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

perish in due course of time. If these common brahmins worship Lord Siva in the temples for the
sake of getting the required fees, then the ruler and the land would cease to exist. Therefore, the ruler
should carefully avoid them to perform the temple worship.
शिवदीक्षाभिषिक्तस्य शिवविप्रस्य धीमतः।
शिवाज्ञा वशस्तस्य परार्थेज्या न दोषभाक्॥ १०
śivadīkṣābhiṣiktasya śivaviprasya dhīmataḥ|
śivājñā vaśastasya parārthejyā na doṣabhāk|| 10
An Adisaiva is one who has been given the most superior ‘sivadiksha’ and blessed with empowerment
by means of ceremonial ablution(abhisheka) and who is well learned and such a person is always under
the control of Siva`s command. If parartha puja is performed by such an Adisaiva, there would not be
any defect in that worship.
अग्निहोत्राश्च वेदाश्च यज्ञाश्च बहुदक्षिणाः।
शिवलिङ्गार्चनस्यैते कोट्यंशेनापि नो समाः॥ ११
जातेनात्मदृहा येन नार्चितो भगवान् शिवः।
सुचिरं सञ्चरत्यस्मिन् संसारे दुःखसागरे॥ १२
वरं प्राण परित्यागश्छेदनं शिरसोऽपि वा।
न त्वनभ्यर्च्य भुञ्जीयाद् भगवन्तं त्रिलोचनम्॥ १३
इति ज्ञात्वा प्रयत्नेन पूजनीयस्सदाशिवः।
agnihotrāśca vedāśca yajñāśca bahudakṣiṇāḥ|
śivaliṅgārcanasyaite koṭyaṁśenāpi no samāḥ|| 11
jātenātmadṛhā yena nārcito bhagavān śivaḥ|
suciraṁ sañcaratyasmin saṁsāre duḥkhasāgare|| 12
varaṁ prāṇa parityāgaśchedanaṁ śiraso'pi vā|
na tvanabhyarcya bhuñjīyād bhagavantaṁ trilocanam|| 13
iti jñātvā prayatnena pūjanīyassadāśivaḥ|
Maintaining the sacrificial fire in one’s own house, systematic study of the Vedas, performing sacrifices
which involve many kind of fees in great measure – all these activities cannot be equal to even one part
out of million parts of the greatness of the worship of Sivalinga. If Lord Siva, the Bhagvan, is not
worshipped by a person who has become malicious to his own self, such an unworthy person would be
roaming through this worldly life which is like the great ocean of misery, for a very long period. Without
worshipping Lord Siva, the three-eyed, one should not take his daily meals. To give up one’s own breath
or cutting one's own head is more meritorious than failing to worship Lord Siva. Having known this
truth, one has to worship Him, taking all efforts.