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other Devas! do you quietly take this offering, and do you stay surrounding Mahadeva and Girija (50-51).
Then japa should be made of the Mantra of the Great Devi as often as one may, and then with excellent songs
and instrumental music let the festival be celebrated (52).
Having completed the Adhivasa in manner above, the following day after performance of the compulsory
daily duties, and having taken the vow, the Five Devas should be worshipped (53).
After worshipping the Matris and making the Vasudhara, and performing Vriddhi-Shraddha, the
Door-keepers of Mahesha should, in a calm and devout frame of mind, be worshipped (54).
The Door-keepers of Shiva are-- Nandi, Maha-bala, Kishavadana, and Gana-nayaka; they are all armed
with missiles and other weapons (55).
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Bringing the Linga and Tarini, as represented by the Gauri-patta, they should be placed on a Sarvato-bhadra
Mandala, or on an auspicious seat (56).
Shambhu should then be bathed with eight jars of water with the Mantra "Tryambaka," etc., and worshipped
with the sixteen articles of worship (57).
After bathing the Devi in a similar way with the Mula Mantra, and worshipping Her, the good worshipper
should pray to Shangkara with joined palms (58).
Mantra
Come, O Bhagavan! O Shambhu! O Thou before Whom all Devas bow! I bow to Thee, Who art armed with
the Pinaka, Thee the Lord of all, O Great Deva (59).
O Deva! Thou Who conferrest benefits on Thy votaries! do Thou in Thy mercy come to this temple with
Bhagavati: I bow to Thee again and again (60).
O Mother! O Devi! O Mahamaya! O All-beneficent One! be Thou along with Shambhu pleased: I bow to
Thee, O Beloved of Hara (61).
Come to this house, O Devi! Thou Who grantest all boons, be Thou pleased, and do Thou grant me all
prosperity (62).
Rise, O Queen of Devas! and Each with Thy followers abide happy in this place; may Both of You be
pleased, You Who are kind to your devotees (63).
Having thus prayed to Shiva and the Devi, They should first be carried three times round the Temple, keeping
the latter on the right to the accompaniment of joyful sounds, and then taken inside (64).
Repeating the Mula Mantra, one-third of the Linga should be set in a hollow made in a piece of stone or in a
masonry hole (65). (With the following Mantra):
Mantra
O Mahadeva! do Thou remain here so long as the Moon and the Sun endure, so long as the Earth and the
Oceans endure: I bow to Thee (66).
Having firmly fixed Sadashiva with this Mantra, the Gauri-patta, with its tapering end to the North, should
be placed on the Linga, that it may be entered by the latter (67).
Mantra
Be still, O Jagad-dhatri! Thou That art the Cause of creation, existence, and destruction of things; abide Thou
here so long as the Sun and the Moon endure (68).
Having firmly fixed it, the Linga should be touched and the following (Mantra) should be repeated (69):
Mantra
I invoke that Deva Who has three eyes, the Decayless, Ishana, around whose lion-seat are tigers, Bhutas,
Pishachas, Gandharvas, Siddhas, Charanas, Yakshas, Nagas, Vetalas, Loka-palas, Maharshis, Matris,
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Gana-nathas, Vishnu Brahma, and Vrihaspati, and all beings which live on earth or in the air; come, O
Bhagavan! to this Yantra, which is the handiwork of Brahma, for the prosperity, happiness, and Heaven of all
(70-72).
Beloved! Shiva should then be bathed according to the injunctions relating to the consecration of a Deva, and,
having been meditated upon as before-mentioned, should be worshipped with mental offerings (73).
After placing a special arghya,' and having worshipped the Gana-devatas, and meditated upon Mabesha
again, flowers should be placed on the Linga (74).
Repeating the Shakti Vija between Pasha and Angkusha, and the letters from Ya to Sa with the nasal point,
and then " Haung Hangsa," the life of Sadashiva should be infused into the Linga (75).
Then, smearing the Husband of the Daughter of the Mountain with sandal, aguru, and saffron, He should be
worshipped with the sixteen articles of worship according to the injunctions laid down after performing the
jata, the nama, and other rites (76).
After concluding everything according to the injunctions, and after worshipping the Devi in the Gauri-patta,
the eight images of the Deva should be carefully worshipped (77).
By the name Sharva the Earth is meant; by Bhava is meant Water; by Rudra, Fire; by Ugra, Wind; by Bhuna,
Ether; by Pashu-pati is meant the Employer of a priest for sacrifice; by Mahadeva, the Source of Nectar, and
by Ishana, the Sun: these are declared to be the Eight Images (78-79).
Each of these should be invoked and worshipped in their order (in the corners), beginning with the East and
ending with the North-East, uttering the Pranava first and Namah last (80).
After having worshipped Indra and the other Dikpalas, the eight Matris, Brahmi, and others, the worshipper
should give to Isha the Bull, awning, houses, and the like (81).
Then, with joined palms, he should with fervour pray to the Husband of Parvati (as follows) (82):
Mantra
O Ocean of Mercy! O Lord! Thou hast been placed in this place by me; be Thou pleased (with me). O
Shambhu! Thou Who art the Cause of all causes, do Thou abide in this room, O Supreme Deva! so long as
the Earth with all its Oceans exist, so long as the Moon and the Sun endure. I bow to Thee. Should there
occur the death of any living being, may I, O Dhurjjati! by Thy grace, be kept from that sin (83-85).
The dedicator should go round the image, keeping it on his right, and, having bowed before the Deva, go
home. Returning again in the morning, he should bathe Chandra-Shekhara (86).
He should first be bathed with consecrated Panchamrita with a hundred jars of scented water, and the
worshipper, having worshipped Him to the best of his powers, should pray to Him (as follows) (87-88):
Mantra
O Husband of Uma,! if there has been any irregularity, omission, want of devotion in this worship, may they
all, by Thy grace, be rectified, and may my fame remain incomparable in this world so long as Moon, the
Sun, the Earth, and its Oceans endure (89-90).
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