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# Shivapurana 7.1.18

Śivapurāṇa 7.1.18

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [7.1.18.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15) — 52 parts
- [7.1.18.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.60) — 5 parts

### [7.1.18.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.1)

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kathaṃ himavataḥ putrī menāyāmabhavatpurā //  
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kathaṃ ca nindito rudro dakṣeṇa ca mahātmanā //

### [7.1.18.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.2)

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nimittamapi kiṃ tatra yena syānniṃdito bhavaḥ //  
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utpannaśca kathaṃ dakṣo abhiśāpādbhavasya tu //

### [7.1.18.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.3)

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cākṣuṣasyāṃtare pūrvaṃ manoḥ prabrūhi māruta //  
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vāyuruvāva  
śṛṇvaṃtu kathayiṣyāmi dakṣasya laghucetasaḥ //

### [7.1.18.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.4)

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vṛttaṃ pāpātpramādācca viśvāmaravidūṣaṇam //  
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purā surāsurāḥ sarve siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ //

### [7.1.18.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.5)

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kadāciddraṣṭumīśānaṃ himavacchikharaṃ yayuḥ //  
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tadā devaśca devī ca divyāsanagatāvubhau //

### [7.1.18.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.6)

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darśanaṃ dadatusteṣāṃ devādīnāṃ dvijottamāḥ //  
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tadānīmeva dakṣo 'pi gatastatra sahāmaraiḥ //

### [7.1.18.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.7)

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jāmātaraṃ haraṃ draṣṭuṃ draṣṭuṃ cātmasutāṃ satīm //  
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tadātmagauravāddevo devyā dakṣe samāgate //

### [7.1.18.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.8)

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devādibhyo viśeṣeṇa na kadācidabhūtsmṛtiḥ //  
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tasya tasyāḥ paraṃ bhāvamajñātuścāpi kevalam //

### [7.1.18.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.9)

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putrītyevaṃ vimūḍhasya tasyāṃ vairamajāyata //  
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tatastenaiva vaireṇa vidhinā ca pracoditaḥ //

### [7.1.18.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.10)

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nājuvāha bhavaṃ dakṣo dīkṣitastāmapi dviṣan //  
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anyāñ 1jāmātarassarvānāhūya sa yathākramam //

### [7.1.18.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.11)

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śataśaḥ puṣkalāmarcāñcakāra ca pṛthakpṛthak //  
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tathā tānsaṃgatāñchrutvā nāradasya mukhāttadā //

### [7.1.18.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.12)

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yayau rudrāya rudrāṇī vijñāpya bhavanaṃ pituḥ //  
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atha saṃnihitaṃ divyaṃ vimānaṃ viśvatomukham //

### [7.1.18.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.13)

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lakṣaṇāḍhyaṃ sukhārohamatimātramanoharam //  
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taptajāṃbūnadaprakhyaṃ citraratnapariṣkṛtam //

### [7.1.18.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.14)

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muktāmayavitānāgnyaṃ sragdāmasamalaṃkṛtam //  
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taptakaṃcananirvyūhaṃ ratnastaṃbhaśatāvṛtam //

### [7.1.18.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15)

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vajrakalpitasopānaṃ vidrumastaṃbhatoraṇam //

### [7.1.18.15.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p1)

1 prathamāntaḥ prayoga ārṣaḥ

### [7.1.18.15.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p2)

520b

### [7.1.18.15.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p3)

puṣpapaṭṭaparistīrṇaṃ citraratnamahāsanam //

### [7.1.18.15.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p4)

vajrajālakiracchidramacchidramaṇikuṭṭimam //

### [7.1.18.15.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p5)

maṇidaṃḍamanojñena mahāvṛṣabhalakṣmaṇā //

### [7.1.18.15.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p6)

alaṃkṛtapurobhāgamabbhraśubbhreṇa ketunā //

### [7.1.18.15.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p7)

ratnakaṃcukaguptāṃgaiścitravetrakapāṇibhiḥ //

### [7.1.18.15.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p8)

adhiṣṭhitamahādvāramapradhṛṣyairguṇeśvaraiḥ //

### [7.1.18.15.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p9)

mṛdaṃgatālagītādiveṇuvīṇāviśāradaiḥ //

### [7.1.18.15.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p10)

vidagdhaveṣabhāṣaiśca bahubhiḥ strījanairvṛtam //

### [7.1.18.15.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p11)

āruroha mahādevī saha priyasakhījanaiḥ //

### [7.1.18.15.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p12)

cāmāravyañjanaṃ tasyā vajradaṃḍamanohare //

### [7.1.18.15.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p13)

gṛhītvā rudrakanye dve vivījaturubhe śubhe //

### [7.1.18.15.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p14)

tadācāmarayormadhye devyā vadanamābabhau //

### [7.1.18.15.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p15)

anyonyaṃ yudhyatormadhye haṃsayoriva paṃkajam //

### [7.1.18.15.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p16)

chatraṃ śaśinibhaṃ tasyāścūḍopari sumālinī //

### [7.1.18.15.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p17)

dhṛtamuktāparikṣiptaṃ babhāra premanirbharā //

### [7.1.18.15.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p18)

tacchatramujjvalaṃ devyā ruruce vadanopari //

### [7.1.18.15.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p19)

uparyamṛtabhāṃḍasya maṃḍalaṃ śaśino yathā //

### [7.1.18.15.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p20)

atha cāgre samāsīnā susmitāsyā śubhāvatī //

### [7.1.18.15.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p21)

akṣadyūtavinodena ramayāmāsa vai satīm //

### [7.1.18.15.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p22)

suyaśāḥ pāduke devyāśśubhe ratnapariṣkṛte //

### [7.1.18.15.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p23)

stanayoraṃtare kṛtvā tadā devīmasevataḥ //

### [7.1.18.15.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p24)

anyā kāṃcanacārvaṃgī dīptaṃ jagrāha darpaṇam //

### [7.1.18.15.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p25)

aparā tālavṛntaṃ ca parā tāṃbūlapeṭikām //

### [7.1.18.15.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p26)

kācitkrīḍāśukaṃ cāru kare 'kuruta bhāminī //

### [7.1.18.15.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p27)

kācittu sumanojñāni puṣpāṇi surabhīṇi ca //

### [7.1.18.15.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p28)

kācidābharaṇādhāraṃ babhāra kamalekṣaṇā //

### [7.1.18.15.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p29)

kācicca punarālepaṃ suprasūtaṃ śubhāṃjanam //

### [7.1.18.15.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p30)

anyāśca sadṛśāstāstā yathāsvamucitakriyāḥ //

### [7.1.18.15.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p31)

āvṛttyā tāṃ mahādevīmasevaṃta samaṃtataḥ //

### [7.1.18.15.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p32)

atīva śuśubhe tāsāmaṃtare parameśvarī //

### [7.1.18.15.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p33)

tārāpariṣado madhye caṃdralekheva śāradī //

### [7.1.18.15.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p34)

tataḥ śaṃkhasamutthasya nādasya samanaṃtaram //

### [7.1.18.15.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p35)

prāsthāniko mahānādaḥ paṭahaḥ samatāḍyata //

### [7.1.18.15.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p36)

tato madhuravādyāni saha tālodyataissvanaiḥ //

### [7.1.18.15.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p37)

anāhatāni sanneduḥ kāhalānāṃ śatāni ca //

### [7.1.18.15.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p38)

sāyudhānāṃ gaṇeśānāṃ maheśasamatejasām //

### [7.1.18.15.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p39)

sahasrāṇi śatānyaṣṭau tadānīṃ purato yayuḥ //

### [7.1.18.15.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p40)

teṣāṃ madhye vṛṣārūḍho gajārūḍho yathā guruḥ //

### [7.1.18.15.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p41)

jagāma gaṇapaḥ śrīmān somanaṃdīśvarārcitaḥ //

### [7.1.18.15.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p42)

devaduṃdubhayo nedurdivi divyasukhā ghanāḥ //

### [7.1.18.15.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p43)

nanṛturmunayassarve mumuduḥ siddhayoginaḥ //

### [7.1.18.15.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p44)

sasṛjuḥ puṣpavṛṣṭiṃ ca vitānopari vāridāḥ //

### [7.1.18.15.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p45)

tadā devagaṇaiścānyaiḥ pathi sarvatra saṃgatā //

### [7.1.18.15.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p46)

kṣaṇādiva piturgehaṃ praviveśa maheśvarī //

### [7.1.18.15.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p47)

tāṃ dṛṣṭvā kupito dakṣaścātmanaḥ kṣayakāraṇāt //

### [7.1.18.15.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p48)

tasyā yavīyasībhyo 'pi cakre pūjāma satkṛtām //

### [7.1.18.15.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p49)

521a

### [7.1.18.15.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p50)

tadā śaśimukhī devī pitaraṃ sadasi sthitam //

### [7.1.18.15.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p51)

aṃbikā yuktamavyagramuvācākṛpaṇaṃ vacaḥ //

### [7.1.18.15.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.15.p52)

devyuvāca  
brahmādayaḥ piśācāṃtā yasyājñāvaśavartinaḥ //

### [7.1.18.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.40)

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sa devassāṃprataṃ tāta vidhinā nārcitaḥ kila //  
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tadāstāṃ mama jyāyasyāḥ putryāḥ pūjāṃ kimīdṛśīm //

### [7.1.18.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.41)

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asatkṛtāmavajñāya kṛtavānasi garhitam //  
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evamukto 'bravīdenāṃ dakṣaḥ krodhādamarṣitaḥ //

### [7.1.18.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.42)

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tvattaḥ śreṣṭhā viśiṣṭāśca pūjyā bālāḥ sutā mama //  
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tāsāṃ tu ye ca bhartāraste me bahumatā mudā //

### [7.1.18.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.43)

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gunaiścāpyadhikāssarvairbhartuste tryaṃbakādapi //  
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stabdhātmā tāmasaśśarvastvamimaṃ samupāśritā //

### [7.1.18.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.44)

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tena tvāmavamanye 'haṃ pratikūlo hi me bhavaḥ //  
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tathoktā pitaraṃ dakṣaṃ kruddhā devī tamabravīt //

### [7.1.18.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.45)

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śṛṇvatāmeva sarveṣāṃ ye yajñasadasi sthitāḥ //  
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akasmānmama bhartāramajātāśeṣadūṣaṇam //

### [7.1.18.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.46)

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vācā dūṣayase dakṣa sākṣāllokamaheśvaram //  
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vidyācauro gurudrohī vedeśvaravidūṣakaḥ //

### [7.1.18.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.47)

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ta ete bahupāpmānassarve daṃḍyā iti śrutiḥ //  
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tasmādatyutkaṭasyāsya pāpasya sadṛśo bhṛśam //

### [7.1.18.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.48)

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sahasā dāruṇo daṃḍastava daivādbhaviṣyati //  
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tvayā na pūjito yasmāddevadevastriyaṃbakaḥ //

### [7.1.18.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.49)

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tasmāttava kulaṃ duṣṭaṃ naṣṭamityavadhāraya //  
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ityuktvā pitaraṃ ruṣṭā satī saṃtyaktasādhvasā //

### [7.1.18.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.50)

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tadīyāṃ ca tanuṃ tyaktvā himavaṃtaṃ yayau girim //  
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sa parvataparaḥ śrīmāṃllabdhapuṇyaphalodayaḥ //

### [7.1.18.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.51)

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tadarthameva kṛtavān suciraṃ duścaraṃ tapaḥ //  
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tasmāttamanugṛhṇāti bhūdhareśvaramīśvarī //

### [7.1.18.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.52)

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svecchayā pitaraṃ cakre svātmano yogamāyayā //  
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yadā gatā satī dakṣaṃ viniṃdya bhayavihvalā //

### [7.1.18.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.53)

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tadā tirohitā maṃtrā vihataśca tato 'dhvaraḥ //  
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tadupaśrutya gamanaṃ devyāstripurumardanaḥ //

### [7.1.18.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.54)

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dakṣāya ca ṛṣibhyaśca cukopa ca śaśāpa tān //  
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yasmādavamatā dakṣamatkṛte 'nāgasā satī //

### [7.1.18.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.55)

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pūjitāścetarāḥ sarvāḥ svasutā bhartṛbhiḥ saha //  
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vaivasvate 'ṃtare tasmāttava jāmātarastvamī //

### [7.1.18.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.56)

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utpatsyaṃte samaṃ sarve brahmayajñeṣvayonijāḥ //  
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bhavitā mānuṣo rājā cākṣuṣasya tvamanvaye //

### [7.1.18.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.57)

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prācīnabarhiṣaḥ pautraḥ putraścāpi pracetasaḥ //  
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ahaṃ tatrāpi te vighnamācariṣyāmi durmate //

### [7.1.18.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.58)

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dharmārthakāmayukteṣu karmasvapi punaḥ punaḥ //  
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tenaivaṃ vyāhṛto dakṣo rudreṇāmitatejasā //

### [7.1.18.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.59)

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svāyaṃbhuvīṃ tanuṃ tyaktvā papāta bhuvi duḥkhitaḥ //  
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tataḥ prācetaso dakṣo jajñe vai cākṣuṣe 'ntare //

### [7.1.18.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.60)

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prācīnabarhiṣaḥ pautraḥ putraścaiva pracetasām //  
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521b

### [7.1.18.60.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.60.p1)

bhṛgvādayo 'pi jātā vai manorvaivasvatasya tu //

### [7.1.18.60.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.60.p2)

aṃtare brahmaṇo yajñe vāruṇīṃ bibhratastanum //

### [7.1.18.60.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.60.p3)

tadā dakṣasya dharmārthaṃ yajñe tasya durātmanaḥ //

### [7.1.18.60.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.60.p4)

maheśaḥ kṛtavānvighnaṃ manā vavasvate sati //

### [7.1.18.60.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18.60.p5)

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe satīdehatyāgo nāmāṣṭādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ  
Chapter 19  
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ  
kathaṃ dakṣasya dharmārthaṃ pravṛttasya durātmanaḥ //

## Other recensions (1)

- [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.1.18.1) — Sanskrit

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Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.18) · Pramāṇa
