कामिक आगम: पूर्व भाग (अष्टाविंशति मूल शैव आगमों का प्रथम एवं सर्वोच्च आगम महाकोश)

६ नैवेद्य विधिः
6 naivedya vidhiḥ
6 On the Offering of Food and Appetizing Dishes
अथातः संप्रवक्ष्यामि नैवेद्य विधिमुत्तमम्।
भक्त्या वित्तानुसारेण नैवेद्यं तु प्रकल्पयेत्॥ १
पत्रं पुष्पं फलं तोयं अन्नपानाद्यं औषधम्।
अनिवेद्य न भुञ्जीत भगवन्तं सदाशिवम्॥ २
athātaḥ saṁpravakṣyāmi naivedya vidhimuttamam|
bhaktyā vittānusāreṇa naivedyaṁ tu prakalpayet|| 1
patraṁ puṣpaṁ phalaṁ toyaṁ annapānādyaṁ auṣadham|
anivedya na bhuñjīta bhagavantaṁ sadāśivam|| 2
Then I will speak on the perfect directions for the offering of foods(naivedya) to Lord Siva. The sadhaka
should prepare the foods with devotion and according to the availability of resources. One should not make
use of leaves, flowers, fruits, water, foods, drinks and other items, herbal decoction and others without
offering them to the supreme Lord(Bhagavan), Sadasiva.
अपूपाकाद्यं यद्द्रव्यं भोज्यं दत्वा शिवस्य तु।
वर्धते तस्य तद्धान्यं फलपुष्पादद्यस्तथा॥ ३
अदत्वा तु हरस्याथ भुक्तं तत्क्षीयते धनम्।
अल्पे महति वा तुल्यं फलमाढ्य दरिद्रयोः॥ ४
apūpakādyaṁ yaddravyaṁ bhojyaṁ datvā śivasya tu|
vardhate tasya taddhānyaṁ phalapuṣpādayastathā|| 3
adatvā tu harasyātha bhuktaṁ tatkṣīyate dhanam|
alpe mahati vā tulyaṁ phalamāḍhya daridrayoḥ|| 4
If those items such as the sweets and eatables , grains, fruits and such other materials and those which are
to be used by the sadhaka are first offered to Siva and then used by him, then all those kinds of items
would be flourishing well. The wealth enjoyed by the sadhaka without being offered to Siva would decay.
For both the affluent persons and the poor persons, the fruit is the same irrespective of the smallness or
greatness of the offered thing.