Shiva Purana

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शिवोवाच ॥ त्वं तु सर्वज्ञ जगतामुपकारकर प्रभो ॥ रुद्रस्याराधनार्थाय मंत्रं देहि मुने हि मे ॥ ३१ ॥

Pārvatī said: O sage, O omniscient one, you help all the worlds, please tell me a formula for the propitiation of lord Siva.

english translation

zivovAca ॥ tvaM tu sarvajJa jagatAmupakArakara prabho ॥ rudrasyArAdhanArthAya maMtraM dehi mune hi me ॥ 31 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

न सिद्यति क्रिया कापि सर्वेषां सद्गुरुं विना ॥ मया श्रुता पुरा सत्यं श्रुतिरेषा सनातनी ॥ ३२ ॥

No sacred rite will ever fructify without a good preceptor. Truly this eternal statement of the Vedas was heard by me before.

english translation

na sidyati kriyA kApi sarveSAM sadguruM vinA ॥ mayA zrutA purA satyaM zrutireSA sanAtanI ॥ 32 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

ब्रह्मोवाच ॥ इति श्रुत्वा वचस्तस्याः पार्वत्या मुनिसत्तमः ॥ पंचाक्षरं शम्भुमन्त्रं विधिपूर्वमुपादिशः ॥ ३३ ॥

Brahmā said: On hearing these words of Pārvatī, O excellent sage, you taught her the five-syllabled mantra of Śiva in accordance with the sacred law.

english translation

brahmovAca ॥ iti zrutvA vacastasyAH pArvatyA munisattamaH ॥ paMcAkSaraM zambhumantraM vidhipUrvamupAdizaH ॥ 33 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अवोचश्च वचस्तां त्वं श्रद्धामुत्पादयन्मुने॥ प्रभावं मन्त्रराजस्य तस्य सर्वाधिकं मुने ॥ ३४॥

O sage, generating her faith you told her the supreme efficacy of the great formula thus.

english translation

avocazca vacastAM tvaM zraddhAmutpAdayanmune॥ prabhAvaM mantrarAjasya tasya sarvAdhikaM mune ॥ 34॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

नारद उवाच ॥ शृणु देवि मनोरस्य प्रभावं परमाद्भुतम् ॥ यस्य श्रवणमात्रेण शंकरस्तु प्रसीदति ॥ ३५ ॥

Nārada said: O goddess, listen to the wonderful efficacy of this formula on hearing which Śiva becomes excessively pleased.

english translation

nArada uvAca ॥ zRNu devi manorasya prabhAvaM paramAdbhutam ॥ yasya zravaNamAtreNa zaMkarastu prasIdati ॥ 35 ॥

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