Shiva Purana — Vidyeshvara Samhita — Chapter 3
SiP 1 3.1
इति श्रीशिवमहापुराणे विद्येश्वरसंहितायां द्विदीयो ऽध्यायः छप्तेर् ३ व्यास उवाच इत्याकर्ण्य वचः सौतं प्रोचुस्ते परमर्षयः वेदांतसारसर्वस्वं पुराणं श्रावयाद्भुतम्
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ dvidīyo 'dhyāyaḥ chapter 3 vyāsa uvāca ityākarṇya vacaḥ sautaṃ procuste paramarṣayaḥ vedāṃtasārasarvasvaṃ purāṇaṃ śrāvayādbhutam
Thus the second chapter in the Vidyeśvara Saṃhitā of the glorious Śiva Mahāpurāṇa. Chapter 3. Vyāsa said: Having heard these words, those supreme sages said to the son of the Sūta: "Recite to us the wondrous Purāṇa, the very essence of the Vedānta."
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SiP 1 3.2
इति श्रुत्वा मुनीनां स वचनं सुप्रहर्षितः संस्मरञ्छंकरं सूतः प्रोवाच मुनिसत्तमान्
iti śrutvā munīnāṃ sa vacanaṃ supraharṣitaḥ saṃsmarañchaṃkaraṃ sūtaḥ provāca munisattamān
Having heard this speech of the sages, the Sūta, greatly delighted, calling Śaṃkara to mind, spoke to those best of sages.
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SiP 1 3.3
सूत उवाच शृण्वंतु ऋषयः सर्वे स्मृत्वा शिवमनामयम् पुराणप्रवणं शैवं पुराणं वेदसारजम्
sūta uvāca śṛṇvaṃtu ṛṣayaḥ sarve smṛtvā śivamanāmayam purāṇapravaṇaṃ śaivaṃ purāṇaṃ vedasārajam
The Sūta said: Let all the sages listen, having called to mind Śiva the flawless: the Śaiva Purāṇa, foremost among Purāṇas, born of the essence of the Veda,
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SiP 1 3.4
यत्र गीतं त्रिकं प्रीत्या भक्तिज्ञानविरागकम्
yatra gītaṃ trikaṃ prītyā bhaktijñānavirāgakam
in which the triad—devotion, knowledge and dispassion—is sung with love,
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SiP 1 3.5
वेदांतवेद्यं सद्वस्तु विशेषेण प्रवर्णितम्
vedāṃtavedyaṃ sadvastu viśeṣeṇa pravarṇitam
(and in which) the real Being that is to be known through the Vedānta is described in particular detail.
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SiP 1 3.6
सूत उवाच शृण्वंतु ऋषयः सर्वे पुराणं वेदसारजम् पुरा कालेन महता कल्पे ऽतीते पुनःपुनः
sūta uvāca śṛṇvaṃtu ṛṣayaḥ sarve purāṇaṃ vedasārajam purā kālena mahatā kalpe 'tīte punaḥpunaḥ
Sūta said: Let all the sages listen to the Purāṇa born from the essence of the Vedas. Long ago, after a great stretch of time, when a kalpa had passed, again and again—
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SiP 1 3.7
अस्मिन्नुपस्थिते कल्पे प्रवृत्ते सृष्टिकर्मणि मुनीनां षट्कुलीनानां ब्रुवतामितरेतरम्
asminnupasthite kalpe pravṛtte sṛṣṭikarmaṇi munīnāṃ ṣaṭkulīnānāṃ bruvatāmitaretaram
—when this (present) kalpa had arrived and the work of creation was under way, while the sages of the six families were speaking to one another,
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SiP 1 3.8
इदं परमिदं नेति विवादः सुमहानभूत् ते ऽभिजग्मुर्विधातारं ब्रह्माणं प्रष्टुमव्ययम्
idaṃ paramidaṃ neti vivādaḥ sumahānabhūt te 'bhijagmurvidhātāraṃ brahmāṇaṃ praṣṭumavyayam
"This is supreme," "No, this is"—a very great dispute arose. They went to the ordainer, the imperishable Brahmā, to ask (him).
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SiP 1 3.9
वाग्भिर्विनयगर्भाभिः सर्वे प्रांजलयो ऽब्रुवन् त्वं हि सर्वजगद्धाता सर्वकारणकारणम्
vāgbhirvinayagarbhābhiḥ sarve prāṃjalayo 'bruvan tvaṃ hi sarvajagaddhātā sarvakāraṇakāraṇam
With words full of humility, all of them, palms joined, spoke: "You indeed are the sustainer of the whole world, the cause of all causes.
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SiP 1 3.10
कः पुमान्सर्वतत्त्वेभ्यः पुराणः परतः परः ब्रह्मोवाच यतो वाचो निवर्तंते अप्राप्य मनसा सह
kaḥ pumānsarvatattvebhyaḥ purāṇaḥ parataḥ paraḥ brahmovāca yato vāco nivartaṃte aprāpya manasā saha
Who is the Person, ancient, higher than the high, beyond all the principles?" Brahmā said: "He from whom words turn back, together with the mind, not having reached (him);
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SiP 1 3.11
यस्मात्सर्वमिदं ब्रह्मविष्णुरुद्रेंद्रपूर्वकम् सहभूतेंद्रियैः सर्वैः प्रथमं संप्रसूयते
yasmātsarvamidaṃ brahmaviṣṇurudreṃdrapūrvakam sahabhūteṃdriyaiḥ sarvaiḥ prathamaṃ saṃprasūyate
from whom all this—headed by Brahmā, Viṣṇu, Rudra and Indra, together with all the elements and senses—is first brought forth:
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SiP 1 3.12
एष देवो महादेवः सर्वज्ञो जगदीश्वरः अयं तु परया भक्त्या दृश्यते ना ऽन्यथा क्वचित्
eṣa devo mahādevaḥ sarvajño jagadīśvaraḥ ayaṃ tu parayā bhaktyā dṛśyate nā 'nyathā kvacit
this god is Mahādeva, the omniscient lord of the world. But he is seen only through supreme devotion, never otherwise anywhere.
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SiP 1 3.13
रुद्रो हरिर्हरश्चैव तथान्ये च सुरेश्वराः भक्त्या परमया तस्य नित्यं दर्शनकांक्षिणः
rudro harirharaścaiva tathānye ca sureśvarāḥ bhaktyā paramayā tasya nityaṃ darśanakāṃkṣiṇaḥ
Rudra, Hari, and Hara too, and likewise the other lords of the gods, with supreme devotion constantly long for the sight of him.
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SiP 1 3.14
बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन शिवे भक्त्या विमुच्यते प्रसादाद्देवताभक्तिः प्रसादो भक्तिसंभवः यथेहांकुरतो बीजं बीजतो वा यथांकुरः
bahunātra kimuktena śive bhaktyā vimucyate prasādāddevatābhaktiḥ prasādo bhaktisaṃbhavaḥ yathehāṃkurato bījaṃ bījato vā yathāṃkuraḥ
What is the use of much talk here? By devotion to Śiva one is liberated. From (his) grace comes devotion to the deity, and (his) grace arises from devotion—just as here the seed comes from the sprout, or the sprout from the seed.
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SiP 1 3.15
तस्मादीशप्रसादार्थं यूयं गत्वा भुवं द्विजाः दीर्घसत्रं समाकृध्वं यूयं वर्षसहस्रकम्
tasmādīśaprasādārthaṃ yūyaṃ gatvā bhuvaṃ dvijāḥ dīrghasatraṃ samākṛdhvaṃ yūyaṃ varṣasahasrakam
Therefore, O twice-born, for the sake of the Lord's grace, go to the earth and perform a long sacrificial session, for a thousand years.
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SiP 1 3.16
अमुष्यैवाध्वरेशस्य शिवस्यैव प्रसादतः वेदोक्तविद्यासारं तु ज्ञायते साध्यसाधनं
amuṣyaivādhvareśasya śivasyaiva prasādataḥ vedoktavidyāsāraṃ tu jñāyate sādhyasādhanaṃ
Only by the grace of that very Śiva, the lord of sacrifice, is the essence of the knowledge declared in the Veda known—(namely) the goal and the means to it.
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SiP 1 3.17
मुनय ऊचुः अथ किं परमं साध्यं किंवा तत्साधनं परम् साधकः कीदृशस्तत्र तदिदं ब्रूहि तत्त्वतः
munaya ūcuḥ atha kiṃ paramaṃ sādhyaṃ kiṃvā tatsādhanaṃ param sādhakaḥ kīdṛśastatra tadidaṃ brūhi tattvataḥ
The sages said: Then what is the supreme goal to be attained, and what is the supreme means to it? What sort is the practitioner there? Tell us this as it truly is.
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SiP 1 3.18
ब्रह्मोवाच साध्यं शिवपदप्राप्तिः साधनं तस्य सेवनम् साधकस्तत्प्रसादाद्यो ऽनित्यादिफलनिःस्पृहः
brahmovāca sādhyaṃ śivapadaprāptiḥ sādhanaṃ tasya sevanam sādhakastatprasādādyo 'nityādiphalaniḥspṛhaḥ
Brahmā said: The goal is the attainment of Śiva's state; the means is service of him; the practitioner is he who, by his grace, is free of craving for impermanent fruits and the like.
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SiP 1 3.19
कर्म कृत्वा तु वेदोक्तं तदर्पितमहाफलम् परमेशपदप्राप्तः सालोक्यादिक्रमात्ततः
karma kṛtvā tu vedoktaṃ tadarpitamahāphalam parameśapadaprāptaḥ sālokyādikramāttataḥ
Having performed the action enjoined in the Veda, whose great fruit is offered up to him, one attains the state of the Supreme Lord, then by the sequence beginning with sālokya (dwelling in the same world).
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SiP 1 3.20
तत्तद्भक्त्यनुसारेण सर्वेषां परमं फलम् तत्साधनं बहुविधं साक्षादीशेन बोधितम्
tattadbhaktyanusāreṇa sarveṣāṃ paramaṃ phalam tatsādhanaṃ bahuvidhaṃ sākṣādīśena bodhitam
In accordance with each one's devotion, the supreme fruit is for all. The means to it is of many kinds, taught directly by the Lord.
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SiP 1 3.21
संक्षिप्य तत्र वः सारं साधनं प्रब्रवीम्यहम् श्रोत्रेण श्रवणं तस्य वचसा कीर्तनं तथा
saṃkṣipya tatra vaḥ sāraṃ sādhanaṃ prabravīmyaham śrotreṇa śravaṇaṃ tasya vacasā kīrtanaṃ tathā
Condensing it, I shall declare to you the essential means: hearing of him with the ear, and likewise praising (him) with speech,
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SiP 1 3.22
मनसा मननं तस्य महासाधनमुच्यते श्रोतव्यः कीर्तितव्यश्च मन्तव्यश्च महेश्वरः
manasā mananaṃ tasya mahāsādhanamucyate śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaśca mantavyaśca maheśvaraḥ
and reflection on him with the mind—that is called the great means. Maheśvara is to be heard of, to be praised, and to be reflected upon.
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SiP 1 3.23
इति श्रुतिप्रमाणं नः साधनेना ऽमुना परम् साध्यं व्रजत सर्वार्थसाधनैकपरायणाः
iti śrutipramāṇaṃ naḥ sādhanenā 'munā param sādhyaṃ vrajata sarvārthasādhanaikaparāyaṇāḥ
Such is our scriptural authority. By this means go to the supreme goal, wholly intent on the one practice that accomplishes every aim.
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SiP 1 3.24
प्रत्यक्षं चक्षुषा दृष्ट्वा तत्र लोकः प्रवर्तते अप्रत्यक्षं हि सर्वत्र ज्ञात्वा श्रोत्रेण चेष्टते
pratyakṣaṃ cakṣuṣā dṛṣṭvā tatra lokaḥ pravartate apratyakṣaṃ hi sarvatra jñātvā śrotreṇa ceṣṭate
Having seen with the eye what is perceptible, people act upon it there; but what is imperceptible, everywhere, one knows by the ear and (then) acts.
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SiP 1 3.25
तस्माच्छ्रवणमेवादौ श्रुत्वा गुरुमुखाद्बुधः ततः संसाधयेदन्यत्कीर्तनं मननं सुधीः
tasmācchravaṇamevādau śrutvā gurumukhādbudhaḥ tataḥ saṃsādhayedanyatkīrtanaṃ mananaṃ sudhīḥ
Therefore hearing comes first; having heard from the mouth of a teacher, the wise, intelligent man should then accomplish the rest—praising and reflecting.
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SiP 1 3.26
क्रमान्मननपर्यंते साधने ऽस्मिन्सुसाधिते शिवयोगो भवेत्तेन सालोक्यादिक्रमाच्छनैः
kramānmananaparyaṃte sādhane 'sminsusādhite śivayogo bhavettena sālokyādikramācchanaiḥ
When this practice, in stages up to reflection, has been well accomplished, by that means union with Śiva comes about, gradually, by the sequence beginning with dwelling in (his) world.
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SiP 1 3.27
सर्वांगव्याधयः पश्चात्सर्वानंदश्च लीयते अभ्यासात्क्लेशमेतद्वै पश्चादाद्यंतमंगलम्
sarvāṃgavyādhayaḥ paścātsarvānaṃdaśca līyate abhyāsātkleśametadvai paścādādyaṃtamaṃgalam
Afterwards the diseases of all the limbs, and all joy too, dissolve; from practice there is indeed this hardship, but afterwards it is auspicious from beginning to end.
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