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Shiva Purana [sanskrit]
223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519
The Shiva-purana Book 7.1 Chapter 2 (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 2
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sūta uvāca |
purā kālena mahatā kalpetīte punaḥpunaḥ |
asminnupasthite kalpe pravṛtte sṛṣṭhikarmaṇi || 1 ||
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pratiṣṭhitāyāṃ vārtāyāṃ prabuddhāsu prajāsu ca |
munīnāṃ ṣaṭkulīyānāṃ bruvatāmitaretaram || 2 ||
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idaṃ paramidaṃ neti vivādassumahānabhūt |
parasya durnirūpatvānna jātastatra niścayaḥ || 3 ||
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te 'bhijagmurvidhātāraṃ draṣṭuṃ brahmāṇamavyayam |
yatrāste bhagavān brahmā stūyamānassurāsuraiḥ || 4 ||
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meruśṛṃge śubhe ramye devadānavasaṃkule |
siddhacāraṇasaṃvāde yakṣagaṃdharvasevite || 5 ||
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vihaṃgasaṃghasaṃghuṣṭe maṇividrumabhūṣite |
nikuṃjakaṃdaradarīgṛhānirjharaśobhite || 6 ||
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tatra brahmavanaṃ nāma nānāmṛgasamākulam |
daśayojanavistīrṇaṃ śatayojanamāyatam || 7 ||
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surasāmalapānīyapūrṇaramyasarovaram |
mattabhramarasaṃchannaramyapuṣpitapādapam || 8 ||
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taruṇādityasaṃkāśaṃ tatra cāru mahatpuram |
durdharṣabaladṛptānāṃ daityadānavarakṣasām || 9 ||
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taptajāṃbūnadamayaṃ prāṃśuprākāratoraṇam |
nirvyūhavalabhīkūṭapratolīśatamaṃḍitam || 10 ||
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mahārhamaṇicitrābhirlelihānamivāṃbaram |
mahābhavanakoṭībhiranekābhiralaṃkṛtam || 11 ||
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tasminnivasati brahmā sabhyaiḥ sārdhaṃ prajāpatiḥ |
tatra gatvā mahātmānaṃ sākṣāllokapitāmaham || 12 ||
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daddaśurmunayo devā devarṣigaṇasevitam |
śuddhacāmīkaraprakhyaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam || 13 ||
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prasannavadanaṃ saumyaṃ padmapatrāyatekṣaṇam |
divyakāṃtisamāyuktaṃ divyagaṃdhānulepanam || 14 ||
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divyaśuklāṃbaradharaṃ divyamālāvibhūṣitam |
surāsurendrayogīṃdravaṃdyamānapadāṃbujam || 15 ||
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sarvalakṣaṇayuktāṃgyā labdhacāmarahastayā |
bhrājamānaṃ sarasvatyā prabhayeva divākaram || 16 ||
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā munayassarve prasannavadanekṣaṇāḥ |
śirasyaṃjalimādhāya tuṣṭuvussurapuṃgavam || 17 ||
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munaya ūcuḥ |
namastrimūrtaye tubhyaṃ sargasthityaṃtahetave |
puruṣāya purāṇāya brahmaṇe paramātmane || 18 ||
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namaḥ pradhānadehāya pradhānakṣobhakāriṇe |
trayoviṃśatibhedena vikṛtāyāvikāriṇe || 19 ||
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namo brahmāṇḍadehāya brahmāṃḍodaravartine |
tatra saṃsiddhakāryāya saṃsiddhakaraṇāya ca || 20 ||
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namostu sarvalokāya sarvalokavidhāyine |
sarvātmadehasaṃyoga viyogavidhihetave || 21 ||
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tvayaiva nikhilaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ saṃhṛtaṃ pālitaṃ jagat |
tathāpi māyayā nātha na vidmastvāṃ pitāmaha || 22 ||
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sūta uvāca |
evaṃ brahmā mahābhāgairmaharṣibhirabhiṣṭutaḥ |
prāha gaṃbhīrayā vācā munīn prahlādayanniva || 23 ||
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brahmovāca |
ṛṣayo he mahābhāgā mahāsattvā mahaujasaḥ |
kimarthaṃ sahitāssarve yūyamatra samāgatāḥ || 24 ||
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tamevaṃvādinaṃ devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ brahmavittamāḥ |
vāgbhirvinayagarbhābhissarve prāṃjalayo 'bruvan || 25 ||
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munaya ūcuḥ |
bhagavannaṃdhakāreṇa mahatā vayamāvṛtāḥ |
khinnā vivadamānāśca na paśyāmo 'tra yatparam || 26 ||
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tvaṃ hi sarvajagaddhātā sarvakāraṇakāraṇam |
tvayā hyaviditaṃ nātha neha kiṃcana vidyate || 27 ||
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kaḥ pumān sarvasattvebhyaḥ purāṇaḥ puruṣaḥ paraḥ |
viśuddhaḥ paripūrṇaśca śāśvataḥ parameśvaraḥ || 28 ||
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kenaiva citrakṛtyena prathamaṃ sṛjyate jagat |
tattvaṃ vada mahāprājña svasaṃdehāpanuttaye || 29 ||
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evaṃ pṛṣṭastadā brahmā vismayasmeravīkṣaṇaḥ |
devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca munīnāmapi sannidhau || 30 ||
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utthāya suciraṃ dhyātvā rudra ityuddharan girim |
ānaṃdaklinnasarvāṃgaḥ kṛtāṃjalirabhāṣata || 31 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Chapter 2
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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