Shiva Purana

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ईश्वर उवाच ॥ आज्ञाहीनं क्रियाहीनं श्रद्धाहीनं वरानने ॥ आज्ञार्थं दक्षिणाहीनं सदा जप्तं च निष्फलम् ॥ १ ॥

sanskrit

Lord Śiva said:— O good-faced lady, a Japa without the behest of the preceptor, holy rites, faith and the prescribed fees is fruitless though the behest might have been secured.

english translation

Izvara uvAca ॥ AjJAhInaM kriyAhInaM zraddhAhInaM varAnane ॥ AjJArthaM dakSiNAhInaM sadA japtaM ca niSphalam ॥ 1 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/49/1

ईश्वर उवाच ॥ आज्ञाहीनं क्रियाहीनं श्रद्धाहीनं वरानने ॥ आज्ञार्थं दक्षिणाहीनं सदा जप्तं च निष्फलम् ॥ १ ॥

sanskrit

Lord Śiva said:— O good-faced lady, a Japa without the behest of the preceptor, holy rites, faith and the prescribed fees is fruitless though the behest might have been secured.

english translation

Izvara uvAca ॥ AjJAhInaM kriyAhInaM zraddhAhInaM varAnane ॥ AjJArthaM dakSiNAhInaM sadA japtaM ca niSphalam ॥ 1 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript