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Shiva Purana [sanskrit]
223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519
The Shiva-purana Book 2.1 Chapter 1 (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 1
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viśvodbhavasthitilayādiṣu hetumekaṃ gaurīpartividitatattvamanantakīrtim || māyāśrayamvigatamāyamaciṃtyarūpambodhasvarūpamamalaṃ hi śivannamāmi || 1 ||
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vande śivantamprakṛteranādimpraśāntamekampuruṣottamaṃ hi |
svamāyayā kṛtsnamidaṃ hi sṛṣṭvā nabhovadantarbahirāsthito yaḥ || 2 ||
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vandetarasthaṃ nijagūḍharūpaṃ śivaṃsvatassraṣṭumidamvicaṣṭe |
jaganti nityamparito bhramaṃti yatsannidhau cumbakalohavattam || 3 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
jagataḥ pitaraṃ śambhuñjagato mātaraṃ śivām |
tatputraśca gaṇādhīśannatvaitadvarṇayāmahe || 4 ||
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ekadā munayassarve naimiṣāraṇya vāsinaḥ |
papracchurvarayā bhaktyā sūtante śaunakādayaḥ || 5 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāḥ śrutā sā satkathā śubhā |
sādhyasādhanakhaṃḍā khyā ramyādyā bhaktavatsalā || 6 ||
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sūta sūta mahābhāga cirañjīva sukhī bhava |
yacchrāvayasi nastāta śāṃkarīṃ paramāṃ kathām || 7 ||
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pibantastvanmukhāmbhojacyutaṃ jñānāmṛtamvayam |
avitṛptāḥ punaḥ kiṃcitpraṣṭumicchāmahe'nagha || 8 ||
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vyāsaprasādātsarvajño prāpto'si kṛtakṛtyatām |
nājñātamvidyate kiṃcidbhūtaṃ bhabyaṃ bhavacca yat || 9 ||
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gurorvyāsasya sadbhaktyā samāsādya kṛpāṃ parām |
sarvaṃ jñātaṃ viśeṣeṇa sarvaṃ sārthaṃ kṛtaṃ januḥ || 10 ||
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idānīṃ kathaya prājña śivarūpamanuttamam |
divyāni vai caritrāṇi śivayorapyaśeṣataḥ || 11 ||
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aguṇo guṇatāṃ yāti kathaṃ loke maheśvaraḥ |
śivatattvaṃ vayaṃ sarve na jānīmo vicārataḥ || 12 ||
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sṛṣṭeḥ pūrvaṃ kathaṃ śaṃbhussvarūpeṇāvatiṣṭhate |
sṛṣṭimadhye sa hi kathaṃ krīḍansaṃvarttate prabhuḥ || 13 ||
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tadante ca kathandevassa tiṣṭhati maheśvaraḥ |
kathamprasannatāṃ yāti śaṃkaro lokaśaṃkaraḥ || 14 ||
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sa prasanno maheśānaḥ kiṃ prayacchati satphalam |
svabhaktebhyaḥ parebhyaśca tatsarvaṃ kathayasva naḥ || 15 ||
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sadyaḥ prasanno bhagavānbhavatītyanuśaśruma |
bhaktaprayāsaṃ sa mahānna paśyati dayāparaḥ || 16 ||
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brahmāviṣṇurmaheśaśca trayo devāśśivāṃgajāḥ |
maheśastatra pūrṇāṃśassvayameva śivo'paraḥ || 17 ||
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tasyāvirbhāvamākhyāhi caritāni viśeṣataḥ |
umāvirbhāvamākhyāhi tadvivāhaṃ tathā prabho || 18 ||
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tadgārhasthyaṃ viśeṣeṇa tathā līlāḥ parā api |
etatsarvaṃ tadanyacca kathanīyaṃ tvayā'nagha || 19 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
iti pṛṣṭastadā taistu sūto harṣasamanvitaḥ |
smṛtvā śaṃbhupadāṃbhojampratyuvāca munīśvarān || 20 ||
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sūta uvāca |
samyakpṛṣṭaṃ bhavadbhiśca dhanyā yūyaṃ munīśvarāḥ |
sadāśivakathāyāṃ vo yajjātā naiṣṭhikī matiḥ || 21 ||
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sadāśivakathāpraśnaḥ puruṣāṃstrīnpunāti hi |
vaktāraṃ pṛcchakaṃ śrotṝñjāhnavīsalilaṃ yathā || 22 ||
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śaṃbhorguṇānuvādātko virajyeta pumāndvijāḥ |
vinā paśughnaṃ trividhajanānandakarātsadā || 23 ||
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gīyamāno vitṛṣṇaiśca bhavarogauṣadho'pi hi |
manaḥśrotrābhirāmaśca yattassarvārthadassa vai || 24 ||
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kathayāmi yathābuddhi bhavatpraśnānusārataḥ |
śivalīlāṃ prayatnena dvijāstāṃ śṛṇutādarāt || 25 ||
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bhavadbhiḥ pṛcchyate yadvattattathā nāradena vai |
pṛṣṭaṃ pitre preritena hariṇā śivarūpiṇā || 26 ||
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brahmā śrutvā sutavacaśśivabhaktaḥ prasannadhīḥ |
jagau śivayaśaḥ prītyā harṣayanmunisattamam || 27 ||
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vyāsa |
sūtoktamiti tadvākyamākarṇya dvijasattamāḥ |
papracchustatsusaṃvādaṃ kutūhalasamanvitāḥ || 28 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
sūta sūta mahābhāga śaivottama mahāmate |
śrutvā tava vaco ramyaṃ ceto nassakutūhalam || 29 ||
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kadā babhūva sukhakṛdvidhināradayormahān |
saṃvādo yatra giriśasu līlā bhavamocinī || 30 ||
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vidhināradasaṃvādapūrvakaṃ śāṃkaraṃ yaśaḥ |
brūhi nastāta tatprītyā tattatpraśnānusārataḥ || 31 ||
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ityākarṇya vacasteṣāṃ munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām |
sūtaḥ provāca suprītastatsaṃvādānusārataḥ || 32 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ prathamakhaṃḍe sṛṣṭyupākhyāne munipraśnavarṇano nāma prathamo'dhyāyaḥ || 1 ||
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Other print editions:
Also see the following print editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Chapter 1
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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