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Shivapurana 1.21

Śivapurāṇa (complete text) 1.21

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1.21.1

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
sūta sūta mahābhāga vyāsaśiṣya namostu te
samyaguktaṃ tvayā tāta pārthivārcāvidhānakam

1.21.2

kāmanābhedamāśritya saṃkhyāṃ brūhi vidhānataḥ
śivapārthivaliṃgānāṃ kṛpayā dīnavatsala

1.21.3

sūta uvāca
śṛṇudhvamṛṣayaḥ sarve pārthivārcāvidhānakam
yasyānuṣṭhānamātreṇa kṛtakṛtyo bhavennaraḥ

1.21.4

akṛtvā pārthivaṃ liṃgaṃ yonyadevaṃ prapūjayet
vṛthā bhavati sā pūjā damadānādikaṃ vṛthā

1.21.5

saṃkhyā pārthivaliṃgānāṃ yathākāmaṃ nigadyate
saṃkhyā sadyo muniśreṣṭha niścayena phalapradā

1.21.6

prathamāvāhanaṃ tatra pratiṣṭhā pūjanaṃ pṛthak
liṃgākāraṃ samaṃ tatra sarvaṃ jñeyaṃ pṛthakpṛthak

1.21.7

vidyārthī puruṣaḥ prītyā sahasramitapārthivam
pūjayecchivaliṃgaṃ hi niścayāttatphalapradam

1.21.8

naraḥ pārthivaliṃgānāṃ dhanārthī ca tadarddhakam
putrārthī sārddhasāhasraṃ vastrārthī śatapaṃcakram

1.21.9

mokṣārthī koṭiguṇitaṃ bhūkāmaśca sahasrakam
dayārthī ca trisāhasraṃ tīrthārthī dvisahasrakam

1.21.10

suhṛtkāmī trisāhasraṃ vaśyārthī śatamaṣṭakam
māraṇārthī saptaśataṃ mohanārthī śatāṣṭakam

1.21.11

uccāṭanaparaścaiva sahasraṃ ca yathoktataḥ
staṃbhanārthī sahasraṃ tu dveṣaṇārthī tadarddhakam

1.21.12

nigaḍānmuktikāmastu sahasraṃ sarddhamuttamam
mahārājabhaye paṃcaśataṃ jñeyaṃ vicakṣaṇaiḥ

1.21.13

caurādisaṃkaṭe jñeyaṃ pārthivānāṃ śatadvayam
ḍākinyādibhaye paṃcaśatamuktaṃ japārthivam

1.21.14

dāridrye paṃcasāhasramayutaṃ sarvakāmadam
atha nityavidhiṃ vakṣye śṛṇudhvaṃ munisattamāḥ

1.21.15

ekaṃ pāpaharaṃ proktaṃ dviliṃgaṃ cārthasiddhidam
triliṃgaṃ sarvakāmānāṃ kāraṇaṃ paramīritam

1.21.16

uttarottaramevaṃ syātpūrvoktagaṇanāvidhi
matāṃtaramatho vakṣye saṃkhyāyāṃ munibhedataḥ

1.21.17

liṃgānāmayutaṃ kṛtvā pārthivānāṃ subuddhimān
nirbhayo hi bhavennūnaṃ mahārājabhayaṃ haret

1.21.18

kārāgṛhādimuktyarthamayutaṃ kārayedbudhaḥ
ḍākinyādibhaye saptasahasraṃ kārayettathā

1.21.19

sahasrāṇi paṃcapaṃcāśadaputraḥ prakārayet
liṃgānāmayutenaiva kanyakāsaṃtatiṃ labhet

1.21.20

liṃgānāmayutenaiva viṣṇvādaiśvaryamāpnuyāt
liṃgānāṃ prayutenaiva hyatulāṃ śriyamāpnuyāt

1.21.21

koṭimekāṃ tu liṃgānāṃ yaḥ karoti naro bhuvi
śiva eva bhavetsopi nātra kāryyā vicāraṇā

1.21.22

arcā pārthivaliṃgānāṃ koṭiyajñaphalapradā
bhuktidā muktidā nityaṃ tataḥ kāmarthināṃ nṛṇām

1.21.23

vinā liṃgārcanaṃ yasya kālo gacchati nityaśaḥ
mahāhānirbhavettasya durvṛttasya durātmanaḥ

1.21.24

ekataḥ sarvadānāni vratāni vividhāni ca
tīrthāni niyamā yajñā liṃgārcā caikataḥ smṛtā

1.21.25

kalau liṃgārcanaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ tathā loke pradṛśyate
tathā nāstīti śāstrāṇāmeṣa siddhāntaniścayaḥ

1.21.26

bhuktimuktipradaṃ liṃgaṃ vividhāpannivāraṇam
pūjayitvā naro nityaṃ śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt

1.21.27

śivānāmamayaṃ liṃgaṃ nityaṃ pūjyaṃ maharṣibhiḥ
yataśca sarvaliṃgeṣu tasmātpūjyaṃ vidhānataḥ

1.21.28

uttamaṃ madhyamaṃ nīcaṃ trividhaṃ liṃgamīritam
mānato muniśārdūlāstacchṛṇudhvaṃ vadāmyaham

1.21.29

caturaṃgulamucchrāyaṃ ramyaṃ vedikayā yutam
uttamaṃ liṃgamākhyātaṃ munibhiḥ śāstrakovidaiḥ

1.21.30

tadarddhaṃ madhyamaṃ proktaṃ tadarddhamaghamaṃ smṛtam
itthaṃ trividhamākhyātamuttarottarataḥ param

1.21.31

anekaliṃgaṃ yo nityaṃ bhaktiśraddhāsamanvitaḥ
pūjayetsa labhetkāmānmanasā mānasepsitān

1.21.32

na liṃgārādhanādanyatpuṇyaṃ vedacatuṣṭaye
vidyate sarvaśāstrāṇāmeṣa eva viniścayaḥ

1.21.33

sarvametatparityajya karmajālamaśeṣataḥ
bhaktyā paramayā vidvām̐lliṃgamekaṃ prapūjayet

1.21.34

liṃgercitercitaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam
saṃsārāṃbudhimagnānāṃ nānyattāraṇasādhanam

1.21.35

ajñānatimirāṃdhānāṃ viṣayāsaktacetasām
plavo nānyosti jagati liṃgārādhanamaṃtarā

1.21.36

haribrahmādayo devā munayo yakṣarākṣasāḥ
gaṃdharvāścaraṇāssiddhā daiteyā dānavāstathā

1.21.37

nāgāḥ śeṣaprabhṛtayo garuḍādyāḥkhagāstathā
saprajāpatayaścānye manavaḥ kinnarā narāḥ

1.21.38

pūjayitvā mahābhaktyā liṃgaṃ sarvārthasiddhidam
prāptāḥ kāmānabhīṣṭāṃśca tāṃstānsarvānhṛdi sthitān

1.21.39

brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vaiśyaḥ śūdro vā pratilomajaḥ
pūjayetsatataṃ liṃgaṃ tattanmaṃtreṇa sādaram

1.21.40

kiṃ bahūktena munayaḥ strīṇāmapi tathānyataḥ
adhikārosti sarveṣāṃ śivaliṃgārcane dvijāḥ

1.21.41

dvijānāṃ vaidikenāpi mārgeṇārādhanaṃ varam
anyeṣāmapi jaṃtūnāṃ vaidikena na saṃmatam

1.21.42

vaidikānāṃ dvijānāṃ ca pūjā vaidikamārgataḥ
kartavyānānyamārgeṇa ityāha bhagavāñchivaḥ

1.21.43

dadhīcigautamādīnāṃ śāpenādagdhacetasām
dvijānāṃ jāyate śraddhānaiva vaidikakarmaṇi

1.21.44

yo vaidikamanādṛtya karma smārtamathāpi vā
anyatsamācarenmartyo na saṃkalpaphalaṃ labhet

1.21.45

itthaṃ kṛtvārcanaṃ śaṃbhornaivedyāṃtaṃ vidhānataḥ
pūjayedaṣṭamūrtīśca tatraiva trijaganmayīḥ

1.21.46

kṣitirāponalo vāyurākāśaḥ sūryyasomakau
yajamāna iti tvaṣṭau mūrtayaḥ parikīrtitāḥ

1.21.47

śarvo bhavaśca rudraśca ugrobhīma itīśvaraḥ
mahādevaḥ paśupatiretānmūrtibhirarcayet

1.21.48

pūjayetparivāraṃ ca tataḥ śaṃbhoḥ subhaktitaḥ
īśānādikramāttatra caṃdanākṣatapatrakaiḥ

1.21.49

īśānaṃ naṃdinaṃ caṃḍe mahākālaṃ ca bhṛṃgiṇam
vṛṣaṃ skaṃdaṃ kapardīśaṃ somaṃ śukraṃ ca tatkramāt

1.21.50

agrato vīrabhadraṃ ca pṛṣṭhe kīrtimukhaṃ tathā
tata ekādaśānrudrānpūjayedvidhinā tataḥ

1.21.51

tataḥ paṃcākṣaraṃ japtvā śatarudriyameva ca
stutīrnānāvidhāḥ kṛtvā paṃcāṃgapaṭhanaṃ tathā

1.21.52

tataḥ pradakṣiṇāṃ kṛtvā natvā liṃgaṃ visarjayet
iti proktamaśeṣaṃ ca śivapūjanamādarāt

1.21.53

rātrāvudaṇmukhaḥ kuryāddevakāryaṃ sadaiva hi
śivārcanaṃ sadāpyevaṃ śuciḥ kuryādudaṇmukhaḥ

1.21.54

na prācīmagrataḥ śaṃbhornodīcīṃ śaktisaṃhitān
na pratīcīṃ yataḥ pṛṣṭhamato grāhyaṃ samāśrayet

1.21.55

vinā bhasmatripuṃḍreṇa vinā rudrākṣamālayā
bilvapatraṃ vinā naiva pūjayecchekaraṃ budhaḥ

1.21.56

bhasmāprāptau muniśreṣṭhāḥ pravṛtte śivapūjane
tasmānmṛdāpi kartavyaṃ lalāṭe ca tripuṃḍrakam

1.21.56.p1

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe prathamāyāṃ vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṇḍe pārthivapūjanavarṇanaṃ nāmaikaviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ

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