Shivapurana 1.24-3
Śivapurāṇa (complete text) 1.24-3
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1.24-3.1
sūta uvāca
śainakarṣe mahāprājña śivarūpamahāpate
śṛṇu rudrākṣamāhātmyaṃ samāsātkathayāmyaham
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śivapriyatamo jñeyo rudrākṣaḥ parapāvanaḥ
darśanātsparśanājjāpyātsarvapāpaharaḥ smṛtaḥ
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purā rudrākṣamahimā devyagre kathito mune
lokopakaraṇārthāya śivena paramātmanā
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śiva uvāca
śṛṇu devimaheśāni rudrākṣamahimā śive
kathayāmi tavaprītyā bhaktānāṃ hitakāmyayā
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divyavarṣasahasrāṇi maheśāni punaḥ purā
tapaḥ prakurvatastrastaṃ manaḥ saṃyamya vai mama
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svataṃtreṇa pareśena lokopakṛtikāriṇā
līlayā parameśāni cakṣurunmīlitaṃ mayā
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puṭābhyāṃ cārucakṣurbhyāṃ patitā jalabiṃdavaḥ
tatrāśrubindavo jātā vṛkṣā rudrākṣasaṃjñakāḥ
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sthāvaratvamanuprāpya bhaktānugrahakāraṇāt
te dattā viṣṇubhaktebhyaścaturvarṇebhya eva ca
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bhūmau gauḍodbhavāṃścakre rudrākṣāñchivavallabhān
mathurāyāmayodhyāyāṃ laṃkāyāṃ malaye tathā
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sahyādrau ca tathā kāśyāṃ daśeṣvanyeṣu vā tathā
parānasahyapāpaughabhedanāñchrutinodanāt
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brāhmaṇāḥ kṣatriyā vaiśyāḥ śūdrā jātā mamājñayā
rudrākṣāste pṛthivyāṃ tu tajjātīyāḥ śubhākṣakāḥ
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śvetaraktāḥ pītakṛṣṇā varṇājñeyāḥ kramādbudhaiḥ
svajātīyaṃ nṛbhirdhāryaṃ rudrākṣaṃ varṇataḥ kramāt
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varṇaistu tatphalaṃ dhāryaṃ bhuktimuktiphalepsubhiḥ
śivabhaktairviśeṣeṇa śivayoḥ prītaye sadā
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dhātrīphalapramāṇaṃ yacchreṣṭhametadudāhṛtam
badarīphalamātraṃ tu madhyamaṃ saṃprakīrttitam
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adhamaṃ caṇamātraṃ syātprakriyaiṣā parocyate
śṛṇu pārvati suprītyā bhaktānāṃ hitakāmyayā
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badarīphalamātraṃ ca yatsyātkila maheśvari
tathāpi phaladaṃ loke sukhasaubhāgyavarddhanam
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dhātrīphalasamaṃ yatsyātsarvāriṣṭavināśanam
guṃjayā sadṛśaṃ yatsyātsarvārthaphalasādhanam
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yathā yathā laghuḥ syādvai tathādhikaphalapradam
ekaikataḥ phalaṃ proktaṃ daśāṃśairadhikaṃ budhaiḥ
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rudrākṣadhāraṇaṃ proktaṃ pāpanāśanahetave
tasmācca dhāraṇī yo vai sarvārthasādhano dhruvam
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yathā ca dṛśyate loke rudrākṣaphaladaḥ śubhaḥ
na tathā dṛśyate'nyā ca mālikā parameśvari
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samāḥ snigdhā dṛḍhāḥ sthūlāḥ kaṃṭakaiḥ saṃyutāḥ śubhāḥ
rudrākṣāḥ kāmadā devi bhuktimuktipradāḥ sadā
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krimiduṣṭaṃ chinnabhinnaṃ kaṃṭakairhīnameva ca
vraṇayuktamavṛttaṃ ca rudrākṣānṣaḍvivarjayet
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svayameva kṛtadvāraṃ rudrākṣaṃ syādihottamam
yattu pauruṣayatnena kṛtaṃ tanmadhyamaṃ bhavet
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rudrākṣadhāraṇaṃ prāptaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam
rudrasaṃkhyāśataṃ dhṛtvā rudrarūpo bhavennaraḥ
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ekādaśaśatānīha dhṛtvā yatphalamāpyate
tatphalaṃ śakyate naiva vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi
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śatārddhena yutaiḥ paṃcaśatairvai mukuṭaṃ matam
rudrākṣairviracetsamyagbhaktimānpuruṣo varaḥ
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tribhiḥ śataiḥ ṣaṣṭiyuktaistrirāvṛttyā tathā punaḥ
rudrākṣairupavītaṃ va nirmīyādbhaktitatparaḥ
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śikhāyāṃ ca trayaṃ proktaṃ rudrakṣāṇāṃ maheśvari
karṇayoḥ ṣaṭ ca ṣaṭcaiva vāmadakṣiṇayostathā
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śatamekottaraṃ kaṃṭhe bāhvorvai rudrasaṃkhyayā
kūrparadvārayostatra maṇibaṃdhe tathā punaḥ
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upavīte trayaṃ dhāryaṃ śivabhaktiratairnaraiḥ
śeṣānurvaritānpaṃca sammitāndhārayetkaṭau
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etatsaṃkhyā dhṛtā yena rudrākṣāḥ parameśvari
tadrūpaṃ tu praṇamyaṃ hi stutyaṃ sarvairmaheśavat
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evaṃbhūtaṃ sthitaṃ dhyāne yadā kṛtvāsanairjanam
śiveti vyāharaṃścaiva dṛṣṭvā pāpaiḥ pramucyate
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śatādikasahasrasya vidhireṣa prakīrtitaḥ
tadabhāve prakāronyaḥ śubhaḥ saṃprocyate mayā
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śikhāyāmekarudrākṣaṃ śirasā triṃśataṃ vahet
paṃcāśacca gale dadhyādbāhvoḥ ṣoḍaśa ṣoḍaśa
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maṇibaṃdhe dvādaśadviskaṃdhe paṃcaśataṃ vahet
aṣṭottaraśatairmālyamupavītaṃ prakalpayet
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evaṃ sahasrarudrākṣāndhārayedyo dṛḍhavrataḥ
taṃ namaṃti surāḥ sarve yathā rudrastathaiva saḥ
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ekaṃ śikhāyāṃ rudrākṣaṃ catvāriṃśattu mastake
dvātriṃśatkaṇṭhadeśe tu vakṣasyaṣṭottaraṃ śatam
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ekaikaṃ karṇayoḥ ṣaṭṣaḍbāhvoḥ ṣoḍaśa ṣoḍaśa
karayoravimānena dviguṇena munīśvara
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saṃkhyā prītirdhṛtā yena sopi śaivajanaḥ paraḥ
śivavatpūjanīyo hi vaṃdyassarvairabhīkṣṇaśaḥ
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śirasīśānamaṃtreṇa karṇe tatpuruṣeṇa ca
aghoreṇa gale dhāryaṃ tenaiva hṛdayepi ca
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aghorabījamaṃtreṇa karayordhārayetsudhīḥ
paṃcadaśākṣagrathitāṃ vāmadevena codare
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paṃca brahmabhiraṃgaśca trimālāṃ paṃcasapta ca
athavā mūlamaṃtreṇa sarvānakṣāṃstudhārayet
1.24-3.43
madyaṃ māṃsaṃ tu laśunaṃ palāṇḍue śigrumeva ca
śleṣmāṃtakaṃ viḍvarāhaṃ bhakṣaṇe varjayettataḥ
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valakṣaṃ rudrākṣaṃ dvijatanubhireveha vihitaṃ suraktaṃ kṣattrāṇāṃ pramuditamume
pītamasakṛt
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chinnaṃ khaṃḍitaṃ bhinnaṃ vidīrṇa
tato vaiśyairdhāryaṃ pratidivasabhāvaśyakamaho tathā kṛṣṇaṃ śūdraiḥ śrutigaditamārgoyamagaje
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varṇī vanī gṛhayatīrniyamena dadhyādetadrahasyaparamo na hi jātu tiṣṭhet
rudrākṣadhāraṇamidaṃ sukṛtaiśca labhyaṃ tyaktvedametadakhilānnarakānprayāṃti
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ādāvāmalakātsvato laghutarā rugṇāstataḥ kaṃṭakaiḥ saṃdaṣṭāḥ
kṛmibhistanūpakaraṇacchidreṇa hīnāstathā
dhāryā naiva śubhepsubhiścaṇakavadrudrākṣamapyaṃtato rudrākṣomama liṃgamaṃgalamume sūkṣmaṃ praśastaṃ sadā
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sarvāśramāṇāṃ varṇānāṃ strīśūdrāṇāṃ śivājñayā
dhāryāḥ sadaiva rudrākṣā yatīnāṃ praṇavena hi
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divā bibhradrātrikṛtai rātrau vibhraddivākṛtaiḥ
prātarmadhyāhnasāyāhne mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ
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ye tripuṇḍradharā loke jaṭādhāriṇa eva ye
ye rudrākṣadharāste vai yamalokaṃ prayāṃti na
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rudrākṣamekaṃ śirasā bibharti tathā tripuṇḍraṃ ca lalāṭamadhye
paṃcākṣaraṃ ye hi japaṃti maṃtraṃ pūjyā bhavadbhiḥ khalu te hi sādhavaḥ
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yasyāṇge nāsti rudrākṣastripuṇḍraṃ bhālapaṭṭake
mukhe paṃcākṣaraṃ nāsti tamānaya yamālayam
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jñātvā jñātvā tatprabhāvaṃ bhasmarudrākṣadhāriṇaḥ
te pūjyāḥ sarvadāsmākaṃ no netavyāḥ kadācana
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evamājñāpayāmāsa kālopi nijakiṇkarān
tatheti mattvā te sarve tūṣṇīmāsansuvismitāḥ
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ata eva mahādevi rudrākṣotyaghanāśanaḥ
taddharo matpriyaḥ śuddho'tyaghavānapi pārvati
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haste bāhau tathā mūrdhni rudrākṣaṃ dhārayettu yaḥ
avadhyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ rudrarūpī caredbhuvi
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surāsurāṇāṃ sarveṣāṃ vaṃdanīyaḥ sadā sa vai
pūjanīyo hi dṛṣṭasya pāpahā ca yathā śivaḥ
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dhyānajñānāvamuktopi rudrākṣaṃ dhārayettu yaḥ
sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sa yāti paramāṃ gatim
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rudrākṣeṇa japanmantraṃ puṇyaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet
daśakoṭiguṇaṃ puṇyaṃ dhāraṇāllabhate naraḥ
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yāvatkālaṃ hi jīvasya śarīrastho bhavetsa vai
tāvatkālaṃ svalpamṛtyurna taṃ devi vibādhate
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tripuṃḍreṇa ca saṃyuktaṃ rudrākṣāvilasāṃgakam
mṛtyuṃjayaṃ japaṃtaṃ ca dṛṣṭvā rudraphalaṃ labhet
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paṃcadevapriyaścaiva sarvadevapriyastathā
sarvamantrāñjapedbhakto rudrākṣamālayā priye
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viṣṇvādidevabhaktāśca dhārayeyurna saṃśayaḥ
rudrabhakto viśeṣeṇa rudrākṣāndhārayetsadā
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rudrākṣā vividhāḥ proktāsteṣāṃ bhedānvadāmyaham
śṛṇu pārvati sadbhaktyā bhuktimuktiphalapradān
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ekavaktraḥ śivaḥ sākṣādbhuktimuktiphalapradaḥ
tasya darśanamātreṇa brahmahatyā vyapohati
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yatra saṃpūjitastatra lakṣmīrdūratarā na hi
naśyaṃtyupadravāḥ sarve sarvakāmā bhavaṃti hi
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dvivaktro devadeveśassarvakāmaphalapradaḥ
viśeṣataḥ sa rudrākṣo govadhaṃ nāśayeddrutam
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trivaktro yo hi rudrākṣaḥ sākṣātsādhanadassadā
tatprabhāvādbhaveyurvai vidyāḥ sarvāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ
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caturvaktraḥ svayaṃ brahmā narahatyāṃ vyapohati
darśanātsparśanātsadyaścaturvargaphalapradaḥ
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paṃcavaktraḥ svayaṃ rudraḥ kālāgnirnāmataḥ prabhuḥ
sarvamuktipradaścaiva sarvakāmaphalapradaḥ
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agamyāgamanaṃ pāpamabhakṣyasya ca bhakṣaṇam
ityādisarvapāpāni paṃcavaktro vyapohati
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ṣaḍvaktraḥ kārtikeyastudhāraṇāddakṣiṇe bhuje
brahmahatyādikaiḥ pāpairmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
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saptavaktro maheśāni hyanaṃgo nāma nāmataḥ
dhāraṇāttasya deveśidaridropīśvaro bhavet
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rudrākṣaścāṣṭavaktraśca vasumūrtiśca bhairavaḥ
dhāraṇāttasya pūrṇāyurmṛto bhavati śūlabhṛt
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bhairavo navavaktraśca kapilaśca muniḥ smṛtaḥ
durgā vāta dadhiṣṭhātrī navarūpā maheśvarī
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taṃ dhārayedvāmahaste rudrākṣaṃ bhaktitatparaḥ
sarveśvaro bhavennūnaṃ mama tulyo na saṃśayaḥ
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daśavaktro maheśāni svayaṃ devo janārdanaḥ
dhāraṇāttasya deveśi sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt
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ekādaśamukho yastu rudrākṣaḥ parameśvari
sa rudro dhāraṇāttasya sarvatra vijayī bhavet
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dvādaśāsyaṃ tu rudrākṣaṃ dhārayetkeśadeśake
ādityāścaiva te sarvedvādaśaiva sthitāstathā
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trayodaśamukho viśvedevastaddhāraṇānnaraḥ
sarvānkāmānavāpnoti saubhāgyaṃ maṃgalaṃlabhet
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caturdaśamukho yo hi rudrākṣaḥ paramaḥ śivaḥ
dhārayenmūrdhni taṃ bhaktyā sarvapāpaṃ praṇaśyati
1.24-3.81
iti rudrākṣabhedā hi proktā vai mukhabhedataḥ
tattanmaṃtrāñchṛṇu prītyā kramācchailleśvarātmaje
Linked texts (4)
- Makuṭāgama — Sanskrit
- Skandamahāpurāṇa (vulgate) — Sanskrit
- Kāraṇāgama — Sanskrit
- Śaivasarvasvasāra — Vidyāpati, Sanskrit