The mode of Initiation (dīkṣā-vidhi) - Verse 63
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 2 · Verse 21.63
Sanskrit Original
आद्येन संपुटीकृत्य प्रधानं ग्रहणं स्मृतम। प्रधानं प्रथमेनैव संपुटीकृत्य पूर्ववत।।
ādyena saṃpuṭīkṛtya pradhānaṃ grahaṇaṃ smṛtam| pradhānaṃ prathamenaiva saṃpuṭīkṛtya pūrvavat||
Sūta said: After stabilising the Ātman, the individual soul, the following rites shall be performed in accordance with the injunctions—Tāḍana [Tāḍanam], Dvāradarśana [Dvāradarśanam], Dīpana [Dīpanam], Grahaṇa [Grahaṇam], Bandhana [Bandhanam] along with the worship and Amṛtīkaraṇa. The sixth one shall be along with Sadya and accompanied by the third (i.e. Dīpana [Dīpanam]). The Saṃhṛti Prakāra (i.e. the order of destruction) shall be in the order of the five elements and ending with the sixth. With Sadya at the beginning and accompanied by the sixth (Bīja?), ending with Śikhā along with “phaṭ”—this rite is called Tāḍana [Tāḍanam].