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# Shivapurana 7.2.34

Śivapurāṇa 7.2.34

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [7.2.34.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18) — 53 parts

### [7.2.34.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.1)

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sā sarvā labhyeta sadyo liṃgaberapratiṣṭhayā //  
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sarvo liṃgamayo lokassarvaṃ liṃge pratiṣṭhitam //

### [7.2.34.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.2)

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tasmātpratiṣṭhite liṃge bhavetsarvaṃ patiṣṭhitam //  
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brahmaṇā viṣṇunā vāpi rudreṇānyena kena vā //

### [7.2.34.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.3)

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liṃgapratiṣṭhāmutsṛjya kriyate svapadasthitiḥ //  
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kimanyadiha vaktavyaṃ pratiṣṭhāṃ prati kāraṇam //

### [7.2.34.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.4)

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partiṣṭhitaṃ śivenāpi liṃgaṃ vaiśveśvaraṃ yataḥ //  
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tasmātsarvaprayatnena paratreha ca śarmaṇe //

### [7.2.34.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.5)

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sthāpayetparameśasya liṃgaṃ beramathāpi vā //  
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śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca  
kimidaṃ liṃgamākhyātaṃ kathaṃ liṃgī maheśvaraḥ //

### [7.2.34.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.6)

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kathaṃ ca liṃgabhāvo 'sya kasmādasmiñchivo 'rcyate //  
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upamanyuruvāca  
avyaktaṃ liṃgamākhyātaṃ triguṇaprabhavāpyayam //

### [7.2.34.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.7)

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anādyanaṃtaṃ viśvasya yadupādānakāraṇam //  
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tadeva mūlaprakṛtirmāyā ca gaganātmikā //

### [7.2.34.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.8)

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tata eva samutpannaṃ jagadetaccarācaram //  
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aśuddhaṃ caiva śuddhaṃ yacchuddhāśuddhaṃ ca tattridhā //

### [7.2.34.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.9)

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tataḥ śivo maheśaśca rudro viṣṇuḥ pitāmahaḥ //  
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bhūtāni cendriyairjātā līyante 'tra śivājñayā //

### [7.2.34.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.10)

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ata eva śivo liṃgo liṃgamājñāpayedyataḥ //  
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yato na tadanājñātaṃ kāryāya prabhavetsvataḥ //

### [7.2.34.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.11)

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tato jātasya viśvasya tatraiva vilayo yataḥ //  
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anena liṃgatāṃ tasya bhavennānyena kenacit //

### [7.2.34.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.12)

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liṃgaṃ ca śivayordehastābhyāṃ yasmādadhiṣṭhitam //  
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atastatra śivaḥ sāmbo nityameva samarcayet //

### [7.2.34.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.13)

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liṃgavedī mahādevī liṃgaṃ sākṣānmaheśvaraḥ //  
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tayoḥ saṃpūjanādeva sa ca sā ca samarcitau //

### [7.2.34.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.14)

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na tayorliṃgadehatvaṃ vidyate paramārthataḥ //  
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yatastvetau viśuddhau tau dehastadupacārataḥ //

### [7.2.34.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.15)

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tadeva paramā śaktiḥ śivasya paramātmanaḥ //  
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śaktirājñāṃ yadādatte prasūte taccarācaram //

### [7.2.34.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.16)

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na tasya mahimā śakyo vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi //  
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yenādau mohitau syātāṃ brahmanārāyaṇāvapi //

### [7.2.34.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.17)

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purā tribhuvanasyāsya pralaye samupasthite //  
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vāriśayyāgato viṣṇuḥ suṣvāpānākulaḥ sukham //

### [7.2.34.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18)

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### [7.2.34.18.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p1)

yadṛcchayā gatastatra brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ //

### [7.2.34.18.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p2)

dadarśa puṇḍarīkākṣaṃ svapantaṃ tamanākulam //

### [7.2.34.18.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p3)

māyayā mohitaḥ śambhorviṣṇumāha pitāmahaḥ //

### [7.2.34.18.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p4)

kastvaṃ vadetyamarṣeṇa prahṛtyotthāpya mādhavam //

### [7.2.34.18.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p5)

sa tu hastaprahāreṇa tīvreṇābhihataḥ kṣaṇāt //

### [7.2.34.18.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p6)

prabuddhotthāya śayanāddadarśa parameṣṭhinam //

### [7.2.34.18.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p7)

tamāha cāṃtassaṃkruddhaḥ svayamakruddhavaddhariḥ //

### [7.2.34.18.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p8)

kutastvamāgato vatsa kasmāttvaṃ vyākulo vada //

### [7.2.34.18.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p9)

iti viṣṇuvacaḥ śrutvā prabhutvaguṇasūcakam //

### [7.2.34.18.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p10)

rajasā baddhavairastaṃ brahmā punarabhāṣata //

### [7.2.34.18.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p11)

vatseti māṃ kuto brūṣe guruḥ śiṣyamivātmanaḥ //

### [7.2.34.18.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p12)

māṃ na jānāsi kiṃ nāthaṃ prapañco yasya me kṛtiḥ //

### [7.2.34.18.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p13)

tridhātmānaṃ vibhajyedaṃ sṛṣṭvātha paripālyate //

### [7.2.34.18.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p14)

saṃharāmi name kaścitsraṣṭā jagati vidyate //

### [7.2.34.18.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p15)

ityukte sati so 'pyāha brahmāṇaṃ viṣṇuravyayaḥ //

### [7.2.34.18.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p16)

ahamevādikartāsya hartā ca paripālakaḥ //

### [7.2.34.18.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p17)

bhavānapi mamaivāṃgādavatīrṇaḥ purāvyayāt //

### [7.2.34.18.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p18)

manniyogāttvamātmānaṃ tridhā kṛtvā jagattrayam //

### [7.2.34.18.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p19)

sṛjasyavasi cāṃte tatpunaḥ pratisṛjasyapi //

### [7.2.34.18.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p20)

vismṛtosi jagannāthaṃ nārāyaṇamanāmayam //

### [7.2.34.18.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p21)

tavāpi janakaṃ sākṣānmāmevamavamanyase //

### [7.2.34.18.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p22)

tavāparādho nāstyatra bhrāṃtosi mama māyayā //

### [7.2.34.18.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p23)

matprasādādiyaṃ bhrāṃtirapaiṣyati tavācirāt //

### [7.2.34.18.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p24)

śṛṇu satyaṃ caturvaktra sarvadeveśvaro hyaham //

### [7.2.34.18.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p25)

kartā bhartā ca hartā ca na mayāsti samo vibhuḥ //

### [7.2.34.18.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p26)

evameva vivādobhūdbrahmaviṣṇvoḥ parasparam //

### [7.2.34.18.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p27)

abhavacca mahāyuddhaṃ bhairavaṃ romaharṣaṇam //

### [7.2.34.18.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p28)

muṣṭibhirnnighnatostīvraṃ rajasā baddhavairayoḥ //

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tayordarpāpahārāya prabodhāya ca devayoḥ //

### [7.2.34.18.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p30)

madhye samāvirabhavalliṃgamaiśvaramadbhutam //

### [7.2.34.18.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p31)

jvālāmālāsahasrāḍhyamaprameyamanaupamam //

### [7.2.34.18.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p32)

kṣayavṛddhivinirmuktamādimadhyāṃtavarjitam //

### [7.2.34.18.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p33)

tasya jvālāsahasreṇa brahmaviṣṇū vimohitau //

### [7.2.34.18.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p34)

visṛjya yuddhaṃ kiṃ tvetadityaciṃtayatāṃ tadā //

### [7.2.34.18.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p35)

na tayostasya yāthātmyaṃ prabuddhamabhavadyadā //

### [7.2.34.18.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p36)

tadā samudyatau syātāṃ tasyādyaṃtaṃ parīkṣitum //

### [7.2.34.18.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p37)

tatra haṃsākṛtirbrahmā viśvataḥ pakṣasaṃyutaḥ //

### [7.2.34.18.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p38)

manonilajavo bhūtvā gatastūrdhvaṃ prayatnataḥ //

### [7.2.34.18.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p39)

nārāyaṇopi viśvātmā līlāñjanacayopamam //

### [7.2.34.18.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p40)

vārāhamamitaṃ rūpamasthāya gatavānadhaḥ //

### [7.2.34.18.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p41)

evaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu tvaran viṣṇuradhogataḥ //

### [7.2.34.18.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p42)

nāpaśyadalpamapyasya mūlaṃ liṃgasya sūkaraḥ //

### [7.2.34.18.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p43)

tāvatkālaṃ gataścordhvaṃ tasyāṃtaṃ jñātumicchayā //

### [7.2.34.18.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p44)

śrāṃtotyaṃtamadṛṣṭvāṃtaṃ pāpatādhaḥ pitāmahaḥ //

### [7.2.34.18.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p45)

590a

### [7.2.34.18.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p46)

tathaiva bhagavān viṣṇuḥ śrāṃtaḥ saṃvignalocanaḥ //

### [7.2.34.18.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p47)

kleśena mahatā tūrṇamadhastādutthito 'bhavat //

### [7.2.34.18.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p48)

samāgatāvathānyonyaṃ vismayasmeravīkṣaṇau //

### [7.2.34.18.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p49)

māyayā mohitau śaṃbhoḥ kṛtyākṛtyaṃ na jagmatuḥ //

### [7.2.34.18.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p50)

pṛṣṭhataḥ pārśvatastasya cāgrataśca sthitāvubhau //

### [7.2.34.18.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p51)

praṇipatya kimātmedamityaciṃtayatāṃ tadā //

### [7.2.34.18.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p52)

oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe harividhimohavarṇanaṃ nāma catustriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ

### [7.2.34.18.p53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.34.18.p53)

Chapter 35  
upamanyuruvāca  
athāvirabhavattatra sanādaṃ śabdalakṣaṇam //

## Other recensions (1)

- [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.34.1) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (3)

- [Kriyāsāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.kriyasara.2.7.206) — Śrīkaṇtha, Sanskrit
- [Kriyāsāraḥ](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.kriyasarah.1.106_351) — Sanskrit
- [Śivadharmaśāstra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.sivadharma.sivadharmasastra.3.4) — Sanskrit

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