[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) › 7.2.40 # Shivapurana 7.2.40 Śivapurāṇa 7.2.40 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [7.2.40.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10) — 81 parts ### [7.2.40.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.1) / praṇatimupagatebhyastebhya udbhāvitātmā sapadi viyati vāyuḥ sāyamantarhito 'bhūt // / tataḥ prabhātasamaye naimiṣīyāstapodhanāḥ // ### [7.2.40.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.2) / satrānte 'vabhṛthaṃ kartuṃ sarva eva samudyayuḥ // / tadā brahmasamādeśāddevī sākṣātsarasvatī // ### [7.2.40.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.3) / prasannā svādusalilā prāvartata nadīśubhā // / sarasvatīṃ nadīṃ dṛṣṭvā munayo hṛṣṭamānasāḥ // ### [7.2.40.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.4) / samāpya satraṃ prārabdhaṃ cakrustatrāvagāhanam // / atha saṃtarpya devādīṃstadīyaiḥ salilaiḥ śivaiḥ // ### [7.2.40.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.5) / smarantaḥ pūrvavṛttāntaṃ yayurvārāṇasīṃ prati // / tadā te himavatpādātpaṃtatīṃ dakṣiṇāmukhīm // ### [7.2.40.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.6) / dṛṣṭvā bhāgīrathī tatra snātvā tattīrato yayuḥ // / tato vārāṇasīṃ prāpya muditāssarva eva te // ### [7.2.40.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.7) / tadottarapravāhāyāṃ gaṃgāyāmavagāhya ca // / avimukteśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ dṛṣṭvābhyarcya vidhānataḥ // ### [7.2.40.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.8) / prayātumudyatāstatra dadṛśurdivi bhāsvaram // / sūryakoṭipratīkāśaṃ tejodivyaṃ mahādbhutam // ### [7.2.40.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.9) / ātmaprabhāvitānena vyāptasarvadigantaram // / atha pāśupatāḥ siddhāḥ bhasmasañchannavigrahāḥ // ### [7.2.40.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10) / munayo 'bhyetya śataśo līnāḥ syustatra tejasi // / 599a ### [7.2.40.10.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p1) tathā vilīyamāneṣu tapasviṣu mahātmasu // ### [7.2.40.10.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p2) sadyastirodadhe tejastadadbhutamivābhavat // ### [7.2.40.10.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p3) taddṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryaṃ naimiṣīyā maharṣayaḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p4) kimetadityajānanto yayurbrahmavanaṃ prati // ### [7.2.40.10.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p5) prāgevaiṣāṃ tu gamanātpavano lokapāvanaḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p6) darśanaṃ naimiṣīyāṇāṃ saṃvādastairmahātmanaḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p7) śaddhāṃ buddhiṃ tatasteṣāṃ sāṃbe sānucare śive // ### [7.2.40.10.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p8) samāptiṃ cāpi satrasya dīrghapūrvasya satriṇām // ### [7.2.40.10.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p9) vijñāpya jagatāṃ dhātre brahmaṇe brahmayonaye // ### [7.2.40.10.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p10) svakārye tadanujñāto jagāma svapuraṃ prati // ### [7.2.40.10.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p11) atha sthānagato brahmā tumburornāradasya ca // ### [7.2.40.10.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p12) paraspara spardhitayorgāne vivadamānayoḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p13) tadudbhāvitagānottharasairmādhyasthamācaran // ### [7.2.40.10.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p14) gandharvairapsarobhiśca sukhamāste niṣevitaḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p15) tadānavasarādeva dvāḥsthairdvāri nivāritāḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p16) munayo brahmabhavanādbahiḥ pārśvamupāviśan // ### [7.2.40.10.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p17) atha tumburuṇā gāne samatāṃ prāpya nāradaḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p18) sāhacaryeṣvanujñāto brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā // ### [7.2.40.10.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p19) tyaktvā parasparaspardhāṃ maitrīṃ ca paramāṃ gataḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p20) saha tenāpsarobhiśca gandharvaiśca samāvṛtaḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p21) upavīṇayituṃ devaṃ nakulīśvaramīśvaram // ### [7.2.40.10.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p22) bhavanānniryayau dhāturjaladādaṃśumāniva // ### [7.2.40.10.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p23) taṃ dṛṣṭvā ṣaṭkulīyāste nāradaṃ munigovṛṣam // ### [7.2.40.10.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p24) praṇamyāvasaraṃ śaṃbhoḥ papracchuḥ paramādarāt // ### [7.2.40.10.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p25) sa cāvasara evāyamitoṃtargamyatāmiti // ### [7.2.40.10.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p26) vadanyayāvanyaparastvarayā parayā yutaḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p27) tato dvāri sthitā ye vai brahmaṇe tānnyavedayan // ### [7.2.40.10.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p28) tena te viviśurveśma piṃḍībhūyāṃḍajanmanaḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p29) praviśya dūrato devaṃ praṇamya bhuvi daṃḍavat // ### [7.2.40.10.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p30) samīpe tadanujñātāḥ parivṛtyopatasthire // ### [7.2.40.10.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p31) tāṃstatrāvasthitān pṛṣṭvā kuśalaṃ kamalāsanaḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p32) vṛttāṃtaṃ vo mayā jñātaṃ vāyurevāha no yataḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p33) bhavadbhiḥ kiṃ kṛtaṃ paścānmāruteṃtarhite sati // ### [7.2.40.10.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p34) ityuktavati deveśe munayo 'vabhṛthātparam // ### [7.2.40.10.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p35) gaṃgātīrthesya gamanaṃ yātrāṃ vārāṇasīṃ prati // ### [7.2.40.10.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p36) darśanaṃ tatra liṃgānāṃ sthāpitānāṃ sureśvaraiḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p37) avimukteśvarasyāpi liṃgasyābhyarcanaṃ sakṛt // ### [7.2.40.10.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p38) ākāśe mahatastasya tejorāśeśca darśanam // ### [7.2.40.10.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p39) munīnāṃ vilayaṃ tatra nirodhaṃ tejasastataḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p40) yāthātmyavedanaṃ tasya ciṃtitasyāpi cātmabhiḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p41) sarvaṃ savistaraṃ tasmai praṇamyāhurmuhurmuhuḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p42) munibhiḥ kathitaṃ śrutvā viśvakarmā caturmukhaḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p43) kaṃpayitvā śiraḥ kiṃcitprāha gaṃbhīrayā girā // ### [7.2.40.10.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p44) pratyāsīdati yuṣmākaṃ siddhirāmuṣmikī parā // ### [7.2.40.10.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p45) 599b ### [7.2.40.10.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p46) bhavadbhirdīrghasatreṇa ciramārādhitaḥ prabhuḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p47) prasādābhimukho bhūta iti bhutārthasūcitam // ### [7.2.40.10.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p48) vārāṇasyāṃ tu yuṣmābhiryaddṛṣṭaṃ divi dīptimat // ### [7.2.40.10.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p49) talliṃgasaṃjñitaṃ sākṣāttejo māheśvaraṃ param // ### [7.2.40.10.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p50) tatra līnāśca munayaḥ śrautapāśupatavratāḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p51) muktā babhūvuḥ svasthāśca naiṣṭhikā dagdhakilbiṣāḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p52) prāpyānena yathā muktiracirādbhavatāmapi // ### [7.2.40.10.p53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p53) sa cāyamarthaḥ sūcyeta yuṣmaddṛṣṭena tejasā // ### [7.2.40.10.p54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p54) tatra vaḥ kāla evaiṣa daivādupanataḥ svayam // ### [7.2.40.10.p55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p55) prayāta dakṣiṇaṃ meroḥ śikharaṃ devasevitam // ### [7.2.40.10.p56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p56) sanatkumāro yatrāste mama putraḥ paro muniḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p57) pratīkṣyāgamanaṃ sākṣādbhūtanāthasya naṃdinaḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p58) purā sanatkumāropi dṛṣṭvāpi parameśvaram // ### [7.2.40.10.p59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p59) ajñānātsarvayogīndramānī vinayadūṣitaḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p60) abhyutthānādikaṃ yuktamakurvannatinirbhayaḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p61) tato 'parādhātkruddhena mahoṣṭro naṃdinā kṛtaḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p62) atha kālena mahatā tadarthe śocatā mayā // ### [7.2.40.10.p63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p63) upāsya devaṃ devīñca naṃdinaṃ cānunīya vai // ### [7.2.40.10.p64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p64) kathaṃciduṣṭratā tasya prayatnena nivāritā // ### [7.2.40.10.p65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p65) prāpito hi yathāpūrvaṃ sanatpūrvāṃ kumāratām // ### [7.2.40.10.p66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p66) tadāha ca mahādevaḥ smayanniva gaṇādhipam // ### [7.2.40.10.p67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p67) avajñāya hi māmeva tathāhaṃkṛtavānmuniḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p68) atastvameva yāthātmyaṃ mamāsmai kathayānagha // ### [7.2.40.10.p69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p69) brahmaṇaḥ pūrvajaḥ putro māṃ mūḍha iva saṃsmaran // ### [7.2.40.10.p70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p70) mayaiva śiṣyate datto mama jñānapravartakaḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p71) dharmādhyakṣābhiṣekaṃ ca tava nirvartayiṣyati // ### [7.2.40.10.p72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p72) sa evaṃ vyāhṛto bhūyassarvabhūtagaṇāgraṇīḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p73) yatparājñāpanaṃ mūrdhnā prātaḥ pratigṛhītavān // ### [7.2.40.10.p74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p74) tathā sanatkumāro 'pi merau madanuśāsanāt // ### [7.2.40.10.p75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p75) prasādārthaṃ gaṇasyāsya tapaścarati duścaram // ### [7.2.40.10.p76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p76) draṣṭavyaśceti yuṣmābhiḥ prāggaṇeśasamāgamāt // ### [7.2.40.10.p77](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p77) tatprasādārthamacirānnaṃdī tatrāgamiṣyati // ### [7.2.40.10.p78](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p78) iti satvaramādiśya preṣitā viśvayoginā // ### [7.2.40.10.p79](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p79) kumāraśikharaṃ merordakṣiṇaṃ munayo yayuḥ // ### [7.2.40.10.p80](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p80) oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe naimiṣarṣiyātrāvarṇanaṃ nāma catvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ### [7.2.40.10.p81](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40.10.p81) Chapter 41 sūta uvāca tatra skaṃdasaro nāma sarassāgarasannibham // ## Other recensions (1) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.40.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.40) · Pramāṇa