Shiva Purana [sanskrit]
223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519
The Shiva-purana Book 1 Chapter 3 (Sanskrit text), including grammatical analysis, glossary and relevant print editions. The Shivapurana is a one of the eighteen Major Puranas detailing religious worship of Shiva, also known as Shaivism. The book contains 24,000 verses although it is said to be an abridged form and originally consisted of 100,000 verses.
Chapter 3
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vyāsa uvāca |
ityākarṇya vacaḥ sautaṃ procuste paramarṣayaḥ |
vedāṃtasārasarvasvaṃ purāṇaṃ śrāvayādbhutam || 1 ||
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iti śrutvā munīnāṃ sa vacanaṃ supraharṣitaḥ |
saṃsmarañchaṃkaraṃ sūtaḥ provāca munisattamān || 2 ||
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sūta uvāca |
śṛṇvaṃtu ṛṣayaḥ sarve smṛtvā śivamanāmayam |
purāṇapravaṇaṃ śaivaṃ purāṇaṃ vedasārajam || 3 ||
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yatra gītaṃ trikaṃ prītyā bhaktijñānavirāgakam || 4 ||
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vedāṃtavedyaṃ sadvastu viśeṣeṇa pravarṇitam || 5 ||
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sūta uvāca |
śṛṇvaṃtu ṛṣayaḥ sarve purāṇaṃ vedasārajam |
purā kālena mahatā kalpe'tīte punaḥpunaḥ || 6 ||
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asminnupasthite kalpe pravṛtte sṛṣṭikarmaṇi |
munīnāṃ ṣaṭkulīnānāṃ bruvatāmitaretaram || 7 ||
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idaṃ paramidaṃ neti vivādaḥ sumahānabhūt |
te'bhijagmurvidhātāraṃ brahmāṇaṃ praṣṭumavyayam || 8 ||
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vāgbhirvinayagarbhābhiḥ sarve prāṃjalayo'bruvan |
tvaṃ hi sarvajagaddhātā sarvakāraṇakāraṇam || 9 ||
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kaḥ pumānsarvatattvebhyaḥ purāṇaḥ parataḥ paraḥ |
brahmovāca |
yato vāco nivartaṃte aprāpya manasā saha || 10 ||
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yasmātsarvamidaṃ brahmaviṣṇurudre draṃ pūrvakam |
sahabhūteṃdri yaiḥ sarvaiḥ prathamaṃ saṃprasūyate || 11 ||
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eṣa devo mahādevaḥ sarvajño jagadīśvaraḥ |
ayaṃ tu parayā bhaktyā dṛśyate nā'nyathā kvacit || 12 ||
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rudro harirharaścaiva tathānye ca sureśvarāḥ |
bhaktyā paramayā tasya nityaṃ darśanakāṃkṣiṇaḥ || 13 ||
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bahunātra kimuktena śive bhaktyā vimucyate |
prasādāddevatābhaktiḥ prasādo bhaktisaṃbhavaḥ |
yathehāṃkurato bījaṃ bījato vā yathāṃkuraḥ || 14 ||
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tasmādīśaprasādārthaṃ yūyaṃ gatvā bhuvaṃ dvijāḥ |
dīrghasatraṃ samākṛdhvaṃ yūyaṃ varṣasahasrakam || 15 ||
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amuṣyaivādhvareśasya śivasyaiva prasādataḥ |
vedoktavidyāsāraṃ tu jñāyate sādhyasādhanaṃ || 16 ||
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munaya ūcuḥ |
atha kiṃ paramaṃ sādhyaṃ kiṃvā tatsādhanaṃ param |
sādhakaḥ kīdṛśastatra tadidaṃ brūhi tattvataḥ || 17 ||
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brahmovāca |
sādhyaṃ śivapadaprāptiḥ sādhanaṃ tasya sevanam |
sādhakastatprasādādyo'nityādiphalaniḥspṛhaḥ || 18 ||
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karma kṛtvā tu vedoktaṃ tadarpitamahāphalam |
parameśapadaprāptaḥ sālokyādikramāttataḥ || 19 ||
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tattadbhaktyanusāreṇa sarveṣāṃ paramaṃ phalam |
tatsādhanaṃ bahuvidhaṃ sākṣādīśena bodhitam || 20 ||
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saṃkṣipya tatra vaḥ sāraṃ sādhanaṃ prabravīmyaham |
śrotreṇa śravaṇaṃ tasya vacasā kīrtanaṃ tathā || 21 ||
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manasā mananaṃ tasya mahāsādhanamucyate |
śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaśca mantavyaśca maheśvaraḥ || 22 ||
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iti śrutipramāṇaṃ naḥ sādhanenā'munā param |
sādhyaṃ vrajata sarvārthasādhanaikaparāyaṇāḥ || 23 ||
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pratyakṣaṃ cakṣuṣā dṛṣṭvā tatra lokaḥ pravartate |
apratyakṣaṃ hi sarvatra jñātvā śrotreṇa ceṣṭate || 24 ||
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tasmācchravaṇamevādau śrutvā gurumukhādbudhaḥ |
tataḥ saṃsādhayedanyatkīrtanaṃ mananaṃ sudhīḥ || 25 ||
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kramānmananaparyaṃte sādhane'sminsusādhite |
śivayogo bhavettena sālokyādikramācchanaiḥ || 26 ||
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sarvāṃgavyādhayaḥ paścātsarvānaṃdaśca līyate |
abhyāsātkleśametadvai paścādādyaṃtamaṃgalam || 27 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṇḍe |
tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ || 3 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Chapter 3
Shri Shiva Maha Purana - Moolmatram
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2020)
[Mulamatra] Sanskrit Text Only
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The Siva Purana (Three Volumes)
by Shanti Lal Nagar (2019)
An Exhaustive Introduction, Sanskrit Text, English Translation with Photographs of Archaeological Evidence
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Shri Shiva Purana (Set of 2 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2019)
Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation
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Shiva Purana (Gujarati)
by Hanuman Prasad Poddar (2013)
[સંક્ષિપ્ત શિવપુરાણ] — Published by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (9788129301840)
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Shiva Purana (Malayalam)
by Swami Advaitanandapuri (2004)
[ശിവ പുരണ] published by Aarshasri Publications & Co.
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Shiva Purana (Telugu)
by Hanuman Prasad Poddar (2019)
[శ్రీ శివమఃపురాణము] or [శ్రీ శివ మహా పురాణం]; Published by Gita Press, Gorakhpur.
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