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# Shivapurana 1.3

Śivapurāṇa 1.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [1.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.27) — 2 parts

### [1.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.1)

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vedāṃtasārasarvasvaṃ purāṇaṃ śrāvayādbhutam //  
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iti śrutvā munīnāṃ sa vacanaṃ supraharṣitaḥ //

### [1.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.2)

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saṃsmarañchaṃkaraṃ sūtaḥ provāca munisattamān //  
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sūta uvāca  
śṛṇvaṃtu ṛṣayaḥ sarve smṛtvā śivamanāmayam //

### [1.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.3)

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purāṇapravaṇaṃ śaivaṃ purāṇaṃ vedasārajam //  
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yatra gītaṃ trikaṃ prītyā bhaktijñānavirāgakam //

### [1.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.4)

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vedāṃtavedyaṃ sadvastu viśeṣeṇa pravarṇitam //

### [1.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.5)

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sūta uvāca  
śṛṇvaṃtu ṛṣayaḥ sarve purāṇaṃ vedasārajam //

### [1.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.6)

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purā kālena mahatā kalpe 'tīte punaḥpunaḥ //  
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asminnupasthite kalpe pravṛtte sṛṣṭikarmaṇi //

### [1.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.7)

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munīnāṃ ṣaṭkulīnānāṃ bruvatāmitaretaram //  
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idaṃ paramidaṃ neti vivādaḥ sumahānabhūt //

### [1.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.8)

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te 'bhijagmurvidhātāraṃ brahmāṇaṃ praṣṭumavyayam //  
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vāgbhirvinayagarbhābhiḥ sarve prāṃjalayo 'bruvan //

### [1.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.9)

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tvaṃ hi sarvajagaddhātā sarvakāraṇakāraṇam //  
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kaḥ pumānsarvatattvebhyaḥ purāṇaḥ parataḥ paraḥ //

### [1.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.10)

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brahmovāca  
yato vāco nivartaṃte aprāpya manasā saha //  
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yasmātsarvamidaṃ brahmaviṣṇurudreṃdrapūrvakam //

### [1.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.11)

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sahabhūteṃdriyaiḥ sarvaiḥ prathamaṃ saṃprasūyate //  
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eṣa devo mahādevaḥ sarvajño jagadīśvaraḥ //

### [1.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.12)

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ayaṃ tu parayā bhaktyā dṛśyate nā 'nyathā kvacit //  
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rudro harirharaścaiva tathānye ca sureśvarāḥ //

### [1.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.13)

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bhaktyā paramayā tasya nityaṃ darśanakāṃkṣiṇaḥ //  
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bahunātra kimuktena śive bhaktyā vimucyate //

### [1.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.14)

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prasādāddevatābhaktiḥ prasādo bhaktisaṃbhavaḥ //  
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yathehāṃkurato bījaṃ bījato vā yathāṃkuraḥ //  
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tasmādīśaprasādārthaṃ yūyaṃ gatvā bhuvaṃ dvijāḥ //

### [1.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.15)

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dīrghasatraṃ samākṛdhvaṃ yūyaṃ varṣasahasrakam //  
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amuṣyaivādhvareśasya śivasyaiva prasādataḥ //

### [1.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.16)

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vedoktavidyāsāraṃ tu jñāyate sādhyasādhanaṃ //  
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munaya ūcuḥ  
atha kiṃ paramaṃ sādhyaṃ kiṃvā tatsādhanaṃ param //

### [1.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.17)

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sādhakaḥ kīdṛśastatra tadidaṃ brūhi tattvataḥ //  
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brahmovāca  
sādhyaṃ śivapadaprāptiḥ sādhanaṃ tasya sevanam //

### [1.3.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.18)

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sādhakastatprasādādyo 'nityādiphalaniḥspṛhaḥ //  
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karma kṛtvā tu vedoktaṃ tadarpitamahāphalam //

### [1.3.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.19)

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parameśapadaprāptaḥ sālokyādikramāttataḥ //  
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tattadbhaktyanusāreṇa sarveṣāṃ paramaṃ phalam //

### [1.3.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.20)

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tatsādhanaṃ bahuvidhaṃ sākṣādīśena bodhitam //  
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saṃkṣipya tatra vaḥ sāraṃ sādhanaṃ prabravīmyaham //

### [1.3.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.21)

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śrotreṇa śravaṇaṃ tasya vacasā kīrtanaṃ tathā //  
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manasā mananaṃ tasya mahāsādhanamucyate //

### [1.3.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.22)

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śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaśca mantavyaśca maheśvaraḥ //  
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iti śrutipramāṇaṃ naḥ sādhanenā 'munā param //

### [1.3.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.23)

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sādhyaṃ vrajata sarvārthasādhanaikaparāyaṇāḥ //  
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pratyakṣaṃ cakṣuṣā dṛṣṭvā tatra lokaḥ pravartate //

### [1.3.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.24)

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apratyakṣaṃ hi sarvatra jñātvā śrotreṇa ceṣṭate //  
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tasmācchravaṇamevādau śrutvā gurumukhādbudhaḥ //

### [1.3.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.25)

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tataḥ saṃsādhayedanyatkīrtanaṃ mananaṃ sudhīḥ //  
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kramānmananaparyaṃte sādhane 'sminsusādhite //

### [1.3.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.26)

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śivayogo bhavettena sālokyādikramācchanaiḥ //  
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sarvāṃgavyādhayaḥ paścātsarvānaṃdaśca līyate //

### [1.3.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.27)

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abhyāsātkleśametadvai paścādādyaṃtamaṃgalam //

### [1.3.27.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.27.p1)

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṇḍe tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ

### [1.3.27.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.3.27.p2)

Chapter 4  
munaya ūcuḥ  
mananaṃ kīdṛśaṃ brahmañchravaṇaṃ cāpi kīdṛśam //

## Other recensions (2)

- [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.1.3.1) — Sanskrit
- [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.1.3.1) — Sanskrit

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