[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) › 1.4 # Shivapurana 1.4 Śivapurāṇa 1.4 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.23) — 2 parts ### [1.4.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.1) / kīrtanaṃ vā kathaṃ tasya kīrtayaitadyathāyatham // / brahmovaca pūjājapeśaguṇarūpavilāsanāmnāṃ yuktipriyeṇa manasā pariśodhanaṃ yat // ### [1.4.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.2) / tatsaṃtataṃ mananamīśvaradṛṣṭilabhyaṃ sarveṣu sādhanavareṣvapi mukhyamukhyam // / gītātmanā śrutipadena ca bhāṣayā vā śaṃbhupratāpaguṇarūpavilāsanāmnām // ### [1.4.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.3) / vācā sphuṭaṃ tu rasavatstavanaṃ yadasya tatkīrtanaṃ bhavati sā dhanamatra madhyam // / yenāpi kena karaṇena ca śabdapuṃjaṃ yatra kvacicchivaparaṃ śravaṇeṃdriyeṇa // ### [1.4.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.4) / strīkelivaddṛḍhataraṃ praṇidhīyate yattadvai budhāḥ śravaṇamatra jagatprasiddham // / satsaṃgamena bhavati śravaṇaṃ purastātsaṃkīrtanaṃ paśupateratha taddṛḍhaṃ syāt // ### [1.4.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.5) / sarvottamaṃ bhavati tanmananaṃ tadaṃte sarvaṃ hi saṃbhavati śaṃkaradṛṣṭipāte // / sūta uvāca asminsādhanamāhatmye purā vṛttaṃ munīśvarāḥ // ### [1.4.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.6) / yuṣmadarthaṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇudhvamavadhānataḥ // / purā mama gururvyāsaḥ parāśaramuneḥ sutaḥ // ### [1.4.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.7) / tapaścacāra saṃbhrāṃtaḥ sarasvatyāstaṭe śubhe // / gacchanyadṛchayā tatra vimānenārkarociṣā // ### [1.4.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.8) / sanatkumāro bhagavāndadarśa mama deśikam // / dhyānārūḍhaḥ prabuddho 'sau dadarśa tamajātmajam // ### [1.4.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.9) / praṇipatyāha saṃbhrāṃtaḥ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ muniḥ // / dattvārghyamasmai pradadau devayogyaṃ ca viṣṭiram // ### [1.4.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.10) / prasannaḥ prāha taṃ prahvaṃ prabhurgaṃbhīrayā girā // / sanatkumāra uvāca satyaṃ vastu mune dadhyāḥ sākṣātkaraṇagocaraḥ // ### [1.4.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.11) / sa śivothāsahāyotra tapaścarasi kiṃ kṛte // / evamuktaḥ kumāreṇa provāca svāśayaṃ muniḥ // ### [1.4.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.12) / dharmārthakāmamokṣāśca vedamārge kṛtādarāḥ // / bahudhā sthāpitā loke mayā tvatkṛpayā tathā // ### [1.4.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.13) / evaṃ bhutasya mepyevaṃ gurubhūtasya sarvataḥ // / muktisādhanakaṃ jñānaṃ nodeti paramādbhutam // ### [1.4.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.14) / tapaścarāmi muktyarthaṃ na jāne tatra kāraṇam // / itthaṃ kumāro bhagavān vyāsena muninārthitaḥ // ### [1.4.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.15) / samarthaḥ prāha vipreṃdrā niścayaṃ muktikāraṇam // / śravaṇaṃ kīrtanaṃ śaṃbhormananaṃ ca mahattaram // ### [1.4.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.16) / trayaṃ sādhanamuktaṃ ca vidyate vedasaṃmatam // / purāhamatha saṃbhrāṃto hyanyasādhanasaṃbhramaḥ // ### [1.4.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.17) / acale maṃdare śaile tapaścaraṇamācaram // / śivājñayā tataḥ prāpto bhagavānnandikeśvaraḥ // ### [1.4.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.18) / sa me dayālurbhagavānsarvasākṣī gaṇeśvaraḥ // / uvāca mahyaṃ sasnehaṃ muktisādhanamuttamam // ### [1.4.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.19) / śravaṇaṃ kīrtanaṃ śaṃbhormananaṃ vedasaṃmatam // / trikaṃ ca sādhanaṃ muktau śivena mama bhāṣitam // ### [1.4.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.20) / śravaṇādiṃ brahmankuruṣveti muhurmuhuḥ // / evamuktvā tato vyāsaṃ sānugo vidhinaṃdanaḥ // ### [1.4.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.21) / jagāma svavimānena padaṃ paramaśobhanam // / evamuktaṃ samāsena pūrvavṛttāṃtamuttamam // ### [1.4.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.22) / ṛṣaya ūcuḥ śravaṇāditrayaṃ sūta muktyopāyastvayeritaḥ // / śravaṇāditrike 'śaktaḥ kiṃ kṛtvā mucyate janaḥ // ### [1.4.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.23) / ayatnenaiva muktiḥ syātkarmaṇā kena hetunā // ### [1.4.23.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.23.p1) iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe prathamāyāṃ vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyaṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṇḍe caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ ### [1.4.23.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4.23.p2) Chapter 5 sūta uvāca śravaṇāditrike 'śakto liṃgaṃ beraṃ ca śāṃkaram // ## Other recensions (2) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.1.4.1) — Sanskrit - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.1.4.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.4) · Pramāṇa