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Shiva Purana [sanskrit]
223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519
The Shiva-purana Book 1 Chapter 4 (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 4
[English text for this chapter is available]
munaya ūcuḥ |
mananaṃ kīdṛśaṃ brahmañchravaṇaṃ cāpi kīdṛśam |
kīrtanaṃ vā kathaṃ tasya kīrtayaitadyathāyatham || 1 ||
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brahmovaca |
pūjājapeśaguṇarūpavilāsanāmnāṃ yuktipriyeṇa manasā pariśodhanaṃ yat |
tatsaṃtataṃ mananamīśvaradṛṣṭilabhyaṃ sarveṣu sādhanavareṣvapi mukhyamukhyam || 2 ||
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gītātmanā śrutipadena ca bhāṣayā vā śaṃbhupratāpaguṇarūpavilāsanāmnām |
vācā sphuṭaṃ tu rasavatstavanaṃ yadasya tatkīrtanaṃ bhavati sādhanamatra madhyam || 3 ||
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yenāpi kena karaṇena ca śabdapuṃjaṃ yatra kvacicchivaparaṃ śravaṇeṃdri yeṇa |
strīkelivaddṛḍhataraṃ praṇidhīyate yattadvai budhāḥ śravaṇamatra jagatprasiddham || 4 ||
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satsaṃgamena bhavati śravaṇaṃ purastātsaṃkīrtanaṃ paśupateratha taddṛḍhaṃ syāt |
sarvottamaṃ bhavati tanmananaṃ tadaṃte sarvaṃ hi saṃbhavati śaṃkaradṛṣṭipāte || 5 ||
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sūta uvāca |
asminsādhanamāhatmye purā vṛttaṃ munīśvarāḥ |
yuṣmadarthaṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇudhvamavadhānataḥ || 6 ||
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purā mama gururvyāsaḥ parāśaramuneḥ sutaḥ |
tapaścacāra saṃbhrāṃtaḥ sarasvatyāstaṭe śubhe || 7 ||
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gacchanyadṛchayā tatra vimānenārkarociṣā |
sanatkumāro bhagavāndadarśa mama deśikam || 8 ||
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dhyānārūḍhaḥ prabuddho'sau dadarśa tamajātmajam |
praṇipatyāha saṃbhrāṃtaḥ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ muniḥ || 9 ||
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dattvārghyamasmai pradadau devayogyaṃ ca viṣṭiram |
prasannaḥ prāha taṃ prahvaṃ prabhurgaṃbhīrayā girā || 10 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
satyaṃ vastu mune dadhyāḥ sākṣātkaraṇagocaraḥ |
sa śivothāsahāyotra tapaścarasi kiṃ kṛte || 11 ||
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evamuktaḥ kumāreṇa provāca svāśayaṃ muniḥ |
dharmārthakāmamokṣāśca vedamārge kṛtādarāḥ || 12 ||
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bahudhā sthāpitā loke mayā tvatkṛpayā tathā |
evaṃ bhutasya mepyevaṃ gurubhūtasya sarvataḥ || 13 ||
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muktisādhanakaṃ jñānaṃ nodeti paramādbhutam |
tapaścarāmi muktyarthaṃ na jāne tatra kāraṇam || 14 ||
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itthaṃ kumāro bhagavānvyāsena muninārthitaḥ |
samarthaḥ prāha vipreṃdrā niścayaṃ muktikāraṇam || 15 ||
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śravaṇaṃ kīrtanaṃ śaṃbhormananaṃ ca mahattaram |
trayaṃ sādhanamuktaṃ ca vidyate vedasaṃmatam || 16 ||
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purāhamatha saṃbhrāṃto hyanyasādhanasaṃbhramaḥ |
acale maṃdare śaile tapaścaraṇamācaram || 17 ||
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śivājñayā tataḥ prāpto bhagavānnaṃdikeśvaraḥ |
sa me dayālurbhagavānsarvasākṣī gaṇeśvaraḥ || 18 ||
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uvāca mahyaṃ sasnehaṃ muktisādhanamuttamam |
śravaṇaṃ kīrtanaṃ śaṃbhormananaṃ vedasaṃmatam || 19 ||
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trikaṃ ca sādhanaṃ muktau śivena mama bhāṣitam |
śravaṇādiṃ trikaṃ brahmankuruṣveti muhurmuhuḥ || 20 ||
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evamuktvā tato vyāsaṃ sānugo vidhinaṃdanaḥ |
jagāma svavimānena padaṃ paramaśobhanam || 21 ||
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evamuktaṃ samāsena pūrvavṛttāṃtamuttamam |
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
śravaṇāditrayaṃ sūta muktyopāyastvayeritaḥ || 22 ||
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śravaṇāditrike'śaktaḥ kiṃ kṛtvā mucyate janaḥ |
ayatnenaiva muktiḥ syātkarmaṇā kena hetunā || 23 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe prathamāyāṃ vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyaṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṇḍe caturtho'dhyāyaḥ || 4 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Chapter 4
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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