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\engtitle{.. Rishi Agastyaproktam Shivapujasadhanani 5 Shivarchane Gocharanusarapujopadesham ..}##
\itxtitle{.. R^iShi agastyaproktaM shivapUjAsAdhanAni 5  shivArchane gocharAnusArapUjopadesham ..}##\endtitles ##
(shivarahasyAntargate ugrAkhye)
agastyaH (uvAcha)
mInakarkaTayormadhye jaladhArAM maheshvare |
yaH kalpayedavichChinnAM sa mokShamadhigachChati || 229||
shivaM makarasa~NkrAntau dugdhAdyaiH prasthasammitaiH |
abhiShichya prayatnena shuddhairapi jalairnavaiH || 230||
bhasma bilvAdibhiH samyak pUjayitvA maheshvaram |
sa~NkalpapUrvaM yatnena naivedyaM tu prakalpayet || 231||
shataprasthamitaH kR^iShNaiH shvetairvA kShAlitaistilaiH |
pUjanIyastato bhaktyA li~NgarUpI sadAshivaH || 232||
sihmAdiShvapi sa~NkrAntiShvevameva sadAshivaH |
pUjanIyo mahAdevo viShuveShvayaneShvapi || 233||
yugAdiShvapi sampUjyo manvAdiShvapi sha~NkaraH |
evameva shivaH pUjyo grahaNe chandrasUryayoH || 234||
evaM yaH kurute bhaktyA li~NgapUjAM maheshvare |
sa mahApAtakebhyo.api muchyate nAtra saMshayaH || 235||
tilaiH pUjAM prayatnena svasvA~njalimitaiH sadA |
yaH karoti sa pApebhyaH sarvebhyo.api vimuchyate || 236||
evameva mahAdevaM yo nityaM shvetasarShapaiH |
bhaktyA sampUjayedvipraH sa pApebhyo vimuchyate || 237||

|| iti shivarahasyAntargate R^iShi agastyaproktaM shivapUjAsAdhanAni 5 \- shivArchane gocharAnusArapUjopadeshaM sampUrNam ||

\- || shrIshivarahasyam | ugrAkhyaH saptamAMshaH | adhyAyaH 26 kumbhaghoNamahimAnuvarNanam | 229\-237||
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- .. shrIshivarahasyam . ugrAkhyaH saptamAMshaH . adhyAyaH 26 kumbhaghoNamahimAnuvarNanam . 229-237..

Notes:
Ṛṣi Agastya ##R^iShi agastya##; after delivering Upadeśa ##upadesha## (to Dvija ##dvija##) about offering of the Ghṛtakambalam ##ghR^itakambalam## with respect to worship of Śiva ##shiva##, continues to outline the offerings in accordance with Astronomical/Celestial Transits and Alignments. These include Mīnakarkaṭayormadhye mInakarkaTayormadhye (Solar Transit between Pisces and Cancer); Makara Saṅkrānti ##makara sa~NkrAnti##; Siṃha etc. Saṅkrānti-s ##siMhAdi sa~NkrAntayaH##; Viṣuva ##viShuva## (Equinoxes) and Grahaṇa ##grahaNa## (Eclipses).
Ghṛtakambalam ##ghR^itakambalam## offering was previously specified for Māgha māsa ##mAgha mAsa## at night of commencement of Māgha Pūrṇimā ##mAgha pUrNimA##; and finds a detailed mention in the Adhyāyaḥ 26 ##adhyAyaH 26## of ŚivaRahasyam Saptamāṁśaḥ ##shivarahasyam saptamAMshaH## and in the Kāmika Āgama ##kAmika Agama##.
The Adhyāyaḥ 26 ##adhyAyaH 26## of ŚivaRahasyam Saptamāṁśaḥ ##shivarahasyam saptamAMshaH## has several other details about Śivapūjāsādhanāni ##shivapUjAsAdhanAni##.##
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