[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Śivapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva) › [Shivapurana (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2) › 3.2 # Shivapurana 3.2: dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ | śivāṣṭamūrttivarṇanam Śivapurāṇa (complete text) 3.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [3.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.17) — 5 parts ### dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ | śivāṣṭamūrttivarṇanam ### [3.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.1) nandīśvara uvāca | śṛṇu tāta maheśasyāvatārānparamānprabho | sarvakāryakarām̐lloke sarvasya sukhadāṃ mune || ### [3.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.2) tasya śambhoḥ pareśasya mūrtyaṣṭakamayaṃ jagat | tasminvyāpya sthitaṃ viśvaṃ sūtre maṇigaṇā iva || ### [3.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.3) śarvo bhavastathā rudra ugro bhīmaḥ paśoḥ patiḥ | īśānaśca mahādevo mūrtayaścāṣṭa viśrutāḥ || ### [3.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.4) bhūmyambho'gnimarudvyomakṣetrajñārkaniśākarāḥ | adhiṣṭhitāśca śarvādyairaṣṭarūpaiḥ śivasya hi || ### [3.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.5) dhatte carācaraṃ viśvaṃ rūpaṃ viśvambharātmakam | śaṅkarasya maheśasya śāstrasyaiveti niścayaḥ || ### [3.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.6) sañjīvanaṃ samastasya jagataḥ salilātmakam | bhava ityucyate rūpaṃ bhavasya paramātmanaḥ || ### [3.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.7) bahirantarjagadviśvaṃ bibharti spandate svayam | ugra ityucyate sadbhī rūpamugrasya satprabhoḥ || ### [3.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.8) sarvāvakāśadaṃ sarvavyāpakaṃ gaganātmakam | rūpaṃ bhīmasya bhīmākhyaṃ bhūpavṛndasva bhedakam || ### [3.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.9) sarvātmanāmadhiṣṭhānaṃ sarvakṣetranivāsakam | rūpaṃ paśupaterjñeyaṃ paśupāśanikṛntanam || ### [3.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.10) sandīpayañjagatsarvaṃ divākarasamāhvayam | īśānākhyaṃ maheśasya rūpaṃ divi visarpati || ### [3.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.11) āpyāyayati yo viśvamamṛtāṃśurniśākaraḥ | mahādevasya tadrūpaṃ mahādevasya cāhvayam || ### [3.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.12) ātmā tasyāṣṭamaṃ rūpaṃ śivasya paramātmanaḥ | vyāpiketaramūrtīnāṃ viśvaṃ tasmācchivātmakam || ### [3.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.13) śākhāḥ puṣyanti vṛkṣasya vṛkṣamūlasya secanāt | tadvadasya vapurviśvaṃ puṣyate ca śivārcanāt || ### [3.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.14) yatheha putrapautrādeḥ prītyā prīto bhavetpitā | tathā viśvasya samprītyā prīto bhavati śaṅkaraḥ || ### [3.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.15) kriyate yasya kasyāpi dehino yadi nigrahaḥ | aṣṭamūrteraniṣṭaṃ tatkṛtameva na saṃśayaḥ || ### [3.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.16) aṣṭamūrtyātmanā viśvamadhiṣṭhāyāsthitaṃ śivam | bhajasva sarvabhāvena rudraṃ paramakāraṇam || ### [3.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.17) iti proktāḥ svarūpāste vidhiputrāṣṭaviśrutāḥ | sarvopakāraniratāḥ sevyāḥ śreyo'rthibhirnaraiḥ || ### [3.2.17.c1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.17.c1) iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe tṛtīyāyāṃ śatarudrasaṃhitāyāṃ śivāṣṭamūrttivarṇanaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ || ### [3.2.17.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.17.p2) śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || ### [3.2.17.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.17.p3) śrīgaurīśaṅkarābhyāṃ namaḥ || ### [3.2.17.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.17.p4) śrīśivamahāpurāṇam || ### [3.2.17.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2.17.p5) tṛtīyāyāṃ śatarudrasaṃhitāyāṃ ## Other recensions (1) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.2.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.2) · Pramāṇa