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Shivapurana 4.11: ekādaśo'dhyāyaḥ | candrabhālapaśupatināthaliṅgamāhātmyavarṇanam

Śivapurāṇa (complete text) 4.11

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ekādaśo'dhyāyaḥ | candrabhālapaśupatināthaliṅgamāhātmyavarṇanam

4.11.1

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
sūta sūta mahābhāga dhanyastvaṃ śivasaktadhīḥ |
mahābalasya liṅgasya śrāviteyaṃ kathādbhutā ||

4.11.2

uttarasyāṃ diśāyāṃ ca śivaliṅgāni yāni ca |
teṣāṃ māhātmyamanaghaṃ vada tvaṃ pāpanāśakam ||

4.11.3

sūta uvāca |
śṛṇutādarato viprā auttarāṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ |
māhātmyaṃ śivaliṅgānāṃ pravadāmi samāsataḥ ||

4.11.4

gokarṇaṃ kṣetramaparaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam |
mahāvanaṃ ca tatrāsti pavitramativistaram ||

4.11.5

tatrāsti candrabhālākhyaṃ śivaliṅgamanuttamam |
rāvaṇena samānītaṃ sadbhaktyā sarvasiddhidam ||

4.11.6

tasya tatra sthitirvaidyanāthasyeva munīśvarāḥ |
sarvalokahitārthāya karuṇāsāgarasya ca ||

4.11.7

snānaṃ kṛtvā tu gokarṇe candrabhālaṃ samarcya ca |
śivalokamavāpnoti satyaṃ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ ||

4.11.8

candrabhālasya liṅgasya mahimā paramādbhutaḥ |
na śakyo varṇituṃ vyāsādbhaktisneharatasya hi ||

4.11.9

candrabhālamahādevaliṅgasya mahimā mahān |
yathākathañcitsamproktaḥ paraliṅgasya vai śṛṇu ||

4.11.10

dādhīcaṃ śivaliṅgaṃ tu miśrarṣivaratīrthake |
dadhīcinā munīśena suprītyā ca pratiṣṭhitam ||

4.11.11

tatra gatvā ca tattīrthe snātvā samyagvidhānataḥ |
śivaliṅgaṃ samarcedvai dādhīceśvaramādarāt ||

4.11.1_2

dadhīcamūrtistatraiva samarcyā vidhipūrvakam |
śivaprītyarthamevāśu tīrthayātrāphalārthibhiḥ ||

4.11.13

evaṃ kṛte muniśreṣṭhāḥ kṛtakṛtyo bhavennaraḥ |
iha sarvasukhaṃ bhuktvā paratra gatimāpnuyāt ||

4.11.14

naimiṣāraṇyatīrthe tu nikhilarṣipratiṣṭhitam |
ṛṣīśvaramiti khyātaṃ śivaliṅgaṃ sukhapradam ||

4.11.15

taddarśanātpūjanācca janānāṃ pāpināmapi |
bhuktirmuktiśca teṣāṃ tu paratreha munīśvarāḥ ||

4.11.16

hatyāharaṇatīrthe tu śivaliṅgamaghāpaham |
pūjanīyaṃ viśeṣeṇa hatyākoṭivināśanam ||

4.11.17

devaprayāgatīrthe tu laliteśvaranāmakam |
śivaliṅgaṃ sadā pūjyaṃ naraiḥ sarvāghanāśanam ||

4.11.18

nayapālākhyapuryāṃ tu prasiddhāyāṃ mahītale |
liṅgaṃ paśupatīśākhyaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam ||

4.11.19

śirobhāgasvarūpeṇa śivaliṅgaṃ tadasti hi |
tatkathāṃ varṇayiṣyāmi kedāreśvaravarṇane ||

4.11.20

tadārānmuktināthākhyaṃ śivaliṅgaṃ mahādbhutam |
darśanādarcanāttasya bhuktirmuktiśca labhyate ||

4.11.21

iti vaśca samākhyātaṃ liṅgavarṇanamuttamam |
caturdikṣu muniśreṣṭhāḥ kimanyacchrotumicchatha ||

4.11.21.c1

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe caturthyāṃ koṭirudrasaṃhitāyāṃ candrabhālapaśupatināthaliṅgamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikādaśo'dhyāyaḥ ||

4.11.21.p2

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

4.11.21.p3

śrīgaurīśaṅkarābhyāṃ namaḥ ||

4.11.21.p4

śrīśivamahāpurāṇam ||

4.11.21.p5

caturthī koṭirudrasaṃhitā

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