Shiva Purana

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शिवनामामृतं पेयं पापदावानलार्दितैः । पापदावाग्नितप्तानां शांतिस्तेन विना न हि ३१ ।

sanskrit

The nectar of Śiva’s names shall be drunk by those who are distressed and scorched by the conflagration of sins. Without it, the people who are scorched by the conflagration cannot have any peace.

english translation

zivanAmAmRtaM peyaM pApadAvAnalArditaiH | pApadAvAgnitaptAnAM zAMtistena vinA na hi 31 |

hk transliteration

शिवेति नामपीयूषवर्षधारापरिप्लुताः । संसारदवमध्येपि न शोचंति कदाचन ३२ ।

sanskrit

Those who are drenched by the nectarine downpour of Śiva’s names never feel ill at ease even in the middle of the conflagration of worldly existence.

english translation

ziveti nAmapIyUSavarSadhArApariplutAH | saMsAradavamadhyepi na zocaMti kadAcana 32 |

hk transliteration

शिवनाम्नि महद्भक्तिर्जाता येषां महात्मनाम् । तद्विधानां तु सहसा मुक्तिर्भवति सर्वथा ३३ ।

sanskrit

The noble souls who have acquired great devotion to the names of Śiva, and those like them, attain perfect liberation instantaneously.

english translation

zivanAmni mahadbhaktirjAtA yeSAM mahAtmanAm | tadvidhAnAM tu sahasA muktirbhavati sarvathA 33 |

hk transliteration

अनेकजन्मभिर्येन तपस्तप्तं मुनीश्वर । शिवनाम्नि भवेद्भक्तिः सर्वपापापहारिणी ३४ ।

sanskrit

O lord of sages, devotion to the names of Śiva, that destroys all sins can be acquired only by him who has performed penances in the course of many births.

english translation

anekajanmabhiryena tapastaptaM munIzvara | zivanAmni bhavedbhaktiH sarvapApApahAriNI 34 |

hk transliteration

यस्या साधारणं शंभुनाम्नि भक्तिरखंडिता । तस्यैव मोक्षः सुलभो नान्यस्येति मतिर्मम ३५ ।

sanskrit

Salvation is easy of access only to him who has extraordinary and unbroken devotion for the names of Śiva. I believe in this.

english translation

yasyA sAdhAraNaM zaMbhunAmni bhaktirakhaMDitA | tasyaiva mokSaH sulabho nAnyasyeti matirmama 35 |

hk transliteration