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# Shivapurana 1.19

Śivapurāṇa 1.19

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.19.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.37) — 2 parts

### [1.19.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.1)

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samyaguktastvayāliṃgamahimāsatphalapradaḥ //  
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yatrapārthivamāheśaliṃgasyamahimādhunā //

### [1.19.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.2)

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sarvotkṛṣṭaścakathitovyāsatobrūhitaṃpunaḥ //  
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sūta uvāca  
śṛṇudhvamṛṣayaḥ sarve sadbhaktyā harato khilāḥ //

### [1.19.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.3)

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śivapārthivaliṃgasyamahimāprocyatemayā //  
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ukteṣveteṣu liṃgeṣu pārthivaṃ liṃgamuttamam //

### [1.19.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.4)

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tasyapūjanatoviprābahavaḥ siddhimāgatāḥ //  
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harirbrahmā ca ṛṣayaḥ saprajāpatayastathā //

### [1.19.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.5)

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saṃpūjya pārthivaṃliṃgaṃprāpuḥsarvepsitaṃdvijāḥ //  
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devāsuramanuṣyāścagaṃdharvoragarākṣasāḥ //

### [1.19.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.6)

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anyepibahavastaṃsaṃpūjyasiddhiṃgatāḥparam //  
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kṛteratnamayaṃliṃgaṃtretāyāṃhemasaṃbhavam //

### [1.19.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.7)

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dvāparepāradaṃśreṣṭhaṃpārthivaṃtukalauyuge //  
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aṣṭamūrtiṣusarvāsumūrtirvaipārthivīvarāḥ //

### [1.19.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.8)

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ananyapūjitāviprāstapastasmānmahatphalam //  
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yathāsarveṣudeveṣujyeṣṭhaḥśreṣṭhomaheśvaraḥ //

### [1.19.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.9)

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evaṃsarveṣu liṃgeṣupārthivaṃśreṣṭamucyate //  
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yathānadīṣusarvāsujyeṣṭhāśreṣṭhāsurāpagā //

### [1.19.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.10)

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tathāsarveṣuliṃgeṣupārthivaṃśreṣṭhamucyate //  
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yathāsarveṣumaṃtreṣupraṇavo hi mahānsmṛtaḥ //

### [1.19.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.11)

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tathedaṃpārthivaṃśreṣṭhamārādhyaṃpūjyamevahi //  
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yathāsarveṣuvarṇeṣubrāhmaṇaḥśreṣṭha ucyate //

### [1.19.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.12)

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tathāsarveṣuliṃgeṣupārthivaṃ śreṣṭhamucyate //  
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yathāpurīṣusarvāsukāśīśreṣṭhatamāsmṛtā //

### [1.19.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.13)

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tathāsarveṣuliṃgeṣupārthivaṃśreṣṭhamucyate //  
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yathāvrateṣusarveṣuśivarātrivrataṃparam //

### [1.19.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.14)

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tathāsarveṣuliṃgeṣupārthivaṃśreṣthamucyate //  
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yathādevīṣusarvāsuśaivīśaktiḥ parāsmṛtā //

### [1.19.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.15)

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tathā sarveṣu liṃgeṣu pārthivaṃ śreṣṭhamucyate //  
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prakṛtyapārthivaṃliṃgaṃyonyadevaṃprapūjayet //

### [1.19.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.16)

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vṛthā bhavati sā pūjā snānadānādikaṃvṛthā //  
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pārthivārādhanaṃpuṇyaṃdhanyamāyurvivardhanam //

### [1.19.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.17)

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tuṣṭidaṃpuṣṭidaṃśrīdaṃkāryaṃsādhakasattamaiḥ //  
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yathālabdhopacāraiścabhaktyā śraddhāsamanvitaḥ //

### [1.19.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.18)

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pūjayetpārthivaṃ liṃgaṃ sarvakāmārthasiddhidam //  
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yaḥkṛtvāpārthivaṃliṃgepūjayecchubhavedikam //

### [1.19.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.19)

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ihaivadhanavāñchrīmānaṃterudrobhijāyate //  
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trisaṃdhyaṃyorcayaṃlliṃgaṃkṛtvābilvenapārthivam //

### [1.19.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.20)

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daśaikādaśakaṃyāvattasyapuṇyaphalaṃśṛṇu //  
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anenaiva svadehena rudralokemahīyate //

### [1.19.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.21)

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pāpahaṃ sarvamartyānāṃ darśanātsparśanādapi //  
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jīvanmuktaḥ savaijñānīśiva eva na saṃśayaḥ //

### [1.19.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.22)

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tasyadarśanamātreṇabhuktirmuktiśca jāyate //  
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śivaṃ yaḥ pūjayennityaṃ kṛtvāliṃgaṃ tu pārthivam //

### [1.19.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.23)

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yāvajjīvanaparyaṃtaṃ sa yāti śivamandiram //  
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mṛḍenāpramitānvarṣāñchivalokehi tiṣṭhati //

### [1.19.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.24)

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sakāmaḥ punarāgatya rājendrobhāratebhavet //  
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niṣkāmaḥ pūjayennityaṃ pārthivaṃliṃgamuttamam //

### [1.19.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.25)

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śivaloke sadā tiṣṭhettataḥ sāyujyamāpnuyāt //  
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pārthivaṃ śivaliṃgaṃ ca vipro yadi na pūjayet //

### [1.19.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.26)

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sayātinarakaṃghoraṃśūlaprotaṃ sudāruṇam //  
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yathākathaṃcidvidhināramyaṃ liṃgaṃ prakārayet //

### [1.19.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.27)

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pañcasūtravidhānāṃ ca pārthivena vicārayet //  
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akhaṇḍaṃtaddhikartavyaṃnavikhaṇḍaṃprakārayet //

### [1.19.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.28)

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dvikhaṇḍaṃtuprakurvāṇonaivapūjāphalaṃlabhet //  
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ratnajaṃ hemajaṃ liṃgaṃ pāradaṃ sphāṭikaṃ tathā //

### [1.19.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.29)

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pārthivaṃ puṣparāgotthamakhaṃḍaṃ tu prakārayet //  
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akhaṃḍaṃ tu caraṃ liṃgaṃdvikhaṃḍamacaraṃ smṛtam //

### [1.19.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.30)

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khaṃḍākhaṃḍavicāroyaṃ sacarācarayoḥ smṛtaḥ //  
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vedikātumahāvidyāliṃgaṃdevo maheśvaraḥ //

### [1.19.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.31)

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ato hi sthāvareliṃge smṛtāśreṣṭhādikhaṃḍitā //  
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dvikhaṃḍaṃsthāvaraṃliṃgaṃkartavyaṃhividhānataḥ //

### [1.19.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.32)

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akhaṃḍaṃjaṃgamaṃproktaṃśaivasiddhāntavedibhiḥ //  
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dvikhaṃḍaṃtucarāṃliṃgaṃkurvantyajñānamohitāḥ //

### [1.19.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.33)

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naivasiddhāntavettāro munayaḥ śāstrakovidāḥ //  
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akhaṃḍaṃsthāvaraṃliṃgaṃdvikhaṃḍaṃcaramevaca //

### [1.19.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.34)

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yekurvantinarāmūḍhānapūjāphalabhāginaḥ //  
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tasmācchāstroktavidhinā akhaṃḍaṃcarasaṃjñakam //

### [1.19.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.35)

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dvikhaṃḍaṃ sthāvaraṃ liṃgaṃ kartavyaṃ parayā mudā //  
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akhaṃḍe tu care pūjāsampūrṇaphaladāyinī //

### [1.19.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.36)

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dvikhaṃḍe tu care pūjāmahāhānipradā smṛtā //  
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akhaṃḍe sthāvare pūjā na kāmaphaladāyinī //

### [1.19.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.37)

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pratyavāyakarīnityamityuktaṃśāstravedibhiḥ //

### [1.19.37.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.37.p1)

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṃḍe pārthivaśivaliṃgapūjanamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāmaikonaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

### [1.19.37.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.19.37.p2)

Chapter 20  
sūta uvāca  
atha vaidikabhaktānāṃ pārthivārcāṃ nigadyate //

## Other recensions (2)

- [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.1.19.1) — Sanskrit
- [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.1.19.1) — Sanskrit

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