[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) › 1.2 # Shivapurana 1.2 Śivapurāṇa 1.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.2.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.67) — 2 parts ### [1.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.1) / guruṃ smṛtvā bhavatsnehādvakṣye tacchṛṇutādarāt // / vedāṃtasārasarvasvaṃ purāṇaṃ śaivamuttamam // ### [1.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.2) / sarvāghaughoddhārakaraṃ paratra paramārthadam // / kalikalmaṣavidhvaṃsi yasmiñcchivayaśaḥ param // ### [1.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.3) / vijṛmbhate sadā viprāścaturvargaphalapradam // / tasyādhyayanamātreṇa purāṇasya dvijottamāḥ // ### [1.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.4) / sarvottamasya śaivasya te yāsyaṃti susadgatim // / tāvadvijṛṃbhate pāpaṃ brahmahatyāpurassaram // ### [1.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.5) / yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati jagatyaho // / tāvatkalimahotpātāḥ saṃcariṣyaṃti nirbhayāḥ // ### [1.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.6) / yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati jagatyaho // / tāvatsarvāṇi śāstrāṇi vivadaṃti parasparam // ### [1.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.7) / yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati jagatyaho // / tāvatsvarūpaṃ durbodhaṃ śivasya mahatāmapi // ### [1.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.8) / yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi no deṣyati jagatyaho // / tāvadyamabhaṭāḥ krūrāḥ saṃcariṣyaṃti nirbhayāḥ // ### [1.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.9) / yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati jagatyaho // / tāvatsarvapurāṇāni pragarjaṃti mahītale // ### [1.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.10) / yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati jagatyaho // / tāvatsarvāṇi tīrthāni vivadaṃti mahītale // ### [1.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.11) / yāvachivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati jagatyaho // / tāvatsarvāṇi maṃtrāṇi vivadaṃti mahītale // ### [1.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.12) / yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati mahītale // / tāvatsarvāṇi kṣetrāṇi vivadaṃti mahītale // ### [1.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.13) / yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati mahītale // / tāvatsarvāṇi pīṭhāni vivadaṃti mahītale // ### [1.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.14) / yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati mahītale // / tāvatsarvāṇi dānāni vivadaṃti mahītale // ### [1.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.15) / yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati mahītale // / tāvatsarve ca te devā vivadaṃti mahītale // ### [1.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.16) / yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati mahītale // / tāvatsarve ca siddhāntā vivadaṃti mahītale // ### [1.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.17) / yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati mahītale // / asya śaivapurāṇasya kīrtanaśravaṇāddvijāḥ // ### [1.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.18) / phalaṃ vaktuṃ na śaknomi kārtsnyena munisattamāḥ // / tathāpi tasya māhātmyaṃ vakṣye kiṃcittu vonaghāḥ // ### [1.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.19) / cittamādhāya śṛṇuta vyāsenoktaṃ purā mama // / etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi ślokaṃ ślokārdhameva ca // ### [1.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.20) / yaḥ paṭhedbhaktisaṃyuktassa pāpānmucyate kṣaṇāt // / etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi yaḥ pratyahamataṃdritaḥ // ### [1.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.21) / yathāśakti paṭhedbhaktyā sa jīvanmukta ucyate // / etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi yo bhaktyārcayate sadā // ### [1.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.22) / dine dine 'śvamedhasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam // / etacchivapurāṇaṃ yassādhāraṇapadecchayā // ### [1.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.23) / anyataḥ śṛṇuyātso 'pi matto mucyeta pātakāt // / etacchivapurāṇaṃ yo namaskuryādadūrataḥ // ### [1.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.24) / sarvadevārcanaphalaṃ sa prāpnoti na saṃśayaḥ // / etacchivapurāṇaṃ vai likhitvā pustakaṃ svayam // ### [1.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.25) / yo dadyācchivabhaktebhyastasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu // / adhīteṣu ca śāstreṣu vedeṣu vyākṛteṣu ca // ### [1.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.26) / yatphalaṃ durlabhaṃ loke tatphalaṃ tasya saṃbhavet // / etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi caturdaśyāmupoṣitaḥ // ### [1.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.27) / śivabhaktasabhāyāṃ yo vyākaroti sa uttamaḥ // / pratyakṣaraṃ tu gāyatrīpuraścaryāphalaṃ labhet // ### [1.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.28) / iha bhuktvākhilānkāmānaṃte nirvāṇatāṃ vrajet // / upoṣitaścaturdaśyāṃ rātrau jāgaraṇānvitaḥ // ### [1.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.29) / yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi tasya puṇyaṃ vadāmyaham // / kurukṣetrādinikhilapuṇyatīrtheṣvanekaśaḥ // ### [1.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.30) / ātmatulyadhanaṃ sūryagrahaṇe sarvatomukhe // / viprebhyo vyāsamukhyebhyo dattvāyatphalamaśnute // ### [1.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.31) / tatphalaṃ saṃbhavettasya satyaṃ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ // / etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi gāyate yopyaharniśam // ### [1.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.32) / ājñāṃ tasya pratīkṣerandavā indrapurogamāḥ // / etacchivapurāṇaṃ yaḥ paṭhañchṛṇvanhi nityaśaḥ // ### [1.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.33) / yadyatkaroti satkarma tatkoṭiguṇitaṃ bhavet // / samāhitaḥ paṭhedyastu tatra śrīrudrasaṃhitām // ### [1.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.34) / sa brahmaghno 'pi pūtātmā tribhireva dinairbhavet // / tāṃ rudrasaṃhitāṃ yastu bhairavapratimāṃtike // ### [1.2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.35) / triḥ paṭhetpratyahaṃ maunī sa kāmānakhilāṃllabhet // / tāṃ rudrasaṃhitāṃ yastu sapaṭhedvaṭabilvayoḥ // ### [1.2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.36) / pradakṣiṇāṃ prakurvāṇo brahmahatyā nivartate // / kailāsasaṃhitā tatra tato 'pi paramasmṛtā // ### [1.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.37) / brahmasvarūpiṇī sākṣātpraṇavārthaprakāśikā // / kailāsasaṃhitāyāstu māhātmyaṃ vetti śaṃkaraḥ // ### [1.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.38) / kṛtsnaṃ tadardhaṃ vyāsaśca tadardhaṃ vedmyahaṃ dvijāḥ // / tatra kiṃcitpravakṣyāmi kṛtsnaṃ vaktuṃ na śakyate // ### [1.2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.39) / yajjñātvā tatkṣaṇāllokaścittaśuddhimavāpnuyāt // / na nāśayati yatpāpaṃ sā raudrī saṃhitā dvijāḥ // ### [1.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.40) / tanna paśyāmyahaṃ loke mārgamāṇo 'pi sarvadā // / śivenopaniṣatsiṃdhumanthanotpāditāṃ mudā // ### [1.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.41) / kumārāyārpitāṃ tāṃ vai sudhāṃ pītvā 'maro bhavet // / brahmahatyādipāpānāṃ niṣkṛtiṃ kartumudyataḥ // ### [1.2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.42) / māsamātraṃ saṃhitāṃ tāṃ paṭhitvā mucyate tataḥ // / duṣpratigrahadurbhojyadurālāpādisaṃbhavam // ### [1.2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.43) / pāpaṃ sakṛtkīrtanena saṃhitā sā vināśayet // / śivālaye vilvavane saṃhitāṃ tāṃ paṭhettu yaḥ // ### [1.2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.44) / sa tatphalamavāpnoti yadvāco 'pi na gocare // / saṃhitāṃ tāṃ paṭhan bhaktyā yaḥ śrāddhe bhojayeddvijān // ### [1.2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.45) / tasya ye pitaraḥ sarve yāṃti śaṃbhoḥ paraṃ padam // / caturdaśyāṃ nirāhāro yaḥ paṭhetsaṃhitāṃ ca tām // ### [1.2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.46) / bilvamūle śivaḥ sākṣātsadevaiśca prapūjyate // / anyāpi saṃhitā tatra sarvakāmaphalapradā // ### [1.2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.47) / ubhe viśiṣṭe vijñeye līlāvijñānapūrite // / tadidaṃ śaivamākhyātaṃ purāṇaṃ vedasaṃmitam // ### [1.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.48) / nirmitaṃ tacchivenaiva prathamaṃ brahmasaṃmitam // / vidyeśaṃca tathāraudraṃ vaināyakamathaumikam // ### [1.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.49) / mātraṃ rudraikādaśakaṃ kailāsaṃ śatarudrakam // / koṭirudrasahasrādyaṃ koṭirudraṃ tathaiva ca // ### [1.2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.50) / vāyavīyaṃ dharmasaṃjñaṃ purāṇamiti bhedataḥ // / saṃhitā dvādaśamitā mahāpuṇyatarā matā // ### [1.2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.51) / tāsāṃ saṃkhyāṃ bruve viprāḥ śṛṇutādaratokhilam // / vidyeśaṃ daśāsāhasraṃ rudraṃ vaināyakaṃ tathā // ### [1.2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.52) / aumaṃ mātṛpurāṇākhyaṃ pratyekāṣṭasahasrakam // / trayodaśasahasraṃ hi rudraikādaśakaṃ dvijāḥ // ### [1.2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.53) / ṣaṭsahasraṃ ca kailāsaṃ śatarudraṃ tadardhakam // / koṭirudraṃ triguṇitamekādaśasahasrakam // ### [1.2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.54) / sahasrakoṭirudrākhyamuditaṃ graṃthasaṃkhyayā // / vāyavīyaṃ khābdhiśataṃ gharmaṃ ravisahasrakam // ### [1.2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.55) / tadevaṃ lakṣasaṃkhyākaṃ śaivasaṃkhyāvibhedataḥ // / vyāsena tattu saṃkṣiptaṃ caturviṃśatsahasrakam // ### [1.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.56) / śaivaṃ tatra caturthaṃ vai purāṇaṃ saptasaṃhitam // / śive saṃkalpitaṃ pūrvaṃ purāṇaṃ granthasaṃkhyayā // ### [1.2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.57) / śatakoṭipramāṇaṃ hi purā sṛṣṭau suvismṛtam // / vyasteṣṭādaśadhā caiva purāṇe dvāparādiṣu // ### [1.2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.58) / caturlakṣeṇa saṃkṣipte kṛte dvaipāyanādibhiḥ // / proktaṃ śivapurāṇaṃ hi caturviṃśatsahasrakam // ### [1.2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.59) / ślokānāṃ saṃkhyayā saptasaṃhitaṃ brahmasaṃmitam // / vidyeśvarākhyā tatrādyā raudrī jñeyā dvitīyikā // ### [1.2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.60) / tṛtīyā śatarudrākhyā koṭirudrā caturthikā // / pañcamī caiva maumākhyā ṣaṣṭhī kailāsasaṃjñikā // ### [1.2.61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.61) / saptamī vāyavīyākhyā saptaivaṃ saṃhitāmatāḥ // / sasaptasaṃhitaṃ divyaṃ purāṇaṃ śivasaṃjñakam // ### [1.2.62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.62) / varīvarti brahmatulyaṃ sarvopari gatipradam // / etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi saptasaṃhitamādarāt // ### [1.2.63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.63) / paripūrṇaṃ paṭhedyastu sa jīvanmukta ucyate // / śrutismṛtipurāṇetihāsāgamaśatāni ca // ### [1.2.64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.64) / etacchivapurāṇasya nārhaṃtyalpāṃ kalāmapi // / śaivaṃ purāṇamamalaṃ śivakīrtitaṃ tadvyāsena śaivapravaṇena na saṃgṛhītam // ### [1.2.65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.65) / saṃkṣepataḥ sakalajīvaguṇopakāre tāpatrayaghnamatulaṃ śivadaṃ satāṃ hi // / vikaitavo dharma iha pragīto vedāṃtavijñānamayaḥ pradhānaḥ // ### [1.2.66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.66) / amatsarāṃtarbudhavedyavastu satkḷptamatraiva trivargayuktam // / śaivaṃ purāṇatilakaṃ khalu satpurāṇaṃ vedāṃtavedavilasatparavastugītam // ### [1.2.67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.67) / yo vai paṭhecca śṛṇuyātparamādareṇa śaṃbhupriyaḥ sa hi labhetparamāṃ gatiṃ vai // ### [1.2.67.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.67.p1) iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ dvidīyo 'dhyāyaḥ ### [1.2.67.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2.67.p2) Chapter 3 vyāsa uvāca ityākarṇya vacaḥ sautaṃ procuste paramarṣayaḥ // ## Other recensions (2) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.1.2.1) — Sanskrit - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.1.2.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.2) · Pramāṇa