The mantra should not be revealed. It is to be obtained from a true guru with all the good qualities. Those addicted to gain or lust should not be given the mantra. Places of initiation include the root of a Bilva tree, a cremation ground, a forest, a riverbank, a guru's house, a great Pitha, a Siddhipitha, and a place where there is a single lingam. Obtaining diksha on the edge of the Ganges gives a koti koti qualities.
Initiation proceeds over a period of days.
Then follows a section describing ritual worship of the Shiva lingam, which is succeeded by a section on inner worship. There is no fruit from puja unless inner worship is also performed. The first of these relates to Ekajata, and describes the inner bath. The text says the sadhaka should meditate in the heart on a jewelled island in the centre of a nectar ocean, which is covered in Parijata trees, and in the centre of which is a begemmed temple. One should meditate there on a cremation ground and think of the wish-fulfilling kalpadruma tree, in the centre of which is a ruby pitha, studded with other jewels, and in the four directions are corpses and skulls.