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Shiva Purana [sanskrit]
223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519
The Shiva-purana Book 4 Chapter 8 (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 8
[English text for this chapter is available]
sūta uvāca |
dvijāḥ śṛṇuta sadbhaktyā śivaliṃgāni tāni ca |
paścimāyāṃ diśāyāṃ vai yāni khyātāni bhūtale || 1 ||
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kapilāyāṃ nagaryāṃ tu kālarāmeśvarābhidhe |
śivaliṃge mahādivye darśanātpāpahārake || 2 ||
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paścime sāgare caiva mahāsiddheśvaraḥ smṛtaḥ |
dharmārthakāmadaścaiva tathā mokṣaprado'pi hi || 3 ||
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paścimāmbudhitīrasthaṃ gokarṇaṃ kṣetramuttamam |
brahmahatyādipāpaghnaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam || 5 ||
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gokarṇe śivaliṃgāni vidyante koṭikoṭiśaḥ |
asaṃkhyātāni tīrthāni tiṣṭhanti ca padepade || 5 ||
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bahunātra kimuktena gokarṇasthāni sarvaśaḥ |
śivapratyakṣaliṃgāni tīrthānyambhāṃsi sarvaśaḥ || 6 ||
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gokarṇe śivaliṃgānāṃ tīrthānāmapi sarvaśaḥ |
varṇyate mahimā tāta purāṇeṣu maharṣibhiḥ || 7 ||
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kṛteyuge sa hi śvetastretāyāṃ sotilohitaḥ |
dvāpare pītavarṇaśca kalau śyāmo bhaviṣyati || 8 ||
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ākrāntasaptapātālakuharopi mahābalaḥ |
prāpte kaliyuge ghore mṛdutāmupayāsyati || 9 ||
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mahāpātakinaścātra samabhyarcya mahābalam |
śivaliṃgaṃ ca gokarṇe prayātāśśāṃkarampadam || 10 ||
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gokarṇe tatra munayo gatvā puṇyarkṣavāsare |
ye'rcayanti ca taṃ bhaktyā te rudrāḥ syurna saṃśaya || 11 ||
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yadā kadācidgokarṇe yo vā ko vāpi mānavaḥ |
pūjayecchivaliṃgaṃ tatsa gacchedbrahmaṇaḥ padam || 12 ||
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brahmaviṣṇvādidevānāṃ śaṃkaro hita kāmyayā |
mahābalābhidhānena devaḥ saṃnihitassadā || 2 ||
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ghoreṇa tapasā labdhaṃ rāvaṇākhyena rakṣasā |
talliṃgaṃ sthāpayāmāsa gokarṇa gaṇanāyakaḥ || 14 ||
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viṣṇurbrahmā mahendraśca viśvadevo marudgaṇāḥ |
ādityā vasavo dasrau śaśāṃkaśca satārakaḥ || 15 ||
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ete vimānagatayo devāśca saha pārṣadaiḥ |
pūrvadvāraṃ niṣevante tasya vai prītikāraṇāt || 16 ||
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yamo mṛtyuḥ svayaṃ sākṣāccitraguptaśca pāvakaḥ |
pitṛbhiḥ saha rudraiśca dakṣiṇadvāramāśritaḥ || 17 ||
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varuṇaḥ saritāṃ nātho gaṃgādisaritā gaṇaiḥ |
mahābalaṃ ca sevante paścimadvāramāśritāḥ || 18 ||
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tathā vāyuḥ kuberaśca deveśī bhadrakālikā |
mātṛbhiścaṇḍikādyābhiruttaradvāramāśritāḥ || 19 ||
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sarve devāssagandharvāḥ pitaraḥ siddhacāraṇāḥ |
vidyādharāḥ kiṃpuruṣāḥ kinnarā guhyakāḥ khagāḥ || 20 ||
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nānāpiśācā vetālā daiteyāśca mahābalāḥ |
nāgāśśeṣādayassarve siddhāśca munayo'khilāḥ || 21 ||
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praṇuvanti ca taṃ devaṃ praṇamanti mahābalam |
labhanta īpsitānkāmānramante ca yathāsukham || 22 ||
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bahubhistatra sutapastaptaṃ sampūjya taṃ vibhum |
labdhā hi paramā siddhirihāmutrāpi saukhyadā || 23 ||
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gokarṇe śivaliṃgaṃ tu mokṣadvāra udāhṛtaḥ |
mahābalābhidhāno'sau pūjitaḥ saṃstuto dvijāḥ || 24 ||
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māghāsitacaturdaśyāṃ mahābalasamarcanam |
vimuktidaṃ viśeṣeṇa sarveṣāṃ pāpināmapi || 25 ||
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asyāṃ śivatithau sarve mahotsavadidṛkṣavaḥ |
āyāṃti sarvadeśebhyaścāturvarṇyamahājanāḥ || 26 ||
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striyo vṛddhāśca bālāśca caturāśramavāsinaḥ |
dṛṣṭvā tatretya deveśaṃ lebhire kṛtakṛtyatām || 27 ||
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mahābalaprabhāvāttu tacca liṃgaṃ śivasya tu |
sampūjyaikātha cāṇḍālī śivalokaṃ gatā drutam || 28 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe caturthyāṃ koṭirudrasaṃhitāyāṃ mahābalamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ || 8 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Chapter 8
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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