Shiva Purana

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बाह्यादाभ्यंतरं श्रेष्ठं भवेच्छतगुणाधिकम् ॥ असंकरत्वाद्दोषाणां दृष्टानामप्यसम्भवात् ॥ ५६ ॥

The internal worship is hundred times more excellent than the external one in view of the absence of flaws seen and their intermixture avoided.

english translation

bAhyAdAbhyaMtaraM zreSThaM bhavecchataguNAdhikam ॥ asaMkaratvAddoSANAM dRSTAnAmapyasambhavAt ॥ 56 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

शौचमाभ्यंतरं विद्यान्न बाह्यं शौचमुच्यते ॥ अंतः शौचविमुक्तात्मा शुचिरप्यशुचिर्यतः ॥ ५७ ॥

Purity too is the internal one. External purity is not enough. A man though physically pure is not pure if he is devoid of inner purity.

english translation

zaucamAbhyaMtaraM vidyAnna bAhyaM zaucamucyate ॥ aMtaH zaucavimuktAtmA zucirapyazuciryataH ॥ 57 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

बाह्यमाभ्यंर्तरं चैव भजनं भवपूर्वकम् ॥ न भावरहितं देवि विप्रलंभैककारणम् ॥ ५८ ॥

O gentle lady, the adorative service whether external or internal shall be attended with devotion. If devoid of devotion, it is the cause of deceit.

english translation

bAhyamAbhyaMrtaraM caiva bhajanaM bhavapUrvakam ॥ na bhAvarahitaM devi vipralaMbhaikakAraNam ॥ 58 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

कृतकृत्यस्य पूतस्य मम किं क्रियते नरैः ॥ बहिर्वाभ्यंतरं वाथ मया भावो हि गृह्यते ॥ ५९ ॥

I am content and pure. What shall be done unto me by men? Externally or internally only devotion is taken into consideration by me.

english translation

kRtakRtyasya pUtasya mama kiM kriyate naraiH ॥ bahirvAbhyaMtaraM vAtha mayA bhAvo hi gRhyate ॥ 59 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

भावैकात्मा क्रिया देवि मम धर्मस्सनातनः ॥ मनसा कर्मणा वाचा ह्यनपेक्ष्य फलं क्वचित् ॥ ६० ॥

That activity the soul of which is devotion, O gentle lady, is my eternal Dharma. It shall be performed without yearning for the fruit thereof mentally, verbally and physically.

english translation

bhAvaikAtmA kriyA devi mama dharmassanAtanaH ॥ manasA karmaNA vAcA hyanapekSya phalaM kvacit ॥ 60 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript