Shiva Purana — Rudra Samhita — Chapter 138
SiP 2 138.1
।।ब्रह्मोवाच।। एतस्मिन्नंतरे तत्र विश्वरूपः प्रजापतिः ।। तदुद्योगं संविचार्य सुखमाप प्रसन्नधीः
||brahmovāca|| etasminnaṃtare tatra viśvarūpaḥ prajāpatiḥ || tadudyogaṃ saṃvicārya sukhamāpa prasannadhīḥ
Brahmā said: Meanwhile there Viśvarūpa the lord of creatures, reflecting on that undertaking, attained happiness, his mind well pleased.
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SiP 2 138.2
विश्वरूपप्रजेशस्य दिव्यरूपे सुते उभे।। सिद्धिबुद्धिरिति ख्याते शुभे सर्वांगशोभने तावश्च नारदेनैव प्राप्तो गेहे महात्मना।। यथार्थं वच्मि नोऽसत्यं न छलेन न मत्सरात् येनैवेदं कृतं स्याद्वै कर्मानर्थकरं परम् ।। शांतिकामस्सुधीस्तात तन्मुखं न विलोकयेत् कार्तिक्यां कृत्तिकासंगे कुर्याद्यः स्वामिदर्शनम्।। तस्य पापं दहेत्सर्वं चित्तेप्सित फलं लभेत् यः पठेत्पाठयेद्वापि शृणुयाच्छ्रावयेत्तथा ।। सर्वान्कामानवाप्नोति नात्र कार्या विचारणा
viśvarūpaprajeśasya divyarūpe sute ubhe|| siddhibuddhiriti khyāte śubhe sarvāṃgaśobhane tāvaśca nāradenaiva prāpto gehe mahātmanā|| yathārthaṃ vacmi no'satyaṃ na chalena na matsarāt yenaivedaṃ kṛtaṃ syādvai karmānarthakaraṃ param || śāṃtikāmassudhīstāta tanmukhaṃ na vilokayet kārtikyāṃ kṛttikāsaṃge kuryādyaḥ svāmidarśanam|| tasya pāpaṃ dahetsarvaṃ cittepsita phalaṃ labhet yaḥ paṭhetpāṭhayedvāpi śṛṇuyācchrāvayettathā || sarvānkāmānavāpnoti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā
Viśvarūpa the lord of creatures had two daughters of divine form, known as Siddhi and Buddhi, auspicious, lovely in every limb; and those two were brought to the house by the great-souled Nārada himself. I speak in accordance with truth, nothing false, not by trickery nor out of envy. By whom this may have been done, that deed is utterly fruitless. One who desires peace, being wise, my dear, should not look upon his face. Whoever, on the full-moon of Kārttika joined with the Kṛttikā (asterism), performs the viewing of the Lord — all his sin is burnt away, and he obtains the fruit desired in his heart. Whoever recites it, or has it recited, or hears it, or has it heard, obtains all his desires — no deliberation is needed here.
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SiP 2 138.3
ताभ्यां चैव गणेशस्य गिरिजा शंकरः प्रभू ।। महोत्सवं विवाहं च कारयामासतुर्मुदा
tābhyāṃ caiva gaṇeśasya girijā śaṃkaraḥ prabhū || mahotsavaṃ vivāhaṃ ca kārayāmāsaturmudā
And Girijā and lord Śaṅkara joyfully had Gaṇeśa's marriage with those two performed as a great festival.
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SiP 2 138.4
संतुष्टा देवतास्सर्वास्तद्विवाहे समागमन् ।। यथा चैव शिवस्यैव गिरिजाया मनोरथः
saṃtuṣṭā devatāssarvāstadvivāhe samāgaman || yathā caiva śivasyaiva girijāyā manorathaḥ
All the gods, delighted, came together at that wedding; and just as was the heart's wish of Śiva and of Girijā,
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SiP 2 138.5
तथा च विश्वकर्माऽसौ विवाहं कृतवांस्तथा ।। तथा च ऋषयो देवा लेभिरे परमां मुदम्
tathā ca viśvakarmā'sau vivāhaṃ kṛtavāṃstathā || tathā ca ṛṣayo devā lebhire paramāṃ mudam
so did that Viśvakarman perform the marriage accordingly; and thus the sages and the gods obtained the highest joy.
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SiP 2 138.6
गणेशोपि तदा ताभ्यां सुखं चैवाप्तिचिंतकम् ।। प्राप्तवांश्च मुने तत्तु वर्णितुं नैव शक्यते
gaṇeśopi tadā tābhyāṃ sukhaṃ caivāpticiṃtakam || prāptavāṃśca mune tattu varṇituṃ naiva śakyate
And Gaṇeśa too then obtained from those two the happiness that fulfils what is longed for; but that, O sage, cannot be described.
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SiP 2 138.7
कियता चैव कालेन गणेशस्य महात्मनः ।। द्वयोः पत्न्योश्च द्वौ दिव्यौ तस्य पुत्रौ बभूवतुः
kiyatā caiva kālena gaṇeśasya mahātmanaḥ || dvayoḥ patnyośca dvau divyau tasya putrau babhūvatuḥ
And after some time, of the great-souled Gaṇeśa two divine sons were born to him from his two wives.
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SiP 2 138.8
सिद्धेर्गणेशपत्न्यास्तु क्षेमनामा सुतोऽभवत् ।। बुद्धेर्लाभाभिधः पुत्रो ह्यासीत्परभशोभनः
siddhergaṇeśapatnyāstu kṣemanāmā suto'bhavat || buddherlābhābhidhaḥ putro hyāsītparabhaśobhanaḥ
To Siddhi, Gaṇeśa's wife, a son named Kṣema was born; and to Buddhi (there was) a son called Lābha, exceedingly beautiful.
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SiP 2 138.9
एवं सुखमचिंत्यं व भुंजाने हि गणेश्वरे ।। आजगाम द्वितीयश्च क्रांत्वा पृथ्वीं सुतस्तदा
evaṃ sukhamaciṃtyaṃ va bhuṃjāne hi gaṇeśvare || ājagāma dvitīyaśca krāṃtvā pṛthvīṃ sutastadā
While Gaṇeśvara was thus enjoying inconceivable happiness, the second son came then, having traversed the earth.
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SiP 2 138.11
पितृभ्यां तु कृतं यच्च शिवया शंकरेण ते ।। तन्न कुर्य्यात्परो लोके सत्यं सत्यं ब्रवीम्यहम्
pitṛbhyāṃ tu kṛtaṃ yacca śivayā śaṃkareṇa te || tanna kuryyātparo loke satyaṃ satyaṃ bravīmyaham
What was done to you by (your) parents, by Śivā and by Śaṃkara — no one else in the world would do that; truly, truly I say (this).
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SiP 2 138.12
निष्कास्य त्वां कुक्रमणं मिषमुत्पाद्य यत्नतः ।। गणेशस्य वरोकारि विवाहः परशोभनः
niṣkāsya tvāṃ kukramaṇaṃ miṣamutpādya yatnataḥ || gaṇeśasya varokāri vivāhaḥ paraśobhanaḥ
Having driven you out on a bad journey, deliberately creating a pretext, Gaṇeśa's most splendid marriage was brought about.
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SiP 2 138.13
गणेशस्य कृतोद्वाहो लब्धवांस्स्त्रीद्वयं मुदा ।। विश्वरूपप्रजेशस्य कन्यारत्नं महोत्तमम्
gaṇeśasya kṛtodvāho labdhavāṃsstrīdvayaṃ mudā || viśvarūpaprajeśasya kanyāratnaṃ mahottamam
Gaṇeśa's wedding was performed, and he gladly obtained two wives, the most excellent jewels of daughters of Viśvarūpa, the lord of creatures.
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SiP 2 138.14
पुत्रद्वयं ललाभासौ द्वयोः पत्न्योश्शुभांगयोः ।। सिद्धे क्षेमं तथा बुद्धेर्लाभं सर्वं सुखप्रदम्
putradvayaṃ lalābhāsau dvayoḥ patnyośśubhāṃgayoḥ || siddhe kṣemaṃ tathā buddherlābhaṃ sarvaṃ sukhapradam
He obtained two sons from his two fair-limbed wives: Kṣema from Siddhi and Lābha from Buddhi — all of it granting happiness.
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SiP 2 138.15
पत्न्योर्द्वयोर्गणेशोऽसौ लब्ध्वा पुत्रद्वयं शुभम् ।। मातापित्रोर्मतेनैव सुखं भुंक्ते निरंतरम्
patnyordvayorgaṇeśo'sau labdhvā putradvayaṃ śubham || mātāpitrormatenaiva sukhaṃ bhuṃkte niraṃtaram
That Gaṇeśa, having obtained two auspicious sons from his two wives, enjoys happiness unceasingly, by the very consent of (his) mother and father.
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SiP 2 138.16
भवता पृथिवी क्रांता ससमुद्रा सकानना।। तच्छलाज्ञावशात्तात तस्य जातं फलं त्विदम्
bhavatā pṛthivī krāṃtā sasamudrā sakānanā|| tacchalājñāvaśāttāta tasya jātaṃ phalaṃ tvidam
By you the earth was traversed, with its oceans and its forests; by the force of that deceitful command, dear one, this has come to be its fruit.
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SiP 2 138.17
पितृभ्यां क्रियतास्मैवच्छलं तात विचार्यताम् ।। स्वस्वामिभ्यां विशेषेण ह्यन्यः किन्न करोति वै
pitṛbhyāṃ kriyatāsmaivacchalaṃ tāta vicāryatām || svasvāmibhyāṃ viśeṣeṇa hyanyaḥ kinna karoti vai
This very deceit was practised by (your) parents; consider it, dear one — and especially by one's own masters; indeed, what would another not do?
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SiP 2 138.18
असम्यक्च कृतं ताभ्यां त्वत्पितृभ्यां हि कर्म ह ।। विचार्यतां त्वयाऽपीह मच्चित्ते न शुभं मतम्
asamyakca kṛtaṃ tābhyāṃ tvatpitṛbhyāṃ hi karma ha || vicāryatāṃ tvayā'pīha maccitte na śubhaṃ matam
And that deed was done improperly by those two, by your parents; let it be pondered by you too here — in my mind it is not thought good.
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SiP 2 138.19
दद्याद्यदि गरं माता विक्रीणीयात्पिता यदि ।। राजा हरति सर्वस्वं कस्मै किं च ब्रवीतु वै
dadyādyadi garaṃ mātā vikrīṇīyātpitā yadi || rājā harati sarvasvaṃ kasmai kiṃ ca bravītu vai
If the mother should give poison, if the father should sell (one), if the king should take away all one's property — to whom and what is one to speak?
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SiP 2 138.21
इति नीतिः श्रुतौ प्रोक्ता स्मृतौ शास्त्रेषु सर्वतः ।। निवेदिता च सा तेऽद्य यथेच्छसि तथा कुरु
iti nītiḥ śrutau proktā smṛtau śāstreṣu sarvataḥ || niveditā ca sā te'dya yathecchasi tathā kuru
Thus is the rule declared in the Śruti, in the Smṛti, and everywhere in the treatises; and it has been reported to you today — do as you wish.
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SiP 2 138.22
ब्रह्मोवाच ।। इत्युक्त्वा नारद त्वं तु महेश्वरमनोगतिः ।। तस्मै तथा कुमाराय वाक्यं मौनमुपागतः
brahmovāca || ityuktvā nārada tvaṃ tu maheśvaramanogatiḥ || tasmai tathā kumārāya vākyaṃ maunamupāgataḥ
Brahmā said: Having spoken thus, Nārada — you, whose mind moved toward Maheśvara — having said that speech to that youth, you fell silent.
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SiP 2 138.23
स्कन्दोऽपि पितरं नत्वा कोपाग्निज्वलितस्तदा ।। जगाम पर्वतं क्रौंचं पितृभ्यां वारितोऽपि सन्
skando'pi pitaraṃ natvā kopāgnijvalitastadā || jagāma parvataṃ krauṃcaṃ pitṛbhyāṃ vārito'pi san
And Skanda, bowing to (his) father, blazing then with the fire of anger, went to Mount Krauñca, though forbidden by (his) parents.
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SiP 2 138.24
वारणे च कृते त्वद्य गम्यते च कथं त्वया ।। इत्येवं च निषिद्धोपि प्रोच्य नेति जगाम सः
vāraṇe ca kṛte tvadya gamyate ca kathaṃ tvayā || ityevaṃ ca niṣiddhopi procya neti jagāma saḥ
"When a prohibition has been made, how then do you go?" — thus forbidden, he said "No" and went.
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SiP 2 138.25
न स्थातव्यं मया तातौ क्षणमप्यत्र किंचन ।। यद्येवं कपटं प्रीतिमपहाय कृतं मयि
na sthātavyaṃ mayā tātau kṣaṇamapyatra kiṃcana || yadyevaṃ kapaṭaṃ prītimapahāya kṛtaṃ mayi
"I must not stay here at all, O parents, even for a moment, if such deceit, casting affection aside, has been done to me."
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SiP 2 138.26
एवमुक्त्वा गतस्तत्र मुने सोऽद्यापि वर्तते ।। दर्शनेनैव सर्वेषां लोकानां पापहारकः
evamuktvā gatastatra mune so'dyāpi vartate || darśanenaiva sarveṣāṃ lokānāṃ pāpahārakaḥ
Having said this he went there, O sage, and he abides there even today, removing the sins of all the worlds by his mere sight.
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SiP 2 138.27
तद्दिनं हि समारभ्य कार्तिकेयस्य तस्य वै ।। शिवपुत्रस्य देवर्षे कुमारत्वं प्रतिष्ठितम्
taddinaṃ hi samārabhya kārtikeyasya tasya vai || śivaputrasya devarṣe kumāratvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam
Beginning from that very day, O divine sage, the state of being Kumāra (a celibate youth) was established for that Kārtikeya, the son of Śiva.
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SiP 2 138.28
तन्नाम शुभदं लोके प्रसिद्धं भुवनत्रये ।। सर्वपापहरं पुण्यं ब्रह्मचर्यप्रदं परम्
tannāma śubhadaṃ loke prasiddhaṃ bhuvanatraye || sarvapāpaharaṃ puṇyaṃ brahmacaryapradaṃ param
That name of his, bestowing good fortune, is famed in the world, in the three worlds, removing all sins, meritorious, supremely granting celibacy.
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SiP 2 138.29
कार्तिक्यां च सदा देवा ऋषयश्च सतीर्थकाः।। दर्शनार्थं कुमारस्य गच्छंति च मुनीश्वराः
kārtikyāṃ ca sadā devā ṛṣayaśca satīrthakāḥ|| darśanārthaṃ kumārasya gacchaṃti ca munīśvarāḥ
And on the full-moon day of Kārttika the gods and the seers, together with (those who frequent) the sacred fords, and the lords of sages, always go to behold Kumāra.
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SiP 2 138.31
उमापि दुःखमापन्ना स्कन्दस्य विरहे सति ।। उवाच स्वामिनं दीना तत्र गच्छ मया प्रभो
umāpi duḥkhamāpannā skandasya virahe sati || uvāca svāminaṃ dīnā tatra gaccha mayā prabho
And Umā too, fallen into grief at the separation from Skanda, wretched, said to her husband: "Go there with me, O Lord."
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SiP 2 138.32
तत्सुखार्थं स्वयं शंभुर्गतस्स्वांशेन पर्वते ।। मल्लिकार्जुननामासीज्ज्योतिर्लिङ्गं सुखावहम्
tatsukhārthaṃ svayaṃ śaṃbhurgatassvāṃśena parvate || mallikārjunanāmāsījjyotirliṅgaṃ sukhāvaham
For her happiness Śambhu himself went with a portion of himself to the mountain; (there) arose the light-liṅga named Mallikārjuna, the bestower of happiness.
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SiP 2 138.33
अद्यापि दृश्यते तत्र शिवया सहितश्शिवः ।। सर्वेषां निजभक्तानां कामपूरस्सतां गतिः
adyāpi dṛśyate tatra śivayā sahitaśśivaḥ || sarveṣāṃ nijabhaktānāṃ kāmapūrassatāṃ gatiḥ
Even today Śiva is seen there together with Śivā (Pārvatī), the fulfiller of the desires of all his own devotees, the resort of the good.
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SiP 2 138.34
तमागतं स विज्ञाय कुमारस्सशिवं शिवम् ।। स विरज्य ततोऽन्यत्र गंतुमासीत्समुत्सुकः
tamāgataṃ sa vijñāya kumārassaśivaṃ śivam || sa virajya tato'nyatra gaṃtumāsītsamutsukaḥ
When Kumāra learned that Śiva, the auspicious one, had come with Śivā, he became averse (to staying) and was eager to go elsewhere from there.
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SiP 2 138.35
देवैश्च मुनिभिश्चैव प्रार्थितस्सोपि दूरतः ।। योजनत्रयमुत्सृज्य स्थितः स्थाने च कार्तिकः
devaiśca munibhiścaiva prārthitassopi dūrataḥ || yojanatrayamutsṛjya sthitaḥ sthāne ca kārtikaḥ
And he too, entreated by the gods and by the sages, from a distance — Kārttika, having withdrawn three yojanas, remained in (that) place.
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SiP 2 138.36
पुत्रस्नेहातुरौ तौ वै शिवौ पर्वणि पर्वणि ।। दर्शनार्थं कुमारस्य तस्य नारद गच्छतः
putrasnehāturau tau vai śivau parvaṇi parvaṇi || darśanārthaṃ kumārasya tasya nārada gacchataḥ
Those two, Śiva and Śivā, distressed by love for their son, go at every parvan (lunar juncture) to behold that Kumāra, O Nārada.
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SiP 2 138.37
अमावास्यादिने शंभुः स्वयं गच्छति तत्र ह ।। पूर्णमासी दिने तत्र पार्वती गच्छति ध्रुवम्
amāvāsyādine śaṃbhuḥ svayaṃ gacchati tatra ha || pūrṇamāsī dine tatra pārvatī gacchati dhruvam
On the day of the new moon Śambhu himself goes there indeed; on the day of the full moon Pārvatī surely goes there.
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SiP 2 138.38
यद्यत्तस्य च वृत्तांतं भवत्पृष्टं मुनीश्वर ।। कार्तिकस्य गणेशस्य परमं कथितं मया
yadyattasya ca vṛttāṃtaṃ bhavatpṛṣṭaṃ munīśvara || kārtikasya gaṇeśasya paramaṃ kathitaṃ mayā
Whatever account of him you asked about, O lord of sages, the supreme (account) of Kārttika and of Gaṇeśa, has been told by me.
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SiP 2 138.39
एतच्छ्रुत्वा नरो धीमान् सर्वपापैः प्रमुच्यते ।। शोभनां लभते कामानीप्सितान्सकलान्सदा
etacchrutvā naro dhīmān sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate || śobhanāṃ labhate kāmānīpsitānsakalānsadā
Hearing this, a wise man is released from all sins; he obtains the beautiful (fortune) and always all the desires he wishes for.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 138.41
ब्राह्मणो ब्रह्मवर्चस्वी क्षत्रियो विजयी भवेत् ।। वैश्यो धन समृद्धस्स्याच्छूद्रस्सत्समतामियात्
brāhmaṇo brahmavarcasvī kṣatriyo vijayī bhavet || vaiśyo dhana samṛddhassyācchūdrassatsamatāmiyāt
A brāhmaṇa becomes possessed of brahmic splendour, a kṣatriya becomes victorious, a vaiśya becomes rich in wealth, and a śūdra attains equality with the good.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 138.42
रोगी रोगात्प्रमुच्येत भयान्मुच्येत भीतियुक् ।। भूतप्रेतादिबाधाभ्यः पीडितो न भवेन्नरः
rogī rogātpramucyeta bhayānmucyeta bhītiyuk || bhūtapretādibādhābhyaḥ pīḍito na bhavennaraḥ
A sick man would be freed from disease, one beset by fear would be freed from fear; a man would not be afflicted by the torments of ghosts, spirits and the like.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 138.43
एतदाख्यानमनघं यशस्यं सुखवर्द्धनम् ।। आयुष्यं स्वर्ग्यमतुलं पुत्रपौत्रादिकारकम्
etadākhyānamanaghaṃ yaśasyaṃ sukhavarddhanam || āyuṣyaṃ svargyamatulaṃ putrapautrādikārakam
This narrative is faultless, conferring fame, increasing happiness, granting long life, granting heaven, incomparable, productive of sons and grandsons and the rest,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 138.44
अपवर्गप्रदं चापि शिवज्ञानप्रदं परम् ।। शिवाशिवप्रीतिकरं शिवभक्तिविवर्द्धनम्
apavargapradaṃ cāpi śivajñānapradaṃ param || śivāśivaprītikaraṃ śivabhaktivivarddhanam
and also granting release, supremely granting the knowledge of Śiva, causing the affection of Śivā and Śiva, increasing devotion to Śiva,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 2 138.45
श्रवणीयं सदा भक्तैर्निःकामैश्च मुमुक्षुभिः ।। शिवाद्वैतप्रदं चैतत्सदाशिवमयं शिवम्
śravaṇīyaṃ sadā bhaktairniḥkāmaiśca mumukṣubhiḥ || śivādvaitapradaṃ caitatsadāśivamayaṃ śivam
always to be heard by devotees and by the desireless who seek liberation; and this (narrative) grants non-duality with Śiva, is made of Sadāśiva, and is auspicious.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition