Shiva Purana — Vidyeshvara Samhita — Chapter 23
SiP 1 23.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे विद्येश्वरसंहितायां साध्यसाधनखण्डे शिवनैवेद्यवर्णनोनामद्वाविंशो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् २३ ऋषय ऊचुः सूतसूतमहाभागव्यासशिष्यनमोस्तुते तदेवव्यासतोब्रूहिभस्ममाहात्म्यमुत्तमम्
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṇḍe śivanaivedyavarṇanonāmadvāviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 23 ṛṣaya ūcuḥ sūtasūtamahābhāgavyāsaśiṣyanamostute tadevavyāsatobrūhibhasmamāhātmyamuttamam
Thus, in the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa, in the Vidyeśvara-saṃhitā, in the section on what is to be attained and the means of attaining it, the twenty-second chapter, called the description of food-offering to Śiva. Chapter 23. The sages said: O Sūta, Sūta, greatly fortunate one, disciple of Vyāsa, homage to you! Tell us just that, as Vyāsa did — the excellent greatness of ash.
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SiP 1 23.2
तथा रुद्राक्षमाहात्म्यं नाम माहात्म्यमुत्तमम् त्रितयं ब्रूहिसुप्रीत्याममानंदयचेतसम्
tathā rudrākṣamāhātmyaṃ nāma māhātmyamuttamam tritayaṃ brūhisuprītyāmamānaṃdayacetasam
And likewise the excellent greatness called the greatness of the rudrākṣa: tell us these three with great kindness, gladdening our minds.
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SiP 1 23.3
सूत उवाच साधुपृष्टंभवद्भिश्चलोकानांहितकारकम् भवंतोवैमहाधन्याः पवित्राः कुलभूषणाः
sūta uvāca sādhupṛṣṭaṃbhavadbhiścalokānāṃhitakārakam bhavaṃtovaimahādhanyāḥ pavitrāḥ kulabhūṣaṇāḥ
Sūta said: Well have you asked, and (your question) brings benefit to the worlds. You are indeed greatly blessed, pure, ornaments of your family,
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SiP 1 23.4
येषांचैवशिवःसाक्षाद्दैवतंपरमंशुभम् सदाशिवकथालोकेवल्लभाभवतां सदा
yeṣāṃcaivaśivaḥsākṣāddaivataṃparamaṃśubham sadāśivakathālokevallabhābhavatāṃ sadā
you for whom Śiva himself is the supreme, auspicious deity; may talk of Sadāśiva always be dear to you in this world.
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SiP 1 23.5
तेधन्याश्चकृतार्थाश्चसफलंदेहधारणम् उद्धृतञ्चकुलंतेषांयेशिवंसमुपासते
tedhanyāścakṛtārthāścasaphalaṃdehadhāraṇam uddhṛtañcakulaṃteṣāṃyeśivaṃsamupāsate
They are blessed and have fulfilled their aim, and their maintaining of the body is fruitful; and the family of those who worship Śiva is raised up.
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SiP 1 23.6
मुखेयस्यशिवनामसदाशिवशिवेतिच पापानिनस्पृशंत्येवखदिरांगारंकयथा
mukheyasyaśivanāmasadāśivaśivetica pāpāninaspṛśaṃtyevakhadirāṃgāraṃkayathā
Sins do not touch at all him in whose mouth is the name of Śiva — 'Sadāśiva, Śiva' — as (fire does not touch?) khadira charcoal.
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SiP 1 23.7
श्रीशिवायनमस्तुभ्यंमुखंव्याहरतेयदा तन्मुखंपावनंतीर्थंसर्वपापविनाशनम्
śrīśivāyanamastubhyaṃmukhaṃvyāharateyadā tanmukhaṃpāvanaṃtīrthaṃsarvapāpavināśanam
When a mouth utters, 'Reverence to you, glorious Śiva,' that mouth is a purifying sacred ford, destroying all sins.
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SiP 1 23.8
तन्मुखञ्चतथायोवैपश्यतिप्रीतिमान्नरः तीर्थजन्यंफलंतस्यभवतीतिसुनिश्चितम्
tanmukhañcatathāyovaipaśyatiprītimānnaraḥ tīrthajanyaṃphalaṃtasyabhavatītisuniścitam
And the man who, filled with gladness, likewise looks upon that face — for him there comes the fruit born of (visiting) a sacred ford: this is quite certain.
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SiP 1 23.9
यत्रत्रयंसदातिष्ठेदेतच्छुभतरंद्विजा तस्यदर्शनमात्रेणवेणीस्नानफलंलभेत्
yatratrayaṃsadātiṣṭhedetacchubhataraṃdvijā tasyadarśanamātreṇaveṇīsnānaphalaṃlabhet
Where these three always abide — this is the most auspicious thing, O twice-born ones — by merely seeing him one gains the fruit of bathing at the Veṇī (confluence).
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SiP 1 23.10
शिवनामविभूतिश्चतथारुद्राक्ष एव च एतत्त्रयंमहापुण्यंत्रिवेणीसदृशंस्मृतम्
śivanāmavibhūtiścatathārudrākṣa eva ca etattrayaṃmahāpuṇyaṃtriveṇīsadṛśaṃsmṛtam
The name of Śiva, sacred ash, and likewise the rudrākṣa — these three, of great merit, are held to be equal to the Triveṇī (triple confluence).
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SiP 1 23.11
एतत्त्रयंशरीरेचयस्यतिष्ठतिनित्यशः तस्यैवदर्शनंलोकेदुर्लभंपापहारकम्
etattrayaṃśarīrecayasyatiṣṭhatinityaśaḥ tasyaivadarśanaṃlokedurlabhaṃpāpahārakam
And he in whose body these three are constantly present — the sight of him alone is hard to obtain in the world, and it removes sin.
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SiP 1 23.12
तद्दर्शनंयथावेणीनोभयोरंतरंमनाक् एवंयोनविजानातिसपापिष्ठोनसंशयः
taddarśanaṃyathāveṇīnobhayoraṃtaraṃmanāk evaṃyonavijānātisapāpiṣṭhonasaṃśayaḥ
Between the sight of him and (bathing at) the Veṇī there is not the slightest difference between the two; he who does not know this is surely most sinful.
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SiP 1 23.13
विभूतिर्यस्यनोभालेनांगेरुद्राक्षधारणम् नास्ये शिवमयीवाणीतंत्यजेदधमंयथा
vibhūtiryasyanobhālenāṃgerudrākṣadhāraṇam nāsye śivamayīvāṇītaṃtyajedadhamaṃyathā
He on whose brow there is no sacred ash, no wearing of rudrākṣa on the body, and in whose mouth there is no speech consisting of Śiva — one should shun him as the lowest.
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SiP 1 23.14
शैवंनामयथागंगाविभूतिर्यमुनामता रुद्राक्षं विधिजाप्रोक्तासर्वपापाविनाशिनी
śaivaṃnāmayathāgaṃgāvibhūtiryamunāmatā rudrākṣaṃ vidhijāproktāsarvapāpāvināśinī
The name of Śiva is as the Gaṅgā, the sacred ash is reckoned as the Yamunā, and the rudrākṣa is declared (to be) born of ordinance, destroying all sins.
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SiP 1 23.15
शरीरेचत्रयंयस्यतत्फलंचैकतःस्थितम् एकतोवेणिकायाश्चस्नानजंतुफलंबुधैः
śarīrecatrayaṃyasyatatphalaṃcaikataḥsthitam ekatoveṇikāyāścasnānajaṃtuphalaṃbudhaiḥ
He in whose body the three (are present) — that fruit is placed on one side, and on the other side the fruit arising from bathing at the Veṇī, by the wise.
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SiP 1 23.16
तदेवंतुलितंपूर्वंब्रह्मणाहितकारिणा समानं चैवतज्जातंतस्माद्धार्यंसदाबुधैः
tadevaṃtulitaṃpūrvaṃbrahmaṇāhitakāriṇā samānaṃ caivatajjātaṃtasmāddhāryaṃsadābudhaiḥ
Thus it was formerly weighed by Brahmā, the doer of good; and it turned out equal — therefore the wise should always wear (these three).
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SiP 1 23.17
तद्दिनंहिसमारभ्यब्रह्मविष्ण्वादिभिःसरैः धार्यते त्रितयंतच्चदर्शनात्पापहारकम्
taddinaṃhisamārabhyabrahmaviṣṇvādibhiḥsaraiḥ dhāryate tritayaṃtaccadarśanātpāpahārakam
Indeed, beginning from that day, that triad is worn by the gods, Brahmā, Viṣṇu and the rest, and it removes sin by the mere sight of it.
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SiP 1 23.18
ऋष्य ऊचुः ईदृशंहिफलंप्रोक्तंनामादित्रितयोद्भवम् तन्माहात्म्यंविशेषेणवक्तुमर्हसिसुव्रत
ṛṣya ūcuḥ īdṛśaṃhiphalaṃproktaṃnāmāditritayodbhavam tanmāhātmyaṃviśeṣeṇavaktumarhasisuvrata
The sages said: Such a fruit has been declared as arising from the triad of the name and the rest; you ought to tell its greatness in particular, O you of good vows.
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SiP 1 23.19
सूत उवाच ऋषयोहिमहाप्राज्ञाः सच्छैवाज्ञानिनांमराः तन्माहात्म्यंहिसद्भक्त्याशृणुतादरतोद्विजाः
sūta uvāca ṛṣayohimahāprājñāḥ sacchaivājñānināṃmarāḥ tanmāhātmyaṃhisadbhaktyāśṛṇutādaratodvijāḥ
Sūta said: O sages of great wisdom, true Śaivas, gods among the knowing — hear its greatness with true devotion and with reverence, O twice-born ones.
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SiP 1 23.20
सुगूढमपि शास्त्रेषुपुराणेश्रुतिष्वपि भवत्स्नेहान्मया विप्राःप्रकाशः क्रियते ऽधुना
sugūḍhamapi śāstreṣupurāṇeśrutiṣvapi bhavatsnehānmayā viprāḥprakāśaḥ kriyate 'dhunā
Though it is well hidden in the treatises, in the Purāṇa and in the Vedic texts too, out of affection for you, O brahmins, it is now made manifest by me.
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SiP 1 23.21
कस्तत्त्रितयमाहात्म्यंसंजानातिद्विजोत्तमाः महेश्वरंविनासर्वंब्रह्माण्डेसदसत्परम्
kastattritayamāhātmyaṃsaṃjānātidvijottamāḥ maheśvaraṃvināsarvaṃbrahmāṇḍesadasatparam
Who, O best of the twice-born, fully knows the greatness of that triad — everything in the cosmic egg, being and non-being and what is beyond — apart from Maheśvara?
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SiP 1 23.22
वच्म्यहंनाममाहात्म्यंयथाभक्तिसमासतः शृणुतप्रीतितोविप्राः सर्वपापहरंपरम्
vacmyahaṃnāmamāhātmyaṃyathābhaktisamāsataḥ śṛṇutaprītitoviprāḥ sarvapāpaharaṃparam
I shall tell the greatness of the name, in brief, according to (my) devotion; hear it with gladness, O brahmins — supreme and removing all sin.
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SiP 1 23.23
शिवेतिनामदावाग्नेर्महापातकपर्वताः भस्मीभवंत्यनायासात्सत्यंसत्यंनसंशयः
śivetināmadāvāgnermahāpātakaparvatāḥ bhasmībhavaṃtyanāyāsātsatyaṃsatyaṃnasaṃśayaḥ
By the forest-fire that is the name "Śiva," the mountains of great sins become ash without effort: truly, truly, there is no doubt.
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SiP 1 23.24
पापमूलानि दुःखानिविविधान्यपिशौनक शिवनामैकनश्यानिनान्यनश्यानिसर्वथा
pāpamūlāni duḥkhānivividhānyapiśaunaka śivanāmaikanaśyāninānyanaśyānisarvathā
Sufferings rooted in sin, of many kinds too, O Śaunaka, perish by the name of Śiva alone; by nothing else do they perish at all.
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SiP 1 23.25
सवैदिकः सपुण्यात्मासधन्यस्सबुधोमतः शिवनामजपासक्तोयोनित्यंभुविमानव
savaidikaḥ sapuṇyātmāsadhanyassabudhomataḥ śivanāmajapāsaktoyonityaṃbhuvimānava
That man on earth who is constantly devoted to the muttering of Śiva's name is held to be a knower of the Veda, a soul of merit, blessed, and wise.
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SiP 1 23.26
भवंतिविविधाधर्मास्तेषांसद्यःफलोन्मुखाः येषांभवतिविश्वासःशिवनामजपेमुने
bhavaṃtivividhādharmāsteṣāṃsadyaḥphalonmukhāḥ yeṣāṃbhavativiśvāsaḥśivanāmajapemune
For those who have faith in the muttering of Śiva's name, O sage, the various religious duties become ready to yield fruit at once.
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SiP 1 23.27
पातकानिविनश्यंतियावंतिशिवनामतः भुवितावंतिपापानिक्रियंतेननरैर्मुने
pātakānivinaśyaṃtiyāvaṃtiśivanāmataḥ bhuvitāvaṃtipāpānikriyaṃtenanarairmune
However many sins perish through the name of Śiva, O sage, that many sins are not committed on earth by men.
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SiP 1 23.28
ब्रह्महत्यादिपापानांराशीनप्रमितान्मुने शिवनामद्रुतंप्रोक्तंनाशयत्यखिलान्नरैः
brahmahatyādipāpānāṃrāśīnapramitānmune śivanāmadrutaṃproktaṃnāśayatyakhilānnaraiḥ
O sage, heaps of sins beyond measure, such as the killing of a brahmin, the name of Śiva, once uttered, swiftly destroys them all for men.
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SiP 1 23.29
शिवनामतरींप्राप्यसंसाराब्धिंतरंतिये संसारमूलपापानितानिनश्यंत्यसंशयम्
śivanāmatarīṃprāpyasaṃsārābdhiṃtaraṃtiye saṃsāramūlapāpānitāninaśyaṃtyasaṃśayam
Those who, gaining the boat of Śiva's name, cross over the ocean of worldly existence — for them those sins that are the root of that existence perish, without doubt.
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SiP 1 23.30
संसारमूलभूतानांपातकानांमहामुने शिवनामकुठारेणविनाशोजायतेध्रुवम्
saṃsāramūlabhūtānāṃpātakānāṃmahāmune śivanāmakuṭhāreṇavināśojāyatedhruvam
O great sage, by the axe of Śiva's name the destruction of the sins that are the root of worldly existence surely comes about.
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SiP 1 23.31
शिवनामामृतंपेयंपापदावानलार्दितैः पापदावाग्नितप्तानांशांतिस्तेनविनानहि
śivanāmāmṛtaṃpeyaṃpāpadāvānalārditaiḥ pāpadāvāgnitaptānāṃśāṃtistenavinānahi
The nectar of Śiva's name is to be drunk by those tormented by the forest-fire of sin; for those scorched by the forest-fire of sin there is no quieting without it.
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SiP 1 23.32
शिवेतिनामपीयूषवर्षवर्षधारापरिप्लुताः संसारदवमध्येपिनशोचंतिकदाचन
śivetināmapīyūṣavarṣavarṣadhārāpariplutāḥ saṃsāradavamadhyepinaśocaṃtikadācana
Those drenched by the downpour of streams of the nectar-rain of the name 'Śiva' never grieve, even in the midst of the conflagration of worldly existence.
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SiP 1 23.33
शिवनाम्निमहद्भक्तिर्जातायेषांमहात्मनाम् तद्विधानांतुसहसामुक्तिर्भवतिसर्वथा
śivanāmnimahadbhaktirjātāyeṣāṃmahātmanām tadvidhānāṃtusahasāmuktirbhavatisarvathā
Those great souls in whom great devotion to Śiva's name has arisen — for such persons liberation comes at once, in every way.
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SiP 1 23.34
अनेकजन्मभिर्येनतपस्तप्तंमुनीश्वर शिवनाम्निभवेद्भक्तिःसर्वपापापहारिणी
anekajanmabhiryenatapastaptaṃmunīśvara śivanāmnibhavedbhaktiḥsarvapāpāpahāriṇī
O lord of sages, (only) by him who has practised austerity through many births does there arise devotion to Śiva's name, which removes all sins.
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SiP 1 23.35
यस्या साधारणं शंभुनाम्निभक्तिरखंडिता तस्यैवमोक्षः सुलभोनान्यस्येतिमतिर्मम
yasyā sādhāraṇaṃ śaṃbhunāmnibhaktirakhaṃḍitā tasyaivamokṣaḥ sulabhonānyasyetimatirmama
He whose devotion to Śambhu's name is unbroken, not merely ordinary — for him alone is liberation easy to obtain, and for no one else: such is my view.
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SiP 1 23.36
कृत्वाप्यनेकपापानिशिवनामजपादरः सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तोभवत्येवनसंशयः
kṛtvāpyanekapāpāniśivanāmajapādaraḥ sarvapāpavinirmuktobhavatyevanasaṃśayaḥ
Even having committed many sins, one who is devoted to the muttering of Śiva's name becomes wholly freed from all sins — of this there is no doubt.
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SiP 1 23.37
भवंतिभस्मसाद्वृक्षादवदग्धायथावने तथातावंतिदग्धानिपापानिशिवनामतः
bhavaṃtibhasmasādvṛkṣādavadagdhāyathāvane tathātāvaṃtidagdhānipāpāniśivanāmataḥ
Just as trees burnt by a forest-fire in the wood are reduced to ashes, so are all those many sins burnt up by Śiva's name.
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SiP 1 23.38
योनित्यंभस्मपूतांगः शिवनामजपादरः संतरत्येवसंसारंसघोरमपिशौनक
yonityaṃbhasmapūtāṃgaḥ śivanāmajapādaraḥ saṃtaratyevasaṃsāraṃsaghoramapiśaunaka
He whose body is purified daily with ashes and who is devoted to the muttering of Śiva's name crosses right over worldly existence, terrible though it be, O Śaunaka.
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SiP 1 23.39
ब्रह्मस्वहरणंकृत्वाहत्वापिब्राह्मणान्बहून् नलिप्यतेनरः पापैःशिवनामजपादरः
brahmasvaharaṇaṃkṛtvāhatvāpibrāhmaṇānbahūn nalipyatenaraḥ pāpaiḥśivanāmajapādaraḥ
Even having stolen a brahmin's property and killed many brahmins, a man devoted to the muttering of Śiva's name is not stained by those sins.
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SiP 1 23.40
विलोक्यवेदानखिलाञ्छिवनामजपःपरम् संसारतारणोपाय इतिपूर्वैर्विनिश्चितः
vilokyavedānakhilāñchivanāmajapaḥparam saṃsāratāraṇopāya itipūrvairviniścitaḥ
Having examined all the Vedas, the ancients concluded thus: the muttering of Śiva's name is the highest means of crossing over worldly existence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 23.41
किंबहूक्त्यामुनिश्रेष्ठाः श्लोकेनैकेनवच्म्यहम् शिवनाम्नोमहिमानंसर्वपापापहारिणम्
kiṃbahūktyāmuniśreṣṭhāḥ ślokenaikenavacmyaham śivanāmnomahimānaṃsarvapāpāpahāriṇam
What need of much speaking, O best of sages? In a single verse I shall declare the greatness of Śiva's name, which removes all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 23.42
पापानांहरणेशंभोर्नामः शक्तिर्हिपावनी शक्नोतिपातकंतावत्कर्तुंनापिनरः क्वचित्
pāpānāṃharaṇeśaṃbhornāmaḥ śaktirhipāvanī śaknotipātakaṃtāvatkartuṃnāpinaraḥ kvacit
For in the removal of sins the power of Śambhu's name is purifying; a man is never able to commit sin to that extent.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 23.43
शिवनामप्रभावेणलेभेसद्गतिमुत्तमाम् इन्द्रद्युम्ननृपःपूर्वंमहापापः पुरामुने
śivanāmaprabhāveṇalebhesadgatimuttamām indradyumnanṛpaḥpūrvaṃmahāpāpaḥ purāmune
By the power of Śiva's name he attained the highest good state — King Indradyumna, formerly a great sinner in ancient times, O sage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 23.44
तथाकाचिद्द्विजायोषासौमुनेबहुपापिनी शिवनामप्रभावेणलेभेसद्गतिमुत्तमाम्
tathākāciddvijāyoṣāsaumunebahupāpinī śivanāmaprabhāveṇalebhesadgatimuttamām
So too a certain brahmin's wife, O sage, who was of many sins, attained by the power of Śiva's name the highest good state.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 1 23.45
इत्युक्तंवोद्विजश्रेष्ठानाममाहात्म्यमुत्तमम् शृणुध्वंभस्ममाहात्म्यंसर्वपावनपावनम्
ityuktaṃvodvijaśreṣṭhānāmamāhātmyamuttamam śṛṇudhvaṃbhasmamāhātmyaṃsarvapāvanapāvanam
Thus has the supreme greatness of the name been told to you, O best of brahmins; now hear the greatness of ashes, the purifier of all purifiers.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition