Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita — Chapter 41
SiP 4 41.1
ऋषय ऊचुः ।। मुक्तिर्नाम त्वया प्रोक्ता तस्यां किं नु भवेदिह ।। अवस्था कीदृशी तत्र भवेदिति वदस्व नः
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ || muktirnāma tvayā proktā tasyāṃ kiṃ nu bhavediha || avasthā kīdṛśī tatra bhavediti vadasva naḥ
The sages said: Liberation has been spoken of by you; what indeed comes about in it here? Tell us what sort of state there would be there.
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SiP 4 41.2
सूत उवाच ।।। मुक्तिश्चतुर्विधा प्रोक्ता श्रूयतां कथयामि वः ।। संसारक्लेशसंहर्त्री परमानन्ददायिनी
sūta uvāca ||| muktiścaturvidhā proktā śrūyatāṃ kathayāmi vaḥ || saṃsārakleśasaṃhartrī paramānandadāyinī
Sūta said: Liberation is declared to be of four kinds; let it be heard, I shall tell you — (it is) the destroyer of the afflictions of transmigration, the giver of supreme bliss.
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SiP 4 41.3
सारूप्या चैव सालोक्या सान्निध्या च तथा परा ।। सायुज्या च चतुर्थी सा व्रतेनानेन या भवेत्
sārūpyā caiva sālokyā sānnidhyā ca tathā parā || sāyujyā ca caturthī sā vratenānena yā bhavet
Sārūpya (same form), and sālokya (same world), and sānnidhya (nearness), and then the further one, sāyujya (union), which is the fourth — that which comes about by this vow.
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SiP 4 41.4
मुक्तेर्दाता मुनिश्रेष्ठाः केवलं शिव उच्यते।। ब्रह्माद्या न हि ते ज्ञेया केवलं च त्रिवर्गदाः विष्णुना तच्च न ज्ञातं ब्रह्मणा न च तत्तथा ।। कुमाराद्यैश्च न ज्ञातं न ज्ञातं नारदेन वै सा भक्तिर्विविधा ज्ञेया सगुणा निर्गुणा द्विजाः ।। वैधी स्वाभाविकी याया वरा सासा स्मृता परा
mukterdātā muniśreṣṭhāḥ kevalaṃ śiva ucyate|| brahmādyā na hi te jñeyā kevalaṃ ca trivargadāḥ viṣṇunā tacca na jñātaṃ brahmaṇā na ca tattathā || kumārādyaiśca na jñātaṃ na jñātaṃ nāradena vai sā bhaktirvividhā jñeyā saguṇā nirguṇā dvijāḥ || vaidhī svābhāvikī yāyā varā sāsā smṛtā parā
The giver of liberation, O best of sages, is said to be Śiva alone; for Brahmā and the rest are not to be regarded (as such), they only bestow the three aims (of life). That was not known by Viṣṇu, nor was it so known by Brahmā, nor was it known by Kumāra and the others, nor indeed was it known by Nārada. That devotion is to be known as manifold, with attributes and without attributes, O twice-born: the prescribed (vaidhī) and the spontaneous (svābhāvikī) — whichever is the better one, that is remembered as the higher.
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SiP 4 41.5
ब्रह्माद्यास्त्रिगुणाधीशाश्शिवस्त्रिगुणतः परः ।। निर्विकारी परब्रह्म तुर्यः प्रकृतितः परः
brahmādyāstriguṇādhīśāśśivastriguṇataḥ paraḥ || nirvikārī parabrahma turyaḥ prakṛtitaḥ paraḥ
Brahmā and the others are lords of the three guṇas; Śiva is beyond the three guṇas — changeless, the supreme Brahman, the fourth, beyond primal nature.
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SiP 4 41.6
ज्ञानरूपोऽव्ययः साक्षी ज्ञानगम्योऽद्वयस्स्वयम् ।। कैवल्यमुक्तिदस्सोऽत्र त्रिवर्गस्य प्रदोऽपि हि
jñānarūpo'vyayaḥ sākṣī jñānagamyo'dvayassvayam || kaivalyamuktidasso'tra trivargasya prado'pi hi
He is of the nature of knowledge, imperishable, the witness, reached through knowledge, himself without a second; here he is the giver of the liberation that is kaivalya (absoluteness), and also the bestower of the three aims (of life).
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SiP 4 41.7
कैवल्याख्या पंचमी च दुर्लभा सर्वथा नृणाम् ।। तल्लक्षणं प्रवक्ष्यामि श्रूयतामृषिसत्तमाः
kaivalyākhyā paṃcamī ca durlabhā sarvathā nṛṇām || tallakṣaṇaṃ pravakṣyāmi śrūyatāmṛṣisattamāḥ
And the fifth, called kaivalya, is in every way hard for men to obtain; I shall declare its characteristic — let it be heard, O most excellent sages.
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SiP 4 41.8
उत्पद्यते यतः सर्वं येनैतत्पाल्यते जगत् ।। यस्मिंश्च लीयते तद्धि येन सर्वमिदं ततम्
utpadyate yataḥ sarvaṃ yenaitatpālyate jagat || yasmiṃśca līyate taddhi yena sarvamidaṃ tatam
That from which all arises, by which this world is protected, and in which it dissolves, by which all this is pervaded —
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SiP 4 41.9
तदेव शिवरूपं हि पठ्यते च मुनीश्वराः ।। सकलं निष्कलं चेति द्विविधं वेदवर्णितम्
tadeva śivarūpaṃ hi paṭhyate ca munīśvarāḥ || sakalaṃ niṣkalaṃ ceti dvividhaṃ vedavarṇitam
That very (reality) is indeed recited as the form of Śiva, O lords of sages; and it is described by the Veda as twofold: as with parts (sakala) and without parts (niṣkala).
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SiP 4 41.11
शुकेन व्यास पुत्रेण व्यासेन च मुनीश्वरैः। तत्पूर्वैश्चाखिलैर्देवैर्वेदैः शास्त्रैस्तथा न हि
śukena vyāsa putreṇa vyāsena ca munīśvaraiḥ| tatpūrvaiścākhilairdevairvedaiḥ śāstraistathā na hi
By Śuka, the son of Vyāsa, and by Vyāsa, O lords of sages, and by all the gods before them, and by the Vedas and the scriptures — (it is) not (fully known) at all.
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SiP 4 41.12
सत्यं ज्ञानमनंतं च सच्चिदानन्दसंज्ञितम्।। निर्गुणो निरुपाधिश्चाव्ययः शुद्धो निरंजनः
satyaṃ jñānamanaṃtaṃ ca saccidānandasaṃjñitam|| nirguṇo nirupādhiścāvyayaḥ śuddho niraṃjanaḥ
(It is) truth, knowledge, and the infinite, designated as being-consciousness-bliss; without qualities, without limiting condition, unchanging, pure, unstained.
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SiP 4 41.13
न रक्तो नैव पीतश्च न श्वेतो नील एव च ।। न ह्रस्वो न च दीर्घश्च न स्थूलस्सूक्ष्म एव च
na rakto naiva pītaśca na śveto nīla eva ca || na hrasvo na ca dīrghaśca na sthūlassūkṣma eva ca
(It is) not red, nor yellow, not white nor indeed blue; not short and not long, not gross and not subtle either.
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SiP 4 41.14
यतो वाचो निवर्तंते अप्राप्य मनसा सह।। तदेव परमं प्रोक्तं ब्रह्मैव शिवसंज्ञकम्
yato vāco nivartaṃte aprāpya manasā saha|| tadeva paramaṃ proktaṃ brahmaiva śivasaṃjñakam
That from which words turn back, failing to reach (it), together with the mind — that alone is declared the supreme, the very Brahman that bears the name Śiva.
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SiP 4 41.15
आकाशं व्यापकं यद्वत्तथैव व्यापकन्त्विदम्।। मायातीतं परात्मानं द्वन्द्वातीतं विमत्सरम्
ākāśaṃ vyāpakaṃ yadvattathaiva vyāpakantvidam|| māyātītaṃ parātmānaṃ dvandvātītaṃ vimatsaram
Just as space is all-pervading, so too is this pervading; beyond māyā, the supreme Self, beyond the pairs (of opposites), free of ill-will.
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SiP 4 41.16
तत्प्राप्तिश्च भवेदत्र शिवज्ञानोदयाद्ध्रुवम् ।। भजनाद्वा शिवस्यैव सूक्ष्ममत्या सतां द्विजाः
tatprāptiśca bhavedatra śivajñānodayāddhruvam || bhajanādvā śivasyaiva sūkṣmamatyā satāṃ dvijāḥ
And the attainment of that comes about here, assuredly, from the arising of knowledge of Śiva, or else from the worship of Śiva alone, through the subtle understanding of the good, O twice-born ones.
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SiP 4 41.17
ज्ञानं तु दुष्करं लोके भजनं सुकरं मतम् ।। तस्माच्छिवं च भजत मुक्त्यर्थमपि सत्तमाः
jñānaṃ tu duṣkaraṃ loke bhajanaṃ sukaraṃ matam || tasmācchivaṃ ca bhajata muktyarthamapi sattamāḥ
But knowledge is hard to achieve in the world, while worship is held to be easy; therefore worship Śiva, even (if it be) for the sake of liberation, O best of beings.
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SiP 4 41.18
शिवो हि भजनाधीनो ज्ञानात्मा मोक्षदः परः ।। भक्त्यैव बहवः सिद्धा मुक्तिं प्रापुः परां मुदा
śivo hi bhajanādhīno jñānātmā mokṣadaḥ paraḥ || bhaktyaiva bahavaḥ siddhā muktiṃ prāpuḥ parāṃ mudā
For Śiva is dependent on worship; he whose nature is knowledge, the giver of release, the supreme. By devotion alone many became perfected and joyfully attained the highest liberation.
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SiP 4 41.19
ज्ञानमाता शंभुभक्तिर्मुक्तिभुक्तिप्रदा सदा ।। सुलभा यत्प्रसादाद्धि सत्प्रेमांकुर लक्षणा
jñānamātā śaṃbhubhaktirmuktibhuktipradā sadā || sulabhā yatprasādāddhi satpremāṃkura lakṣaṇā
Devotion to Śambhu is the mother of knowledge, ever bestowing liberation and enjoyment, easy to obtain — for by his grace indeed (it comes) — and marked by the sprouting of true love.
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SiP 4 41.21
नैष्ठिक्यनैष्ठिकीभेदाद्विविधैव हि कीर्तिता।। षड्विधा नैष्ठिकी भेदाद्द्वितीयैकविधा स्मृता
naiṣṭhikyanaiṣṭhikībhedādvividhaiva hi kīrtitā|| ṣaḍvidhā naiṣṭhikī bhedāddvitīyaikavidhā smṛtā
By the division into the steadfast (naiṣṭhikī) and the non-steadfast it is proclaimed as just twofold; the steadfast is sixfold by subdivision, the second is held to be of a single kind.
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SiP 4 41.22
विहिताविहिताभेदात्तामनेकां विदुर्बुधाः ।। तयोर्बहुविधत्वाच्च विस्तारो न हि वर्ण्यते
vihitāvihitābhedāttāmanekāṃ vidurbudhāḥ || tayorbahuvidhatvācca vistāro na hi varṇyate
By the division into prescribed and non-prescribed the wise know it (the second kind) as manifold; and because those two are of many kinds, their full extent is not described.
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SiP 4 41.23
ते नवांगे उभे ज्ञेये श्रवणादिकभेदतः ।। सुदुष्करे तत्प्रसादं विना च सुकरे ततः
te navāṃge ubhe jñeye śravaṇādikabhedataḥ || suduṣkare tatprasādaṃ vinā ca sukare tataḥ
Both of these are to be known as nine-limbed, by the divisions of hearing (of the Lord) and the rest; very hard without his grace, and easy through it.
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SiP 4 41.24
भक्तिज्ञाने न भिन्ने हि शंभुना वर्णिते द्विजाः ।। तस्माद्भेदो न कर्तव्यस्तत्कर्तुस्सर्वदा सुखम्
bhaktijñāne na bhinne hi śaṃbhunā varṇite dvijāḥ || tasmādbhedo na kartavyastatkartussarvadā sukham
Devotion and knowledge are not two different things — so were they described by Śambhu, O twice-born ones; therefore no distinction should be made, (and) for one who does that there is happiness always.
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SiP 4 41.25
विज्ञानं न भवत्येव द्विजा भक्तिविरोधिनः ।। शंभुभक्तिकरस्यैव भवेज्ज्ञानोदयो द्रुतम्
vijñānaṃ na bhavatyeva dvijā bhaktivirodhinaḥ || śaṃbhubhaktikarasyaiva bhavejjñānodayo drutam
Discerning knowledge does not arise at all, O twice-born ones, for one who is opposed to devotion; only for one who performs devotion to Śambhu does the dawning of knowledge come swiftly.
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SiP 4 41.26
तस्माद्भक्तिर्महेशस्य साधनीया मुनीश्वराः ।। तयैव निखिलं सिद्धं भविष्यति न संशयः
tasmādbhaktirmaheśasya sādhanīyā munīśvarāḥ || tayaiva nikhilaṃ siddhaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ
Therefore devotion to Maheśa is to be cultivated, O lords of sages; by that alone everything will be accomplished — there is no doubt.
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SiP 4 41.27
इति पृष्टं भवद्भिर्यत्तदेव कथितं मया ।। तच्छुत्वा सर्वपापेभ्यो मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
iti pṛṣṭaṃ bhavadbhiryattadeva kathitaṃ mayā || tacchutvā sarvapāpebhyo mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
Thus what was asked by you, just that has been told by me; hearing it, one is freed from all sins — there is no doubt in this.
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