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Shivapurana 3.21: ekaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ | maheśāvatāravarṇanam

Śivapurāṇa (complete text) 3.21

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ekaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ | maheśāvatāravarṇanam

3.21.1

nandīśvara uvāca |
atha prītyā śṛṇu mune'vatāraṃ paramaṃ prabhoḥ |
śaṅkarasyātmabhūputra śṛṇvatāṃ sarvakāmadam ||

3.21.2

ekadā muniśārdūla girijāśaṅkarāvubhau |
vihartukāmau sañjātau svecchayā parameśvarau ||

3.21.3

bhairavaṃ dvārapālaṃ ca kṛtvābhyantaramāgatau |
nānāsakhigaṇaiḥ prītyā sevitau naraśīlitau ||

3.21.4

ciraṃ vihṛtya tatra dvau svatantrau parameśvarau |
babhūvatuḥ prasannau tau nānālīlākarau mune ||

3.21.5

athonmattākṛtirdevī svatantrā līlayā śivā |
āgatā dvāri tadrūpā prabhorājñāmavāpa sā ||

3.21.6

tāṃ devīṃ bhairavaḥ so'tha nārīdṛṣṭyā vilokya ca |
niṣiṣedha bahirgantuṃ tadrūpeṇa vimohitaḥ ||

3.21.7

nārīdṛṣṭyā sudṛṣṭā sā bhairaveṇa yadā mune |
kruddhābhavacchivā devī taṃ śaśāpa tadā'mbikā ||

3.21.8

śivovāca |
nārīdṛṣṭyā paśyasi tvaṃ yato māṃ puruṣādhama |
ato bhava dharāyāṃ hi mānuṣastvaṃ ca bhairava ||

3.21.9

nandīśvara uvāca |
itthaṃ yadābhavacchapto bhairavaḥ śivayā mune |
hāhākāro mahānāsīdduḥkhamāpa sa līlayā ||

3.21.10

tataśca śaṅkaraḥ śīghraṃ tamāgatya munīśvara |
āśvāsayadbhairavaṃ hi nānānunayakovidaḥ ||

3.21.11

tacchāpādbhairavaḥ so'tha kṣitāvavataranmune |
manuṣyayonyāṃ vaitālasaṃjñakaḥ śaṅkakarecchayā ||

3.21.12

tatsnehataḥ śivaḥ so'pi kṣitāvavataradvibhuḥ |
śivayā saha sallīlo laukikīṃ gatimāśritaḥ ||

3.21.13

maheśāhvaḥ śivaścāsīcchāradā girijā mune |
sulīlāṃ cakratuḥ prītyā nānālīlāviśāradau ||

3.21.14

iti te kathitaṃ tāta maheśacaritaṃ varam |
dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam ||

3.21.15

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā śrāvayedvā samāhitaḥ |
sa bhuktvehākhilānbhogānante mokṣamavāpnuyāt ||

3.21.15.c1

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe tṛtīyāyāṃ śatarudrasaṃhitāyāṃ maheśāvatāravarṇanaṃ nāmaikaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ ||

3.21.15.p2

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

3.21.15.p3

śrīgaurīśaṅkarābhyāṃ namaḥ ||

3.21.15.p4

śrīśivamahāpurāṇam ||

3.21.15.p5

tṛtīyāyāṃ śatarudrasaṃhitāyāṃ

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