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Vayaviya Samhita

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अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.0

॥ श्रीगणेशाय नमः

|| śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Salutations to Shri Ganesha.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.0-2

श्रीगौरीशङ्कराभ्यां नमः

śrīgaurīśaṅkarābhyāṃ namaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Salutations to Shri Gauri and Shankara.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.1

श्रीशिवमहापुराणम् ॥ ७.२.३९. एकोनचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः ।शैवयोगवर्णनम् ।उपमन्युरुवाच ।श्रीकण्ठनाथं स्मरतां सद्यः सर्वार्थसिद्धयः ।प्रसिध्यन्तीति मत्वैके तं वै ध्यायन्ति योगिनः

śrīśivamahāpurāṇam || 7.2.39. ekonacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ | śaivayogavarṇanam | upamanyuruvāca | śrīkaṇṭhanāthaṃ smaratāṃ sadyaḥ sarvārthasiddhayaḥ | prasidhyantīti matvaike taṃ vai dhyāyanti yoginaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

The glorious Shiva Mahapurana, book 7, part 2, chapter 39: the description of Shaiva yoga. Upamanyu said: Thinking that for those who remember lord Shrikantha the accomplishment of every aim comes at once, some yogis meditate on him.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.2

स्थित्यर्थं मनसः केचित्स्थूलध्यानं प्रकुर्वते ।स्थूले तु निश्चलं चेतो भवेत्सूक्ष्मे तु तत्स्थिरम्

sthityarthaṃ manasaḥ kecitsthūladhyānaṃ prakurvate | sthūle tu niścalaṃ ceto bhavetsūkṣme tu tatsthiram

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Some practise gross meditation for the steadiness of the mind; in the gross the mind becomes still, and in the subtle it becomes firm.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.3

शिवे तु चिन्तिते साक्षात्सर्वाः सिध्यन्ति सिद्धयः ।मूर्त्यन्तरेषु ध्यातेषु शिवरूपं विचिन्तयेत्

śive tu cintite sākṣātsarvāḥ sidhyanti siddhayaḥ | mūrtyantareṣu dhyāteṣu śivarūpaṃ vicintayet

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

When Shiva is contemplated directly, all powers are accomplished; when other forms are meditated upon, one should contemplate Shiva's form.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.4

लक्षयेन्मनसः स्थैर्यं तत्तद्ध्यायेत्पुनः पुनः ।ध्यानमादौ सविषयं ततो निर्विषयं जगुः

lakṣayenmanasaḥ sthairyaṃ tattaddhyāyetpunaḥ punaḥ | dhyānamādau saviṣayaṃ tato nirviṣayaṃ jaguḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

He should observe the steadiness of the mind and meditate on that again and again; they say meditation is at first with an object and then without an object.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.5

तत्र निर्विषयं ध्यानं नास्तीत्येव सतां मतम् ।बुद्धेर्हि सन्ततिः काचिद्ध्यानमित्यभिधीयते

tatra nirviṣayaṃ dhyānaṃ nāstītyeva satāṃ matam | buddherhi santatiḥ kāciddhyānamityabhidhīyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

The view of the good is that there is really no meditation without an object; for meditation is called a certain continuous flow of the intellect.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.6

तेन निर्विषया बुद्धिः केवलेह प्रवर्तते ।तस्मात्सविषयं ध्यानं बालार्ककिरणाश्रयम्

tena nirviṣayā buddhiḥ kevaleha pravartate | tasmātsaviṣayaṃ dhyānaṃ bālārkakiraṇāśrayam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Therefore an intellect without object does not function here alone; therefore meditation with an object rests on the rays of the rising sun,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.7

सूक्ष्माश्रयं निर्विषयं नापरं परमार्थतः ।यद्वा सविषयं ध्यानं तत्साकारसमाश्रयम्

sūkṣmāśrayaṃ nirviṣayaṃ nāparaṃ paramārthataḥ | yadvā saviṣayaṃ dhyānaṃ tatsākārasamāśrayam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

and that without object rests on the subtle; there is no other in truth. Or meditation with an object rests on a form with shape;

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.8

निराकारात्मसंवित्तिर्ध्यानं निर्विषयं मतम् ।निर्बीजं च सबीजं च तदेव ध्यानमुच्यते

nirākārātmasaṃvittirdhyānaṃ nirviṣayaṃ matam | nirbījaṃ ca sabījaṃ ca tadeva dhyānamucyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

awareness of the formless self is held to be meditation without an object. That same meditation is called seedless and with seed,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.9

निराकारश्रयत्वेन साकाराश्रयतस्तथा ।तस्मात्सविषयं ध्यानमादौ कृत्वा सबीजकम्

nirākāraśrayatvena sākārāśrayatastathā | tasmātsaviṣayaṃ dhyānamādau kṛtvā sabījakam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

by resting on the formless and by resting on form. Therefore, first practising meditation with an object and with seed,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.10

अन्ते निर्विषयं कुर्यान्निर्बीजं सर्वसिद्धये ।प्राणायामेन सिध्यन्ति देव्याः शान्त्यादयः क्रमात्

ante nirviṣayaṃ kuryānnirbījaṃ sarvasiddhaye | prāṇāyāmena sidhyanti devyāḥ śāntyādayaḥ kramāt

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

At the end one should make it objectless and seedless, for every accomplishment. Through breath-control the Goddess's powers beginning with Shanti are accomplished in order:

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.11

शान्तिः प्रशान्तिर्दीप्तिश्च प्रसादश्च ततः परम् ।शमः सर्वापदां चैव शान्तिरित्यभिधीयते

śāntiḥ praśāntirdīptiśca prasādaśca tataḥ param | śamaḥ sarvāpadāṃ caiva śāntirityabhidhīyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Shanti, Prashanti, Dipti, and then Prasada. The calming of all calamities is called Shanti;

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.12

तमसोऽन्तर्बहिर्नाशः प्रशान्तिः परिगीयते ।बहिरन्तःप्रकाशो यो दीप्तिरित्यभिधीयते

tamaso'ntarbahirnāśaḥ praśāntiḥ parigīyate | bahirantaḥprakāśo yo dīptirityabhidhīyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

the destruction of darkness within and without is sung as Prashanti; the light within and without is called Dipti;

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.13

स्वस्थता या तु सा बुद्धेः प्रसादः परिकीर्तितः ।कारणानि च सर्वाणि सबाह्याभ्यन्तराणि च

svasthatā yā tu sā buddheḥ prasādaḥ parikīrtitaḥ | kāraṇāni ca sarvāṇi sabāhyābhyantarāṇi ca

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

the soundness of the intellect is declared Prasada. And all the instruments, outer and inner,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.14

बुद्धेः प्रसादतः क्षिप्रं प्रसन्नानि भवन्त्युत ।ध्याता ध्यानं तथा ध्येयं यद्वा ध्यानप्रयोजनम् ।एतच्चतुष्टयं ज्ञात्वा ध्याता ध्यानं समाचरेत्

buddheḥ prasādataḥ kṣipraṃ prasannāni bhavantyuta | dhyātā dhyānaṃ tathā dhyeyaṃ yadvā dhyānaprayojanam | etaccatuṣṭayaṃ jñātvā dhyātā dhyānaṃ samācaret

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

quickly become serene through the serenity of the intellect. The meditator, meditation, the object of meditation and the purpose of meditation — knowing these four, the meditator should practise meditation.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.15

ज्ञानवैराग्यसम्पन्नो नित्यमव्यग्रमानसः ।श्रद्दधानः प्रसन्नात्मा ध्याता सद्भिरुदाहृतः

jñānavairāgyasampanno nityamavyagramānasaḥ | śraddadhānaḥ prasannātmā dhyātā sadbhirudāhṛtaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

One endowed with knowledge and dispassion, ever undistracted in mind, full of faith and serene of self, is declared by the good to be a meditator.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.16

ध्यै चिन्तायां स्मृतो धातुः शिवचिन्ता मुहुर्मुहुः

dhyai cintāyāṃ smṛto dhātuḥ śivacintā muhurmuhuḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

The root dhyai is remembered in the sense of thinking; thinking of Shiva again and again

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.17

योगाभ्यासस्तथाल्पोऽपि यथा पापं विनाशयेत् ।ध्यायतः क्षणमात्रं वा श्रद्धया परमेश्वरम्

yogābhyāsastathālpo'pi yathā pāpaṃ vināśayet | dhyāyataḥ kṣaṇamātraṃ vā śraddhayā parameśvaram

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Even a little practice of yoga destroys sin, as does meditating even for a moment with faith on the supreme Lord.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.18

अव्याक्षिप्तेन मनसा ध्यानमित्यभिधीयते

avyākṣiptena manasā dhyānamityabhidhīyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

with an undistracted mind is called meditation.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.19

बुद्धिप्रवाहरूपस्य ध्यानस्यास्यावलम्बनम् ।ध्येयमित्युच्यते सद्भिस्तच्च साम्बः स्वयं शिवः

buddhipravāharūpasya dhyānasyāsyāvalambanam | dhyeyamityucyate sadbhistacca sāmbaḥ svayaṃ śivaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

The support of this meditation, which is a stream of the intellect, is called by the good the object of meditation, and that is Shiva himself with Amba.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.20

विमुक्तिप्रत्ययं पूर्णमैश्वर्यं चाणिमादिकम् ।शिवध्यानस्य पूर्णस्य साक्षादुक्तं प्रयोजनम्

vimuktipratyayaṃ pūrṇamaiśvaryaṃ cāṇimādikam | śivadhyānasya pūrṇasya sākṣāduktaṃ prayojanam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

The thought of liberation and full lordship such as anima are directly declared to be the purpose of complete meditation on Shiva.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.21

यस्मात्सौख्यं च मोक्षं च ध्यानादुभयमाप्नुयात् ।तस्मात्सर्वं परित्यज्य ध्यानयुक्तो भवेन्नरः

yasmātsaukhyaṃ ca mokṣaṃ ca dhyānādubhayamāpnuyāt | tasmātsarvaṃ parityajya dhyānayukto bhavennaraḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Since from meditation one obtains both happiness and liberation, therefore, giving up everything, a man should be devoted to meditation.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.22

नास्ति ध्यानं विना ज्ञानं नास्ति ध्यानमयोगिनः ।ध्यानं ज्ञानं च यस्यास्ति तीर्णस्तेन भवार्णवः

nāsti dhyānaṃ vinā jñānaṃ nāsti dhyānamayoginaḥ | dhyānaṃ jñānaṃ ca yasyāsti tīrṇastena bhavārṇavaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

There is no knowledge without meditation, and no meditation for one without yoga; he who has meditation and knowledge has crossed the ocean of existence.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.23

ज्ञानं प्रसन्नमेकाग्रमशेषोपाधिवर्जितम् ।योगाभ्यासेन युक्तस्य योगिनस्वेव सिध्यति

jñānaṃ prasannamekāgramaśeṣopādhivarjitam | yogābhyāsena yuktasya yoginasveva sidhyati

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Knowledge, serene, one-pointed, free of all limiting adjuncts, is accomplished only for the yogi engaged in the practice of yoga.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.24

प्रक्षीणाशेषपापानां ज्ञाने ध्याने भवेन्मतिः ।पापोपहतबुद्धीनां तद्वार्तापि सुदुर्लभा

prakṣīṇāśeṣapāpānāṃ jñāne dhyāne bhavenmatiḥ | pāpopahatabuddhīnāṃ tadvārtāpi sudurlabhā

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

The mind turns to knowledge and meditation in those whose sins are entirely destroyed; for those whose understanding is struck by sin, even talk of it is very rare.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.25

यथा वह्निर्महादीप्तः शुष्कमार्द्रं च निर्दहेत् ।तथा शुभाशुभं कर्म ध्यानाग्निर्दहते क्षणात्

yathā vahnirmahādīptaḥ śuṣkamārdraṃ ca nirdahet | tathā śubhāśubhaṃ karma dhyānāgnirdahate kṣaṇāt

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

As a greatly blazing fire burns dry and wet, so the fire of meditation burns good and evil karma in an instant.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.26

अत्यल्पोऽपि यथा दीपः सुमहन्नाशयेत्तमः ।योगाभ्यासस्तथाल्पोऽपि महापापं विनाशयेत्

atyalpo'pi yathā dīpaḥ sumahannāśayettamaḥ | yogābhyāsastathālpo'pi mahāpāpaṃ vināśayet

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

As even a very small lamp destroys great darkness, so even a little practice of yoga destroys great sin.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.27

ध्यायतः क्षणमात्रं वा श्रद्धया परमेश्वरम् ।यद्भवेत् सुमहच्छ्रेयस्तस्यान्तो नैव विद्यते

dhyāyataḥ kṣaṇamātraṃ vā śraddhayā parameśvaram | yadbhavet sumahacchreyastasyānto naiva vidyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

The very great good that comes to one who meditates on the supreme Lord with faith even for a moment has no end.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.28

नास्ति ध्यानसमं तीर्थं नास्ति ध्यानसमं तपः ।नास्ति ध्यानसमो यज्ञस्तस्माद्ध्यानं समाचरेत्

nāsti dhyānasamaṃ tīrthaṃ nāsti dhyānasamaṃ tapaḥ | nāsti dhyānasamo yajñastasmāddhyānaṃ samācaret

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

There is no holy place equal to meditation, no austerity equal to meditation, no sacrifice equal to meditation; therefore one should practise meditation.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.29

तीर्थानि तोयपूर्णानि देवान्पाषाणमृण्मयान् ।योगिनो न प्रपद्यन्ते स्वात्मप्रत्ययकारणात्

tīrthāni toyapūrṇāni devānpāṣāṇamṛṇmayān | yogino na prapadyante svātmapratyayakāraṇāt

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Yogis do not resort to holy places full of water or to gods of stone and clay, because of their conviction in their own self.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.30

योगिनां च वपुः सूक्ष्मं भवेत्प्रत्यक्षमैश्वरम् ।यथा स्थूलमयुक्तानां मृत्काष्ठाद्यैः प्रकल्पितम्

yogināṃ ca vapuḥ sūkṣmaṃ bhavetpratyakṣamaiśvaram | yathā sthūlamayuktānāṃ mṛtkāṣṭhādyaiḥ prakalpitam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

For yogis the subtle body of the Lord becomes directly visible, as for those not joined in yoga the gross one fashioned of clay, wood and the like.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.31

यथेहान्तश्चरा राज्ञः प्रियाः स्युर्न बहिश्चराः ।तथान्तर्ध्याननिरताः प्रियाश्शम्भोर्न कर्मिणः

yathehāntaścarā rājñaḥ priyāḥ syurna bahiścarāḥ | tathāntardhyānaniratāḥ priyāśśambhorna karmiṇaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

As here the king's inner attendants are dear to him and not the outer ones, so those devoted to inner meditation are dear to Shambhu, not those devoted to rites.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.32

बहिष्करा यथा लोके नातीव फलभोगिनः ।दृष्ट्वा नरेन्द्रभवने तद्वदत्रापि कर्मिणः

bahiṣkarā yathā loke nātīva phalabhoginaḥ | dṛṣṭvā narendrabhavane tadvadatrāpi karmiṇaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

As outer labourers in the world do not greatly share in the fruit, seen in a king's palace, so here too are those devoted to rites.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.33

यद्यन्तरा विपद्यन्ते ज्ञानयोगार्थमुद्यतः ।योगस्योद्योगमात्रेण रुद्रलोकं गमिष्यति

yadyantarā vipadyante jñānayogārthamudyataḥ | yogasyodyogamātreṇa rudralokaṃ gamiṣyati

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

If one who has set out for the yoga of knowledge perishes midway, by the mere effort toward yoga he will go to the world of Rudra.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.34

अनुभूय सुखं तत्र स जातो योगिनां कुले ।ज्ञानयोगं पुनर्लब्ध्वा संसारमतिवर्तते

anubhūya sukhaṃ tatra sa jāto yogināṃ kule | jñānayogaṃ punarlabdhvā saṃsāramativartate

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Having experienced happiness there, he is born in a family of yogis; regaining the yoga of knowledge, he passes beyond worldly existence.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.35

जिज्ञासुरपि योगस्य यां गतिं लभते नरः ।न तां गतिमवाप्नोति सर्वैरपि महामखैः

jijñāsurapi yogasya yāṃ gatiṃ labhate naraḥ | na tāṃ gatimavāpnoti sarvairapi mahāmakhaiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

The goal that a man attains even by desiring to know yoga, he does not attain by all the great sacrifices.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.36

द्विजानां वेदविदुषां कोटिं सम्पूज्य यत्फलम् ।भिक्षामात्रप्रदानेन तत्फलं शिवयोगिने

dvijānāṃ vedaviduṣāṃ koṭiṃ sampūjya yatphalam | bhikṣāmātrapradānena tatphalaṃ śivayogine

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

The fruit gained by worshipping ten million brahmins learned in the Veda is gained by giving merely alms to a Shiva-yogi.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.37

यज्ञाग्निहोत्रदानेषु तीर्थहोमेषु यत्फलम् ।योगिनामन्नदानेन तत्समस्तं फलं लभेत्

yajñāgnihotradāneṣu tīrthahomeṣu yatphalam | yogināmannadānena tatsamastaṃ phalaṃ labhet

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Whatever fruit there is in sacrifices, the agnihotra, gifts, holy places and fire offerings, one obtains all that fruit by giving food to yogis.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.38

ये चापवादं कुर्वन्ति विमूढाः शिवयोगिनाम् ।श्रोतृभिस्ते प्रपद्यन्ते नरकेष्वामहीक्षयात्

ye cāpavādaṃ kurvanti vimūḍhāḥ śivayoginām | śrotṛbhiste prapadyante narakeṣvāmahīkṣayāt

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Those deluded ones who slander Shiva-yogis fall, together with those who listen, into the hells until the destruction of the earth.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.39

सति श्रोतरि वक्ता स्यादपवादस्य योगिनाम् ।तस्माच्छ्रोता च पापीयान्दण्ड्यः सुमहतां मतः ।ये पुनः सततं भक्त्या भजन्ति शवयोगिनः

sati śrotari vaktā syādapavādasya yoginām | tasmācchrotā ca pāpīyāndaṇḍyaḥ sumahatāṃ mataḥ | ye punaḥ satataṃ bhaktyā bhajanti śavayoginaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Only when there is a listener can there be a speaker of slander against yogis; therefore the listener is held by the great to be more sinful and deserving of punishment. But those who constantly serve Shiva-yogis with devotion

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.40

ते विदन्ति महाभोगानन्ते योगं च शाङ्करम् ।भोगार्थिभिर्नरैस्तस्मात्सम्पूज्याः शिवयोगिनः

te vidanti mahābhogānante yogaṃ ca śāṅkaram | bhogārthibhirnaraistasmātsampūjyāḥ śivayoginaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

obtain great enjoyments and in the end Shankara's yoga; therefore Shiva-yogis should be honoured by men seeking enjoyment,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.41

प्रतिश्रयान्नपानाद्यैः शय्याप्रावरणादिभिः ।योगधर्मः ससारत्वादभेद्यः पापमुद्गरैः

pratiśrayānnapānādyaiḥ śayyāprāvaraṇādibhiḥ | yogadharmaḥ sasāratvādabhedyaḥ pāpamudgaraiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

with shelter, food, drink and the like, with beds, coverings and the rest. The dharma of yoga, being of the very essence, cannot be broken by the hammers of sin;

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.42

वज्रतन्दुलवज्ज्ञेयं तथा पापेन योगिनः ।न लिप्यन्ते च तापौघैः पद्मपत्रं यथाम्भसा

vajratandulavajjñeyaṃ tathā pāpena yoginaḥ | na lipyante ca tāpaughaiḥ padmapatraṃ yathāmbhasā

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

it should be known as like diamond grains; so yogis are not stained by sin nor by floods of affliction, as a lotus leaf by water.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.43

यस्मिन्देशे वसेन्नित्यं शिवयोगरतो मुनिः ।सोऽपि देशो भवेत्पूतः स पूत इति किं पुनः

yasmindeśe vasennityaṃ śivayogarato muniḥ | so'pi deśo bhavetpūtaḥ sa pūta iti kiṃ punaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

The region in which a sage devoted to Shiva-yoga always dwells becomes purified; how much more is he himself pure!

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.44

तस्मात्सर्वं परित्यज्य कृत्यमन्यद्विचक्षणः ।सर्वदुःखप्रहाणाय शिवयोगं समभ्यसेत्

tasmātsarvaṃ parityajya kṛtyamanyadvicakṣaṇaḥ | sarvaduḥkhaprahāṇāya śivayogaṃ samabhyaset

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Therefore the discerning man, giving up all other duties, should practise Shiva-yoga for the removal of all sorrow.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.45

सिद्धयोगफलो योगी लोकानां हितकाम्यया ।भोगान्भुक्त्वा यथाकामं विहरेद्वात्र वर्तताम्

siddhayogaphalo yogī lokānāṃ hitakāmyayā | bhogānbhuktvā yathākāmaṃ viharedvātra vartatām

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

The yogi who has gained the fruit of perfected yoga may, for the good of the worlds, enjoy pleasures at will and wander here, or remain here.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.46

अथवा क्षुद्रमित्येव मत्वा वैषयिकं सुखम् ।त्यक्त्वा विरागयोगेन स्वेच्छया कर्म मुच्यताम्

athavā kṣudramityeva matvā vaiṣayikaṃ sukham | tyaktvā virāgayogena svecchayā karma mucyatām

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Or, regarding sensual happiness as petty and giving it up through the yoga of dispassion, let him be freed of action at his own will.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.47

यस्त्वासन्नां मृतिं मर्त्यो दृष्ट्वारिष्टं च भूयसा ।स योगारम्भनिरतः शिवक्षेत्रं समाश्रयेत्

yastvāsannāṃ mṛtiṃ martyo dṛṣṭvāriṣṭaṃ ca bhūyasā | sa yogārambhanirataḥ śivakṣetraṃ samāśrayet

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

The mortal who sees death approaching and ill omens abundantly should, devoted to beginning yoga, take refuge in a holy field of Shiva.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.48

स तत्र निवसन्नेव यदि धीरमना नरः ।प्राणान् विनापि रोगाद्यैः स्वयमेव परित्यजेत्

sa tatra nivasanneva yadi dhīramanā naraḥ | prāṇān vināpi rogādyaiḥ svayameva parityajet

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

If that man, steadfast of mind, living there, gives up his life of his own accord, even without disease and the like —

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.49

कृत्वाप्यनशनं चैव हुत्वा चाङ्गं शिवानले ।क्षिप्त्वा वा शिवतीर्थेषु स्वदेहमवगाहनात्

kṛtvāpyanaśanaṃ caiva hutvā cāṅgaṃ śivānale | kṣiptvā vā śivatīrtheṣu svadehamavagāhanāt

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

whether by fasting, or offering his limbs into the Shiva fire, or casting his body into Shiva's holy waters by immersion —

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.50

शिवशास्त्रोक्तविधिवत्प्राणान्यस्तु परित्यजेत् ।सद्य एव विमुच्येत नात्र कार्या विचारणा

śivaśāstroktavidhivatprāṇānyastu parityajet | sadya eva vimucyeta nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

whoever gives up his life according to the rule stated in the Shiva shastra is liberated at once; there is no need to deliberate on this.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.51

रोगाद्यैर्वाथ विवशः शिवक्षेत्रं समाश्रितः ।म्रियते यदि सोऽप्येवं मुच्यते नात्र संशयः

rogādyairvātha vivaśaḥ śivakṣetraṃ samāśritaḥ | mriyate yadi so'pyevaṃ mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Or if one who has taken refuge in a holy field of Shiva dies helplessly through disease and the like, he too is thus liberated, without doubt.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.52

यथा हि मरणं श्रेष्ठमुशन्त्यनशनादिभिः ।शास्त्रविश्रम्भधीरेण मनसा क्रियते यतः

yathā hi maraṇaṃ śreṣṭhamuśantyanaśanādibhiḥ | śāstraviśrambhadhīreṇa manasā kriyate yataḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

For they praise death by fasting and the like as best, since it is done with a mind steadfast in trust in the shastra.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.53

शिवनिन्दारतं हत्वा पीडितः स्वयमेव वा ।यस्त्यजेद्दुस्त्यजान्प्राणान्न स भूयः प्रजायते

śivanindārataṃ hatvā pīḍitaḥ svayameva vā | yastyajeddustyajānprāṇānna sa bhūyaḥ prajāyate

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Whoever, having killed one devoted to reviling Shiva, or being tormented himself, gives up his life, so hard to give up, is not born again.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.54

शिवनिन्दारतं हन्तुमशक्तो यः स्वयं मृतः ।सद्य एव प्रमुच्येत त्रिःसप्तकुलसंयुतः

śivanindārataṃ hantumaśakto yaḥ svayaṃ mṛtaḥ | sadya eva pramucyeta triḥsaptakulasaṃyutaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Whoever, unable to kill one devoted to reviling Shiva, dies himself, is liberated at once together with twenty-one generations of his family.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.55

शिवार्थे यस्त्यजेत्प्राणान् शिवभक्तार्थमेव वा ।न तेन सदृशः कश्चिन्मुक्तिमार्गस्थितो नरः

śivārthe yastyajetprāṇān śivabhaktārthameva vā | na tena sadṛśaḥ kaścinmuktimārgasthito naraḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

There is no man on the path of liberation equal to one who gives up his life for Shiva or for Shiva's devotees.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.56

तस्माच्छीघ्रतरा मुक्तिस्तस्य संसारमण्डलात् ।एतेष्वन्यतमोपायं कथमप्यवलम्ब्य वा

tasmācchīghratarā muktistasya saṃsāramaṇḍalāt | eteṣvanyatamopāyaṃ kathamapyavalambya vā

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Therefore his liberation from the circle of worldly existence is swifter still. Having somehow resorted to one of these means,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.57

षडध्वशुद्धिं विधिवत्प्राप्तो वा म्रियते यदि ।पशूनामिव तस्येह न कुर्यादौर्ध्वदैहिकम्

ṣaḍadhvaśuddhiṃ vidhivatprāpto vā mriyate yadi | paśūnāmiva tasyeha na kuryādaurdhvadaihikam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

or if one dies having duly received the purification of the six paths, the after-death rites should not be performed for him here as for bound souls,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.58

नैवाशौचं प्रपद्येत तत्पुत्रादिर्विशेषतः ।शिवचारार्थमथवा शिवविद्यार्थमेव वा ।खनेद्वा भुवि तद्देहं दहेद्वा शुचिनाग्निना

naivāśaucaṃ prapadyeta tatputrādirviśeṣataḥ | śivacārārthamathavā śivavidyārthameva vā | khanedvā bhuvi taddehaṃ dahedvā śucināgninā

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

nor should his sons and others especially observe impurity. For the sake of Shiva's conduct or Shiva's knowledge, one may bury his body in the earth or burn it with pure fire,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.59

क्षिपेद्वाप्सु शिवास्वेव त्यजेद्वा काष्ठलोष्टवत् ।अथैनमपि चोद्दिश्य कर्म चेत्कर्तुमीप्सितम्

kṣipedvāpsu śivāsveva tyajedvā kāṣṭhaloṣṭavat | athainamapi coddiśya karma cetkartumīpsitam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

or cast it into Shiva's waters, or leave it like a log or clod. And if one wishes to perform a rite for him,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 74.60

कल्याणमेव कुर्वीत शक्त्या भक्तांश्च तर्पयेत् ।धनं तस्य भजेच्छैवः शैवी चेत्तस्य सन्ततिः ।नास्ति चेत्तच्छिवे दद्यान्नदद्यात्पशुसन्ततिः

kalyāṇameva kurvīta śaktyā bhaktāṃśca tarpayet | dhanaṃ tasya bhajecchaivaḥ śaivī cettasya santatiḥ | nāsti cettacchive dadyānnadadyātpaśusantatiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

one should do only what is auspicious and satisfy devotees according to one's means. A Shaiva should take his wealth, if his descendants are Shaiva; if there are none, one should give it to Shiva; descendants who are bound souls should not receive it.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.0

॥ श्रीगणेशाय नमः

|| śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Salutations to Shri Ganesha.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.0-2

श्रीगौरीशङ्कराभ्यां नमः

śrīgaurīśaṅkarābhyāṃ namaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Salutations to Shri Gauri and Shankara.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.1

श्रीशिवमहापुराणम् ॥ ७.२.४०. चत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः ।नैमिषर्षियात्रावर्णनम् ।सूत उवाच ।इति स विजितमन्योर्यादवेनोपमन्यो- रधिगतमभिधाय ज्ञानयोगं मुनिभ्यः ।प्रणतिमुपगतेभ्यस्तेभ्य उद्भावितात्मा सपदि वियति वायुः सायमन्तर्हितोऽभूत्

śrīśivamahāpurāṇam || 7.2.40. catvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ | naimiṣarṣiyātrāvarṇanam | sūta uvāca | iti sa vijitamanyoryādavenopamanyo- radhigatamabhidhāya jñānayogaṃ munibhyaḥ | praṇatimupagatebhyastebhya udbhāvitātmā sapadi viyati vāyuḥ sāyamantarhito'bhūt

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

The glorious Shiva Mahapurana, book 7, part 2, chapter 40: the account of the journey of the sages of Naimisha. Suta said: Having thus told the sages, who had bowed to him, the yoga of knowledge that the Yadava had obtained from Upamanyu, who had conquered anger, Vayu, his self uplifted, vanished at once into the sky at evening.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.2

ततः प्रभातसमये नैमिषीयास्तपोधनाः ।सत्रान्तेऽवभृथं कर्तुं सर्व एव समुद्ययुः

tataḥ prabhātasamaye naimiṣīyāstapodhanāḥ | satrānte'vabhṛthaṃ kartuṃ sarva eva samudyayuḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Then at dawn the ascetics of Naimisha all rose up to perform the concluding bath at the end of the sacrificial session.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.3

तदा ब्रह्मसमादेशाद्देवी साक्षात्सरस्वती ।प्रसन्ना स्वादुसलिला प्रावर्तत नदी शुभा

tadā brahmasamādeśāddevī sākṣātsarasvatī | prasannā svādusalilā prāvartata nadī śubhā

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Then, at Brahma's command, the goddess Sarasvati herself, gracious, flowed forth as an auspicious river of sweet water.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.4

सरस्वतीं नदीं दृष्ट्वा मुनयो हृष्टमानसाः ।समाप्य सत्रं प्रारब्धं चक्रुस्तत्रावगाहनम्

sarasvatīṃ nadīṃ dṛṣṭvā munayo hṛṣṭamānasāḥ | samāpya satraṃ prārabdhaṃ cakrustatrāvagāhanam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Seeing the river Sarasvati, the sages, delighted at heart, completed the session they had begun and bathed there.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.5

अथ सन्तर्प्य देवादींस्तदीयैः सलिलैः शिवैः ।स्मरन्तः पूर्ववृत्तान्तं ययुर्वाराणसीं प्रति

atha santarpya devādīṃstadīyaiḥ salilaiḥ śivaiḥ | smarantaḥ pūrvavṛttāntaṃ yayurvārāṇasīṃ prati

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Then, having satisfied the gods and others with its auspicious waters and remembering what had happened before, they went toward Varanasi.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.6

तदा ते हिमवत्पादात्पन्ततीं दक्षिणामुखीम् ।दृष्ट्वा भागीरथीं तत्र स्नात्वा तत्तीरतो ययुः

tadā te himavatpādātpantatīṃ dakṣiṇāmukhīm | dṛṣṭvā bhāgīrathīṃ tatra snātvā tattīrato yayuḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Then, seeing the Bhagirathi flowing south from the foot of the Himalaya and bathing there, they went on along its bank.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.7

ततो वाराणसीं प्राप्य मुदिताः सर्व एव ते ।तदोत्तरप्रवाहायां गङ्गायामवगाह्य च

tato vārāṇasīṃ prāpya muditāḥ sarva eva te | tadottarapravāhāyāṃ gaṅgāyāmavagāhya ca

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Then, reaching Varanasi, they were all delighted, and bathing in the Ganga where it flows north,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.8

अविमुक्तेश्वरं लिङ्गं दृष्ट्वाभ्यर्च्य विधानतः ।प्रयातुमुद्यतास्तत्र ददृशुर्दिवि भास्वरम्

avimukteśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ dṛṣṭvābhyarcya vidhānataḥ | prayātumudyatāstatra dadṛśurdivi bhāsvaram

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

having seen and duly worshipped the linga Avimukteshvara, as they were about to depart, they saw shining in the sky

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.9

सूर्यकोटिप्रतीकाशं तेजोदिव्यं महाद्भुतम् ।आत्मप्रभावितानेन व्याप्तसर्वदिगन्तरम्

sūryakoṭipratīkāśaṃ tejodivyaṃ mahādbhutam | ātmaprabhāvitānena vyāptasarvadigantaram

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

a divine and most wondrous radiance like ten million suns, pervading all the quarters with its own splendour.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.10

अथ पाशुपताः सिद्धाः भस्मसञ्छन्नविग्रहाः ।मुनयोऽभ्येत्य शतशो लीनाः स्युस्तत्र तेजसि

atha pāśupatāḥ siddhāḥ bhasmasañchannavigrahāḥ | munayo'bhyetya śataśo līnāḥ syustatra tejasi

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Then Pashupata perfected ones, sages whose bodies were covered with ash, came in hundreds and merged into that radiance.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.11

तथा विलीयमानेषु तपस्विषु महात्मसु ।सद्यस्तिरोदधे तेजस्तदद्भुतमिवाभवत्

tathā vilīyamāneṣu tapasviṣu mahātmasu | sadyastirodadhe tejastadadbhutamivābhavat

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

When those great-souled ascetics had thus merged, the radiance at once vanished; it was like a wonder.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.12

तद् दृष्ट्वा महदाश्चर्यं नैमिषीया महर्षयः ।किमेतदित्यजानन्तो ययुर्ब्रह्मवनं प्रति

tad dṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryaṃ naimiṣīyā maharṣayaḥ | kimetadityajānanto yayurbrahmavanaṃ prati

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Seeing that great marvel, the great sages of Naimisha, not knowing what it was, went to Brahma's forest.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.13

प्रागेवैषां तु गमनात्पवनो लोकपावनः ।दर्शनं नैमिषीयाणां संवादस्तैर्महात्मनः

prāgevaiṣāṃ tu gamanātpavano lokapāvanaḥ | darśanaṃ naimiṣīyāṇāṃ saṃvādastairmahātmanaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Before their going, Pavana, the purifier of the world, had seen the Naimisha sages and conversed with those great souls;

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.14

शुद्धां बुद्धिं ततस्तेषां साम्बे सानुचरे शिवे ।समाप्तिं चापि सत्रस्य दीर्घपूर्वस्य सत्रिणाम्

śuddhāṃ buddhiṃ tatasteṣāṃ sāmbe sānucare śive | samāptiṃ cāpi satrasya dīrghapūrvasya satriṇām

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

then, having reported their pure understanding concerning Shiva with Amba and his attendants, and the completion of the long sacrificial session of the sacrificers

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.15

विज्ञाप्य जगतां धात्रे ब्रह्मणे ब्रह्मयोनये ।स्वकार्ये तदनुज्ञातो जगाम स्वपुरं प्रति

vijñāpya jagatāṃ dhātre brahmaṇe brahmayonaye | svakārye tadanujñāto jagāma svapuraṃ prati

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

to Brahma, upholder of the worlds and source of the Veda, he was permitted to go about his own work and went to his own city.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.16

अथ स्थानगतो ब्रह्मा तुम्बुरोर्नारदस्य च ।परस्परं स्पर्द्धितयोर्गाने विवदमानयोः

atha sthānagato brahmā tumburornāradasya ca | parasparaṃ sparddhitayorgāne vivadamānayoḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Now Brahma, in his abode, was mediating between Tumburu and Narada, who were rivalling each other and disputing in song,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.17

तदुद्भावितगानोत्थरसैर्माध्यस्थमाचरन् ।गन्धर्वैरप्सरोभिश्च सुखमास्ते निषेवितः

tadudbhāvitagānottharasairmādhyasthamācaran | gandharvairapsarobhiśca sukhamāste niṣevitaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

taking the middle ground amid the delights arising from the songs they brought forth, sitting at ease attended by gandharvas and apsarases.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.18

तदानवसरादेव द्वाःस्थैर्द्वारि निवारिताः ।मुनयो ब्रह्मभवनाद्बहिः पार्श्वमुपाविशन्

tadānavasarādeva dvāḥsthairdvāri nivāritāḥ | munayo brahmabhavanādbahiḥ pārśvamupāviśan

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Then, it being no proper time, the sages were stopped at the door by the doorkeepers and sat down beside it outside Brahma's palace.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.19

अथ तुम्बुरुणा गाने समतां प्राप्य नारदः ।साहचर्येष्वनुज्ञातो ब्रह्मणा परमेष्ठिना

atha tumburuṇā gāne samatāṃ prāpya nāradaḥ | sāhacaryeṣvanujñāto brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Then Narada, having reached equality with Tumburu in song and been permitted by Brahma, the Supreme, to go with his companion,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.20

त्यक्त्वा परस्परस्पर्द्धां मैत्रीं च परमां गतः ।सह तेनाप्सरोभिश्च गन्धर्वैश्च समावृतः

tyaktvā parasparasparddhāṃ maitrīṃ ca paramāṃ gataḥ | saha tenāpsarobhiśca gandharvaiśca samāvṛtaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

giving up their rivalry and reaching supreme friendship, surrounded by him, apsarases and gandharvas,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.21

उपवीणयितुं देवं नकुलीश्वरमीश्वरम् ।भवनान्निर्ययौ धातुर्जलदादंशुमानिव

upavīṇayituṃ devaṃ nakulīśvaramīśvaram | bhavanānniryayau dhāturjaladādaṃśumāniva

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

came out of the Creator's palace like the sun from a cloud, to play the vina before the god, the Lord Nakulishvara.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.22

तं दृष्ट्वा षट्कुलीयास्ते नारदं मुनिगोवृषम् ।प्रणम्यावसरं शम्भोः पप्रच्छुः परमादरात्

taṃ dṛṣṭvā ṣaṭkulīyāste nāradaṃ munigovṛṣam | praṇamyāvasaraṃ śambhoḥ papracchuḥ paramādarāt

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Seeing him, Narada, bull among sages, those of the six families bowed and asked with great respect about a chance to see Shambhu.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.23

स चावसर एवायमितोऽन्तर्गम्यतामिति ।वदन्ययावन्यपरस्त्वरया परया युतः

sa cāvasara evāyamito'ntargamyatāmiti | vadanyayāvanyaparastvarayā parayā yutaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Saying, "This is indeed the moment; go in from here," he went on, intent on something else, in great haste.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.24

ततो द्वारि स्थिता ये वै ब्रह्मणे तान्न्यवेदयन् ।तेन ते विविशुर्वेश्म पिण्डीभूयाण्डजन्मनः

tato dvāri sthitā ye vai brahmaṇe tānnyavedayan | tena te viviśurveśma piṇḍībhūyāṇḍajanmanaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Then those who stood at the door announced them to Brahma, and at that they entered the palace of the egg-born one in a body.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.25

प्रविश्य दूरतो देवं प्रणम्य भुवि दण्डवत् ।समीपे तदनुज्ञाताः परिवृत्योपतस्थिरे

praviśya dūrato devaṃ praṇamya bhuvi daṇḍavat | samīpe tadanujñātāḥ parivṛtyopatasthire

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Entering, they bowed to the god from afar, prostrating on the ground like staffs; permitted by him, they surrounded him and stood near.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.26

तांस्तत्रावस्थितान् पृष्ट्वा कुशलं कमलासनः ।वृत्तान्तं वो मया ज्ञातं वायुरेवाह नो यतः

tāṃstatrāvasthitān pṛṣṭvā kuśalaṃ kamalāsanaḥ | vṛttāntaṃ vo mayā jñātaṃ vāyurevāha no yataḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

The lotus-seated one asked those standing there how they fared: "I know your story, since Vayu told it to us.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.27

भवद्भिः किं कृतं पश्चान्मारुतेऽन्तर्हिते सति ।इत्युक्तवति देवेशे मुनयोऽवभृथात्परम्

bhavadbhiḥ kiṃ kṛtaṃ paścānmārute'ntarhite sati | ityuktavati deveśe munayo'vabhṛthātparam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

What did you do after the wind god vanished?" When the lord of gods had said this, the sages, after the concluding bath —

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.28

गङ्गातीर्थेऽस्य गमनं यात्रां वाराणसीं प्रति ।दर्शनं तत्र लिङ्गानां स्थापितानां सुरेश्वरैः

gaṅgātīrthe'sya gamanaṃ yātrāṃ vārāṇasīṃ prati | darśanaṃ tatra liṅgānāṃ sthāpitānāṃ sureśvaraiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

their going to the holy place of the Ganga, the pilgrimage to Varanasi, the sight there of the lingas installed by the lords of gods,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.29

अविमुक्तेश्वरस्यापि लिङ्गस्याभ्यर्चनं सकृत् ।आकाशे महतस्तस्य तेजोराशेश्च दर्शनम्

avimukteśvarasyāpi liṅgasyābhyarcanaṃ sakṛt | ākāśe mahatastasya tejorāśeśca darśanam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

the single worship of the linga Avimukteshvara, the sight in the sky of that great mass of radiance,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.30

मुनीनां विलयं तत्र निरोधं तेजसस्ततः ।याथात्म्यवेदनं तस्य चिन्तितस्यापि चात्मभिः

munīnāṃ vilayaṃ tatra nirodhaṃ tejasastataḥ | yāthātmyavedanaṃ tasya cintitasyāpi cātmabhiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

the merging of the sages there, then the withdrawal of the radiance, and their longing to know its true nature, which they had pondered themselves —

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.31

सर्वं सविस्तरं तस्मै प्रणम्याहुर्मुहुर्मुहुः ।मुनिभिः कथितं श्रुत्वा विश्वकर्मा चतुर्मुखः

sarvaṃ savistaraṃ tasmai praṇamyāhurmuhurmuhuḥ | munibhiḥ kathitaṃ śrutvā viśvakarmā caturmukhaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

all this they told him in detail, bowing again and again. Having heard what the sages told, the four-faced maker of the universe

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.32

कम्पयित्वा शिरः किञ्चित्प्राह गम्भीरया गिरा ।प्रत्यासीदति युष्माकं सिद्धिरामुष्मिकी परा

kampayitvā śiraḥ kiñcitprāha gambhīrayā girā | pratyāsīdati yuṣmākaṃ siddhirāmuṣmikī parā

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

shook his head slightly and spoke in a deep voice: "The supreme success of the next world is drawing near to you.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.33

भवद्भिर्दीर्घसत्रेण चिरमाराधितः प्रभुः ।प्रसादाभिमुखो भूत इति भूतार्थसूचितम्

bhavadbhirdīrghasatreṇa ciramārādhitaḥ prabhuḥ | prasādābhimukho bhūta iti bhūtārthasūcitam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

By your long sacrificial session the Lord, long worshipped, has turned toward grace — this is indicated by what has happened.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.34

वाराणस्यां तु युष्माभिर्यद् दृष्टं दिवि दीप्तिमत् ।तल्लिङ्गसंज्ञितं साक्षात्तेजो माहेश्वरं परम्

vārāṇasyāṃ tu yuṣmābhiryad dṛṣṭaṃ divi dīptimat | talliṅgasaṃjñitaṃ sākṣāttejo māheśvaraṃ param

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

What you saw shining in the sky at Varanasi was the supreme radiance of Maheshvara itself, called the linga.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.35

तत्र लीनाश्च मुनयः श्रौतपाशुपतव्रताः ।मुक्ता बभूवुः स्वस्थाश्च नैष्ठिका दग्धकिल्बिषाः

tatra līnāśca munayaḥ śrautapāśupatavratāḥ | muktā babhūvuḥ svasthāśca naiṣṭhikā dagdhakilbiṣāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

The sages who merged there, keeping the Vedic Pashupata vow, became liberated, at ease, steadfast, their sins burned away.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.36

प्राप्यानेन यथा मुक्तिरचिराद्भवतामपि ।स चायमर्थः सूच्येत युष्मद्दृष्टेन तेजसा

prāpyānena yathā muktiracirādbhavatāmapi | sa cāyamarthaḥ sūcyeta yuṣmaddṛṣṭena tejasā

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

That you too will soon attain liberation in the same way — this meaning is indicated by the radiance you saw.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.37

तत्र वः काल एवैष दैवादुपनतः स्वयम् ।प्रयात दक्षिणं मेरोः शिखरं देवसेवितम्

tatra vaḥ kāla evaiṣa daivādupanataḥ svayam | prayāta dakṣiṇaṃ meroḥ śikharaṃ devasevitam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

The time for it has come to you of its own accord by fate. Go to the southern peak of Meru, frequented by the gods,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.38

सनत्कुमारो यत्रास्ते मम पुत्रः परो मुनिः ।प्रतीक्ष्यागमनं साक्षाद्भूतनाथस्य नन्दिनः

sanatkumāro yatrāste mama putraḥ paro muniḥ | pratīkṣyāgamanaṃ sākṣādbhūtanāthasya nandinaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

where my son Sanatkumara, the supreme sage, dwells, awaiting the coming of Nandi, lord of beings himself.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.39

पुरा सनत्कुमारोऽपि दृष्ट्वापि परमेश्वरम् ।अज्ञानात्सर्वयोगीन्द्रमानी विनयदूषितः

purā sanatkumāro'pi dṛṣṭvāpi parameśvaram | ajñānātsarvayogīndramānī vinayadūṣitaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Long ago Sanatkumara too, though he saw the supreme Lord, thinking himself in ignorance the lord of all yogis, marred by lack of humility,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.40

अभ्युत्थानादिकं युक्तमकुर्वन्नतिनिर्भयः ।ततोऽपराधात्क्रुद्धेन महोष्ट्रो नन्दिना कृतः

abhyutthānādikaṃ yuktamakurvannatinirbhayaḥ | tato'parādhātkruddhena mahoṣṭro nandinā kṛtaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

very fearless, did not rise and do the other fitting things; then for that offence the angry Nandi made him a great camel.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.41

अथ कालेन महता तदर्थे शोचता मया ।उपास्य देवं देवीं च नन्दिनं चानुनीय वै

atha kālena mahatā tadarthe śocatā mayā | upāsya devaṃ devīṃ ca nandinaṃ cānunīya vai

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Then after a long time, grieving for his sake, I worshipped the god and the Goddess and appeased Nandi,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.42

कथञ्चिद् दुष्टता तस्य प्रयत्नेन निवारिता ।प्रापितो हि यथापूर्वं सनत्पूर्वां कुमारताम्

kathañcid duṣṭatā tasya prayatnena nivāritā | prāpito hi yathāpūrvaṃ sanatpūrvāṃ kumāratām

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

and with effort his wretched state was somehow removed, and he was restored as before to his former youthfulness.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.43

तदाह च महादेवः स्मयन्निव गणाधिपम् ।अवज्ञाय हि मामेव तथाहङ्कृतवान्मुनिः

tadāha ca mahādevaḥ smayanniva gaṇādhipam | avajñāya hi māmeva tathāhaṅkṛtavānmuniḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Then Mahadeva, as if smiling, said to the lord of ganas: 'The sage behaved so proudly, disregarding me myself.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.44

अतस्त्वमेव याथात्म्यं ममास्मै कथयानघ ।ब्रह्मणः पूर्वजः पुत्रो मां मूढमिव संस्मरन्

atastvameva yāthātmyaṃ mamāsmai kathayānagha | brahmaṇaḥ pūrvajaḥ putro māṃ mūḍhamiva saṃsmaran

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Therefore you yourself, sinless one, tell him my true nature — the first-born son of Brahma, who thinks of me as if I were a fool.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.45

मयैव शिष्यस्ते दत्तो मम ज्ञानप्रवर्तकः ।धर्माध्यक्षाभिषेकं च तव निर्वर्त्तयिष्यति

mayaiva śiṣyaste datto mama jñānapravartakaḥ | dharmādhyakṣābhiṣekaṃ ca tava nirvarttayiṣyati

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

I myself have given him to you as a disciple, to spread my knowledge; he will perform your consecration as overseer of dharma.'

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.46

स एवं व्याहृतो भूयः सर्वभूतगणाग्रणीः ।यत्पुराज्ञापनं मूर्ध्ना प्राप्य प्रतिगृहीतवान्

sa evaṃ vyāhṛto bhūyaḥ sarvabhūtagaṇāgraṇīḥ | yatpurājñāpanaṃ mūrdhnā prāpya pratigṛhītavān

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Thus addressed, the foremost of all the hosts of beings accepted, bowing his head, what had once been commanded.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.47

तथा सनत्कुमारोऽपि मेरौ मदनुशासनात् ।प्रसादार्थं गणस्यास्य तपश्चरति दुश्चरम्

tathā sanatkumāro'pi merau madanuśāsanāt | prasādārthaṃ gaṇasyāsya tapaścarati duścaram

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

And so Sanatkumara, at my instruction, practises hard austerity on Meru to win the favour of this gana.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.48

द्रष्टव्यश्चेति युष्माभिः प्राग्गणेशसमागमात् ।तत्प्रसादार्थमचिरान्नन्दी तत्रागमिष्यति

draṣṭavyaśceti yuṣmābhiḥ prāggaṇeśasamāgamāt | tatprasādārthamacirānnandī tatrāgamiṣyati

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

He is to be seen by you before his meeting with the lord of ganas; to show him favour, Nandi will soon come there."

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 75.49

इति सत्वरमादिश्य प्रेषिता विश्वयोगिना ।कुमारशिखरं मेरोर्दक्षिणं मुनयो ययुः

iti satvaramādiśya preṣitā viśvayoginā | kumāraśikharaṃ merordakṣiṇaṃ munayo yayuḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Thus quickly instructed and sent off by the yogi of the universe, the sages went to Kumara's peak, south of Meru.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.0

॥ श्रीगणेशाय नमः

|| śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Salutations to Shri Ganesha.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.0-2

श्रीगौरीशङ्कराभ्यां नमः

śrīgaurīśaṅkarābhyāṃ namaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Salutations to Shri Gauri and Shankara.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.1

श्रीशिवमहापुराणम् ॥ ७.२.४१. एकचत्वारिंशोऽध्यायः ।श्रीशिवमहापुराणमाहात्म्यवर्णनम् ।सूत उवाच ।तत्र स्कन्दसरो नाम सरः सागरसन्निभम् ।अमृतस्वादुशिशिरस्वच्छागाधलघूदकम्

śrīśivamahāpurāṇam || 7.2.41. ekacatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ | śrīśivamahāpurāṇamāhātmyavarṇanam | sūta uvāca | tatra skandasaro nāma saraḥ sāgarasannibham | amṛtasvāduśiśirasvacchāgādhalaghūdakam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

The glorious Shiva Mahapurana, book 7, part 2, chapter 41: the description of the greatness of the Shiva Mahapurana. Suta said: There is a lake there called Skandasaras, like an ocean, its water sweet as nectar, cool, clear, deep and light,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.2

समन्ततः सङ्घटितं स्फटिकोपलसञ्चयैः ।सर्वर्तुकुसुमैः फुल्लैश्छादिताखिलदिङ्मुखम्

samantataḥ saṅghaṭitaṃ sphaṭikopalasañcayaiḥ | sarvartukusumaiḥ phullaiśchāditākhiladiṅmukham

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

enclosed on all sides by heaps of crystal stones, covering every quarter with the blossoming flowers of all seasons,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.3

शैवलैरुत्पलैः पद्मैः कुमुदैस्तारकोपमैः ।तरङ्गैरभ्रसङ्काशैराकाशमिव भूमिगम्

śaivalairutpalaiḥ padmaiḥ kumudaistārakopamaiḥ | taraṅgairabhrasaṅkāśairākāśamiva bhūmigam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

with moss, water-lilies, lotuses and night-lilies like stars, and waves like clouds, like the sky come down to earth,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.4

सुखावतरणारोहैः स्थलैर्नीलशिलामयैः ।सोपानमार्गौ रुचिरैः शोभमानाष्टदिङ्मुखम्

sukhāvataraṇārohaiḥ sthalairnīlaśilāmayaiḥ | sopānamārgau ruciraiḥ śobhamānāṣṭadiṅmukham

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

its eight quarters shining with lovely stairways and ghats of blue stone, easy to go down and come up;

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.5

तत्रावतीर्णैश्च यथा तत्रोत्तीर्णैश्च भूयसा ।स्नातैः सितोपवीतैश्च शुक्लाकौपीनवल्कलैः

tatrāvatīrṇaiśca yathā tatrottīrṇaiśca bhūyasā | snātaiḥ sitopavītaiśca śuklākaupīnavalkalaiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

by those who had come down into it and those who had come up from it in numbers, bathed, with white sacred threads, white loincloths and bark garments,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.6

जटाशिखायनैर्मुण्डैस्त्रिपुण्ड्रकृतमण्डनैः ।विरागविवशस्मेरमुखैर्मुनिकुमारकैः

jaṭāśikhāyanairmuṇḍaistripuṇḍrakṛtamaṇḍanaiḥ | virāgavivaśasmeramukhairmunikumārakaiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

by young sages with matted locks, tufts or shaven heads, adorned with the tripundra, their faces smiling, helpless in their dispassion,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.7

घटैः कमलिनीपत्रपुटैश्च कलशैः शिवैः ।कमण्डलुभिरन्यैश्च तादृशैः करकादिभिः

ghaṭaiḥ kamalinīpatrapuṭaiśca kalaśaiḥ śivaiḥ | kamaṇḍalubhiranyaiśca tādṛśaiḥ karakādibhiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

with pots, cups of lotus leaves, auspicious jars, water-pots and other vessels of the same kind,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.8

आत्मार्थं च परार्थं च देवतार्थं विशेषतः ।आनीयमानसलिलमात्तपुष्पं च नित्यशः

ātmārthaṃ ca parārthaṃ ca devatārthaṃ viśeṣataḥ | ānīyamānasalilamāttapuṣpaṃ ca nityaśaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

with water being constantly brought, and flowers gathered, for oneself, for others and especially for the gods,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.9

अन्तर्जलशिलारूढैर्नीचानां स्पर्शशङ्कया ।आचारवद्भिर्मुनिभिः कृतभस्माङ्गधूसरैः

antarjalaśilārūḍhairnīcānāṃ sparśaśaṅkayā | ācāravadbhirmunibhiḥ kṛtabhasmāṅgadhūsaraiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

by sages of good conduct, grey with ash on their limbs, standing on stones in the water for fear of touching the lowly,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.10

इतस्ततोऽप्सु मज्जद्भिरिष्टशिष्टैः शिलागतैः ।तिलैश्च साक्षतैः पुष्पैस्त्यक्तदर्भपवित्रकैः

itastato'psu majjadbhiriṣṭaśiṣṭaiḥ śilāgataiḥ | tilaiśca sākṣataiḥ puṣpaistyaktadarbhapavitrakaiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

by those plunging here and there into the water, standing on stones, with the remains of their offerings, with sesame, unbroken grains, flowers, and discarded darbha rings,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.11

देवाद्यमृषिमध्यं च निर्वर्त्य पितृतर्पणम् ।निवेदयेदभिज्ञेभ्यो नित्यस्नानगतान् द्विजान्

devādyamṛṣimadhyaṃ ca nirvartya pitṛtarpaṇam | nivedayedabhijñebhyo nityasnānagatān dvijān

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

having completed the libations to the gods first, the sages in the middle and the ancestors, to the knowing brahmins who had come for the daily bath;

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.12

स्थाने स्थाने कृतानेकबलिपुष्पसमीरणैः ।सौरार्घ्यपूर्वं कुर्वद्भिः स्थण्डलेभ्यर्चनादिकम्

sthāne sthāne kṛtānekabalipuṣpasamīraṇaiḥ | saurārghyapūrvaṃ kurvadbhiḥ sthaṇḍalebhyarcanādikam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

by those making worship on altars and the like, preceded by the sun's arghya, with many bali offerings and scattered flowers in place after place;

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.13

क्वचिन्निमज्जदुन्मज्जत्प्रस्रस्तगजयूथपम् ।क्वचिच्च तृषयायातमृगीमृगतुरङ्गमम्

kvacinnimajjadunmajjatprasrastagajayūthapam | kvacicca tṛṣayāyātamṛgīmṛgaturaṅgamam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

here with a leader of an elephant herd plunging, emerging and relaxing, there with does, deer and horses come to drink;

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.14

क्वचित्पीतजनोत्तीर्णमयूरवरवारणम् ।क्वचित्कृततटाघातवृषप्रतिवृषोज्ज्वलम्

kvacitpītajanottīrṇamayūravaravāraṇam | kvacitkṛtataṭāghātavṛṣaprativṛṣojjvalam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

here with fine peacocks and elephants coming up after drinking, there bright with bulls and rival bulls butting the bank;

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.15

क्वचित्कारण्डवरवैः क्वचित्सारसकूजितैः ।क्वचिच्च कोकनिनदैः क्वचिद्भ्रमरगीतिभिः

kvacitkāraṇḍavaravaiḥ kvacitsārasakūjitaiḥ | kvacicca kokaninadaiḥ kvacidbhramaragītibhiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

here with the calls of karandavas, there with the cries of cranes, here with the notes of chakravakas, there with the songs of bees —

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.16

स्नानपानादिकरणैः स्वसम्पद्द्रुमजीविभिः ।प्रणयात्प्राणिभिस्तैस्तैर्भाषमाणमिवासकृत्

snānapānādikaraṇaiḥ svasampaddrumajīvibhiḥ | praṇayātprāṇibhistaistairbhāṣamāṇamivāsakṛt

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

as if speaking lovingly again and again with the various creatures that live on its wealth of trees, bathing, drinking and the like,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.17

कूलशाखिशिखालीनकोकिलाकुलकूजितैः ।आतपोपहतान् सर्वान्नामन्त्रयदिवानिशम्

kūlaśākhiśikhālīnakokilākulakūjitaiḥ | ātapopahatān sarvānnāmantrayadivāniśam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

and with the cooing of throngs of cuckoos hidden in the tops of the trees on its banks, as if inviting day and night all who were struck by the heat.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.18

उत्तरे तस्य सरसस्तीरे कल्पतरोरधः ।वेद्यां वज्रशिलामय्यां मृदुले मृगचर्मणि

uttare tasya sarasastīre kalpataroradhaḥ | vedyāṃ vajraśilāmayyāṃ mṛdule mṛgacarmaṇi

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

On the northern shore of that lake, beneath a wish-granting tree, on an altar of diamond stone, on a soft deerskin,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.19

सनत्कुमारमासीनं शश्वद्बालवपुर्धरम् ।तत्कालमात्रोपरतं समाधेरचलात्मनः

sanatkumāramāsīnaṃ śaśvadbālavapurdharam | tatkālamātroparataṃ samādheracalātmanaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Sanatkumara was seated, ever bearing a child's body, just then risen from samadhi, unmoving of self,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.20

उपास्यमानं मुनिभिर्योगीन्द्रैरपि पूजितम् ।ददृशुर्नैमिषेयास्ते प्रणताश्चोपतस्थिरे

upāsyamānaṃ munibhiryogīndrairapi pūjitam | dadṛśurnaimiṣeyāste praṇatāścopatasthire

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

attended by sages and honoured even by lords of yogis. The sages of Naimisha saw him and, bowing, came near.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.21

यावत्पृष्टवते तस्मै प्रोचुः स्वागतकारणम् ।तुमुलः शुश्रुवे तावद्दिवि दुन्दुभिनिःस्वनः

yāvatpṛṣṭavate tasmai procuḥ svāgatakāraṇam | tumulaḥ śuśruve tāvaddivi dundubhiniḥsvanaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

While they were telling him, when he asked, the reason for their coming, a tumultuous sound of drums was heard in the sky.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.22

ददृशे तत्क्षणे तस्मिन् विमानं भानुसन्निभम् ।गणेश्वरैरसङ्ख्येयैः संवृतं च समन्ततः

dadṛśe tatkṣaṇe tasmin vimānaṃ bhānusannibham | gaṇeśvarairasaṅkhyeyaiḥ saṃvṛtaṃ ca samantataḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

At that moment a celestial chariot like the sun was seen, surrounded on all sides by countless lords of ganas,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.23

अप्सरोगणसङ्कीर्णं रुद्रकन्याभिरावृतम् ।मृदङ्गमुरजोद्घुष्टं वेणुवीणारवान्वितम्

apsarogaṇasaṅkīrṇaṃ rudrakanyābhirāvṛtam | mṛdaṅgamurajodghuṣṭaṃ veṇuvīṇāravānvitam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

crowded with hosts of apsarases, encircled by Rudra-maidens, resounding with mridangas and murajas, with the sounds of flutes and vinas,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.24

चित्ररत्नवितानाढ्यं मुक्तादामविराजितम् ।मुनिभिः सिद्धगन्धर्वैर्यक्षचारणकिन्नरैः

citraratnavitānāḍhyaṃ muktādāmavirājitam | munibhiḥ siddhagandharvairyakṣacāraṇakinnaraiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

rich with canopies of many-coloured jewels, shining with strings of pearls, surrounded by sages, siddhas, gandharvas, yakshas, charanas and kinnaras

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.25

नृत्यद्भिश्चैव गायद्भिर्वादयद्भिश्च संवृतम् ।वीरगोवृषचिह्नेन विद्रमद्रुमयष्टिना

nṛtyadbhiścaiva gāyadbhirvādayadbhiśca saṃvṛtam | vīragovṛṣacihnena vidramadrumayaṣṭinā

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

dancing, singing and playing; with a banner bearing the emblem of the heroic bull on a staff of coral,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.26

कृतगोपुरसत्कारं केतुना मान्यहेतुना ।तस्य मध्ये विमानस्य चामरद्वितयान्तरे

kṛtagopurasatkāraṃ ketunā mānyahetunā | tasya madhye vimānasya cāmaradvitayāntare

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

a banner worthy of honour, adorning its gateway. In the midst of that chariot, between two chowries,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.27

छत्त्रस्य मणिदण्डस्य चन्द्रस्येव शुचेरधः ।दिव्यसिंहासनारूढं देव्या सुयशया सह

chattrasya maṇidaṇḍasya candrasyeva śuceradhaḥ | divyasiṃhāsanārūḍhaṃ devyā suyaśayā saha

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

beneath an umbrella with a jewelled handle, pure as the moon, seated on a divine lion throne with the goddess Suyasha,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.28

श्रिया च वपुषा चैव त्रिभिश्चापि विलोचनैः ।प्राकारैरभिकृत्यानां प्रत्यभिज्ञापकं प्रभोः

śriyā ca vapuṣā caiva tribhiścāpi vilocanaiḥ | prākārairabhikṛtyānāṃ pratyabhijñāpakaṃ prabhoḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

by his splendour, his body and his three eyes, recalling the Lord to those who serve him,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.29

अविलङ्घ्य जगत्कर्तुराज्ञापनमिवागतम् ।सर्वानुग्रहणं शम्भोः साक्षादिव पुरःस्थितम्

avilaṅghya jagatkarturājñāpanamivāgatam | sarvānugrahaṇaṃ śambhoḥ sākṣādiva puraḥsthitam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

as if the command of the maker of the world had come unbroken, as if Shambhu's grace to all stood there before them in person —

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.30

शिलादतनयं साक्षाच्छ्रीमच्छूलवरायुधम् ।विश्वेश्वरगणाध्यक्षं विश्वेश्वरमिवापरम्

śilādatanayaṃ sākṣācchrīmacchūlavarāyudham | viśveśvaragaṇādhyakṣaṃ viśveśvaramivāparam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

the son of Shilada himself, bearing the glorious trident as his best weapon, overseer of the ganas of the lord of the universe, like a second lord of the universe,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.31

विश्वस्यापि विधातॄणां निग्रहानुग्रहक्षमम् ।चतुर्बाहुमुदाराङ्गं चन्द्ररेखाविभूषितम्

viśvasyāpi vidhātṝṇāṃ nigrahānugrahakṣamam | caturbāhumudārāṅgaṃ candrarekhāvibhūṣitam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

able to restrain or favour even the creators of the universe, four-armed, noble of body, adorned with the crescent moon,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.32

कण्ठे नागेन मौलौ च शशाङ्केनाप्यलङ्कृतम् ।सविग्रहमिवैश्वर्यं सामर्थ्यमिव सक्रियम्

kaṇṭhe nāgena maulau ca śaśāṅkenāpyalaṅkṛtam | savigrahamivaiśvaryaṃ sāmarthyamiva sakriyam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

adorned with a serpent on his neck and the moon on his head, like lordship embodied, like power in action,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.33

समाप्तमिव निर्वाणं सर्वज्ञमिव सङ्गतम् ।दृष्ट्वा प्रहृष्टवदनो ब्रह्मपुत्रः सहर्षिभिः

samāptamiva nirvāṇaṃ sarvajñamiva saṅgatam | dṛṣṭvā prahṛṣṭavadano brahmaputraḥ saharṣibhiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

like nirvana fulfilled, like omniscience come together — seeing him, the son of Brahma, his face beaming, with the sages,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.34

तस्थौ प्राञ्जलिरुत्थाय तस्यात्मानमिवार्पयन् ।अथ तत्रान्तरे तस्मिन्विमाने चावनिं गते

tasthau prāñjalirutthāya tasyātmānamivārpayan | atha tatrāntare tasminvimāne cāvaniṃ gate

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

rose and stood with folded hands, as if offering himself to him. Then meanwhile, when the chariot had come down to earth,

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.35

प्रणम्य दण्डवद्देवं स्तुत्वा व्यज्ञापयन्मुनीम् ।षट्कुलीया इमे दीर्घं नैमिषे सत्रमास्थिताः ।आगता ब्रह्मणादिष्टाः पूर्वमेवाभिकाङ्क्षया

praṇamya daṇḍavaddevaṃ stutvā vyajñāpayanmunīm | ṣaṭkulīyā ime dīrghaṃ naimiṣe satramāsthitāḥ | āgatā brahmaṇādiṣṭāḥ pūrvamevābhikāṅkṣayā

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

he prostrated to the god like a staff, praised him and presented the sages: "These of the six families have long held a sacrificial session at Naimisha; directed by Brahma, they have come here out of longing."

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.36

श्रुत्वा वाक्यं ब्रह्मपुत्रस्य नन्दी छित्त्वा पाशान्दृष्टिपातेन सद्यः ।शैवं धर्मं चैश्वरं ज्ञानयोगं दत्त्वा भूयो देवपार्श्वं जगाम

śrutvā vākyaṃ brahmaputrasya nandī chittvā pāśāndṛṣṭipātena sadyaḥ | śaivaṃ dharmaṃ caiśvaraṃ jñānayogaṃ dattvā bhūyo devapārśvaṃ jagāma

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Hearing the words of Brahma's son, Nandi, cutting their nooses at once with a glance, gave them the Shaiva dharma and the Lord's yoga of knowledge, and went back to the god's side.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.37

सनत्कुमारेण च तत्समस्तं व्यासाय साक्षाद्गुरवे ममोक्तम् ।व्यासेन चोक्तं महितेन मह्यं मया च तद्वः कथितं समासात्

sanatkumāreṇa ca tatsamastaṃ vyāsāya sākṣādgurave mamoktam | vyāsena coktaṃ mahitena mahyaṃ mayā ca tadvaḥ kathitaṃ samāsāt

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

And all that was told by Sanatkumara to Vyasa, my own guru; and it was told to me by the honoured Vyasa, and by me it has been told to you in brief.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.38

नावेदविद्भ्यः कथनीयमेतत् पुराणरत्नं पुरशासनस्य ।नाभक्तशिष्याय च नास्तिकेभ्यो दत्तं हि मोहान्निरयं ददाति

nāvedavidbhyaḥ kathanīyametat purāṇaratnaṃ puraśāsanasya | nābhaktaśiṣyāya ca nāstikebhyo dattaṃ hi mohānnirayaṃ dadāti

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

This jewel of Puranas of the chastiser of the cities should not be told to those who do not know the Veda, nor to an undevoted disciple, nor to unbelievers; given out of delusion, it brings hell.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.39

मार्गेण सेवानुगतेन यैस्तद् दत्तं गृहीतं पठितं श्रुतं वा ।तेभ्यः सुखं धर्ममुखं त्रिवर्गं निर्वाणमन्ते नियतं ददाति

mārgeṇa sevānugatena yaistad dattaṃ gṛhītaṃ paṭhitaṃ śrutaṃ vā | tebhyaḥ sukhaṃ dharmamukhaṃ trivargaṃ nirvāṇamante niyataṃ dadāti

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

To those by whom it has been given, received, read or heard by the path followed with service, it surely gives happiness, the three aims headed by dharma, and in the end nirvana.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.40

परस्परस्योपकृतं भवद्भि र्मया च पौराणिकमार्गयोगात् ।अतो गमिष्येऽहमवाप्तकामः समस्तमेवास्तु शिवं सदा नः

parasparasyopakṛtaṃ bhavadbhi rmayā ca paurāṇikamārgayogāt | ato gamiṣye'hamavāptakāmaḥ samastamevāstu śivaṃ sadā naḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

You and I have done service to each other through the path of the Puranas; therefore I shall go, my desire fulfilled; may all be ever auspicious for us.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.41

सूते कृताशिषि गते मुनयः सुवृत्ता यागे च पर्यवसिते महति प्रयोगे ।काले कलौ च विषयैः कलुषायमाणे वाराणसीपरिसरे वसतिं विनेतुः

sūte kṛtāśiṣi gate munayaḥ suvṛttā yāge ca paryavasite mahati prayoge | kāle kalau ca viṣayaiḥ kaluṣāyamāṇe vārāṇasīparisare vasatiṃ vinetuḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

When Suta, having given his blessing, had gone, and the great sacrificial undertaking had ended, the virtuous sages, in the Kali age sullied by sense objects, made their dwelling in the environs of Varanasi.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.42

अथ च ते पशुपाशमुमुक्षया- खिलतया कृतपाशुपतव्रताः ।अधिकृताखिलबोधसमाधयः परमनिर्वृतिमापुरनिन्दिताः

atha ca te paśupāśamumukṣayā- khilatayā kṛtapāśupatavratāḥ | adhikṛtākhilabodhasamādhayaḥ paramanirvṛtimāpuraninditāḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

And then, having kept the Pashupata vow in full with the desire to be freed from the noose of the bound, attaining all knowledge and samadhi, those blameless ones reached supreme peace.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.43

व्यास उवाच ।एतच्छिवपुराणं हि समाप्तं हितमादरात् ।पठितव्यं प्रयत्नेन श्रोतव्यं च तथैव हि

vyāsa uvāca | etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi samāptaṃ hitamādarāt | paṭhitavyaṃ prayatnena śrotavyaṃ ca tathaiva hi

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Vyasa said: This beneficial Shiva Purana is complete; it should be read with care and respect, and likewise heard.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.44

नास्तिकाय न वक्तव्यमश्रद्धाय शठाय च ।अभक्ताय महेशस्य तथा धर्मध्वजाय च

nāstikāya na vaktavyamaśraddhāya śaṭhāya ca | abhaktāya maheśasya tathā dharmadhvajāya ca

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

It should not be told to an unbeliever, to one without faith, to a deceiver, to one not devoted to Mahesha, nor to a hypocrite who flaunts dharma.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.45

एतच्छ्रुत्या ह्येकवारं भवेत् पापं हि भस्मसात् ।अभक्तो भक्तिमाप्नोति भक्तो भक्तिसमृद्धिभाक्

etacchrutyā hyekavāraṃ bhavet pāpaṃ hi bhasmasāt | abhakto bhaktimāpnoti bhakto bhaktisamṛddhibhāk

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

By hearing it even once, sin is reduced to ashes; the undevoted gains devotion, and the devotee shares in the increase of devotion.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.46

पुनः श्रुते च सद्भक्तिर्मुक्तिः स्याच्च श्रुतेः पुनः ।तस्मात् पुनःपुनश्चैव श्रोतव्यं हि मुमुक्षुभिः

punaḥ śrute ca sadbhaktirmuktiḥ syācca śruteḥ punaḥ | tasmāt punaḥpunaścaiva śrotavyaṃ hi mumukṣubhiḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

On hearing it again, true devotion arises, and on hearing it once more, liberation; therefore those who seek liberation should hear it again and again.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.47

पञ्चावृत्तिः प्रकर्तव्या पुराणस्यास्य सद्धिया ।परं फलं समुद्दिश्य तत्प्राप्नोति न संशयः

pañcāvṛttiḥ prakartavyā purāṇasyāsya saddhiyā | paraṃ phalaṃ samuddiśya tatprāpnoti na saṃśayaḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Five recitations of this Purana should be made with a good mind; aiming at the supreme fruit, one obtains it, without doubt.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.48

पुरातनाश्च राजानो विप्रा वैश्याश्च सत्तमाः ।सप्तकृत्वस्तदावृत्त्यालभन्त शिवदर्शनम्

purātanāśca rājāno viprā vaiśyāśca sattamāḥ | saptakṛtvastadāvṛttyālabhanta śivadarśanam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

Ancient kings, brahmins and excellent vaishyas, by reciting it seven times, gained the vision of Shiva.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.49

श्रोष्यत्यथापि यश्चेदं मानवो भक्तितत्परः ।इहभुक्त्वाखिलान् भोगानन्ते मुक्तिंलभेच्च सः

śroṣyatyathāpi yaścedaṃ mānavo bhaktitatparaḥ | ihabhuktvākhilān bhogānante muktiṃlabhecca saḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

And whoever even now, devoted to devotion, hears this, enjoys all pleasures here and in the end attains liberation.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.50

एतच्छिवपुराणं हि शिवस्यातिप्रियं परम् ।भुक्तिमुक्तिप्रदं ब्रह्मसम्मितं भक्तिवर्धनम्

etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi śivasyātipriyaṃ param | bhuktimuktipradaṃ brahmasammitaṃ bhaktivardhanam

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

This Shiva Purana is supremely dear to Shiva, gives enjoyment and liberation, is equal to the Veda, and increases devotion.

अध्याय 11

श्लोक 76.51

एतच्छिवपुराणस्य वक्तुः श्रोतुश्च सर्वदा ।सगणः ससुतः साम्बः शं करोतु स शङ्करः

etacchivapurāṇasya vaktuḥ śrotuśca sarvadā | sagaṇaḥ sasutaḥ sāmbaḥ śaṃ karotu sa śaṅkaraḥ

हिन्दी अर्थ

शिवको मेरा नमस्कार है

English

May Shankara, with his hosts, his sons and Amba, always bring welfare to the narrator and the listener of this Shiva Purana.

स्रोत: https://sanskritdocuments.org/doc_purana/ · प्राप्त 3/6/2026

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शास्त्रीय प्रामाणिकता एवं पारदर्शकताSources & Interpretation

स्रोत, संस्करण एवं व्याख्या वर्गीकरण

धर्म ग्रंथ पर मूल शास्त्र, पारंपरिक भाष्य और आधुनिक व्याख्या को पूर्णतः पृथक रखा जाता है ताकि पाठक को किसी भी व्याख्या के शास्त्र होने का भ्रम न हो।

सामग्री वर्गीकरण संकेत (Epistemic Content Labels)

6 स्तरिय प्रमाण व्यवस्था
मूल पाठOriginal text

अपौरुषेय / प्रामाणिक शास्त्र (Primary Canonical Scripture)

मूल संस्कृत, प्राकृत अथवा अवधी श्लोक/मंत्र। यह सर्वोच्च प्रमाण (प्रस्थान) है। इस पाठ में किसी भी आधुनिक व्याख्याकार का हस्तक्षेप नहीं है।

शाब्दिक अनुवादLiteral translation

पदार्थ व अन्वय (Direct Grammatical & Word-for-Word Meaning)

व्याकरणसम्मत प्रत्यक्ष शब्दार्थ (अन्वय)। बिना किसी दार्शनिक संप्रदाय के पूर्वाग्रह के, संस्कृत शब्दों का सटीक भाषांतर।

पारंपरिक भाष्यTraditional commentary

आचार्य परंपरा व टीका (Classical Lineage Commentary)

प्राचीन आचार्य परंपरा (यथा शंकराचार्य, रामानुजाचार्य, मध्वाचार्य, श्रीधर स्वामी) द्वारा विरचित शास्त्रीय भाष्य व टीकाएं।

सरल व्याख्याSimple explanation

भावार्थ व सुबोध प्रबोधन (Accessible Pedagogical Exposition)

आधुनिक जिज्ञासुओं के लिए सरल भाषा में भावार्थ। यह मूल मंत्र नहीं, बल्कि पाठ को सुगम बनाने हेतु संपादकीय व्याख्या है।

आधुनिक चिंतनModern reflection

समसामयिक विमर्श व अनुप्रयोग (Contemporary Application & Analysis)

दार्शनिक, मनोवैज्ञानिक व वैज्ञानिक समरूपताओं पर आधुनिक चिंतन। यह मूल शास्त्र का अंग नहीं है और इसे शास्त्रोक्त सिद्धांत के रूप में नहीं देखा जाना चाहिए।

शोध टिप्पणीResearch note

पांडुलिपि एवं ऐतिहासिक शोध (Critical Apparatus & Manuscript Research)

पांडुलिपि विविधताएं, पाठ-भेद (variant readings), छंद रचना, और ऐतिहासिक व तुलनात्मक भाषावैज्ञानिक शोध। यह शास्त्र का मूल संदेश बदलने हेतु नहीं, बल्कि पाठ की प्रामाणिकता परखने के लिए है।