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Shiva Purana

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शिवेनोपनिषत्सिंधुमन्थनोत्पादितां मुदा । कुमारायार्पितां तां वै सुधां पीत्वाऽमरो भवेत् ४१ ।

Drinking that nectar prepared by Lord Śiva after churning the ocean of the Upaniṣads (a class of Vedic literature) and handed over to Kumāra (Lord Kārtikeya) the devotee shall become immortal.

english translation

ब्रह्महत्यादिपापानां निष्कृतिं कर्तुमुद्यतः । मासमात्रं संहितां तां पठित्वा मुच्यते ततः ४२ ।

The person intending to perform expiatory rites for the sins of Brahma-hatyā etc. should read that Saṃhitā for a month. He shall be freed of that sin.

english translation

दुष्प्रतिग्रहदुर्भोज्यदुरालापादिसंभवम् । पापं सकृत्कीर्तनेन संहिता सा विनाशयेत् ४३ ।

By a single recital, that Saṃhitā destroys the sin originating from the acceptance of monetary gifts from defiled persons, partaking of defiled food and indulging in foul talks.

english translation

शिवालये बिल्ववने संहितां तां पठेत्तु यः । स तत्फलमवाप्नोति यद्वाचोऽपि न गोचरे ४४ ।

The benefit derived by a person who reads that Saṃhitā in the grove of Bilva trees in a temple of Śiva is beyond description in words.

english translation

संहितां तां पठन्भक्त्या यः श्राद्धे भोजयेद्द्विजान् । तस्य ये पितरः सर्वे यांति शंभोः परं पदम् ४५ ।

If a person reads that Saṃhitā with devotion at the time of performing Śrāddha and feeding the brahmins, all his Pitṛs (manes) attain the great region of Śiva.

english translation