Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519

The Shiva-purana Book 2.3 Chapter 19 (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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|| nārada uvāca |
brahmanvidhe mahābhāga kiṃ jātaṃ tadanaṃtaram |
kathaya tvaṃ prasādena tāṃ kathāṃ pāpanāśinīm || 1 ||
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|| brahmovāca |
śrūyatāṃ sā kathā tāta yajjātaṃ tadanaṃtaram |
tava snehātpravakṣyāmi śivalīlāṃ mudāvahām || 2 ||
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dhairyasya vyasanaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāyogī maheśvaraḥ |
viciṃtitaṃ manasyevaṃ vismito'titataḥ param || 3 ||
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|| śiva uvāca |
kimu vighnāḥ samutpannāḥ kurvatastapa uttamam |
kena me vikṛtaṃ cittaṃ kṛtamatra kukarmiṇā || 4 ||
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kuvarṇanaṃ mayā prītyā parastryupari vai kṛtam |
jāto dharmavirodho'tra śrutisīmā vilaṃghitā || 5 ||
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|| brahmovāca |
viciṃtyetthaṃ mahāyogī parameśassatāṃ gatiḥ |
diśo vilokayāmāsa paritaśśaṃkitastadā || 6 ||
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vāmabhāge sthitaṃ kāmaṃ dadarśākṛṣṭabāṇakam |
svaśaraṃ kṣeptukāmaṃ hi garvitaṃ mūḍhacetasam || 7 ||
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā tādṛśaṃ kāmaṃ girīśasya parātmanaḥ |
saṃjātaḥ krodhasaṃmardastatkṣaṇādapi nārada || 8 ||
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kāmaḥ sthito'ntarikṣe sa dhṛtvā tatsaśaraṃ dhanuḥ |
cikṣepāstraṃ durnivāramamoghaṃ śaṃkare mune || 9 ||
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babhūvāmoghamastraṃ tu moghaṃ tatparamātmani |
samaśāmyattatastasminsaṃkuddhe parameśvare || 10 ||
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moghībhūte śive svestre bhayamāpāśu manmathaḥ |
cakaṃpe ca puraḥ sthitvā dṛṣṭvā mṛtyuṃjayaṃ prabhum || 11 ||
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sasmāra tridaśānsarvānśakrādīnbhayavihvalaḥ |
sa smaro muniśārdūla svaprayāse nirarthake || 12 ||
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kāmena susmṛtā devāśśakrādyāste munīśvara |
āyayuḥ sakalāste hi śaṃbhuṃ natvā ca tuṣṭuvuḥ || 13 ||
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stutiṃ kurvatsu deveṣu kuddhasyāti harasya hi |
tṛtīyāttasya netrādvai nissasāra tato mahān || 14 ||
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lalāṭa madhyagāttasmātsavahnirdrutasambhavaḥ |
jajvālorddhvaśikho dīptaḥ pralayāgnisamaprabhaḥ || 15 ||
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utpatya gagane tūrṇaṃ niṣpatya dharaṇī tale |
bhrāmaṃbhrāmaṃ svaparitaḥ papāta medanīṃ pari || 16 ||
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bhasmasātkṛtavānsādho madanaṃ tāvadeva hi |
yāvacca marutāṃ vācaḥ kṣamyatāṃ kṣamyatāmiti || 17 ||
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hate tasminsmare vīre deva duḥkhamupāgatāḥ |
rurudurvihvalāścātikrośataḥ kimabhūditi || 18 ||
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śvetāṃgā vikṛtātmā ca girirājasutā tadā |
jagāma maṃdiraṃ svaṃ ca samādāya sakhījanam || 19 ||
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kṣaṇamātraṃ ratistatra visaṃjñā sābhavattadā |
bhartṛmṛtyujaduḥkhena patitā sā mṛtā iva || 20 ||
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jātāyāṃ caiva saṃjñāyāṃ ratiratyaṃtavihvalā |
vilalāpa tadā tatroccaraṃtī vividhaṃ vacaḥ || 21 ||
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|| ratiruvāca |
kiṃ karomi kva gacchāmi kiṃ kṛtaṃ daivatairiha |
matsvāminaṃ samāhūya nāśayāmāsuruddhatam || 22 ||
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hā hā nātha smara svāminprāṇapriya sukhaprada |
idaṃ tu kimabhūdatra hā hā priya priyeti ca || 23 ||
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|| brahmovāca || |
itthaṃ vilapatī sā tu vadaṃtī bahudhā vacaḥ |
hastau pādau tadāsphālya keśānatroṭayattadā || 24 ||
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tadvilāpaṃ tadā śrutvā tatra sarve vanecarāḥ |
abhavanduḥkhitāssarve sthāvarā api nārada || 25 ||
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etasminnaṃtare tatra devāśśakrādayo'khilāḥ |
ratimūcussamāśvāsya saṃsmaraṃto maheśvaram || 26 ||
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|| devā ūcuḥ |
kiṃcidbhasma gṛhītvā tu rakṣa yatnādbhayaṃ tyaja |
jīvayiṣyati sa svāmī lapsyase tvaṃ punaḥ priyam || 27 ||
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sukhadātā na kopyasti duḥkhadātā na kaścana |
sarvo'pi svakṛtaṃ bhuṃkte devāñśocasi vai vṛthā || 28 ||
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|| brahmovāca |
ityāśvāsya ratiṃ devāssarve śivamupāgatāḥ |
suprasādya śivaṃ bhaktyā vacanaṃ cedamabruvan || 29 ||
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|| devā ūcuḥ |
bhagavañchrūyatometadvacanaṃ naśśubhaṃ prabho |
kṛpāṃ kṛtvā maheśāna śaraṇāgatavatsala || 30 ||
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suvicāraya suprītyā kṛti kāmasya śaṃkara |
kāmenaitatkṛtaṃ yatra na svārthaṃ tanmaheśvara || 31 ||
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duṣṭena pīḍitairdevaistārakeṇā'khilairvibho |
karma tatkāritaṃ nātha nānyathā viddhi śaṃkara || 32 ||
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ratirekākinī deva vilāpaṃ duḥkhitā satī |
karoti giriśa tvaṃ ca tāmāśvāsaya sarvadā || 33 ||
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saṃhāraṃ kartukāmo'si krodhenānena śaṃkara |
daivataissaha sarveṣāṃ hatavāṃstaṃ yadi smaram || 34 ||
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duḥkhaṃ tasyā raterdṛṣṭvā naṣṭaprāyāśca devatāḥ |
tasmāttvayā ca karttavyaṃ ratyāśokāpanodanam || 35 ||
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|| brahmovāca |
ityākarṇya vacasteṣāṃ prasanno bhagavāñchivaḥ |
devānāṃ sakalānāṃ ca vacanaṃ cedamabravīt || 36 ||
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|| śiva uvāca |
devāśca ṛṣayassarve madvacaśśṛṇutādarāt |
matkopena ca yajjātaṃ tattathā nānyathā bhavat || 37 ||
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anaṃgastāvadeva syātkāmo ratipatiḥ prabhuḥ |
yāvaccāvataretkṛṣṇo dharaṇyāṃ rukmiṇīpatiḥ || 38 ||
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dvārakāyāṃ yadā sthitvā putrānutpādayiṣyati |
tadā kṛṣṇastu rukmiṇyāṃ kāmamutpādayiṣyati || 39 ||
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pradyumnanāma tasyaiva bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ |
jātamātraṃ tu taṃ putraṃ śaṃbarassaṃhariṣyati || 40 ||
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hṛtvā prāsya samudraṃ taṃ śaṃbaro dānavottamaḥ |
mṛtaṃ jñātvā vṛthā mūḍho nagaraṃ svaṃ gamiṣyati || 41 ||
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tāvacca nagaraṃ tasya rate stheyaṃ yathāsukham |
tatraiva svapateḥ prāptiḥ pradyumnasya bhaviṣyati || 42 ||
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tatra kāmo militvā taṃ hatvā śambaramāhave |
bhaviṣyati sukhī devāḥ pradyumnākhyassvakāminīm || 43 ||
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tadīyaṃ caiva yaddravyaṃ nītvā sa nagaraṃ punaḥ |
gamiṣyati tayā sārddhaṃ devāssatyaṃ vaco mama || 44 ||
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brahmovāca |
iti śrutvā vacaśśaṃbhordevā ūcuḥ praṇamya tam |
kiṃciducchvasitāścitte karau baddhvā natāṃgakāḥ || 45 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
devadeva mahādeva karuṇāsāgara prabho |
śīghraṃ jīvaya kāmaṃ tvaṃ rakṣa prāṇān raterhara || 46 ||
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brahmovāca |
ityākarṇyāmaravacaḥ prasannaḥ parameśvaraḥ |
punarbabhāṣe karuṇāsāgarassakaleśvaraḥ || 47 ||
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śiva uvāca |
he devāssuprasanno'smi jīvayiṣyāmi cāṃtare |
kāmaḥ sa madgaṇo bhūtvā vihariṣyati nityaśaḥ || 48 ||
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nākhyeyamidamākhyānaṃ kasyacitpuratassurāḥ |
gacchata svasthalaṃ dukhaṃ nāśayiṣyāmi sarvataḥ || 49 ||
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brahmovāca |
ityuktvāṃtardadhe rudro devānāṃ stuvatāṃ tadā |
sarve devāssuprassannā babhūvurgatavismayāḥ || 50 ||
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tatastāṃ ca samāśvāsya rudrasya vacane sthitāḥ |
uktvā vacastadīyaṃ ca svaṃ svaṃ dhāma yayurmune || 51 ||
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kāmapatnī samādiṣṭaṃ nagaraṃ sā gatā tadā |
pratīkṣamāṇā taṃ kālaṃ rudrādiṣṭaṃ munīśvara || 52 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye pārvatīkhaṇḍe kāmanāśavarṇanaṃ nāmaikonaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 19 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Chapter 19

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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