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Shiva Purana [sanskrit]
223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519
The Shiva-purana Book 2.1 Chapter 5 (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 5
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sūta uvāca |
aṃtarhite harau viprā nārado munisattamaḥ |
vicacāra mahīṃ paśyañchivaliṃgāni bhaktitaḥ || 1 ||
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pṛthivyā aṭanaṃ kṛtvā śivarūpāṇyanekaśaḥ |
dadarśa prītito viprā bhuktimuktipradāni saḥ || 2 ||
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atha taṃ vicaraṃtaṃ kau nāradaṃ divyadarśanam |
jñātvā śaṃbhugaṇau tau tu sucittamupajagmatuḥ || 3 ||
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śirasā supraṇamyāśu gaṇāvūcaturādarāt |
gṛhītvā caraṇau tasya śāpoddhārecchayā ca tau || 4 ||
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śivagaṇāvūcatuḥ |
brahmaputra surarṣe hi śṛṇu prītyā vayorvacaḥ |
tavāparādhakartārāvāvāṃ viprau na vastutaḥ || 5 ||
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āvāṃ haragaṇau vipra tavāgaskāriṇau mune |
svayambare rājaputryā māyāmohitacetasā || 6 ||
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tvayā dattaśca nau śāpaḥ pareśapreritena ha |
jñātvā kusamayaṃ tatra maunameva hi jīvanam || 7 ||
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svakarmaṇaḥ phalaṃ prāptaṃ kasyāpi na hi dūṣaṇam |
suprasanno bhava vibho kurvanugrahamadya nau || 8 ||
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sūta uvāca |
vaca ākarṇya gaṇayoriti bhaktyuktamādarāt |
pratyuvāca muniḥ prītyā paścāttāpamavāpya saḥ || 9 ||
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nārada uvāca |
śṛṇutaṃ me mahādeva gaṇā mānyatamau satām |
vacanaṃ sukhadaṃ mohanirmuktaṃ ca yathārthakam|| || 10 ||
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purā mama matirbhraṣṭāsīcchivecchāvaśāt yuvam |
sarvathā mohamāpannaśśaptavānvāṃ kuśemuṣiḥ || 11 ||
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yaduktaṃ tattathā bhāvi tathāpi śṛṇutāṃ gaṇau |
śāpoddhāramahaṃ vacmi kṣamathā maghamadya me || 12 ||
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vīryānmunivarasyāptvā rākṣaseśatvamādiśam |
syātāṃ vibhavasaṃyuktau balino supratāpinau || 13 ||
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sarvabrahmāṃḍarājānau śivabhaktau jitendriyau |
śivāparatanormṛtyuṃ prāpya svaṃ padamāpsyathaḥ || 14 ||
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sūta uvāca |
ityākarṇya munervākyaṃ nāradasya mahātmanaḥ |
ubhau haragaṇau prītau svaṃ padaṃ jagmaturmudā || 15 ||
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nārado'pi paraṃ prīto dhyāyañchivamananyadhīḥ |
vicacāra mahīṃ paśyañchivatīrthānyabhīkṣṇaśaḥ || 16 ||
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kāśīṃ prāpyātha sa muniḥ sarvopari virājitām |
śivapriyāṃ śaṃbhusukhapradāṃ śambhusvarūpiṇīm || 17 ||
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dṛṣṭvā kāśīṃ kṛtā'rthobhūtkāśīnāthaṃ dadarśa ha |
ānarca parama prītyā paramānandasaṃyutaḥ || 18 ||
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sa mudaḥ sevyatāṃ kāśīṃ kṛtārtho munisattamaḥ |
namansaṃvarṇayanbhaktyā saṃsmaranpremavihvalaḥ || 19 ||
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brahmalokaṃ jagāmātha śivasmaraṇasanmatiḥ |
śivatattvaṃ viśeṣeṇa jñātumicchussa nāradaḥ || 20 ||
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natvā tatra vidhiṃ bhaktyā stutvā ca vividhaistavaiḥ |
papraccha śivattatvaṃ śivasaṃbhaktamānasaḥ || 21 ||
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nārada uvāca |
brahmanbrahmasvarūpajña pitāmaha jagatprabho |
tvatprasādānmayā sarvaṃ viṣṇormāhātmyamuttamam || 22 ||
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bhaktimārgaṃ jñānamārgaṃ tapomārgaṃ sudustaram |
dānamārgañca tīrthānāṃ mārgaṃ ca śrutavānaham || 23 ||
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na jñātaṃ śivatattvaṃ ca pūjāvidhimataḥ kramāt |
caritraṃ vividhaṃ tasya nivedaya mama prabho || 24 ||
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nirguṇo'pi śivastāta saguṇaśśaṃkaraḥ katham |
śivatattvaṃ na jānāmi mohitaśśivamāyayā || 25 ||
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sṛṣṭeḥ pūrvaṃ kathaṃ śaṃbhussvarūpeṇa pratiṣṭhitaḥ |
sṛṣṭimadhye sa hi kathaṃ krīḍansaṃvartate prabhuḥ || 26 ||
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tadante ca kathaṃ devassa tiṣṭhati maheśvaraḥ |
kathaṃ prasannatāṃ yāti śaṃkaro lokaśaṃkaraḥ || 27 ||
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saṃtuṣṭaśca svabhaktebhyaḥ parebhyaśca maheśvaraḥ |
kiṃ phalaṃ yacchati vidhe tatsarvaṃ kathayasva me || 28 ||
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sadyaḥ prasanno bhagavānbhavatītyanusaṃśrutam |
bhaktaprayāsaṃ sa mahānna paśyati dayāparaḥ || 29 ||
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brahmā viṣṇurmaheśaśca trayo devāśśivāṃśajāḥ |
maheśastatra pūrṇāṃśassvayameva śivaḥ paraḥ || 30 ||
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tasyāvirbhāvamākhyāhi caritāni viśeṣataḥ |
umāvirbhāvamākhyāhi tadvivāhaṃ tathā vibho || 31 ||
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tadgārhasthyaṃ viśeṣeṇa tathā līlāḥ parā api |
etatsarvaṃ tathānyacca kathanīyaṃ tvayānagha || 32 ||
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tadutpattiṃ vivāhaṃ ca śivāyāstu viśeṣataḥ |
prabrūhi me prajānātha guhajanma tathaiva ca || 33 ||
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bahubhyaśca śrutaṃ pūrvaṃ na tṛpto'smi jagatprabho |
atastvāṃ śaraṇaṃ prāptaḥ kṛpāṃ kuru mamopari || 34 ||
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iti śrutvā vacastasya nāradasyāṃgajasya hi |
uvāca vacanaṃ tatra brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ || 35 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ prathamakhaṃḍe sṛṣṭyupākhyāne nāradapraśnavarṇanonāma pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ || 5 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Chapter 5
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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