[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Shivapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva) › 1.21 # Shivapurana 1.21 Śivapurāṇa 1.21 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.21.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.56) — 2 parts ### [1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21) 1ab/ samyaguktaṃtvayātātapārthivārcāvidhānakam // ### [1.21.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.1) / kāmanābhedamāśrityasaṃkhyāṃbrūhividhānataḥ // ### [1.21.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.2) / śivapārthivaliṃgānāṃ kṛpayādīnavatsala // / sūta uvāca śṛṇudhvamṛṣayaḥ sarvepārthivārcāvidhānakam // ### [1.21.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.3) / yasyānuṣṭhānamātreṇakṛtakṛtyobhavennaraḥ // / akṛtvā pārthivaṃ liṃgaṃ yonyadevaṃprapūjayet // ### [1.21.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.4) / vṛthābhavatisāpūjādamadānādikaṃvṛthā // / saṃkhyāpārthivaliṃgānāṃyathākāmaṃnigadyate // ### [1.21.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.5) / saṃkhyāsadyomuniśreṣṭhaniścayenaphalapradā // / prathamāvāhanaṃtatrapratiṣṭhāpūjanaṃpṛthak // ### [1.21.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.6) / liṃgākāraṃsamaṃtatrasarvaṃjñeyaṃpṛthakpṛthak // / vidyārthīpuruṣaḥprītyāsahasramitapārthivam // ### [1.21.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.7) / pūjayecchivaliṃgaṃhiniścayāttatphalapradam // / naraḥpārthivaliṃgānāṃdhanārthīcatadardhakam // ### [1.21.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.8) / putrārthīsārdhasāhasraṃvastrārthīśatapañcakram // / mokṣārthīkoṭiguṇitaṃbhūkāmaścasahasrakam // ### [1.21.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.9) / dayārthīcatrisāhasraṃtīrthārthīdvisahasrakam // / suhṛtkāmītrisāhasraṃvaśyārthīśatamaṣṭakam // ### [1.21.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.10) / māraṇārthīsaptaśataṃmohanārthīśatāṣṭakam // / uccāṭanaparaścaivasahasraṃcayathoktataḥ // ### [1.21.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.11) / staṃbhanārthīsahasraṃtudveṣaṇārthī tadardhakam // / nigaḍānmuktikāmastusahasraṃsardhamuttamam // ### [1.21.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.12) / mahārājabhayepañcaśataṃjñeyaṃvicakṣaṇaiḥ // / caurādisaṃkaṭejñeyaṃpārthivānāṃśatadvayam // ### [1.21.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.13) / ḍākinyādibhayepañcaśatamuktaṃjapārthivam // / dāridryepañcasāhasramayutaṃsarvakāmadam // ### [1.21.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.14) / athanityavidhiṃvakṣyeśṛṇudhvaṃmunisattamāḥ // / ekaṃpāpaharaṃproktaṃdviliṃgaṃcārthasiddhidam // ### [1.21.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.15) / triliṃgaṃsarvakāmānāṃkāraṇaṃparamīritam // / uttarottaramevaṃsyātpūrvoktagaṇānāvidhi // ### [1.21.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.16) / matāṃtaramathovakṣyesaṃkhyāyāṃmunibhedataḥ // / liṃgānāmayutaṃkṛtvāpārthivānāṃsubuddhimān // ### [1.21.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.17) / nirbhayohibhavennūnaṃmahārājabhayaṃharet // / kārāgṛhādimuktyarthamayutaṃkārayedbudhaḥ // ### [1.21.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.18) / ḍākinyādibhayesaptasahasraṃkārayettathā // / sahasrāṇipañcapañcāśadaputraḥprakārayet // ### [1.21.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.19) / liṃgānāmayutenaivakanyakāsaṃtatiṃlabhet // / liṃgānāmayutenaivaviṣṇvādaiśvaryamāpnuyāt // ### [1.21.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.20) / liṃgānāṃprayutenaivahyatulāṃśriyamāpnuyāt // / koṭimekāṃtuliṃgānāṃ yaḥ karotinarobhuvi // ### [1.21.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.21) / śiva evabhavetsopinātrakāryā vicāraṇā // / arcā pārthivaliṃgānāṃ koṭiyajñaphalapradā // ### [1.21.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.22) / bhuktidāmuktidānityaṃtataḥkāmarthināṃnṛṇām // / vināliṃgārcanaṃ yasya kālogacchati nityaśaḥ // ### [1.21.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.23) / mahāhānirbhavettasyadurvṛttasyadurātmanaḥ // / ekataḥ sarvadānāni vratāni vividhāni ca // ### [1.21.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.24) / tīrthāniniyamāyajñāliṃgārcācaikataḥ smṛtā // / kalauliṃgārcanaṃśreṣṭhaṃtathālokepradṛśyate // ### [1.21.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.25) / tathānāstīti śāstrāṇāmeṣa siddhāntaniścayaḥ // / bhuktimuktipradaṃliṃgaṃ vividhāpannivāraṇam // ### [1.21.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.26) / pūjayitvānaronityaṃ śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt // / śivānāmamayaṃ liṃgaṃnityaṃ pūjyaṃ maharṣibhiḥ // ### [1.21.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.27) / yataśca sarvaliṃgeṣu tasmātpūjyaṃvidhānataḥ // / uttamaṃ madhyamaṃ nīcaṃ trividhaṃ liṃgamīritam // ### [1.21.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.28) / mānato muniśārdūlāstacchṛṇudhvaṃ vadāmyaham // / caturaṃgulamucchrāyaṃramyaṃvedikayāyutam // ### [1.21.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.29) / uttamaṃliṃgamākhyātaṃmunibhiḥśāstrakovidaiḥ // / tadardhaṃmadhyamaṃproktaṃtadardhamaghamaṃsmṛtam // ### [1.21.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.30) / itthaṃtrividhamākhyātamuttarottarataḥparam // / anekaliṃgaṃyonityaṃbhaktiśraddhāsamanvitaḥ // ### [1.21.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.31) / pūjayetsalabhetkāmānmanasā mānasepsitān // / naliṃgārādhanādanyatpuṇyaṃvedacatuṣṭaye // ### [1.21.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.32) / vidyatesarvaśāstrāṇāmeṣa evaviniścayaḥ // / sarvametatparityajyakarmajālamaśeṣataḥ // ### [1.21.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.33) / bhaktyāparamayā vidvāṃlliṃgamekaṃprapūjayet // / liṃgercitercitaṃsarvaṃjagatsthāvarajaṃgamam // ### [1.21.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.34) / saṃsārāṃbudhimagnānāṃnānyattāraṇasādhanam // / ajñānatimirāṃdhānāṃviṣayāsaktacetasām // ### [1.21.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.35) / plavonānyostijagatiliṃgārādhanamaṃtarā // / haribrahmādayodevāmunayoyakṣarākṣasāḥ // ### [1.21.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.36) / gaṃdharvāścaraṇāssiddhādaiteyādānavāstathā // / nāgāḥśeṣaprabhṛtayogaruḍādyāḥkhagāstathā // ### [1.21.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.37) / saprajāpatayaścānyemanavaḥkinnarānarāḥ // / pūjayitvāmahābhaktyāliṃgaṃsarvārthasiddhidam // ### [1.21.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.38) / prāptāḥkāmānabhīṣṭāṃścatāṃstānsarvānhṛdisthitān // / brāhmaṇaḥkṣatriyovaiśyaḥśūdrovāpratilomajaḥ // ### [1.21.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.39) / pūjayetsatataṃliṃgaṃtattanmaṃtreṇasādaram // / kiṃbahūktenamunayaḥstrīṇāmapitathānyataḥ // ### [1.21.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.40) / adhikārostisarveṣāṃśivaliṃgārcanedvijāḥ // / dvijānāṃvaidikenāpimārgeṇārādhanaṃvaram // ### [1.21.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.41) / anyeṣāmapijaṃtūnāṃvaidikenanasaṃmatam // / vaidikānāṃdvijānāṃcapūjāvaidikamārgataḥ // ### [1.21.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.42) / kartavyānānyamārgeṇa ityāhabhagavāñchivaḥ // / dadhīca gautamādīnāṃśāpenādagdhacetasām // ### [1.21.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.43) / dvijānāṃ jāyateśraddhānaiva vaidikakarmaṇi // / yovaidikamanādṛtyakarmasmārtamathāpivā // ### [1.21.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.44) / anyatsamācarenmartyonasaṃkalpaphalaṃlabhet // / itthaṃkṛtvārcanaṃśaṃbhornaivedyāṃtaṃvidhānataḥ // ### [1.21.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.45) / pūjayedaṣṭamūrtīścatatraivatrijaganmayīḥ // / kṣitirāponalovāyurākāśaḥ sūryasomakau // ### [1.21.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.46) / yajamāna iti tvaṣṭaumūrtayaḥparikīrtitāḥ // / śarvobhavaśca rudraśca ugrobhīma itīśvaraḥ // ### [1.21.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.47) / mahādevaḥ paśupatiretānmūrtibhirarcayet // / pūjayetparivāraṃ catataḥśaṃbhoḥsubhaktitaḥ // ### [1.21.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.48) / īśānādikramāttatracaṃdanākṣatapatrakaiḥ // / īśānaṃnandinaṃcaṃḍaṃmahākālaṃcabhṛṃgiṇam // ### [1.21.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.49) / vṛṣaṃskaṃdaṃkapardīśaṃsomaṃśukraṃcatatkramāt // / agratovīrabhadraṃ ca pṛṣṭhekīrtimukhaṃ tathā // ### [1.21.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.50) / tata ekādaśānnudrānpūjayedvidhinātataḥ // / tataḥpañcākṣaraṃ japtvā śatarudriyameva ca // ### [1.21.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.51) / stutīrnānāvidhāḥ kṛtvā pañcāṃgapaṭhanaṃ tathā // / tataḥ pradakṣiṇāṃ kṛtvā natvā liṃgaṃ visarjayet // ### [1.21.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.52) / itiproktamaśeṣaṃ ca śivapūjanamādarāt // / rātrāvudaṅmukhaḥ kuryāddevakāryaṃsadaivahi // ### [1.21.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.53) / śivārcanaṃ sadāpyevaṃśuciḥ kuryādudaṅmukhaḥ // / na prācīmagrataḥ śaṃbhornodīcīṃ śaktisaṃhitān // ### [1.21.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.54) / napratīcīṃyataḥ pṛṣṭhamatogrāhyaṃ samāśrayet // / vinābhasmatripuṃḍreṇa vinā rudrākṣamālayā // ### [1.21.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.55) / bilvapatraṃ vinā naiva pūjayecchaṃkaraṃ budhaḥ // / bhasmāprāptaumuniśreṣṭhāḥ pravṛtte śivapūjane // ### [1.21.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.56) / tasmānmṛdāpi kartavyaṃ lalāṭe ca tripuṇḍrakam // ### [1.21.56.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.56.p1) iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe prathamāyāṃ vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṇḍe pārthivapūjanavarṇanaṃ nāmaikaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ### [1.21.56.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21.56.p2) Chapter 22 ṛṣya ūcuḥ agrāhyaṃ śivanaivedyamiti pūrvaṃ śrutaṃ vacaḥ // ## Other recensions (2) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.1.21.1) — Sanskrit - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.1.21.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Jayasīṃhakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.nibandha.mahanibandha.jayasimhakalpadruma.11.p8.5) — Ratnākara 1688, Sanskrit - [Śabdakalpadruma](https://indike.org/pramana/in.art.kosa.sabdakalpadruma.166.p1.6) — Rājā Sir Rādhākānta Deb, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.21) · Pramāṇa