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[1.23.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.5) / uddhṛtañcakulaṃteṣāṃyeśivaṃsamupāsate // / mukheyasyaśivanāmasadāśivaśivetica // ### [1.23.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.6) / pāpāninaspṛśaṃtyevakhadirāṃgāraṃkayathā // / śrīśivāyanamastubhyaṃmukhaṃvyāharateyadā // ### [1.23.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.7) / tanmukhaṃpāvanaṃtīrthaṃsarvapāpavināśanam // / tanmukhañcatathāyovaipaśyatiprītimānnaraḥ // ### [1.23.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.8) / tīrthajanyaṃphalaṃtasyabhavatītisuniścitam // / yatratrayaṃsadātiṣṭhedetacchubhataraṃdvijā // ### [1.23.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.9) / tasyadarśanamātreṇaveṇīsnānaphalaṃlabhet // / śivanāmavibhūtiścatathārudrākṣa eva ca // ### [1.23.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.10) / etattrayaṃmahāpuṇyaṃtriveṇīsadṛśaṃsmṛtam // / etattrayaṃśarīrecayasyatiṣṭhatinityaśaḥ // ### [1.23.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.11) / tasyaivadarśanaṃlokedurlabhaṃpāpahārakam // / taddarśanaṃyathāveṇīnobhayoraṃtaraṃmanāk // ### [1.23.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.12) / evaṃyonavijānātisapāpiṣṭhonasaṃśayaḥ // / vibhūtiryasyanobhālenāṃgerudrākṣadhāraṇam // ### [1.23.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.13) / nāsye śivamayīvāṇītaṃtyajedadhamaṃyathā // / śaivaṃnāmayathāgaṃgāvibhūtiryamunāmatā // ### [1.23.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.14) / rudrākṣaṃ vidhijāproktāsarvapāpāvināśinī // / śarīrecatrayaṃyasyatatphalaṃcaikataḥsthitam // ### [1.23.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.15) / ekatoveṇikāyāścasnānajaṃtuphalaṃbudhaiḥ // / tadevaṃtulitaṃpūrvaṃbrahmaṇāhitakāriṇā // ### [1.23.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.16) / samānaṃ caivatajjātaṃtasmāddhāryaṃsadābudhaiḥ // / taddinaṃhisamārabhyabrahmaviṣṇvādibhiḥsaraiḥ // ### [1.23.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.17) / dhāryate tritayaṃtaccadarśanātpāpahārakam // / ṛṣya ūcuḥ īdṛśaṃhiphalaṃproktaṃnāmāditritayodbhavam // ### [1.23.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.18) / tanmāhātmyaṃviśeṣeṇavaktumarhasisuvrata // / sūta uvāca ṛṣayohimahāprājñāḥ sacchaivājñānināṃmarāḥ // ### [1.23.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.19) / tanmāhātmyaṃhisadbhaktyāśṛṇutādaratodvijāḥ // / sugūḍhamapi śāstreṣupurāṇeśrutiṣvapi // ### [1.23.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.20) / bhavatsnehānmayā viprāḥprakāśaḥ kriyate 'dhunā // / kastattritayamāhātmyaṃsaṃjānātidvijottamāḥ // ### [1.23.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.21) / maheśvaraṃvināsarvaṃbrahmāṇḍesadasatparam // / vacmyahaṃnāmamāhātmyaṃyathābhaktisamāsataḥ // ### [1.23.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.22) / śṛṇutaprītitoviprāḥ sarvapāpaharaṃparam // / śivetināmadāvāgnermahāpātakaparvatāḥ // ### [1.23.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.23) / bhasmībhavaṃtyanāyāsātsatyaṃsatyaṃnasaṃśayaḥ // / pāpamūlāni duḥkhānivividhānyapiśaunaka // ### [1.23.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.24) / śivanāmaikanaśyāninānyanaśyānisarvathā // / savaidikaḥ sapuṇyātmāsadhanyassabudhomataḥ // ### [1.23.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.25) / śivanāmajapāsaktoyonityaṃbhuvimānava // / bhavaṃtivividhādharmāsteṣāṃsadyaḥphalonmukhāḥ // ### [1.23.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.26) / yeṣāṃbhavativiśvāsaḥśivanāmajapemune // / pātakānivinaśyaṃtiyāvaṃtiśivanāmataḥ // ### [1.23.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.27) / bhuvitāvaṃtipāpānikriyaṃtenanarairmune // / brahmahatyādipāpānāṃrāśīnapramitānmune // ### [1.23.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.28) / śivanāmadrutaṃproktaṃnāśayatyakhilānnaraiḥ // / śivanāmatarīṃprāpyasaṃsārābdhiṃtaraṃtiye // ### [1.23.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.29) / saṃsāramūlapāpānitāninaśyaṃtyasaṃśayam // / saṃsāramūlabhūtānāṃpātakānāṃmahāmune // ### [1.23.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.30) / śivanāmakuṭhāreṇavināśojāyatedhruvam // / śivanāmāmṛtaṃpeyaṃpāpadāvānalārditaiḥ // ### [1.23.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.31) / pāpadāvāgnitaptānāṃśāṃtistenavinānahi // / śivetināmapīyūṣavarṣavarṣadhārāpariplutāḥ // ### [1.23.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.32) / saṃsāradavamadhyepinaśocaṃtikadācana // / śivanāmnimahadbhaktirjātāyeṣāṃmahātmanām // ### [1.23.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.33) / tadvidhānāṃtusahasāmuktirbhavatisarvathā // / anekajanmabhiryenatapastaptaṃmunīśvara // ### [1.23.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.34) / śivanāmnibhavedbhaktiḥsarvapāpāpahāriṇī // / yasyā sādhāraṇaṃ śaṃbhunāmnibhaktirakhaṃḍitā // ### [1.23.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.35) / tasyaivamokṣaḥ sulabhonānyasyetimatirmama // / kṛtvāpyanekapāpāniśivanāmajapādaraḥ // ### [1.23.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.36) / sarvapāpavinirmuktobhavatyevanasaṃśayaḥ // / bhavaṃtibhasmasādvṛkṣādavadagdhāyathāvane // ### [1.23.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.37) / tathātāvaṃtidagdhānipāpāniśivanāmataḥ // / yonityaṃbhasmapūtāṃgaḥ śivanāmajapādaraḥ // ### [1.23.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.38) / saṃtaratyevasaṃsāraṃsaghoramapiśaunaka // / brahmasvaharaṇaṃkṛtvāhatvāpibrāhmaṇānbahūn // ### [1.23.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.39) / nalipyatenaraḥ pāpaiḥśivanāmajapādaraḥ // / vilokyavedānakhilāñchivanāmajapaḥparam // ### [1.23.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.40) / saṃsāratāraṇopāya itipūrvairviniścitaḥ // / kiṃbahūktyāmuniśreṣṭhāḥ ślokenaikenavacmyaham // ### [1.23.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.41) / śivanāmnomahimānaṃsarvapāpāpahāriṇam // / pāpānāṃharaṇeśaṃbhornāmaḥ śaktirhipāvanī // ### [1.23.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.42) / śaknotipātakaṃtāvatkartuṃnāpinaraḥ kvacit // / śivanāmaprabhāveṇalebhesadgatimuttamām // ### [1.23.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.43) / indradyumnanṛpaḥpūrvaṃmahāpāpaḥ purāmune // / tathākāciddvijāyoṣāsaumunebahupāpinī // ### [1.23.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.44) / śivanāmaprabhāveṇalebhesadgatimuttamām // / ityuktaṃvodvijaśreṣṭhānāmamāhātmyamuttamam // ### [1.23.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.45) / śṛṇudhvaṃbhasmamāhātmyaṃsarvapāvanapāvanam // ### [1.23.45.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.45.p1) iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṃḍeśivanamamāhātmyavarṇanonāmatrayoviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ### [1.23.45.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.23.45.p2) Chapter 24 sūta uvāca dvividhaṃbhasmasaṃproktaṃsarvamaṃgaladaṃparam // ## Other recensions (1) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.1.23.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: 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