Shiva Purana [sanskrit]

223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519

The Shiva-purana Book 3 Chapter 16 (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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nandīśvara uvāca |
yakṣeśvarāvatāraṃ ca śṛṇu śaṃbhormunīśvara |
garviṇaṃ garvahantāraṃ satāmbhaktivivarddhanam || 1 ||
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purā devāśca daityāśca pīyūṣārthammahābalāḥ |
kṣīrodadhiṃ mamanthuste sukṛta svārtha sandhayaḥ || 2 ||
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mathyamāne'mṛte pūrvaṃ kṣīrābdhessuradānavaiḥ |
agneḥ samutthitaṃ tasmādviṣaṃ kālānalaprabham || 3 ||
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā nikhilā devā daityāśca bhayavihvalāḥ |
vidrutya tarasā tāta śaṃbhoste śaraṇaṃ yayuḥ || 4 ||
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dṛṣṭvā taṃ śaṃkaraṃ sarve sarvadevaśikhāmaṇim |
praṇamya tuṣṭuvurbhaktyā sācyutā natamastakāḥ || 5 ||
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tataḥ prasanno bhagavācchaṅkaro bhaktavatsalaḥ |
papau viṣaṃ mahāghoraṃ surāsuragaṇārdanam || 6 ||
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patiṃ taṃ viṣamaṃ kaṇṭhe nidadhe viṣamulbaṇam |
rejetenāti sa vibhurnīlakaṇṭho babhūva ha || 7 ||
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tataḥ surā suragaṇā mamanthuḥ punareva tam |
viṣadāhavinirmuktāḥ śivānugrahato'khilāḥ || 8 ||
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tāto bahūni ratnāni nissṛtāni tato mune |
amṛtaṃ ca padārthaṃ hi suradānavayormune || 9 ||
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tatpapuḥ kevalandevā nāsurāḥ kṛpayā hareḥ |
tato babhūva sumahadratnaṃ teṣāṃ mitho'kadam || 10 ||
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dvandvayuddhambabhūvātha devadānavayormune |
tatra rāhubhayāccandro vidudrāva tadarditaḥ || 11 ||
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jagāma sadanaṃ śaṃbhoḥ śaraṇambhaya vihvalaḥ |
supraṇamya ca tuṣṭāva pāhipāhīti saṃvadan || 12 ||
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tatassatāmabhayadaḥ śaṃkaro bhaktavatsalaḥ |
dadhre śirasi candraṃ sa vibhuśśaraṇamāgatam || 13 ||
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athāgatastadā rāhustuṣṭāva supraṇamya tam |
śaṃkaraṃ sakalādhīśaṃ vāgbhiriṣṭābhirādarāt || 14 ||
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śaṃbhustanmatamājñāya tacchirāṃsyacyutena ha |
purā chinnāni vai ketusaṃjñāni nidadhe gale || 15 ||
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tato yuddhe'surāḥ sarve devaiścaiva parājitāḥ |
pītvā'mṛtaṃ surāssarvve jayamprāpurmahābalāḥ || 16 ||
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viṣṇuprabhṛtayaḥ sarvve babhūvuścātigarvitāḥ |
balāni cāṃkuraṃtontaśśivamāyāvimohitāḥ || 17 ||
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tatassa śaṃkaro devaḥ sarvādhīśotha garvahā |
yakṣo bhūtvā jagāmāśu yatra devāḥ sthitā mune || 18 ||
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sarvāndṛṣṭvācyutamukhāndevānyakṣapatissa vai |
mahāgarvāḍhyamanasā maheśāḥ prāha garvahā || 19 ||
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yakṣeśvara uvāca |
kimarthaṃ saṃsthitā yūyamatra sarve surā mithaḥ |
kimu kāṣṭhākhilambrūta kāraṇaṃ menupṛcchate || 20 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
abhūdatra mahāndeva raṇaḥ paramadāruṇaḥ |
asurā nāśitāssarve'vaśiṣṭā vidrutā gatāḥ || 21 ||
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vayaṃ sarve mahāvīrā daityaghnā balavattarāḥ |
agresmākaṃ kiyantaste daitya kṣudrabalāssadā || 22 ||
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nandīśvara uvāca |
iti śrutvā vacasteṣāṃ surāṇāṃ garvagarbhitam |
garvahāsau mahādevo yakṣarūpo vaco'bravīt || 23 ||
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yakṣeśvara uvāca |
he surā nikhilā yūyaṃ madvacaśśṛṇutādarāt |
yathārthaṃ vacmi nāsatyaṃ sarvagarvāpahārakam || 24 ||
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garvvamenaṃ na kuruta karttā harttā'paraḥ prabhuḥ |
vismṛtāśca maheśānaṃ kathayadhvamvṛthābalāḥ || 25 ||
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yuṣmākañcetsa hi mado jānatāṃ svabalammahat |
matsthāpitaṃ tṛṇamidaṃ chinta svāstraiśca taissurāḥ || 26 ||
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nandīśvara uvāca |
ityuktvaikatṛṇanteṣāṃ nicikṣepa purastataḥ |
jahre sarvamadaṃ yakṣarūpa īśassatāṃgatiḥ || 27 ||
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atha sarve surā viṣṇupramukhā vīramāninaḥ |
kṛtvā svapauruṣantatra svāyudhāni vicikṣipuḥ || 28 ||
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tatrāsan viphalānyāśu tānyastrāṇi divaukasām |
śivaprabhāvatasteṣāṃ mūḍhagarvāpahāriṇaḥ || 29 ||
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athāsīttu nabhovāṇī devavismayahāriṇī |
yakṣo'yaṃ śaṃkaro devāḥ sarvagarvāpahārakaḥ || 30 ||
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kartā harttā tathā bharttā'yameva parameśvaraḥ |
etadbalena valino jīvāḥ sarve'nyathā na hi || 31 ||
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asya māyāprabhāvādvai mohitāḥ svaprabhuṃ śivam |
madato bubudhu naivādyāpi bodhatanumprabhum || 32 ||
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nandīśvara uvāca |
iti śrutvā nabhovāṇīṃ bubudhuste gatasmayāḥ |
yakṣeśvarampraṇemuśca tuṣṭuvuśca tamīśvaram || 33 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
devadeva mahādeva sarvagarvāpahāraka |
yakṣeśvaramahālīla māyā tetyadbhutā prabho || 34 ||
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mohitā māyayādyāpi tava yakṣasvarūpiṇaḥ |
sagarvamabhibhāṣantastvatpuro hi pṛthaṅmayāḥ || 35 ||
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idānīṃ jñānamāyātantavaiva kṛpayā prabho |
kartā hartā ca bhartā ca tvamevānyo na śaṃkara || 36 ||
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tvameva sarvaśaktīnāṃ sarveṣāṃ hi pravartakaḥ |
nivartakaśca sarveśaḥ paramātmāvyayo'dvayaḥ || 37 ||
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yakṣeśvarasvarūpeṇa sarveṣāṃ no mado hṛtaḥ |
ito manyāmahe tattenugraho hi kṛpālunā || 38 ||
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atho sa yakṣanātho'nugṛhya vai sakalān surān |
vibodhya vividhairvākyaistatraivāntaradhīyata || 39 ||
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itthaṃ sa varṇitaḥ śambhoravatāraḥ sukhāvahaḥ |
yakṣeśvarākhyassukhadassatāntuṣṭo'bhayaṃkaraḥ || 40 ||
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idamākhyānamamalaṃ sarvagarvāpahārakam |
satāṃ suśāntidannityaṃ bhuktimuktipradaṃ nṛṇām || 41 ||
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ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā śrāvayedvā sudhīḥ pumān |
sarvakāmānavāpnoti tataśca labhate gatim || 42 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe tṛtīyāyāṃ śatarudrasaṃhitāyāṃ yakṣeśvarāvatāravarṇanaṃ nāma ṣoḍaśodhyāyaḥ || 16 ||
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Other editions:

Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Chapter 16

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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