Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
ॐ सद्योजाताय नमः । ॐ वामदेवाय नमः । ॐ घोराय नमः । ॐ तत्पुरुषाय नमः । ॐ ईशानाय नमः । एवं वक्त्राणि संपूज्य गन्धपुष्पानुलेपनैः । वस्त्रैर्दीपैश्च नैवेद्यैस्ततोऽर्घं संप्रदापयेत् । मंत्रेणानेन संपूज्य मां ध्यात्वा मनसि स्थितम्
oṃ sadyojātāya namaḥ | oṃ vāmadevāya namaḥ | oṃ ghorāya namaḥ | oṃ tatpuruṣāya namaḥ | oṃ īśānāya namaḥ | evaṃ vaktrāṇi saṃpūjya gandhapuṣpānulepanaiḥ | vastrairdīpaiśca naivedyaistato'rghaṃ saṃpradāpayet | maṃtreṇānena saṃpūjya māṃ dhyātvā manasi sthitam
「オーム、サディヨージャータに帰命。オーム、ヴァーマデーヴァに帰命。オーム、ゴーラに帰命。オーム、タトプルシャに帰命。オーム、イーシャーナに帰命。」かくして五つの御面を、香・花・塗香により、さらに衣・灯明・食供をもって供養し、次いで如法にアルギャを捧げよ。この真言にて供養し終えたなら、心中に安住する我を念じて観想せよ。
Śiva (deduced from direct first-person ‘māṃ’ and Śaiva mantra context within Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: temple
Scene: A five-faced Śiva (pañcavaktra) is worshipped with perfumes, flowers, unguents, cloth, lamps, and food; the devotee offers arghya and then sits in meditation, visualizing Śiva within the heart.
FAQs
Śiva is worshipped as the five-faced Lord; outer offerings culminate in inner meditation where the deity is realized as present in the mind.
This verse is primarily a Śivarātri ritual instruction within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the specific tīrtha is not named in the verse itself.
Perform pañcavaktra worship with perfumes, flowers, unguents, cloth, lamps, and naivedya, then offer arghya and meditate on Śiva.
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