Shiva Purana [sanskrit]
223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519
The Shiva-purana Book 7.2 Chapter 12 (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 12
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śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca |
maharṣivara sarvajña sarvajñānamahodadhe |
pañcākṣarasya māhātmyaṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ || 1 ||
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upamanyuruvāca |
pañcākṣarasya māhātmyaṃ varṣakoṭiśatairapi |
aśakyaṃ vistarādvaktuṃ tasmātsaṃkṣepataḥ śṛṇu || 2 ||
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vede śivāgame cāyamubhayatra ṣaḍakṣareḥ |
sarveṣāṃ śivabhaktānāmaśeṣārthasādhakaḥ || 3 ||
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tadalpākṣaramarthāḍhyaṃ vedasāraṃ vimuktidam |
ājñāsiddhamasaṃdigdhaṃ vākyametacchivātmakam || 4 ||
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nānāsiddhiyutaṃ divyaṃ lokacittānuraṃjakam |
suniścitārthaṃ gaṃbhīraṃ vākyaṃ tatpārameśvaram || 5 ||
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mantraṃ sukhamukoccāryamaśeṣārthaprasiddhaye |
prāhonnamaḥ śivāyeti sarvajñassarvadehinām || 6 ||
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tadbījaṃ sarvavidyānāṃ maṃtramādyaṃ ṣaḍakṣaram |
atisūkṣmaṃ mahārthaṃ ca jñeyaṃ tadvaṭabījavat || 7 ||
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devo guṇatrayātītaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvakṛtprabhuḥ |
omityekākṣare mantre sthitaḥ sarvagataḥ śivaḥ || 8 ||
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iśānādyāni sūkṣmāṇi brahmāṇyekākṣarāṇi tu |
maṃtre namaśśivāyeti saṃsthitāni yathākramam || 9 ||
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maṃtre ṣaḍakṣare sūkṣme pañcabrahmatanuḥ śivaḥ |
vācyavācakabhāvena sthitaḥ sākṣātsvabhāvataḥ || 9 ||
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vācyaśśivoprameyatvānmaṃtrastadvācakassmṛtaḥ |
vācyavācakabhāvo 'yamanādisaṃsthitastayoḥ || 10 ||
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yathā 'nādipravṛttoyaṃ ghorasaṃsārasāgaraḥ |
śivo 'pi hi tathānādisaṃsārānmocakaḥ sthitaḥ || 11 ||
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vyādhīnāṃ bheṣajaṃ yadvatpratipakṣaḥ svabhāvataḥ |
tadvatsaṃsāradoṣāṇāṃ pratipakṣaḥ śivassmṛtaḥ || 12 ||
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asatyasmin jagannāthe tamobhūtamidaṃ bhavet |
acetanatvātprakṛterajñatvātpuraṣasya ca || 13 ||
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pradhānaparamāṇvādi yāvatkiṃcidacetanam |
na tatkartṛ svayaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ buddhimatkāraṇaṃ vinā || 14 ||
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dharmādharmopadeśaśca baṃdhamokṣau vicāraṇāt |
na sarvajñaṃ vinā puṃsāmādisargaḥ prasiddhyati || 15 ||
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vaidyaṃ vinā nirānaṃdāḥ kliśyaṃte rogiṇo yathā |
tasmādanādiḥ sarvajñaḥ paripūrṇassadāśivaḥ || 16 ||
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asti nāthaḥ paritrātā puṃsāṃ saṃsārasāgarāt |
ādimadhyāṃtanirmuktassvabhāvavimalaḥ prabhuḥ || 17 ||
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sarvajñaḥ paripūrṇaśca śivo jñeyaśśivāgame |
tasyābhidhānamantro 'yamabhidheyaśca sa smṛtaḥ || 18 ||
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abhidhānābhidheyatvānmaṃtrassiddhaḥ paraśśivaḥ |
etāvattu śivajñānametāvatparamaṃ padam || 19 ||
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yadoṃnamaśśivāyeti śivavākyaṃ ṣaḍakṣaram |
vidhivākyamidaṃ śaivaṃ nārthavādaṃ śivātmakam || 20 ||
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yassarvajñassusaṃpūrṇaḥ svabhāvavimalaḥ śivaḥ |
lokānugrahakartā ca sa mṛṣārthaṃ kathaṃ vadet || 21 ||
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yadyathāvasthitaṃ vastu guṇadoṣaiḥ svabhāvataḥ |
yāvatphalaṃ ca tatpūrṇaṃ sarvajñastu yathā vadet || 22 ||
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rāgājñānādibhirdoṣairgrastatvādanṛtaṃ vadet |
te ceśvare na vidyete brūyātsa kathamanyathā || 23 ||
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ajñātāśeṣadoṣeṇa sarvajñeya śivena yat |
praṇītamamalaṃ vākyaṃ tatpramāṇaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 24 ||
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tasmādīśvaravākyāni śraddheyāni vipaścitā |
yathārthapuṇyapāpeṣu tadaśraddho vrajatyadhaḥ || 25 ||
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svargāpavargasiddhyarthaṃ bhāṣitaṃ yatsuśobhanam |
vākyaṃ munivaraiḥ śāṃtaistadvijñeyaṃ subhāṣitam || 26 ||
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rāgadveṣānṛtakrodhakāmatṛṣṇānusāri yat |
vākyaṃ nirayahetutvāttaddurbhāṣitamucyate || 27 ||
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saṃskṛtenāpi kiṃ tena mṛdunā lalitena vā |
avidyārāgavākyena saṃsārakleśahetunā || 28 ||
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yacchrutvā jāyate śreyo rāgādīnāṃ ca saṃśayaḥ |
virūpamapi tadvākyaṃ vijñeyamiti śobhanam || 29 ||
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bahutvepi hi maṃtrāṇāṃ sarvajñena śivena yaḥ |
praṇīto vimalo mantro na tena sadṛśaḥ kvacit || 30 ||
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sāṃgāni vedaśāstrāṇi saṃsthitāni ṣaḍakṣare |
na tena sadṛśastasmānmantro 'pyastyaparaḥ kvacit || 31 ||
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saptakoṭimahāmantrairupamantrairanekadhā |
mantraḥ ṣaḍakṣaro bhinnassūtraṃ vṛtyātmanā yathā || 32 ||
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śivajñānāni yāvaṃti vidyāsthānāpi yāni ca |
ṣaḍakṣarasya sūtrasya tāni bhāṣyaṃ samāsataḥ || 33 ||
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kiṃ tasya bahubhirmaṃtraiśśāstrairvā bahuvistaraiḥ |
yasyonnamaḥ śivāyeti mantro 'yaṃ hṛdi saṃsthitaḥ || 34 ||
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tenādhītaṃ śrutaṃ tena kṛtaṃ sarvamanuṣṭhitam |
yenonnamaśśivāyeti maṃtrābhyāsaḥ sthirīkṛtaḥ || 35 ||
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namaskārādisaṃyuktaṃ śivāyetyakṣaratrayam |
jihvāgre vartate yasya saphalaṃ tasya jīvitam || 36 ||
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aṃtyajo vādhamo vāpi mūrkho vā paṃḍito 'pi vā |
pañcākṣarajape niṣṭho mucyate pāpapaṃjarāt || 37 ||
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ityuktaṃ parameśena devyā pṛṣṭena śūlinā |
hitāya sarvamartyānāṃ dvijānāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ || 38 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Chapter 12
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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