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# Shivapurana 2.3.8: aṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ | nāradahimālayasaṃvādaḥ

Śivapurāṇa (complete text) 2.3.8

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [2.3.8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.56) — 5 parts

### aṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ | nāradahimālayasaṃvādaḥ

### [2.3.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.1)

brahmovāca |  
ekadā tvaṃ śivajñānī śivalīlāvidāṃ varaḥ |  
himācalagṛhaṃ prītyāgamastvaṃ śivapreritaḥ ||

### [2.3.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.2)

dṛṣṭvā mune girīśastvāṃ natvānarca sa nārada |  
āhūya ca svatanayāṃ tvadaṅghryostāmapātayat ||

### [2.3.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.3)

punarnatvā munīśa tvāmuvāca himabhūdharaḥ |  
sāñjaliḥ svavidhiṃ matvā bahusannatamastakaḥ ||

### [2.3.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.4)

himālaya uvāca |  
he mune nārada jñāninbrahmaputravara prabho |  
sarvajñastvaṃ sakaruṇaḥ paropakaraṇe rataḥ ||

### [2.3.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.5)

matsutājātakaṃ brūhi guṇadoṣasamudbhavam |  
kasya priyā bhāgyavatī bhaviṣyati sutā mama ||

### [2.3.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.6)

brahmovāca |  
ityukto munivarya tvaṃ girīśena himādriṇā |  
vilokya kālikāhastaṃ sarvāṅgaṃ ca viśeṣataḥ ||

### [2.3.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.7)

avocastvaṃ giriṃ tāta kautukī vāgviśāradaḥ |  
jñānī viditavṛttānto nāradaḥ prītamānasaḥ ||

### [2.3.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.8)

nārada uvāca |  
eṣā te tanayā mene sudhāṃśoriva vardhitā |  
ādyā kalā śailarāja sarvalakṣaṇaśālinī ||

### [2.3.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.9)

svapateḥ sukhadātyantaṃ pitroḥ kīrtivivardhinī |  
mahāsādhvī ca sarvāsu mahānandakarī sadā ||

### [2.3.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.10)

sulakṣaṇāni sarvāṇi tvatsutāyāḥ kare gire |  
ekā vilakṣaṇā rekhā tatphalaṃ śṛṇu tattvataḥ ||

### [2.3.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.11)

yogī nagno'guṇo'kāmī mātṛtātavivarjitaḥ |  
amāno'śivaveṣaśca patirasyāḥ kiledṛśaḥ ||

### [2.3.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.12)

brahmovāca |  
ityākarṇya vacaste hi satyaṃ matvā ca dampatī |  
menā himācalaścāpi duḥkhitau tau babhūvatuḥ ||

### [2.3.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.13)

śivākarṇyavacaste hi tādṛśaṃ jagadambikā |  
lakṣaṇaistaṃ śivaṃ matvā jaharṣāti mune hṛdi ||

### [2.3.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.14)

na mṛṣā nāradavacastviti sañcintya sā śivā |  
snehaṃ śivapadadvandve cakārāti hṛdā tadā ||

### [2.3.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.15)

uvāca dukhitaḥ śailastvāṃ tadā hṛdi nārada |  
kamupāyaṃ mune kuryāmatiduḥkhamabhūditi ||

### [2.3.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.16)

tacchrutvā tvaṃ mune prāttha mahākautukakārakaḥ |  
himācalaṃ śubhairvākyairharṣayanvāgviśāradaḥ ||

### [2.3.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.17)

nārada uvāca |  
snehācchṛṇu gire vākyaṃ mama satyaṃ mṛṣā na hi |  
kararekhā brahmalipirna mṛṣā bhavati dhruvam ||

### [2.3.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.18)

tādṛśo'syāḥ patiḥ śaila bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ |  
tatropāyaṃ śṛṇu prītyā yaṃ kṛtvā lapsyase sukham ||

### [2.3.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.19)

tādṛśo'sti varaḥ śambhuḥ līlārūpadharaḥ prabhuḥ |  
kulakṣaṇāni sarvāṇi tatra tulyāni sadguṇaiḥ ||

### [2.3.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.20)

prabhau doṣo na duḥkhāya duḥkhado'tyaprabhau hi saḥ |  
ravipāvakagaṅgānāṃ tatra jñeyā nidarśanā ||

### [2.3.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.21)

tasmācchivāya kanyāṃ svāṃ śivāṃ dehi vivekataḥ |  
śivaḥ sarveśvaraḥ sevyo'vikārī prabhuravyayaḥ ||

### [2.3.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.22)

śīghraprasādaḥ sa śivaḥ tāṃ grahīṣyatyasaṃśayam |  
tapaḥsādhyo viśeṣeṇa yadi kuryācchivā tapaḥ ||

### [2.3.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.23)

sarvathā susamartho hi sa śivaḥ sakaleśvaraḥ |  
kuliśasyāpi vidhvaṃsī brahmādhīnaḥ sukhapradaḥ ||

### [2.3.8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.24)

brahmovāca ityuktvā tvaṃ punastāta kautukī brahmavinmune |  
śailarājamavoco hi harṣayanvacanaiḥ śubhaiḥ ||

### [2.3.8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.25)

bhāvinī dayitā śambhoḥ sānukūlā sadā hare |  
mahāsādhvī suvratā ca pitroḥ sukhavivardhinī ||

### [2.3.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.26)

śambhościttaṃ vaśe caiṣā kariṣyati tapasvinī |  
sa cāpyenāmṛte yoṣāṃ na hyanyāmudvahiṣyati ||

### [2.3.8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.27)

etayoḥ sadṛśaṃ prema na kasyāpyeva tādṛśam |  
bhūtaṃ vā bhavitā vāpi nādhunā ca pravartate ||

### [2.3.8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.28)

anayoḥ surakāryāṇi kartavyāni mṛtāni ca |  
yāni yāni nagaśreṣṭha jīvitāni punaḥ punaḥ ||

### [2.3.8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.29)

anayā kanyayā te'dre ardhanārīśvaro haraḥ |  
bhaviṣyati tathā harṣadinayormilitaṃ punaḥ ||

### [2.3.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.30)

śarīrārdhaṃ harasyaiṣā hariṣyati sutā tava |  
tapaḥ prabhāvātsantoṣya maheśaṃ sakaleśvaram ||

### [2.3.8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.31)

svarṇagaurī suvarṇābhā tapasā toṣya taṃ haram |  
vidyudgauratamā ceyaṃ tava putrī bhaviṣyati ||

### [2.3.8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.32)

gaurīti nāmnā kanyā tu khyātimeṣā gamiṣyati |  
sarvadevagaṇaiḥ pūjyā haribrahmādibhistathā ||

### [2.3.8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.33)

nānyasmai tvamimāṃ dātumihārhasi nagottama |  
idaṃ copāṃśu devānāṃ na prakāśyaṃ kadācana ||

### [2.3.8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.34)

brahmovāca iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā devarṣe tava nārada |  
uvāca himavānvākyaṃ mune tvāṃ vāgviśāradaḥ ||

### [2.3.8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.35)

himālaya uvāca  
he mune nārada prājña vijñaptiṃ kāñcideva hi |  
karomi tāṃ śṛṇu prītyātastvaṃ pramudamāvaha ||

### [2.3.8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.36)

śrūyate tyaktasaṅgaḥ sa mahādevo yatātmavān |  
tapaścarati sannityaṃ devānāmapyagocaraḥ ||

### [2.3.8.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.37)

sa kathaṃ dhyānamārgasthaḥ parabrahmārpitaṃ manaḥ |  
bhraṃśayiṣyati devarṣe tatra me saṃśayo mahān ||

### [2.3.8.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.38)

akṣaraṃ paramaṃ brahma pradīpakalikopamam |  
sadāśivākhyaṃ svaṃ rūpaṃ nirvikāramajātparam ||

### [2.3.8.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.39)

nirguṇaṃ saguṇaṃ tacca nirviśeṣaṃ nirīhakam |  
ataḥ paśyati sarvatra na tu bāhyaṃ nirīkṣate ||

### [2.3.8.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.40)

iti sa śrūyate nityaṃ kinnarāṇāṃ mukhānmune |  
ihāgatānāṃ suprītyā kiṃ tanmithyāvaco dhruvam ||

### [2.3.8.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.41)

viśeṣataḥ śrūyate sa sākṣānnāmnā tathā haraḥ |  
samayaṃ kṛtavānpūrvaṃ tanmayā gaditaṃ śṛṇu ||

### [2.3.8.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.42)

na tvāmṛte'nyāṃ varaye dākṣāyaṇi satī priye |  
bhāryārthaṃ na grahīṣyāmi satyametadbravīmi te ||

### [2.3.8.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.43)

iti satyā samaṃ tena puraiva samayaḥ kṛtaḥ |  
tasyāṃ mṛtāyāṃ sa kathaṃ svayamanyāṃ grahīṣyati ||

### [2.3.8.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.44)

brahmovāca ityuktvā sa giristūṣṇīmāsa tasya purastava |  
tadākarṇyātha devarṣe tvaṃ prāvocaḥ sutattvataḥ ||

### [2.3.8.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.45)

nārada uvāca  
na vai kāryā tvayā cintā girirāja mahāmate |  
eṣā tava sutā kālī dakṣajā hyabhavatpurā ||

### [2.3.8.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.46)

satīnāmābhavattasyāḥ sarvamaṅgaladaṃ sadā |  
satī sā vai dakṣakanyā bhūtvā rudrapriyābhavat ||

### [2.3.8.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.47)

pituryajñe tathā prāpyānādaraṃ śaṅkarasya ca |  
taṃ dṛṣṭvā kopamādhāyātyākṣīddehaṃ ca sā satī ||

### [2.3.8.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.48)

punaḥsaiva samutpannā tava gehe'mbikā śivā |  
pārvatī harapatnīyaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ ||

### [2.3.8.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.49)

etatsarvaṃ vistarāttvaṃ proktavānbhūbhṛte mune |  
pūrvarūpaṃ caritraṃ ca pārvatyāḥ prītivardhanam ||

### [2.3.8.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.50)

taṃ sarvaṃ pūrvavṛttāntaṃ kālyā munimukhādgiriḥ |  
śrutvā saputradāraḥ sa tadā niḥsaṃśayo'bhavat ||

### [2.3.8.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.51)

tataḥ kālī kathāṃ śrutvā nāradasya mukhāttadā |  
lajjayādhomukhī bhūtvā smitavistāritānanā ||

### [2.3.8.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.52)

kareṇa tāṃ tu saṃspṛśya śrutvā taccaritaṃ giriḥ |  
mūrdhni śaśvattathāghrāya svāsanānte nyaveśayat ||

### [2.3.8.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.53)

tatastvaṃ tāṃ punardṛṣṭvā'vocastatra sthitāṃ mune |  
harṣayan girirājaṃ ca menakāṃ tanayaiḥ saha ||

### [2.3.8.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.54)

siṃhāsanaṃ tu kintvasyāḥ śailarāja bhavedataḥ |  
śambhorūrau sadaitasyā āsanaṃ tu bhaviṣyati ||

### [2.3.8.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.55)

harerūrvāsanaṃ prāpya tanayā tava santatam |  
na yatra kasyacid dṛṣṭirmānasaṃ vā gamiṣyati ||

### [2.3.8.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.56)

brahmovāca iti vacanamudāraṃ nārada tvaṃ girīśaṃ tridivamagama uktvā tatkṣaṇādeva prītyā |  
giripatirapi citte cārusammodayuktaḥ svagṛhamagamadevaṃ sarvasampatsamṛddham ||

### [2.3.8.56.c1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.56.c1)

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīye pārvatīkhaṇḍe nāradahimālayasaṃvādavarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭamo'dhyāyaḥ ||

### [2.3.8.56.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.56.p2)

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

### [2.3.8.56.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.56.p3)

śrīgaurīśaṅkarābhyāṃ namaḥ ||

### [2.3.8.56.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.56.p4)

śrīśivamahāpurāṇam ||

### [2.3.8.56.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.2.3.8.56.p5)

dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ tṛtīyaḥ pārvatīkhaṇḍe

## Linked texts (1)

- [Kālikāpurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.sakta.kalika.3.1592) — Sanskrit

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