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# Shivapurana 1.25

Śivapurāṇa 1.25

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.25.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43) — 76 parts
- [1.25.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.95) — 7 parts

### [1.25.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.1)

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śṛṇurudrākṣamāhātmyaṃ samāsātkathayāmyaham //  
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śivapriyatamojñeyo rudrākṣaḥ parapāvanaḥ //

### [1.25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.2)

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darśanātsparśanājjāpyātsarvapāpaharaḥsmṛtaḥ //  
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purārudrākṣamahimādevyagrekathitomune //

### [1.25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.3)

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lokopakaraṇārthāyaśivena paramātmanā //  
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śiva uvāca  
śṛṇudevimaheśānirudrākṣamahimāśive //

### [1.25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.4)

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kathayāmitavaprītyābhaktānāṃhitakāmyayā //  
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divyavarṣasahasrāṇi maheśānipunaḥpurā //

### [1.25.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.5)

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tapaḥprakurvatastrastaṃmanaḥ saṃyamyavai mama //  
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svataṃtreṇa pareśena lokopakṛtikāriṇā //

### [1.25.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.6)

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līlayāparameśāni cakṣurunmīlitaṃmayā //  
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puṭābhyāṃcārucakṣurbhyāṃpatitājalabiṃdavaḥ //

### [1.25.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.7)

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tatrāśrubindavojātāvṛkṣārudrākṣasaṃjñakāḥ //  
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sthāvaratvamanuprāpyabhaktānugrahakāraṇāt //

### [1.25.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.8)

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te dattāviṣṇubhaktebhyaścaturvarṇebhya eva ca //  
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bhūmaugauṃḍodbhavāṃścakrerudrākṣāñchivavallabhān //

### [1.25.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.9)

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mathurāyāmayodhyāyālaṃkāyāṃmalaye tathā //  
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sahyādraucatathākāśyāṃdaśeṣvanyeṣuvātathā //

### [1.25.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.10)

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parānasahyapāpaughabhedanāñchrutinodanāt //  
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brāhmaṇāḥkṣatriyāvaiśyāḥśūdrājātāmamājñayā //

### [1.25.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.11)

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rudrākṣāstepṛthivyāṃtutajjātīyāḥ śubhākṣakāḥ //  
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śvetaraktāḥ pītakṛṣṇāvarṇājñeyāḥ kramādbudhaiḥ //

### [1.25.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.12)

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svajātīyaṃnṛbhirdhāryaṃ rudrākṣaṃvarṇataḥ kramāt //  
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varṇaistutatphalaṃdhāryaṃbhuktimuktiphalepsubhiḥ //

### [1.25.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.13)

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śivabhaktairviśeṣeṇaśivayoḥ prītayesadā //  
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dhātrīphalapramāṇaṃyacchreṣṭhametadudāhṛtam //

### [1.25.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.14)

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badarīphalamātraṃtumadhyamaṃsaṃprakīrtitam //  
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adhamaṃcaṇamātraṃsyātprakriyaiṣāparocyate //

### [1.25.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.15)

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śṛṇupārvatisuprītyābhaktānāṃhitakāmyayā //  
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badarīphalamātraṃcayatsyātkilamaheśvari //

### [1.25.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.16)

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tathāpiphaladaṃlokesukhasaubhāgyavardhanam //  
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dhātrīphalasamaṃyatsyātsarvāriṣṭavināśanam //

### [1.25.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.17)

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guṃjayāsadṛśaṃyatsyātsarvārthaphalasādhanam //  
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yathāyathālaghuḥsyādvaitathādhikaphalapradam //

### [1.25.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.18)

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ekaikataḥphalaṃproktaṃdaśāṃśairadhikaṃbudhaiḥ //  
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rudrākṣadhāraṇaṃproktaṃpāpanāśanahetave //

### [1.25.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.19)

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tasmāccadhāraṇīyovaisarvārthasādhanodhruvam //  
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yathācadṛśyatelokerudrākṣaphaladaḥ śubhaḥ //

### [1.25.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.20)

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natathādṛśyate 'nyācamālikāparameśvari //  
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samāḥsnigdhādṛḍhāḥsthūlāḥkaṃṭakaiḥsaṃyutāḥśubhāḥ //

### [1.25.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.21)

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rudrākṣāḥkāmadādevibhuktimuktipradāḥ sadā //  
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krimiduṣṭaṃchinnabhinnaṃkaṃṭakairhīnamevaca //

### [1.25.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.22)

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vraṇayuktamavṛttaṃcarudrākṣānṣaḍvivarjayet //  
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svayamevakṛtadvāraṃrudrākṣaṃsyadihottamam //

### [1.25.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.23)

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yattupauruṣayatnenakṛtaṃtanmadhyamaṃbhavet //  
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rudrākṣadhāraṇaṃprāptaṃmahāpātakanāśanam //

### [1.25.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.24)

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rudrasaṃkhyāśataṃdhṛtvarudrarūpobhavennaraḥ //  
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ekādaśaśatānīhadhṛtvāyatphalamāpyate //

### [1.25.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.25)

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tatphalaṃśakyatenaiva vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi //  
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śatārdhenayuteḥ pañcaśatairvai mukuṭaṃ matam //

### [1.25.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.26)

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rudrākṣairviracetsamyagbhaktimānpuruṣo varaḥ //  
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tribhiḥ śataiḥ ṣaṣṭiyuktaistrirāvṛttyā tathā punaḥ //

### [1.25.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.27)

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rudrākṣairupavītaṃ va nirmīyādbhaktitatparaḥ //  
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śikhāyāṃcatrayaṃproktaṃrudrakṣāṇāṃ maheśvari //

### [1.25.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.28)

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karṇayoḥ ṣaṭ ca ṣaṭcaivavāmadakṣiṇayostathā //  
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śatamekottaraṃkaṃṭhebāhvorvairudrasaṃkhyayā //

### [1.25.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.29)

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kūrparadvārayostatramaṇibaṃdhetathāpunaḥ //  
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upavītetrayaṃdhāryaṃśivabhaktiratairnaraiḥ //

### [1.25.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.30)

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śeṣānurvaritānpañcasammitāndhārayetkaṭau //  
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etatsaṃkhyādhṛtāyenarudrākṣāḥ parameśvari //

### [1.25.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.31)

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tadrūpaṃ tu praṇamyaṃhistutyaṃsarvairmaheśavat //  
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evaṃbhūtaṃsthitaṃdhyāneyadākṛtvāsanairjanam //

### [1.25.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.32)

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śivetivyāharaṃścaivadṛṣṭvāpāpaiḥ pramucyate //  
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śatādikasahasrasyavidhireṣaprakīrtitaḥ //

### [1.25.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.33)

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tadabhāveprakāronyaḥ śubhaḥ saṃprocyatemayā //  
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śikhāyāmekarudrākṣaṃśirasātriṃśataṃvahet //

### [1.25.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.34)

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pañcāśaccagaledadhyādbāhvoḥ ṣoḍaśaṣoḍaśa //  
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maṇibaṃdhe dvādaśadviskaṃdhe pañcaśataṃvahet //

### [1.25.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.35)

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aṣṭottaraśatairmālyamupavītaṃprakalpayet //  
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evaṃsahasrarudrākṣāndhārayedyodṛḍhavrataḥ //

### [1.25.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.36)

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taṃnamaṃtisurāḥsarveyathārudrastathaiva saḥ //  
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ekaṃśikhāyāṃrudrākṣaṃcatvāriṃśattumastake //

### [1.25.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.37)

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dvātriṃśatkaṇṭhadeśetuvakṣasyaṣṭottaraṃśatam //  
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ekaikaṃkarṇayoḥ ṣaṭṣaḍbāhvoḥṣoḍaśaṣoḍaśa //

### [1.25.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.38)

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karayoravimānenadviguṇenamunīśvara //  
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saṃkhyāprītirdhṛyāyenasopiśaivajanaḥparaḥ //

### [1.25.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.39)

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śivavatpūjanīyohivaṃdyassarvairabhīkṣṇaśaḥ //  
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śirasīśānamaṃtreṇakarṇetatpuruṣeṇa ca //

### [1.25.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.40)

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aghoreṇagaledhāryaṃtenaivahṛdayepi ca //  
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aghorabījamaṃtreṇa karayordhārayetsudhīḥ //

### [1.25.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.41)

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pañcadaśākṣagrathitāṃvāmadevenacodare //  
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pañcabrahmabhiraṃgaścatrimālāṃ pañcasapta ca //

### [1.25.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.42)

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athavāmūlamaṃtreṇa sarvānakṣāṃstudhārayet //  
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madyaṃmāṃsaṃtulaśunaṃpalāṇḍuṃśigrumeva ca //

### [1.25.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43)

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śleṣmāṃtakaṃ viḍvarāhaṃbhakṣaṇe varjayettataḥ //  
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valakṣaṃrudrākṣaṃdvijatanubhirevehavihitaṃsuraktaṃkṣatrāṇāṃpramuditamumepītamasakṛt //

### [1.25.43.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p1)

chinnaṃ khaṃḍitaṃ bhinnaṃ vidīrṇa

### [1.25.43.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p2)

tatovaiśyairdhāyapratidivasabhāvaśyakamahotathākṛṣṇaṃśūdraiḥśrutigaditamārgoyamagaje //

### [1.25.43.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p3)

varṇīvanīgṛhayatīrniyamenadadhyādetadrahasyaparamonahijātutiṣṭhet //

### [1.25.43.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p4)

rudrākṣadhāraṇamidaṃsukṛtaiścalabhyaṃtyaktvedametadakhilānnarakānprayāṃti //

### [1.25.43.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p5)

ādāvāmalakātsvato laghutarā rugṇāstataḥkaṃṭakaiḥsaṃdaṣṭāḥkrimibhistanūpakaraṇacchidreṇa hīnāstathā //

### [1.25.43.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p6)

dhāryānaiva śubhepsubhiścaṇakavadrudrākṣamapyaṃtatorudrākṣomamaliṃgamaṃgalamumesūkṣmaṃpraśastaṃsadā //

### [1.25.43.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p7)

sarvāśramāṇāṃvarṇānāṃstrīśūdraṇāṃśivājñayā //

### [1.25.43.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p8)

dhāryāḥ sadaivarudrākṣāyatīnāṃ praṇavena hi //

### [1.25.43.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p9)

divābibhradrātrikṛtairātrauvibhraddivākṛtaiḥ //

### [1.25.43.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p10)

prātarmadhyāhnasāyāhnemucyatesarvapātakaiḥ //

### [1.25.43.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p11)

ye tripuṇḍra dharāloke jaṭādhāriṇa eva ye //

### [1.25.43.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p12)

ye rudrākṣadharāstevaiyamalokaṃprayāṃtina //

### [1.25.43.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p13)

rudrākṣamekaṃśirasābibhartitathātripuṇḍraṃcalalāṭamadhye //

### [1.25.43.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p14)

pañcākṣaraṃyehijapaṃtimaṃtraṃpūjyābhavadbhiḥ khalutehisādhavaḥ //

### [1.25.43.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p15)

yasyāṅgenāstirudrākṣastripuṇḍraṃbhālapaṭṭake //

### [1.25.43.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p16)

mukhepañcākṣaraṃnāstitamānayayamālayam //

### [1.25.43.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p17)

jñātvājñātvātatprabhāvaṃbhasmarudrākṣadhāriṇaḥ //

### [1.25.43.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p18)

tepūjyāḥ sarvadāsmākaṃnonetavyāḥ kadācana //

### [1.25.43.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p19)

evamājñāpayāmāsakālopinijakiṅkarān //

### [1.25.43.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p20)

tathetimattvātesarvetūṣṇīmāsansuvismitāḥ //

### [1.25.43.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p21)

ata evamahādevirudrākṣotyaghanāśanaḥ //

### [1.25.43.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p22)

taddharomatpriyaḥ śuddho 'tyaghavānapipārvati //

### [1.25.43.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p23)

hastebāhautathāmūrdhnirudrākṣaṃdhārayettuyaḥ //

### [1.25.43.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p24)

avadhyaḥsarvabhūtānāṃrudrarūpīcaredbhuvi //

### [1.25.43.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p25)

surāsurāṇāṃsarveṣāṃ vaṃdanīyaḥsadāsavai //

### [1.25.43.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p26)

pūjanīyo hi dṛṣṭasyapāpahācayathāśivaḥ //

### [1.25.43.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p27)

dhyānajñānāvamuktopirudrākṣaṃdhārayettuyaḥ //

### [1.25.43.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p28)

sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥsayātiparamāṃgatim //

### [1.25.43.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p29)

rudrākṣeṇajapanmantraṃ puṇyaṃkoṭi guṇaṃ bhavet //

### [1.25.43.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p30)

daśakoṭiguṇaṃpuṇyaṃdhāraṇāllabhate naraḥ //

### [1.25.43.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p31)

yāvatkālaṃhijīvasyaśarīrasthobhavetsavai //

### [1.25.43.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p32)

tāvatkālaṃsvalpamṛtyurnataṃdevibādhate //

### [1.25.43.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p33)

tripuṃḍreṇacasaṃyuktaṃrudrākṣāvilasāṃgakam //

### [1.25.43.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p34)

mṛtyuṃjayaṃjapaṃtaṃcadṛṣṭvārudraphalaṃlabhet //

### [1.25.43.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p35)

pañcadevapriyaścaivasarvadevapriyastathā //

### [1.25.43.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p36)

sarvamantrāñjapedbhaktorudrākṣamālayāpriye //

### [1.25.43.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p37)

viṣṇvādidevabhaktāścadhārayeyurnasaṃśayaḥ //

### [1.25.43.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p38)

rudrabhakto viśeṣeṇarudrākṣāndhārayetsadā //

### [1.25.43.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p39)

rudrākṣāvividhāḥproktāsteṣāṃ bhedānvadāmyaham //

### [1.25.43.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p40)

śṛṇupārvati sadbhaktyā bhuktimuktiphalapradān //

### [1.25.43.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p41)

ekavaktraḥ śivaḥ sākṣādbhuktimuktiphalapradaḥ //

### [1.25.43.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p42)

tasyadarśanamātreṇabrahmahatyāvyapohati //

### [1.25.43.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p43)

yatrasaṃpūjitastatralakṣmīrdūratarā nahi //

### [1.25.43.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p44)

naśyaṃtyupadravāḥsarvesarvakāmābhavaṃtihi //

### [1.25.43.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p45)

dvivaktrodevadeveśassarvakāmaphalapradaḥ //

### [1.25.43.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p46)

viśeṣataḥ sarudrākṣogovadhaṃnāśayeddrutam //

### [1.25.43.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p47)

trivaktroyohirudrākṣaḥ sākṣātsādhanadassadā //

### [1.25.43.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p48)

tatprabhāvādbhaveyurvaividyāḥ sarvāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ //

### [1.25.43.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p49)

caturvaktraḥ svayaṃbrahmānarahatyāṃvyapohati //

### [1.25.43.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p50)

darśanātsparśanātsadyaścaturvargaphalapradaḥ //

### [1.25.43.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p51)

pañcavaktraḥ svayaṃrudraḥ kālāgnirnāmataḥ prabhuḥ //

### [1.25.43.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p52)

sarvamuktipradaścaivasarvakāmaphalapradaḥ //

### [1.25.43.p53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p53)

agamyāgamanaṃpāpamabhakṣyasya ca bhakṣaṇam //

### [1.25.43.p54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p54)

ityādi sarvapāpāni pañcavaktrovyapohati //

### [1.25.43.p55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p55)

ṣaḍvaktraḥkārtikeyastudhāraṇāddakṣiṇebhuje //

### [1.25.43.p56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p56)

brahmahatyādikaiḥ pāpairmucyatenātra saṃśayaḥ //

### [1.25.43.p57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p57)

saptavaktromaheśāni hyanaṃgonāmanāmataḥ //

### [1.25.43.p58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p58)

dhāraṇāttasya deveśidaridropīśvarobhavet //

### [1.25.43.p59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p59)

rudrākṣaścāṣṭavaktraśca vasumūrtiśca bhairavaḥ //

### [1.25.43.p60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p60)

dhāraṇāttasya pūrṇāyurmṛto bhavati śūlabhṛt //

### [1.25.43.p61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p61)

bhairavonavavaktraśca kapilaścamuniḥsmṛtaḥ //

### [1.25.43.p62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p62)

durgāvātadadhiṣṭhātrī navarūpāmaheśvarī //

### [1.25.43.p63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p63)

taṃ dhārayedvāmahaste rudrākṣaṃbhaktitatparaḥ //

### [1.25.43.p64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p64)

sarveśvarobhavennūnaṃmama tulyo na saṃśayaḥ //

### [1.25.43.p65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p65)

daśavaktro maheśāni svayaṃ devo janārdanaḥ //

### [1.25.43.p66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p66)

dhāraṇāttasya deveśi sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt //

### [1.25.43.p67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p67)

ekādaśamukhoyasturudrākṣaḥparameśvari //

### [1.25.43.p68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p68)

sarudrodhāraṇāttasyasarvatravijayībhavet //

### [1.25.43.p69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p69)

dvādaśāsyaṃ tu rudrākṣaṃ dhārayetkeśadeśake //

### [1.25.43.p70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p70)

ādityāścaiva te sarvedvādaśaiva sthitāstathā //

### [1.25.43.p71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p71)

trayodaśamukho viśvedevastaddhāraṇānnaraḥ //

### [1.25.43.p72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p72)

sarvānkāmānavāpnoti saubhāgyaṃ maṃgalaṃlabhet //

### [1.25.43.p73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p73)

caturdaśamukho yo hi rudrākṣaḥ paramaḥśivaḥ //

### [1.25.43.p74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p74)

dhārayenmūrdhni taṃ bhaktyāsarvapāpaṃ praṇaśyati //

### [1.25.43.p75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p75)

itirudrākṣabhedā hi proktāvaimukhabhedataḥ //

### [1.25.43.p76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.43.p76)

tattanmaṃtrāñchṛṇu prītyā kramācchailleśvarātmaje //

### [1.25\_2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25_2)

81cd/

### [1.25.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.p1)

aṃ hrīnamaḥ 1 aṃnamaḥ 2 aṃklīṃnamaḥ 3 aṃhrīṃnamaḥ 4 aṃhrīṃnamaḥ 5 aṃhrīṃ huṃ namaḥ 6 aṃhuṃnamaḥ 7 aṃhuṃnamaḥ 8 aṃhrīṃhuṃnamaḥ 9 aṃhrīṃnamaḥ namaḥ 10 aṃhrīṃhuṃnamaḥ 11 aṃkroṃ kṣauṃ rauṃ namaḥ 12 aṃhrīṃnamaḥ 13 aṃnama 14  
bhaktiśraddhāyutaścaiva sarvakāmārthasiddhaye //

### [1.25.82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.82)

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rudrākṣāndhārayenmaṃtrairdevanālasya varjitaḥ //  
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vinā maṃtreṇa ho dhatte rudrākṣaṃ bhuvimānavaḥ //

### [1.25.83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.83)

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sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ yāvadindrāścaturdaśa //  
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rudrākṣamālinaṃdṛṣṭvā bhūtapretapiśācakāḥ //

### [1.25.84](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.84)

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ḍākinīśākinī caiva ye cānye drohakārakāḥ //  
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kṛtrimaṃ caiva yatkiṃcidabhicārādikaṃcayāt //

### [1.25.85](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.85)

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tatsarvaṃdūratoyātidṛṣṭvā śaṃkitavigraham //  
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rudrākṣamālinaṃ dṛṣṭvā śivo viṣṇuḥ prasīdati //

### [1.25.86](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.86)

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devīgaṇapatissūryaḥsurāścānyepipārvati //  
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evaṃjñātvātumāhātmyaṃrudrākṣasyamaheśvari //

### [1.25.87](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.87)

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samyagdhāryāssamaṃtrāścabhaktyādharmavivṛddhaye //  
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ityuktaṃgirijāgrehiśivenaparamātmanā //

### [1.25.88](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.88)

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bhasmarūdrākṣamāhātmyaṃ bhuktimuktiphalapradam //  
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śivasyātipriyaujñeyau bhasmarudrākṣadhāriṇau //

### [1.25.89](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.89)

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taddhāraṇaprabhāvaddhi bhuktirmuktirna saṃśayaḥ //  
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bhasmarudrākṣadhārī yaḥ śivabhaktassa ucyate //

### [1.25.90](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.90)

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pañcākṣarajapāsaktaḥ paripūrṇaścasanmukhe //  
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vinābhasmatripuṃḍreṇavinārudrākṣamālayā //

### [1.25.91](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.91)

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pūjitopimahādevonābhīṣṭaphaladāyakaḥ //  
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tatsarvaṃ ca samākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭaṃhimunīśvara //

### [1.25.92](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.92)

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bhasmarudrākṣamāhātmyaṃ sarvakāmasamṛddhidam //  
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etadyaḥśṛṇuyānnityaṃmāhātmyaparamaṃśubham //

### [1.25.93](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.93)

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rudrākṣabhasmanorbhaktyāsarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt //  
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iha sarvasukhaṃ bhuktvā putrapautrādisaṃyutaḥ //

### [1.25.94](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.94)

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labhetparatra sanmokṣaṃ śivasyātipriyo bhavet //  
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vidyeśvarasaṃhiteyaṃ kathitā vo munīśvarāḥ //

### [1.25.95](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.95)

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sarvasiddhipradā nityaṃmuktidā śivaśāsanāt //

### [1.25.95.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.95.p1)

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe prathamāyāṃ vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṇḍe rudrākṣamahātmyavarṇanonāma pañcaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

### [1.25.95.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.95.p2)

vāyavīyasaṃhitā

### [1.25.95.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.95.p3)

atha śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamī vāyavīyasaṃhitā prārabhyate ||

### [1.25.95.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.95.p4)

śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||

### [1.25.95.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.95.p5)

śrīgaurīśaṃkarābhyāṃ namaḥ ||

### [1.25.95.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.95.p6)

atha saptamī vāyavīyasaṃhitā prārabhyate ||

### [1.25.95.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.25.95.p7)

Chapter 1  
vyāsa uvāca  
namaśśivāya somāya sagaṇāya sasūnave //

## Other recensions (2)

- [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.1.25.1) — Sanskrit
- [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.1.25.1) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Gaṇeśapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.surya.ganesa.1.18.44) — Sanskrit
- [A History of Indian Literature](https://indike.org/pramana/ins.literature.winternitz-1927.v1.c9.s15.223) — M. Winternitz, English

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