Chapter 30
अध्यायः 30
Uttarabhāga (Part II), Chapter 30
Shlokas (13)
+ Add ShlokaThe mode of gifting the mountain of gingelly seeds - Verse 1
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 30.1
अधुना संप्रवक्ष्यामि तिलपर्वतमुत्तमम। पूर्वोक्तस्थानकाले तु कृत्वा संपूज्य यत्नतः।।
adhunā saṃpravakṣyāmi tilaparvatamuttamam| pūrvoktasthānakāle tu kṛtvā saṃpūjya yatnataḥ||
Sanatkumara said: Now I shall narrate the excellent rite of Tilaparvata dāna (gift of a mountain of gingelly seeds). This rite shall be performed in the same spot as is mentioned before and at the same auspicious occasion. It shall be performed on a beautiful level plot of ground. O sage, after duly worshipping the staff fixed on the bare ground without an altar it shall be sprinkled with water. The staff shall have the length of ten palms of hands. After sprinkling the staff with water the excellent brahmin devotee shall put gingelly seeds over it. He shall water that spot with Pañcagavya.
The mode of gifting the mountain of gingelly seeds - Verse 2
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 30.2
सुसमे भूतले रम्ये वेदिना च विवर्जिते। दशतालप्रमाणएन दण्डं संस्थाप्य वै मुने।।
susame bhūtale ramye vedinā ca vivarjite| daśatālapramāṇaena daṇḍaṃ saṃsthāpya vai mune||
Sanatkumara said: Now I shall narrate the excellent rite of Tilaparvata dāna (gift of a mountain of gingelly seeds). This rite shall be performed in the same spot as is mentioned before and at the same auspicious occasion. It shall be performed on a beautiful level plot of ground. O sage, after duly worshipping the staff fixed on the bare ground without an altar it shall be sprinkled with water. The staff shall have the length of ten palms of hands. After sprinkling the staff with water the excellent brahmin devotee shall put gingelly seeds over it. He shall water that spot with Pañcagavya.
The mode of gifting the mountain of gingelly seeds - Verse 3
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 30.3
अद्भिः संप्रोक्ष्य पश्चाद्धि तिलांस्त्वस्मिन्विनिक्षिपेत। पञ्चगव्येन तं देशं प्रोक्षयेद्ब्राह्मणोत्तमः।।
adbhiḥ saṃprokṣya paścāddhi tilāṃstvasminvinikṣipet| pañcagavyena taṃ deśaṃ prokṣayedbrāhmaṇottamaḥ||
Sanatkumara said: Now I shall narrate the excellent rite of Tilaparvata dāna (gift of a mountain of gingelly seeds). This rite shall be performed in the same spot as is mentioned before and at the same auspicious occasion. It shall be performed on a beautiful level plot of ground. O sage, after duly worshipping the staff fixed on the bare ground without an altar it shall be sprinkled with water. The staff shall have the length of ten palms of hands. After sprinkling the staff with water the excellent brahmin devotee shall put gingelly seeds over it. He shall water that spot with Pañcagavya.
The mode of gifting the mountain of gingelly seeds - Verse 4
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 30.4
मण्डलं कल्पयेद्विद्वान्पूर्ववत्सुसमन्ततः। नववस्त्रैश्च संस्थाप्य रम्यपुष्पैर्विकीर्य च।।
maṇḍalaṃ kalpayedvidvānpūrvavatsusamantataḥ| navavastraiśca saṃsthāpya ramyapuṣpairvikīrya ca||
Sanatkumara said: The learned devotee shall draw the mystic diagram as before all round. New cloth shall be spread over the ground and beautiful flowers shall be scattered. Bhāras of gingelly seeds shall be piled up there. If the pile of gingelly-seeds is higher than the staff by a Daṇḍa, it shall be glorified as the excellent one.
The mode of gifting the mountain of gingelly seeds - Verse 5
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 30.5
तस्मिन्संचयनं कार्यं तिलभारैर्विशेषतः। दण्डप्रादेशमुत्सेधमुत्तमं परिकीर्तितम।।
tasminsaṃcayanaṃ kāryaṃ tilabhārairviśeṣataḥ| daṇḍaprādeśamutsedhamuttamaṃ parikīrtitam||
Sanatkumara said: The learned devotee shall draw the mystic diagram as before all round. New cloth shall be spread over the ground and beautiful flowers shall be scattered. Bhāras of gingelly seeds shall be piled up there. If the pile of gingelly-seeds is higher than the staff by a Daṇḍa, it shall be glorified as the excellent one.
The mode of gifting the mountain of gingelly seeds - Verse 6
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 30.6
चतुरङ्गुलहीनं तु मध्यमं मुनिपुङ्गवाः। दण्डतुल्यं कनिष्ठं स्याद्दण्डहीनं न कारयेत।।
caturaṅgulahīnaṃ tu madhyamaṃ munipuṅgavāḥ| daṇḍatulyaṃ kaniṣṭhaṃ syāddaṇḍahīnaṃ na kārayet||
Sanatkumara said: O leading sages, if it is four aṅgulas shorter in height than before it is the middle one. If it is of the same height as the staff it is of mean order. No mound shall be made shorter in height than the staff.
The mode of gifting the mountain of gingelly seeds - Verse 7
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 30.7
वेष्टयित्वा नवैर्वस्त्रैः परितः पूजयेत्क्रमात। सद्यादीनि प्रविन्यस्य पूजयेद्विधिपूर्वकम।।
veṣṭayitvā navairvastraiḥ paritaḥ pūjayetkramāt| sadyādīni pravinyasya pūjayedvidhipūrvakam||
Sanatkumara said: It shall be wrapped with new cloth all round and duly worshipped. After fixing Sadya and others he shall worship them in accordance with the injunctions.
The mode of gifting the mountain of gingelly seeds - Verse 8
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 30.8
अष्टदिक्षु च कर्तव्याः पूर्वोक्ता मूर्तयः क्रमात। त्रिनिष्केन सुवर्णेन प्रत्येकं कारयेत्क्रमात।।
aṣṭadikṣu ca kartavyāḥ pūrvoktā mūrtayaḥ kramāt| triniṣkena suvarṇena pratyekaṃ kārayetkramāt||
Sanatkumara said: The deities mentioned before shall be duly installed in all the eight quarters. Each of the deities shall be duly made with three golden pieces.
The mode of gifting the mountain of gingelly seeds - Verse 9
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 30.9
दक्षिणा विधिना कार्या तुलाभारवदेव तु। होमश्चपूर्ववत्प्रोक्तो यथावन्मुनिसत्तमाः।।
dakṣiṇā vidhinā kāryā tulābhāravadeva tu| homaścapūrvavatprokto yathāvanmunisattamāḥ||
Sanatkumara said: The monetary gift shall be duly offered as in the case of the rite of Tulā Bhāra. O excellent sages, the Homa too shall be just as it has been mentioned before.
The mode of gifting the mountain of gingelly seeds - Verse 10
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 30.10
अर्चयेद्देवदेवेशं लोकपालसमावृतम। तिलपर्वतमध्यस्थं तिलपर्वतरूपिणम।।
arcayeddevadeveśaṃ lokapālasamāvṛtam| tilaparvatamadhyasthaṃ tilaparvatarūpiṇam||
Sanatkumara said: The worship of Śiva shall be performed by means of thousand Kalaśas. One shall have the vision of Umāpati, the lord of Devas seated in the middle of the mound of the gingelly seeds. The devotee shall worship the lord of the chiefs of Devas surrounded by the guardians of the quarters, seated in the middle of the mound of gingelly seeds. In fact, the lord shall be in the form of the mountain mound of gingelly seeds. After performing the rite of worship in accordance with the injunctions, the lord shall be ritualistically discharged. The devotee shall give away the mountain of gingelly seeds as a present unto a brahmin well-versed in the Śrutis but poor. Thus, the rite of gift of a mountain of gingelly seeds has been mentioned to you. It is the greatest of all rites of charitable gifts.
The mode of gifting the mountain of gingelly seeds - Verse 11
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 30.11
शिवार्चना च कर्तव्या सहस्रकलशादिभिः। दर्शयेत्तिलमध्यस्थं देवदेवमुमापतिम।।
śivārcanā ca kartavyā sahasrakalaśādibhiḥ| darśayettilamadhyasthaṃ devadevamumāpatim||
Sanatkumara said: The worship of Śiva shall be performed by means of thousand Kalaśas. One shall have the vision of Umāpati, the lord of Devas seated in the middle of the mound of the gingelly seeds. The devotee shall worship the lord of the chiefs of Devas surrounded by the guardians of the quarters, seated in the middle of the mound of gingelly seeds. In fact, the lord shall be in the form of the mountain mound of gingelly seeds. After performing the rite of worship in accordance with the injunctions, the lord shall be ritualistically discharged. The devotee shall give away the mountain of gingelly seeds as a present unto a brahmin well-versed in the Śrutis but poor. Thus, the rite of gift of a mountain of gingelly seeds has been mentioned to you. It is the greatest of all rites of charitable gifts.
The mode of gifting the mountain of gingelly seeds - Verse 12
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 30.12
पूजयित्वा विधानेन क्रमेण च विसर्जयेत। श्रोत्रियाय दरिद्राय दापयेत्तिलपर्वतम।।
pūjayitvā vidhānena krameṇa ca visarjayet| śrotriyāya daridrāya dāpayettilaparvatam||
Sanatkumara said: The worship of Śiva shall be performed by means of thousand Kalaśas. One shall have the vision of Umāpati, the lord of Devas seated in the middle of the mound of the gingelly seeds. The devotee shall worship the lord of the chiefs of Devas surrounded by the guardians of the quarters, seated in the middle of the mound of gingelly seeds. In fact, the lord shall be in the form of the mountain mound of gingelly seeds. After performing the rite of worship in accordance with the injunctions, the lord shall be ritualistically discharged. The devotee shall give away the mountain of gingelly seeds as a present unto a brahmin well-versed in the Śrutis but poor. Thus, the rite of gift of a mountain of gingelly seeds has been mentioned to you. It is the greatest of all rites of charitable gifts.
The mode of gifting the mountain of gingelly seeds - Verse 13
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · Chapter 2 · Verse 30.13
एवं तिलनगः प्रोक्तः सर्वस्मादधिकः परः।।
evaṃ tilanagaḥ proktaḥ sarvasmādadhikaḥ paraḥ||
Sanatkumara said: The worship of Śiva shall be performed by means of thousand Kalaśas. One shall have the vision of Umāpati, the lord of Devas seated in the middle of the mound of the gingelly seeds. The devotee shall worship the lord of the chiefs of Devas surrounded by the guardians of the quarters, seated in the middle of the mound of gingelly seeds. In fact, the lord shall be in the form of the mountain mound of gingelly seeds. After performing the rite of worship in accordance with the injunctions, the lord shall be ritualistically discharged. The devotee shall give away the mountain of gingelly seeds as a present unto a brahmin well-versed in the Śrutis but poor. Thus, the rite of gift of a mountain of gingelly seeds has been mentioned to you. It is the greatest of all rites of charitable gifts.