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Shiva Purana [sanskrit]
223,192 words | ISBN-10: 8171101519
The Shiva-purana Book 6 Chapter 2 (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 2
[English text for this chapter is available]
vyāsa uvāca |
sādhu pṛṣṭamidaṃ viprā bhavadbhirbhāgyavattamaiḥ |
durlabhaṃ hi śivajñānaṃ praṇavārthaprakāśakam || 1 ||
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yeṣāṃ prasanno bhagavānsākṣācchūlavarāyudhaḥ |
teṣāmeva śivajñānaṃ praṇavārthaprakāśakama || 2 ||
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jāyate na hi sandeho netareṣāmiti śrutiḥ || |
śivabhaktivihīnānāmiti tattvārthaniścayaḥ || 3 ||
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dīrghasatreṇa yuṣmābhirbhagavānambikāpatiḥ |
upāsita itīdaṃ me dṛṣṭamadya viniścitam || 4 ||
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tasmādvakṣyāmi yuṣmākamitihāsampurātanam |
umāmaheśasamvādarūpamadbhutamāstikāḥ || 5 ||
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purākhilajaganmātā satī dākṣāyaṇī tanum |
śivanindāprasaṅgena tyaktvā ca janakādhvare || 6 ||
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tataḥ prabhāvātsā devī sutā'bhūddhimavadgireḥ |
śivārthamatapatsā vai nāradasyopadeśataḥ || 7 ||
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tasminbhūdharavaryye tu svayaṃvaravidhānataḥ |
deveśe ca kṛtodvāhe pārvatī sukhamāpa sā || 8 ||
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tathaikasminmahādevī samaye patinā saha |
sūpaviṣṭā mahāśaile gaurī devamabhāṣata || 9 ||
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mahādevyuvāca |
bhagavanparameśāna pañcakṛtyavidhāyaka |
sarvajña bhaktisulabha paramāmṛtavigraha || 10 ||
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dākṣāyaṇīntanuṃ tyaktvā tava nindāprasaṃgataḥ |
āsamadya maheśāna putrī himavato gireḥ|| |
kṛpayā parameśāna maṃtradīkṣāvidhānataḥ |
māṃ viśuddhātmatattvasthāṃ kuru nityaṃ maheśvara || 12 ||
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iti samprārthito devyā devaḥ śītāṃśu bhūṣaṇaḥ |
pratyuvāca tato devīṃ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā || 13 ||
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mahādeva uvāca |
dhanyā tvaṃ devadevaśi yadi jātedṛśī matiḥ |
kailāsa śikharaṃ gatvā kariṣye tvāṃ ca tādṛśīm || 14 ||
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tato himavato gatvā kailāsambhūdhareśvaram |
jagau dīkṣāvidhānena praṇavādīnmanūn kramāt || 15 ||
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uktvā maṃtrāṃśca tāndevīṃ kṛtvā śuddhātmani sthitām |
sārddhaṃ devyā mahādevo devodyānaṃ gato'bhavat || 16 ||
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tataḥ sumālinīmukhyairdaivyāḥ priyasakhījanaiḥ |
samāhṛtaiḥ praphullaistaiḥ puṣpaiḥ kalpatarūdbhavaiḥ || 17 ||
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alaṃkṛtya mahādevīṃ svāṃkamāropya śaṃkaraḥ |
prahṛṣṭavadanastasthau vilokya ca tadānanam || 18 ||
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tataḥ priyakathā jātāḥ pārvatīparameśayoḥ |
hitāya sarvalokānāṃ sākṣācchrutyarthaṃ sammitā || 19 ||
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tadā sarvajaganmātā bharturaṃkaṃ samāśritā |
vilokya vadanaṃ bharturidamāhaḥ tapodhanāḥ || 20 ||
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|| śrīdevyuvāca |
upadiṣṭāstvayā deva maṃtrāssapraṇavā matāḥ |
tatrādau śrotumicchāmi praṇavārthaṃ viniścitam || 23 ||
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kathampraṇava utpannaḥ kathaṃ praṇava ucyate |
mātrāḥ kati samākhyātāḥ kathaṃ vedādirucyate || 22 ||
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devatāḥ kati ca proktāḥ kathaṃ vedādibhāvanā |
kriyāḥ katividhāḥ proktā vyāpyavyāpakatā katham || 23 ||
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brahmāṇi paṃca maṃtre'sminkathaṃ tiṣṭhaṃtyanukramāt |
kalāḥ kati samākhyātāḥ prapaṃcātmakatā katham || 24 ||
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vācyavācakasambandhasthānāni ca kathaṃ śiva |
ko'trādhikārī vijñeyo viṣayaḥ ka udāhṛtaḥ || 25 ||
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sambandhaḥ kotra vijñeyaḥ kiṃprayojanamucyate |
upāsakastu kiṃrūpaḥ kiṃ vā sthānamupāsanam || 26 ||
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upāsyaṃ vastu kiṃrūpaṃ kiṃ vā phalamupāsituḥ |
anuṣṭhāna vidhiḥ kovā pūjāsthānaṃ ca kiṃ prabho || 27 ||
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pūjāyāṃ maṇḍalaṃ kiṃ vā kiṃ vā ṛṣyādikaṃ hara |
nyāsajātavidhiḥ ko vā ko vā pūjāvidhikramaḥ || 28 ||
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etatsarvaṃ maheśāna samācakṣva viśeṣataḥ |
śrotumicchāmi tattvena yadyasti mayi te kṛpā || 29 ||
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iti devyā samāpṛṣṭo bhagavānindubhūṣaṇaḥ |
sampraśasya maheśānīṃ vaktuṃ samupacakrame || 30 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe ṣaṣṭhyāṃ kailāsa saṃhitāyāṃ devīdevasaṃvāde devīkṛtapraśnavarṇanaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ || 2 ||
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Other editions:
Also see the following editions of the Sanskrit text or (alternative) English translations of the Shiva Purana Chapter 2
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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