Chapter 25

[English text for this chapter is available]

sūta uvāca |
śaunakarṣe mahāprājña śivarūpamahāpate |
śṛṇu rudrā kṣamāhātmyaṃ samāsātkathayāmyaham || 1 ||
[Analyze grammar]

śivapriyatamo jñeyo rudrā kṣaḥ parapāvanaḥ |
darśanātsparśanājjāpyātsarvapāpaharaḥ smṛtaḥ || 2 ||
[Analyze grammar]

purā rudrā kṣamahimā devyagre kathito mune |
lokopakaraṇārthāya śivena paramātmanā || 3 ||
[Analyze grammar]

śiva uvāca |
śṛṇu devimaheśāni rudrā kṣamahimā śive |
kathayāmi tavaprītyā bhaktānāṃ hitakāmyayā || 4 ||
[Analyze grammar]

divyavarṣasahasrāṇi maheśāni punaḥ purā |
tapaḥ prakurvatastrastaṃ manaḥ saṃyamya vai mama || 5 ||
[Analyze grammar]

svataṃtreṇa pareśena lokopakṛtikāriṇā |
līlayā parameśāni cakṣurunmīlitaṃ mayā || 6 ||
[Analyze grammar]

puṭābhyāṃ cārucakṣurbhyāṃ patitā jalabiṃdavaḥ |
tatrāśrubindavo jātā vṛkṣā rudrā kṣasaṃjñakāḥ || 7 ||
[Analyze grammar]

sthāvaratvamanuprāpya bhaktānugrahakāraṇāt |
te dattā viṣṇubhaktebhyaścaturvarṇebhya eva ca || 8 ||
[Analyze grammar]

bhūmau gauḍodbhavāṃścakre rudrā kṣāñchivavallabhān |
mathurāyāmayodhyāyāṃ laṃkāyāṃ malaye tathā || 9 ||
[Analyze grammar]

sahyādrau ca tathā kāśyāṃ daśeṣvanyeṣu vā tathā |
parānasahyapāpaughabhedanāñchrutinodanāt || 10 ||
[Analyze grammar]

brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrā jātā mamājñayā |
rudrā kṣāste pṛthivyāṃ tu tajjātīyāḥ śubhākṣakāḥ || 11 ||
[Analyze grammar]

śvetaraktāḥ pītakṛṣṇā varṇājñeyāḥ kramādbudhaiḥ |
svajātīyaṃ nṛbhirdhāryaṃ rudrā kṣaṃ varṇataḥ kramāt || 12 ||
[Analyze grammar]

varṇaistu tatphalaṃ dhāryaṃ bhuktimuktiphalepsubhiḥ |
śivabhaktairviśeṣeṇa śivayoḥ prītaye sadā || 13 ||
[Analyze grammar]

dhātrīphalapramāṇaṃ yacchreṣṭhametadudāhṛtam |
badarīphalamātraṃ tu madhyamaṃ saṃprakīrttitam || 14 ||
[Analyze grammar]

adhamaṃ caṇamātraṃ syātprakriyaiṣā parocyate |
śṛṇu pārvati suprītyā bhaktānāṃ hitakāmyayā || 15 ||
[Analyze grammar]

badarīphalamātraṃ ca yatsyātkila maheśvari |
tathāpi phaladaṃ loke sukhasaubhāgyavarddhanam || 16 ||
[Analyze grammar]

dhātrīphalasamaṃ yatsyātsarvāriṣṭavināśanam |
guṃjayā sadṛśaṃ yatsyātsarvārthaphalasādhanam || 17 ||
[Analyze grammar]

yathā yathā laghuḥ syādvai tathādhikaphalapradam |
ekaikataḥ phalaṃ proktaṃ daśāṃśairadhikaṃ budhaiḥ || 18 ||
[Analyze grammar]

rudrā kṣadhāraṇaṃ proktaṃ pāpanāśanahetave |
tasmācca dhāraṇī yo vai sarvārthasādhano dhruvam || 19 ||
[Analyze grammar]

yathā ca dṛśyate loke rudrā kṣaphaladaḥ śubhaḥ |
na tathā dṛśyate'nyā ca mālikā parameśvari || 20 ||
[Analyze grammar]

samāḥ snigdhā dṛḍhāḥ sthūlāḥ kaṃṭakaiḥ saṃyutāḥ śubhāḥ |
rudrā kṣāḥ kāmadā devi bhuktimuktipradāḥ sadā || 21 ||
[Analyze grammar]

krimiduṣṭaṃ chinnabhinnaṃ kaṃṭakairhīnameva ca |
vraṇayuktamavṛttaṃ ca rudrā kṣānṣaḍvivarjayet || 22 ||
[Analyze grammar]

svayameva kṛtadvāraṃ rudrā kṣaṃ syādihottamam |
yattu pauruṣayatnena kṛtaṃ tanmadhyamaṃ bhavet || 23 ||
[Analyze grammar]

rudrā kṣadhāraṇaṃ prāptaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam |
rudra saṃkhyāśataṃ dhṛtvā rudra rūpo bhavennaraḥ || 24 ||
[Analyze grammar]

ekādaśaśatānīha dhṛtvā yatphalamāpyate |
tatphalaṃ śakyate naiva vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi || 25 ||
[Analyze grammar]

śatārddhena yutaiḥ paṃcaśatairvai mukuṭaṃ matam |
rudrā kṣairviracetsamyagbhaktimānpuruṣo varaḥ || 26 ||
[Analyze grammar]

tribhiḥ śataiḥ ṣaṣṭiyuktaistrirāvṛttyā tathā punaḥ |
rudrā kṣairupavītaṃ va nirmīyādbhaktitatparaḥ || 27 ||
[Analyze grammar]

śikhāyāṃ ca trayaṃ proktaṃ rudra kṣāṇāṃ maheśvari |
karṇayoḥ ṣaṭ ca ṣaṭcaiva vāmadakṣiṇayostathā || 28 ||
[Analyze grammar]

śatamekottaraṃ kaṃṭhe bāhvorvai rudra saṃkhyayā |
kūrparadvārayostatra maṇibaṃdhe tathā punaḥ || 29 ||
[Analyze grammar]

upavīte trayaṃ dhāryaṃ śivabhaktiratairnaraiḥ |
śeṣānurvaritānpaṃca sammitāndhārayetkaṭau || 30 ||
[Analyze grammar]

etatsaṃkhyā dhṛtā yena rudrā kṣāḥ parameśvari |
tadrū paṃ tu praṇamyaṃ hi stutyaṃ sarvairmaheśavat || 31 ||
[Analyze grammar]

evaṃbhūtaṃ sthitaṃ dhyāne yadā kṛtvāsanairjanam |
śiveti vyāharaṃścaiva dṛṣṭvā pāpaiḥ pramucyate || 32 ||
[Analyze grammar]

śatādikasahasrasya vidhireṣa prakīrtitaḥ |
tadabhāve prakāronyaḥ śubhaḥ saṃprocyate mayā || 33 ||
[Analyze grammar]

śikhāyāmekarudrā kṣaṃ śirasā triṃśataṃ vahet |
paṃcāśacca gale dadhyādbāhvoḥ ṣoḍaśa ṣoḍaśa || 34 ||
[Analyze grammar]

maṇibaṃdhe dvādaśadviskaṃdhe paṃcaśataṃ vahet |
aṣṭottaraśatairmālyamupavītaṃ prakalpayet || 35 ||
[Analyze grammar]

evaṃ sahasrarudrā kṣāndhārayedyo dṛḍhavrataḥ |
taṃ namaṃti surāḥ sarve yathā rudra stathaiva saḥ || 36 ||
[Analyze grammar]

ekaṃ śikhāyāṃ rudrā kṣaṃ catvāriṃśattu mastake |
dvātriṃśatkaṇṭhadeśe tu vakṣasyaṣṭottaraṃ śatam || 37 ||
[Analyze grammar]

ekaikaṃ karṇayoḥ ṣaṭṣaḍbāhvoḥ ṣoḍaśa ṣoḍaśa |
karayoravimānena dviguṇena munīśvara || 38 ||
[Analyze grammar]

saṃkhyā prītirdhṛtā yena sopi śaivajanaḥ paraḥ |
śivavatpūjanīyo hi vaṃdyassarvairabhīkṣṇaśaḥ || 39 ||
[Analyze grammar]

śirasīśānamaṃtreṇa karṇe tatpuruṣeṇa ca |
aghoreṇa gale dhāryaṃ tenaiva hṛdayepi ca || 40 ||
[Analyze grammar]

aghorabījamaṃtreṇa karayordhārayetsudhīḥ |
paṃcadaśākṣagrathitāṃ vāmadevena codare || 41 ||
[Analyze grammar]

paṃca brahmabhiraṃgaśca trimālāṃ paṃcasapta ca |
athavā mūlamaṃtreṇa sarvānakṣāṃstudhārayet || 42 ||
[Analyze grammar]

madyaṃ māṃsaṃ tu laśunaṃ palāṇḍuṃ śigrumeva ca |
śleṣmāṃtakaṃ viḍvarāhaṃ bhakṣaṇe varjayettataḥ || 43 ||
[Analyze grammar]

valakṣaṃ rudrā kṣaṃ dvijatanubhireveha vihitaṃ suraktaṃ kṣattrāṇāṃ pramuditamume pītamasakṛt || 44 ||
[Analyze grammar]

chinnaṃ khaṃḍitaṃ bhinnaṃ vidīrṇa |
tato vaiśyairdhāryaṃ pratidivasabhāvaśyakamaho tathā kṛṣṇaṃ śūdrai ḥ śrutigaditamārgoyamagaje || 44 ||
[Analyze grammar]

varṇī vanī gṛhayatīrniyamena dadhyādetadra hasyaparamo na hi jātu tiṣṭhet |
rudrā kṣadhāraṇamidaṃ sukṛtaiśca labhyaṃ tyaktvedametadakhilānnarakānprayāṃti || 45 ||
[Analyze grammar]

ādāvāmalakātsvato laghutarā rugṇāstataḥ kaṃṭakaiḥ saṃdaṣṭāḥ kṛmibhistanūpakaraṇacchidre ṇa hīnāstathā |
dhāryā naiva śubhepsubhiścaṇakavadrudrā kṣamapyaṃtato rudrā kṣomama liṃgamaṃgalamume sūkṣmaṃ praśastaṃ sadā || 46 ||
[Analyze grammar]

sarvāśramāṇāṃ varṇānāṃ strīśūdrā ṇāṃ śivājñayā |
dhāryāḥ sadaiva rudrā kṣā yatīnāṃ praṇavena hi || 47 ||
[Analyze grammar]

divā bibhradrā trikṛtai rātrau vibhraddivākṛtaiḥ |
prātarmadhyāhnasāyāhne mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ || 48 ||
[Analyze grammar]

ye tripuṇḍradharā loke jaṭādhāriṇa eva ye |
ye rudrā kṣadharāste vai yamalokaṃ prayāṃti na || 49 ||
[Analyze grammar]

rudrā kṣamekaṃ śirasā bibharti tathā tripuṇḍraṃ ca lalāṭamadhye |
paṃcākṣaraṃ ye hi japaṃti maṃtraṃ pūjyā bhavadbhiḥ khalu te hi sādhavaḥ || 50 ||
[Analyze grammar]

yasyāṇge nāsti rudrā kṣastripuṇḍraṃ bhālapaṭṭake |
mukhe paṃcākṣaraṃ nāsti tamānaya yamālayam || 51 ||
[Analyze grammar]

jñātvā jñātvā tatprabhāvaṃ bhasmarudrā kṣadhāriṇaḥ |
te pūjyāḥ sarvadāsmākaṃ no netavyāḥ kadācana || 52 ||
[Analyze grammar]

evamājñāpayāmāsa kālopi nijakiṇkarān |
tatheti mattvā te sarve tūṣṇīmāsansuvismitāḥ || 53 ||
[Analyze grammar]

ata eva mahādevi rudrā kṣotyaghanāśanaḥ |
taddharo matpriyaḥ śuddho'tyaghavānapi pārvati || 54 ||
[Analyze grammar]

haste bāhau tathā mūrdhni rudrā kṣaṃ dhārayettu yaḥ |
avadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ rudra rūpī caredbhuvi || 55 ||
[Analyze grammar]

surāsurāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ vaṃdanīyaḥ sadā sa vai |
pūjanīyo hi dṛṣṭasya pāpahā ca yathā śivaḥ || 56 ||
[Analyze grammar]

dhyānajñānāvamuktopi rudrā kṣaṃ dhārayettu yaḥ |
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim || 57 ||
[Analyze grammar]

rudrā kṣeṇa japanmantraṃ puṇyaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet |
daśakoṭiguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ dhāraṇāllabhate naraḥ || 58 ||
[Analyze grammar]

yāvatkālaṃ hi jīvasya śarīrastho bhavetsa vai |
tāvatkālaṃ svalpamṛtyurna taṃ devi vibādhate || 59 ||
[Analyze grammar]

tripuṃḍreṇa ca saṃyuktaṃ rudrā kṣāvilasāṃgakam |
mṛtyuṃjayaṃ japaṃtaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā rudra phalaṃ labhet || 60 ||
[Analyze grammar]

paṃcadevapriyaścaiva sarvadevapriyastathā |
sarvamantrāñjapedbhakto rudrā kṣamālayā priye || 61 ||
[Analyze grammar]

viṣṇvādidevabhaktāśca dhārayeyurna saṃśayaḥ |
rudra bhakto viśeṣeṇa rudrā kṣāndhārayetsadā || 62 ||
[Analyze grammar]

rudrā kṣā vividhāḥ proktāsteṣāṃ bhedānvadāmyaham |
śṛṇu pārvati sadbhaktyā bhuktimuktiphalapradān || 63 ||
[Analyze grammar]

ekavaktraḥ śivaḥ sākṣādbhuktimuktiphalapradaḥ |
tasya darśanamātreṇa brahmahatyā vyapohati || 64 ||
[Analyze grammar]

yatra saṃpūjitastatra lakṣmīrdūratarā na hi |
naśyaṃtyupadra vāḥ sarve sarvakāmā bhavaṃti hi || 65 ||
[Analyze grammar]

dvivaktro devadeveśassarvakāmaphalapradaḥ |
viśeṣataḥ sa rudrā kṣo govadhaṃ nāśayeddrutam || 66 ||
[Analyze grammar]

trivaktro yo hi rudrā kṣaḥ sākṣātsādhanadassadā |
tatprabhāvādbhaveyurvai vidyāḥ sarvāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ || 67 ||
[Analyze grammar]

caturvaktraḥ svayaṃ brahmā narahatyāṃ vyapohati |
darśanātsparśanātsadyaścaturvargaphalapradaḥ || 68 ||
[Analyze grammar]

paṃcavaktraḥ svayaṃ rudra ḥ kālāgnirnāmataḥ prabhuḥ |
sarvamuktipradaścaiva sarvakāmaphalapradaḥ || 69 ||
[Analyze grammar]

agamyāgamanaṃ pāpamabhakṣyasya ca bhakṣaṇam |
ityādisarvapāpāni paṃcavaktro vyapohati || 70 ||
[Analyze grammar]

ṣaḍvaktraḥ kārtikeyastudhāraṇāddakṣiṇe bhuje |
brahmahatyādikaiḥ pāpairmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ || 71 ||
[Analyze grammar]

saptavaktro maheśāni hyanaṃgo nāma nāmataḥ |
dhāraṇāttasya deveśidaridro pīśvaro bhavet || 72 ||
[Analyze grammar]

rudrā kṣaścāṣṭavaktraśca vasumūrtiśca bhairavaḥ |
dhāraṇāttasya pūrṇāyurmṛto bhavati śūlabhṛt || 73 ||
[Analyze grammar]

bhairavo navavaktraśca kapilaśca muniḥ smṛtaḥ |
durgā vāta dadhiṣṭhātrī navarūpā maheśvarī || 74 ||
[Analyze grammar]

taṃ dhārayedvāmahaste rudrā kṣaṃ bhaktitatparaḥ |
sarveśvaro bhavennūnaṃ mama tulyo na saṃśayaḥ || 75 ||
[Analyze grammar]

daśavaktro maheśāni svayaṃ devo janārdanaḥ |
dhāraṇāttasya deveśi sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt || 76 ||
[Analyze grammar]

ekādaśamukho yastu rudrā kṣaḥ parameśvari |
sa rudro dhāraṇāttasya sarvatra vijayī bhavet || 77 ||
[Analyze grammar]

dvādaśāsyaṃ tu rudrā kṣaṃ dhārayetkeśadeśake |
ādityāścaiva te sarvedvādaśaiva sthitāstathā || 78 ||
[Analyze grammar]

trayodaśamukho viśvedevastaddhāraṇānnaraḥ |
sarvānkāmānavāpnoti saubhāgyaṃ maṃgalaṃlabhet || 79 ||
[Analyze grammar]

caturdaśamukho yo hi rudrā kṣaḥ paramaḥ śivaḥ |
dhārayenmūrdhni taṃ bhaktyā sarvapāpaṃ praṇaśyati || 80 ||
[Analyze grammar]

iti rudrā kṣabhedā hi proktā vai mukhabhedataḥ |
tattanmaṃtrāñchṛṇu prītyā kramācchailleśvarātmaje || 81 ||
[Analyze grammar]

oṃ hrīṃ namaḥ 1 oṃ namaḥ 2 oṃ klīṃ namaḥ 3 oṃ hrīṃ namaḥ 4 oṃ hrīṃ namaḥ 5 oṃ hrīṃ huṃ namaḥ 6 oṃ huṃnamaḥ 7 oṃ huṃ namaḥ 8 oṃ hrīṃ huṃ namaḥ 9 oṃ hrīṃ namaḥ namaḥ 10 oṃ hrīṃ huṃ namaḥ 11 oṃ krauṃ kṣauṃ rauṃ namaḥ 12 oṃ hrīṃ namaḥ 13 oṃ nama || 14 ||
[Analyze grammar]

bhaktiśraddhā yutaścaiva sarvakāmārthasiddhaye |
rudrā kṣāndhārayenmaṃtrairdevanālasya varjitaḥ || 82 ||
[Analyze grammar]

vinā maṃtreṇa ho dhatte rudrā kṣaṃ bhuvi mānavaḥ |
sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ yāvadindrā ścaturdaśa || 83 ||
[Analyze grammar]

rudrā kṣamālinaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhūtapretapiśācakāḥ |
ḍākinīśākinī caiva ye cānye dro hakārakāḥ || 84 ||
[Analyze grammar]

kṛtrimaṃ caiva yatkiṃcidabhicārādikaṃ ca yat |
tatsarvaṃ dūrato yāti dṛṣṭvā śaṃkitavigraham || 85 ||
[Analyze grammar]

rudrā kṣamālinaṃ dṛṣṭvā śivo viṣṇuḥ prasīdati |
devīgaṇapatissūryaḥ surāścānyepi pārvati || 86 ||
[Analyze grammar]

evaṃ jñātvā tu māhātmyaṃ rudrā kṣasya maheśvari |
samyagdhāryāssamaṃtrāśca bhaktyādharmavivṛddhaye || 87 ||
[Analyze grammar]

ityuktaṃ girijāgre hi śivena paramātmanā |
bhasmarūdrā kṣamāhātmyaṃ bhuktimuktiphalapradam || 88 ||
[Analyze grammar]

śivasyātipriyau jñeyau bhasmarudrā kṣadhāriṇau |
taddhāraṇaprabhāvaddhi bhuktirmuktirna saṃśayaḥ || 89 ||
[Analyze grammar]

bhasmarudrā kṣadhārī yaḥ śivabhaktassa ucyate |
paṃcākṣarajapāsaktaḥ paripūrṇaśca sanmukhe || 90 ||
[Analyze grammar]

vinā bhasmatripuṃḍreṇa vinā rudrā kṣamālayā |
pūjitopi mahādevo nābhīṣṭaphaladāyakaḥ || 91 ||
[Analyze grammar]

tatsarvaṃ ca samākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭaṃ hi munīśvara |
bhasmarudrā kṣamāhātmyaṃ sarvakāmasamṛddhidam || 92 ||
[Analyze grammar]

etadyaḥ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ māhātmyaparamaṃ śubham |
rudrā kṣabhasmanorbhaktyāsarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt || 93 ||
[Analyze grammar]

iha sarvasukhaṃ bhuktvā putrapautrādisaṃyutaḥ |
labhetparatra sanmokṣaṃ śivasyātipriyo bhavet || 94 ||
[Analyze grammar]

vidyeśvarasaṃhiteyaṃ kathitā vo munīśvarāḥ |
sarvasiddhipradā nityaṃ muktidā śivaśāsanāt || 95 ||
[Analyze grammar]

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe prathamāyāṃ vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṇḍe rudrā kṣamahātmyavarṇanonāma pañcaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 25 ||
[Analyze grammar]