The Manner of Worshipping Shiva

Verse 1 (garuda.1.22.1)

।।सूत उवाच । शिवार्चनं प्रवक्ष्यामि भक्तिमुक्तिकरं परम् । शान्तं सर्वगतं शून्यं मात्राद्वादशके स्थितम्

sūta uvāca śivārcanaṁ pravakṣyāmi bhaktimuktikaraṁ param śāntaṁ sarvagataṁ śūnyaṁ mātrādvādaśake sthitam

Suta said: I shall declare the worship of Shiva, which is supreme, bestowing devotion and liberation — tranquil, all-pervading, of the nature of emptiness, abiding within twelve mora-units.

Verse 2 (garuda.1.22.2)

पञ्च वक्त्राणि ह्रस्वानि दीर्घाण्यंगानि बिन्दुना । सविसर्गं वदेदस्त्रं शिव ऊर्घ्वं तथा पुनः

pañca vaktrāṇi hrasvāni dīrghāṇyaṁgāni bindunā savisargaṁ vadedastraṁ śiva ūrghvaṁ tathā punaḥ

The five face-mantras take short vowels; the limb-mantras take long vowels together with the bindu. The weapon-mantra should be spoken with visarga, and the Shiva-mantra again with a raised, long vowel.

Verse 3 (garuda.1.22.3)

षष्ठेनाधो महामन्त्रो हौमित्येवाखिलार्थदः । हस्ताभ्यां संस्पृशेत्पादावूर्ध्वं पादान्तमस्तकम्

ṣaṣṭhenādho mahāmantro haumityevākhilārthadaḥ hastābhyāṁ saṁspṛśetpādāvūrdhvaṁ pādāntamastakam

With the sixth vowel, directed downward, "hauṁ" is the great mantra granting every desired end. With both hands one should touch the feet, and then upward, from the feet to the crown.

Verse 4 (garuda.1.22.4)

महामुद्रा हि सर्वेषां करांगन्यासमाचरेत् । तालहस्तेन पृष्ठं च अस्त्रमन्त्रेण शोधयेत्

mahāmudrā hi sarveṣāṁ karāṁganyāsamācaret tālahastena pṛṣṭhaṁ ca astramantreṇa śodhayet

This is the great mudra, by which the placement upon the hands and limbs of all should be performed. With the flat of the hand, one should purify the back, and with the weapon-mantra, purify further.

Verse 5 (garuda.1.22.5)

कनिष्ठामादितः कृत्वा तर्जन्यंगानि विन्यसेत् । पूजनं संप्रवक्ष्यामि कर्णिकायां हृदम्बुजे

kaniṣṭhāmāditaḥ kṛtvā tarjanyaṁgāni vinyaset pūjanaṁ saṁpravakṣyāmi karṇikāyāṁ hṛdambuje

Beginning with the little finger up to the index finger, one should perform the limb-placement. Now I shall declare the mode of worship in the pericarp of the heart-lotus.

Verse 6 (garuda.1.22.6)

धर्मं ज्ञानं च वैराग्यमैश्वर्य्यादि हृदार्चयेत् । आवाहनं स्थापनं च पाद्यमर्घ्यं हृदार्पयेत्

dharmaṁ jñānaṁ ca vairāgyamaiśvaryyādi hṛdārcayet āvāhanaṁ sthāpanaṁ ca pādyamarghyaṁ hṛdārpayet

One should worship Dharma, Knowledge, Dispassion, Lordship, and the rest, in the heart. Invocation, establishment, water for the feet, and arghya should be offered with the heart-mantra.

Verse 7 (garuda.1.22.7)

आचामं स्नपनं पूजामेकाधारणतुल्यकाम् ? । अग्निकार्य्यविधिं वक्ष्ये अस्त्रेणोल्लेखनं चरेत्

ācāmaṁ snapanaṁ pūjāmekādhāraṇatulyakām ? agnikāryyavidhiṁ vakṣye astreṇollekhanaṁ caret

Sipping-water, bathing, and worship, uniformly upon a single foundation. Now I shall declare the rite of the fire-offering — one should trace out the fire-pit with the weapon-mantra.

Verse 8 (garuda.1.22.8)

वर्म्मणाभ्युक्षणं कार्य्यं शक्तिन्यासं हृदा चरेत् । हृदि वा शक्तिगर्त्ते च प्रक्षिपेज्जातवेदसम्

varmmaṇābhyukṣaṇaṁ kāryyaṁ śaktinyāsaṁ hṛdā caret hṛdi vā śaktigartte ca prakṣipejjātavedasam

With the armor-mantra, sprinkling should be performed, and with the heart-mantra one should place the power. In the heart, or in the pit of power, one should cast the fire.

Verse 9 (garuda.1.22.9)

गर्भाधानादिकं कृत्वा निष्कृतिं चास्य पश्चिमाम् । हृदा कृत्वा सर्वकर्म्म शिवं सांगं तु होमयेत्

garbhādhānādikaṁ kṛtvā niṣkṛtiṁ cāsya paścimām hṛdā kṛtvā sarvakarmma śivaṁ sāṁgaṁ tu homayet

Having performed the impregnation-rite and the rest, one should finally perform its expiation. Having done all rites with the heart-mantra, one should offer oblation to Shiva together with his limbs.

Verse 10 (garuda.1.22.10)

पूजयेन्मण्डले शम्भुं पद्मगर्भे गवांकितम् । चतुः षष्ट्यन्तमष्टादि स्वाक्षि खाद्यादिमण्डलम्

pūjayenmaṇḍale śambhuṁ padmagarbhe gavāṁkitam catuḥ ṣaṣṭyantamaṣṭādi svākṣi khādyādimaṇḍalam

One should worship Shambhu in the mandala, within the lotus-heart, marked with the sign of the cow. Extending up to sixty-four, beginning with eight, with its own reckoning — such is the mandala.

Verse 11 (garuda.1.22.11)

खाक्षीन्द्रसूर्य्यगं सर्वखादिवेदेन्दु (देवेन्दु) वर्त्तनम् । आग्नेय्यां कारयेत्कुण्डमर्द्धचन्द्रनिभं शुभम्

khākṣīndrasūryyagaṁ sarvakhādivedendu (devendu) varttanam āgneyyāṁ kārayetkuṇḍamarddhacandranibhaṁ śubham

This reckoning rests in the numbers of sky, eyes, Indra, and sun, varying according to sky, Veda, and moon. In the south-east, one should fashion an auspicious pit shaped like a half-moon.

Verse 12 (garuda.1.22.12)

अग्निशास्त्र परायुस्थो त्दृदयादिगणोच्यते । अस्त्रं दिशा सुपद्मस्य कर्णिकायां सदाशिवः

agniśāstra parāyustho tdṛdayādigaṇocyate astraṁ diśā supadmasya karṇikāyāṁ sadāśivaḥ

In the fire-treatise, the group of heart-mantras and the rest, abiding in the supreme span, is declared. In the direction of the beautiful lotus, place the weapon; and in the pericarp, Sadashiva.

Verse 13 (garuda.1.22.13)

दीक्षां वक्ष्ये पञ्चतत्त्वे स्थितां भूम्यादिकां परे । निवृत्तिर्भूप्रतिष्ठाद्यैर्विद्याग्निः शान्तिवन्निजः

dīkṣāṁ vakṣye pañcatattve sthitāṁ bhūmyādikāṁ pare nivṛttirbhūpratiṣṭhādyairvidyāgniḥ śāntivannijaḥ

Now I shall declare that initiation, which abides in the five elements, from earth up to the supreme. Nivritti, together with the foundation of earth and the rest, is the fire of knowledge, its own kind of peace.

Verse 14 (garuda.1.22.14)

शान्त्यतीतं भवेद्धोम तत्परं शान्तमव्ययम् । एकैकस्य शतं होमित्येवं पंच होमयेत्

śāntyatītaṁ bhaveddhoma tatparaṁ śāntamavyayam ekaikasya śataṁ homityevaṁ paṁca homayet

That oblation is beyond even peace itself, being supreme, tranquil, and imperishable. One should offer a hundred oblations for each element; in this way, one should perform the fire-offering for all five.

Verse 15 (garuda.1.22.15)

पश्चात्पूर्णाहुतिं दत्त्वा प्रा(प्र)सादेन शिवं स्मरेत् । प्रायश्चित्तविशुद्ध्यर्थमेकैकाष्टाहुतिं क्रमात्

paścātpūrṇāhutiṁ dattvā prā(pra)sādena śivaṁ smaret prāyaścittaviśuddhyarthamekaikāṣṭāhutiṁ kramāt

Then, having offered the final, complete oblation, one should call Shiva to mind with a mind full of grace. For purification through expiation, one should offer eight oblations each, in due order.

Verse 16 (garuda.1.22.16)

होमयेदस्त्रबीजेन एवं दीक्षां समाप्येत् । यजनव्यतिरेकेण गोप्यं संस्कारमुत्तमम्

homayedastrabījena evaṁ dīkṣāṁ samāpyet yajanavyatirekeṇa gopyaṁ saṁskāramuttamam

Offering oblation with the weapon-seed, one thus completes the initiation. Apart from the act of worship, this excellent rite of consecration is to be kept secret.

Verse 17 (garuda.1.22.17)

एवं संस्कारशुद्धस्य शिवत्वं जायते ध्रुवम्

evaṁ saṁskāraśuddhasya śivatvaṁ jāyate dhruvam

Thus, for one purified by this rite of consecration, the very state of Shiva is certainly attained.