brahmanoan ke ahnik achar tatha bhagavan ke poojan ki vidhi ka varnan
sauti kahate haian– shaunak ji! devarshi narad ne bhagavan shankar se shrihari ke stotr, kavach, mantr, uttam pooja vidhan, dhyan tatha unake tattv jnan ki yachana ki. maheshvar ne unhean stotr, kavach, mantr, dhyan pooja vidhi tatha unake poorvajanm-sambandhi jnan ka upadesh diya. vah sab kuchh pakar munishreshth narad ka manorath poorn ho gaya. unhoanne apane sharanagat vatsal guru bhagavan shiv ko bhaktibhav se pranam kiya aur is prakar kaha.
narad ji bole – vedavettaoan mean shreshth prabho! ap brahmanoan ke ahnik achar (dinacharya ya nity-karm) ka varnan kijiye, jisase pratidin svadharm palan ho sake.
shrimaheshvar ne kaha– pratidin brahm muhoort mean uthakar ratri mean pahane hue kap de ko badal de aur apane brahmarandhr mean sthit sookshm, nirmal aur glanirahit sahasradal-kamal par virajaman gurudev ka chintan kare. dhyan mean yah dekhe ki brahmarandhravarti sahasradal-kamal par guru ji prasannatapoorvak baithe haian, mand-mand muskara rahe haian, vyakhya ki mudra mean unaka hath utha hua hai aur shishy ke prati unake hriday mean b da sneh hai. mukh par prasannata chha rahi hai. ve shant tatha nirantar santusht rahane vale haian aur sakshat parabrahmasvaroop haian. sada isi prakar unaka chintan karana chahiye. is tarah dhyan karake man-hi-man guru ki aradhana kare.
tadanantar nirmal, shvet, sahasradalabhooshit, vistrit hridayakamal par virajaman ishtadev ka chintan kare. jis devata ka jaisa dhyan aur jo roop bataya gaya hai, vaisa hi chintan karana chahiye. guru ki ajna le samayojit kartavy ka palan karana chahiye. kram yah hai ki pahale guru ka dhyan karake unhean pranam kare. phir unaki vidhivat pooja karane ke pashchath unaki ajna le ishtadev ka dhyan evan poojan karean. guru hi devata ke svaroop ka darshan karate haian. ve hi ishtadev ke mantr, poojavidhi aur jap ka upadesh dete haian. guru ne ishtadev ko dekha hai; kintu ishtadev ne guru ko nahian dekha hai. isaliye guru ishtadev se bhi badhakar haian. guru brahma haian, guru vishnu haian, guru maheshvaradev haian, guru adya prakriti– eeshvari (durga devi) haian, guru chandrama, agni aur soory haian, guru hi vayu aur varun haian, guru hi mata-pita aur suhrid haian tatha guru hi parabrahm paramatma haian.