[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) › 1.8 # Shivapurana 1.8 Śivapurāṇa 1.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [1.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.21) — 2 parts ### [1.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.1) / bhairavākhyaṃ bhruvormadhyādbrahmadarpajighāṃsayā // / sa vai tadā tatra patiṃ praṇamya śivamaṃgaṇe // ### [1.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.2) / kiṃ kāryaṃ karavāṇyatra śīghramājñāpaya prabho // / vatsayo 'yaṃ vidhiḥ sākṣājjagatāmādyadaivatam // ### [1.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.3) / nūnamarcaya khaḍgaṃ svaṃ tigmena javasā param // / sa vai gṛhītvaikakareṇa keśaṃ tatpañcamaṃ dṛptamasatyabhāṣaṇam // ### [1.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.4) / chittvā śirāṃsyasya nihaṃtumudyataḥ prakaṃpayankhaḍgamatisphuṭaṃ karaiḥ // / pitā tavotsṛṣṭavibhūṣaṇāṃbarasraguttarīyāmalakeśasaṃhatiḥ // ### [1.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.5) / pravātaraṃbheva lateva caṃcalaḥ papāta vai bhairavapādapaṃkaje // / tāvadvidhiṃ tāta didṛkṣuracyutaḥ kṛpālurasmatpatipādapallavam // ### [1.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.6) / niṣicya bāṣpairavadatkṛtāṃjaliryathā śiśuḥ svaṃ pitaraṃ kalākṣaram // / acyuta uvāca tvayā prayatnena purā hi dattaṃ yadasya pañcānanamīśacihnam // ### [1.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.7) / tasmātkṣamasvādyamanugrahārhaṃ kuru prasādaṃ vidhaye hyamuṣmai // / ityarthito 'cyuteneśastuṣṭaḥ suragaṇāṃgaṇe // ### [1.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.8) / nivartayāmāsa tadā bhairavaṃ brahmadaṃḍataḥ // / athāha devaḥ kitavaṃ vidhiṃ vigatakaṃdharam // ### [1.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.9) / brahmaṃstvamarhaṇākāṃkṣī śaṭhamīśatvamāsthitaḥ // / nātaste satkṛtirloke bhūyātsthānotsavādikam // ### [1.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.10) / brahmovaca svāminprasīdādya mahāvibhūte manye varaṃ varada me śirasaḥ pramokṣam // / namastubhyaṃ bhagavate baṃdhave viśvayonaye // ### [1.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.11) / sahiṣṇave sarvadoṣāṇāṃ śaṃbhave śailadhanvane // / īśvara uvāca arājabhayametadvai jagatsarvaṃ na śiṣyati // ### [1.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.12) / tatastvaṃ jahi daṃḍārhaṃ vaha lokadhuraṃ śiśo // / varaṃ dadāmi te tatra gṛhāṇa durlabhaṃ param // ### [1.8.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.13) / vaitānikeṣu gṛhyeṣu yajñe ca bhavān guruḥ // / niṣphalastvadṛte yajñaḥ sāṃgaśca sahadakṣiṇaḥ // ### [1.8.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.14) / athāha devaḥ kitavaṃ ketakaṃ kūṭasākṣiṇam // / re re ketaka duṣṭastvaṃ śaṭha dūramito vraja // ### [1.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.15) / mamāpi prema te puṣpe mā bhūtpūjāsvitaḥ param // / ityukte tatra devena ketakaṃ devajātayaḥ // ### [1.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.16) / sarvāni vārayāmāsustatpārśvādanyatastadā // / ketaka uvāca namaste nātha me janmaniṣphalaṃ bhavadājñayā // ### [1.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.17) / saphalaṃ kriyatāṃ tāta kṣamyatāṃ mama kilbiṣam // / jñānājñānakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśayatyeva te smṛtiḥ // ### [1.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.18) / tādṛśe tvayi dṛṣṭe me mithyādoṣaḥ kuto bhavet // / tathā stutastu bhagavānketakena sabhātale // ### [1.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.19) / na me tvaddhāraṇaṃ yogyaṃ satyavāgahamīśvaraḥ // / madīyāstvāṃ dhariṣyaṃi janma te saphalaṃ tataḥ // ### [1.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.20) / tvaṃ vai vitānavyājena mamopari bhaviṣyasi // / ityanugṛhya bhagavānketakaṃ vidhimādhavau // ### [1.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.21) / virarāja sabhāmadhye sarvadevairabhiṣṭutaḥ // ### [1.8.21.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.21.p1) iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāmaṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ ### [1.8.21.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8.21.p2) Chapter 9 nandikeśvara uvāca tatrāṃtare tau ca nāthaṃ praṇamya vidhimādhavau // ## Other recensions (2) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.1.8.1) — Sanskrit - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete.1.8.8) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.1.8) · Pramāṇa