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Chapter 83

अध्यायः 83

Pūrvabhāga (Part I), Chapter 83

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 1

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.1

व्यपोहनस्तवं पुण्यं श्रुतमस्माभिर आदरात। प्रसंगाल्लिङ्गदानस्य व्रतान्यपि वदस्व नः।।

vyapohanastavaṃ puṇyaṃ śrutamasmābhir ādarāt| prasaṃgālliṅgadānasya vratānyapi vadasva naḥ||

The Sages said: The meritorious vyapohana hymn has been attentively heard by us. Now mention to us the vratas pertaining to the Liṅgas.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 2

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.2

व्रतानि वः प्रवक्ष्यामि शुभानि मुनिसत्तमाः। नन्दिना कथितानीह ब्रह्मपुत्राय धीमते।।

vratāni vaḥ pravakṣyāmi śubhāni munisattamāḥ| nandinā kathitānīha brahmaputrāya dhīmate||

Sūta said: O excellent sages, I shall mention, to you the auspicious vratas that were narrated by Nandin to the son of Brahmā.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 3

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.3

तानि व्यासादुपश्रुत्य युष्माकं प्रवदाम्यहम। अष्टम्यां च चतुर्दश्यां पक्षयोरुभयोरपि।।

tāni vyāsādupaśrutya yuṣmākaṃ pravadāmyaham| aṣṭamyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ pakṣayorubhayorapi||

Sūta said: I shall mention them to you as I have heard them from Vyāsa. On the eighth and fourteenth days of both the fortnights, the devotee shall eat only once, at night, and continue this rite for one year and worship Śiva. He acquires the benefit of all sacrifices and attains the greatest goal.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 4

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.4

वर्षमेकं तु भुञ्जानो नक्तं यः पूजयेच्छिवम। सर्वयज्ञफलं प्राप्य स याति परमां गतिम।।

varṣamekaṃ tu bhuñjāno naktaṃ yaḥ pūjayecchivam| sarvayajñaphalaṃ prāpya sa yāti paramāṃ gatim||

Sūta said: I shall mention them to you as I have heard them from Vyāsa. On the eighth and fourteenth days of both the fortnights, the devotee shall eat only once, at night, and continue this rite for one year and worship Śiva. He acquires the benefit of all sacrifices and attains the greatest goal.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 5

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.5

पृथिवीं भाजनं कृत्वा भुक्त्वा पर्वसु मानवः। अहोरात्रेण चैकेन त्रिरात्रफलमश्नुते।।

pṛthivīṃ bhājanaṃ kṛtvā bhuktvā parvasu mānavaḥ| ahorātreṇa caikena trirātraphalamaśnute||

Sūta said: By performing this rite for one day and one night on Parvan days and by making the earth the vessel, the devotee attains the benefit of three nights on Parvan days. By performing the Kṣīradhārāvrata,[1] the devotee obtains the benefit of horse-sacrifice. He shall perform this holy rite on the two Pratipads (first day) and two Pañcamīs (fifth day) in the month.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 6

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.6

द्वयोर मासस्य पञ्चम्योर द्वयोः प्रतिपदोर्नरः। क्षीरधाराव्रतं कुर्यात सो ऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत।।

dvayor māsasya pañcamyor dvayoḥ pratipadornaraḥ| kṣīradhārāvrataṃ kuryāt so 'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet||

Sūta said: By performing this rite for one day and one night on Parvan days and by making the earth the vessel, the devotee attains the benefit of three nights on Parvan days. By performing the Kṣīradhārāvrata,[1] the devotee obtains the benefit of horse-sacrifice. He shall perform this holy rite on the two Pratipads (first day) and two Pañcamīs (fifth day) in the month.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 7

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.7

कृष्णाष्टम्यां तु नक्तेन यावत्कृष्णचतुर्दशी। भुञ्जन्भोगानवाप्नोति ब्रह्मलोकं च गच्छति।।

kṛṣṇāṣṭamyāṃ tu naktena yāvatkṛṣṇacaturdaśī| bhuñjanbhogānavāpnoti brahmalokaṃ ca gacchati||

Sūta said: The devotee shall take food only once a day at night, between the eighth and the fourteenth day in the dark half of the month. He attains all worldly pleasures and goes to the world of Brahmā.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 8

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.8

यो ऽब्दमेकं प्रकुर्वीत नक्तं पर्वसु पर्वसु। ब्रह्मचारी जितक्रोधः शिवध्यानपरायणः।।

yo 'bdamekaṃ prakurvīta naktaṃ parvasu parvasu| brahmacārī jitakrodhaḥ śivadhyānaparāyaṇaḥ||

Sūta said: The devotee shall perform this holy rite for a year in the night of all Parvan days. He shall be celibate, conquer anger and be devoted to meditation on Śiva. At the end of a year he shall duly feed leading brahmins. He then attains the world of Śiva. No doubt need be entertained in this respect.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 9

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.9

संवत्सरान्ते विप्रेन्द्रान भोजयेद्विधिपूर्वकम। स याति शाङ्करं लोकं नात्र कार्या विचारणा।।

saṃvatsarānte viprendrān bhojayedvidhipūrvakam| sa yāti śāṅkaraṃ lokaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā||

Sūta said: The devotee shall perform this holy rite for a year in the night of all Parvan days. He shall be celibate, conquer anger and be devoted to meditation on Śiva. At the end of a year he shall duly feed leading brahmins. He then attains the world of Śiva. No doubt need be entertained in this respect.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 10

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.10

उपवासात परं भैक्ष्यं भैक्ष्यात परम अयाचितम। अयाचितात परं नक्तं तस्मान नक्तेन वर्तयेत।।

upavāsāt paraṃ bhaikṣyaṃ bhaikṣyāt param ayācitam| ayācitāt paraṃ naktaṃ tasmān naktena vartayet||

Sūta said: Greater than the observance of fast is the partaking of alms and greater still is food acquired without begging. Taking food only at night is greater than Ayācita (the food acquired without begging). Hence one shall duly pursue Nakta[2].

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 11

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.11

देवैर्भुक्तं तु पूर्वाह्णे मध्याह्ने ऋषिभिस तथा। अपराह्णे च पितृभिः संध्यायां गुह्यकादिभिः।।

devairbhuktaṃ tu pūrvāhṇe madhyāhne ṛṣibhis tathā| aparāhṇe ca pitṛbhiḥ saṃdhyāyāṃ guhyakādibhiḥ||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 12

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.12

सर्ववेलामतिक्रम्य नक्तभोजनमुत्तमम। हविष्यभोजनं स्नानं सत्यमाहारलाघवम।।

sarvavelāmatikramya naktabhojanamuttamam| haviṣyabhojanaṃ snānaṃ satyamāhāralāghavam||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 13

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.13

अग्निकार्यमधःशय्यां नक्तभोजी समाचरेत। प्रतिमासं प्रवक्ष्यामि शिवव्रतमनुत्तमम।।

agnikāryamadhaḥśayyāṃ naktabhojī samācaret| pratimāsaṃ pravakṣyāmi śivavratamanuttamam||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 14

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.14

धर्मकामार्थमोक्षार्थं सर्वपापविशुद्धये। पुष्यमासे च सम्पूज्य यः कुर्यान्नक्तभोजनम।।

dharmakāmārthamokṣārthaṃ sarvapāpaviśuddhaye| puṣyamāse ca sampūjya yaḥ kuryānnaktabhojanam||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 15

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.15

सत्यवादी जितक्रोधः शालिगोधूमगोरसैः। पक्षयोरष्टमीं यत्नाद उपवासेन वर्तयेत।।

satyavādī jitakrodhaḥ śāligodhūmagorasaiḥ| pakṣayoraṣṭamīṃ yatnād upavāsena vartayet||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 16

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.16

भूमिशय्यां च मासान्ते पौर्णमास्यां घृतादिभिः। स्नाप्य रुद्रं महादेवं सम्पूज्य विधिपूर्वकम।।

bhūmiśayyāṃ ca māsānte paurṇamāsyāṃ ghṛtādibhiḥ| snāpya rudraṃ mahādevaṃ sampūjya vidhipūrvakam||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 17

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.17

यावकं चौदनं दत्त्वा सक्षीरं सघृतं द्विजाः। भोजयेद ब्राह्मणाञ्शिष्टाञ जपेच्छान्तिं विशेषतः।।

yāvakaṃ caudanaṃ dattvā sakṣīraṃ saghṛtaṃ dvijāḥ| bhojayed brāhmaṇāñśiṣṭāñ japecchāntiṃ viśeṣataḥ||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 18

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.18

तथा गोमिथुनं चैव कपिलं विनिवेदयेत। भवाय देवदेवाय शिवाय परमेष्ठिने।।

tathā gomithunaṃ caiva kapilaṃ vinivedayet| bhavāya devadevāya śivāya parameṣṭhine||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 19

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.19

स याति मुनिशार्दूल वाह्नेयं लोकमुत्तमम। भुक्त्वा स विपुलान लोकान तत्रैव स विमुच्यते।।

sa yāti muniśārdūla vāhneyaṃ lokamuttamam| bhuktvā sa vipulān lokān tatraiva sa vimucyate||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 20

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.20

माघमासे तु सम्पूज्य यः कुर्यान नक्तभोजनम। कृशरं घृतसंयुक्तं भुञ्जानः संयतेन्द्रियः।।

māghamāse tu sampūjya yaḥ kuryān naktabhojanam| kṛśaraṃ ghṛtasaṃyuktaṃ bhuñjānaḥ saṃyatendriyaḥ||

Sūta said: The Vrata for the month of Māgha.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 21

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.21

सोपवासं चतुर्दश्यां भवेदुभयपक्षयोः। रुद्राय पौर्णमास्यां तु दद्याद्वै घृतकम्बलम।।

sopavāsaṃ caturdaśyāṃ bhavedubhayapakṣayoḥ| rudrāya paurṇamāsyāṃ tu dadyādvai ghṛtakambalam||

Sūta said: The Vrata for the month of Māgha.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 22

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.22

कृष्णं गोमिथुनं दद्यात पूजयेच्चैव शंकरम। भोजयेद्ब्राह्मणांश्चैव यथाविभवविस्तरम।।

kṛṣṇaṃ gomithunaṃ dadyāt pūjayeccaiva śaṃkaram| bhojayedbrāhmaṇāṃścaiva yathāvibhavavistaram||

Sūta said: The Vrata for the month of Māgha.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 23

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.23

याम्यमासाद्य वै लोकं यमेन सह मोदते। फाल्गुने चैव सम्प्राप्ते कुर्याद्वै नक्तभोजनम।।

yāmyamāsādya vai lokaṃ yamena saha modate| phālgune caiva samprāpte kuryādvai naktabhojanam||

Sūta said: The Vrata for the month of Phālguna.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 24

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.24

श्यामाकान्नघृतक्षीरैर जितक्रोधो जितेन्द्रियः। चतुर्दश्यामथाष्टम्याम उपवासं च कारयेत।।

śyāmākānnaghṛtakṣīrair jitakrodho jitendriyaḥ| caturdaśyāmathāṣṭamyām upavāsaṃ ca kārayet||

Sūta said: The Vrata for the month of Phālguna.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 25

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.25

पौर्णमास्यां महादेवं स्नाप्य सम्पूज्य शङ्करम। दद्याद्गोमिथुनं वापि ताम्राभं शूलपाणये।।

paurṇamāsyāṃ mahādevaṃ snāpya sampūjya śaṅkaram| dadyādgomithunaṃ vāpi tāmrābhaṃ śūlapāṇaye||

Sūta said: The Vrata for the month of Phālguna.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 26

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.26

ब्राह्मणान भोजयित्वा तु प्रार्थयेत्परमेश्वरम। स याति चन्द्रसायुज्यं नात्र कार्या विचारणा।।

brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā tu prārthayetparameśvaram| sa yāti candrasāyujyaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā||

Sūta said: The Vrata for the month of Phālguna.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 27

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.27

चैत्रे ऽपि रुद्रमभ्यर्च्य कुर्याद्वै नक्तभोजनम। शाल्यन्नं पयसा युक्तं घृतेन च यथासुखम।।

caitre 'pi rudramabhyarcya kuryādvai naktabhojanam| śālyannaṃ payasā yuktaṃ ghṛtena ca yathāsukham||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 28

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.28

गोष्ठशायी मुनिश्रेष्ठाः क्षितौ निशि भवं स्मरेत। पौर्णमास्यां शिवं स्नाप्य दद्याद्गोमिथुनं सितम।।

goṣṭhaśāyī muniśreṣṭhāḥ kṣitau niśi bhavaṃ smaret| paurṇamāsyāṃ śivaṃ snāpya dadyādgomithunaṃ sitam||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 29

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.29

ब्राह्मणान भोजयेच्चैव निरृतेः स्थानमाप्नुयात। वैशाखे च तथा मासे कृत्वा वै नक्तभोजनम।।

brāhmaṇān bhojayeccaiva nirṛteḥ sthānamāpnuyāt| vaiśākhe ca tathā māse kṛtvā vai naktabhojanam||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 30

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.30

पौर्णमास्यां भवं स्नाप्य पञ्चगव्यघृतादिभिः। श्वेतं गोमिथुनं दत्त्वा सो ऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत।।

paurṇamāsyāṃ bhavaṃ snāpya pañcagavyaghṛtādibhiḥ| śvetaṃ gomithunaṃ dattvā so 'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 31

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.31

ज्येष्ठे मासे च देवेशं भवं शर्वमुमापतिम। सम्पूज्य श्रद्धया भक्त्या कृत्वा वै नक्तभोजनम।।

jyeṣṭhe māse ca deveśaṃ bhavaṃ śarvamumāpatim| sampūjya śraddhayā bhaktyā kṛtvā vai naktabhojanam||

Sūta said: The Vrata for the month of Jyeṣṭha,

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 32

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.32

रक्तशाल्यन्नमध्वा च अद्भिः पूतं घृतादिभिः। वीरासनो निशार्धं च गवां शुश्रूषणे रतः।।

raktaśālyannamadhvā ca adbhiḥ pūtaṃ ghṛtādibhiḥ| vīrāsano niśārdhaṃ ca gavāṃ śuśrūṣaṇe rataḥ||

Sūta said: The Vrata for the month of Jyeṣṭha,

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 33

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.33

पौर्णमास्यां तु सम्पूज्य देवदेवमुमापतिम। स्नाप्य शक्त्या यथान्यायं चरुं दद्याच च शूलिने।।

paurṇamāsyāṃ tu sampūjya devadevamumāpatim| snāpya śaktyā yathānyāyaṃ caruṃ dadyāc ca śūline||

Sūta said: The Vrata for the month of Jyeṣṭha,

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 34

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.34

ब्राह्मणान भोजयित्वा च यथाविभवविस्तरम। धूम्रं गोमिथुनं दत्त्वा वायुलोके महीयते।।

brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā ca yathāvibhavavistaram| dhūmraṃ gomithunaṃ dattvā vāyuloke mahīyate||

Sūta said: The Vrata for the month of Jyeṣṭha,

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 35

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.35

आषाढे मासि चाप्येवं नक्तभोजनतत्परः। भूरिखण्डाज्यसंमिश्रं सक्तुभिश्चैव गोरसम।।

āṣāḍhe māsi cāpyevaṃ naktabhojanatatparaḥ| bhūrikhaṇḍājyasaṃmiśraṃ saktubhiścaiva gorasam||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 36

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.36

पौर्णमास्यां घृताद्यैस्तु स्नाप्य पूज्य यथाविधि। ब्राह्मणान भोजयित्वा च श्रोत्रियान वेदपारगान।।

paurṇamāsyāṃ ghṛtādyaistu snāpya pūjya yathāvidhi| brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā ca śrotriyān vedapāragān||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 37

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.37

दद्याद्गोमिथुनं गौरं वारुणं लोकमाप्नुयात। श्रावणे च द्विजा मासे कृत्वा वै नक्तभोजनम।।

dadyādgomithunaṃ gauraṃ vāruṇaṃ lokamāpnuyāt| śrāvaṇe ca dvijā māse kṛtvā vai naktabhojanam||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 38

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.38

क्षीरषष्टिकभक्तेन सम्पूज्य वृषभध्वजम। पौर्णमास्यां घृताद्यैस्तु स्नाप्य पूज्य यथाविधि।।

kṣīraṣaṣṭikabhaktena sampūjya vṛṣabhadhvajam| paurṇamāsyāṃ ghṛtādyaistu snāpya pūjya yathāvidhi||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 39

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.39

ब्राह्मणान भोजयित्वा च श्रोत्रियान वेदपारगान। श्वेताग्रपादं पौण्ड्रं च दद्याद्गोमिथुनं पुनः।।

brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā ca śrotriyān vedapāragān| śvetāgrapādaṃ pauṇḍraṃ ca dadyādgomithunaṃ punaḥ||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 40

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.40

स याति वायुसायुज्यं वायुवत्सर्वगो भवेत। प्राप्ते भाद्रपदे मासे कृत्वैवं नक्तभोजनम।।

sa yāti vāyusāyujyaṃ vāyuvatsarvago bhavet| prāpte bhādrapade māse kṛtvaivaṃ naktabhojanam||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 41

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.41

हुतशेषं च विप्रेन्द्रान वृक्षमूलाश्रितो दिवा। पौर्णमास्यां तु देवेशं स्नाप्य सम्पूज्य शङ्करम।।

hutaśeṣaṃ ca viprendrān vṛkṣamūlāśrito divā| paurṇamāsyāṃ tu deveśaṃ snāpya sampūjya śaṅkaram||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 42

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.42

नीलस्कन्धं वृषं गां च दत्त्वा भक्त्या यथाविधि। ब्राह्मणान भोजयित्वा च वेदवेदाङ्गपारगान।।

nīlaskandhaṃ vṛṣaṃ gāṃ ca dattvā bhaktyā yathāvidhi| brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā ca vedavedāṅgapāragān||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 43

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.43

यक्षलोकमनुप्राप्य यक्षराजो भवेन्नरः। ततश्चाश्वयुजे मासि कृत्वैवं नक्तभोजनम।।

yakṣalokamanuprāpya yakṣarājo bhavennaraḥ| tataścāśvayuje māsi kṛtvaivaṃ naktabhojanam||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 44

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.44

सघृतं शङ्करं पूज्य पौर्णमास्यां च पूर्ववत। ब्राह्मणान भोजयित्वा च शिवभक्तान सदा शुचीन।।

saghṛtaṃ śaṅkaraṃ pūjya paurṇamāsyāṃ ca pūrvavat| brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā ca śivabhaktān sadā śucīn||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 45

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.45

वृषभं नीलवर्णाभम उरोदेशसमुन्नतम। गां च दत्त्वा यथान्यायम ऐशानं लोकमाप्नुयात।।

vṛṣabhaṃ nīlavarṇābham urodeśasamunnatam| gāṃ ca dattvā yathānyāyam aiśānaṃ lokamāpnuyāt||

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 46

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.46

कार्तिके च तथा मासे कृत्वा वै नक्तभोजनम। क्षीरौदनेन साज्येन सम्पूज्य च भवं प्रभुम।।

kārtike ca tathā māse kṛtvā vai naktabhojanam| kṣīraudanena sājyena sampūjya ca bhavaṃ prabhum||

Sūta said: The Vrata for the month of Kārttika.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 47

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.47

पौर्णमास्यां च विधिवत स्नाप्य दत्त्वा चरुं पुनः। ब्राह्मणान भोजयित्वा च यथाविभवविस्तरम।।

paurṇamāsyāṃ ca vidhivat snāpya dattvā caruṃ punaḥ| brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā ca yathāvibhavavistaram||

Sūta said: The Vrata for the month of Kārttika.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 48

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.48

दत्त्वा गोमिथुनं चैव कापिलं पूर्ववद द्विजाः। सूर्यसायुज्यमाप्नोति नात्र कार्या विचारणा।।

dattvā gomithunaṃ caiva kāpilaṃ pūrvavad dvijāḥ| sūryasāyujyamāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā||

Sūta said: The Vrata for the month of Kārttika.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 49

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.49

मार्गशीर्षे च मासे ऽपि कृत्वैवं नक्तभोजनम। यवान्नेन यथान्यायम आज्यक्षीरादिभिः समम।।

mārgaśīrṣe ca māse 'pi kṛtvaivaṃ naktabhojanam| yavānnena yathānyāyam ājyakṣīrādibhiḥ samam||

Sūta said: The Vrata for the month of Mārgaśīrṣa.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 50

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.50

पौर्णमास्यां च पूर्वोक्तं कृत्वा शर्वाय शंभवे। ब्राह्मणान भोजयित्वा च दरिद्रान्वेदपारगान।।

paurṇamāsyāṃ ca pūrvoktaṃ kṛtvā śarvāya śaṃbhave| brāhmaṇān bhojayitvā ca daridrānvedapāragān||

Sūta said: The Vrata for the month of Mārgaśīrṣa.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 51

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.51

दत्त्वा गोमिथुनं चैव पाण्डुरं विधिपूर्वकम। सोमलोकमनुप्राप्य सोमेन सह मोदते।।

dattvā gomithunaṃ caiva pāṇḍuraṃ vidhipūrvakam| somalokamanuprāpya somena saha modate||

Sūta said: The Vrata for the month of Mārgaśīrṣa.

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 52

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.52

अहिंसा सत्यमस्तेयं ब्रह्मचर्यं क्षमा दया। त्रिःस्नानं चाग्निहोत्रं च भूशय्या नक्तभोजनम।।

ahiṃsā satyamasteyaṃ brahmacaryaṃ kṣamā dayā| triḥsnānaṃ cāgnihotraṃ ca bhūśayyā naktabhojanam||

Sūta said: The following shall be practised throughout: non-violence, truthfulness, non-stealing, celibacy, forgiveness, mercifulness, three times ablution, Agnihotra, sleeping on the bare ground, food at night only, observance of fast on eighth and fourteenth days in both the fortnights. Thus the Śivavrata for each month has been fully recounted. O brahmins, the devotee shall observe this Vrata for a year in the order mentioned or in the reverse order. He then attains identity with Siva and obtains the path of perfect knowledge.[10]

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 53

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.53

पक्षयोरुपवासं च चतुर्दश्यष्टमीषु च।।

pakṣayorupavāsaṃ ca caturdaśyaṣṭamīṣu ca||

Sūta said: The following shall be practised throughout: non-violence, truthfulness, non-stealing, celibacy, forgiveness, mercifulness, three times ablution, Agnihotra, sleeping on the bare ground, food at night only, observance of fast on eighth and fourteenth days in both the fortnights. Thus the Śivavrata for each month has been fully recounted. O brahmins, the devotee shall observe this Vrata for a year in the order mentioned or in the reverse order. He then attains identity with Siva and obtains the path of perfect knowledge.[10]

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 54

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.54

इत्येतदखिलं प्रोक्तं प्रतिमासं शिवव्रतम।।

ityetadakhilaṃ proktaṃ pratimāsaṃ śivavratam||

Sūta said: The following shall be practised throughout: non-violence, truthfulness, non-stealing, celibacy, forgiveness, mercifulness, three times ablution, Agnihotra, sleeping on the bare ground, food at night only, observance of fast on eighth and fourteenth days in both the fortnights. Thus the Śivavrata for each month has been fully recounted. O brahmins, the devotee shall observe this Vrata for a year in the order mentioned or in the reverse order. He then attains identity with Siva and obtains the path of perfect knowledge.[10]

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The holy rites of Śiva (śivavrata) - Verse 55

Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 1 · Verse 83.55

कुर्याद्वर्षं क्रमेणैव व्युत्क्रमेणापि वा द्विजाः। स याति शिवसायुज्यं ज्ञानयोगमवाप्नुयात।।

kuryādvarṣaṃ krameṇaiva vyutkrameṇāpi vā dvijāḥ| sa yāti śivasāyujyaṃ jñānayogamavāpnuyāt||

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