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Shiva Purana [sanskrit]
223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519
The Shiva-purana Book 7.2 Chapter 26 (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 26
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upamanyuruvāca |
brahmaghno vā surāpo vā steyīvā gurutalpagaḥ |
mātṛhā pitṛhā vāpi vīrahā bhrūṇahāpi vā || 1 ||
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saṃpūjyāmantrakaṃ bhaktyā śivaṃ paramakāraṇam |
taistaiḥ pāpaiḥ pramucyeta varṣairdvādaśabhiḥ kramāt || 2 ||
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tasmātsarvaprayatnena patito 'pi yajecchivam |
bhaktaścennāparaḥ kaścidbhikṣāhāro jiteṃdriyaḥ || 3 ||
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kṛtvāpi sumahatpāpaṃ bhaktyā pañcākṣareṇa tu |
pūjayedyadi deveśaṃ tasmātpāpātpramucyate || 4 ||
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abbhakṣā vāyubhakṣāśca ye cānye vratakarśitāḥ |
teṣāmetairvratairnāsti śivalokasamāgamaḥ || 5 ||
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bhaktyā pañcākṣareṇaiva yaḥ śivaṃ sakṛdarcayet |
sopi gacchecchivasthānaṃ śivamantrasya gauravāt || 6 ||
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tasmāttapāṃsi yajñāṃśca sarve sarvasvadakṣiṇāḥ |
śivamūrtyarcanasyaite koṭyaṃśenāpi no samāḥ || 7 ||
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baddho vāpyatha mukto vā paścātpañcākṣareṇa cet |
pūjayanmucyate bhakto nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 8 ||
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arudro vā sarudro vā sūktena śivamarcayet |
yaḥ sakṛtpatito vāpimūḍho vā mucyate naraḥ || 9 ||
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ṣaḍakṣareṇa vā devaṃ sūktamantreṇa pūjayet |
śivabhakto jitakrodho hyalabdho labdha eva ca || 10 ||
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alabdhāllabdha evātra viśiṣṭo nātra saṃśayaḥ |
sa brahmāṃgena vā tena sahaṃsena vimucyate || 11 ||
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tasmānnityaṃ śivaṃ bhaktyā sūktamantreṇa pūjayet |
ekakālaṃ dvikālaṃ vā trikālaṃ nityameva vā || 12 ||
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ye 'rcayaṃti mahādevaṃ vijñeyāste maheśvarāḥ |
jñānenātmasahāyena nārcito bhagavāñchivaḥ || 13 ||
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sa ciraṃ saṃsaratyasminsaṃsāre duḥkhasāgare |
durllabhaṃ prāpya mānuṣyaṃ mūḍho nārcayate śivam || 14 ||
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niṣphalaṃ tasya tajjanma mokṣāya na bhavedyataḥ |
durllabhaṃ prāpya mānuṣyaṃ ye 'rcayanti pinākinam || 15 ||
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teṣāṃ hi saphalaṃ janma kṛtārthāste narottamāḥ |
bhavabhaktiparā ye ca bhavapraṇatacetasaḥ || 16 ||
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bhavasaṃsmaraṇodyuktā na te duḥkhasya bhāginaḥ |
bhavanāni manojñāni vibhramābharaṇāḥ striyaḥ || 17 ||
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dhanaṃ cātṛptiparyantaṃ śivapūjāvidheḥ phalam |
ye vāñchanti mahābhogānrājyaṃ ca tridaśālaye || 18 ||
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te vāñchanti sadākālaṃ harasya caraṇāmbujam |
saubhāgyaṃ kāntimadrūpaṃ sattvaṃ tyāgārdrabhāvatā || 19 ||
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śauryaṃ vai jagati khyātiśśivamarcayato bhavet |
tasmātsarvaṃ parityajya śivaikāhitamānasaḥ || 20 ||
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śivapūjāvidhiṃ kuryādyadīcchecchivamātmanaḥ |
tvaritaṃ jīvitaṃ yāti tvaritaṃ yāti yauvanam || 21 ||
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tvaritaṃ vyādhirabhyeti tasmātpūjyaḥ pinākadhṛk |
yāvannāyāti maraṇaṃ yāvannākramate jarā || 22 ||
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yāvannendriyavaikalyaṃ tāvatpūjaya śaṃkaram |
na śivārcanatulyo 'sti dharmo 'nyo bhuvanatraye || 23 ||
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iti vijñāya yatnena pūjanīyassadāśivaḥ |
dvārayāgaṃ javanikāṃ parivārabalikriyām || 24 ||
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nityotsavaṃ ca kurvīta prasāde yadi pūjayet |
havirnivedanādūrdhvaṃ svayaṃ cānucaro 'pi vā || 25 ||
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prasādaparivārebhyo baliṃ dadyādyathākramam |
nirgamya saha vāditraistadāśābhimukhaḥ sthitaḥ || 26 ||
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puṣpaṃ dhūpaṃ ca dīpañca dadyādannaṃ jalaiḥ saha |
tato dadyānmahāpīṭhe tiṣṭhanbalimudaṅmukhaḥ || 27 ||
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tato niveditaṃ deve yattadannādikaṃ purā |
tatsarvaṃ sāvaśeṣaṃ vā caṇḍāya vinivedayet || 28 ||
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hutvā ca vidhivatpaścātpūjāśeṣaṃ samāpayet |
kṛtvā prayogaṃ vidhivadyāvanmantraṃ japaṃ tataḥ || 29 ||
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nityotsavaṃ prakurvīta yathoktaṃ śivaśāsane |
vipule taijase pātre raktapadmopaśobhite || 30 ||
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astraṃ pāśupataṃ divyaṃ tatrāvāhya samarcayet |
śivasyāropyaḥ tatpātraṃ dvijasyālaṃkṛtasya ca || 31 ||
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nyastāstravapuṣā tena dīptayaṣṭidharasya ca |
prāsādaparivārebhyo bahirmaṃgalaniḥsvanaiḥ || 32 ||
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nṛtyageyādibhiścaiva saha dīpadhvajādibhiḥ |
pradakṣiṇatrayaṃ kṛtvā na drutaṃ cāvilambitam || 33 ||
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mahāpīṭhaṃ samāvṛtya triḥpradakṣiṇayogataḥ |
punaḥ praviṣṭo dvārastho yajamānaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ || 34 ||
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ādāyābhyaṃtaraṃ nītvā hyastramudvāsayettataḥ |
pradakṣiṇādikaṃ kṛtvā yathāpūrvoditaṃ kramāt || 34 ||
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ādāya cāṣṭapuṣpāṇi pūjāmatha samāpayet || 35 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Chapter 26
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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