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तावत्सर्वे च ते देवा विवदंति महीतले । यावच्छिवपुराणं हि नोदेष्यति महीतले १६ ।
All those gods engage themselves in mutual disputes as long as the Śivapurāṇa has not risen high in the world.
english translation
तावत्सर्वे च सिद्धान्ता विवदंति महीतले । यावच्छिवपुराणं हि नोदेष्यति महीतले १७ ।
All the philosophical tenets engage themselves in mutual disputes as long as the Śivapurāṇa has not risen high in the world.
english translation
अस्य शैवपुराणस्य कीर्तनश्रवणाद्द्विजाः । फलं वक्तुं न शक्नोमि कार्त्स्न्येन मुनिसत्तमाः १८ ।
O foremost among brahmanical sages, I cannot adequately describe the fruit accruing from reciting and listening to this Śivapurāṇa.
english translation
तथापि तस्य माहात्म्यं वक्ष्ये किंचित्तु वोनघाः । चित्तमाधाय शृणुत व्यासेनोक्तं पुरा मम १९ ।
Even then, O sinless ones, I shall succinctly describe its greatness as narrated to me by Vyāsa. Please listen attentively.
english translation
एतच्छिवपुराणं हि श्लोकं श्लोकार्द्धमेव च । यः पठेद्भक्तिसंयुक्तस्स पापान्मुच्यते क्षणात् 1-2-२० ।
He who reads a single stanza or even half of it piously becomes free from sin instantaneously.
english translation