Shiva Purana · Chapter 4

atha caturthoṃ koṭirudrasaṃhitā

१ śivaliṃgamahātmyavarṇane dvādaśajyotirliṃga varṇanam /
२ kāśīsthalaliṃgānāṃ nāmā'nukīrtanapūrvakatanmāhātmyakathanam /
३. atrīśvarakathā'nuvarṇane'nāvṛṣṭau sapatnīkātritapovarṇanam /
४ anasūyātapastuṣṭā gaṃgā tadāśrame nyuvāsa / varaditsayopasthitaṃ śivaṃ prati bhavatā'traiva sthāsaṃvyamiti sapatnīkātrivarayācanam /
५ nandikeśamāhātmyavarṇane kaściddvijo'rbhakābhyāṃ priyāṃ samarpya kāśīṃ gato mṛtaśca tato jyeṣṭhaputro mṛtamātrasthiṃ kāśīṃ ninīṣanprasthito rātrimukhe kasyaciddvijasya bhavane nyuvāseti varṇanam /
६ gṛheśaputravadhena kṛṣṇatvamāptayā gavā sahopanandikeśaṃ narmadātaṭaṃ prāpya tatra snānena punaḥ śuklāṃgāmavalocya vismayamāno vrajangaṃgayā bodhita: svamātrasthi narmadāyāṃ prakṣipya divyarūpāmambāṃ svaryāntīmavalocya gṛhaṃ nivṛttaḥ putraḥ /
७ bālavidhavāmṛṣikanyakāṃ tapaḥpravṛttāṃ smarākṛṣṭamanasā mūḍhanāmnā'sureṇa pīḍyamānāṃ rirakṣiṣuḥ śiva āvirbhūya daityaṃ jaghāna / sarve devā gaṃgā ca tadā tatra samāgatā: paścātprativarṣaṃ vaiśākhasitasaptamyāṃ gaṃgā tatra prayātīti varṇanam /
८ gokarṇakṣetrasthamahābalākhyaśivaliṃga māhātmyavarṇanam //
९ sauminī dvijakanyā vyabhicāratyaktā śūdapatnī bhūtvā govatsaṃ hatvā janmāntare cāṇḍālakanyā bhūtvā gokarṇe gatvā kenāpi dattaṃ bilvapatramasāratayā pracikṣepa daivācchivaliṃge tatpātātparaṃ padamavāpa /
१० guruśāpādrākṣasatvamāpto mitrasaho rājā muni kiśoramabhakṣayat / hatyāvikalamanā gautamopadiṣṭaḥ gokarṇe snātvā mahābalamabhyarcya tatpadamavāpa /
११ uttaradiksthaśivaliṅagavarṇane candrabhālapaśupatītyādivarṇanam /
१२ ṛṣiśāpabhūmipatitaśivaliṃga dahyamānabhuvanarakṣaṇāya ṛṣiprārthanayā pārvatyā svayonau liṃgadharaṇe bhuvanaśāntiḥ hāṭakeśanāmnā talliṃgaprasiddhiśca /
१३ andhakadamanā'ndhakeśvaramāhātmyavarṇanottaraṃ baṭukotpattikathanam /
१४ saptaviṃśatibhāryāsu rohiṇyāmevādhikasnehāddakṣeṇa kṣayī bhava iti candraḥ śaptaḥ vidhyupapadeśataḥ ṣaṇmāsaṃ prabhāse śivārcanātpakṣa kṣayilaṃ pakṣaṃ vardhamānatvañca lebhe ‘someśvara' nāmnā tajjyotirliṃgaprasiddhiśca /
१५ mallikārjuna dvitīyajyotirliṃgavarṇanam /
१६ dūṣaṇadaityatrastaśaivadvijārcanagatādutpadya daityaṃ hatvā dvijaprārthanayā tatraiva śivastasthāviti mahākāla tṛtījyotirliṅgavarṇanam /
१७ candrasenarāja-śrīkaragopabālaka-sukhapradānādimahākālamāhātmya varṇanam
१८ vindhyakathoktipūrvakamoṃkāreśvara caturthajyotirliṃgavarṇanam
१९ 'kedāreśvara' paṃcamajyotirliṃgamahātmyavarṇanam
२० 'bhīmeśvara' ṣaṣṭhajyotirliṃgamāhātmyanirūpaṇe kumbhakarṇaputrabhīmā'surakṛtopadravavarṇanam //
२१ svabhakta kāmarūpeśvaramanugṛhṇan saparivāraṃ bhīmā'suraṃ bhasmasāccakāreti ‘bhīmeśvara' nāmnā prasiddhiḥ /
२२ 'viśveśvara' saptamajyotirliṃgamāhātmyavarṇane kāśyāṃ rudragamanavarṇanam /
२३ śrīkāśīmāhātmyavarṇanam /
२४ ‘tryambakeśvarā'ṣṭamajyotirliṅagamāhātmyavarṇane gautamarṣiprabhāvanirūpaṇam/
२५ anāvṛṣṭau tapastuṣṭavaruṇavaralabdhagautamatoyapūrṇagartalipsayā nyarṣayo gaṇeśavarato gohatyādoṣa vyājatassapatnīkaṃ gautamannissārayāmāsuḥ / tato ṛṣīṇāmājñayā gautamasya pārthiveśvarārcanapravṛttiḥ /
२६ śivā'nugrahato gautamasya niṣpāpatva gaṃgātryambakeśvarayossadaiva tatra sthitaścāvarṇi //
२७ gaṃgākṛtagautamadveṣyṛṣyanādaraḥ kalpabhedenagautamakṛta ṛṣiṣu śāpaśca/
२८ vaidyanātheśvara navamajyotirliṃga māhātmyavarṇanam/
२९ nāgeśvara daśamajyotirliṃgamāhātmyavarṇane dārukavanarākṣasopadravarṇanam/
३० śivārcakasupriyāhvavaiśyaṃ hantumudyatānrākṣasāñchivaḥ pratyakṣībhūya pāśupatāstreṇa jaghāna / vīrasena rājño dārukāvanagamanam/
३१ 'rāmeśvarai’ kādaśajyotirliṅga varṇanam /
३२ 'ghuśmeśvara’ dvādaśajyotirliṃga māhātmyavarṇane sudehāsu karmacaritanirūpaṇam /
३३ saṃdahānaśitaghuśyaputrasya śivānugrahātpunarjīvanam ’ghuśmeśvara' nāmnā śivaliṃgaprasiddhiśca /
३४ daityapīḍitasurāṇāṃ duḥkhanivṛttyai śivamārādhya tatassudarśanacakraṃ labdhvā daityāñjaghāna viṣṇuḥ
३५ śivasahasranāma varṇanam //
३६ śivahasranāmastotra phalanirūpaṇam /
३७ devarṣinṛpaśaivatvavarṇanam /
३८ śivarātrivratamahimanirūpaṇam
३९ śivarātrivratodyāpananirūpaṇam /
४० vyādha kathāprasaṃge śivarātrimāhātmyavarṇanam /
४१ muktinirūpaṇam //
४२ śivasaguṇanirguṇabhedavarṇanam / //
४३ jñānanirūpaṇaṃ śivavijñānaphalanirūpaṇañca /
iti caturthī koṭirudrasaṃhitā