Shiva Purana · Chapter 3

atha tṛtīyā śatarudrasaṃhitā

१ śaunakasya śivāvatāra jijñāsāyāṃ sadyojātavāmadevatatpuruṣāghoreśabhedena kṣetrasarvajñatvādivyavahārapradarśanārthaṃ sūtasya tadvarṇanam / /
२ śarvabhavarudrādibhedena śambhoraṣṭamūrtīnāmabhidhānaṃ tattatkāryyapradarśanañca /
३ dvandvajaprajāsisṛkṣubrahmatapaścaraṇaprītaḥ śivasya śarīrādarddhanārīśvaraprādurbhāvaḥ / śivājñayā prajāpatisaṃkalpasiddhaye brahmaṇe bhavānyā nārīsṛṣṭi śaktipradānapūrvakaṃ dakṣagṛhe'vataraṇam /
४ prathame dvāpare śvetamunirūpeṇa śambhavatāragrahaṇa śvetaśvetamaśikhādimunīnprati dhyānapraśaṃsā, evaṃ dvitīyādinava dvāparaparyyantatattadrūpeṇa śambhoravatāravarṇanaṃ tattacchiṣyopadeśapūrvvakamante saṃkṣepena bhadrāyuścaritam /
५ daśamādyaṣṭāviṃśatidvārapara paryantantattanmunirūpeṇa śrīśivāvatāratacchiṣyanāmādikathanam /
६ putrakāmasya śilādamuneduṣkaratapaścaraṇapūrvakaṃ śrī śivātmakā'yonijanandīśvaraputraprāptistasyālpāyuyogajñānātparitāpo naṃdīśvarasya tapaścaryyārthaṃ gamanañca /
७ tapa:pratītānmaheśvarānnandīśvarasya gaṇādhipatva prāptirvivāhavarṇanaṃ śivabhaktivaraprāptiśca /
८ ahamevasarveśvaro na kaścinmatto'dhika iti brahmagarvanāśāya kālabhairavāparanāmukarudrāvatāra varṇanam /
९ bhairavasya trilokītīrtha bhramaṇe'pyanapagatavidhiśiraśchedajabrahmahatyā kāśyāṃ kapālamocanatīrthe sadyovilayaṃ gateti kapālamocanatīrthasya sarvaśreṣṭhatvoktiḥ /
१० nṛsiṃhasya caritavarṇane tadugraruḍjvālāsaṃtaptajagattrayīrakṣaṇopāyapraśnārthaṃ samāgatadevānuddiśya tad duḥkhopaśamāya śrīmahādevasya prativacanam/
११ śrīmahādevājñayā dṛptanṛsiṃhopaśamāya gaṇāgrayavīrabhadrabhya tadupakaṇṭha āgatya sasāmaninivedane'pi nṛsiṃhagarvānapāgamātkopaprakāśanam /
१२ śambhośśarabhāvatāra prasaṃge dṛptanṛsiṃha śiracchedastatkṛttivasanena ca tasya kṛttivāsā iti sopapattikanāmakathanam
१३ atyugrataponirataviśvāsanarākhyamuniṃ prati śuciṣmatyāṃ tvatpatyāṃ gṛhapatināmnā putratāmeeṣyāmīti śambhoḥ pratijñā /
१४ gṛhapatyavatārasamaye viṣṇavādidevānāmāgamanam / vihitopanayanādisaṃskārasya tasya nāradenāyulpābhidhānam /
१५ akālamṛtyucchide gṛhapatestapaścaraṇam / śakra rūpeṇa śambhunā tatparīkṣaṇaṃ svātmani taddṛḍhapremāvalokanātsaparitoṣaṃ tasmā agnipadavīpradānam /
१६ samudramathanodbhūtasudhāsantṛptadṛptadevamadāpahārāya śambhoryakṣeśvarāvatāravarṇanam /
१७ śaṃbhoḥ saśaktikamahākālātārādidaśāvatāravarṇanam /
१८ daityopadrutadevarakṣākāmakaśyapatapaḥ parituṣṭaśivasya sarvatassurarakṣāyai kapālyādyekādaśarudrāvatāradhāraṇam /
१९ putrakāmasyātreḥ sarvaśreṣṭhadevatapaścaraṇaṃ brahmaviṣṇuśivātmikāyā devatrayyā varaṃ yācasveti tadantikamāgamanam / tadaṃśabhyaścandradattātreya durvāsasāmudbhavo duḥrvāsaso'mbarīṣādīnāndharmaparīkṣāvarṇanañca /
२० mohinīrūpamugdhasya harasya manaḥkṣobhādvīryacyutiḥ / saptarṣidvārā gautamasutāyāmañjanyāṃ śravaṇadvārā tasyā''dhānam tataśca yathāvasaraṃ hanūmajjaniḥ / hanumataḥ sūryādadhyayanaṃ tannideśena ca tasya sugrīvopakaṇṭhaṃ gamanaṃ sītānveṣaṇādi śrīrāmakāryakaraṇādi ca /
२१ bhairavāya manujo bhaveti girijāyāḥ śāpadānam /
२२ samudrasañjātadivyanārībhiḥ pātāle viṣṇorviharaṇam / cirāyaivaṃ viṣṇavāsaktimālokya maheśasya tadbodhanāya vṛṣarūpadhāraṇañca /
२३ atulabalavṛṣarūpeṇa śivena viṣṇuśambhuyuddhe viṣṇoḥ parājaye śivājñayā tasya svalokagamanam /
२४ dadhīcamunipatnyāṃ śambhoḥ pippalādavatāravarṇanam /
२५ pippalādasyānaraṇyasutayā vivāhastatprasaṃge pippalādīnāṃ smaraṇe śanikṛtapīḍāvināśa varṇanam /
२६ mahānandāveśyābhaktisamākṛṣṭacittasya śambhorveśyānāthāhvāvatāravarṇanam/
२७ dvijeśāhvaśivāvatāraprasaṃge bhadrāyunṛpabhaktiparīkṣā tasmā āyuṣo'nte svalokaprāptivaradānañca /
२८ sabhāryāhukabhillasya bhaktyā tuṣṭena śivena yatirūpeṇa parīkṣaṇam / parīkṣitāyā āhukāyai janmāṃtare tvaṃ vidarbharājatanayā āhukaśca nalo'hañca bhavatprītikaro haṃso bhaviṣyāmīti varadānam /
२९ ikṣvākuvaṃśyanabhagacaritravarṇanaprasaṃge kṛṣṇadarśanaśivāvatāravarṇanam /
३० svāvajñayā śakraṃ jiṃghāṃso: śivasya praṇipātapurassaraṃ guroḥ prārthanā pratītācca tasmāttaddarśanapūrvakamiṣṭalābhaḥ indrañjīvayati gurūnirbandheneśvereṇendrajīvanaṃ gurave ca jīva iti saṃjñā ca pradade
३१ vidarbheśa satyaratharājñaḥ saṃgrāme śatrubhiḥ parābhave jāte antarvatnyāḥ tatpatnyā gṛhānnirgatāyā mārge sutajananottarakāle nidhanam / jātamātrasyāpatyasya rakṣārthaṃ bhikṣurūpaśambhupreraṇayā kasyāścidvidhavābrāhmaṇyā āgamanam tadbālarakṣā cetyādiprasaṃgena śivasya bhikṣuvaryāvatāravarṇanam /
३२ kṣīrārtha tapasyata upamanyoḥ śakrarūpiśaṃbhuṃkṛtaparīkṣaṇaṃ kṛtaparīkṣāya tasmai dadhidugdhādisamudradānādyanekavarapradānapūrvakaṃ svagaṇapadavitaraṇañca
३३ śrīśivavaraprāptaye tapasyantyāḥ śivāyā brahmacārirūpeṇa tasyā bhāvaparīkṣaṇam /
३४ pārvatīprāptīcchayā himavadgṛhe śaṃbhoḥ sunartakarūpeṇāgatya śatalīlāpradarśanapurassaraṃ tasyā yāñcā/
३५ ajñātakulaśīlāya śivāya pārvatīpradānanna sāṃpratamiti matidātuṃ himavatpārśve dvijarūpiśivagamanam /
३६ putrārthamatyugratapaścarato droṇasya patnyāmaśvatthāmārūpeṇa śambhoravatāravarṇanaṃ pāṇḍavaiḥ saha yuddhavivaraṇañca /
३७ dvaitavanasthapāṇḍavānāmantike tadaniṣṭhāya duryodhanena durvāsasaḥ preṣaṇaṃ kṛṣṇakṛpayā taduddhāra jāte vyāsasya tadantike gamanaṃ śaivāstraprāptaye candrakīlaparvata'rjunapreṣaṇam /
३८ vyāsenārjunavirahakātara pāṇḍavāśvāsanamarjunatapastejajo'sahanenendrakīla rakṣakāṇāmindrasamīpe tadvṛttavarṇanamindrasyārjunaparīkṣāpūrvakaṃ bhagavataḥ śivasyārādhane tanniyojanam /
३९ tapasyadarjunavadhāya duryodhanena śūkararūpimūkākhya daityapreṣaṇaṃ śrīvenārjunarakṣāyai dhṛtabhillapativeṣeṇārjunabāṇapātasamakālameva mūkavadhaḥ kṛtaḥ /
४० yugapanmuktaśarayorhataśūkarayoḥ śivārjunayorahameva vijayīrahameva vijayīti vivāda:/
४१ bhillarājarūpiśivasyārjunena yuddhamarjunāya śiva varadānantasya śva gṛhe pratyāgamanaṃ kṛṣṇadarśanañca
४२ śrīśambhordvādaśajyotiliṅgāvatāravarṇanam /
iti tṛtīyā śatarudrasaṃhitā