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Shiva Purana [sanskrit]
223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519
The Shiva-purana Book 6 Chapter 4 (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 4
[English text for this chapter is available]
īśvara uvāca |
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi saṃnyāsāhnikakarma ca |
tava snehānmahādevi saṃpradāyānurodhataḥ || 1 ||
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brāhme muhūrtta utthāya śirasi śvetapaṃkaje |
sahasrāre samāsīnaṃ guruṃ saṃcitayedyatiḥ || 2 ||
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śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ dvinetraṃ varadābhaye |
dadhānaṃ śivasadbhāvamevātmani manoharam || 3 ||
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bhāvopanītaiḥ saṃpūjya gandhādibhiranukramāt |
baddhāṃjalipuṭo bhūtvā namaskuryādguruṃ tataḥ || 4 ||
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prātaḥprabhṛti sāyānte sāyādiprātaraṃ tataḥ |
yatkaromi mahādeva tadastu tava pūjanam || 5 ||
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prativijñāpya gurave labdhānujñastato guroḥ |
niruddhaprāṇa āsīno vijitātmā jitendriyaḥ || 6 ||
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mūlādibrahmaraṃdhrāṃtaṃ ṣaṭcakraṃ pariciṃtayet |
vidyutkoṭisamaprakhyaṃ sarvatejomayaṃ param || 7 ||
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tanmadhye ciṃtayenmāṃ ca saccidānandavigraham |
nirguṇaṃ paramaṃ brahma sadāśivamanāmayam || 8 ||
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sohamasmīti matimānma daikyamanubhūya ca |
bahirnirgatya ca tato dūraṃ gacchedyathāsukham || 9 ||
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vastreṇācchādya matimāñchiro nāsikayā saha |
viśodhya dehaṃ vi dhivattṛṇamādhāya bhūtale || 10 ||
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gṛhītaśiśna utthāya tato gacchejjalāśayam |
uddhṛtya vāryathānyāyaṃ śaucaṃ kuryādatandritaḥ || 11 ||
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hastau pādau ca saṃśodhya dvirācamyomiti smaran |
uttarābhimukho maunī dantadhāvanamācaret || 12 ||
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tṛṇaparṇaiḥ sadā kuryādamāmekādaśī vinā |
apāṃ dvādaśagaṇḍūṣairmukhaṃ saṃśodhayettataḥ || 13 ||
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dvirācamya mṛdā toyaiḥ kaṭiśaucaṃ vidhāya ca |
aruṇodayakāle tu snānaṃ kuryānmṛdā saha || 14 ||
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guruṃ saṃsmṛtya māṃ caiva snānasaṃdhyādyamācaret |
vistārabhayato noktamatra draṣṭavyamanyataḥ || 15 ||
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ābadhya śaṃkhamudrāṃ ca praṇavenābhiṣecayet |
śirasi dvādaśāvṛttyā tadardhaṃ vā tadardhakam || 16 ||
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tīramāgatya kaupīnaṃ prakṣālyācamya ca dvidhā |
prokṣayetpraṇavenaiva vastramaṃgopamārjanam || 17 ||
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mukhamprathamato mṛjya śira ārabhya sarvataḥ |
tenaiva mārjayeddehaṃ sthitvā ca gurusannidhau || 18 ||
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ābadhyādvāmataḥ śuddhaṃ kaupīnaṃ ca saḍorakam |
tataḥ saṃdhārayedbhasma tadvidhiḥ procyate'drije || 19 ||
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dvirācamya samādāya bhasma sadyādimaṃtrataḥ |
agnirityādibhirmaṃtrairabhimaṃtrya spṛśettanum || 20 ||
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āpovetyabhimaṃtryātha jalaṃ tenaiva secayet |
omāpojyotirityuktvā mānastoketi maṃtrataḥ || 21 ||
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samadya kamaladvandvaṃ kuryā kekaṃ tu paṃcadhā |
śirovadanahṛdguhyapādeṣu parameśvari || 22 ||
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īśānādisamārabhya sadyāntaṃ paṃcabhiḥ kramāt |
uddhūlya kavalaṃ paścātpraṇavenābhiṣecayet || 23 ||
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sarvāṃgaṃ ca tato hastau prakṣālyānyatsamāharet |
samarcya pūrvattattu tripuṇḍrāṃstena dhārayet || 24 ||
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triyāyuṣaistryambakaiśca praṇavena śivena ca |
śirasyatha lalāṭe ca vakṣasi skandha eva ca || 29 ||
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nābhau bāhvauḥ saṃdhiṣu ca pṛṣṭha caiva yathākramam |
prakṣālya hastau ca tato dvirācamya yathāvidhi || 26 ||
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paṃcīkaraṇamuccārya bhāvayetsvaguruṃ budhaḥ |
vakṣyamāṇaprakāreṇa prāṇāyāmānṣaḍācaret || 27 ||
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dakṣahastena saṃgṛhya jalaṃ vāmena pāṇinā |
samācchādya dviṣaḍvāraṃ praṇave nābhimaṃtrayet || 28 ||
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evaṃ trivāraṃ saṃprokṣya śirasi triḥ pibettataḥ |
samāhitena manasā dhyāyannoṃkāramīśvaram || 29 ||
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sauramaṇḍalamadhyasthaṃ sarvatejomayaṃ param |
aṣṭabāhuṃ caturvaktramarddhanārīkamadbhutam || 30 ||
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sarvāścaryyaguṇopetaṃ sarvālaṃkāraśobhitam |
evaṃ dhyātvātha vidhivaddadyādarghyatrayaṃ tataḥ || 31 ||
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aṣṭottaraśataṃ japtvā dviṣaḍvāraṃ tu tarpayet |
punarācamya vidhivatprāṇāyāmatrayaṃ caret || 32 ||
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pūjāsadanamāgacchenmanasā saṃsmarañcchivam |
dvāramāsādya prakṣālya pādau maunī dvirācamet || 33 ||
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praviśedvidhinā tatra dakṣapādapurassa ram |
maṇḍapāntassudhīstatra maṇḍalaṃ racayetkramāt || 34 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe ṣaṣṭhyāṃ kailāsasaṃhitāyāṃ saṃnyāsācāravarṇanaṃnāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ || 4 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Chapter 4
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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