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Shiva Purana [sanskrit]
223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519
The Shiva-purana Book 7.2 Chapter 23 (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 23
[English text for this chapter is available]
upamanyuruvāca |
vyākhyāṃ pūjāvidhānasya pravadāmi samāsataḥ |
śivaśāstre śivenaiva śivāyai kathitasya tu || 1 ||
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aṃgamabhyaṃtaraṃ yāgamagnikāryāvasānakam |
vidhāya vā na vā paścādbahiryāgaṃ samācaret || 2 ||
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tatra dravyāṇi manasā kalpayitvā viśodhya ca |
dhyātvā vināyakaṃ devaṃ pūjayitvā vidhānataḥ || 3 ||
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dakṣiṇe cottare caiva naṃdīśaṃ suyaśaṃ tathā |
ārādhya manasā samyagāsanaṃ kalpayedbudhaḥ || 4 ||
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ārādhanādikairyuktassiṃhayogāsanādikam |
padmāsanaṃ vā vimalaṃ tattvatrayasamanvitam || 5 ||
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tasyopari śivaṃ dhyāyetsāṃbaṃ sarvamanoharam |
sarvalakṣaṇasaṃpannaṃ sarvāvayavaśobhanam || 6 ||
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sarvātiśayasaṃyuktaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam |
raktāsyapāṇicaraṇaṃ kuṃdacaṃdrasmitānanam || 7 ||
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śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ phullapadmatrilocanam |
caturbhujamudārāṅgaṃ cārucaṃdrakalādharam || 8 ||
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varadābhayahastaṃ ca mṛgaṭaṃkadharaṃ haram |
bhujaṃgahāravalayaṃ cārunīlagalāṃtaram || 9 ||
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sarvopamānarahitaṃ sānugaṃ saparicchadam |
tataḥ saṃciṃtayettasya vāmabhāge maheśvarīm || 10 ||
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praphullotpalapatrābhāṃ vistīrṇāyatalocanām |
pūrṇacaṃdrābhavadanāṃ nīlakuṃcitamūrdhajām || 11 ||
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nīlotpaladalaprakhyāṃ candrārdhakṛtaśekharām |
ativṛttaghanottuṃgasnigdhapīnapayodharām || 12 ||
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tanumadhyāṃ pṛthuśroṇīṃ pītasūkṣmavarāmbarām |
sarvābharaṇasaṃpannāṃ lalāṭatilakojjvalām || 13 ||
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vicitrapuṣpasaṃkīrṇakeśapāśopaśobhitām |
sarvato 'nuguṇākārāṃ kiṃcillajjānatānanām || 14 ||
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hemāraviṃdaṃ vilasaddadhānāṃ dakṣiṇe kare |
daṃḍavaccāparaṃ haste nyasyāsīnāṃ mahāsane || 15 ||
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pāśavicchedikāṃ sākṣātsaccidānaṃdarūpiṇīm |
evaṃ devaṃ ca devīṃ ca dhyātvāsanavare śubhe || 16 ||
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sarvopacāravadbhaktyā bhāvapuṣpaissamarcayet |
athavā parikalpyaivaṃ mūrtimanyatamāṃ vibhoḥ || 17 ||
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śaivīṃ sadāśivākhyāṃ vā tathā māheśvarīṃ parām |
ṣaḍviṃśakābhidhānāṃ vā śrīkaṃṭhākhyāmathāpi vā || 18 ||
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mantranyāsādikāṃ cāpi kṛtvā svasyāṃ tanau yathā |
asyāṃ mūrtau mūrtimaṃtaṃ śivaṃ sadasataḥ param || 19 ||
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dhyātvā bāhyakrameṇaiva pūjāṃ nirvartayeddhiyā |
samidājyādibhiḥ paścānnābhau homaṃ ca bhāvayet || 20 ||
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bhrūmadhye ca śivaṃ dhyāyecchuddhadīpaśikhākṛtim |
itthamaṃge svataṃtre vā yoge dhyānamaye śubhe || 21 ||
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agnikāryāvasānaṃ ca sarvatraiva samo vidhiḥ |
atha ciṃtāmayaṃ sarvaṃ samāpyārādhanakramam || 22 ||
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liṃge ca pūjayeddevaṃ sthaṃḍile vānale 'pi vā || 23 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Chapter 23
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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