Shiva Purana [sanskrit]
223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519
The Shiva-purana Book 7.1 Chapter 14 (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 14
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vāyuruvāca |
pratikalpaṃ pravakṣyāmi rudrāvirbhāvakāraṇam |
yato vicchinnasaṃtānā brahmasṛṣṭiḥ pravartate || 1 ||
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kalpekalpe prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā brahmā brahmāṃḍasaṃbhavaḥ |
avṛddhihetorbhūtānāṃ mumoha bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ || 2 ||
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tasya duḥkhapraśāṃtyarthaṃ prajānāṃ ca vivṛddhaye |
tattatkalpeṣu kālātmā rudro rudragaṇādhipaḥ || 3 ||
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nirdiṣṭaḥ pamameśena maheśo nīlalohitaḥ |
putro bhūtvānugṛhṇāti brahmāṇaṃ brahmaṇonujaḥ || 4 ||
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sa eva bhagavānīśastejorāśiranāmayaḥ |
anādinidhanodhātā bhūtasaṃkocako vibhuḥ || 5 ||
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paramaiśvaryasaṃyuktaḥ parameśvarabhāvitaḥ |
tacchaktyādhiṣṭhitaśśaśvattaccihnairapi cihnitaḥ || 6 ||
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tannāmanāmā tadrūpastatkāryakaraṇakṣamaḥ |
tattulyavyavahāraśca tadājñāparipālakaḥ || 7 ||
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sahasrādityasaṃkāśaścandrāvayavabhūṣaṇaḥ |
bhujaṃgahārakeyūravalayo muṃjamekhalaḥ || 8 ||
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jalaṃdharaviriṃcendrakapālaśakalojjvalaḥ |
gaṅgātuṃgataraṃgārdhapiṃgalānanamūrdhajaḥ || 9 ||
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bhagnadaṃṣṭrāṃkurākrāntaprāntakāntadharādharaḥ |
savyaśravaṇapārśvāṃtamaṃḍalīkṛtakuṇḍalaḥ || 10 ||
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mahāvṛṣabhaniryāṇo mahājaladaniḥsvanaḥ |
mahānalasamaprakhyo mahābalaparākramaḥ || 11 ||
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evaṃ ghoramahārūpo brahmaputrīṃ maheśvaraḥ |
vijñānaṃ brahmaṇe dattvā sarge sahakaroti ca || 12 ||
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tasmādrudraprasādena pratikalpaṃ prajāpateḥ |
pravāharūpato nityā prajāsṛṣṭiḥ pravartate || 13 ||
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kadācitprārthitaḥ sraṣṭuṃ brahmaṇā nīlalohitaḥ |
svātmanā sadṛśān sarvān sasarja manasā vibhuḥ || 14 ||
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kapardino nirātaṃkānnīlagrīvāṃstrilocanān |
jarāmaraṇanirmuktān dīptaśūlavarāyudhān || 15 ||
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taistu saṃcchāditaṃ sarvaṃ caturdaśavidhaṃ jagat |
tāndṛṣṭā vividhānrudrān rudramāha pitāmahaḥ || 16 ||
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namaste devadeveśa māsrākṣīrīdṛśīḥ prajāḥ |
anyāḥ sṛja tvaṃ bhadraṃ te prajā mṛtyusamanvitāḥ || 17 ||
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ityuktaḥ prahasanprāha brahmāṇaṃ parameśvaraḥ |
nāsti me tādṛśassargassṛja tvamaśubhāḥ prajāḥ || 18 ||
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ye tvime manasā sṛṣṭā mahātmāno mahābalāḥ |
cariṣyaṃti mayā sārdhaṃ sarva eva hi yājñikāḥ || 19 ||
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ityuktvā viśvakarmāṇaṃ viśvabhūteśvaro haraḥ |
saha rudraiḥ prajāsargānnivṛttātmā vyatiṣṭhata || 20 ||
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tataḥ prabhṛti devo 'sau na prasūte prajāḥ śubhāḥ |
ūrdhvaretāḥ sthitaḥ sthāṇuryāvadābhūtasaṃplavam || 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 14
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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