Renunciation Procedure

संन्यासविधिवर्णनं नाम द्वादशोऽध्यायः
Renunciation procedure description Chapter 12



श्रीब्रह्मण्य उवाच |
Kartikeya said (to sage Vamadeva)



न जानन्ति परं साक्षात्प्रणवार्थं महेश्वरम् |
सगुणं निर्गुणं ब्रह्म त्रिदेवजनकं परम् || 4 ||
(Living beings under the influence of Maya) do not know the highest great God in visible form, the meaning of the Pranava (Om, the primordial sound), with form as well as without form, the supreme element and the father of the three Devas (Brahma, Vishnu and Shiva).

Om

वामदेवब्रह्मवर्णनं नामैकादशोऽध्यायः
Vamadeva's Brahma description Chapter 11



ब्रह्मण्य उवाच |
Kartikeya said (to sage Vamadeva)



तथापि धर्मरक्षायै लोकानुग्रहकाङ्क्षया |
त्वादृशाः साधवः सन्ता विचरन्ति महीतले || 41 ||
(You have no desires but) still sages and saints like you wander the earth for the sake of protecting Dharma and with the desire to make things easier for the world.



वामदेव उवाच |
Sage Vamadeva said (to Kartikeya)



ओमितीदं सर्वमिति श्रुतिराह सनातनी | 49
Om is all this (universe), so said the eternal Shrutis (Vedas).


This repeats in Chapter 16, shloka 52

Renunciation

संन्यासाचारवर्णनं नाम चतुर्थोऽध्यायः
Renunciation behaviour description Chapter 4



ईश्वर उवाच |
God said (to supreme Goddess Parvati)



मूलादिब्रह्मरन्ध्रान्तं षट्चक्रं परिचिन्तयेत् |
विद्युत्कोटि समप्रख्यं सर्वतेजोमयं परम् || 7 ||
तन्मध्ये चिन्तयेन्मां च सच्चिदानन्दविग्रहम् |
निर्गुणं परमं ब्रह्म सदाशिवमनामयम् || 8 ||
One should think of (meditate on) the six chakras from the Muladhara to the Brahmarandhra (Sahasrara) known to be highly brilliant like a lot of lightning/electricity.

And among those, one should think of me, an image of sachchidananda, the supreme element beyond characteristics of nature, always kind and pure.

Renunciation

संन्यासाचारवर्णनं नाम चतुर्थोऽध्यायः
Renunciation behaviour description Chapter 4



प्रातःप्रभृति सायान्ते सायादिप्रातरन्ततः |
यत्करोमि महादेव तदस्तु तव पूजनम् || 5 ||
Great God, since the morning to the end of the evening, (and) starting from evening to morning, may whatever I do be really your worship. (So should one think.)

Renunciation

संन्यासाचारवर्णनं नाम चतुर्थोऽध्यायः
Renunciation behaviour description Chapter 4



ईश्वर उवाच |
God said (to supreme Goddess Parvati)



ब्राह्मे मुहूर्त उत्थाय शिरसि श्वेतपङ्कजे |
सहस्रारे समासीनं गुरुं सञ्चिन्तयेद्यतिः || 2 ||
An ascetic should wake up in Brahma muhurta (96 to 48 minutes before sunrise), (and) think of (or meditate on one's) Guru sitting on the white lotus of the Sahasrara (chakra on the crown) of the head.

Kailasa Samhita

कैलाससंहितायां संन्यासपद्धतिवर्णनं नाम तृतीयोऽध्यायः
Kailasa Samhita, Renunciation method description Chapter 3



ईश्वर उवाच |
God said (to supreme Goddess Parvati)



यो गुरुः स शिवः प्रोक्तो यः शिवः स गुरुः स्मृतः | 42
One who is Guru is also called Shiva (a disciple should see the Guru as God); one who is Shiva is also considered to be the Guru (God and Guru should be the same element for a disciple).


The same sentence, the same half-shloka also appears in Guru Gita (18th of 214 shlokas), which is a part of Uttarakhand of Skanda Purana. There too, God says this same thing to the supreme Goddess. For this very reason, Guru Gita is also called Shiva Gita.



This sentence also repeats in Chapter 12 of Kailasa Samhita, where Kartikeya tells this to sage Vamadeva. It also appears in Vayayiya Samhita, later part, Chapter 15, shloka 20, where Upamanyu says this to Lord Krishna.