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Shiva Purana [sanskrit]
223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519
The Shiva-purana Book 3 Chapter 18 (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 18
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nandīśvara uvāca |
ekādaśavatārānvai śṛṇvatho śāṃkarānvarān |
yāñchrutvā na hi bādhyeta bādhāsatyādisambhavā || 1 ||
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purā sarve surāśśakramukhā daityaparājitāḥ |
tyaktvāmarāvatīmbhītyā'palāyanta nijāmpurīm || 2 ||
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daityaprapīḍitā devā jagmuste kaśyapā ntikam |
baddhvā karānnataskandhāḥ praṇemustaṃ suvihvalam || 3 ||
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sunutvā taṃ surāssarvve kṛtvā vijñaptimādarāt |
sarvaṃ nivedayāmā ssvaduḥkhantatparājayam || 4 ||
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tatassa kaśyapastāta tatpitā śivasaktadhīḥ |
tadākarṇyāmarākaṃ vai dukhitobhūnna cādhikam || 5 ||
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tānāśvāsya munisso'tha dhairyamādhāya śāntadhīḥ |
kāśīṃ jagāma suprītyā viśveśvarapurīmmune || 6 ||
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gaṃgāmbhasi tataḥ snātvā kṛtvā taṃ vidhimādarāt |
viśveśvaraṃ samānarca sāmbaṃ sarveśvaramprabhum || 7 ||
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śivaliṃgaṃ susaṃsthāpya cakāra vipulantapaḥ |
śambhumuddiśya suprītyā devānāṃ hitakāmyayā || 8 ||
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mahānkālo vyatīyāya tapatastasya vai muneḥ |
śivapādāmbujāsaktamanaso dhairyyaśālinaḥ || 9 ||
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atha prādurabhūcchambhurvarandātuntadarṣaye |
svapadāsaktamanase dīnabandhussatāṃgatiḥ || 10 ||
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varambrūhīti covāca suprasanno maheśvaraḥ |
kaśyapaṃ muniśārdūlaṃ svabhaktaṃ bhaktavatsalaḥ || 11 ||
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dṛṣṭvātha taṃ maheśānaṃ sa praṇamya kṛtāñjaliḥ |
tuṣṭāva kaśyapo hṛṣṭo devatātaḥ prasa nnadhīḥ || 12 ||
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kaśyapa uvāca |
devadeva maheśāna śaraṇāgatavatsala |
sarveśvaraḥ parātmā tvaṃ dhyānagamyodvayo'vyayaḥ || 13 ||
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balanigraha kartā tvaṃ maheśvara satāṃ gatiḥ |
dīnabandhurdayāsindhurbhaktarakṣaṇadakṣadhīḥ || 14 ||
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ete surāstvadīyā hi tvadbhaktāśca viśeṣataḥ |
daityaiḥ parājitāścātha pāhi tānduḥkhitān prabho || 15 ||
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asamartho rameśopi duḥkhadaste muhurmuhuḥ |
ataḥ surā maccharaṇā vedayanto'sukhaṃ ca tat || 16 ||
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tadarthaṃ devadeveśa devaduḥkhavināśakaḥ |
tatpūrituṃ taponiṣṭhāṃ prasannārthaṃ tavāsadam || 17 ||
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śaraṇaṃ te prapanno'smi sarvathāhaṃ maheśvara |
kāmaṃ me pūraya svāmindevaduḥkhaṃ vināśaya || 18 ||
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putraduḥkhaiśca deveśa duḥkhito'haṃ viśeṣataḥ |
sukhinaṃ kuru māmīśa sahāya stvandivaukasām || 19 ||
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bhūtvā mama suto nātha devā yakṣāḥ parājitāḥ |
daityairmahābalaiśśambho surānandaprado bhava || 20 ||
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sadaivāstu maheśāna sarvalekhasahāyakaḥ |
yathā daityakṛtā bādhā na bādheta surānprabho || 21 ||
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naṃdīśvara uvāca |
ityuktassa tu sarveśastatheti procya śaṃkaraḥ |
paśyatastasya bhagavāṃstatraivāṃtardadhe haraḥ || 22 ||
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kaśyapo'pi mahāhṛṣṭaḥ svasthānamagamaddrutam |
deveśaḥ kathayāmāsa sarvavṛttāntamādarāt || 23 ||
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tatassa śaṃkaraśśarvassatyaṃ kartuṃ svakaṃ vacaḥ |
surabhyāṃ kaśyapājjajñe ekādaśasvarūpavān || 24 ||
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mahotsavastadāsīdve sarvaṃ śivamayaṃ tvabhūt |
āsanhṛṣṭāḥ surāścātha muninā kaśyapena ca || 25 ||
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kapālī 1 piṃgalo 2 bhīmo 3 virūpākṣo 4 vilohitaḥ || 5 ||
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śāstā' 6 japāda 7 hirbudhnya 8 śśaṃbhu 9 ścaṇḍo 10 bhavastathā 11 || 26 ||
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ekādaśaite rudrāstu surabhatinayāḥ smṛtāḥ |
devakāryyārthamutpannāśśivarūpāssukhāspadam || 27 ||
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te rudrāḥ kāśyapā vīrā mahābalaparākramāḥ |
daityāñjaghnuśca saṃgrāme devasāhāyyakāriṇaḥ || 28 ||
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tadrudrakṛpayā devā daityāñjitvā ca nirbhayāḥ |
cakrusvarājyaṃ sarve te śakrādyāssvasthamānasāḥ || 29 ||
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adyāpi te mahārudrāssarve śivasvarūpakāḥ |
devānāṃ rakṣaṇārthāya virājante sadā divi || 30 ||
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aiśānyāmpuri te vāsaṃ cakrire bhaktavatsalāḥ |
viramante sadā tatra nānālīlāviśāradāḥ || 31 ||
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teṣāmanucarā rudrāḥ koṭiśaḥ parikīrtitāḥ |
sarvatra saṃsthitāstatra trilokeṣvabhibhāgaśaḥ || 32 ||
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iti te varṇitāstātāvatārāśśaṃkarasya vai |
ekādaśamitā rudrāssarvalokasukhāvahāḥ || 33 ||
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idamākhyānamamalaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśakam |
dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ sarvakāmapradāyakam || 34 ||
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ya idaṃ śṛṇuyāttāta śrāvayedvai samāhitaḥ |
iha sarvasukhambhuktvā tato muktiṃ labheta saḥ || 35 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe tṛtīyāyāṃ śatarudrasaṃhitāyāṃ ekādaśāvatāravarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 18 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Chapter 18
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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