Every 3 hours of the period on the day or night the devotee shall worship with great devotion the Linga. Lord Shiva shall always be worshipped with the five materials on the outset. These articles of worship shall be separately offered with their respective mantras. After offering the materials the dhara of steady water shall be poured over the Linga. The worshipper shall worship Lord with both Nirguna and Saguna, by the steady pouring of the dhara of the water, with the reciting of the 108 mantras. The worship of Shiva shall be performed with Sandal- paste, with unbroken rice grains and black Lotus and Karavira flowers shall be offered with reciting of the 8 names of Lord Shiva.

Then the dhoop or incense and diva shall be made and offered. Cooked rice and half a coconut and Pan shall be offered. The food offering shall be made thereafter. At the end of the first 3-hour period the ritualistic farewell shall be performed. Samkalpa rites shall be performed duly as before. 

Or the Samkalpa shall be performed once for all the four 3-hour periods. Worship shall be performed as before. Jaladhara shall be offered. The devotee shall worship Shiva with gingerly seeds, barley grains and lotus flowers. leaves of the Bilva tree. The Arghya shall be offered with citron fruit.  

The Naivedya shall consist of milk pudding. And the repetition of the mantra shall be twice as that of the previous one. Other rites shall be performed as before till the end of the second 3-hour period of the time. In the 3rd period of the 3-hour period the worship shall be done as before. But instead of barley, wheat grain shall be used and the Sunflower shall be offered. Incenses and Divas shall be of various types. The Naivedya shall consist of fried pies and various vegetable dishes. The Arti shall be performed as part of the worship, with Camphor. The Agrhya shall consist of the Pomegranate. The Japa should be repeated 3 times then the pervious.

When the 4^th PERIOD comes the 3-hour period, the ritualistic dismissal of the pervious worship shall be performed. The worship shall be performed duly with due ritualistic gestures. The devotee shall worship Lord Shiva with black gram, green gram, Priyangu grains or any of the 7 cereals, the flowers of Sankhi and the Bilva. The Naivedya shall be offered with different sweets or cooked black grains and rice in order to propitiate Sada-Shiva. 

Arghya shall be offered to Shiva with Banana or with different type of fruits. Perform the mantras Japa twice the number of the previous puja. Till day- break the devotee shall pass the time with songs and prayers.

When the sunrises the person shall take his bath and then worship Lord Shiva. The Jal-dhara shall be performed of the deity. And the flowers should be offered with the mantras. By performing this Vrat, the Lord Siva, the destroyer of all miseries grants all desired benefits, pleasures and salvation. The lunar day only one meal should be taken and complete fast shall be observed on the 14 On the Sivratri day after performing the routine, the devotee shall go to the temple of Shiva and perform the worship.

The devotee shall worship the idol at night. He shall keep awake during the night performing worship in the different 3-hour periods and singing songs of prayer with devotion. After performing the worship thus in accordance with the injunctions he shall propitiate the lord. He shall worship again in the morning and perform Homa duly. O Rudra, this Vrat is performed by me according to my ability. O lord, if it is deficient in any respect let it become perfect by your COMMAND.