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Shiva Purana

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नमस्कारादिसंयुक्तं शिवायेत्यक्षरत्रयम् ॥ जिह्वाग्रे वर्तते यस्य सफलं तस्य जीवितम् ॥ ३६ ॥

Life is fruitful indeed, of the person, at the tip of whose tongue is present the sec of three syllables ‘Śivāya’ prefixed with the word denoting obeisance.

english translation

अंत्यजो वाधमो वापि मूर्खो वा पंडितो ऽपि वा ॥ पञ्चाक्षरजपे निष्ठो मुच्यते पापपंजरात् ॥ ३७ ॥

A person steady in the Japa of the five-syllabled mantra is released from the cage of sins whether he be a Śūdra, base-born, fool or a learned man.

english translation

इत्युक्तं परमेशेन देव्या पृष्टेन शूलिना ॥ हिताय सर्वमर्त्यानां द्विजानां तु विशेषतः ॥ ३८ ॥

This was mentioned by the lord when asked by the goddess, for the benefit of all men, particularly of brahmins.

english translation