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Shiva Purana

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एतत्काले तु यः कुर्यात्पूजां मल्लिंगबेरयोः । कुर्यात्तु जगतः कृत्यं स्थितिसर्गादिकं पुमान् ११ ।

He who performs the worship of my phallic emblem and the embodied image on this day will be competent, to perform the task of creation and the maintenance etc. of the universe.

english translation

शिवरात्रावहोरात्रं निराहारो जितेंद्रि यः १२ब्। अर्चयेद्वा यथान्यायं यथाबलमवंचकः १२ ।

The devotee shall observe fast on Śivarātrī, both during the day and the night. He shall perfectly restrain his sense-organs. He shall adore (with flowers) to the extent of his strength. He shall not deceive any one.

english translation

यत्फलं मम पूजायां वर्षमेकं निरंतरम् । तत्फलं लभते सद्यः शिवरात्रौ मदर्चनात् १३ ।

By the worship on Śivarātrī day the devotee attains that fruit which usually accrues to one who continuously worships me for a year.

english translation

एतत्काले तु यः कुर्यात्पूजां मल्लिंगबेरयोः । कुर्यात्तु जगतः कृत्यं स्थितिसर्गादिकं पुमान् ११ ।

This is the time when the virtue of devotion to me increases like the tide in the ocean at the rise of the moon. Festivities like the installation of my idols etc. on that day are very auspicious.

english translation

यत्पुनः स्तंभरूपेण स्वाविरासमहं पुरा । स कालो मार्गशीर्षे तु स्यादाद्रा र्! ऋक्षमर्भकौ १५ ।

The day on which I manifested myself in the form of a column of fire is the Ārdrā star in the month of Mārgaśīrṣa (November-December), O children.

english translation