Shiva Purana

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चतुर्दश्यां निराहारो यः पठेत्संहितां च ताम् । बिल्वमूले शिवः साक्षात्स देवैश्च प्रपूज्यते ४६ ।

sanskrit

The devotee who observes fast on the Caturdaśī day and reads that Saṃhitā under the Bilva tree is directly identified with Śiva and is worshipped by the gods.

english translation

caturdazyAM nirAhAro yaH paThetsaMhitAM ca tAm | bilvamUle zivaH sAkSAtsa devaizca prapUjyate 46 |

hk transliteration

अन्यापि संहिता तत्र सर्वकामफलप्रदा । उभे विशिष्टे विज्ञेये लीलाविज्ञानपूरिते ४७ ।

sanskrit

The other Saṃhitās are no doubt the bestowers of the benefit of fulfilling all cherished desires. These two Saṃhitās are particularly excellent as they are full of divine sports and divine knowledge.

english translation

anyApi saMhitA tatra sarvakAmaphalapradA | ubhe viziSTe vijJeye lIlAvijJAnapUrite 47 |

hk transliteration

तदिदं शैवमाख्यातं पुराणं वेदसंमितम् । निर्मितं तच्छिवेनैव प्रथमं ब्रह्मसंमितम् ४८ ।

sanskrit

Such is the Śivapurāṇa, extolled on a par with the Vedas, created by Lord Śiva Himself at first and commensurate with the supreme Brahman.

english translation

tadidaM zaivamAkhyAtaM purANaM vedasaMmitam | nirmitaM tacchivenaiva prathamaM brahmasaMmitam 48 |

hk transliteration

विद्येशंच तथारौद्रं वैनायकमथौमिकम् । मात्रं रुद्रै कादशकं कैलासं शतरुद्र कम् ४९ ।

sanskrit

Vidyesha, and then the fierce (Roudra), Vainayaka (Ganesha), and the Aumika (the one associated with the syllable Om), the form of Rudra with ten faces (Dasha Rudra), Kailasa (the abode of Shiva), and the form with a hundred Rudras.

english translation

vidyezaMca tathAraudraM vainAyakamathaumikam | mAtraM rudrai kAdazakaM kailAsaM zatarudra kam 49 |

hk transliteration

कोटिरुद्र सहस्राद्यं कोटिरुद्रं तथैव च । वायवीयं धर्मसंज्ञं पुराणमिति भेदतः 1.2.५० ।

sanskrit

One crore (ten million) Rudras, thousands of Rudras, and likewise, the Vayaviya (air-related) Rudra, known by the name Dharma, are described in the Purāṇas in different ways.

english translation

koTirudra sahasrAdyaM koTirudraM tathaiva ca | vAyavIyaM dharmasaMjJaM purANamiti bhedataH 1.2.50 |

hk transliteration