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बिल्वाणां दर्शनं पुण्यं स्पर्शनं पापनाशनम् । अघोर पापसंहारं एकबिल्वं शिवार्पणम् ॥ ११ ॥
Even having a look at the Bilva tree or Even just touching it Destroys the most horrible sins one might have committed. I offer one leaf of Bilva to Lord Shiva.
english translation
सहस्रवेद पाटेषु ब्रह्मस्तापनमुच्यते । अनेकव्रत कोटीनां एकबिल्वं शिवार्पणम् ॥ १२ ॥
Chanting the vedas a thousand times Is said to elevate one to a great spiritual height And so with performing spiritual fasts crores of times Equal to all of these is Offering a single Bilva leaf to Lord Shiva.
english translation
अन्नदान सहस्त्रेषु सहस्रोपनयनं तधा । अनेक जन्मपापानि एकबिल्वं शिवार्पणम् ॥ १३ ॥
The virtue earned by donating food to thousands Or by performing a thouand thread ceremonies Such virtue is attained By offering a single Bilva leaf to Lord Shiva Which washes away the sins of many lives.
english translation
बिल्वाष्टकमिदं पुण्यं यः पठेश्शिव सन्निधौ । शिवलोकमवाप्नोति एकबिल्वं शिवार्पणम् ॥ १४ ॥
Whoever reads these sacred verses of Bilvashtakam In the proximity (presence) of Lord Shiva Will be freed of all sins And will attain the abode of Lord Shiva.
english translation