्णयामि नवांगानि प्रेमतः शृणु दक्षजे ॥ २१ ॥
O beloved, sages have explained that the different kinds of devotion have nine ancillary adjuncts. O daughter of Dakṣa, I shall narrate them to which you listen with love.
english translation
te navAMge ubhe jJeye varNite munibhiH priye ॥ varNayAmi navAMgAni premataH zRNu dakSaje ॥ 21 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptश्रवणं कीर्तनं चैव स्मरणं सेवनं तथा ॥ दास्यं तथार्चनं देवि वंदनं मम सर्वदा ॥ २२ ॥
According to scholars O Goddess, the nine ancillary adjuncts are:—listening, eulogising, remembering, serving, surrendering, worshipping, saluting, friendliness and dedication.
english translation
zravaNaM kIrtanaM caiva smaraNaM sevanaM tathA ॥ dAsyaM tathArcanaM devi vaMdanaM mama sarvadA ॥ 22 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptसख्यमात्मार्पणं चेति नवांगानि विदुर्बुधाः ॥ उपांगानि शिवे तस्या बहूनि कथितानि वै ॥ २३ ॥
The wise sages understand the nine aspects of devotion, which are: friendship, self-surrender and others. There are many more auxiliary aspects of devotion to Shiva, which have been described.
english translation
sakhyamAtmArpaNaM ceti navAMgAni vidurbudhAH ॥ upAMgAni zive tasyA bahUni kathitAni vai ॥ 23 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptशृणु देवि नवांगानां लक्षणानि पृथक्पृथक् ॥ मम भक्तेर्मनो दत्त्वा भक्ति मुक्तिप्रदानि हि ॥ २४ ॥
O Goddess, listen to the separate characteristics of the nine aspects of devotion. By giving your mind to my devotion, they bestow bhakti (devotion) and moksha (liberation).
english translation
zRNu devi navAMgAnAM lakSaNAni pRthakpRthak ॥ mama bhaktermano dattvA bhakti muktipradAni hi ॥ 24 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscriptकथादेर्नित्यसम्मानं कुर्वन्देहादिभिर्मुदा ॥ स्थिरासनेन तत्पानं यत्तच्छ्रवणमुच्यते ॥ २५ ॥
One should continuously honor the story (of Lord Shiva) with a joyful heart, seated firmly in a proper posture, and drinking it as if it were nectar—this is called the hearing (shravan) of the divine.
english translation
kathAdernityasammAnaM kurvandehAdibhirmudA ॥ sthirAsanena tatpAnaM yattacchravaNamucyate ॥ 25 ॥
hk transliteration by Sanscript