Shiva Purana

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शिवो वा प्रणवो ह्येष प्रणवो वा शिवः स्मृतः ॥ वाच्यवाचकयोर्भेदो नात्यन्तं विद्यते यतः ॥ ६१ ॥

Śiva is Praṇava, Praṇava is Śiva since there is no difference between Śiva and Praṇava that expresses Śiva.

english translation

zivo vA praNavo hyeSa praNavo vA zivaH smRtaH ॥ vAcyavAcakayorbhedo nAtyantaM vidyate yataH ॥ 61 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

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एनमेव महामन्त्रञ्जीवानाञ्च तनुत्यजाम् ॥ काश्यां संश्राव्य मरणे दत्ते मुक्तिं परां शिवः ॥ ६२ ॥

It is this very mantra that Śiva speaks to individual souls who leave off their bodies at Kāśī to attain liberation hereafter.

english translation

enameva mahAmantraJjIvAnAJca tanutyajAm ॥ kAzyAM saMzrAvya maraNe datte muktiM parAM zivaH ॥ 62 ॥

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तस्मादेकाक्षरन्देवं शिवं परमकारणम् ॥ उपासते यतिश्रेष्ठा हृदयाम्भोजमध्यगम् ॥ ६३ ॥

Hence good ascetics worship Śiva the single-syllabled lord who being the cause of the universe is stationed in the lotus of the heart.

english translation

tasmAdekAkSarandevaM zivaM paramakAraNam ॥ upAsate yatizreSThA hRdayAmbhojamadhyagam ॥ 63 ॥

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मुमुक्षवोऽपरे धीरा विरक्ता लौकिका नराः॥ विषयान्मनसा ज्ञात्वोपासते परमं शिवम् ॥ ६४ ॥

Men desirous of salvation and unattached to worldly pleasures worship Śiva after realising the futility of worldly pleasures.

english translation

mumukSavo'pare dhIrA viraktA laukikA narAH॥ viSayAnmanasA jJAtvopAsate paramaM zivam ॥ 64 ॥

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एवं विलाप्य गायत्रीं प्रणवे शिववाचके ॥ अहं वृक्षस्य रेरिवेत्यनुवाकं जपेत्पुनः ॥ ६५ ॥

After dissolving Gāyatrī in the Praṇava identical with Śiva he shall recite the hymn “ahaṃ vṛkṣasya reriva.”

english translation

evaM vilApya gAyatrIM praNave zivavAcake ॥ ahaM vRkSasya rerivetyanuvAkaM japetpunaH ॥ 65 ॥

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Chapter 13

Verses 56-60

Chapter 13

Verses 66-70