[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 # Shivapurana 7.2.11 Śivapurāṇa 7.2.11 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [7.2.11.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.9) — 38 parts - [7.2.11.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30) — 29 parts - [7.2.11.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.53) — 9 parts ### [7.2.11.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.1) / viduṣāṃ dvijamukhyānāṃ varṇadharmasamāsataḥ // / triḥ snānaṃ cāgnikāryaṃ ca liṃgārcanamanukramam // ### [7.2.11.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.2) / dānamīśrarabhāvaśca dayā sarvatra sarvadā // / satyaṃ saṃtoṣamāstikyamahiṃsā sarvajaṃtuṣu // ### [7.2.11.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.3) / hrīśraddhādhyayanaṃ yogassadādhyāpanameva ca // / vyākhyānaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ca śravaṇaṃ ca tapaḥ kṣamā // ### [7.2.11.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.4) / śaucaṃ śikhopavītaṃ ca uṣṇīṣaṃ cottarīyakam // / niṣiddhāsevanaṃ caiva bhasmarudrākṣadhāraṇam // ### [7.2.11.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.5) / parvaṇyabhyarcanaṃ devi caturdaśyāṃ viśeṣataḥ // / pānaṃ ca brahmakūrcasya māsi māsi yathāvidhi // ### [7.2.11.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.6) / abhyarcanaṃ viśeṣeṇa tenaiva snāpya māṃ priye // / sarvakriyānna santyāgaḥ śraddhānnasya ca varjanam // ### [7.2.11.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.7) / tathā paryuṣitānnasya yāvakasya viśeṣataḥ // / madyasya madyagandhasya naivedyasya ca varjanam // ### [7.2.11.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.8) / sāmānyaṃ sarvavarṇānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ viśeṣataḥ // / kṣamā śāṃtiśca santoṣassatyamasteyameva ca // ### [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 // ### [7.2.11.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.28) / teṣāṃ mamātmavijñānaṃ viśuddhānāṃ vivekinām // ### [7.2.11.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.29) / matprasādādviśuddhānāṃ duḥkhamāśramarakṣaṇāt // / nāsti kṛtyamakṛtyaṃ ca samādhirvā parāyaṇam // ### [7.2.11.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30) / na vidhirna niṣedhaśca teṣāṃ mama yathā tathā // ### [7.2.11.30.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p1) 1 ātmanepadamārṣam ### [7.2.11.30.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p2) 556b ### [7.2.11.30.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p3) tatheha paripūrṇasya sādhyaṃ mama na vidyate // ### [7.2.11.30.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p4) tathaiva kṛtakṛtyānāṃ teṣāmapi na saṃśayaḥ // ### [7.2.11.30.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p5) madbhaktānāṃ hitārthāya mānuṣaṃ bhāvamāśritāḥ // ### [7.2.11.30.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p6) rudralokātparibhraṣṭāste rudrā nātra saṃśayaḥ // ### [7.2.11.30.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p7) mamānuśāsanaṃ yadvadbrahmādīnāṃ pravartakam // ### [7.2.11.30.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p8) tathā narāṇāmanyeṣāṃ tanniyogaḥ pravartakaḥ // ### [7.2.11.30.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p9) mamājñādhārabhāvena sadbhāvātiśayena ca // ### [7.2.11.30.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p10) tadālokanamātreṇa sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet // ### [7.2.11.30.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p11) pratyayāśca pravartaṃte praśastaphalasūcakāḥ // ### [7.2.11.30.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p12) mayi bhāvavatāṃ puṃsāṃ prāgadṛṣṭārthagocarāḥ // ### [7.2.11.30.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p13) kaṃpasvedo 'śrupātaśca kaṇṭhe ca svaravikriyā // ### [7.2.11.30.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p14) ānaṃdādyupalabdhiśca bhavedākasmikī muhuḥ // ### [7.2.11.30.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p15) sa tairvyastaissamastairvā liṃgairavyabhicāribhiḥ // ### [7.2.11.30.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p16) maṃdamadhyottamairbhāvairvijñeyāste narottamāḥ // ### [7.2.11.30.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p17) yathāyognisamāveśānnāyo bhavati kevalam // ### [7.2.11.30.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p18) sa tathaiva mama sānnidhyānna te kevalamānuṣāḥ // ### [7.2.11.30.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p19) hastapādādisādharmyādrudrānmartyavapurdharān // ### [7.2.11.30.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p20) prākṛtāniva manvāno nāvajānīta paṃḍitaḥ // ### [7.2.11.30.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p21) avajñānaṃ kṛtaṃ teṣu narairvyāmūḍhacetanaiḥ // ### [7.2.11.30.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p22) āyuḥ śriyaṃ kulaṃ śīlaṃ hitvā nirayamāvahet // ### [7.2.11.30.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p23) brahmaviṣṇusureśānāmapi tūlāyate padam // ### [7.2.11.30.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p24) mattonyadanapekṣāṇāmuddhṛtānāṃ mahātmanām // ### [7.2.11.30.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p25) aśuddhaṃ bauddhamaiśvaryaṃ prākṛtaṃ pauruṣaṃ tathā // ### [7.2.11.30.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p26) guṇeśānāmatastyājyaṃ guṇātītapadaiṣiṇām // ### [7.2.11.30.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p27) atha kiṃ bahunoktena śreyaḥ prāptyaikasādhanam // ### [7.2.11.30.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p28) mayi cittasamāsaṃgo yena kenāpi hetunā // ### [7.2.11.30.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.30.p29) upamanyuruvāca itthaṃ śrīkaṇṭhanāthena śivena paramātmanā // ### [7.2.11.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.44) / hitāya jagatāmukto jñānasārārthasaṃgrahaḥ // / vijñānasaṃgrahasyāsya vedaśāstrāṇi kṛtsnaśaḥ // ### [7.2.11.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.45) / setihāsapurāṇāni vidyā vyākhyānavistaraḥ // / jñānaṃ jñeyamanuṣṭheyamadhikāro 'tha sādhanam // ### [7.2.11.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.46) / sādhyaṃ ceti ṣaḍarthānāṃ saṃgrahatveṣa saṃgrahaḥ // / guroradhikṛtaṃ jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ pāśaḥ paśuḥ patiḥ // ### [7.2.11.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.47) / liṃgārcanādyanuṣṭheyaṃ bhaktastvadhikṛto 'pi yaḥ // / sādhanaṃ śivamaṃtrādyaṃ sādhyaṃ śivasamānatā // ### [7.2.11.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.48) / ṣaḍarthasaṃgrahasyāsya jñānātsarvajñatocyate // / prathamaṃ karma yajñāderbhaktyā vittānusārataḥ // ### [7.2.11.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.49) / bāhyebhyarcya śivaṃ paścādaṃtaryāgarato bhavet // / ratirabhyaṃtare yasya na bāhye puṇyagauravāt // ### [7.2.11.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.50) / na karma karaṇīyaṃ hi bahistasya mahātmanāḥ // / jñānāmṛtena tṛptasya bhaktyā śaivaśivātmanaḥ // ### [7.2.11.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.51) / nāṃtarna ca bahiḥ kṛṣṇa kṛtyamasti kadācana // / tasmātkrameṇa saṃtyajya bāhyamābhyaṃtaraṃ tathā // ### [7.2.11.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.52) / jñānena jñeyamālokyājñānaṃ cāpi parityajet // / naikāgraṃ cecchive cittaṃ kiṃ kṛtenāpi karmaṇā // ### [7.2.11.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.53) / 557a ### [7.2.11.53.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.53.p1) ekāgrameva ceccittaṃ kiṃ kṛtenāpi karmaṇā // ### [7.2.11.53.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.53.p2) tasmātkarmāṇyakṛtvā vā kṛtvā vāṃtarbahiḥkramāt // ### [7.2.11.53.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.53.p3) yena kenāpyupāyena śive cittaṃ niveśayet // ### [7.2.11.53.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.53.p4) śive niviṣṭacittānāṃ pratiṣṭhitadhiyāṃ satām // ### [7.2.11.53.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.53.p5) paratreha ca sarvatra nirvṛtiḥ paramā bhavet // ### [7.2.11.53.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.53.p6) ihonnamaḥ śivāyeti maṃtreṇānena siddhayaḥ // ### [7.2.11.53.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.53.p7) sa tasmādadhigaṃtavyaḥ parāvaravibhūtaye // ### [7.2.11.53.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.53.p8) oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe śivajñānavarṇanaṃ nāmaikādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ ### [7.2.11.53.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.11.53.p9) Chapter 12 śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca maharṣivara sarvajña sarvajñānamahodadhe // ## Other recensions (1) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.11.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Kriyāsāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.kriyasara.2.1.2168) — Śrīkaṇtha, Sanskrit - [Śivadharmottara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.sivadharma.sivadharmottara.845) — Sanskrit --- Source: 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