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Shivapurana 4.7: saptamo'dhyāyaḥ | nandikeśvaraśivaliṅgamāhātmyavarṇanam

Śivapurāṇa (complete text) 4.7

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saptamo'dhyāyaḥ | nandikeśvaraśivaliṅgamāhātmyavarṇanam

4.7.1

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
kathaṃ gaṅgā samāyātā vaiśākhe saptamīdine |
narmadāyāṃ viśeṣeṇa sūtaitadvarṇaya prabho ||

4.7.2

īśvaraśca kathaṃ jāto nandikeśo hi nāmataḥ |
vṛttaṃ tadapi suprītyā kathaya tvaṃ mahāmate ||

4.7.3

sūta uvāca |
sādhu pṛṣṭamṛṣiśreṣṭhā nandikeśāśritaṃ vacaḥ |
tadahaṃ kathayāmyadya śravaṇātpuṇyavardhanam ||

4.7.4

brāhmaṇī ṛṣikā nāmnī kasyacicca dvijanmanaḥ |
sutā vivāhitā kasmaicid dvijāya vidhānataḥ ||

4.7.5

pūrvakarmaprabhāveṇa patnī sā hi dvijanmanaḥ |
suvratāpi ca viprendrā bālavaidhavyamāgatā ||

4.7.6

atha sā dvijapatnī hi brahmacaryavratānvitā |
pārthivārcanapūrvaṃ hi tapastepe sudāruṇam ||

4.7.7

tasminnavasare duṣṭo mūḍhanāmāsuro balī |
yayau tatra mahāmāyī kāmabāṇena tāḍitaḥ ||

4.7.8

tapantīṃ tāṃ samālokya sundarīmatikāminīm |
tayā bhogaṃ yayāce sa nānālobhaṃ pradarśayan ||

4.7.9

atha sā suvratā nārī śivadhyānaparāyaṇā |
tasmindṛṣṭiṃ dadhau naiva kāmadṛṣṭyā munīśvarāḥ ||

4.7.10

na mānitavatī taṃ ca brāhmaṇī sā taporatā |
atīva hi taponiṣṭhāsīcchivadhyānamāśritā ||

4.7.11

atha mūḍhaḥ sa daityendraḥ tayā tanvyā tiraskṛtaḥ |
cukrodha vikaṭaṃ tasyai paścādrūpamadarśayat ||

4.7.12

atha provāca duṣṭātmā durvaco bhayakārakam |
trāsayāmāsa bahuśastāṃ ca patnīṃ dvijanmanaḥ ||

4.7.13

tadā sā bhayasantrastā bahuvāraṃ śiveti ca |
babhāṣe snehatastanvī dvijapatnī śivāśrayā ||

4.7.14

vihvalātīva sā nārī śivanāmaprabhāṣiṇī |
jagāma śaraṇaṃ śambhoḥ svadharmāvanahetave ||

4.7.15

śaraṇāgatarakṣārthaṃ kartuṃ sadvṛttamāhitam |
ānandārthaṃ hi tasyāstu śiva āvirbabhūva ha ||

4.7.16

atha taṃ mūḍhanāmānaṃ daityendraṃ kāmavihvalam |
cakāra bhasmasātsadyaḥ śaṅkaro bhaktavatsalaḥ ||

4.7.17

tataśca parameśāno kṛpādṛṣṭyā vilokya tām |
varaṃ brūhīti covāca bhaktarakṣaṇadakṣadhīḥ ||

4.7.18

śrutvā maheśavacanaṃ sā sādhvī dvijakāminī |
dadarśa śāṅkaraṃ rūpamānandajanakaṃ śubham ||

4.7.19

tataḥ praṇamya taṃ śambhuṃ parameśaṃ sukhāvaham |
tuṣṭāva sāñjaliḥ sādhvī nataskandhā śubhāśayā ||

4.7.20

ṛṣikovāca |
devadeva mahādeva śaraṇāgatavatsala |
dīnabandhustvamīśāno bhaktarakṣākaraḥ sadā ||

4.7.21

tvayā me rakṣito dharmo mūḍhanāmno'surādiha |
yadayaṃ nihato duṣṭo jagadrakṣā kṛtā tvayā ||

4.7.22

svapādayoḥ parāṃ bhaktiṃ dehi me hyanapāyinīm |
ayameva varo nātha kimanyadadhikaṃ hyataḥ ||

4.7.23

anyadākarṇaya vibho prārthanāṃ me maheśvara |
lokānāmupakārārthamiha tvaṃ saṃsthito bhava ||

4.7.24

sūta uvāca |
iti stutvā mahādevamṛṣikā sā śubhavratā |
tūṣṇīmāsātha giriśaḥ provāca karuṇākaraḥ ||

4.7.25

giriśa uvāca |
ṛṣike sucaritrā tvaṃ mama bhaktā viśeṣataḥ |
dattā varāśca te sarve tubhyaṃ ye ye hi yācitāḥ ||

4.7.26

etasminnantare tatra haribrahmādayaḥ surāḥ |
śivāvirbhāvamājñāya yayurharṣasamanvitāḥ ||

4.7.27

śivaṃ praṇamya suprītyā samānarcuśca te'khilāḥ |
tuṣṭuvurnatakā viprāḥ karau baddhvā sucetasaḥ ||

4.7.28

etasminsamaye gaṅgā sādhvīṃ tāṃ svardhunī jagau |
ṛṣikāṃ suprasannātmā praśaṃsantī ca tadvidhim ||

4.7.29

gaṅgovāca |
mamārthaṃ caiva vaiśākhe māsi deyaṃ tvayā vacaḥ |
sthityarthaṃ dinamekaṃ me sāmīpyaṃ kāryameva hi ||

4.7.30

sūta uvāca |
gaṅgāvacanamākarṇya sā sādhvī prāha suvratā |
tathāstviti vacaḥ prītyā lokānāṃ hitahetave ||

4.7.31

ānandārthaṃ śivastasyāḥ suprasannaśca pārthive |
tasmim̐lliṅge layaṃ yātaḥ pūrṇāṃśena tayā haraḥ ||

4.7.32

devāḥ sarve suprasannāḥ praśaṃsanti śivaṃ ca tām |
svaṃ svaṃ dhāma yayurviṣṇurbrahmādyā api svarṇadī ||

4.7.33

taddinātpāvanaṃ tīrthamāsīdīdṛśamuttamam |
nandikeśaḥ śivaḥ khyātaḥ sarvapāpavināśanaḥ ||

4.7.34

gaṅgāpi prativarṣaṃ taddine yāti śubhecchayā |
kṣālanārthaṃ svapāpasya yad gṛhītaṃ nṛṇāṃ dvijāḥ ||

4.7.35

tatra snāto naraḥ samyaṅ nandikeśaṃ samarcya ca |
brahmahatyādibhiḥ pāpairmucyate hyakhilairapi ||

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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe caturthyāṃ koṭirudrasaṃhitāyāṃ nandikeśvaraśivaliṅgamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma saptamo'dhyāyaḥ ||

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śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

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śrīgaurīśaṅkarābhyāṃ namaḥ ||

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śrīśivamahāpurāṇam ||

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caturthī koṭirudrasaṃhitā

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