[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) › 7.2.11.9 # Shivapurana 7.2.11.9 Śivapurāṇa 7.2.11.9 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.2.11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9) / brahmacaryaṃ mama jñānaṃ vairāgyaṃ bhasmasevanam // / 556a ### [7.2.11.9.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p1) sarvasaṃganivṛttiśca daśaitāni viśeṣataḥ // ### [7.2.11.9.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p2) liṃgāni yogināṃ bhūyo divā bhikṣāśanaṃ tathā // ### [7.2.11.9.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p3) vānaprasthāśramasthānāṃ samānamidamiṣyate // ### [7.2.11.9.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p4) rātrau na bhojanaṃ kāryaṃ sarveṣāṃ brahmacāriṇām // ### [7.2.11.9.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p5) adhyāpanaṃ yājanaṃ ca kṣatriyasyāpratigrahaḥ // ### [7.2.11.9.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p6) vaiśyasya ca viśeṣeṇa mayā nātra vidhīyate // ### [7.2.11.9.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p7) rakṣaṇaṃ sarvavarṇānāṃ yuddhe śatruvadhastathā // ### [7.2.11.9.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p8) duṣṭapakṣimṛgāṇāṃ ca duṣṭānāṃ śātanaṃ nṛṇām // ### [7.2.11.9.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p9) aviśvāsaśca sarvatra viśvāso mama yogiṣu // ### [7.2.11.9.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p10) strīsaṃsargaśca kāleṣu camūrakṣaṇameva ca // ### [7.2.11.9.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p11) sadā saṃcāritaiścārairlokavṛttāṃtavedanam // ### [7.2.11.9.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p12) sadāstradhāraṇaṃ caiva bhasmakaṃcukadhāraṇam // ### [7.2.11.9.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p13) rājñāṃ mamāśramasthānāmeṣa dharmasya saṃgrahaḥ // ### [7.2.11.9.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p14) gorakṣaṇaṃ ca vāṇijyaṃ kṛṣirvaiśyasya kathyate // ### [7.2.11.9.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p15) śuśrūṣetaravarṇānāṃ dharmaḥ śūdrasya kathyate // ### [7.2.11.9.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p16) udyānakaraṇaṃ caiva mama kṣetrasamāśrayaḥ // ### [7.2.11.9.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p17) dharmapatnyāstu gamanaṃ gṛhasthasya vidhīyate // ### [7.2.11.9.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p18) brahmacaryaṃ vanasthānāṃ yatīnāṃ brahmacāriṇām // ### [7.2.11.9.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p19) strīṇāṃ tu bhartṛśuśrūṣā dharmo nānyassanātanaḥ // ### [7.2.11.9.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p20) mamārcanaṃ ca kalyāṇi niyogo bharturasti cet // ### [7.2.11.9.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p21) yā nārī bhartṛśuśrūṣāṃ vihāya vratatatparā // ### [7.2.11.9.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p22) sā nārī narakaṃ yāti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā // ### [7.2.11.9.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p23) atha bhartṛvihīnāyā vakṣye dharmaṃ sanātanam // ### [7.2.11.9.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p24) vrataṃ dānaṃ tapaḥ śaucaṃ bhūśayyānaktabhojanam // ### [7.2.11.9.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p25) brahmacaryaṃ sadā snānaṃ bhasmanā salilena vā // ### [7.2.11.9.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p26) śāṃtirmaunaṃ kṣamā nityaṃ saṃvibhāgo yathāvidhi // ### [7.2.11.9.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p27) aṣṭābhyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ viśeṣataḥ // ### [7.2.11.9.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p28) ekādaśyāṃ ca vidhivadupavāsomamārcanam // ### [7.2.11.9.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p29) iti saṃkṣepataḥ prokto mayāśramaniṣeviṇām // ### [7.2.11.9.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p30) brahmakṣatraviśāṃ devi yatīnāṃ brahmacāriṇām // ### [7.2.11.9.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p31) tathaiva vānaprasthānāṃ gṛhasthānāṃ ca sundari // ### [7.2.11.9.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p32) śūdrāṇāmatha nārīṇāṃ dharma eṣa sanātanaḥ // ### [7.2.11.9.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p33) dhyeyastvayāhaṃ deveśi sadā jāpyaḥ ṣaḍakṣaraḥ // ### [7.2.11.9.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p34) vedoktamakhilaṃ dharmamiti dharmārthasaṃgrahaḥ // ### [7.2.11.9.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p35) atha ye mānavā loke svecchayā dhṛtavigrahāḥ // ### [7.2.11.9.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p36) bhāvātiśayasaṃpannāḥ pūrvasaṃskārasaṃyutāḥ // ### [7.2.11.9.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p37) viraktā vānuraktā vā stryādīnāṃ viṣayeṣvapi // ### [7.2.11.9.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9.p38) pāpairna te viliṃpaṃte 1 padmapatramivāṃbhasā // ## Other recensions (1) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.11.9) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9) · Pramāṇa