Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519

The Shiva-purana Book 2.5 Chapter 29 (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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sanatkumāra uvāca |
svagehamāgate tasmiñśaṃkhacūḍe vivāhite |
tapaḥ kṛtvā varaṃ prāpya mumudurdānavādayaḥ || 1 ||
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svalokādāśu nirgatya guruṇā svena saṃyutāḥ |
sarve surāssaṃmilitāssamājagmustadaṃtikam || 2 ||
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praṇamya taṃ savinayaṃ saṃstutya vividhādarāt |
sthitāstatraiva suprītyā matvā tejasvinaṃ vibhum || 3 ||
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sopi dambhātmajo dṛṣṭvā gataṃ kula guruṃ ca tam |
praṇanāma mahābhaktyā sāṣṭāṃgaṃ paramādarāt || 4 ||
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atha śukraḥ kulācāryo dṛṣṭvāśiṣamanuttamam |
vṛttāṃtaṃ kathayāmāsa devadānavayostadā || 5 ||
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svābhāvikaṃ ca tadvairamasurāṇāṃ parābhavam |
vijayaṃ nirjarāṇāṃ ca jīvasāhāyyameva ca || 6 ||
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tatassa sammataṃ kṛtvā suraissarvaissamutsavam |
dānavādyasurāṇāṃ tamadhipaṃ vidadhe guruḥ || 7 ||
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tadā samutsavo jāto'surāṇāṃ muditātmanām |
upāyanāni suprītyā dadustasmai ca te'khilāḥ || 6 ||
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atha dambhātmajo vīraśśaṃkhacūḍaḥ pratāpavān |
rājyābhiṣekamāsādya sa reje surarāṭ tadā || 9 ||
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sa senāṃ mahatīṃ karṣandaityadānavarakṣasām |
rathamāsthāya tarasā jetuṃ śakrapurīṃ yayau || 10 ||
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gacchansa dānavendrastu teṣāṃ sevanakurvatām |
vireje śaśivadbhānāṃ grahāṇāṃ graharāḍiva || 11 ||
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āgacchaṃtaṃ śaṅkhacūḍamākarṇyākhaṇḍalassvarāṭ |
nikhilairamaraissārddhaṃ tena yoddhuṃ samudyataḥ || 12 ||
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tadā'suraissurāṇāṃ ca saṃgrāmastumulo hyabhūt |
vīrā''nandakaraḥ klībabhayado romaharṣaṇaḥ || 13 ||
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mahānkolāhalo jāto vīrāṇāṃ garjatāṃ raṇe |
vādyadhvanistathā cā''sīttatra vīratvavarddhinī || 14 ||
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devāḥ prakupya yuyudhurasurairbalavattarāḥ |
parājayaṃ ca saṃprāpurasurā dudruvurbhayāt || 15 ||
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palāyamānāstāndṛṣṭvā śaṃkhacūḍassvayaṃ prabhuḥ |
yuyudhe nirjaraissākaṃ siṃhanādaṃ pragarjya ca || 16 ||
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tarasā sahasā cakre kadanaṃ tridivaukasām |
pradudruvussurāssarve tatsutejo na sehire || 17 ||
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yatra tatra sthitā dīnā girīṇāṃ kaṃdarāsu ca |
tadadhīnā na svataṃtrā niṣprabhāḥ sāgarā yathā || 18 ||
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sopi daṃbhātmajaśśūro dānavendraḥ pratāpavān |
surādhikārānsaṃjahre sarvāṃllokānvijitya ca || 19 ||
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trailokyaṃ svavaśaṃcakre yajñabhāgāṃśca kṛtsnaśaḥ |
svayamindro babhūvāpi śāsitaṃ nikhilaṃ jagat || 20 ||
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kauberamaindavaṃ sauryamāgneyaṃ yāmyameva ca |
kārayāmāsa vāyavyamadhikāraṃ svaśaktitaḥ || 21 ||
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devānāmasurāṇāṃ ca dānavānāṃ ca rakṣasām |
gaṃdharvāṇāṃ ca nāgānāṃ kinnarāṇāṃ rasaukasām || 22 ||
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trilokasya pareṣāṃ ca sakalānāmadhīśvaraḥ |
sa babhūva mahāvīraśśaṃkhacūḍo mahābalī || 23 ||
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evaṃ sa bubhuje rājyaṃ rājarājeśvaro mahān |
sarveṣāṃ bhuvanānāṃ ca śaṃkhacūḍaściraṃ samāḥ || 24 ||
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tasya rājye na durbhikṣaṃ na mārī nā'śubhagrahāḥ |
ādhayo vyādhayo naiva sukhinyaśca prajāḥ sadā || 25 ||
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akṛṣṭapacyā pṛthivī dadau sasyānyanekaśaḥ |
oṣadhyo vividhāścāsansaphalāssarasāḥ sadā || 26 ||
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maṇyākarāśca nitarāṃ ratnakhanyaśca sāgarāḥ |
sadā puṣpaphalā vṛkṣā nadyastu salilāvahāḥ || 27 ||
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devān vinākhilā jīvāssukhino nirvikārakāḥ |
svasvadharmā sthitāssarve caturvarṇāśramāḥ pare || 28 ||
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tasmicchāsati trailokye na kaścid duḥkhito'bhavat |
bhrātṛvairatvamāśritya kevalaṃ duḥkhino'marāḥ || 29 ||
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sa śaṃkhacūḍaḥ prabalaḥ kṛṣṇasya paramassakhā |
kṛṣṇabhaktiratassādhussadā golokavāsinaḥ || 30 ||
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pūrvaśāpaprabhāveṇa dānavīṃ yonimāśritaḥ |
na dānavamatissobhūddānavatve'pi vai mune || 31 ||
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tatassuragaṇāssarve hṛtarājyā parājitāḥ |
saṃmaṃtrya sarṣayastāta prayayurbrahmaṇassabhām || 32 ||
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tatra dṛṣṭvā vidhātāraṃ natvā stutvā viśeṣataḥ |
brahmaṇe kathayāmāsussarvaṃ vṛttāṃtamākulāḥ || 33 ||
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brahmā tadā samāśvāsya surān sarvānmunīnapi |
taiśca sārddhaṃ yayau loke vaikuṇṭhaṃ sukhadaṃ satām || 34 ||
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dadarśa tatra lakṣmīśaṃ brahmā devagaṇaissaha |
kirīṭinaṃ kuṃḍalinaṃ vanamālāvibhūṣitam || 35 ||
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śaṃkhacakragadāpadmadharaṃ devaṃ caturbhujam |
sanaṃdanādyaiḥ siddhaiśca sevitaṃ pītavāsasam || 36 ||
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dṛṣṭvā viṣṇuṃ surāssarve brahmādyāssamunīśvarāḥ |
praṇamya tuṣṭuvurbhaktyā baddhāñjalikarā vibhum || 37 ||
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devā ūcu |
devadeva jagannātha vaikuṃṭhādhipate prabho |
rakṣāsmāñśaraṇāpannāñchrīhare trijagadguro || 38 ||
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tvameva jagatāṃ pātā trilokeśācyuta prabho |
lakṣmīnivāsa govinda bhaktaprāṇa namo'stu te || 39 ||
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iti stutvā surāssarve ruruduḥ purato hareḥ |
tacchrutvā bhagavānviṣṇurbrahmāṇamidamabravīt || 40 ||
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viṣṇuruvāca |
kimarthamāgatosi tvaṃ vaikuṃṭhaṃ yogidurlabham |
kiṃ kaṣṭaṃ te samudbhūtaṃ tattvaṃ vada mamāgrataḥ || 41 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
iti śrutvā harervākyaṃ praṇamya ca muhurmuhuḥ |
baddhāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā vina yānatakandharaḥ || 42 ||
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vṛttāṃtaṃ kathayāmāsa śaṃkhacūḍakṛtaṃ tadā |
devakaṣṭasamākhyānaṃ puro viṣṇoḥ parātmanaḥ || 43 ||
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haristadvacanaṃ śrutvā sarvatasarvabhāvavit |
prahasyovāca bhagavāṃstadrahasyaṃ vidhiṃ prati || 44 ||
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śrībhagavānuvāca |
śaṃkhacūḍasya vṛttāṃtaṃ sarvaṃ jānāmi padmaja |
madbhaktasya ca gopasya mahātejasvinaḥ purā || 45 ||
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śṛṇutassarvavṛttāntamitihāsaṃ purātanam |
saṃdeho naiva kartavyaśśaṃ kariṣyati śaṅkaraḥ || 46 ||
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sarvopari ca yasyāsti śivalokaḥ parātparaḥ |
yatra saṃrājate śaṃbhuḥ parabrahma parameśvaraḥ || 47 ||
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prakṛteḥ puruṣasyāpi yodhiṣṭhātā triśaktidhṛk |
nirguṇassaguṇassopi paraṃ jyotiḥ svarūpavān || 48 ||
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yasyāṃgajāstu vai brahmaṃstrayassṛṣṭyādikārakāḥ |
sattvādiguṇasaṃpannā viṣṇubrahmaharābhidhāḥ || 49 ||
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sa eva paramātmā hi viharatyumayā saha |
yatra māyāvinirmukto nityānitya prakalpakaḥ || 50 ||
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tatsamīpe ca goloko gośālā śaṃkarasya vai |
tasyecchayā ca madrūpaḥ kṛṣṇo vasati tatra ha || 51 ||
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tadgavāṃ rakṣaṇārthāya tenājñaptassadā sukhī |
tatsaṃprāptasukhassopi saṃkrīḍati vihāravit || 52 ||
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tasya nārī samākhyātā rādheti jagadambikā |
prakṛteḥ paramā mūrtiḥ paṃcamī suvihāriṇī || 53 ||
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bahugopāśca gopyaśca tatra saṃti tadaṃgajāḥ |
suvihāraparā nityaṃ rādhākṛṣṇānuvartinaḥ || 54 ||
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sa eva līlayā śaṃbhoridānīṃ mohito'nayā |
saṃprāpto dānavīṃ yoniṃ mudhā śāpātsvaduḥkhadām || 55 ||
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rudraśūlena tanmṛtyu kṛṣṇena vihitaḥ purā |
tatassvadehamutsṛjya pārṣadassa bhaviṣyati || 56 ||
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iti vijñāya deveśa na bhayaṃ kartumarhasi |
śaṃkara śaraṇaṃ yāvassa sadyaśśaṃvidhāsyati || 57 ||
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ahaṃ tvaṃ cāmarāssarve tiṣṭhaṃtīha visādhvasāḥ || 58 ||
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sanatkumāra uvāca |
ityuktvā savidhirviṣṇuḥ śivalokaṃ jagāma ha |
saṃsmaranmanasā śaṃbhuṃ sarveśaṃ bhaktavatsalam || 59 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ pañcame yuddhakhaṃḍe śaṃkhacūḍavadhopākhyāne śaṃkhacūḍarājyakaraṇavarṇanapūrvaka tatpūrvabhavavṛttacaritravarṇanaṃ nāmaikonatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 29 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Chapter 29

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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