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Shiva Purana [sanskrit]
223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519
The Shiva-purana Book 3 Chapter 21 (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 21
[English text for this chapter is available]
||nandīśvara uvāca |
atha prītyā śṛṇu mune'vatāraṃ paramaṃ prabhoḥ |
śaṃkarasyātmabhūputra śṛṇvatāṃ sarvakāmadam || 1 ||
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ekadā muniśārdūla girijāśaṃkarāvubhau |
vihartukāmau saṃjātau svecchayā parameśvarau || 2 ||
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bhairavaṃ dvārapālaṃ ca kṛtvābhyantaramāgatau |
nānāsakhigaṇaiḥ prītyā sevitau naraśīlitau || 3 ||
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ciraṃ vihṛtya tatra dvau svatantrau parameśvarau |
babhūvatuḥ prasanno tau nānālīlākarau mune || 4 ||
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athonmattākṛtirdevī svatantrā līlayā śivā |
āgatā dvāri tadrūpā prabhorājñāmavāpa sā || 5 ||
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tāṃ devīṃ bhairavassotha nārīdṛṣṭyā vilokya ca |
niṣiṣedha bahirgantuṃ tadrūpeṇa vimohitaḥ || 6 ||
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nārīdṛṣṭyā sudṛṣṭā sā bhairaveṇa yadā mune |
kuddhā'bhavacchivā devī taṃ śaśāpa tadāṃbikā || 7 ||
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|| śivovāca |
nārīdṛṣṭyā paśyasi tvaṃ yato māṃ puruṣādhama |
ato bhava dharāyāṃ hi mānuṣastvaṃ ca bhairava || 8 ||
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nandīśvara uvāca |
itthaṃ yadā'bhavacchapto bhairavaśśivayā mune |
hāhākāro mahānāsīdduḥkhamāpa sa līlayā || 9 ||
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tataśca śaṃkaraḥ śīghraṃ tamāgatya munīśvara |
aśvāsayadbhairavaṃ hi nānā'nunayakovidaḥ || 10 ||
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tacchāpādbhairavassotha kṣitāvavataranmune |
manuṣyayonyāṃ vaitālasaṃjñakaśśaṃkarecchayā || 11 ||
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tatsnehataḥ śivaḥ sopi kṣitāvavataradvibhuḥ |
śivayā saha sallīlo laukikīṅgatimāśritaḥ || 12 ||
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maheśāhvaḥ śivaścāsīcchāradā girijā mune |
sulīlāṃ cakratuḥ prītyā nānā līlā viśāradau || 13 ||
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iti te kathitaṃ tāta maheśacaritaṃ varam |
dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam || 14 ||
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ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā śrāvayedvā samāhitaḥ |
sa bhuktvehākhilānbhogānante mokṣamavāpnuyāt || 15 ||
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iti śrīśiva mahāpurāṇe tṛtīyāyāṃ śatarudrasaṃhitāyāṃ maheśāvatāravarṇanaṃ nāmaikaviṃśodhyāyaḥ || 21 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Chapter 21
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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