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Podcast: Śivadyuti (शिवद्युति)
Episode: Śiva Purāṇa Vidyeśvara saṁhitā 16b—The End of Birth & Death
Description: “The worship thus performed on Sundays wards off birth. The devotee shall worship the great phallic emblem on Sundays with the syllable ĀŪṀ. The ceremonial ablution of the phallic emblem with pañcagavya on Sundays is specially recommended. Pañcagavya is a compound of cow’s urine, dung, milk, curd and ghee. Milk, curd and ghee can severally be used with honey and molasses. The offering of rice cooked in cow’s milk must be made with the syllable ĀŪṀ. The syllable ĀŪṀ is dhvani-lińgam (sound). The svayambhu (Self-manifested) liṅgam is nāda-liṅgam; the yantra (diagrammatic symbol) is bindu-liṅgam. The letter Ā is a liṅgam of...