The mode of worship of Śiva (Continued) - Verse 2
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 2 · Verse 24.2
Sanskrit Original
अथोभौ चन्दनचर्चितौ हस्तौ वौषडन्तेनाद्यञ्जलिं कृत्वा मूर्तिविद्याशिवादीनि जप्त्वा अङ्गुष्ठादिकनिष्ठिकान्त ईशानाद्यं कनिष्ठिकादिमध्यमान्तं हृदयादितृतीयान्तं तुरीयमङ्गुष्ठेनानामिकया पञ्चमं तलद्वयेन षष्ठं तर्जन्यङ्गुष्ठाभ्यां नाराचस्त्रप्रयोगेण पुनरपि मूलं जप्त्वा तुरीयेनावगुण्ठ्य शिवहस्तमित्युच्यते।।
athobhau candanacarcitau hastau vauṣaḍantenādyañjaliṃ kṛtvā mūrtividyāśivādīni japtvā aṅguṣṭhādikaniṣṭhikānta īśānādyaṃ kaniṣṭhikādimadhyamāntaṃ hṛdayāditṛtīyāntaṃ turīyamaṅguṣṭhenānāmikayā pañcamaṃ taladvayena ṣaṣṭhaṃ tarjanyaṅguṣṭhābhyāṃ nārācastraprayogeṇa punarapi mūlaṃ japtvā turīyenāvaguṇṭhya śivahastamityucyate||
Śailādi said: Both the hands shall be smeared with sandal paste. The devotee shall perform the rite of offering handful of flowers by the mantra ending with Vauṣaṭ. He shall repeat the japa of the mantras of Mūrtividyā and Śiva. In the fingers beginning with the thumb and ending with the little finger. Īśāna and other deities shall be installed; by the fingers beginning with the little finger and ending with the middle finger, Hṛdaya[1] etc. shall be installed. The fourth[2] one shall be fixed by means of the thumb and the fifth one by means of the ring finger. The sixth one shall be installed by both the palms. The rite of [Nārācastra?] Nārācāstra Prayoga (hurling of the missile, dart) by means of the index finger and thumb shall be performed. He shall again perform the japa of the Mūla[3] mantra and everything shall be veiled by repeating the fourth Bīja-mantra. This is called Śivahasta (Śiva’s hand).