Section 18

:C18 atha śrītantrāloke aṣṭādaśamāhnikam atha saṃkṣiptadīkṣeyaṃ śivatāpattidocyate / na rajo nādhivāso@tra na bhūkṣetraparigrahaḥ / yatra tatra pradeśe tu pūjayitvā guruḥ śivam // 1 [AbhT_18.1] adhvānaṃ manasā dhyātvā dīkṣayettattvapāragaḥ / jananādivihīnāṃ tu yena yenādhvanā guruḥ // 2 [AbhT_18.2] kuryātsa ekatattvāntāṃ śivabhāvaikabhāvitaḥ / parāmantrastato@syeti tattvaṃ saṃśodhayāmyatha // 3 [AbhT_18.3] svāheti pratitattvaṃ syācchuddhe pūrṇāhutiṃ kṣipet / evaṃ mantrāntaraiḥ kuryātsamastairathavoktavat // 4 [AbhT_18.4] parāsaṃpuṭitaṃ nāma svāhāntaṃ prathamāntakam / śataṃ sahasraṃ sāṣṭaṃ vā tena śaktyaiva homayet // 5 [AbhT_18.5] tataḥ pūrṇeti saṃśodhyahīnamuttamamīdṛśam / dīkṣākarmoditaṃ tatra tatra śāstre maheśinā // 6 [AbhT_18.6] pratyekaṃ mātṛkāyugmavarṇaistattvāni śodhayet / yadi vā piṇḍamantreṇa sarvamantreṣvayaṃ vidhiḥ // 7 [AbhT_18.7] yathā yathā ca svabhyastajñānastanmayatātmakaḥ / gurustathā tathā kuryāt saṃkṣiptaṃ karma nānyathā // 8 [AbhT_18.8] śrībrahmayāmale coktaṃ saṃkṣipte@pi hi bhāvayet / vyāptiṃ sarvādhvasāmānyāṃ kiṃtu yāge na vistaraḥ // 9 [AbhT_18.9] atanmayībhūtamiti vikṣiptaṃ karma sandadhat / kramāttādātmyametīti vikṣiptaṃ vidhimācaret // 10 [AbhT_18.10] saṃkṣipto vidhirukto@yaṃ kṛpayā yaḥ śivoditaḥ / dīkṣottare kairaṇe ca tatra tatrāpi śāsane // 11 [AbhT_18.11]