[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Śivapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva) › [siva\_purana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete) › 3.8 # Shivapurana 3.8 Śivapurāṇa (complete text) 3.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [3.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.1) eka samaya dakṣasutā satī apane prasanna hue svāmī ko praṇāma kara bhakti-sahita namra hokara bolī ### [3.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.2) he deveśa ! maiṃ aba sukhadāyaka paramatatva ko jānā cāhatī hūṃ | he śaṃkara ! jisase yaha jīva bhava-bandhana se mukta ho jātā hai ### [3.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.3) viṣayī manuṣya jise pākara paramapada prāpta kara letā hai aura punaḥ saṃsārī nahīṃ hotā | āpa kṛpā karake usī tatva ko mere prati kahiye ### [3.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.4) brahmājī ne kahā—satī ne bhaktipūrvaka śivajī se isa prakāra praśna kiyā aura prāṇiyoṃ ke uddhāra kī icchā vyakta kī ### [3.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.5) taba svecchā se śarīra dhāraṇa karane vāle śaṃkara ne yaha bāta sunakara, yoga se virakta buddhi hote hue satī se kahā ### [3.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.6) śivajī bole—he dakṣasute ! jisa paramatatva kā jñāna prāpta kara yaha anuśayī jīva mokṣa ko prāpta hotā hai, use maiṃ tumhāre prati kahatā hūm̐, tuma śravaṇa karo ### [3.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.7) he maheśāni ! tuma vijñāna ko hī paramatatva samajho | usameṃ buddhipūrvaka brahma kā hī smaraṇa kiyā jātā hai, kisī anya kā nahī ### [3.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.8) taddurlabhaṃ trilokesmistajjñātā viralaḥ priye yādṛśo yaḥ sa dāso'haṃ brahma sākṣātparātparaḥ ### [3.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.9) tanmātā mama bhaktiśca bhuktimuktiphalapradā sulabhā matprasādāddhi navadhā sā prakīrtitā ### [3.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.10) bhaktau jñāne na vedo hi tatkartuḥ sarvadā sukham vijñānaṃna bhavatyeva sati bhaktivirodhina ### [3.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.11) bhaktyā hīnaḥ sadāha vai tatprabhāvādgṛheṣvapi nīcānāṃ jātihīnānāṃ yāmi devi na saṃśayaḥ ### [3.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.12) sā bhaktirdvividhā devi saguṇā nirguṇā matā vaidhī svābhāvikī yā yā varā sā tvavarā smṛtā ### [3.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.13) naiṣṭhikyanaiṣṭhikī bhedādṛṣṭividhe hi te ṣaḍvidhā naiṣṭhikī jñeyā dvitīyaikavidhā smṛtā ### [3.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.14) mokṣaśāstra kathana vihitāvihitābhedāttāmanekāṃ vidurbudhāḥ tayorbahuvidhatvācca tatvaṃ tvanyatra varṇitam ### [3.8.8-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.8-2) he priye ! isa tatvajñāna kā jñātā koī viralā hī hotā hai, yaha atyanta durlabha hai, kyoṃki vaha brahma pare se bhī pare haiṃ, maiṃ usakā dāsa hūm̐ ### [3.8.6-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.6-2) usa vijñāna kī mātā,bhukti mukti kī dātrī merī bhakti hai | parantu merī bhakti bhī merī hī kṛpā se sulabha hotī hai | usake nau prakāra haiṃ bhakti aura jñāna meṃ koī bheda nahīṃ hai | bhakti karane vālā manuṣya sadā sukhī hotā hai | jo manuṣya bhakti se virodha karatā hai, use vijñāna kī prāpti bhī sambhava nahīṃ hai ### [3.8.11-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.11-2) maiṃ apane bhakta ke sadā ādhīna rahatā hūm̐ bhakti ke prabhāva se nimna jāti vāloṃ ke gharoṃ meṃ bhī jātā hūm̐ ### [3.8.12-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.12-2) vaha bhakti bhī saguṇa-nirguṇa ke bheda se do prakāra kī hai | isameṃ prathama śreṣṭha aura dūsarī nimna hai ### [3.8.13-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.13-2) donoṃ prakāra kī bhakti bhī naiṣṭhikī ke aura anaiṣṭhikī ke bheda se do-do prakāra kī haiṃ, inameṃ bhī naiṣṭhikī ke chaḥ prakāra aura anaiṣṭhikī kā eka hī prakāra hai ### [3.8.14-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.14-2) isako vihita aura avihita bheda se jñānī jana aneka prakāra kī manāte haiṃ | aneka prakāra kī hone se usakā tatva anyatra kahā gayā hai ### [3.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.15) te navāṃgeubhejñeye varṇite munibhiḥ priye varṇayāmi navāṃgāni premataḥ śṛṇu dakṣaje ### [3.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.16) śravaṇa kīrtanaṃ caiva smaraṇaṃ sevanaṃ tathā dāsyaṃ tathā'rcanaṃ devi vaṃdanaṃ mama sarvadā ### [3.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.17) sakhyaṃmātmāpaṇaṃ ceti nabāṃgāni vidurbudhāḥ upāṃgāni śive tasyā bahūni kathitāni vai ### [3.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.18) śṛṇu debi navāṃgānāṃ lakṣaṇāni pṛthak-pṛthak mama bhaktairmano datvā bhuktimuktipradāni hi ### [3.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.19) kathādernityasammānaṃ kurvandehādibhirmudā sthirāsanena tatpānaṃ yattacchravaṇamucyate ### [3.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.20) hṛdākāśena saṃpaśyan janmakarmāṇi vai mama prītyoccoccāraṇa teṣāmetatkīrtanamucyate ### [3.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.21) vyāpakaṃ devi māṃ dṛṣṭvā nityaṃ sarvatra sarvadā nirbhayatvaṃ sadā loke smaraṇaṃ tadudāhṛtam ### [3.8.15-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.15-2) muniyoṃ ne una donoṃ ke aṃga nau prakāra ke batāye haiṃ, una nau aṃgoṃ ke lakṣaṇa pṛthaka-pṛthaka kahatā hūm̐, tuma unheṃ dhyāna se śravaṇa karo ### [3.8.16-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.16-2) śravaṇa, kīrtana, smaraṇa, sevana, dāsya, arcana aura vandana ### [3.8.17-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.17-2) sakhya tathā ātma samarpaṇa-yaha nau aṅga vijñajana batāte haiṃ, aura upāṃga to asaṃkhya haiṃ ### [3.8.18-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.18-2) aba nau aṃgoṃ kā lakṣaṇa pṛthaka-pṛthaka kahatā hūṃ, merā jo bhakta inameṃ mana ko lagāyegā, use bhukti-mukti kī prāpti hogī ### [3.8.16-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.16-3) kathā ādi meṃ deha ādi se sammāna karanā cāhiye, sthira āsana para sthita hokara usakā pāna kare, ise sunanā kahate haiṃ ### [3.8.20-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.20-2) hṛdayākāśa meṃ mere janma-karma ko dekhatā huā prītipūrvaka unakā uccāraṇa kare, yaha kīrtana kahā jātā hai ### [3.8.21-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.21-2) mujhako nitya, sarvatra sadā vyāpaka mānakara bhayarahita rahakara loka meṃ sadaiva vicaraṇa kare ### [3.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.22) aruṇodayamārabhya sevākālāñcitā hṛdā vākpāṇipādaistasyārcāsevana tadudāhṛtam ### [3.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.23) sadā sevyāṃnukūlyena sevanaṃ taddhi gogaṇaiḥ hṛdayāmṛtabhāgena priyaṃ dāsyamudāhṛtam ### [3.8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.24) sadā bhṛtyanukūlyena vidhinā me parātmane arpaṇa ṣoḍaśānāṃ vai pādyādīnāṃ tadarcanam ### [3.8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.25) maṃtroccāraṇadhyānābhyāṃ manasā vacasā kramāt yadaṣṭāṃgena bhūsparśa tadvai vaṃdana mucyate ### [3.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.26) maṃgalāmaṃgala yadyatkarotītīśvaro hi me sarvaṃ tanmaṃgalāyeti viśvāsaḥ sakhyalakṣaṇam ### [3.8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.27) kṛtvā dehādikaṃ tasya prītyai sarvaṃ tadarpaṇam nirvāhāya ca śūnyatvaṃ yattadātmasamarpaṇam ### [3.8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.28) navāṃgānānīti madbhakterbhuktimuktipradāni ca mama priyāṇi cātīva jñānotpattikarāṇi ca ### [3.8.236](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.236) aruṇodaya se ārambha kare, sevā kāla meṃ sadā hṛdaya se nirbhaya rahatā mokṣaśāstra kā kathana ### [3.8.22-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.22-2) huā smaraṇa kare, ise nāma smaraṇa kahate haiṃ ### [3.8.23-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.23-2) sevā parāyaṇa hokara apanī indriyoṃ ko prabhu sevā meṃ lagāve aura hṛdaya se unake amṛta kā bhoga kare aura unakā cintana kare, ise dāsya karate haiṃ ### [3.8.24-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.24-2) bhṛtya ke samāna sadaiva merī anukūlatā kare aura ṣoḍaśa prakāra se merī pūjā kare tathā pādya arghya de, ise arcana kahā gayā hai ### [3.8.25-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.25-2) mana vacana karma ke dvārā mantroccāraṇa tathā dhyāna kare aura āṭhoṃ aṃgoṃ se pṛthivī kā sparśa kare, ise vandanā kahate haiṃ ### [3.8.26-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.26-2) maṅgala yā amaṅgala jo kucha bhī īśvarecchā se hotā hai, vaha saba mere lie maṅgala hī hai, isa prakārakā viśvāsa sakhya kahā gayā hai ### [3.8.27-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.27-2) dehādi ko prītipūrvaka arpaṇa kara denā aura svayaṃ śūnyatva kā bhāva mānanā, ise ātma-samarpaṇa kahā gayā hai ### [3.8.28-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.28-2) merī bhakti ke yaha navām̐ga bhukti mukti pradāyaka tathā jñānotpādaka haiṃ aura mere lie atyanta priya haiṃ ### [3.8.26-3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.26-3) itthaṃ sāṃgopāṃgabhaktirmama sarvottamā priye jñānavairāgyajananī muktidāsī virājate ### [3.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.30) sarvakarmaphalotpattiḥ marvadā tvatsamapriyā yaccitte sā sthitā nityaṃ sarvada, so'ti matpriyaḥ ### [3.8.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.31) trailokye bhaktisadṛśaḥ paṃthā nāsti sukhāvahaḥ caturyugeṣu deveśi kalautu suviśeṣataḥ ### [3.8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.32) kalau pratyakṣaphaladā bhaktiḥ navaṃyugeṣvapi yatprabhāvādahaṃ nityaṃ tadvaśo nāma saṃśayaḥ ### [3.8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.33) yo bhaktimānpumām̐lloke sadāhaṃ tatsahāyakṛt bighnahartā ripustasya daṇḍaco nātra ca saṃśayeḥ ### [3.8.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.34) bhaktahetorahaṃ devi kālaṃ krodhapariplutaḥ a haṃ vahnitā netrabhavena nijarakṣakaḥ ### [3.8.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.35) kiṃ bahūktena deveśi bhaktādhīnaḥsadā hyaham tatkartuḥ puruṣasyātitraśago nātra saśayaḥ ### [3.8.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.36) itthamākarṇya bhaktestu mahatvaṃ dakṣajā satī jaharṣātīva manasi praṇanāma śivaṃ mudā ### [3.8.26-4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.26-4) isa prakāra kī sāṃgopām̐ga bhakti jñāna vairāgya ko utpanna karane vālī evaṃ paramaśreṣṭha hai | mukti sadā isakī dāsī hai ### [3.8.30-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.30-2) isī ke dvārā sampūrṇa karma aura phala utpanna hote haiṃ, mere lie yaha sadaiva tumhāre samāna hī priya hai, jisake citta meṃ isakā vāsa hai, vaha merā prīti bhājana hai ### [3.8.31-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.31-2) bhakti ke samāna anya koī mārga trailokya meṃ sukha kā dene vālā nahīṃ hai yaha cāroṃ yugoṃ meṃ pradhāna mānī gayī hai, parantu kaliyuga meṃ viśeṣa rūpa se hitakāriṇī hai ### [3.8.32-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.32-2) sabhī yugoṃ, viśeṣa kara kaliyuga meṃ bhakti viśeṣa phala ke dene vālī hai | isakā pratyakṣa phala hotā dekhakara maiṃ sadā isake vaśa meṃ rahatā hūm̐ ### [3.8.33-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.33-2) loka meṃ jo puruṣa bhakti-yukta hotā hai maiṃ sadā usakī sahāyatā karatā hūm̐ | usake yahām̐ jo koī vighna upasthita karatā hai, maiṃ usake lie śatru ho jātā hūm̐ ### [3.8.34-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.34-2) bhaktoṃ ke nimitta maiṃ hī kāla rūpa krodha se vyāpta hūm̐ | bhaktoṃ ke hitārtha hī maiṃne apane netroṃ kī agni se use bhasma kara ḍālā thā ### [3.8.35-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.35-2) maiṃ sadā bhakti ke ādhīna hūm̐ jo puruṣa bhakti karatā hai usake vaśa meṃ rahatā hūm̐ ### [3.8.36-2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8.36-2) brahmājī ne kahā ki śivajī se isa prakāra bhakti kā māhātmya śravaṇa kara satī atyanta prasanna huī aura preta sahita apane svāmī ko praṇāma kiyā ## Other recensions (1) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.3.8.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.3.8) · Pramāṇa