The holy rites of fire pertaining to Śiva - Verse 73
Linga Purana (GRETIL / Wisdomlib) · 2 · Verse 25.73
Sanskrit Original
अरणीजनितं कान्तोद्भवंवा अग्निहोत्रजंवा ताम्रपात्रेशरावेवा आनीय निरीक्षणताडनाभ्युक्षणप्रक्षालनमाद्येनक्रव्यादाशिवपरित्यागोपि प्रथमेन वह्नेस्त्रैकारणं जठरभ्रूमद्यादावाह्यग्निं वैकारणमूर्तावाग्नेयेन उद्दीपनमाद्येन पुरषेण संहितया धारणा धेनुमुद्रां तुरीयेणावगुण्ठ्य जानुभ्यामवनिं गत्वा शरावोत्थापनं कुण्डोपरि निधाय प्रदक्षिणमावर्त्य तुरीयेणात्मसम्मुखां वागीश्वरीं गर्भनाड्यां गर्भाधानान्तरीयेण कमलप्रदानमाद्येन वौषडन्तेन कुशार्घ्यं दत्त्वा इन्धनप्रदानमाद्येन प्रज्वालनं गर्भाधानं चसद्येनाद्येन पूजनं वामेन पूजनं द्वितीयेन सीमन्तोन्नयनमघोरेणतृतीयेन पूजनम।।
araṇījanitaṃ kāntodbhavaṃvā agnihotrajaṃvā tāmrapātreśarāvevā ānīya nirīkṣaṇatāḍanābhyukṣaṇaprakṣālanamādyenakravyādāśivaparityāgopi prathamena vahnestraikāraṇaṃ jaṭharabhrūmadyādāvāhyagniṃ vaikāraṇamūrtāvāgneyena uddīpanamādyena puraṣeṇa saṃhitayā dhāraṇā dhenumudrāṃ turīyeṇāvaguṇṭhya jānubhyāmavaniṃ gatvā śarāvotthāpanaṃ kuṇḍopari nidhāya pradakṣiṇamāvartya turīyeṇātmasammukhāṃ vāgīśvarīṃ garbhanāḍyāṃ garbhādhānāntarīyeṇa kamalapradānamādyena vauṣaḍantena kuśārghyaṃ dattvā indhanapradānamādyena prajvālanaṃ garbhādhānaṃ casadyenādyena pūjanaṃ vāmena pūjanaṃ dvitīyena sīmantonnayanamaghoreṇatṛtīyena pūjanam||
Śailādi said: The fire originating from wood or magnet or Agnihotra shall be brought in a copper vessel or in a mud platter. The rite of viewing, beating, sprinkling and washing shall be performed by the first Bīja mantra. The rite of scaring demons and avoidance of inauspicious things shall be performed by the first Bīja mantra. The fire shall be divided into three parts. The firegod is invoked from the stomach and the middle of the eyebrows. The rite of kindling in the liṅga, the cause of the universe, shall be performed by the first Bīja mantra pertaining to the fire. The rites of Dhāraṇā and Dhenumudrā shall be performed by the Puruṣa mantra and Saṃhitā mantras. The vessel shall be covered by the fourth Bīja mantra. The devotee shall kneel on the ground and lift up the platter and place it on the sacrificial pit. It is then whirled around the ñre by the fourth Bīja mantra. He shall meditate on Vāgīśvarī face to face with himself. The rite of impregnation is performed in the vessel of the womb. The rite of offering the lotus is performed by the ñrst Bīja mantra ending with Vauṣaṭ. He shall offer Arghya by means of the Kuśa grass. The rite of feeding the fuel by the first Bīja mantra shall be performed; the rite of kindling and impregnation by Sadya mantra; the rite of worship by the first Bīja mantra; the rite of Puṃsavana by the Vāma mantra; the rite of worship by the second Bīja mantra; the rite of sīmantonnayana by the Aghora mantra and the rite of worship by the third Bīja mantra.