The mode of worship of Śiva (Continued) - Verse 13
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 2 · Verse 24.13
Sanskrit Original
शान्त्यतीतादिनिवृत्तिपर्यन्तानां चान्तर्नादबिन्द्वकारोकारमकारान्तं शिवं सदाशिवं रुद्रविष्णुब्रह्मान्तं सृष्टिमेणामृतीकरणं ब्रह्मन्यासं कृत्वा पञ्चवक्त्रेषु पञ्चदशनयनं विन्यस्य मूलेन पादादिकेशान्तं महामुद्रामपि बद्ध्वा शिवोहमिति ध्यात्वा शक्त्यादीनि विन्यस्यहृदि शक्त्याबीजाङ्कुरानन्तरात्ससुषिरसूत्रकण्टकपत्रकेसरधर्मज्ञानवैराग्यैश्वर्यसूर्यसोमाग्निवामाज्येष्ठारौद्रीकालीकलविकरणीबलविकरणीबल प्रथमनीसर्वभूतदमनीः केसरेषु कर्णिकायां मनोन्मनीमपि ध्यात्वा।।
śāntyatītādinivṛttiparyantānāṃ cāntarnādabindvakārokāramakārāntaṃ śivaṃ sadāśivaṃ rudraviṣṇubrahmāntaṃ sṛṣṭimeṇāmṛtīkaraṇaṃ brahmanyāsaṃ kṛtvā pañcavaktreṣu pañcadaśanayanaṃ vinyasya mūlena pādādikeśāntaṃ mahāmudrāmapi baddhvā śivohamiti dhyātvā śaktyādīni vinyasyahṛdi śaktyābījāṅkurānantarātsasuṣirasūtrakaṇṭakapatrakesaradharmajñānavairāgyaiśvaryasūryasomāgnivāmājyeṣṭhāraudrīkālīkalavikaraṇībalavikaraṇībala prathamanīsarvabhūtadamanīḥ kesareṣu karṇikāyāṃ manonmanīmapi dhyātvā||
Śailādi said: Within the Kalās beginning with Śāntyatīta and ending with Nivṛtti, the Nāda, Bindu, the syllables A, U, and M, Śiva, Sadāśiva and three Mūrtis Rudra, Viṣṇu and Brahmā shall be meditated upon in the order of the creation, etc. This rite is called Brahmanyāsa (fixation of the Brahman.) which consists of Amṛtīkaṛana (transforming into nectar or eternal bliss) in order of creation. Then after fixing the five faces with the fifteen eyes and repeating the Mūla[13] mantra, the form of the deity beginning with the feet and ending with the tresses shall be meditated upon and the Mahāmudrā (great gesticulation) shall be shown. The devotee then contemplates—“I am Śiva.” Śaktis and others shall be fixed in the heart. Along with the Śaktis the following shall be meditated upon viz.—the Bīja (seeds), sprouts, lotus with the stalk containing pores, thorns, leaves, filaments, virtue, knowledge, detachment, prosperity, sun, moon and fire; the Śaktis, viz.—Vāmā, Jyeṣṭhā, Raudrī, Kālī, Kālavikaraṇī, Balapramathanī and Sarvabhūtadamanī shall be meditated upon in the filaments and Manonmanī in the pericarp.