Shiva Purana

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मंडलस्थं महादेवं ध्यात्वाभ्यर्च्य यथाविधि ॥ दद्यादर्घ्यं ततस्तस्मै शिवायादित्यरूपिणे ॥ १६ ॥

Meditating on lord Śiva stationed in the Maṇḍala and worshipping him duly he shall offer Arghya to Śiva in the form of the sun.

english translation

maMDalasthaM mahAdevaM dhyAtvAbhyarcya yathAvidhi ॥ dadyAdarghyaM tatastasmai zivAyAdityarUpiNe ॥ 16 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अथ वैतत्स्वसूत्रोक्तं कृत्वा हस्तौ विशोधयेत् ॥ करन्यासं ततः कृत्वा सकलीकृतविग्रहः ॥ १७ ॥

Then, after doing this, one should purify the hands as described in one’s own thread. Then he laid his hands on the whole fight.

english translation

atha vaitatsvasUtroktaM kRtvA hastau vizodhayet ॥ karanyAsaM tataH kRtvA sakalIkRtavigrahaH ॥ 17 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

वामहस्तगतांभोभिर्गंधसिद्धार्थकान्वितैः ॥ कुशपुंजेन वाभ्युक्ष्य मूलमंत्रसमन्वितैः ॥ १८ ॥

The waters in his left hand were filled with fragrance, perfection and meaning. Or dry with a bunch of kusha grass and chant the root mantra.

english translation

vAmahastagatAMbhobhirgaMdhasiddhArthakAnvitaiH ॥ kuzapuMjena vAbhyukSya mUlamaMtrasamanvitaiH ॥ 18 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

आपोहिष्ठादिभिर्मन्त्रैः शेषमाघ्राय वै जलम् ॥ वामनासापुटेनैव देवं संभावयेत्सितम् ॥ १९ ॥

After chanting mantras such as āpohiṣṭha, one should smell the remaining water. One should meditate on the white god with the left nostril.

english translation

ApohiSThAdibhirmantraiH zeSamAghrAya vai jalam ॥ vAmanAsApuTenaiva devaM saMbhAvayetsitam ॥ 19 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अर्घमादाय देहस्थं सव्यनासापुटेन च ॥ कृष्णवर्णेन बाह्यस्थं भावयेच्च शिलागतम् ॥ २० ॥

Taking off the dark-complexioned sin of the body through the left nostril and that outside, he shall conceive it as gone to the rock.

english translation

arghamAdAya dehasthaM savyanAsApuTena ca ॥ kRSNavarNena bAhyasthaM bhAvayecca zilAgatam ॥ 20 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript