The Ris said, "0 Disciple of Vylsa, 0 ortunate one, you kindly speak out with xamples as to which types of flowers offered > Siva yield which type of fruits which are estowed by Siva?"

0 Brahmanas, a person who listens 10 thi

Hereafter 1 shall speak on the subject 0 dharapaja, listening to which, people face a the welfare.

For causing miseries to the cnemics, th dhara of oil should be poured over Siva an by doing so the job is done.

with fragrance, unbroken rice flowers, beside the incense, famp ete. by which full reward 0 the worship could be derived.

pleasures, then he should attentively adore th gods on Fridays. For pleasing the Brahmana he should serve sixteen types of dishes to th Brahmanas.

Health, wealth, removal of ailment; increase in life, achieving of the pleasure and destruction of death are the fruits of thes week days respectively.

causes death for the enemies, while oleande flowers drive away all the ailments. apron a dw

Prajapati, besides the black gram should b given to the prist as daksind, for tw ceremonies. Or daksind according 10 one' capacity should be given to the priest.

there is an increase in the pleasures. With th pouring of the dhard of mustered oil, th enemy is surely destroyed.

according to the ancient people with wisdom

Sota said, "O Saunaka and other sages, you lease listen to me quite respectfully. 1 am ovingly going to reveal the method of the fering of the flowers.

flowers, the devotee gets ornaments, jasmin flowers would yield good horses or vehicles the linseed flowers, shall attain the favour 0 Visnu.

Brahmanas, one should give away th beautiful costumes. To safeguard agains th untimely death, one should adore Rudra an other gods on Saturdays.

'Brakmayajiia in order to please the gods dail The study of the Vedas is also called th Brahmayajia.

A thousand lotus petals, meke half prastha, sixteen palas make a prastha, whil ten tarikas make a pala

'Sota said, "The material which is offered i

worship of Siva, for a crore of times i recommended.

The enemies are destroyed by adoring Siv: with mustard sceds. Twenty palas of mustar seeds count for a lac of them.

Brahmapes. The entire process the constitutes the completion of Laksapija i detail with the requisite mantras

pleasing the gods, which include mantras Jjapam, homa, charities and tapas.

By adoring Siva, with the pouring of th dhara of honey, the danger from Yaksa i warded off. By pouring the dhara o sugarcane juice, one gets all types of bliss.

O Brahmanas, the fire in which the homa is cerformed with Samidhas (pieces of wood) is he oma which should be performed from the ge of boyhood till the marriage. This is the uty with a Brahmacari,

By offering Sami leaves, to Siva, th devotee achieves the devotion as well a salvation. The jasmine flowers, when offere ( Siva, would yield a beautiful women to ta devotee.

destroyed. Decorating Siva with arahare pulses, (citisus cajam), his adoration should b done.

Japam from Purusasakta, Sadanga-Rudri 0 Mahamytyuijaya mantras.

'The mantras are required to be repeated | hundred and cight times. Thereafter a lack 0 sesame sceds are required to be offered 1 Siva, and by doing so, all the sins ar destroyed.

pedestals, offering oblations in fire, and th sixteen types of adorations performed in th fire or to the Brahmanas are other means 'worship.

Sra wi go 0 The divine sage Narada, had (in carlier mes) asked Brahma about the same, who had ovingly explained the method of offering lowers to Siva."

At the beginning of creation, the universs knower and kindful Lord Siva, for the welfar of all the worlds, conceived of the valorou warriors.

Arg avn wh gn O Sages, the one who is desirous o achieving 8 kingdom, he should try to pleas: Siva by adoring a crore of Parhiva-ligas.

Brahmanas, those who have consecrated he fire in their own soul for such forest welling ascetics, are treated to perform the oma, when they take a little of food. They hould be appropriately protected with evotion performing homa in the fire. This is alled Agnihotra or homa for them.

By pouring the dhard of the water of th Ganga, one a salvation. One. ge success in the process of reciting th

By offering the splendid (a kind 0 jasmine)! flowers, the shortage of the cerca! never accurs in the house of a devotee by offering the white rose to Siva, he will secur plenty of garments,

should adore a crore Parthiva-lingas of $i who is benevolent to all. Those who ar desirous of having an audience with Siva should adore half the above number.

Using the flowers of Nirgundi (med plant), the mind of the devotee gets purified i the world. By offering 2 lac of leaves of th wood-apple tree, all the desires of a devotes are fulfilled.

First of all he created Sunday, which wa the physician for the ailments of the world was omniscient and was Osadhi for all th osadhis.

Brahma said, "By offering the lotus, wood- pple leave, Satapatra (variety of big lotus lower) and Sankha-puspi, bestow riches 10 the levotees. A person desirous of wealth should ffer these flowers to Siva. BE]

For the fulfilment of the other desires, th Mrtyuijaya mantra_should be recited. B performing japam of this mantra five lacs 0 time, Siva appears before the devotee.

A cow and a bull should be given in char for the sake of lord Siva. The adoration o

ten thousand times end at the end, clever Brahmanas should be served with food.

reditation, they should be adequately rotected. The fire should be preserved in a unda or vase appropriately.

10 the Brahmana devotee of Siva and by doin the excellent way of offerin

0 Sage, I have spoken to you whatever ha been asked by you. This process shall make al the efforts successful

Because of the fear of the god or the king, he one who preserves the fire in his own self rin arani (wooden drill), it is called amaropana.

prastha and half of a thousand wood-appl leaves also make half a prastha.

'The flowers of the weeping nyctanthou 1. Jasminum Auriculatur,

In case a person recites the said mantra 4 lac of times and begins a second instalment he would be born in a higher caste. By reciting

progeny dhara-worship has been prescribed t be the best. Making use of the exceller

O Sages, I have explained to you the doration of Siva, done by means of cereals. low listen to the calculation of a lac in the ase of flowers.

bove, Siva should be bathed with the dhara f ghee, which results in the development of he race. There is no doubt about it.

O Brahmapas, the offerings made in the re during evening time are called ampatkari. The offering made 10 the sun in he morning is called dyuskar.

ith Parvatt and Karttikeya, the type of eward which is achieved by a devotee, is cing spoken by me, whatever had been heard y me.

onsideration the material for adoration, the levotee, his faith, his intentions and make him ealthy besides bestowing other rewards

leasures in this world with sons and randsons, and after his death he achieves ivaloka, which bestows all the comforts. can

vorshipped at the start of an auspicious ccasion, al the end of ii, and for seeking velfare for the household, the constellation of he birth, should be worshipped.

Except the campaka and ketaka flowers, here ds no other flower which is not liked by iva, therefore these two types of flowers hould rot be offered to Siva.

According to this calculation, flowers fo adoretion should be weighed. In cese th adoration is thus performed, it would besioy all the desires. Tn case a devotees worship without any desire, he is sure to become lik Siva himself.

'The merging of the sun (rays) into the fir is called Agni-yajiia. The one who perform homa for the sake of Tndra and others, (it | called Deva-yajiia) Sthalikpaka and the rest o adoration is the worldly type of adoration an 15 established in the fire.

On Tuesday, one should adore goddess all for the removal of ailments. The drahmanas should be served food with an dhaka (a measure) of cooked rice, black ram and green gram.

In case Siva is adored with a lac of wheat rains, then there is an increase in the progeny f devotee. Half a drona has a lac of wheat rains. Rest of the process should be carried ut appropriately.

hort of wisdom, the milk mixed with sugar hould be poured over lord Siva.

He enjoys sports with the relatives of Siva, Il the time of the dissolution. Thereafter he is deemed by achieving the perfect knowledge.

osition should worship with half the foresaid number. A person desirous of his lease from the prison, should adore & undred thousand /ingas of Siva.

Rsis said, "0 Sota, you kindly narrate to u the performing of Agni-yajiia, Deva-yajiia 'Brahma-yajiia, Guru-paja and Brahma-trpti."

ssmine flowers. The same is the number of 1 yuthika or jaht flowers. The flowers of wstard seed count half ts number. BC a]

dore Siva with the dirvd grass. The person esirous of a son, should adore Siva with hattora flowers.

ypes of the desired fruits. The adoration in he Brahmanas should be performed reciting he mantras, while in the house of Sudras and the other varaas, the method prescribed in he taniras should be followed.

Thereafter Brahma, the creator of the niverse who is called Paramesth as well, reated these weak days on earth

'The unbroken flowers and rice should b offered to Sivalinga. Application of the sanda paste, abhiseka of Siva should be perform with the drop of water.

onsidered to be the best and is said to yield 16 best results. The offering of the flower of gastya twee (acschynomena grandi flora) to va by a person, it would bestow great fame or him,

ffering the curd and cooked rice and by loing so the sons, friends, wife and other clatives remain happy and healthy.

By so doing, the concemed person chicves wisdom comparable to Brhaspati the adoration with dhara of milk should be ontinued till the recitation of the ten thousand nantras is over.

According to their means, for the purpose f achieving the auspicious reward, all the hiefs of the week days should be adored by he people.

In case Siva is adored with the green gram rains, he bestows all types of comforts over he devotee,

ore, haf of the aforesaid number of Siva- gas (ic. fifty thousand). The one who is esirous of a girl child, he should adore venty five thousands of lingas with twenty ve thousand flowers.

'The lotus flower and leaves of wood-appis should be offered to the Parthiva-linga.

'There should be six prasthas of unbroken ce, or two palas in weight or one lac in ounting.

It is not to be performed from morning ti the evening or from evening t the night (or | could be performed during evenings alone The Deva-yajia is performed without fire, an you listen to its method with faith an devotion

In case, without any cause, there develops ny crack or lactation in the body, or onc levelops love in proper or improper person, of here is an increase of love and misery nywhere.

nes. The people with wisdom describe the ame number for Nirguadi flowers.

Seven prasthas or two palas, 10 seven and half palas of green gram make a hundred housand in number. This has been ordained the ancient Brahmanas. Then eleven

owers too have the same mode of alculation. Ten prasthas of bandhujiva owers constitute a hundred thousand.

Or the dispute arises in the house, or the niseries overpower the house, all of them

Siva should be adored prominently. hereafter a beautiful cloth should be offered

mphasis for the offering of the flowers of arhkha-puspi to Siva and by doing so all the resents as well as the future desires of a erson are fulfilled.

Afier the offering of the flowers, incense, wp, naivedya, argha, arati, pradaksing, alutation, begging of forgiveness should be rayed for and thereafter there should be the eremonial send off. At the end, other evotees should be served with food.

'Then he created Monday- the day for the 0000, which bestowed all the riches and was re form of his illusion. Thereafter Tuesday vas created, which was painful at the birth of 0 son. SRG art HE:

estroyed all the sins and laziness. Then with he desire of the welfare of the people, thursday was created which was also the ause of is protection.

rotection Friday was created. Then Saturday vas created for the bestowing of the long life.

hould adore Siva with twelve thousand and ve hundred lows flowers. The person esirous of god speech, should worship Siva ith ghee.

First of all Brahma, for the sake of the xpansion of the three worlds, created Indra nd Yama, who gave rise to the merits and the ins respectively.

For the destruction of the enemies, a equal number of flowers should be offered t Siva. For the destruction of the enemies fo one lac times, Siva should be adored and fo enchantment, the number should be reduced t the half.

In this way the week days like Sunday and thers came in use according to their own ames, which were indicative of the pleasure nd pains of the people of the world, besides cing the cause of facing the pleasure and pain nd destruction of death

For earning fame, the same number ha been prescribed. For obtaining a vehicle 4 thousand Parthivas should be adored. / person desirous of salvation should adore fiv crores of Parthivas with devotion.

'The result of the week days for their lord is that they please their lords always. Lor

By performing the japam, five lacs of mes, onc undoubtedly gets the full reward. In ase the said mantra is recited ten lacs of mes, one receives further auspicious reward.

dore Siva with kusa grass. O Sages, in clation 10 the worship of Siva, the number verywhere is one lac.

performed by a person, is the best an removes eye ailment, headache, besides th leprosy.

The one, who, after worshipping the sun, erves food 10 a Brahmapa for a month and a lay, or for three years (he achieves all the nerits). In case the luck is favourable, then the ilments, or untimely old age would vanish.

ilvation could be achieved by a person, by ffering Tulasi leaves (Holy basil) to Siva. nmense prowess could be achieved by ffering of the of madara (calotrapis igantea), kubjaka and kalhara flowers.

One should pacify the sun on the Sunday, or the pleasure of the gods should also offer he appropriate wealth. The Sunday bestows pecial merits to the devotees.

'The goddess LaksmT should be particularly dored on Monday for the achieving of the vealth, The sweets fried in ghee should be pecifically served to the Brahmanas as food, y the devotee with his wife.

On Saturdays, one should serve the foo with sesame, besides performing homa, an charities of the same. By thus adoring th gods, one gets the rewards like attaining goo health.

iva, surely brings death to the enemies, By ffering a lac of mustered flowers to Siva, vould yield enormous reward.

By adoring the gods daily as well as o special occasions. one should resort 10 takin both, recitation, performing of charities Japam, homa and serving food to th Brahmanas. fa TE

Hereafter, 1 am going to speak out the eward of offering the grains and pulses in the doration of Siva, which should be listened by ou with devorion.

By offering rice to Siva, the riches of a evotee are increased, but they should be ffered to Siva with utmost devotion.

With the combination of the day as well a Jagadisvara only (Siva) serves as the lord 0 all the days and bestows the rewerds lik

A lac of sesame seeds are eleven palas (0 forty four tolas). A person who is desirous his own welfare, should adore Siva, as ha been done earlier

The poor person should perform the tapas. he rich person should adore the gods with

0 Parvati, similarly the adoration of $iva vith a lac of barley has been prescribed. Eight nd a half prasthas and two palas of barley rains constitute a hundred thousand in umber, according to the ancient calculation. he sages ordain that the worship of $iva with he greins of barley, increases the divine leasures.

eward of their adoration should feed the 3rahmanas to please Prajapati. Lord Siva is

By adoring Siva, the supreme soul, wit the Privangu flowers (Panicum-lialicum) there is an increase in dharma, artha an kima. This type of adoration is alway pleasant.

him with the colour of the arhara leaves. Thi type of adoration bestows all types of reward besides the pleasures.

A prastha of samkhapuspt flowers, make a c. according to Vyasa, who is well aware of

lac, while an equal number of sesamum lowers measure a litle less then a prastha.

"Thus taking into consideration the different casures, Siva should be adored for the

then the stream of water should be poure over Siva,

'When a person in high fever starts utterin useless words. In order to pacify such person, water should be poured over Siv reciting the Satarudriya or Ekadasa-Rudr mantra. By doing so the patient is sure 10 ge relief.

Besides these mantras, the Gayatri mane on-namah-Sivaya or Pauranika mantra should be recited while pouring water over th Sivalinga.

waniras spoken by me. Ultimately twelve drahmanas connected with Prajapat, should e served with food.