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Shiva Purana [sanskrit]
223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519
The Shiva-purana Book 2.3 Chapter 42 (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 42
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|| brahmovāca |
athākarṇya girīśaśca nijapuryyupakaṇṭhataḥ |
prāptamīśaṃ sarvagaṃ vai mumudeti himālayaḥ || 1 ||
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atha sambhṛtasambhāra ssambhāṣāṃ kartumīśvaram |
śailānprasthāpayāmāsa brāhmaṇānapi sarvaśaḥ || 2 ||
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svayaṃ jagāma sadbhaktyā prāṇepsundraṣṭu'mīśvaram |
bhaktyudrutamanāśśailaḥ praśaṃsan svavidhimmudā || 3 ||
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devasenāṃ tadā dṛṣṭvā himavānvi smayaṃ gataḥ |
jagāma sammukhastatra dhanyo'hamiti cintayan || 4 ||
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devā hi tadbalaṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayamparamaṃ gatāḥ |
ānandamparamamprāpurdevāśca girayastathā || 5 ||
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parvatānāṃ mahāsenā devānāṃ ca tathā mune |
militvā virarājeva pūrvapaścimasāgarau || 6 ||
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parasparaṃ militvā te devāśca parvatāstathā |
kṛtakṛtyantathātmānammenire parayā mudā || 7 ||
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atheśvarampuro dṛṣṭvā praṇanāma himālayaḥ |
sarve praṇemurgirayo brāhmaṇāśca sadāśivam || 8 ||
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vṛṣabhasthamprasannāsyannānābharaṇabhūṣitam |
divyāvayavalāvaṇyaprakāśitadigantaram || 9 ||
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susūkṣmāhatasatpaṭṭavastraśobhitavigraham |
sadratnavilasanmauliṃ vihasantaṃ śuciprabham || 10 ||
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bhūṣābhūtāhiyuktāṃgamadbhutāvayavaprabham |
divyadyutiṃ sureśaiśca sevitaṃ karacāmaraiḥ || 11 ||
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vāmasthitācyutandakṣabhāgasthitavibhumprabhum |
pṛṣṭhasthitahariṃ pṛṣṭhapārśvasthitasurādikam || 12 ||
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nānāvidhisurādyaiśca saṃstutaṃ lokaśaṃkaram |
svahetvāttatanumbrahmasarveśaṃ varadāyakam || 13 ||
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saguṇaṃ nirguṇaṃ cāpi bhaktādhīnaṃ kṛpākaram |
prakṛteḥ puruṣasyāpi paraṃ saccitsukhātmakam || 14 ||
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prabhordakṣiṇabhāge tu dadarśa harimacyutam |
vinatātanayārūḍhaṃ nānābhūṣaṇabhūṣitam || 15 ||
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prabhośca vāmabhāge tu mune māṃ sandadarśa ha |
caturmukhaṃ mahāśobhaṃ svaparīvārasaṃyutam || 16 ||
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etau sureśvarau dṛṣṭvā śivasyāti priyau sadā |
praṇanāma girīśaśca saparīvāra ādarāt || 17 ||
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tathā śivasya pṛṣṭhe ca pārśvayostu virājitān |
devādīnpraṇanāmāsau dṛṣṭvā girivareśvaraḥ || 18 ||
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śivājñayā puro bhūtvā jagāma svapuraṃ giriḥ |
śeṣaharyātmabhūśśīghraṃ munibhiḥ nirjarādibhiḥ || 19 ||
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sarve munisurādyāśca gacchantaḥ prabhuṇā saha |
gireḥ puraṃ samuditāḥ śaśaṃsurbahu nārada || 20 ||
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racite śikhare ramye saṃsthāpya devatādikam |
jagāma himavāṃstatra yatrāsti vidhivedikā || 21 ||
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kārayitvā viśeṣeṇa catuṣkanto raṇairyutam |
snānadānādikaṃ kṛtvā parīkṣāmakarottadā || 22 ||
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svaputrānpreṣayāmāsa śivasya nikaṭe tathā |
himo viṣṇvādisampūrṇavargayuktasya śailarāṭ || 23 ||
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kartumecchadvarācāraṃ mahotsavapurassaram |
mahāharṣayutassarvabandhuyugghimaśailarāṭ || 24 ||
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atha te giripu trāśca tatra gatvā praṇamya tam |
sasvavargaṃ prārthanāntāmūcuśśaileśvarasya vai || 25 ||
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tataste svālayaṃ jagmuśśailaputrāstadājñayā |
śailarājāya saṃcakhyuste cāyāntīti harṣitāḥ || 26 ||
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atha devāḥ prārthanāntāṃ gireḥ śrutvātiharṣitāḥ |
mune viṣṇvādayassarve seśvarā mumudurbhṛśam || 27 ||
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kṛtvā suveṣaṃ sarvepi nirjarā munayo gaṇāḥ |
gamanaṃ cakruranyepi prabhuṇā girirāḍgṛham || 28 ||
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tasminnavasare menā draṣṭukāmābhavacchivam |
prabhorāhvāyayāmāsa mune tvāṃ munisattamam || 29 ||
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agamastvaṃ mune tatra prabhuṇā preritastadā |
manasā śivahṛddhetuṃ pūrṇaṃ kartuṃ tamicchatā || 30 ||
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tvāmpraṇamya mune menā prāha vismitamānasā |
draṣṭukāmā prabho rūpaṃ śaṃkarasya madāpaham || 31 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāntṛtīye pārvatīkhaṇḍe devagirimelavarṇanaṃ nāma dvicatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 42 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Chapter 42
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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