Shiva Purana

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प्रातरुत्थाय सुस्नातो लिंगमभ्यर्च्य शाम्भवम् ॥ वर्षं जपन्निदं स्तोत्रमपुत्रः पुत्रवान्भवेत् ॥ ६१ ॥

If an issueless man gets up early in the morning, takes his bath, worships Śiva’s phallic image, recites this hymn and continues the practice for a year, he will surely secure a son.

english translation

prAtarutthAya susnAto liMgamabhyarcya zAmbhavam ॥ varSaM japannidaM stotramaputraH putravAnbhavet ॥ 61 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

अभिलाषाष्टकमिदन्न देयं यस्य कस्यचित् ॥ गोपनीयं प्रयत्नेन महावन्ध्याप्रसूतिकृत् ॥ ६२ ॥

The Abhilāṣāṣṭaka hymn shall not be taught to common people. It shall be preserved carefully as a secret mantra. It makes the most barren lady deliver of a child.

english translation

abhilASASTakamidanna deyaM yasya kasyacit ॥ gopanIyaM prayatnena mahAvandhyAprasUtikRt ॥ 62 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

स्त्रिया वा पुरुषेणापि नियमाल्लिंगसन्निधौ ॥ अब्दजप्तमिदं स्तोत्रम्पुत्रदन्नात्र संशयः ॥ ६३ ॥

This hymn recited by a woman or a man with due observances in the presence of a phallic image for a year undoubtedly yields the birth of a son.

english translation

striyA vA puruSeNApi niyamAlliMgasannidhau ॥ abdajaptamidaM stotramputradannAtra saMzayaH ॥ 63 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

नन्दीश्वर उवाच ॥ इत्युक्त्वान्तर्दधे शम्भुर्बालरूपः सतां गतिः॥ सोऽपि विश्वानरो विप्रो हृष्टात्मा स्वगृहं ययौ॥ ६४॥

Nandīśvara said:— After saying this, Śiva, the goal of the good and who assumed the form of a boy vanished. The brahmin Viśvānara returned to his house highly delighted.

english translation

nandIzvara uvAca ॥ ityuktvAntardadhe zambhurbAlarUpaH satAM gatiH॥ so'pi vizvAnaro vipro hRSTAtmA svagRhaM yayau॥ 64॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript