[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) › 1.5 # Shivapurana 1.5 Śivapurāṇa 1.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.31) — 2 parts ### [1.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.1) / saṃsthāpya nityamabhyarcya taretsaṃsārasāgaram // / api dravyaṃ vahedeva yathābalamavaṃcayan // ### [1.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.2) / arpayelliṃgaberārthamarcayedapi saṃtatam // / maṃḍapaṃ gopuraṃ tīrthaṃ maṭhaṃ kṣetraṃ tathotsavam // ### [1.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.3) / vastraṃ gaṃdhaṃ ca mālyaṃ ca dhūpaṃ dīpaṃ ca bhaktitaḥ // / vividhānnaṃ ca naivedyamapūpavyaṃjanairyutam // ### [1.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.4) / chatraṃ dhvajaṃ ca vyajanaṃ cāmaraṃ cāpi sāṃgakam // / rājopacāravatsarvaṃ dhārayelliṃgaberayoḥ // ### [1.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.5) / pradakṣiṇāṃ namaskāraṃ yathāśakti japaṃ tathā // / āvāhanādisargāṃtaṃ nityaṃ kuryātsubhaktitaḥ // ### [1.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.6) / itthamabhyarcya yandevaṃ liṃgebere ca śāṃkare // / siddhimeti śivaprītyā hitvāpi śravaṇādikam // ### [1.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.7) / liṃgaberārcanāmātrānmuktāḥ purve mahājanāḥ // / manuya ūcuḥ beramātre tu sarvatra pūjyaṃte devatāgaṇāḥ // ### [1.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.8) / liṃgebere ca sarvatra kathaṃ saṃpūjyate śivaḥ // / sūta uvāca aho munīśvarāḥ puṇyaṃ praśnametanmahādbhutam // ### [1.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.9) / atra vaktā mahādevo nānyo 'sti puruṣaḥ kvacit // / śivenoktaṃ pravakṣyāmi kramādgurumukhācchrutam // ### [1.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.10) / śivaiko brahmarūpatvānniṣkalaḥ parikīrtitaḥ // / rūpitvātsakalastadvattasmātsakalaniṣkalaḥ // ### [1.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.11) / niṣkalatvānnirākāraṃ liṃgaṃ tasya samāgatam // / sakalatvāttathā beraṃ sākāraṃ tasya saṃgatam // ### [1.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.12) / sakalākalarūpatvādbrahmaśabdābhidhaḥ paraḥ // / api liṃge ca bere ca nityamabhyarcyate janaiḥ // ### [1.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.13) / abrahmatvāttadanyeṣāṃ niṣkalatvaṃ na hi kvacit // / tasmātte niṣkale liṃge nārādhyaṃte sureśvarāḥ // ### [1.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.14) / abrahmatvācca jīvatvāttathānye devatāgaṇāḥ // / tūṣṇīṃ sakalamātratvādarcyaṃte beramātrake // ### [1.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.15) / jīvatvaṃ śaṃkarānyeṣāṃ brahmatvaṃ śaṃkarasya ca // / vedāṃtasārasaṃsiddhaṃ praṇavārthe prakāśanāt // ### [1.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.16) / evameva purā pṛṣṭo maṃdare nandikeśvaraḥ // / sanatkumāramuninā brahmaputreṇa dhīmatā // ### [1.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.17) / sanatkumāra uvāca śivānyadevavaśyānāṃ sarveṣāmapi sarvataḥ // / beramātraṃ ca pūjārthaṃ śrutaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ ca bhūriśaḥ // ### [1.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.18) / śivamātrasya pūjāyāṃ liṃgaṃ beraṃ ca dṛśyate // / atastadbrūhi kalyāṇa tattvaṃ me sādhubodhanam // ### [1.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.19) / nandikeśvara uvāca anuttaramimaṃ praśnaṃ rahasyaṃ brahmalakṣaṇam // / kathayāmi śivenoktaṃ bhaktiyuktasya te 'nagha // ### [1.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.20) / śivasya brahmarūpatvānniṣkalatvācca niṣkalam // / liṃgaṃ tasyaiva pūjāyāṃ sarvavedeṣu saṃmatam // ### [1.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.21) / tasyaiva sakalatvācca tathā sakalaniṣkalam // / sakalaṃ ca tathā beraṃ pūjāyāṃ lokasaṃmatam // ### [1.5.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.22) / śivānyeṣāṃ ca jīvatvātsakalatvācca sarvataḥ // / beramātraṃ ca pūjāyāṃ saṃmataṃ vedanirṇaye // ### [1.5.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.23) / svāvirbhāve ca devānāṃ sakalaṃ rūpameva hi // / śivasya liṃgaṃ beraṃ ca darśane dṛśyate khalu // ### [1.5.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.24) / sanatkumāra uvāca uktaṃ tvayā mahābhāga liṃgaberapracāraṇam // / śivasya ca tadanyeṣāṃ vibhajya paramārthataḥ // ### [1.5.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.25) / tasmāttadeva paramaṃ liṃgaberādisaṃbhavam // / śrotumicchāmi yogīṃdra liṃgāvirbhāvalakṣaṇam // ### [1.5.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.26) / nandikeśvara uvāca śṛṇu vatsa bhavatprītyā vakṣyāmi paramārthataḥ // / purā kalpe mahākāle prapanne lokaviśrute // ### [1.5.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.27) / āyudhyetāṃ mahātmānau brahmaviṣṇū parasparam // / tayormānaṃ nirākartuṃ tanmadhye parameśvaraḥ // ### [1.5.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.28) / niṣkalastaṃbharūpeṇa svarūpaṃ samadarśayat // / tataḥ svaliṃgacihnatvātstambhato niṣkalaṃ śivaḥ // ### [1.5.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.29) / svaliṃgaṃ darśayāmāsa jagatāṃ hitakāmyayā // / tadāprabhṛti lokeṣu niṣkalaṃ liṃgamaiśvaram // ### [1.5.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.30) / sakalaṃ ca tathā beraṃ śivasyaiva prakalpitam // / śivānyeṣaḥ tu devānāṃ beramātraṃ prakalpitam // ### [1.5.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.31) / tattadberaṃ tu devānāṃ tattadbhogapradaṃ śubham // / śivasya liṃgaberatvaṃ bhogamokṣapradaṃ śubham // ### [1.5.31.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.31.p1) iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ ### [1.5.31.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.5.31.p2) Chapter 6 nandikeśvara uvāca purā kadācidyogīṃdra viṣṇurviṣadharāsanaḥ // ## Other recensions (2) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.1.5.1) — Sanskrit - [Śivapurāṇa (complete 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