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# Shivapurana 7.2.3

Śivapurāṇa 7.2.3

- **Language:** Sanskrit

## Contents

- [7.2.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17) — 35 parts

### [7.2.3.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.1)

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mūrtyātmabhistataṃ kṛtsnaṃ jagadetaccarācaram //  
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sa śivassarvamevedaṃ svakīyābhiśca mūrtibhiḥ //

### [7.2.3.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.2)

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adhitiṣṭhatyameyātmā hyetatsarvamanusmṛtam //  
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brahmā viṣṇustathā rudro maheśānassadāśivaḥ //

### [7.2.3.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.3)

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mūrtayastasya vijñeyā yābhirviśvamidaṃ tatam //  
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athānyāścāpi tanavaḥ pañca brahmasamāhvayāḥ //

### [7.2.3.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.4)

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tanūbhistābhirāvyāptamiha kiṃcinna vidyate //  
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īśānaḥ puruṣo 'ghoro vāmaḥ sadyastathaiva ca //

### [7.2.3.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.5)

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brahmāṇyetāni devasya mūrtayaḥ pañca viśrutāḥ //  
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īśānākhyā tu yā tasya mūrtirādyā garīyasī //

### [7.2.3.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.6)

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bhoktāraṃ prakṛteḥ sākṣātkṣetrajñamadhitiṣṭhati //  
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sthāṇostatpuruṣākhyā yā mūrtirmūrtimataḥ prabhoḥ //

### [7.2.3.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.7)

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guṇāśrayātmakaṃ bhogyamavyaktamadhitiṣṭhati //  
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dharmādyaṣṭāṃgasaṃyuktaṃ buddhitattvaṃ pinākinaḥ //

### [7.2.3.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.8)

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adhitiṣṭhatyaghorākhyā mūrtiratyaṃtapūjitā //  
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vāmadevāhvayāṃ mūrtiṃ mahādevasya vedhasaḥ //

### [7.2.3.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.9)

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ahaṃkṛteradhiṣṭhātrīmāhurāgamavedinaḥ //  
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sadyo jātāhvayāṃ mūrtiṃ śambhoramitavarcasaḥ //

### [7.2.3.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.10)

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mānasaḥ samadhiṣṭhātrīṃ matimaṃtaḥ pracakṣate //  
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śrotrasya vācaḥ śabdasya vibhorvyomnastathaiva ca //

### [7.2.3.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.11)

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īśvarīmīśvarasyemāmīśākhyāṃ hi vidurbudhāḥ //  
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tvakpāṇisparśavāyūnāmīśvarīṃ mūrtimaiśvarīm //

### [7.2.3.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.12)

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puruṣākhyaṃ vidussarve purāṇārthaviśāradāḥ //  
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cakṣuṣaścaraṇasyāpi rūpasyāgnestathaiva ca //

### [7.2.3.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.13)

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aghorākhyāmadhiṣṭhātrīṃ mūrtimāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ //  
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ramanāyāśca pāyośca rasasyāpāṃ tathaiva ca //

### [7.2.3.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.14)

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īśvarīṃ vāmadevākhyāṃ mūrtiṃ tanniratāṃ viduḥ //  
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ghrāṇasya caivopasthasya gaṃdhasya ca bhuvastathā //

### [7.2.3.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.15)

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sadyo jātāhvayāṃ mūrtimīśvarīṃ saṃpracakṣate //  
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mūrtayaḥ pañca devasya vaṃdanīyāḥ prayatnataḥ //

### [7.2.3.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.16)

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śreyorthibhirnarairnityaṃ śreyasāmekahetavaḥ //  
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tasya devādidevasya mūrtyaṣṭakamayaṃ jagat //

### [7.2.3.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17)

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tasminvyāpya sthitaṃ viśvaṃ sūtre maṇigaṇā iva //  
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śarvo bhavastathā rudra ugro bhīmaḥ paśoḥ patiḥ 1 //

### [7.2.3.17.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p1)

1 aluksamāsa ārṣaḥ

### [7.2.3.17.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p2)

547a

### [7.2.3.17.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p3)

īśānaśca mahādevo mūrtayaścāṣṭa viśrutāḥ //

### [7.2.3.17.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p4)

bhūmyaṃbhognimarudvyomakṣetrajñārkaniśākarāḥ //

### [7.2.3.17.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p5)

adhiṣṭhitā maheśasya śarvādyairaṣṭamūrtibhiḥ //

### [7.2.3.17.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p6)

carācarātmakaṃ viśvaṃ dhatte viśvaṃbharātmikā //

### [7.2.3.17.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p7)

śārvīrśivāhvayā mūrtiriti śāstrasya niścayaḥ //

### [7.2.3.17.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p8)

saṃjīvanaṃ samastasya jagatassalilātmikā //

### [7.2.3.17.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p9)

bhāvīti gīyate mūrtibhavasya paramātmanaḥ //

### [7.2.3.17.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p10)

bahiraṃtargatā viśvaṃ vyāpya tejomayī śubhā //

### [7.2.3.17.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p11)

raudrī rudrāvyayā mūrtirāsthitā ghorarūpiṇī //

### [7.2.3.17.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p12)

spaṃdayatyanilātmadaṃ bibharti spaṃdate svayam //

### [7.2.3.17.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p13)

augrīti kathyate sadbhirmūrtirugrasya vedhasaḥ //

### [7.2.3.17.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p14)

sarvāvakāśadā sarvavyāpikā gaganātmikā //

### [7.2.3.17.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p15)

mūrtirbhīmasya bhīmākhyā bhūtavṛṃdasya bhedikā //

### [7.2.3.17.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p16)

sarvātmanāmadhiṣṭhātrī sarvakṣetranivāsinī //

### [7.2.3.17.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p17)

mūrtiḥ paśupaterjñeyā paśupāśanikṛṃtanī //

### [7.2.3.17.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p18)

dīpayaṃtī jagatsarvaṃ divākarasamāhvayā //

### [7.2.3.17.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p19)

īśānākhyamaheśasya mūrtirdivi visarpati //

### [7.2.3.17.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p20)

āpyāyayati yo viśvamamṛtāṃśurniśākaraḥ //

### [7.2.3.17.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p21)

mahādevasya sā mūrtirmahādevasamāhvayā //

### [7.2.3.17.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p22)

ātmā tasyāṣṭamī mūrtiḥ śivasya paramātmanaḥ //

### [7.2.3.17.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p23)

vyāpiketaramūrtīnāṃ viśvaṃ tasmācchivātmakam //

### [7.2.3.17.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p24)

vṛkṣasya mūlasekena śākhāḥ puṣyaṃti vai yathā //

### [7.2.3.17.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p25)

śivasya pūjayā tadvatpuṣyatyasya vapurjagat //

### [7.2.3.17.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p26)

sarvābhayapradānaṃ ca sarvānugrahaṇaṃ tathā //

### [7.2.3.17.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p27)

sarvopakārakaraṇaṃ śivasyārādhanaṃ viduḥ //

### [7.2.3.17.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p28)

yatheha putrapautrādeḥ prītyā prīto bhavetpitā //

### [7.2.3.17.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p29)

tathā sarvasya saṃprītyā prīto bhavati śaṃkaraḥ //

### [7.2.3.17.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p30)

dehino yasya kasyāpi kriyate yadi nigrahaḥ //

### [7.2.3.17.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p31)

aniṣṭamaṣṭamūrtestatkṛtameva na saṃśayaḥ //

### [7.2.3.17.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p32)

aṣṭamūrtyātmanā viśvamadhiṣṭhāya sthitaṃ śivam //

### [7.2.3.17.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p33)

bhajasva sarvabhāvena rudraḥ paramakāraṇam //

### [7.2.3.17.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p34)

oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ

### [7.2.3.17.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.3.17.p35)

Chapter 4  
kṛṣṇa uvāca  
bhagavanparameśasya śarvasyāmitatejasaḥ //

## Other recensions (1)

- [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.3.1) — Sanskrit

## Linked texts (2)

- [Jñānaratnāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.siddhanta.paddhati.jnanaratnavali.8.40) — Sanskrit
- [Jñānaratnāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.jnanaratnavali-2.2262) — Sanskrit

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