[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) › 7.1.24 # Shivapurana 7.1.24 Śivapurāṇa 7.1.24 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [7.1.24.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7) — 52 parts - [7.1.24.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.51) — 2 parts - [7.1.24.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.58) — 1 part ### [7.1.24.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.1) / kva yātaḥ kutra vāsaḥ kiṃ kṛtvā virarāma ha // / vāyuruvāca mahīdharavaraḥ śrīmān maṃdaraścitrakaṃdaraḥ // ### [7.1.24.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.2) / dayito devadevasya nivāsastapaso 'bhavat // / tapo mahatkṛtaṃ tena voḍhuṃ svaśirasā śivau // ### [7.1.24.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.3) / cireṇa labdhaṃ tatpādapaṃkajasparśajaṃ sukham // / tasya śailasya saundaryaṃ sahasravadanairapi // ### [7.1.24.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.4) / na śakyaṃ vistarādvaktuṃ varṣakoṭiśatairapi // / śakyamapyasya saundaryaṃ na varṇayitumutsahe // ### [7.1.24.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.5) / parvatāntarasaundaryaṃ sādhāraṇavidhāraṇāt // / idantu śakyate vaktumasminparvatasundare // ### [7.1.24.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.6) / ṛddhyā kayāpi saundaryamīśvarāvāsayogyatā // / ata eva hi devena devyāḥ priyacikīrṣayā // ### [7.1.24.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7) / atīva ramaṇīyoyaṃ girirantaḥpurīkṛtaḥ // / 528b ### [7.1.24.7.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p1) mekhalābhūmayastasya vimalopalapādapāḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p2) śivayornityasānnidhyānnyakkurvaṃtyakhilaṃjagat // ### [7.1.24.7.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p3) pitṛbhyāṃ jagato nityaṃ snānapānopayogataḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p4) avāptapuṇyasaṃskāraḥ prasaradbhiritastataḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p5) laghuśītalasaṃsparśairacchācchairnirjharāmbubhiḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p6) adhirājyena cādrīṇāmadrīreṣo 'bhiṣicyate // ### [7.1.24.7.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p7) niśāsu śikharaprāntarvartinā sa śiloccayaḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p8) caṃdreṇācala sāmrājyacchatreṇeva virājate // ### [7.1.24.7.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p9) sa śailaścaṃcalībhūtairbālaiścāmarayoṣitām // ### [7.1.24.7.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p10) sarvaparvatasāmrājyacāmarairiva vījyate // ### [7.1.24.7.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p11) prātarabhyudite bhānau bhūdharo ratnabhūṣitaḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p12) darpaṇe dehasaubhāgyaṃ draṣṭukāma iva sthitaḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p13) kūjadvihaṃgavācālairvātoddhṛtalatābhujaiḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p14) vimuktapuṣpaiḥ satataṃ vyālambimṛdupallavaiḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p15) latāpratānajaṭilaistarubhistapasairiva // ### [7.1.24.7.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p16) jayāśiṣā sahābhyarcya niṣevyata ivādrirāṭ // ### [7.1.24.7.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p17) adhomukhairūrdhvamukhaiśśṛṃgaistiryaṅmukhaistathā // ### [7.1.24.7.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p18) prapatanniva pātāle bhūpṛṣṭhādutpatanniva // ### [7.1.24.7.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p19) parītaḥ sarvato dikṣu bhramanniva vihāyasi // ### [7.1.24.7.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p20) paśyanniva jagatsarvaṃ nṛtyanniva nirantaram // ### [7.1.24.7.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p21) guhāmukhaiḥ pratidinaṃ vyāttāsyo vipulodaraiḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p22) ajīrṇalāvaṇyatayā jṛṃbhamāṇa ivācalaḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p23) grasanniva jagatsarvaṃ pibanniva payonidhim // ### [7.1.24.7.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p24) vamanniva tamontasthaṃ mādyanniva khamambudaiḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p25) nivāsa bhūmayastāstā darpaṇapratimodarāḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p26) tiraskṛtātapāssnigdhāśramacchāyāmahīruhāḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p27) saritsarastaḍāgādisaṃparkaśiśirānilāḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p28) tatra tatra niṣaṇṇābhyāṃ śivābhyāṃ saphalīkṛtāḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p29) tamimaṃ sarvataḥ śreṣṭhaṃ smṛtvā sāmbastriyambakaḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p30) raibhyāśramasamīpasthaścāntardhānaṃ gato yayau // ### [7.1.24.7.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p31) tatrodyānamanuprāpya devyā saha maheśvaraḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p32) rarāma ramaṇīyāsu devyāntaḥpurabhūmiṣu // ### [7.1.24.7.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p33) tathā gateṣu kāleṣu pravṛddhāsu prajāsu ca // ### [7.1.24.7.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p34) daityau śuṃbhaniśuṃbhākhyau bhrātarau saṃbabhūvatuḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p35) tābhyāṃ tapo balāddattaṃ brahmaṇā parameṣṭinā // ### [7.1.24.7.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p36) avadhyatvaṃ jagatyasminpuruṣairakhilairapi // ### [7.1.24.7.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p37) ayonijā tu yā kanyā hyaṃbikāṃśasamudbhavā // ### [7.1.24.7.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p38) ajātapuṃsparśaratiravilaṃghyaparākramā // ### [7.1.24.7.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p39) tayā tu nau vadhaḥ saṃkhye tasyāṃ kāmābhibhūtayoḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p40) iti cābhyarthito brahmā tābhyāmprāha tathāstviti // ### [7.1.24.7.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p41) tataḥ prabhṛti śakrādīnvijitya samare surān // ### [7.1.24.7.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p42) niḥsvādhyāyavaṣaṭkāraṃ jagaccakraturakramāt // ### [7.1.24.7.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p43) tayorvadhāya deveśaṃ brahmābhyarthitavānpunaḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p44) viniṃdyāpi rahasyaṃ vāṃ krodhayitvā yathā tathā // ### [7.1.24.7.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p45) 529a ### [7.1.24.7.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p46) tadvarṇakośajāṃ śaktimakāmāṃ kanyakātmikām // ### [7.1.24.7.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p47) niśumbhaśuṃbhayorhaṃtrīṃ surebhyo dātumarhasi // ### [7.1.24.7.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p48) evamabhyarthito dhātrā bhagavānnīlalohitaḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p49) kālītyāha rahasyaṃ vāṃ nindayanniva sasmitaḥ // ### [7.1.24.7.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p50) tataḥ kruddhā tadā devī suvarṇā varṇakāraṇāt // ### [7.1.24.7.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p51) smayantī cāha bhartāramasamādheyayā girā // ### [7.1.24.7.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.7.p52) devyuvāca īdṛśo mama varṇesminna ratirbhavato 'sti cet // ### [7.1.24.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.33) / evāvantaṃ ciraṃ kālaṃ kathameṣā niyamyate // / aratyā vartamāno 'pi kathaṃ ca ramase mayā // ### [7.1.24.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.34) / na hyaśakyaṃ jagatyasminnīśvarasya jagatprabhoḥ // / svātmārāmasya bhavato ratirna sukhasādhanam // ### [7.1.24.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.35) / iti hetoḥ smaro yasmātprasabhaṃ bhasmasātkṛtaḥ // / yā ca nābhimatā bharturapi sarvāṃgasundarī // ### [7.1.24.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.36) / sā vṛthaiva hi jāyeta sarvairapi guṇāntaraiḥ // / bharturbhogaikaśeṣo hi sarga evaiṣa yoṣitām // ### [7.1.24.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.37) / tathāsatyanyathābhūtā nārī kutropayujyate // / tasmādvarṇamimaṃ tyaktvā tvayā rahasi ninditam // ### [7.1.24.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.38) / varṇāntaraṃ bhajiṣye vā na bhajiṣyāmi vā svayam // / ityuktvotthāya śayanāddevī sācaṣṭa gadgadam // ### [7.1.24.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.39) / yayāce 'numatiṃ bhartustapase kṛtaniścayā // / tathā praṇayabhaṃgena bhīto bhūtapatiḥ svayam // ### [7.1.24.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.40) / pādayoḥ praṇamanneva bhavānīṃ pratyabhāṣata // / īśvara uvāca ajānatī ca krīḍoktiṃ priye kiṃ kupitāsi me // ### [7.1.24.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.41) / ratiḥ kuto vā jāyeta tvattaścedaratirmama // / mātā tvamasya jagataḥ pitāhamadhipastathā // ### [7.1.24.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.42) / kathaṃ tadutpapadyeta tvatto nābhiratirmama // / āvayorabhikāmo 'pi kimasau kāmakāritaḥ // ### [7.1.24.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.43) / yataḥ kāmasamutpattiḥ prāgeva jagadudbhavaḥ // / pṛthagjanānāṃ rataye kāmātmā kalpito mayā // ### [7.1.24.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.44) / tataḥ kathamupālabdhaḥ kāmadāhādahaṃ tvayā // / māṃ vai tridaśasāmānyaṃ manyamāno manobhavaḥ // ### [7.1.24.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.45) / manākparibhavaṃ kurvanmayā vai bhasmasātkṛtaḥ // / vihāropyāvayorasya jagatastrāṇakāraṇāt // ### [7.1.24.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.46) / tatastadarthaṃ tvayyadya krīḍoktiṃ kṛtavāhanam // / sa cāyamacirādarthastavaivāviṣkariṣyate // ### [7.1.24.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.47) / krodhasya janakaṃ vākyaṃ hṛdi kṛtvedamabravīt // / devyuvāca śrutapūrvaṃ hi bhagavaṃstava cāṭu vaco mayā // ### [7.1.24.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.48) / yenaivamatidhīrāhamapi prāgabhivaṃcitā // / prāṇānapyapriyā bharturnārī yā na parityajet // ### [7.1.24.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.49) / kulāṃganā śubhā sadbhiḥ kutsitaiva hi gamyate // / bhūyasī ca tavāprītiragauramiti me vapuḥ // ### [7.1.24.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.50) / krīḍoktirapi kālīti ghaṭate kathamanyathā // / sadbhirvigarhitaṃ tasmāttava kārṣṇyamasaṃmatam // ### [7.1.24.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.51) / 529b ### [7.1.24.51.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.51.p1) anutsṛjya tapoyogātsthātumeveha notsahe // ### [7.1.24.51.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.51.p2) śiva uvāca sa yadyevaṃvidhatāpaste tapasā kiṃ prayojanam // ### [7.1.24.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.52) / mamecchayā svecchayā vā varṇāntaravatī bhava // / devyuvāca necchāmi bhavato varṇaṃ svayaṃ vā kartumanyathā // ### [7.1.24.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.53) / brahmāṇaṃ tapasārādhya kṣipraṃ gaurī bhavāmyaham // / īśvara uvāca matprasādātpurā brahmā brahmatvaṃ prāptavānpurā // ### [7.1.24.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.54) / tamāhūya mahādevi tapasā kiṃ kariṣyasi // / devyuvāca tvatto labdhapadā eva sarve brahmādayaḥ surāḥ // ### [7.1.24.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.55) / tathāpyārādhya tapasā brahmāṇaṃ tvanniyogataḥ // / purā kila satī nāmnā dakṣasya duhitā 'bhavam // ### [7.1.24.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.56) / jagatāṃ patimevaṃ tvāṃ patiṃ prāptavatī tathā // / evamadyāpi tapasā toṣayitvā dvijaṃ vidhim // ### [7.1.24.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.57) / gaurī bhavitumicchāmi ko doṣaḥ kathyatāmiha // / evamukto mahādevyā vāmadevaḥ smayanniva // ### [7.1.24.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.58) / na tāṃ nirbaṃdhayāmāsa devakāryacikīrṣayā // / iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe śivamandaragirinivāsakrīḍoktavarṇanaṃ nāma caturviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ### [7.1.24.58.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24.58.p1) Chapter 25 vāyuruvāca tataḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya patimambā pativratā // ## Other recensions (1) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.1.24.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (1) - [Durgārcanasṛti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.vrata.durgotsava.durgarcanasrti.6.1324) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.24) · Pramāṇa