Mahadeva

Sri Mahadeva said: 

12. If anyone installs my Linga and makes a splendid abode (temple), he will reside in my world as long as the moon and the sun last. 

13. He will shine with fame for as many lives as the number of times he makes my abode clean and white-washed. 

14. By offering a flagstaff, one becomes a distinguished and eminent person. By offering a banner, one becomes free from sins. By inscribing pictures, he rejoices with Gandharvas. 

15. By sweeping dust particles, a man becomes liberated from ailments. By painting the abode of the Lord, one attains a beautiful body. 

16. By offering flowers, milk and other things, by giving gingelly seeds, water, raw rice-grains and Darbha grass and by giving Arghya on the head of Sambhu one shall stay in heaven for ten thousand years. 

17. If one bathes the Linga with ghee, one shall destroy all sins. If one bathes the Linga with honey, one shall become lovely and pretty as well as fortunate and prosperous. If he bathes it with curds or milk he shall become free from ailments. 

18. The merit (of bathing the Linga ) with water, curds, milk etc. gradually increases ten times. After bathing it devoutly for a month, one should make it dry and shining by rubbing with flour etc. 

19. By bathing me with the five products of the milk ot a Kapila (i.e. brown-coloured) cow or by the waters of the Celestial River (Gahga) and by worshipping me, one attains my world.  

20. Scented water is better than water sprinkled with Darbha grass Water from holy rivers etc. is better than that (scented water). Water taken from the meeting place of Mahi and the ocean is better than that of holy rivets. 

21. By taking water separately in a pot (for bathing Lord Siva) one derives the same benefit as is obtained by giving a Kapila cow in charity. If the pot is made of clay, copper, silver or gold the benefit increases hundred-fold gradually. 

22. Sandalwood, aloe, saffron and camphor are serially superior (to the previous one). By applying the same over me (i.e. Lifiga), one shall become glorious, lovely and happy. 

23. Incense with fragrant gum-resin is good. Camphor is better. Agallochum is still superior. By offering these incenses, a man can easily attain heavenly pleasures. 

24. One who offers a lamp obtains fame and excellent vision. By offering Naivedya (i.e. food offerings) one gets well-cooked savory food. 

25. If a flower of Hemakarria (Campaka?) is offered, the person obtains twice the benefit. He becomes truthful too. 

26. After filling (i.e. covering) up the Lingct by means of unbroken Bilva leaves or different kinds of flowers, one shall stay in heaven for a hundred thousand years. 

27. A man who makes a flower-grotto shall become pure in heart. He shall sport about in heaven for a long time in the Puspaka aerial chariots. 

28. By offering ornaments and robes, a man becomes an enjoyer of worldly pleasures. By offering good chowries the man becomes a king. 

29. He who offers beautiful canopy is never assailed by enemies. By means of vocal and instrumental music as well as dances, the devotee becomes pure and attains me. 

30. By offering conchs and bells, the devotee becomes learn¬ ed and well-reputed. By performing the Rathayatra (i.e. solemn procession with the Lihga or idol placed in a chariot) festival, one shall be liberated from sorrows for a long time. 

31. By performing prostrations and obeisance, the devotee shall be born in a great family.- By reading scriptural texts in front of me, the devotee becomes wise and learned. 

32. By eulogizing me with devotion, a man is liberated from the delusions of mind. By taking affectionately and wearing devoutly the remnants of worship, one obtains the benefit of the charitable gift of a cow. 

33. By waving lights ceremoniously, one becomes devoid of agony and grief. By offering cooling devices, one becomes libera¬ ted from the torments arising from (the disturbance of) the humours. 

34. After bowing down and offering charitable gifts accord¬ ing to one’s capacity in the presence of the Lifiga, the devotee obtains hundred-fold benefits. He rejoices here and hereafter. 

35. If the rites are performed in accordance with the injunc¬ tions, I forgive fifteen offences when obeisances are made, twenty when ablutious are performed and a hundred offences when worship is performed. 

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