Shiva Purana [sanskrit]
223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519
The Shiva-purana Book 7.1 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
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sūta uvāca |
tasmindeśe mahābhāgā munayaśśaṃsitavratāḥ |
arcayaṃto mahādevaṃ satramārebhire tadā || 1 ||
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tacca satraṃ pravavṛte sarvāścaryaṃ maharṣiṇām || 1 ||
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viśvaṃ sisṛkṣamāṇānāṃ purā viśvasṛjāmiva || 2 ||
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atha kāle gate satre samāpte bhūridakṣiṇe |
pitāmahaniyogena vāyustatrāgamatsvayam || 3 ||
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śiṣyassvayaṃbhuvo devassarvapratyakṣadṛgvaśī |
ājñāyāṃ maruto yasya saṃsthitāssaptasaptakāḥ || 4 ||
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prerayañchaśvadaṃgāni prāṇādyābhiḥ svavṛttibhiḥ |
sarvabhūtaśarīrāṇāṃ kurute yaśca dhāraṇam || 5 ||
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aṇimādibhiraṣṭābhiraiśvaryaiśca samanvitaḥ |
tiryakkālādibhirmedhyairbhuvanāni bibharti yaḥ || 6 ||
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ākāśayonirdviguṇaḥ sparśaśabdasamanvayāt |
tejasāṃ prakṛtiśceti yamāhustattvaciṃtakāḥ || 7 ||
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tamāśramagataṃ dṛṣṭvā munayo dīrghasatriṇaḥ |
pitāmahavacaḥ smṛtvā praharṣamatulaṃ yayuḥ || 8 ||
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abhyutthāya tatassarve praṇamyāṃbarasaṃbhavam |
cāmīkaramayaṃ tasmai viṣṭaraṃ samakalpayan || 9 ||
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sopi tatra samāsīno munibhissamyagarcitaḥ |
pratinaṃdya ca tān sarvān papraccha kuśalaṃ tataḥ || 10 ||
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vāyuruvāca |
atra vaḥ kuśalaṃ viprāḥ kaccidvṛtte mahākratau |
kaccidyajñahano daityā na bādheransuradviṣaḥ || 11 ||
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prāyaścittaṃ duriṣṭaṃ vā na kaccitsamajāyata |
stotraśastragṛhairdevān pitḥn pitryaiśca karmabhiḥ || 12 ||
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kaccidabhyarcya yuṣmābhirvidhirāsītsvanuṣṭhitaḥ |
nivṛtte ca mahāsatre paścātkiṃ vaścikīrṣitam || 13 ||
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ityuktā munayaḥ sarve vāyunā śivabhāvinā |
prahṛṣṭamanasaḥ pūtāḥ pratyūcurvinayānvitāḥ || 14 ||
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munaya ūcuḥ |
adya naḥ kuśalaṃ sarvamadya sādhu bhavettapaḥ |
asmacchreyobhivṛddhyarthaṃ bhavānatrāgato yataḥ || 15 ||
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śṛṇu cedaṃ purāvṛttaṃ tamasākrāṃtamānasaiḥ |
upāsitaḥ purāsmābhirvijñānārthaṃ prajāpatiḥ || 16 ||
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sopyasmānanugṛhyāha śaraṇyaśśaraṇāgatān |
sarvasmādadhiko rudro viprāḥ paramakāraṇam || 17 ||
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tamapratarkyaṃ yāthātmyaṃ bhaktimāneva paśyati |
bhaktiścāsya prasādena prasādādeva nirvṛtiḥ || 18 ||
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tasmādasya prasādārthaṃ naimiṣe satrayogataḥ |
yajadhvaṃ dīrghasatreṇa rudraṃ paramakāraṇam || 19 ||
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tatprasādena satrāṃte vāyustatrāgamiṣyati |
tanmukhājjñānalābho vastatra śreyo bhaviṣyati || 20 ||
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ityādiśya vayaṃ sarve preṣitā parameṣṭhinā |
asmindeśe mahābhāga tavāgamanakāṃkṣiṇaḥ || 21 ||
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dīrghasatraṃ samāsīnā divyavarṣasahasrakam |
atastavāgamādanyatprārthyaṃ no nāsti kiṃcana || 22 ||
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ityākarṇya purāvṛttamṛṣīṇāṃ dīrghasatriṇām |
vāyuḥ prītamanā bhūtvā tatrāsīnmunisaṃvṛtaḥ || 23 ||
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tatastairmunibhiḥ pṛṣṭasteṣāṃ bhāvavivṛddhaye |
sargādi śārvamaiśvaryaṃ samāsāda vadadvibhuḥ || 24 ||
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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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