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Shivapurana 3.18: aṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ | ekādaśāvatāravarṇanam

Śivapurāṇa (complete text) 3.18

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aṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ | ekādaśāvatāravarṇanam

3.18.1

nandīśvara uvāca |
ekādaśavatārānvai śṛṇvatho śāṅkarānvarān |
yān śrutvā na hi bādhyeta bādhāsatyādisambhavā ||

3.18.2

purā sarve surāḥ śakramukhā daityaparājitāḥ |
tyaktvāmarāvatīṃ bhītyāpalāyanta nijāṃ purīm ||

3.18.3

daityaprapīḍitā devā jagmuste kaśyapāntikam |
badhvā karānnataskandhāḥ praṇemustaṃ suvihvalam ||

3.18.4

sunutvā taṃ surāḥ sarve kṛtvā vijñaptimādarāt |
sarvaṃ nivedayāmāsuḥ svaduḥkhaṃ tatparājayam ||

3.18.5

tataḥ sa kaśyapastāta tatpitā śivasaktadhīḥ |
tadākarṇyāmarākaṃ vai duḥkhito'bhūnna cādhikam ||

3.18.6

tānāśvāsya muniḥ so'tha dhairyamādhāya śāntadhīḥ |
kāśīṃ jagāma suprītyā viśveśvarapurīṃ mune ||

3.18.7

gaṅgāmbhasi tataḥ snātvā kṛtvā taṃ vidhimādarāt |
viśveśvaraṃ samānarca sāmbaṃ sarveśvaraṃ prabhum ||

3.18.8

śivaliṅgaṃ susaṃsthāpya cakāra vipulaṃ tapaḥ |
śambhumuddiśya suprītyā devānāṃ hitakāmyayā ||

3.18.9

mahānkālo vyatīyāya tapatastasya vai mune |
śivapādāmbujāsaktamanaso dhairyaśālinaḥ ||

3.18.10

atha prādurabhūcchambhurvaraṃ dātuṃ tadarṣaye |
svapadāsaktamanase dīnabandhuḥ satāṃ gatiḥ ||

3.18.11

varaṃ brūhīti covāca suprasanno maheśvaraḥ |
kaśyapaṃ muniśārdūlaṃ svabhaktaṃ bhaktavatsalaḥ ||

3.18.12

dṛṣṭvātha taṃ maheśānaṃ sa praṇamya kṛtāñjaliḥ |
tuṣṭāva kaśyapo hṛṣṭo devatātaḥ prasannadhīḥ ||

3.18.13

kaśyapa uvāca |
devadeva maheśāna śaraṇāgatavatsala |
sarveśvaḥ paramātmā tvaṃ dhyānagamyo'dvayo'vyayaḥ ||

3.18.14

balanigrahakartā tvaṃ maheśvara satāṃ gatiḥ |
dīnabandhurdayāsindhurbhaktarakṣaṇadakṣadhīḥ ||

3.18.15

ete surāstvadīyā hi tvadbhaktāśca viśeṣataḥ |
daityaiḥ parājitāścātha pāhi tānduḥkhitān prabho ||

3.18.16

asamartho rameśo'pi duḥkhadaste muhurmuhuḥ |
ataḥ surā maccharaṇā vedayanto'sukhaṃ ca tat ||

3.18.17

tadarthaṃ devadeveśa devaduḥkhavināśaka |
tatpūrituṃ taponiṣṭhāṃ prasannārthaṃ tavāsadam ||

3.18.18

śaraṇaṃ te prapanno'smi sarvathāhaṃ maheśvara |
kāmaṃ me pūraya svāmindevaduḥkhaṃ vināśaya ||

3.18.19

putraduḥkhaiśca deveśa duḥkhito'haṃ viśeṣataḥ |
sukhinaṃ kuru māmīśa sahāyastvaṃ divaukasām ||

3.18.20

bhūtvā mama suto nātha devā yakṣāḥ parājitāḥ |
daityairmahābalaiḥ śambho surānandaprado bhava ||

3.18.21

sadaivāstu maheśāna sarvalekhasahāyakaḥ |
yathā daityakṛtā bādhā na bādheta surānprabho ||

3.18.22

nandīśvara uvāca |
ityuktasya tu sarveśastatheti procya śaṅkaraḥ |
paśyatastasya bhagavāṃstatraivāntardadhe haraḥ ||

3.18.23

kaśyapo'pi mahāhṛṣṭaḥ svasthānamagamad drutam |
devebhyaḥ kathayāmāsa sarvavṛttāntamādarāt ||

3.18.24

tataḥ sa śaṅkaraḥ śarvaḥ satyaṃ kartuṃ svakaṃ vacaḥ |
surabhyāṃ kaśyapājjajñe ekādaśasvarūpavān ||

3.18.25

mahotsavastadāsīd vai sarvaṃ śivamayaṃ tvabhūt |
āsanhṛṣṭāḥ surāścātha muninā kaśyapena ca ||

3.18.26

kapālī piṅgalo bhīmo virūpākṣo vilohitaḥ |
śāstājapādahirbudhnyaśśambhuścaṇḍo bhavastathā ||

3.18.27

ekādaśaite rudrāstu surabhītanayāḥ smṛtāḥ |
devakāryārthamutpannāḥ śivarūpāḥ sukhāspadam ||

3.18.28

te rudrāḥ kāśyapā vīrā mahābalaparākramāḥ |
daityān jaghnuśca saṅgrāme devasāhāyyakāriṇaḥ ||

3.18.29

tadrudrakṛpayā devā daityān jitvā ca nirbhayāḥ |
cakruḥ svarājyaṃ sarve te śakrādyāḥ svasthamānasāḥ ||

3.18.30

adyāpi te mahārudrāḥ sarve śivasvarūpakāḥ |
devānāṃ rakṣaṇārthāya virājante sadā divi ||

3.18.31

aiśānyāṃ puri te vāsaṃ cakrire bhaktavatsalāḥ |
viramante sadā tatra nānālīlāviśāradāḥ ||

3.18.32

teṣāmanucarā rudrāḥ koṭiśaḥ parikīrtitāḥ |
sarvatra saṃsthitāstatra trilokeṣvabhibhāgaśaḥ ||

3.18.33

iti te varṇitāstātāvatārāḥ śaṅkarasya vai |
ekādaśamitā rudrāḥ sarvalokasukhāvahāḥ ||

3.18.34

idamākhyānamamalaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśakam |
dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ sarvakāmapradāyakam ||

3.18.35

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyāttāta śrāvayedvai samāhitaḥ |
iha sarvasukhaṃ bhuktvā tato muktiṃ labheta saḥ ||

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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe tṛtīyāyāṃ śatarudrasaṃhitāyāṃ ekādaśāvatāravarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭādaśo'dhyāyaḥ ||

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śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

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śrīgaurīśaṅkarābhyāṃ namaḥ ||

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śrīśivamahāpurāṇam ||

3.18.35.p5

tṛtīyāyāṃ śatarudrasaṃhitāyāṃ

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