SHIVA MAHAPURANA : CONTINUES........................8......................... APPROPRIATE PLACE AND TIME FOR WORSHIPPING SHIVA

SHIVA MAHAPURANA :
CONTINUES........................8.........................

APPROPRIATE PLACE AND TIME FOR WORSHIPPING 
SHIVA :
In the Vidyeshwar Samhita of Shiva Purana, describing about the importance of place and time 
for worship of Shiva says-
"Worshipping Shiva at a pure place in a house gives appropriate fruits, while worship done in a
cowshed gives virtue, which are ten-times more than the former one. Worshipping Shiva at the
banks of a river gives, ten times more virtues than the second one. Worship of Shiva done either
in temple, under the basil plant etc. or at the banks of Sapt Ganga, gives ten times more virtue
than the third one. If Shiva is worshipped at the seashore than the fourth one, while worshipping
Shiva on the peak of a mountain, gives ten times more virtue than the fifth one. But worship
done with a fully concentrates mind, gives the best fruits.
During the Satya Yuga performance of Yagya and donations gave complete results. During the
Treta Yuga it gave half, while in the present Kali Yuga it gives one-fourth results. Virtuosity
performed with a pure heart does not go in vain. The other auspicious days in order of their
increasing importance are 'Surya-Sankranti', Tula Sankranti and Mesh-Sankranti, Lunar eclipse
and Solar eclipse respectively.
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