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Shiva Purana · Chapter 1.2

1.2.1

sūta uvāca /
sādhupṛṣṭaṃ sādhavo vastrailokyahitakārakam /
guruṃ smṛtvā bhavatsnehādvakṣye tacchṛṇutādarāt

1.2.2

vedāṃtasārasarvasvaṃ purāṇaṃ śaivamuttamam /
sarvāghaughoddhārakaraṃ paratra paramārthadam

1.2.3

kalikalmaṣavidhvaṃsi yasmiñchivayaśaḥ param /
vijṛmbhate sadā viprāścaturvargaphalapradam

1.2.4

tasyādhyayanamātreṇa purāṇasya dvijottamāḥ /
sarvottamasya śaivasya te yāsyaṃti susadgatim

1.2.5

tāvadvijṛṃbhate pāpaṃ brahmahatyāpurassaram /
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati jagatyaho

1.2.6

tāvatkalimahotpātāḥ saṃcariṣyaṃti nirbhayāḥ /
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati jagatyaho

1.2.7

tāvatsarvāṇi śāstrāṇi vivadaṃti parasparam /
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati jagatyaho

1.2.8

tāvatsvarūpaṃ durbodhaṃ śivasya mahatāmapi /
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi no deṣyati jagatyaho

1.2.9

tāvadyamabhaṭāḥ krūrāḥ saṃcariṣyaṃti nirbhayāḥ /
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati jagatyaho

1.2.1.2.10

tāvatsarvapurāṇāni pragarjaṃti mahītale /
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati jagatyaho

1.2.11

tāvatsarvāṇi tīrthāni vivadaṃti mahītale /
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati jagatyaho

1.2.12

tāvatsarvāṇi maṃtrāṇi vivadaṃti mahītale /
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati mahītale

1.2.13

tāvatsarvāṇi kṣetrāṇi vivadaṃti mahītale /
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati mahītale

1.2.14

tāvatsarvāṇi pīṭhāni vivadaṃti mahītale /
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati mahītale

1.2.15

tāvatsarvāṇi dānāni vivadaṃti mahītale /
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati mahītale

1.2.16

tāvatsarve ca te devā vivadaṃti mahītale /
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati mahītale

1.2.17

tāvatsarve ca siddhāntā vivadaṃti mahītale /
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati mahītale

1.2.18

asya śaivapurāṇasya kīrtanaśravaṇāddvijāḥ /
phalaṃ vaktuṃ na śaknomi kārtsnyena munisattamāḥ

1.2.19

tathāpi tasya māhātmyaṃ vakṣye kiṃcittu vonaghāḥ /
cittamādhāya śṛṇuta vyāsenoktaṃ purā mama

1.2.1.2.20

etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi ślokaṃ ślokārddhameva ca /
yaḥ paṭhedbhaktisaṃyuktassa pāpānmucyate kṣaṇāt

1.2.21

etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi yaḥ pratyahamataṃdri taḥ /
yathāśakti paṭhedbhaktyā sa jīvanmukta ucyate

1.2.22

etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi yo bhaktyārcayate sadā /
dine dine'śvamedhasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam

1.2.23

etacchivapurāṇaṃ yassādhāraṇapadecchayā /
anyataḥ śṛṇuyātso'pi matto mucyeta pātakāt

1.2.24

etacchivapurāṇaṃ yo namaskuryādadūrataḥ /
sarvadevārcanaphalaṃ sa prāpnoti na saṃśayaḥ

1.2.25

etacchivapurāṇaṃ vai likhitvā pustakaṃ svayam /
yo dadyācchivabhaktebhyastasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

1.2.26

adhīteṣu ca śāstreṣu vedeṣu vyākṛteṣu ca /
yatphalaṃ durlabhaṃ loke tatphalaṃ tasya saṃbhavet

1.2.27

etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi caturdaśyāmupoṣitaḥ /
śivabhaktasabhāyāṃ yo vyākaroti sa uttamaḥ

1.2.28

pratyakṣaraṃ tu gāyatrīpuraścaryyāphalaṃ labhet /
iha bhuktvākhilānkāmānaṃ te nirvāṇatāṃ vrajet

1.2.29

upoṣitaścaturdaśyāṃ rātrau jāgaraṇānvitaḥ /
yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi tasya puṇyaṃ vadāmyaham

1.2.1.2.30

kurukṣetrādinikhilapuṇyatīrtheṣvanekaśaḥ /
ātmatulyadhanaṃ sūryyagrahaṇe sarvatomukhe

1.2.31

viprebhyo vyāsamukhyebhyo dattvāyatphalamaśnute /
tatphalaṃ saṃbhavettasya satyaṃ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

1.2.32

etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi gāyate yopyaharniśam /
ājñāṃ tasya pratīkṣerandevā indra puro gamāḥ

1.2.33

etacchivapurāṇaṃ yaḥ paṭhañchṛṇvanhi nityaśaḥ /
yadyatkaroti satkarma tatkoṭiguṇitaṃ bhavet

1.2.34

samāhitaḥ paṭhedyastu tatra śrīrudra saṃhitām /
sa brahmaghno'pi pūtātmā tribhirevādinairbhavet

1.2.35

tāṃ rudra saṃhitāṃ yastu bhairavapratimāṃtike /
triḥ paṭhetpratyahaṃ maunī sa kāmānakhilām̐ llabhet

1.2.36

tāṃ rudra saṃhitāṃ yastu sapaṭhedvaṭabilvayoḥ /
pradakṣiṇāṃ prakurvāṇo brahmahatyā nivartate

1.2.37

kailāsasaṃhitā tatra tato'pi paramasmṛtā /
brahmasvarūpiṇī sākṣātpraṇavārthaprakāśikā

1.2.38

kailāsasaṃhitāyāstu māhātmyaṃ vetti śaṃkaraḥ /
kṛtsnaṃ tadarddhaṃ vyāsaśca tadarddhaṃ vedmyahaṃ dvijāḥ

1.2.39

tatra kiṃcitpravakṣyāmi kṛtsnaṃ vaktuṃ na śakyate /
yajjñātvā tatkṣaṇāllokaścittaśuddhimavāpnuyāt

1.2.1.2.40

na nāśayati yatpāpaṃ sā raudrī saṃhitā dvijāḥ /
tanna paśyāmyahaṃ loke mārgamāṇo'pi sarvadā

1.2.41

śivenopaniṣatsiṃdhumanthanotpāditāṃ mudā /
kumārāyārpitāṃ tāṃ vai sudhāṃ pītvā'maro bhavet

1.2.42

brahmahatyādipāpānāṃ niṣkṛtiṃ kartumudyataḥ /
māsamātraṃ saṃhitāṃ tāṃ paṭhitvā mucyate tataḥ

1.2.43

duṣpratigrahadurbhojyadurālāpādisaṃbhavam /
pāpaṃ sakṛtkīrtanena saṃhitā sā vināśayet

1.2.44

śivālaye bilvavane saṃhitāṃ tāṃ paṭhettu yaḥ /
sa tatphalamavāpnoti yadvāco'pi na gocare

1.2.45

saṃhitāṃ tāṃ paṭhanbhaktyā yaḥ śrāddhe bhojayeddvijān /
tasya ye pitaraḥ sarve yāṃti śaṃbhoḥ paraṃ padam

1.2.46

caturdaśyāṃ nirāhāro yaḥ paṭhetsaṃhitāṃ ca tām /
bilvamūle śivaḥ sākṣātsa devaiśca prapūjyate

1.2.47

anyāpi saṃhitā tatra sarvakāmaphalapradā /
ubhe viśiṣṭe vijñeye līlāvijñānapūrite

1.2.48

tadidaṃ śaivamākhyātaṃ purāṇaṃ vedasaṃmitam /
nirmitaṃ tacchivenaiva prathamaṃ brahmasaṃmitam

1.2.49

vidyeśaṃca tathāraudraṃ vaināyakamathaumikam /
mātraṃ rudrai kādaśakaṃ kailāsaṃ śatarudra kam

1.2.1.2.50

koṭirudra sahasrādyaṃ koṭirudraṃ tathaiva ca /
vāyavīyaṃ dharmasaṃjñaṃ purāṇamiti bhedataḥ

1.2.51

saṃhitā dvādaśamitā mahāpuṇyatarā matā /
tāsāṃ saṃkhyāṃ bruve viprāḥ śṛṇutādaratokhilam

1.2.52

vidyeśaṃ daśasāhasraṃ rudraṃ vaināyakaṃ tathā /
aumaṃ mātṛpurāṇākhyaṃ pratyekāṣṭasahasrakam

1.2.53

trayodaśasahasraṃ hi rudrai kādaśakaṃ dvijāḥ /
ṣaṭsahasraṃ ca kailāsaṃ śatarudraṃ tadarddhakam

1.2.54

koṭirudraṃ triguṇitamekādaśasahasrakam /
sahasrakoṭirudrā khyamuditaṃ graṃthasaṃkhyayā

1.2.55

vāyavīyaṃ khābdhiśataṃ gharmaṃ ravisahasrakam /
tadevaṃ lakṣasaṃkhyākaṃ śaivasaṃkhyāvibhedataḥ

1.2.56

vyāsena tattu saṃkṣiptaṃ caturviṃśatsahasrakam /
śaivaṃ tatra caturthaṃ vai purāṇaṃ saptasaṃhitam

1.2.57

śive saṃkalpitaṃ pūrvaṃ purāṇaṃ granthasaṃkhyayā /
śatakoṭipramāṇaṃ hi purā sṛṣṭau suvismṛtam

1.2.58

vyasteṣṭādaśadhā caiva purāṇe dvāparādiṣu /
caturlakṣeṇa saṃkṣipte kṛte dvaipāyanādibhiḥ

1.2.59

proktaṃ śivapurāṇaṃ hi caturviṃśatsahasrakam /
ślokānāṃ saṃkhyayā saptasaṃhitaṃ brahmasaṃmitam

1.2.1.2.60

vidyeśvarākhyā tatrādyā raudrī jñeyā dvitīyikā /
tṛtīyā śatarudrā khyā koṭirudrā caturthikā

1.2.61

paṃcamī caiva maumākhyā ṣaṣṭhī kailāsasaṃjñikā /
saptamī vāyavīyākhyā saptaivaṃ saṃhitāmatāḥ

1.2.62

sasaptasaṃhitaṃ divyaṃ purāṇaṃ śivasaṃjñakam /
varīvarti brahmatulyaṃ sarvopari gatipradam

1.2.63

etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi saptasaṃhitamādarāt /
paripūrṇaṃ paṭhedyastu sa jīvanmukta ucyate

1.2.64

śrutismṛtipurāṇetihāsāgamaśatāni ca /
etacchivapurāṇasya nārhaṃtyalpāṃ kalāmapi

1.2.65

śaivaṃ purāṇamamalaṃ śivakīrtitaṃ tadvyāsena śaivapravaṇena na /
saṃgṛhītam /
saṃkṣepataḥ sakalajīvaguṇopakāre tāpatrayaghnamatulaṃ śivadaṃ satāṃ /
hi

1.2.66

vikaitavo dharma iha pragīto vedāṃtavijñānamayaḥ pradhānaḥ /
amatsarāṃtarbudhavedyavastu satkḷptamatraiva trivargayuktam

1.2.67

śaivaṃ purāṇatilakaṃ khalu satpurāṇaṃ /
vedāṃtavedavilasatparavastugītam /
yo vai paṭhecca śṛṇuyātparamādareṇa śaṃbhupriyaḥ sa hi labhetparamāṃ /
gatiṃ vai

1.2.2

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ

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