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Shiva Purana [sanskrit]
223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519
The Shiva-purana Book 3 Chapter 17 (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 17
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śṛṇvatho giriśasyādyāvatārān daśasaṃkhyakān |
mahākalamukhān bhaktyopāsanākāṇḍasevitān || 1 ||
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tatrādyo hi mahākālo bhuktimuktipradassatām |
śaktistatra mahākālī bhaktepsitaphalapradā || 2 ||
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tāranāmā dvitīyaśca tārā śaktistathaiva sā |
bhuktimuktipradau cobhau svasevakasukhapradau || 3 ||
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bhuvaneśo hi bālāhvastṛtīyaḥ parikīrtitaḥ |
bhuvaneśī śivā tatra bālāhvā sukhadā satām || 4 ||
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śrīvidyeśaḥ ṣoḍaśāhvaḥ śrīrvidyā ṣoḍaśī śivā |
caturtho bhakta sukhado bhuktimuktiphalapradaḥ || 5 ||
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pañcamo bhairavaḥ khyātaḥ sarvadā bhaktakāmadaḥ |
bhairavī girijā tatra sadupāsakakāmadā || 6 ||
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chinnamastakanāmāsau śivaḥ ṣaṣṭhaḥ prakīrtitaḥ |
bhaktakāmapradā caiva girijā chinnamastakā || 7 ||
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dhūmavān saptamaḥ śambhussarvakāmaphalapradaḥ |
dhūmavatī śivā tatra sadupāsakakāmadā || 8 ||
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śivāvatāraḥ sukhado hyaṣṭamo bagalāmukhaḥ |
śaktistatra mahānandā vikhyātā bagalāmukhī || 9 ||
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śivāvatāro mātaṅgo navamaḥ parikīrtitaḥ |
mātaṃgī tatra śarvāṇī sarvakāmaphalapradā || 10 ||
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daśamaḥ kamalaḥ śambhurbhuktimuktiphalapradaḥ |
kamalā girijā tatra svabhaktaparipālinī || 11 ||
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ete daśamitāḥ śaivā avatārāssukhapradāḥ |
bhuktimuktipradāścaiva bhaktānāṃ sarvadāssatām || 12 ||
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ete daśāvatārā hi śaṃkarasya mahātmanaḥ |
nānāsukhapradā nityaṃ sevatāṃ nirvikārataḥ || 13 ||
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etaddaśāvatārāṇāṃ māhātmyaṃ varṇitaṃ mune |
sarvakāmapradaṃ jñeyaṃ taṃtraśāstrādigarbhitam || 14 ||
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etāsāmādiśaktīnāmadbhuto mahimā mune |
sarvakāmaprado jñeyastatraṃśāstrādigarbhitaḥ || 15 ||
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śatrumāraṇakāryyādau tattacchaktiḥ parā matā |
khala daṇḍakarī nityambrahmatejovivarddhinī || 16 ||
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ityuktāste mayā brahmannavatārā maheśituḥ |
saśaktikā daśamitā mahākālamukhāśśubhāḥ || 17 ||
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śaivaparvasu sarveṣu yo'dhīte bhaktitatparaḥ |
etadākhyānamamalaṃ sotiśambhupriyo bhavet || 18 ||
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brahmaṇo brahmavarcasvī kṣatriyo vijayī bhaveta |
dhanādhipo hi vaiśyaḥ syācchūdraḥ sukhamavāpnuyāt || 19 ||
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śāṃkarā nijadharmasthāḥ śṛṇvantaścaritantvidam |
sukhinaḥ syurviśeṣeṇa śivabhaktā bhavantu ca || 20 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe tṛtīyāyāṃ śatarudrasaṃhitāyāṃ śivadaśāvatāravarṇanaṃ nāma saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 17 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Chapter 17
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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