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nabhovāṇī tadābhūdvai sṛṣṭiṃ mithunajāṃ kuru | tacchrutvā maithunīṃ sṛṣṭiṃ brahmā kartumamanyata || ### [3.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.4) nārīṇāṃ kulamīśānānnirgataṃ na purā yataḥ | tato maithunajāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ kartuṃ śeke na padmabhūḥ || ### [3.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.5) prabhāveṇa vinā śambhorna jāyerannimāḥ prajāḥ | evaṃ sañcintayanbrahmā tapaḥ karttuṃ pracakrame || ### [3.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.6) śivayā parayā śaktyā saṃyuktaṃ parameśvaram | sañcintya hṛdaye prītyā tepe sa paramaṃ tapaḥ || ### [3.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.7) tīvreṇa tapasā tasya saṃyuktasya svayambhuvaḥ | acireṇaiva kālena tutoṣa sa śivo drutam || ### [3.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.8) tataḥ pūrṇacidīśasya mūrtimāviśya kāmadām | arddhanārīnaro bhūtvā tato brahmāntikaṃ haraḥ || ### [3.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.9) taṃ dṛṣṭvā śaṅkaraṃ devaṃ śaktyā paramayānvitam | praṇamya daṇḍavadbrahmā sa tuṣṭāva kṛtāñjaliḥ || ### [3.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.10) atha devo mahādevo vācā meghagabhīrayā | sambhavāya susamprīto viśvakartā maheśvaraḥ || ### [3.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.11) īśvara uvāca | vatsa vatsa mahābhāga mama putra pitāmaha | jñātavānasmi sarvaṃ tattattvataste manoratham || ### [3.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.12) prajānāmeva vṛddhyarthaṃ tapastaptaṃ tvayādhunā | tapasā tena tuṣṭo'smi dadāmi ca tavepsitam || ### [3.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.13) ityuktvā paramodāraṃ svabhāvamadhuraṃ vacaḥ | pṛthakcakāra vapuṣo bhāgāddevīṃ śivāṃ śivaḥ || ### [3.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.14) tāṃ dṛṣṭvā paramāṃ śaktiṃ pṛthagbhūtāṃ śivāgatām | praṇipatya vinītātmā prārthayāmāsa tāṃ vidhiḥ || ### [3.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.15) brahmovāca | devadevena sṛṣṭo'hamādau tvatpatinā śive | prajāḥ sarvā niyuktāśca śambhunā paramātmanā || ### [3.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.16) manasā nirmitāḥ sarve śive devādayo mayā | na vṛddhimupagacchanti sṛjyamānāḥ punaḥpunaḥ || ### [3.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.17) mithunaprabhavāmeva kṛtvā sṛṣṭimataḥ param | saṃvarddhayitumicchāmi sarvā eva mama prajāḥ || ### [3.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.18) na nirgataṃ purā tvatto nārīṇāṃ kulamavyayam | tena nārīkulaṃ sraṣṭuṃ mama śaktirna vidyate || ### [3.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.19) sarvāsāmeva śaktīnāṃ tvattaḥ khalu samudbhavaḥ | tasmāttvāṃ paramāṃ śaktiṃ prārthayāmyakhileśvarīm || ### [3.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.20) śive nārīkulaṃ sraṣṭuṃ śaktiṃ dehi namo'stu te | carācarajagadvṛddhihetormātaḥ śivapriye || ### [3.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.21) anyaṃ tvattaḥ prārthayāmi varaṃ ca varadeśvari | dehi me taṃ kṛpāṃ kṛtvā jaganmātarnamo'stu te || ### [3.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.22) carācaravivṛddhyarthamīśenaikena sarvage | dakṣasya mama putrasya putrī bhava bhavāmbike || ### [3.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.23) evaṃ saṃyācitā devī brahmaṇā parameśvarī | tathāstviti vacaḥ procya tacchaktiṃ vidhaye dadau || ### [3.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.24) tasmāddhi sā śivā devī śivaśaktirjaganmayī | śaktimekāṃ bhruvormadhyātsasarjātmasamaprabhām || ### [3.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.25) tāmāha prahasanprekṣya śaktiṃ devavaro haraḥ | kṛpāsindhurmaheśāno līlākārī bhavāmbikām || ### [3.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.26) śiva uvāca | tapasārādhitā devi brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā | prasannā bhava suprītyā kuru tasyākhilepsitam || ### [3.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.27) tāmājñāṃ parameśasya śirasā pratigṛhya sā | brahmaṇo vacanāddevī dakṣasya duhitā'bhavat || ### [3.3.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.28) dattvaivamatulāṃ śaktiṃ brahmaṇe sā śivā mune |\` viveśa dehaṃ śambhorhi śambhuścāntardadhe prabhuḥ || ### [3.3.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.29) tadāprabhṛti loke'sminstriyā bhāgaḥ prakalpitaḥ | ānandaṃ prāpa sa vidhiḥ sṛṣṭirjātā ca maithunī || ### [3.3.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.30) etatte kathitaṃ tāta śivarūpaṃ mahottamam | arddhanārīnarārddhaṃ hi mahāmaṅgaladaṃ satām || ### [3.3.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.31) etadākhyānamanaghaṃ yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādapi | sa bhuktvā sakalānbhogānprayāti paramāṃ gatim || ### [3.3.31.c1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.31.c1) iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe tṛtīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ śivasyārddhanārīśvarāvatāravarṇanaṃ nāma tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ || ### [3.3.31.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.31.p2) śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || ### [3.3.31.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.31.p3) śrīgaurīśaṅkarābhyāṃ namaḥ || ### [3.3.31.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.31.p4) śrīśivamahāpurāṇam || ### [3.3.31.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3.31.p5) tṛtīyāyāṃ śatarudrasaṃhitāyāṃ ## Other recensions (1) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.3.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.3) · Pramāṇa