Shiva Purana

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तावत्सर्वे च ते देवा विवदंति महीतले । यावच्छिवपुराणं हि नोदेष्यति महीतले १६ ।

sanskrit

All those gods engage themselves in mutual disputes as long as the Śivapurāṇa has not risen high in the world.

english translation

tAvatsarve ca te devA vivadaMti mahItale | yAvacchivapurANaM hi nodeSyati mahItale 16 |

hk transliteration

तावत्सर्वे च सिद्धान्ता विवदंति महीतले । यावच्छिवपुराणं हि नोदेष्यति महीतले १७ ।

sanskrit

All the philosophical tenets engage themselves in mutual disputes as long as the Śivapurāṇa has not risen high in the world.

english translation

tAvatsarve ca siddhAntA vivadaMti mahItale | yAvacchivapurANaM hi nodeSyati mahItale 17 |

hk transliteration

अस्य शैवपुराणस्य कीर्तनश्रवणाद्द्विजाः । फलं वक्तुं न शक्नोमि कार्त्स्न्येन मुनिसत्तमाः १८ ।

sanskrit

O foremost among brahmanical sages, I cannot adequately describe the fruit accruing from reciting and listening to this Śivapurāṇa.

english translation

asya zaivapurANasya kIrtanazravaNAddvijAH | phalaM vaktuM na zaknomi kArtsnyena munisattamAH 18 |

hk transliteration

तथापि तस्य माहात्म्यं वक्ष्ये किंचित्तु वोनघाः । चित्तमाधाय शृणुत व्यासेनोक्तं पुरा मम १९ ।

sanskrit

Even then, O sinless ones, I shall succinctly describe its greatness as narrated to me by Vyāsa. Please listen attentively.

english translation

tathApi tasya mAhAtmyaM vakSye kiMcittu vonaghAH | cittamAdhAya zRNuta vyAsenoktaM purA mama 19 |

hk transliteration

एतच्छिवपुराणं हि श्लोकं श्लोकार्द्धमेव च । यः पठेद्भक्तिसंयुक्तस्स पापान्मुच्यते क्षणात् 1.2.२० ।

sanskrit

He who reads a single stanza or even half of it piously becomes free from sin instantaneously.

english translation

etacchivapurANaM hi zlokaM zlokArddhameva ca | yaH paThedbhaktisaMyuktassa pApAnmucyate kSaNAt 1.2.20 |

hk transliteration