Shiva Purana

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नारद उवाच ।। विधे विधे महाभाग धन्यस्त्वं सुरसत्तम ।। श्राविताद्याद्भुता शैवकथा परमपावनी ।। १ ।।

sanskrit

Nārada said: O creator, O Brahmā the fortunate, you are blessed O foremost among Devas. A wonderfully sanctifying story of Śiva has been narrated by you, today.

english translation

nArada uvAca || vidhe vidhe mahAbhAga dhanyastvaM surasattama || zrAvitAdyAdbhutA zaivakathA paramapAvanI || 1 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/15/2

तत्राद्भुता महादिव्या लिंगोत्पत्तिः श्रुता शुभा ।। श्रुत्वा यस्याः प्रभावं च दुःखनाशो भवेदिह ।। २ ।।

sanskrit

I have heard the wonderfully divine story of the origin of the Liṅga, the auspicious hearing of the efficacy of which destroys all miseries here.

english translation

tatrAdbhutA mahAdivyA liMgotpattiH zrutA zubhA || zrutvA yasyAH prabhAvaM ca duHkhanAzo bhavediha || 2 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/15/3

अनंतरं च यज्जातं माहात्म्यं चरितं तथा ।। सृष्टेश्चैव प्रकारं च कथय त्वं विशेषतः ।। ३ ।।

sanskrit

Please narrate what transpired thereafter, the grandeur of the created things and particularly the mode of creation.

english translation

anaMtaraM ca yajjAtaM mAhAtmyaM caritaM tathA || sRSTezcaiva prakAraM ca kathaya tvaM vizeSataH || 3 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/15/4

ब्रह्मोवाच ।। सम्यक् पृष्टे च भवता यज्जातं तदनंतरम् ।। कथयिष्यामि संक्षेपाद्यथा पूर्वं श्रुतं मया ।। ४ ।।

sanskrit

Brahmā said: You have requested very pertinently. I shall briefly narrate what transpired later as I have heard before.

english translation

brahmovAca || samyak pRSTe ca bhavatA yajjAtaM tadanaMtaram || kathayiSyAmi saMkSepAdyathA pUrvaM zrutaM mayA || 4 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/15/5

अंतर्हिते तदा देवे शिवरूपे सनातने ।। अहं विष्णुश्च विप्रेन्द्र अधिकं सुखमाप्तवान् ।।५।।

sanskrit

When the eternal God, in the form of Shiva, became hidden (or withdrew), O best of Brahmins, I (Brahma) and Vishnu attained supreme bliss.

english translation

aMtarhite tadA deve zivarUpe sanAtane || ahaM viSNuzca viprendra adhikaM sukhamAptavAn ||5||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/15/1

नारद उवाच ।। विधे विधे महाभाग धन्यस्त्वं सुरसत्तम ।। श्राविताद्याद्भुता शैवकथा परमपावनी ।। १ ।।

sanskrit

Nārada said: O creator, O Brahmā the fortunate, you are blessed O foremost among Devas. A wonderfully sanctifying story of Śiva has been narrated by you, today.

english translation

nArada uvAca || vidhe vidhe mahAbhAga dhanyastvaM surasattama || zrAvitAdyAdbhutA zaivakathA paramapAvanI || 1 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/15/2

तत्राद्भुता महादिव्या लिंगोत्पत्तिः श्रुता शुभा ।। श्रुत्वा यस्याः प्रभावं च दुःखनाशो भवेदिह ।। २ ।।

sanskrit

I have heard the wonderfully divine story of the origin of the Liṅga, the auspicious hearing of the efficacy of which destroys all miseries here.

english translation

tatrAdbhutA mahAdivyA liMgotpattiH zrutA zubhA || zrutvA yasyAH prabhAvaM ca duHkhanAzo bhavediha || 2 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/15/3

अनंतरं च यज्जातं माहात्म्यं चरितं तथा ।। सृष्टेश्चैव प्रकारं च कथय त्वं विशेषतः ।। ३ ।।

sanskrit

Please narrate what transpired thereafter, the grandeur of the created things and particularly the mode of creation.

english translation

anaMtaraM ca yajjAtaM mAhAtmyaM caritaM tathA || sRSTezcaiva prakAraM ca kathaya tvaM vizeSataH || 3 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/15/4

ब्रह्मोवाच ।। सम्यक् पृष्टे च भवता यज्जातं तदनंतरम् ।। कथयिष्यामि संक्षेपाद्यथा पूर्वं श्रुतं मया ।। ४ ।।

sanskrit

Brahmā said: You have requested very pertinently. I shall briefly narrate what transpired later as I have heard before.

english translation

brahmovAca || samyak pRSTe ca bhavatA yajjAtaM tadanaMtaram || kathayiSyAmi saMkSepAdyathA pUrvaM zrutaM mayA || 4 ||

hk transliteration

siva.sh/siva-purana/rudra-samhita/15/5

अंतर्हिते तदा देवे शिवरूपे सनातने ।। अहं विष्णुश्च विप्रेन्द्र अधिकं सुखमाप्तवान् ।।५।।

sanskrit

When the eternal God, in the form of Shiva, became hidden (or withdrew), O best of Brahmins, I (Brahma) and Vishnu attained supreme bliss.

english translation

aMtarhite tadA deve zivarUpe sanAtane || ahaM viSNuzca viprendra adhikaM sukhamAptavAn ||5||

hk transliteration