Shiva Purana

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रात्रावुदण्मुखः कुर्याद्देवकार्यं सदैव हि । शिवार्चनं सदाप्येवं शुचिः कुर्यादुदण्मुखः ५३ ।

sanskrit

Divine rites shall always be performed facing the north in the night. Similarly Śiva’s worship shall always be performed facing the north, not the east.

english translation

rAtrAvudaNmukhaH kuryAddevakAryaM sadaiva hi | zivArcanaM sadApyevaM zuciH kuryAdudaNmukhaH 53 |

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vishweshwara-samhita/21/53

रात्रावुदण्मुखः कुर्याद्देवकार्यं सदैव हि । शिवार्चनं सदाप्येवं शुचिः कुर्यादुदण्मुखः ५३ ।

sanskrit

Divine rites shall always be performed facing the north in the night. Similarly Śiva’s worship shall always be performed facing the north, not the east.

english translation

rAtrAvudaNmukhaH kuryAddevakAryaM sadaiva hi | zivArcanaM sadApyevaM zuciH kuryAdudaNmukhaH 53 |

hk transliteration by Sanscript