Shiva Purana

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उपमन्युरुवाच ॥ ब्रह्मघ्नो वा सुरापो वा स्तेयीवा गुरुतल्पगः ॥ मातृहा पितृहा वापि वीरहा भ्रूणहापि वा ॥ १ ॥

sanskrit

Upamanyu said:— A person who kills a brahmin or drinks alcoholic beverages or steals or sleeps with his spiritual master Whether he kills a mother or a father or a hero or an embryo.

english translation

upamanyuruvAca ॥ brahmaghno vA surApo vA steyIvA gurutalpagaH ॥ mAtRhA pitRhA vApi vIrahA bhrUNahApi vA ॥ 1 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/61/2

संपूज्यामन्त्रकं भक्त्या शिवं परमकारणम् ॥ तैस्तैः पापैः प्रमुच्येत वर्षैर्द्वादशभिः क्रमात् ॥ २ ॥

sanskrit

Worship with devotion the mantra of Lord Śiva, the supreme cause. He will be freed from those sins for twelve years in succession.

english translation

saMpUjyAmantrakaM bhaktyA zivaM paramakAraNam ॥ taistaiH pApaiH pramucyeta varSairdvAdazabhiH kramAt ॥ 2 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/61/3

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन पतितो ऽपि यजेच्छिवम् ॥ भक्तश्चेन्नापरः कश्चिद्भिक्षाहारो जितेंद्रियः ॥ ३ ॥

sanskrit

Hence by all means let even a fallen man worship Śiva sustaining himself on alms and conquering the sense-organs. This he shall do if he is a devotee and none else.

english translation

tasmAtsarvaprayatnena patito 'pi yajecchivam ॥ bhaktazcennAparaH kazcidbhikSAhAro jiteMdriyaH ॥ 3 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/61/4

कृत्वापि सुमहत्पापं भक्त्या पञ्चाक्षरेण तु ॥ पूजयेद्यदि देवेशं तस्मात्पापात्प्रमुच्यते ॥ ४ ॥

sanskrit

Even if one commits a great sin he is liberated from that if he worships the lord of the gods with devotion, repeating the five-syllabled mantra.

english translation

kRtvApi sumahatpApaM bhaktyA paJcAkSareNa tu ॥ pUjayedyadi devezaM tasmAtpApAtpramucyate ॥ 4 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/61/5

अब्भक्षा वायुभक्षाश्च ये चान्ये व्रतकर्शिताः ॥ तेषामेतैर्व्रतैर्नास्ति शिवलोकसमागमः ॥ ५ ॥

sanskrit

There are many persons who live solely on water or air and who emaciate their bodies by means of holy rites. They cannot attain Śivaloka through these rites.

english translation

abbhakSA vAyubhakSAzca ye cAnye vratakarzitAH ॥ teSAmetairvratairnAsti zivalokasamAgamaH ॥ 5 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/61/1

उपमन्युरुवाच ॥ ब्रह्मघ्नो वा सुरापो वा स्तेयीवा गुरुतल्पगः ॥ मातृहा पितृहा वापि वीरहा भ्रूणहापि वा ॥ १ ॥

sanskrit

Upamanyu said:— A person who kills a brahmin or drinks alcoholic beverages or steals or sleeps with his spiritual master Whether he kills a mother or a father or a hero or an embryo.

english translation

upamanyuruvAca ॥ brahmaghno vA surApo vA steyIvA gurutalpagaH ॥ mAtRhA pitRhA vApi vIrahA bhrUNahApi vA ॥ 1 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/61/2

संपूज्यामन्त्रकं भक्त्या शिवं परमकारणम् ॥ तैस्तैः पापैः प्रमुच्येत वर्षैर्द्वादशभिः क्रमात् ॥ २ ॥

sanskrit

Worship with devotion the mantra of Lord Śiva, the supreme cause. He will be freed from those sins for twelve years in succession.

english translation

saMpUjyAmantrakaM bhaktyA zivaM paramakAraNam ॥ taistaiH pApaiH pramucyeta varSairdvAdazabhiH kramAt ॥ 2 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/61/3

तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन पतितो ऽपि यजेच्छिवम् ॥ भक्तश्चेन्नापरः कश्चिद्भिक्षाहारो जितेंद्रियः ॥ ३ ॥

sanskrit

Hence by all means let even a fallen man worship Śiva sustaining himself on alms and conquering the sense-organs. This he shall do if he is a devotee and none else.

english translation

tasmAtsarvaprayatnena patito 'pi yajecchivam ॥ bhaktazcennAparaH kazcidbhikSAhAro jiteMdriyaH ॥ 3 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/61/4

कृत्वापि सुमहत्पापं भक्त्या पञ्चाक्षरेण तु ॥ पूजयेद्यदि देवेशं तस्मात्पापात्प्रमुच्यते ॥ ४ ॥

sanskrit

Even if one commits a great sin he is liberated from that if he worships the lord of the gods with devotion, repeating the five-syllabled mantra.

english translation

kRtvApi sumahatpApaM bhaktyA paJcAkSareNa tu ॥ pUjayedyadi devezaM tasmAtpApAtpramucyate ॥ 4 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript

siva.sh/siva-purana/vayaviya-samhita/61/5

अब्भक्षा वायुभक्षाश्च ये चान्ये व्रतकर्शिताः ॥ तेषामेतैर्व्रतैर्नास्ति शिवलोकसमागमः ॥ ५ ॥

sanskrit

There are many persons who live solely on water or air and who emaciate their bodies by means of holy rites. They cannot attain Śivaloka through these rites.

english translation

abbhakSA vAyubhakSAzca ye cAnye vratakarzitAH ॥ teSAmetairvratairnAsti zivalokasamAgamaH ॥ 5 ॥

hk transliteration by Sanscript