Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita, Shloka 35
ब्राह्मणीमरणवर्णनम् (Account of the Brahmin Woman’s Death) — within Nandikeśvara-māhātmya
श्राद्धदानादिकं भोज्यं कृत्वा विधिमनुत्तमम् । मंगलस्मरणं कृत्वा निर्जगाम गृहाद्द्विजः
śrāddhadānādikaṃ bhojyaṃ kṛtvā vidhimanuttamam | maṃgalasmaraṇaṃ kṛtvā nirjagāma gṛhāddvijaḥ
他依最上所规定的仪轨，备办与施罗达（śrāddha）祭、布施及相关仪式相应的饮食供品；随后以神圣祈念忆持吉祥，这位两次生的婆罗门便离家而行。
Suta Goswami
Tattva Level: pashu
Shiva Form: Sadāśiva
Offering: naivedya
FAQs
It highlights that outward sacred journeys and Shiva-related vows are best begun after completing dharmic duties—śrāddha, dāna, and proper ritual order—then sanctifying the mind through maṅgala-smaraṇa, aligning action with purity and auspicious intent.
In Kotirudrasaṃhitā’s Jyotirlinga context, such preparatory rites and auspicious remembrance are the ethical and ritual foundation for approaching Saguna Shiva as the Jyotirlinga—worship is strengthened when the devotee first honors duty, lineage rites, and purity before darśana.
It suggests beginning sacred undertakings with maṅgala-smaraṇa—an auspicious invocation such as remembering Shiva and reciting the Panchakshara (Om Namaḥ Śivāya)—after completing śrāddha/dāna-related obligations in the proper vidhi.