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Shiva Purana

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उपमन्युरुवाच ॥ अनुक्तं चात्र पूजायाः कमलोपभयादिव ॥ यत्तदन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि समासान्न तु विस्तरात् ॥ १ ॥

Upamanyu said:— What has not been mentioned because I was afraid of losing the sequence of worship, I shall now mention briefly,

english translation

हविर्निवेदनात्पूर्वं दीपदानादनन्तरम् ॥ कुर्यादावरणाभ्यर्चां प्राप्ते नीराजने ऽथ वा ॥ २ ॥

After offering the light but before offering the Havis, the devotee shall perform the worship of the Āvaraṇa; or just when the time of Nīrājana has arrived.

english translation

तत्रेशानादिसद्यांतं रुद्राद्यस्त्रांतमेव च ॥ शिवस्य वा शिवायाश्च प्रथमावरणे जपेत् ॥ ३ ॥

There are also weapons beginning with Lord Śiva and weapons beginning with Lord Śiva. One should chant the mantra of Shiva or Shiva in the first covering.

english translation

ऐशान्यां पूर्वभागे च दक्षिणे चोत्तरे तथा ॥ पश्चिमे च तथाग्नेय्यामैशान्यां नैरृते तथा ॥ ४ ॥

They lived in the northeast, east, south and north. In the west and in the south-east and in the north-east.

english translation

वायव्यां पुनरैशान्यां चतुर्दिक्षु ततः परम् ॥ गर्भावरणमाख्यातं मन्त्रसंघातमेव वा ॥ ५ ॥

Then, on the north-west, in the north-east, in the four directions. The covering of the womb or the collection of mantras is described.

english translation