[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) › 7.2.25 # Shivapurana 7.2.25 Śivapurāṇa 7.2.25 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [7.2.25.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13) — 45 parts - [7.2.25.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.53) — 28 parts ### [7.2.25.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.1) / yattadanyatpravakṣyāmi samāsānna tu vistarāt // / havirnivedanātpūrvaṃ dīpadānādanantaram // ### [7.2.25.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.2) / kuryādāvaraṇābhyarcāṃ prāpte nīrājane 'tha vā // / tatreśānādisadyāṃtaṃ rudrādyastrāṃtameva ca // ### [7.2.25.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.3) / śivasya vā śivāyāśca prathamāvaraṇe japet // / aiśānyāṃ pūrvabhāge ca dakṣiṇe cottare tathā // ### [7.2.25.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.4) / paścime ca tathāgneyyāmaiśānyāṃ nairṛte tathā // / vāyavyāṃ punaraiśānyāṃ caturdikṣu tataḥ param // ### [7.2.25.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.5) / garbhāvaraṇamākhyātaṃ mantrasaṃghātameva vā // / hṛdayādyastraparyaṃtamathavāpi samarcayet // ### [7.2.25.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.6) / tadbahiḥ pūrvataḥ śakraṃ yamaṃ dakṣiṇato yajet // / varuṇaṃ vāruṇe bhāge dhanadaṃ cottare budhaḥ // ### [7.2.25.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.7) / īśamaiśe 'nalaṃ svīye nairṛte nirṛtiṃ yajet // / mārute mārutaṃ viṣṇuṃ nairṛte vidhimaiśvare // ### [7.2.25.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.8) / bahiḥpadmasya vajrādyānyabjāṃtānyāyudhānyapi // / prasiddharūpāṇyāśāsu lokeśānāṃ kramādyajet // ### [7.2.25.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.9) / devaṃ devīṃ ca saṃprekṣya sarvāvaraṇadevatāḥ // / baddhāṃjalipuṭā dhyeyāḥ samāsīnā yathāsukham // ### [7.2.25.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.10) / sarvāvaraṇadevānāṃ svābhidhānairnamoyutaiḥ // / puṣpaiḥ saṃpūjanaṃ kuryānnatvā sarvānyathākramam // ### [7.2.25.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.11) / garbhāvaraṇamevāpi yajetsvāvaraṇena vā // / yoge dhyāne jape home vāhye vābhyaṃtare 'pi vā // ### [7.2.25.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.12) / haviśca ṣaḍvidhaṃ deyaṃ śuddhaṃ mudgānnameva ca // / pāyasaṃ dadhisaṃmiśraṃ gauḍaṃ ca madhunāplutam // ### [7.2.25.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13) / 574a ### [7.2.25.13.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p1) eteṣvekamanekaṃ vā nānāvyaṃjanasaṃyutam // ### [7.2.25.13.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p2) guḍakhaṃḍanvitaṃ dadyānmathitaṃ dadhi cottamam // ### [7.2.25.13.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p3) bhakṣyāṇyapūpamukhyāni svādumaṃti phalāni ca // ### [7.2.25.13.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p4) raktacandanapuṣpāḍhyaṃ pānīyaṃ cātiśītalam // ### [7.2.25.13.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p5) mṛdu elārasāktaṃ ca khaṇḍaṃ pūgaphalasya ca // ### [7.2.25.13.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p6) dalāni nāgavallyāśca yuktāni khadirādibhiḥ // ### [7.2.25.13.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p7) gaurāṇi svarṇavarṇāni vihitāni śivāni ca // ### [7.2.25.13.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p8) śailameva sitaṃ cūrṇaṃ nātirūkṣaṃ na dūṣitam // ### [7.2.25.13.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p9) karpūraṃ cātha kaṃkolaṃ jātyādi ca navaṃ śubham // ### [7.2.25.13.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p10) ālepanaṃ candanaṃ syānmūlakāṣṭhaṃrajomayam // ### [7.2.25.13.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p11) kastūrikā kuṃkumaṃ ca raso mṛgamadātmakaḥ // ### [7.2.25.13.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p12) puṣpāṇi surabhīṇyeva pavitrāṇi śubhāni ca // ### [7.2.25.13.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p13) nirgaṃdhānyugragaṃdhāni dūṣitānyuṣitāni ca // ### [7.2.25.13.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p14) svayameva viśīrṇāni na deyāni śivārcane // ### [7.2.25.13.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p15) vāsāṃsi ca mṛdūnyeva tapanīyamayāni ca // ### [7.2.25.13.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p16) vidyudvalayakalpāni bhūṣaṇāni viśeṣataḥ // ### [7.2.25.13.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p17) sarvāṇyetāni karpūraniryāsāgurucandanaiḥ // ### [7.2.25.13.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p18) ādhūpitāni puṣpaughairvāsitāni samaṃtataḥ // ### [7.2.25.13.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p19) candanāgurukarpūrakāṣṭhaguggulucūrṇikaiḥ // ### [7.2.25.13.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p20) ghṛtena madhunā caiva siddho dhūpaḥ praśasyate // ### [7.2.25.13.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p21) kapilāsambhavenaiva ghṛtenātisugandhinā // ### [7.2.25.13.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p22) nityaṃ pradīpitā dīpāḥ śastāḥ karpūrasaṃyutāḥ // ### [7.2.25.13.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p23) pañcagavyaṃ ca madhuraṃ payo dadhi ghṛtaṃ tathā // ### [7.2.25.13.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p24) kapilāsambhavaṃ śambhoriṣṭaṃ snāne ca pānake // ### [7.2.25.13.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p25) āsanāni ca bhadrāṇi gajadaṃtamayāni ca // ### [7.2.25.13.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p26) suvarṇaratnayuktāni citrāṇyāstaraṇāni ca // ### [7.2.25.13.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p27) mṛdūpadhānayuktāni sūkṣmatūlamayāni ca // ### [7.2.25.13.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p28) uccāvacāni ramyāṇi śayanāni sukhāni ca // ### [7.2.25.13.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p29) nadyassamudragāminyā naṭādvāmbhaḥ samāhṛtam // ### [7.2.25.13.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p30) śītañca vastrapūtaṃ tadviśiṣṭaṃ snānapānayoḥ // ### [7.2.25.13.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p31) chatraṃ śaśinibhaṃ cāru muktādāmavirājitam // ### [7.2.25.13.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p32) navaratnacitaṃ divyaṃ hemadaṇḍamanoharam // ### [7.2.25.13.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p33) cāmare ca site sūkṣme cāmīkarapariṣkṛte // ### [7.2.25.13.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p34) rājahaṃsadvayākāre ratnadaṃḍopaśobhite // ### [7.2.25.13.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p35) darpaṇaṃ cāpi susnigdhaṃ divyagandhānulepanam // ### [7.2.25.13.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p36) samaṃtādratnasañchannaṃ sragvairaiścāpi bhūṣitam // ### [7.2.25.13.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p37) gambhīraninadaḥ śaṃkho haṃsakuṃdendusannibhaḥ // ### [7.2.25.13.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p38) āsvapṛṣṭhādideśeṣu ratnacāmīkarācitaḥ // ### [7.2.25.13.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p39) kāhalāni ca ramyāṇi nānānādakarāṇi ca // ### [7.2.25.13.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p40) suvarṇanirmitānyeva mauktikālaṃkṛtāni ca // ### [7.2.25.13.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p41) bherīmṛdaṃgamurajatimicchapaṭahādayaḥ // ### [7.2.25.13.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p42) samudrakalpasannādāḥ kalpanīyāḥ prayatnataḥ // ### [7.2.25.13.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p43) bhāṃḍānyapi ca ramyāṇi patrāṇyapi ca kṛtsnaśaḥ // ### [7.2.25.13.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p44) 574b ### [7.2.25.13.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.13.p45) tadādhārāṇi 1 sarvāṇi sauvarṇānyeva sādhayet // ### [7.2.25.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.34) / ālayaṃ ca maheśasya śivasya paramātmanaḥ // ### [7.2.25.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.35) / rājāvasathavatkalpyaṃ śilpaśāstroktalakṣaṇam // / uccaprākārasaṃbhinnaṃ bhūdharākāragopuram // ### [7.2.25.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.36) / anekaratnasaṃcchannaṃ hemadvārakapāṭakam // / taptajāṃbūnadamayaṃ ratnastambhaśatāvṛtam // ### [7.2.25.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.37) / muktādāmavitānāḍhyaṃ vidrumadvāratoraṇam // / cāmīkaramayairdivyairmukuṭaiḥ kumbhalakṣaṇaiḥ // ### [7.2.25.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.38) / alaṃkṛtaśirobhāgamastra 2rājena cihnitam // / rājanyārhanivāsaiśca rājavīthyādiśobhitaiḥ // ### [7.2.25.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.39) / procchritaprāṃśuśikharaiḥ prāsādaiśca samaṃtataḥ // / āsthānasthānavaryaiśca sthitairdikṣu vidikṣu ca // ### [7.2.25.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.40) / atyantālaṃkṛtaprāṃtamaṃtarāvaraṇairiva // / uttamastrīsahasraiśca nṛtyageyaviśāradaiḥ // ### [7.2.25.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.41) / veṇuvīṇāvidagdhaiśca puruṣairbahubhiryutam // / rakṣitaṃ rakṣibhirvīrairgajavājirathānvitaiḥ // ### [7.2.25.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.42) / anekapuṣpavāṭībhiranekaiśca sarovaraiḥ // / dīrghikābhiranekābhirdigvidikṣu virājitam // ### [7.2.25.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.43) / vedavedāṃtatattvajñaiśśivaśāstraparāyaṇaiḥ // / śivāśramaratairbhaktaiḥ śivaśāstroktalakṣaṇaiḥ // ### [7.2.25.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.44) / śāṃtaiḥ smitamukhaiḥ sphītaiḥ sadācāraparāyaṇaiḥ // / śaivairmāheśvaraiścaiva śrīmadbhissevitadvijaiḥ // ### [7.2.25.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.45) / evamaṃtarbahirvāthayathāśaktivinirmitaiḥ // / sthāne śilāmaye dāṃte dārave ceṣṭakāmaye // ### [7.2.25.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.46) / kevalaṃ mṛnmaye vāpi puṇyāraṇye 'tha vā girau // / nadyāṃ devālaye 'nyatra deśe vātha gṛhe śubhe // ### [7.2.25.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.47) / āḍhyo vātha daridro vā svakāṃ śaktimavaṃcayan // / dravyairnyāyārjitaireva bhaktyā devaṃ samarcayet // / athānyāyārjitaiścāpi bhaktyā cecchivamarcayet // ### [7.2.25.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.48) / na tasya pratyavāyo 'sti bhāvavaśyo yataḥ prabhuḥ // / nyāyārjitairapi dravyairabhaktyā pūjayedyadi // ### [7.2.25.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.49) / na tatphalamavāpnoti bhaktirevātra kāraṇam // / bhaktyā vittānusāreṇa śivamuddiśya yatkṛtam // ### [7.2.25.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.50) / alpe mahati vā tulyaṃ phalamāḍhyadaridrayoḥ // / bhaktyā pracoditaḥ kuryādalpavittopi mānavaḥ // ### [7.2.25.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.51) / mahāvibhavasāropi na kuryādbhaktivarjitaḥ // / sarvasvamapi yo dadyācchive bhaktivivarjitaḥ // ### [7.2.25.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.52) / na tena phalabhāksa syādbhaktirevātra kāraṇam // / na tattapobhiratyugrairna ca sarvairmahāmakhaiḥ // ### [7.2.25.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.53) / gacchecchivapuraṃ divyaṃ muktvā bhaktiṃ śivātmakam // ### [7.2.25.53.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.53.p1) 1 sambandhamanuvartate iti bhāṣyātkvacidghañāntasyāpi klībatāta eva śeṣaṃ rāmavadityādi saṃgacchate 2 triśūleneti bhāvaḥ ### [7.2.25.53.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.53.p2) 575a ### [7.2.25.53.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.53.p3) guhyādguhyataraṃ kṛṣṇa sarvatra parameśvare // ### [7.2.25.53.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.53.p4) śive bhaktirna saṃdehastayā bhakto vimucyate // ### [7.2.25.53.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.53.p5) śivamaṃtrajapo dhyānaṃ homo yajñastapaḥśrutam // ### [7.2.25.53.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.53.p6) dānamadhyayanaṃ sarve bhāvārthaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ // ### [7.2.25.53.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.53.p7) bhāvahīno narassarvaṃ kṛtvāpi na vimucyate // ### [7.2.25.53.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.53.p8) bhāvayuktaḥ punassarvamakṛtvāpi vimucyate // ### [7.2.25.53.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.53.p9) cāṃdrāyaṇasahasraiśca prājāpatyaśataistathā // ### [7.2.25.53.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.53.p10) māsopavāsaiścānyaiśca śivabhaktasya kiṃ punaḥ // ### [7.2.25.53.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.53.p11) abhaktā mānavāścāsmiṃlloke giriguhāsu ca // ### [7.2.25.53.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.53.p12) tapaṃti cālpabhogārthaṃ bhakto bhāvena mucyate // ### [7.2.25.53.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.53.p13) sāttvikaṃ muktidaṃ karma sattve vai yoginaḥ sthitāḥ // ### [7.2.25.53.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.53.p14) rājasaṃ siddhidaṃ kuryuḥ karmiṇo rajasāvṛtāḥ // ### [7.2.25.53.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.53.p15) asurā rākṣasāścaiva tamoguṇasamanvitāḥ // ### [7.2.25.53.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.53.p16) aihikārthaṃ yajantīśaṃ narāścānye 'pi tādṛśāḥ // ### [7.2.25.53.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.53.p17) tāmasaṃ rājasaṃ vāpi sāttvikaṃ bhāvameva ca // ### [7.2.25.53.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.53.p18) āśritya bhaktyā pūjādyaṃ kurvanbhadraṃ samaśnute // ### [7.2.25.53.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.25.53.p19) yataḥ pāpārṇavāttrātuṃ bhaktirnauriva nirmitā 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