Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 1.25

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ bhasmadhāraṇavarṇanonāma caturviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 25
sūta uvāca
śainakarṣe mahāprājñaśivarūpamahāpate
śṛṇurudrākṣamāhātmyaṃ samāsātkathayāmyaham

śivapriyatamojñeyo rudrākṣaḥ parapāvanaḥ
darśanātsparśanājjāpyātsarvapāpaharaḥsmṛtaḥ

purārudrākṣamahimādevyagrekathitomune
lokopakaraṇārthāyaśivena paramātmanā

śiva uvāca
śṛṇudevimaheśānirudrākṣamahimāśive
kathayāmitavaprītyābhaktānāṃhitakāmyayā

divyavarṣasahasrāṇi maheśānipunaḥpurā
tapaḥprakurvatastrastaṃmanaḥ saṃyamyavai mama

svataṃtreṇa pareśena lokopakṛtikāriṇā
līlayāparameśāni cakṣurunmīlitaṃmayā

puṭābhyāṃcārucakṣurbhyāṃpatitājalabiṃdavaḥ
tatrāśrubindavojātāvṛkṣārudrākṣasaṃjñakāḥ

sthāvaratvamanuprāpyabhaktānugrahakāraṇāt
te dattāviṣṇubhaktebhyaścaturvarṇebhya eva ca

bhūmaugauṃḍodbhavāṃścakrerudrākṣāñchivavallabhān
mathurāyāmayodhyāyālaṃkāyāṃmalaye tathā

sahyādraucatathākāśyāṃdaśeṣvanyeṣuvātathā
parānasahyapāpaughabhedanāñchrutinodanāt

brāhmaṇāḥkṣatriyāvaiśyāḥśūdrājātāmamājñayā
rudrākṣāstepṛthivyāṃtutajjātīyāḥ śubhākṣakāḥ

śvetaraktāḥ pītakṛṣṇāvarṇājñeyāḥ kramādbudhaiḥ
svajātīyaṃnṛbhirdhāryaṃ rudrākṣaṃvarṇataḥ kramāt

varṇaistutatphalaṃdhāryaṃbhuktimuktiphalepsubhiḥ
śivabhaktairviśeṣeṇaśivayoḥ prītayesadā

dhātrīphalapramāṇaṃyacchreṣṭhametadudāhṛtam
badarīphalamātraṃtumadhyamaṃsaṃprakīrtitam

adhamaṃcaṇamātraṃsyātprakriyaiṣāparocyate
śṛṇupārvatisuprītyābhaktānāṃhitakāmyayā

badarīphalamātraṃcayatsyātkilamaheśvari
tathāpiphaladaṃlokesukhasaubhāgyavardhanam

dhātrīphalasamaṃyatsyātsarvāriṣṭavināśanam
guṃjayāsadṛśaṃyatsyātsarvārthaphalasādhanam

yathāyathālaghuḥsyādvaitathādhikaphalapradam
ekaikataḥphalaṃproktaṃdaśāṃśairadhikaṃbudhaiḥ

rudrākṣadhāraṇaṃproktaṃpāpanāśanahetave
tasmāccadhāraṇīyovaisarvārthasādhanodhruvam

yathācadṛśyatelokerudrākṣaphaladaḥ śubhaḥ
natathādṛśyate 'nyācamālikāparameśvari

samāḥsnigdhādṛḍhāḥsthūlāḥkaṃṭakaiḥsaṃyutāḥśubhāḥ
rudrākṣāḥkāmadādevibhuktimuktipradāḥ sadā

krimiduṣṭaṃchinnabhinnaṃkaṃṭakairhīnamevaca
vraṇayuktamavṛttaṃcarudrākṣānṣaḍvivarjayet

svayamevakṛtadvāraṃrudrākṣaṃsyadihottamam
yattupauruṣayatnenakṛtaṃtanmadhyamaṃbhavet

rudrākṣadhāraṇaṃprāptaṃmahāpātakanāśanam
rudrasaṃkhyāśataṃdhṛtvarudrarūpobhavennaraḥ

ekādaśaśatānīhadhṛtvāyatphalamāpyate
tatphalaṃśakyatenaiva vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi

śatārdhenayuteḥ pañcaśatairvai mukuṭaṃ matam
rudrākṣairviracetsamyagbhaktimānpuruṣo varaḥ

tribhiḥ śataiḥ ṣaṣṭiyuktaistrirāvṛttyā tathā punaḥ
rudrākṣairupavītaṃ va nirmīyādbhaktitatparaḥ

śikhāyāṃcatrayaṃproktaṃrudrakṣāṇāṃ maheśvari
karṇayoḥ ṣaṭ ca ṣaṭcaivavāmadakṣiṇayostathā

śatamekottaraṃkaṃṭhebāhvorvairudrasaṃkhyayā
kūrparadvārayostatramaṇibaṃdhetathāpunaḥ

upavītetrayaṃdhāryaṃśivabhaktiratairnaraiḥ
śeṣānurvaritānpañcasammitāndhārayetkaṭau

etatsaṃkhyādhṛtāyenarudrākṣāḥ parameśvari
tadrūpaṃ tu praṇamyaṃhistutyaṃsarvairmaheśavat

evaṃbhūtaṃsthitaṃdhyāneyadākṛtvāsanairjanam
śivetivyāharaṃścaivadṛṣṭvāpāpaiḥ pramucyate

śatādikasahasrasyavidhireṣaprakīrtitaḥ
tadabhāveprakāronyaḥ śubhaḥ saṃprocyatemayā

śikhāyāmekarudrākṣaṃśirasātriṃśataṃvahet
pañcāśaccagaledadhyādbāhvoḥ ṣoḍaśaṣoḍaśa

maṇibaṃdhe dvādaśadviskaṃdhe pañcaśataṃvahet
aṣṭottaraśatairmālyamupavītaṃprakalpayet

evaṃsahasrarudrākṣāndhārayedyodṛḍhavrataḥ
taṃnamaṃtisurāḥsarveyathārudrastathaiva saḥ

ekaṃśikhāyāṃrudrākṣaṃcatvāriṃśattumastake
dvātriṃśatkaṇṭhadeśetuvakṣasyaṣṭottaraṃśatam

ekaikaṃkarṇayoḥ ṣaṭṣaḍbāhvoḥṣoḍaśaṣoḍaśa
karayoravimānenadviguṇenamunīśvara

saṃkhyāprītirdhṛyāyenasopiśaivajanaḥparaḥ
śivavatpūjanīyohivaṃdyassarvairabhīkṣṇaśaḥ

śirasīśānamaṃtreṇakarṇetatpuruṣeṇa ca
aghoreṇagaledhāryaṃtenaivahṛdayepi ca

aghorabījamaṃtreṇa karayordhārayetsudhīḥ
pañcadaśākṣagrathitāṃvāmadevenacodare

pañcabrahmabhiraṃgaścatrimālāṃ pañcasapta ca
athavāmūlamaṃtreṇa sarvānakṣāṃstudhārayet

madyaṃmāṃsaṃtulaśunaṃpalāṇḍuṃśigrumeva ca
śleṣmāṃtakaṃ viḍvarāhaṃbhakṣaṇe varjayettataḥ

valakṣaṃrudrākṣaṃdvijatanubhirevehavihitaṃsuraktaṃkṣatrāṇāṃpramuditamumepītamasakṛt
chinnaṃ khaṃḍitaṃ bhinnaṃ vidīrṇa
tatovaiśyairdhāyapratidivasabhāvaśyakamahotathākṛṣṇaṃśūdraiḥśrutigaditamārgoyamagaje

varṇīvanīgṛhayatīrniyamenadadhyādetadrahasyaparamonahijātutiṣṭhet
rudrākṣadhāraṇamidaṃsukṛtaiścalabhyaṃtyaktvedametadakhilānnarakānprayāṃti

ādāvāmalakātsvato laghutarā rugṇāstataḥkaṃṭakaiḥsaṃdaṣṭāḥkrimibhistanūpakaraṇacchidreṇa hīnāstathā
dhāryānaiva śubhepsubhiścaṇakavadrudrākṣamapyaṃtatorudrākṣomamaliṃgamaṃgalamumesūkṣmaṃpraśastaṃsadā

sarvāśramāṇāṃvarṇānāṃstrīśūdraṇāṃśivājñayā
dhāryāḥ sadaivarudrākṣāyatīnāṃ praṇavena hi

divābibhradrātrikṛtairātrauvibhraddivākṛtaiḥ
prātarmadhyāhnasāyāhnemucyatesarvapātakaiḥ

ye tripuṇḍra dharāloke jaṭādhāriṇa eva ye
ye rudrākṣadharāstevaiyamalokaṃprayāṃtina

rudrākṣamekaṃśirasābibhartitathātripuṇḍraṃcalalāṭamadhye
pañcākṣaraṃyehijapaṃtimaṃtraṃpūjyābhavadbhiḥ khalutehisādhavaḥ

yasyāṅgenāstirudrākṣastripuṇḍraṃbhālapaṭṭake
mukhepañcākṣaraṃnāstitamānayayamālayam

jñātvājñātvātatprabhāvaṃbhasmarudrākṣadhāriṇaḥ
tepūjyāḥ sarvadāsmākaṃnonetavyāḥ kadācana

evamājñāpayāmāsakālopinijakiṅkarān
tathetimattvātesarvetūṣṇīmāsansuvismitāḥ

ata evamahādevirudrākṣotyaghanāśanaḥ
taddharomatpriyaḥ śuddho 'tyaghavānapipārvati

hastebāhautathāmūrdhnirudrākṣaṃdhārayettuyaḥ
avadhyaḥsarvabhūtānāṃrudrarūpīcaredbhuvi

surāsurāṇāṃsarveṣāṃ vaṃdanīyaḥsadāsavai
pūjanīyo hi dṛṣṭasyapāpahācayathāśivaḥ

dhyānajñānāvamuktopirudrākṣaṃdhārayettuyaḥ
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥsayātiparamāṃgatim

rudrākṣeṇajapanmantraṃ puṇyaṃkoṭi guṇaṃ bhavet
daśakoṭiguṇaṃpuṇyaṃdhāraṇāllabhate naraḥ

yāvatkālaṃhijīvasyaśarīrasthobhavetsavai
tāvatkālaṃsvalpamṛtyurnataṃdevibādhate

tripuṃḍreṇacasaṃyuktaṃrudrākṣāvilasāṃgakam
mṛtyuṃjayaṃjapaṃtaṃcadṛṣṭvārudraphalaṃlabhet

pañcadevapriyaścaivasarvadevapriyastathā
sarvamantrāñjapedbhaktorudrākṣamālayāpriye

viṣṇvādidevabhaktāścadhārayeyurnasaṃśayaḥ
rudrabhakto viśeṣeṇarudrākṣāndhārayetsadā

rudrākṣāvividhāḥproktāsteṣāṃ bhedānvadāmyaham
śṛṇupārvati sadbhaktyā bhuktimuktiphalapradān

ekavaktraḥ śivaḥ sākṣādbhuktimuktiphalapradaḥ
tasyadarśanamātreṇabrahmahatyāvyapohati

yatrasaṃpūjitastatralakṣmīrdūratarā nahi
naśyaṃtyupadravāḥsarvesarvakāmābhavaṃtihi

dvivaktrodevadeveśassarvakāmaphalapradaḥ
viśeṣataḥ sarudrākṣogovadhaṃnāśayeddrutam

trivaktroyohirudrākṣaḥ sākṣātsādhanadassadā
tatprabhāvādbhaveyurvaividyāḥ sarvāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ

caturvaktraḥ svayaṃbrahmānarahatyāṃvyapohati
darśanātsparśanātsadyaścaturvargaphalapradaḥ

pañcavaktraḥ svayaṃrudraḥ kālāgnirnāmataḥ prabhuḥ
sarvamuktipradaścaivasarvakāmaphalapradaḥ

agamyāgamanaṃpāpamabhakṣyasya ca bhakṣaṇam
ityādi sarvapāpāni pañcavaktrovyapohati

ṣaḍvaktraḥkārtikeyastudhāraṇāddakṣiṇebhuje
brahmahatyādikaiḥ pāpairmucyatenātra saṃśayaḥ

saptavaktromaheśāni hyanaṃgonāmanāmataḥ
dhāraṇāttasya deveśidaridropīśvarobhavet

rudrākṣaścāṣṭavaktraśca vasumūrtiśca bhairavaḥ
dhāraṇāttasya pūrṇāyurmṛto bhavati śūlabhṛt

bhairavonavavaktraśca kapilaścamuniḥsmṛtaḥ
durgāvātadadhiṣṭhātrī navarūpāmaheśvarī

taṃ dhārayedvāmahaste rudrākṣaṃbhaktitatparaḥ
sarveśvarobhavennūnaṃmama tulyo na saṃśayaḥ

daśavaktro maheśāni svayaṃ devo janārdanaḥ
dhāraṇāttasya deveśi sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt

ekādaśamukhoyasturudrākṣaḥparameśvari
sarudrodhāraṇāttasyasarvatravijayībhavet

dvādaśāsyaṃ tu rudrākṣaṃ dhārayetkeśadeśake
ādityāścaiva te sarvedvādaśaiva sthitāstathā

trayodaśamukho viśvedevastaddhāraṇānnaraḥ
sarvānkāmānavāpnoti saubhāgyaṃ maṃgalaṃlabhet

caturdaśamukho yo hi rudrākṣaḥ paramaḥśivaḥ
dhārayenmūrdhni taṃ bhaktyāsarvapāpaṃ praṇaśyati

itirudrākṣabhedā hi proktāvaimukhabhedataḥ

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bhaktiśraddhāyutaścaiva sarvakāmārthasiddhaye
rudrākṣāndhārayenmaṃtrairdevanālasya varjitaḥ

vinā maṃtreṇa ho dhatte rudrākṣaṃ bhuvimānavaḥ
sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ yāvadindrāścaturdaśa

rudrākṣamālinaṃdṛṣṭvā bhūtapretapiśācakāḥ
ḍākinīśākinī caiva ye cānye drohakārakāḥ

kṛtrimaṃ caiva yatkiṃcidabhicārādikaṃcayāt
tatsarvaṃdūratoyātidṛṣṭvā śaṃkitavigraham

rudrākṣamālinaṃ dṛṣṭvā śivo viṣṇuḥ prasīdati
devīgaṇapatissūryaḥsurāścānyepipārvati

evaṃjñātvātumāhātmyaṃrudrākṣasyamaheśvari
samyagdhāryāssamaṃtrāścabhaktyādharmavivṛddhaye

ityuktaṃgirijāgrehiśivenaparamātmanā
bhasmarūdrākṣamāhātmyaṃ bhuktimuktiphalapradam

śivasyātipriyaujñeyau bhasmarudrākṣadhāriṇau
taddhāraṇaprabhāvaddhi bhuktirmuktirna saṃśayaḥ

bhasmarudrākṣadhārī yaḥ śivabhaktassa ucyate
pañcākṣarajapāsaktaḥ paripūrṇaścasanmukhe

vinābhasmatripuṃḍreṇavinārudrākṣamālayā
pūjitopimahādevonābhīṣṭaphaladāyakaḥ

tatsarvaṃ ca samākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭaṃhimunīśvara
bhasmarudrākṣamāhātmyaṃ sarvakāmasamṛddhidam

etadyaḥśṛṇuyānnityaṃmāhātmyaparamaṃśubham
rudrākṣabhasmanorbhaktyāsarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt

iha sarvasukhaṃ bhuktvā putrapautrādisaṃyutaḥ
labhetparatra sanmokṣaṃ śivasyātipriyo bhavet

vidyeśvarasaṃhiteyaṃ kathitā vo munīśvarāḥ
sarvasiddhipradā nityaṃmuktidā śivaśāsanāt