Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519

The Shiva-purana Book 1 Chapter 20 (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.

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sūta uvāca |
atha vaidikabhaktānāṃ pārthivārcāṃ nigadyate |
vaidikenaiva mārgeṇa bhuktimuktipradāyinī || 1 ||
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sūtroktavidhinā snātvā saṃdhyāṃ kṛtvā yathāvidhi |
brahmayajñaṃ vidhāyādau tatastarppaṇamācaret || 2 ||
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naityikaṃ sakalaṃ kāmaṃ vidhāyānaṃtaraṃ pumān |
śivasmaraṇapūrvaṃ hi bhasmarudrā kṣadhārakaḥ || 3 ||
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vedoktāvidhinā samyaksaṃpūrṇaphalasiddhaye |
pūjayetparayā bhaktyā pārthivaṃ liṃgamuttamam || 4 ||
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nadītīre taḍāge ca parvate kānane'pi ca |
śivālaye śucau deśe pārthivārcā vidhīyate || 5 ||
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śuddhapradeśasaṃbhūtāṃ mṛdamāhṛtya yatnataḥ |
śivaliṃgaṃ prakalpeta sāvadhānatayā dvijāḥ || 6 ||
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vipre gaurā smṛtā śoṇā bāhuje pītavarṇakā |
vaiśye kṛṣṇā pādajāte hyathavā yatra yā bhavet || 7 ||
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saṃgṛhya mṛttikāṃ liṃganirmāṇārthaṃ prayatnataḥ |
atīva śubhadeśe ca sthāpayettāṃ mṛdaṃ śubhām || 8 ||
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saṃśodhya ca jalenāpi piṃḍīkṛtya śanaiḥ śanaiḥ |
vidhīyeta śubhaṃ liṃgaṃ pārthivaṃ vedamārgataḥ || 9 ||
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tataḥ saṃpūjayedbhaktyā bhuktimuktiphalāptaye |
tatprakāramahaṃ vacmi śṛṇudhvaṃ saṃvidhānataḥ || 10 ||
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namaḥ śivāya maṃtreṇārcanadra vyaṃ ca prokṣayet |
bhūrasīti ca maṃtreṇa kṣetrasiddhiṃ prakārayet || 11 ||
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āposmāniti maṃtreṇa jalasaṃskāramācaret |
namaste rudra maṃtreṇa phāṭikābaṃdhamucyate || 12 ||
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śaṃbhavāyeti maṃtreṇa kṣetraśuddhiṃ prakārayet |
namaḥ pūrveṇa kuryātpaṃcāmṛtasyāpi prokṣaṇam || 13 ||
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nīlagrīvāya maṃtreṇa namaḥpūrveṇa bhaktimān |
carecchaṃkaraliṃgasya pratiṣṭhāpanamuttamam || 14 ||
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bhaktitastata etatte rudrā yeti ca maṃtrataḥ |
āsanaṃ ramaṇīyaṃ vai dadyādvaidikamārgakṛt || 15 ||
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māno mahantamiti ca maṃtreṇāvāhanaṃ caret |
yāte rudre ṇa maṃtreṇa saṃcaredupaveśanam || 16 ||
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maṃtreṇa yāmiṣumiti nyāsaṃ kuryyācchivasya ca |
adhyavocaditi premṇādhivāsaṃ manunācaret || 17 ||
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manunā saujīva iti devatānyāsamācaret |
asau yovasarpatīti cācaredapasarpaṇam || 18 ||
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namostu nīlagrīvāyeti pādyaṃ manunāharet |
arghyaṃ ca rudra gāyatr yā'camanaṃ tr yaṃbakeṇa ca || 19 ||
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payaḥ pṛthivyāmiti ca payasā snānamācaret |
dadhikrāvṇetimaṃtreṇa dadhisnānaṃ ca kārayet || 20 ||
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ghṛṭaṃ snāne khalu ghṛtaṃ ghṛtaṃ yāveti maṃtrataḥ |
madhuvātā madhunaktaṃ madhumānna iti tr yṛcā || 21 ||
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madhukhaṃḍasnapanaṃ proktamiti paṃcāmṛtaṃ smṛtam |
athavā pādyamaṃtreṇa snānaṃ paṃcāmṛtena ca || 22 ||
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mānastoke iti premṇā maṃtreṇa kaṭibaṃdhanam |
namo dhṛṣṇave iti vā uttarīyaṃ ca dhāpayet || 23 ||
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yā te hetiriti premṇā ṛkcatuṣkeṇa vaidikaḥ |
śivāya vidhinā bhaktaścaredvastrasamarpaṇam || 24 ||
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namaḥ śvabhya iti premṇā gaṃdhaṃ dadyādṛcā sudhīḥ |
namastakṣabhya iti cākṣatānmaṃtreṇa cārpayet || 25 ||
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namaḥ pāryāya iti vā puṣpa maṃtreṇa cārpayet |
namaḥ parṇyāya iti vā bilbapatrasamarpaṇam || 26 ||
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namaḥ kapardine ceti dhūpaṃ dadyādyathāvidhi |
dīpaṃ dadyādyathoktaṃ tu nama āśava ityṛcā || 27 ||
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namo jyeṣṭhāya maṃtreṇa dadyānnaivedyamuttamam |
manunā tr yambakamiti punarācamanaṃ smṛtam || 28 ||
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imā rudrā yeti ṛcā kuryātphalasamarpaṇam |
namo vrajyāyeti ṛcā sakalaṃ śaṃbhaverpayet || 29 ||
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māno mahāṃtamiti ca mānastoke iti tataḥ |
maṃtradvayenaikadaśākṣatai rudrā nprapūjayet || 30 ||
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hiraṇyagarbha iti tr yṛcā dakṣiṇāṃ hi samarpayet |
devasya tveti maṃtreṇa hyabhiṣekaṃ caredbudhaḥ || 31 ||
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dīpamaṃtreṇa vā śaṃbhornīrājanavidhiṃ caret |
puṣpāṃjaliṃ caredbhaktyā imā rudrā ya ca tr yṛcā || 32 ||
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māno mahāntamiti ca caretprājñaḥ pradakṣiṇām |
mānastoketi maṃtreṇa sāṣṭāṇgaṃ praṇametsudhīḥ || 33 ||
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eṣate iti maṃtreṇa śivamudrā ṃ pradarśayet |
yatoyata ityabhayāṃ jñānākhyāṃ tr yaṃbakeṇa ca || 34 ||
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namaḥseneti maṃtreṇa mahāmudrā ṃ pradarśayet |
darśayeddhenumudrā ṃ ca namo gobhya ṛcānayā || 35 ||
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paṃcamudrā ḥ pradarśyātha śivamaṃtrajapaṃ caret |
śatarudri yamaṃtreṇa japedvedavicakṣaṇaḥ || 36 ||
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tataḥ paṃcāṇgapāṭhaṃ ca kuryyādvedavicakṣaṇaḥ |
devāgātviti maṃtreṇa kuryācchaṃbhorvisarjanam || 37 ||
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ityuktaḥ śivapūjāyā vyāsato vaidikovidhiḥ |
samāsataśca śṛṇuta vaidikaṃ vidhimuttamam || 38 ||
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ṛcā sadyojātamiti mṛdāharaṇamācaret |
vāmadevāya iti ca jalaprakṣepamācaret || 39 ||
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aghoreṇa ca maṃtreṇa liṃganirmāṇamācaret |
tatpuruṣāya maṃtreṇāhvānaṃ kuryādyathāvidhi || 40 ||
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saṃyojayedvedikāyāmīśānamanunā haram |
anyatsarvaṃ vidhānaṃ ca kuryyātsaṃkṣepataḥ sudhīḥ || 41 ||
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paṃcākṣareṇa maṃtreṇa gurudattena vā tathā |
kuryātpūjāṃ ṣoḍaśopacāreṇa vidhivatsudhīḥ || 42 ||
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bhavāya bhavanāśāya mahādevāya dhīmahi |
ugrāya ugranāśāya śarvāya śaśimauline || 43 ||
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anena manunā vāpi pūjayecchaṃkaraṃ sudhīḥ |
subhaktyā ca bhramaṃ tyaktvā bhaktyaiva phaladaḥ śivaḥ || 44 ||
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ityapi proktamādṛtya vaidikakramapūjanam |
procyatenyavidhiḥ samyaksādhāraṇatayā dvijaḥ || 45 ||
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pūjā pārthivaliṃgasya saṃproktā śivanāmabhiḥ |
tāṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ muniśreṣṭhāḥ sarvakāmapradāyinīm || 46 ||
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haro maheśvaraḥ śaṃbhuḥ śūlapāṇiḥ pinākadhṛk |
śivaḥ paśupatiścaiva mahādeva iti kramāt || 47 ||
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mṛdāharaṇasaṃghaṭṭapratiṣṭhāhvānameva ca |
snapanaṃ pūjanaṃ caiva kṣamasveti visarjanam || 48 ||
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oṃkārādicaturthyaṃtairnamontairnāmabhiḥ kramāt |
kartavyā ca kriyā sarvā bhaktyā paramayā mudā || 49 ||
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kṛtvā nyāsavidhiṃ samyakṣaḍaṇgakarayostathā |
ṣaḍakṣareṇa maṃtreṇa tato dhyānaṃ samācaret || 50 ||
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kailāsapīṭhāsanamadhyasaṃsthaṃ bhaktaiḥ sanaṃdādibhirarcyamānam |
bhaktārtidāvānalamaprameyaṃ dhyāyedumāliṃgitaviśvabhūṣaṇam || 51 ||
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dhyāyennityaṃ maheśaṃ rajatagirinibhaṃ cārucaṃdrā vataṃsaṃ ratnākalpojjvalāṃgaṃ paraśumṛgavarābhītihastaṃ prasannam |
padmāsīnaṃ samaṃtātsthitamamaragaṇairvyāghrakṛttiṃ vasānaṃ viśvādyaṃ viśvabījaṃ nikhilabhayaharaṃ paṃcavaktraṃ trinetram || 52 ||
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iti dhyātvā ca saṃpūjya pārthivaṃ liṃgamuttamam |
japetpaṃcākṣaraṃ maṃtraṃ gurudattaṃ yathāvidhi || 53 ||
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stutibhiścaiva deveśaṃ stuvīta praṇamansudhīḥ |
nānābhidhābhirviprendrā ḥ paṭhedvai śatarudri yam || 54 ||
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tataḥ sākṣatapuṣpāṇi gṛhītvāṃjalinā mudā |
prārthayecchaṃkaraṃ bhaktyā maṃtrairebhiḥ subhaktitaḥ || 55 ||
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tāvakastvadguṇaprāṇastvaccittohaṃ sadā mṛḍa |
kṛpānidha iti jñātvā bhūtanātha prasīda me || 56 ||
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ajñānādyadi vā jñānājjapa pūjādikaṃ mayā |
kṛtaṃ tadastu saphalaṃ kṛpayā tava śaṃkara || 57 ||
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ahaṃ pāpī mahānadya pāvanaśca bhavānmahān |
iti vijñāya gaurīśa yadicchasi tathā kuru || 58 ||
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vedaiḥ purāṇaiḥ siddhāntairṛṣibhirvividhairapi |
na jñātosi mahādeva kutohaṃ tvaṃ mahāśiva || 59 ||
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yathā tathā tvadīyosmi sarvabhāvairmaheśvara |
rakṣaṇīyastvayāhaṃ vai prasīda parameśvara || 60 ||
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ityevaṃ cākṣatānpuṣpānāropya ca śivopari |
praṇamedbhaktitaśśaṃbhuṃ sāṣṭāṃgaṃ vidhivanmune || 61 ||
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tataḥ pradakṣiṇāṃ kuryādyathoktavidhinā sudhīḥ |
punaḥ stuvīta deveśaṃ stutibhiḥ śraddhayānvitaḥ || 62 ||
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tato galaravaṃ kṛtvā praṇamecchucinamradhīḥ |
kuryādvijñaptimādṛtya visarjanamathācaret || 63 ||
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ityuktā muniśārdūlāḥ pārthivārcā vidhānataḥ |
bhuktidā muktidā caiva śivabhaktivivardhinī || 64 ||
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ityadhyāyaṃ sucittena yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādapi |
sarvapāpaviśuddhātmāsarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt || 65 ||
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āyurāyogyadaṃ caiva yaśasyaṃ svargyameva ca |
putrapautrādisukhadamākhyānamidamuttamam || 66 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṇḍe pārthivaśivaliṃgapūjāvidhivarṇanaṃ nāma viṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 20 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Chapter 20

Cover of edition (2020)

Shri Shiva Maha Purana - Moolmatram
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2020)

[Mulamatra] Sanskrit Text Only

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Cover of edition (2019)

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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Cover of edition (2019)

Shri Shiva Purana (Set of 2 Volumes)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2019)

Sanskrit Text with Hindi Translation

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Cover of Gujarati edition

Shiva Purana (Gujarati)
by Hanuman Prasad Poddar (2013)

[સંક્ષિપ્ત શિવપુરાણ] — Published by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (9788129301840)

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Cover of edition (0)

Shiva Purana in Kannada
by Vandana Book House, Bangalore (0)

[ಶಿವಪುರಾಣ] Set of 9 Volumes

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Cover of edition (2004)

Shiva Purana (Malayalam)
by Swami Advaitanandapuri (2004)

[ശിവ പുരണ] published by Aarshasri Publications & Co.

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Cover of edition (2019)

Shiva Purana (Telugu)
by Hanuman Prasad Poddar (2019)

[శ్రీ శివమఃపురాణము] or [శ్రీ శివ మహా పురాణం]; Published by Gita Press, Gorakhpur.

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Cover of Bengali edition

Shiva Purana (Bengali)
by Navabharat Publishers, Kolkata (0)

[শিব পুরান]

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Cover of edition (2016)

Shiva Purana (Tamil)
by Gita Press, Gorakhpur (2016)

[ஸ்ரீசிவ மகாபுராணம்]

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