Shiva Purana [sanskrit]
223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519
The Shiva-purana Book 7.2 Chapter 1 (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 1
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oṃ |
namassamastasaṃsāracakrabhramaṇahetave |
gaurīkucataṭadvandvakuṃkumāṃkitavakṣase || 1 ||
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sūta uvāca |
uktvā bhagavato labdhaprasādādupamanyunā |
niyamādutthito vāyurmadhye prāpte divākare || 2 ||
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ṛṣayaścāpi te sarve naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ |
athāyamarthaḥ praṣṭavya iti kṛtvā viniścayam || 3 ||
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kṛtvā yathā svakaṃ kṛtyaṃ pratyahaṃ te yathā purā |
bhagavaṃtamupāyāṃtaṃ samīkṣya samupāviśan || 4 ||
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athāsau niyamasyāṃte bhagavānambarodbhavaḥ |
madhye munisabhāyāstu bheje kḷptaṃ varāsanam || 5 ||
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sukhāsanopaviṣṭaśca vāyurlokanamaskṛtaḥ |
śrīmadvibhūtimīśasya hṛdi kṛtvedamabravīt || 6 ||
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taṃ prapadye mahādevaṃ sarvajñamaparājitam |
vibhūtissakalaṃ yasya carācaramidaṃ jagat || 7 ||
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ityākarṇya śubhāṃ vāṇīmṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ |
vibhūtivistaraṃ śrotumūcuste paramaṃ vacaḥ || 8 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
uktaṃ bhagavatā vṛttamupamanyormahātmanaḥ |
kṣīrārthenāpi tapasā yatprāptaṃ parameśvarāt || 9 ||
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dṛṣṭo 'sau vāsudevena kṛṣṇenākliṣṭakarmaṇā |
dhaumyāgrajastatastena kṛtvā pāśupataṃ vratam || 10 ||
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prāptaṃ ca paramaṃ jñānamiti prāgeva śuśruma |
kathaṃ sa labdhavān kṛṣṇo jñānaṃ pāśupataṃ param || 11 ||
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vāyuruvāca |
svecchayā hyavatīrṇopi vāsudevassanātanaḥ |
niṃdayanniva mānuṣyaṃ dehaśuddhiṃ cakāra saḥ || 12 ||
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putrārthaṃ hi tapastaptuṃ gatastasya mahāmuneḥ |
āśramaṃ munibhirdṛṣṭaṃ dṛṣṭavāṃstatra vai munim || 13 ||
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bhasmāvadātasarvāṃgaṃ tripuṃḍrāṃkitamastakam |
rudrākṣamālābharaṇaṃ jaṭāmaṃḍalamaṃḍitam || 14 ||
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tacchiṣyabhūtairmunibhiśśāstrairvedamivāvṛtam |
śivadhyānarataṃ śāṃtamupamanyuṃ mahādyutim || 15 ||
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namaścakāra taṃ dṛṣṭvā hṛṣṭasarvatanūruhaḥ |
bahumānena kṛṣṇo 'sau triḥ kṛtvā tu pradakṣiṇām || 16 ||
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stutiṃ cakāra suprītyā nataskaṃdhaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ |
tasyāvalokanādeva muneḥ kṛṣṇasya dhīmataḥ || 16 ||
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naṣṭamāsīnmalaṃ sarvaṃ māyājaṃ kārmameva ca |
tapaḥkṣīṇamalaṃ kṛṣṇamupamanyuryathāvidhiḥ || 17 ||
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bhasmanoddhūlya taṃ mantrairagnirityādibhiḥ kramāt |
atha pāśupataṃ sākṣādvrataṃ dvādaśamāsikam || 18 ||
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kārayitvā munistasmai pradadau jñānamuttamam |
tadāprabhṛti taṃ kṛṣṇaṃ munayaśśaṃsitavratāḥ || 19 ||
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divyāḥ pāśupatāḥ sarve parivṛtyopatasthire |
tato guruniyogādvai kṛṣṇaḥ paramaśaktimān || 20 ||
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tapaścakāra putrārthaṃ sāṃbamuddiśya śaṃkaram |
tapaso tena varṣāṃte dṛṣṭo 'sau parameśvaraḥ || 21 ||
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śriyā paramayā yuktassāṃbaśca sagaṇaśśivaḥ |
varārthamāvirbhūtasya harasya subhagākṛteḥ || 22 ||
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stutiṃ cakāra natvāsau kṛṣṇaḥ samyakkṛtāṃjaliḥ |
sāṃbaṃ samagaṇavyagro labdhavānputramātmanaḥ || 23 ||
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tapasā tuṣṭacittena dattaṃ viṣṇośśivena vai |
yasmātsāṃbo mahādevaḥ pradadau putramātmanaḥ || 24 ||
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tasmājjāṃbavatīsūnuṃ sāṃbaṃ cakre sa nāmataḥ |
tadetatkathitaṃ sarvaṃ kṛṣṇasyāmitakarmaṇaḥ || 25 ||
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maharṣerjñānalābhaśca putralābhaśca śaṃkarāt |
ya idaṃ kīrtayennityaṃ śṛṇuyācchrāvayettathā || 26 ||
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sa viṣṇorjñānamāsādya tenaiva saha modate || 27 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Chapter 1
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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