Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita — Chapter 11
SiP 4 11.1
ऋषय ऊचुः ।। सूतसूत महाभाग धन्यस्त्वं शिवसक्तधीः ।। महाबलस्य लिंगस्य श्रावितेयं कथाद्भुता
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || sūtasūta mahābhāga dhanyastvaṃ śivasaktadhīḥ || mahābalasya liṃgasya śrāviteyaṃ kathādbhutā
The sages said: Sūta, O Sūta, greatly fortunate one, blessed are you, whose mind is attached to Śiva; this wondrous tale of the Mahābala liṅga has been caused to be heard (by us).
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 11.2
उत्तरस्यां दिशायां च शिवलिंगानि यानि च ।। तेषां माहात्म्यमनघ वद त्वं पापनाशकम्
uttarasyāṃ diśāyāṃ ca śivaliṃgāni yāni ca || teṣāṃ māhātmyamanagha vada tvaṃ pāpanāśakam
And those Śiva-liṅgas which are in the northern quarter — tell us, sinless one, their greatness, which destroys sin.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 11.3
सूत उवाच।। शृणुतादरतो विप्रा औत्तराणां विशेषतः ।। माहात्म्यं शिवलिंगानां प्रवदामि समासतः
sūta uvāca|| śṛṇutādarato viprā auttarāṇāṃ viśeṣataḥ || māhātmyaṃ śivaliṃgānāṃ pravadāmi samāsataḥ
Sūta said: Listen attentively, brahmins; I shall declare in brief the greatness of the Śiva-liṅgas, particularly of the northern ones.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 11.4
गोकर्णं क्षेत्रमपरं महापातकनाशनम् ।। महावनं च तत्रास्ति पवित्रमतिविस्तरम् दाधीचं शिवलिंगं तु मिश्रर्षिवरतीर्थके ।। दधीचिना मुनीशेन सुप्रीत्या च प्रतिष्ठितम् तदारान्मुक्तिनाथाख्यं शिवलिंगं महाद्भुतम् ।। दर्शनादर्चनात्तस्य भुक्तिर्मुक्तिश्च लभ्यते
gokarṇaṃ kṣetramaparaṃ mahāpātakanāśanam || mahāvanaṃ ca tatrāsti pavitramativistaram dādhīcaṃ śivaliṃgaṃ tu miśrarṣivaratīrthake || dadhīcinā munīśena suprītyā ca pratiṣṭhitam tadārānmuktināthākhyaṃ śivaliṃgaṃ mahādbhutam || darśanādarcanāttasya bhuktirmuktiśca labhyate
There is another Gokarṇa field, destroyer of the great sins, and there is a great forest there, holy and very extensive. And the Dādhīca Śiva-liṅga is at the ford of Miśra, best of seers, established with great affection by Dadhīci, lord of sages. Near it is the greatly wondrous Śiva-liṅga called Muktinātha; from seeing and worshipping it, both enjoyment and liberation are obtained.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 11.5
तत्रास्ति चन्द्रभालाख्यं शिवलिंगमनुत्तमम् ।। रावणेन समानीतं सद्भक्त्या सर्वसिद्धिदम्
tatrāsti candrabhālākhyaṃ śivaliṃgamanuttamam || rāvaṇena samānītaṃ sadbhaktyā sarvasiddhidam
There is there the unsurpassed Śiva-liṅga named Candrabhāla, brought by Rāvaṇa with true devotion, granting all attainments.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 11.6
तस्य तत्र स्थितिर्वैद्यनाथस्येव मुनीश्वराः ।। सर्वलोकहितार्थाय करुणासागरस्य च
tasya tatra sthitirvaidyanāthasyeva munīśvarāḥ || sarvalokahitārthāya karuṇāsāgarasya ca
— tr. refused: cyber
SiP 4 11.7
स्नानं कृत्वा तु गोकर्णे चन्द्रभालं समर्च्य च ।। शिवलोकमवाप्नोति सत्यंसत्यं न संशयः
snānaṃ kṛtvā tu gokarṇe candrabhālaṃ samarcya ca || śivalokamavāpnoti satyaṃsatyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ
— tr. refused: cyber
SiP 4 11.8
चन्द्रभालस्य लिंगस्य महिमा परमाद्भुतः ।। न शक्यो वर्णितुं व्यासाद्भक्तस्नेहितरस्य हि
candrabhālasya liṃgasya mahimā paramādbhutaḥ || na śakyo varṇituṃ vyāsādbhaktasnehitarasya hi
— tr. refused: cyber
SiP 4 11.9
चन्द्रभालमहादेव लिंगस्य महिमा महान् ।। यथाकथंचित्संप्रोक्तः परलिंगस्य वै शृणु
candrabhālamahādeva liṃgasya mahimā mahān || yathākathaṃcitsaṃproktaḥ paraliṃgasya vai śṛṇu
The great glory of the liṅga of Candrabhāla Mahādeva has been told, somehow (as best it could be); now hear indeed of the next liṅga.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
SiP 4 11.11
तत्र गत्वा च तत्तीर्थे स्नात्वा सम्यग्विधानतः ।। शिवलिंगं समर्चेद्वै दाधीचेश्वरमादरात्
tatra gatvā ca tattīrthe snātvā samyagvidhānataḥ || śivaliṃgaṃ samarcedvai dādhīceśvaramādarāt
And having gone there and bathed at that sacred ford properly according to the prescribed rite, one should worship the Śiva-liṅga, (namely) Dādhīceśvara, with reverence.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 11.12
दाधीचमूर्तिस्तत्रैव समर्च्या विधिपूर्वकम् ।। शिवप्रीत्यर्थमेवाशु तीर्थयात्रा फलार्थिभिः
dādhīcamūrtistatraiva samarcyā vidhipūrvakam || śivaprītyarthamevāśu tīrthayātrā phalārthibhiḥ
There itself the image of Dadhīca is to be worshipped according to the prescribed rite, promptly, just for the sake of Śiva's favour, by those who desire the fruit of pilgrimage.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 11.13
एवं कृते मुनिश्रेष्ठाः कृतकृत्यो भवेन्नरः ।। इह सर्वसुखं भुक्त्वा परत्र गतिमाप्नुयात्
evaṃ kṛte muniśreṣṭhāḥ kṛtakṛtyo bhavennaraḥ || iha sarvasukhaṃ bhuktvā paratra gatimāpnuyāt
When this has been done, O best of sages, a man becomes one who has accomplished his purpose; having enjoyed every happiness here, he would attain (a good) course in the next world.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 11.14
नैमिषारण्यतीर्थे तु निखिलर्षिप्रतिष्ठितम् ।। ऋषीश्वरमिति ख्यातं शिवलिंगं सुखप्रदम्
naimiṣāraṇyatīrthe tu nikhilarṣipratiṣṭhitam || ṛṣīśvaramiti khyātaṃ śivaliṃgaṃ sukhapradam
— tr. refused: cyber
SiP 4 11.15
तद्दर्शनात्पूजनाच्च जनानां पापिनामपि ।। भुक्तिमुक्तिश्च तेषां तु परत्रेह मुनीश्वराः
taddarśanātpūjanācca janānāṃ pāpināmapi || bhuktimuktiśca teṣāṃ tu paratreha munīśvarāḥ
From seeing and worshipping that, even for sinful people there is enjoyment and liberation, for them here and in the world beyond, O great sages.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 11.16
हत्याहरणतीर्थे तु शिवलिंगमघापहम् ।। पूजनीयं विशेषेण हत्याकोटिविनाशनम्
hatyāharaṇatīrthe tu śivaliṃgamaghāpaham || pūjanīyaṃ viśeṣeṇa hatyākoṭivināśanam
— tr. refused: cyber
SiP 4 11.17
देवप्रयागतीर्थे तु ललितेश्वरनामकम्।। शिवलिंगं सदा पूज्यं नरैस्सर्वाघनाशनम्
devaprayāgatīrthe tu laliteśvaranāmakam|| śivaliṃgaṃ sadā pūjyaṃ naraissarvāghanāśanam
But at the Devaprayāga sacred ford (there is) the Śiva-liṅga named Laliteśvara; it should always be worshipped by men, (for it is) the destroyer of all sins.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 11.18
नयपालाख्यपुर्य्यां तु प्रसिद्धायां महीतले ।। लिंगं पशुपतीशाख्यं सर्वकामफलप्रदम्
nayapālākhyapuryyāṃ tu prasiddhāyāṃ mahītale || liṃgaṃ paśupatīśākhyaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam
But in the city named Nayapāla, famous upon the earth, (there is) the liṅga named Paśupatīśa, which grants the fruit of all desires.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 11.19
शिरोभागस्वरूपेण शिवलिंगं तदस्ति हि ।। तत्कथां वर्णयिष्यामि केदारेश्वरवर्णने
śirobhāgasvarūpeṇa śivaliṃgaṃ tadasti hi || tatkathāṃ varṇayiṣyāmi kedāreśvaravarṇane
That Śiva-liṅga exists there in the form of the head-portion; I shall recount its story in the description of Kedāreśvara.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
SiP 4 11.21
इति वश्च समाख्यातं लिंगवर्णनमुत्तमम्।। चतुर्दिक्षु मुनिश्रेष्ठाः किमन्यच्छ्रोतुमिच्छथ
iti vaśca samākhyātaṃ liṃgavarṇanamuttamam|| caturdikṣu muniśreṣṭhāḥ kimanyacchrotumicchatha
Thus the excellent account of the liṅga(s) in the four directions has been fully related to you. O best of sages, what else do you wish to hear?
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition