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# Shivapurana 7.2.10

Śivapurāṇa 7.2.10

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [7.2.10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18) — 114 parts

### [7.2.10.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.1)

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ṣaḍānanasamaprakhya sarvajñānanidhe guro //  
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prāyastvamavatīryorvyāṃ pāśavicchittaye nṛṇām //

### [7.2.10.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.2)

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maharṣivapurāsthāya sthito 'si parameśvara //  
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anyathā hi jagatyasmin devo vā dānavo 'pi vā //

### [7.2.10.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.3)

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tvattonyaḥ paramaṃ bhāvaṃ ko jānīyācchivātmakam //  
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tasmāttava mukhodgīrṇaṃ sākṣādiva pinākinaḥ //

### [7.2.10.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.4)

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śivajñānāmṛtaṃ pītvā na me tṛptamabhūnmanaḥ //  
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sākṣātsarvajagatkarturbharturaṃkaṃ samāśritā //

### [7.2.10.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.5)

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bhagavankinnu papraccha bhartāraṃ parameśvarī //  
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upamanyuruvāca  
sthāne pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā kṛṣṇa tadvakṣyāmi yathātatham //

### [7.2.10.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.6)

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bhavabhaktasya yuktasya tava kalyāṇacetasaḥ //  
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mahīdharavare divye maṃdare cārukaṃdare //

### [7.2.10.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.7)

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devyā saha mahādevo divyo dhyānagato 'bhavat //  
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tadā devyāḥ priyasakhī susmitāsyā śubhāvatī //

### [7.2.10.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.8)

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phullānyatimanojñāni puṣpāṇi samudāharat //  
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tataḥ svamaṃkamāropya devīṃ devavarorahaḥ //

### [7.2.10.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.9)

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alaṃkṛtya ca taiḥ puṣpairāste hṛṣṭataraḥ svayam //  
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athāṃtaḥpuracāriṇyo devyo divyavibhūṣaṇāḥ //

### [7.2.10.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.10)

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aṃtaraṃgā gaṇendrāśca sarvalokamaheśvarīm //  
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bhartāraṃ paripūrṇaṃ ca sarvalokamaheśvaram //

### [7.2.10.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.11)

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cāmarāsaktahastāśca devīṃ devaṃ siṣevire //  
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tataḥ priyāḥ kathā vṛttā vinodāya maheśayoḥ //

### [7.2.10.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.12)

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trāṇāya ca nṛṇāṃ loke ye śivaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ //  
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tadāvasaramālokya sarvalokamaheśvarī //

### [7.2.10.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.13)

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bhartāraṃ paripapraccha sarvalokamaheśvaram //  
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devyuvāca  
kena vaśyo mahādevo martyānāṃ maṃdacetasām //

### [7.2.10.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.14)

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ātmatattvādyaśaktānāmātmanāmakṛtātmanām //  
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īśvara uvāca  
na karmaṇā na tapasā na japairnāsanādibhiḥ //

### [7.2.10.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.15)

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na jñānena na cānyena vaśyo 'haṃ śraddhayā vinā //  
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śraddhā mayyasti cetpuṃsāṃ yena kenāpi hetunā //

### [7.2.10.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.16)

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vaśyaḥ spṛśyaśca dṛśyaśca pūjyassaṃbhāṣya eva ca //  
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sādhyā tasmānmayi śaddhā māṃ vaśīkartumicchatā //

### [7.2.10.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.17)

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śraddhā hetussvadharmasya rakṣaṇaṃ varṇināmiha //  
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svavarṇāśramadharmeṇa vartate yastu mānavaḥ //

### [7.2.10.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18)

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tasyaiva bhavati śraddhā mayi nānyasya kasyacit //  
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### [7.2.10.18.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p1)

āmnāyasiddhamakhilaṃ dharmamāśramiṇāmiha //

### [7.2.10.18.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p2)

brahmaṇā kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ mamaivājñāpurassaram //

### [7.2.10.18.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p3)

sa tu paitāmaho dharmo bahuvittakriyānvitaḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p4)

nātyanta phalabhūyiṣṭhaḥ kleśāyā sasamanvitaḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p5)

tena dharmeṇa mahatāṃ śraddhāṃ prāpya sudurllabhām //

### [7.2.10.18.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p6)

varṇino ye prapadyaṃte māmananyasamāśrayāḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p7)

teṣāṃ sukhena mārgeṇa dharmakāmārthamuktayaḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p8)

varṇāśramasamācāro mayā bhūyaḥ prakalpitaḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p9)

tasminbhaktimatāmeva madīyānāṃ tu varṇinām //

### [7.2.10.18.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p10)

adhikāro na cānyeṣāmityājñā naiṣṭhikī mama //

### [7.2.10.18.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p11)

tadājñaptena mārgeṇa varṇino madupāśrayāḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p12)

malamāyādipāśebhyo vimuktā matprasādataḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p13)

paraṃ madīyamāsādya punarāvṛttidurlabham //

### [7.2.10.18.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p14)

paramaṃ mama sādharmyaṃ prāpya nirvṛtimāyayuḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p15)

tasmāllabdhvāpyalabdhvā vā varṇadharmaṃ mayeritam //

### [7.2.10.18.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p16)

āśritya mama bhaktaścetsvātmanātmānamuddharet //

### [7.2.10.18.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p17)

alabdhalābha evaiṣa koṭikoṭiguṇādhikaḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p18)

tasmānme mukhato labdhaṃ varṇadharmaṃ samācaret //

### [7.2.10.18.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p19)

mamāvatārā hi śubhe yogācāryacchalena tu //

### [7.2.10.18.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p20)

sarvāṃtareṣu santyārye saṃtatiśca sahasraśaḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p21)

ayuktānāmabuddhīnāmabhaktānāṃ sureśvari //

### [7.2.10.18.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p22)

durlabhaṃ saṃtatijñānaṃ tato yatnātsamāśrayet //

### [7.2.10.18.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p23)

sā hānistanmahacchidraṃ sa mohassāṃdhamūkatā //

### [7.2.10.18.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p24)

yadanyatra śramaṃ kuryānmokṣamārgabahiṣkṛtaḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p25)

jñānaṃ kriyā ca caryā ca yogaśceti sureśvari //

### [7.2.10.18.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p26)

catuṣpādaḥ samākhyāto mama dharmassanātanaḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p27)

paśupāśapatijñānaṃ jñānamityabhidhīyate //

### [7.2.10.18.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p28)

ṣaḍadhvaśuddhirvidhinā gurvadhīnā kriyocyate //

### [7.2.10.18.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p29)

varṇāśramaprayuktasya mayaiva vihitasya ca //

### [7.2.10.18.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p30)

mamārcanādidharmasya caryā caryeti kathyate //

### [7.2.10.18.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p31)

maduktenaiva mārgeṇa mayyavasthitacetasaḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p32)

vṛttyaṃtaranirodho yo yoga ityabhidhīyate //

### [7.2.10.18.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p33)

aśvamedhagaṇācchreṣṭhaṃ devi cittaprasādhanam //

### [7.2.10.18.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p34)

muktidaṃ ca tathā hyetadduṣprāpyaṃ viṣayaiṣiṇām //

### [7.2.10.18.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p35)

vijiteṃdriyavargasya yamena niyamena ca //

### [7.2.10.18.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p36)

pūrvapāpaharo yogo viraktasyaiva kathyate //

### [7.2.10.18.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p37)

vairāgyājjāyate jñānaṃ jñānādyogaḥ pravartate //

### [7.2.10.18.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p38)

yogajñaḥ patito vāpi mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p39)

dayā kāryātha satatamahiṃsā jñānasaṃgrahaḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p40)

satyamasteyamāstikyaṃ śraddhā ceṃdriyanigrahaḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p41)

adhyāpanaṃ cādhyayanaṃ yajanaṃ yājanaṃ tathā //

### [7.2.10.18.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p42)

dhyānamīśvarabhāvaśca satataṃ jñānaśīlatā //

### [7.2.10.18.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p43)

ya evaṃ vartate vipro jñānayogasya siddhaye //

### [7.2.10.18.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p44)

acirādeva vijñānaṃ labdhvā yogaṃ ca viṃdati //

### [7.2.10.18.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p45)

555a

### [7.2.10.18.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p46)

dagdhvā dehamimaṃ jñānī kṣaṇājjñānāgninā priye //

### [7.2.10.18.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p47)

prasādānmama yogajñaḥ karmabaṃdhaṃ prahāsyati //

### [7.2.10.18.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p48)

puṇyaḥpuṇyātmakaṃ karmamuktestatpratibaṃdhakam //

### [7.2.10.18.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p49)

tasmānniyogato yogī puṇyāpuṇyaṃ vivarjayet //

### [7.2.10.18.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p50)

phalakāmanayā karmakaraṇātpratibadhyate //

### [7.2.10.18.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p51)

na karmamātrakaraṇāttasmātkarmaphalaṃ tyajet //

### [7.2.10.18.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p52)

prathamaṃ karmayajñena bahiḥ sampūjya māṃ priye //

### [7.2.10.18.p53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p53)

jñānayogarato bhūtvā paścādyogaṃ samabhyaset //

### [7.2.10.18.p54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p54)

vidite mama yāthātmye karmayajñena dehinaḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p55)

na yajaṃti hi māṃ yuktāḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāṃcanāḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p56)

nityayukto muniḥ śreṣṭho madbhaktaśca samāhitaḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p57)

jñānayogarato yogī mama sāyujyamāpnuyāt //

### [7.2.10.18.p58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p58)

athāviraktacittā ye varṇino madupāśritāḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p59)

jñānacaryākriyāsveva te 'dhikuryustadarhakāḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p60)

dvidhā matpūjanaṃ jñeyaṃ bāhyamābhyaṃtaraṃ tathā //

### [7.2.10.18.p61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p61)

vāṅmanaḥkāyabhedācca tridhā madbhajanaṃ viduḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p62)

tapaḥ karma japo dhyānaṃ jñānaṃ vetyanupūrvaśaḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p63)

pañcadhā kathyate sadbhistadeva bhajanaṃ punaḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p64)

anyātmaviditaṃ bāhyamasmadabhyarcanādikam //

### [7.2.10.18.p65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p65)

tadeva tu svasaṃvedyamābhyaṃtaramudāhṛtam //

### [7.2.10.18.p66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p66)

manomatpravaṇaṃ cittaṃ na manomātramucyate //

### [7.2.10.18.p67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p67)

mannāmaniratā vāṇī vāṅmatā khalu netarā //

### [7.2.10.18.p68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p68)

liṃgairmacchāsanādiṣṭaistripuṃḍrādibhiraṃkitaḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p69)

mamopacāranirataḥ kāyaḥ kāyo na cetaraḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p70)

madarcākarma vijñeyaṃ bāhye yāgādinocyate //

### [7.2.10.18.p71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p71)

madarthe dehasaṃśoṣastapaḥ kṛcchrādi no matam //

### [7.2.10.18.p72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p72)

japaḥ pañcākṣarābhyāsaḥ praṇavābhyāsa eva ca //

### [7.2.10.18.p73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p73)

rudrādhyāyādikābhyāso na vedādhyayanādikam //

### [7.2.10.18.p74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p74)

dhyānammadrūpaciṃtādyaṃ nātmādyarthasamādhayaḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p75)

mamāgamārthavijñānaṃ jñānaṃ nānyārthavedanam //

### [7.2.10.18.p76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p76)

bāhye vābhyaṃtare vātha yatra syānmanaso ratiḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p77)

prāgvāsanāvaśāddevi tattvaniṣṭhāṃ samācaret //

### [7.2.10.18.p78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p78)

bāhyādābhyaṃtaraṃ śreṣṭhaṃ bhavecchataguṇādhikam //

### [7.2.10.18.p79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p79)

asaṃkaratvāddoṣāṇāṃ dṛṣṭānāmapyasambhavāt //

### [7.2.10.18.p80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p80)

śaucamābhyaṃtaraṃ vidyānna bāhyaṃ śaucamucyate //

### [7.2.10.18.p81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p81)

aṃtaḥ śaucavimuktātmā śucirapyaśuciryataḥ //

### [7.2.10.18.p82](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p82)

bāhyamābhyaṃrtaraṃ caiva bhajanaṃ bhavapūrvakam //

### [7.2.10.18.p83](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.10.18.p83)

na bhāvarahitaṃ devi vipralaṃbhaikakāraṇam //

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kṛtakṛtyasya pūtasya mama kiṃ kriyate naraiḥ //

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bahirvābhyaṃtaraṃ vātha mayā bhāvo hi gṛhyate //

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bhāvaikātmā kriyā devi mama dharmassanātanaḥ //

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manasā karmaṇā vācā hyanapekṣya phalaṃ kvacit //

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phaloddeśena deveśi laghurmama samāśrayaḥ //

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phalārthī tadabhāve māṃ parityaktuṃ kṣamo yataḥ //

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555b

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phalārthino 'pi yasyaiva mayi cittaṃ pratiṣṭhitam //

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bhāvānurūpaphaladastasyāpyahamanindite //

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phalānapekṣayā yeṣāṃ mano matpravaṇaṃ bhavet //

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prārthayeyuḥ phalaṃ paścādbhaktāste 'pi mama priyāḥ //

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prāk saṃskāravaśādeva ye viciṃtya phalāphale //

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vivaśā māṃ prapadyaṃte mama priyatamā matāḥ //

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mallābhānna paro lābhasteṣāmasti yathātatham //

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mamāpi lābhastallābhānnāparaḥ parameśvari //

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madanugrahatasteṣāṃ bhāvo mayi samarpitaḥ //

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phalaṃ paramanirvāṇaṃ prayacchati balādiva //

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mahātmanāmananyānāṃ mayi saṃnyastacetasām //

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aṣṭadhā lakṣaṇaṃ prāhurmama dharmādhikāriṇām //

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madbhaktajanavātsalyaṃ pūjāyāṃ cānumodanam //

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svayamabhyarcanaṃ caiva madarthe cāṃgaceṣṭitam //

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matkathāśravaṇe bhaktiḥ svaranetrāṃgavikriyāḥ //

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mamānusmaraṇaṃ nityaṃ yaśca māmupajīvati //

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evamaṣṭavidhaṃ cihnaṃ yasmin mlecche 'pi vartate //

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sa viprendro muniḥ śrīmānsa yatissa ca paṃḍitaḥ //

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na me priyaścaturvedī madbhakto śvapaco 'pi yaḥ //

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tasmai deyaṃ tato grāhyaṃ sa ca pūjyo yathā hyaham //

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patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ toyaṃ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati //

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tasyāhaṃ na praṇaśyāmi sa ca me na praṇaśyati //

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oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe śivabhaktivarṇanaṃ nāma daśamo 'dhyāyaḥ

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Chapter 11  
īśvara uvāca  
atha vakṣyāmi deveśi bhaktānāmadhikāriṇām //

## Other recensions (1)

- [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.10.1) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (4)

- [Śivāgamādimāhātmyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.siddhanta.darsana.sivagamadimahatmyasangraha.109) — Sanskrit
- [Vedāntasāravīraśaivacintāmaṇi](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.vedantasaravirasaivacintamani.1.54) — Niṣṭhura Nañjanācārya 1700, Sanskrit
- [Śaivasarvasvasāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.niti.dharma.pratistha.saiva.saivasarvasvasara.3.45) — Vidyāpati, Sanskrit
- [Prapañcahṛdaya](https://indike.org/pramana/in.darsana.advaita.prapancahrdaya.2.p54) — Madhusūdana Sarasvatī 1545, Sanskrit

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