Shiva Purana

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बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन गोकर्णस्थानि सर्वशः ॥ शिवप्रत्यक्षलिंगानि तीर्थान्यम्भांसि सर्वशः ॥ ६ ॥

sanskrit

Of what avail is much talk. Everything in Gokarṇa is Śiva’s visible phallic image. All the waters there are holy Tīrthas.

english translation

bahunAtra kimuktena gokarNasthAni sarvazaH ॥ zivapratyakSaliMgAni tIrthAnyambhAMsi sarvazaH ॥ 6 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/8/7

गोकर्णे शिवलिंगानां तीर्थानामपि सर्वशः ॥ वर्ण्यते महिमा तात पुराणेषु महर्षिभिः ॥ ७॥

sanskrit

O dear, the greatness of Śiva’s holy images and the Tīrthas at Gokarṇa is explained and described in the Purāṇas by great sages.

english translation

gokarNe zivaliMgAnAM tIrthAnAmapi sarvazaH ॥ varNyate mahimA tAta purANeSu maharSibhiH ॥ 7॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/8/8

कृतेयुगे स हि श्वेतस्त्रेतायां सोतिलोहितः ॥ द्वापरे पीतवर्णश्च कलौ श्यामो भविष्यति ॥ ८ ॥

sanskrit

In the Kṛta Yuga it is white; in the Tretā it is deep-red; in the Dvāpara it is yellow and in the Kali age it is dark in colour.

english translation

kRteyuge sa hi zvetastretAyAM sotilohitaH ॥ dvApare pItavarNazca kalau zyAmo bhaviSyati ॥ 8 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/8/9

आक्रान्तसप्तपातालकुहरोपि महाबलः ॥ प्राप्ते कलियुगे घोरे मृदुतामुपयास्यति ॥ ९ ॥

sanskrit

Mahābala, though it has pervaded the regions as far below as the seven nether worlds, will become soft when the terrible age of Kali arrives.

english translation

AkrAntasaptapAtAlakuharopi mahAbalaH ॥ prApte kaliyuge ghore mRdutAmupayAsyati ॥ 9 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/8/10

महापातकिनश्चात्र समभ्यर्च्य महाबलम् ॥ शिवलिंगं च गोकर्णे प्रयाताश्शांकरम्पदम् ॥ १०॥

sanskrit

Persons committing great sins have attained Śiva’s region after worshipping Mahābala, the phallic image of Śiva at Gokarṇa.

english translation

mahApAtakinazcAtra samabhyarcya mahAbalam ॥ zivaliMgaM ca gokarNe prayAtAzzAMkarampadam ॥ 10॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/8/6

बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन गोकर्णस्थानि सर्वशः ॥ शिवप्रत्यक्षलिंगानि तीर्थान्यम्भांसि सर्वशः ॥ ६ ॥

sanskrit

Of what avail is much talk. Everything in Gokarṇa is Śiva’s visible phallic image. All the waters there are holy Tīrthas.

english translation

bahunAtra kimuktena gokarNasthAni sarvazaH ॥ zivapratyakSaliMgAni tIrthAnyambhAMsi sarvazaH ॥ 6 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/8/7

गोकर्णे शिवलिंगानां तीर्थानामपि सर्वशः ॥ वर्ण्यते महिमा तात पुराणेषु महर्षिभिः ॥ ७॥

sanskrit

O dear, the greatness of Śiva’s holy images and the Tīrthas at Gokarṇa is explained and described in the Purāṇas by great sages.

english translation

gokarNe zivaliMgAnAM tIrthAnAmapi sarvazaH ॥ varNyate mahimA tAta purANeSu maharSibhiH ॥ 7॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/8/8

कृतेयुगे स हि श्वेतस्त्रेतायां सोतिलोहितः ॥ द्वापरे पीतवर्णश्च कलौ श्यामो भविष्यति ॥ ८ ॥

sanskrit

In the Kṛta Yuga it is white; in the Tretā it is deep-red; in the Dvāpara it is yellow and in the Kali age it is dark in colour.

english translation

kRteyuge sa hi zvetastretAyAM sotilohitaH ॥ dvApare pItavarNazca kalau zyAmo bhaviSyati ॥ 8 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/8/9

आक्रान्तसप्तपातालकुहरोपि महाबलः ॥ प्राप्ते कलियुगे घोरे मृदुतामुपयास्यति ॥ ९ ॥

sanskrit

Mahābala, though it has pervaded the regions as far below as the seven nether worlds, will become soft when the terrible age of Kali arrives.

english translation

AkrAntasaptapAtAlakuharopi mahAbalaH ॥ prApte kaliyuge ghore mRdutAmupayAsyati ॥ 9 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/kotirudra-samhita/8/10

महापातकिनश्चात्र समभ्यर्च्य महाबलम् ॥ शिवलिंगं च गोकर्णे प्रयाताश्शांकरम्पदम् ॥ १०॥

sanskrit

Persons committing great sins have attained Śiva’s region after worshipping Mahābala, the phallic image of Śiva at Gokarṇa.

english translation

mahApAtakinazcAtra samabhyarcya mahAbalam ॥ zivaliMgaM ca gokarNe prayAtAzzAMkarampadam ॥ 10॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript