Shiva Purana — Kotirudra Samhita — Chapter 8
SiP 4 8.1
सूत उवाच।। द्विजाः शृणुत सद्भक्त्या शिवलिंगानि तानि च ।। पश्चिमायां दिशायां वै यानि ख्यातानि भूतले
sūta uvāca|| dvijāḥ śṛṇuta sadbhaktyā śivaliṃgāni tāni ca || paścimāyāṃ diśāyāṃ vai yāni khyātāni bhūtale
Sūta said: O twice-born ones, listen with true devotion to those Śiva-liṅgas as well, which are famed on earth in the western quarter.
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SiP 4 8.2
कपिलायां नगर्यां तु कालरामेश्वराभिधे ।। शिवलिंगे महादिव्ये दर्शनात्पापहारके ब्रह्मविष्ण्वादिदेवानां शंकरो हित काम्यया ।। महाबलाभिधानेन देवः संनिहितस्सदा ।
kapilāyāṃ nagaryāṃ tu kālarāmeśvarābhidhe || śivaliṃge mahādivye darśanātpāpahārake brahmaviṣṇvādidevānāṃ śaṃkaro hita kāmyayā || mahābalābhidhānena devaḥ saṃnihitassadā |
In the city of Kapilā, in the greatly divine Śiva-liṅga named Kālarāmeśvara, which removes sin by the sight of it, Śaṅkara, desiring the welfare of Brahmā, Viṣṇu and the other gods, is the god ever present under the name Mahābala.
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SiP 4 8.3
पश्चिमे सागरे चैव महासिद्धेश्वरः स्मृतः ।। धर्मार्थकामदश्चैव तथा मोक्षप्रदोऽपि हि
paścime sāgare caiva mahāsiddheśvaraḥ smṛtaḥ || dharmārthakāmadaścaiva tathā mokṣaprado'pi hi
And in the western ocean Mahāsiddheśvara is remembered, giver of dharma, wealth and pleasure, and giver of liberation as well.
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SiP 4 8.4
महापातकिनश्चात्र समभ्यर्च्य महाबलम् ।। शिवलिंगं च गोकर्णे प्रयाताश्शांकरम्पदम् सर्वे देवास्सगन्धर्वाः पितरः सिद्धचारणाः ।। विद्याधराः किंपुरुषाः किन्नरा गुह्यकाः खगाः
mahāpātakinaścātra samabhyarcya mahābalam || śivaliṃgaṃ ca gokarṇe prayātāśśāṃkarampadam sarve devāssagandharvāḥ pitaraḥ siddhacāraṇāḥ || vidyādharāḥ kiṃpuruṣāḥ kinnarā guhyakāḥ khagāḥ
And here great sinners, having worshipped the Mahābala Śiva-liṅga at Gokarṇa, have gone to Śaṅkara's state; (so too) all the gods with the gandharvas, the ancestors, siddhas and cāraṇas, the vidyādharas, kiṃpuruṣas, kinnaras, guhyakas and birds.
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SiP 4 8.5
पश्चिमाम्बुधितीरस्थं गोकर्णं क्षेत्रमुत्तमम् ।। ब्रह्महत्यादिपापघ्नं सर्वकामफलप्रदम् गोकर्णे शिवलिंगानि विद्यन्ते कोटिकोटिशः ।। असंख्यातानि तीर्थानि तिष्ठन्ति च पदेपदे
paścimāmbudhitīrasthaṃ gokarṇaṃ kṣetramuttamam || brahmahatyādipāpaghnaṃ sarvakāmaphalapradam gokarṇe śivaliṃgāni vidyante koṭikoṭiśaḥ || asaṃkhyātāni tīrthāni tiṣṭhanti ca padepade
Gokarṇa, situated on the shore of the western ocean, is the highest sacred field, destroying the sin of brahmin-killing and the rest, granting the fruit of every desire. At Gokarṇa Śiva-liṅgas exist by the crores of crores, and countless holy waters stand there at every step.
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SiP 4 8.6
बहुनात्र किमुक्तेन गोकर्णस्थानि सर्वशः ।। शिवप्रत्यक्षलिंगानि तीर्थान्यम्भांसि सर्वशः
bahunātra kimuktena gokarṇasthāni sarvaśaḥ || śivapratyakṣaliṃgāni tīrthānyambhāṃsi sarvaśaḥ
What need of much speech here? Everywhere at Gokarṇa there are liṅgas in which Śiva is directly present, and everywhere holy places and waters.
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SiP 4 8.7
गोकर्णे शिवलिंगानां तीर्थानामपि सर्वशः ।। वर्ण्यते महिमा तात पुराणेषु महर्षिभिः
gokarṇe śivaliṃgānāṃ tīrthānāmapi sarvaśaḥ || varṇyate mahimā tāta purāṇeṣu maharṣibhiḥ
The greatness of the Śiva-liṅgas at Gokarṇa, and of its holy waters too, is described in every way by the great sages in the Purāṇas, my dear.
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SiP 4 8.8
कृतेयुगे स हि श्वेतस्त्रेतायां सोतिलोहितः ।। द्वापरे पीतवर्णश्च कलौ श्यामो भविष्यति
kṛteyuge sa hi śvetastretāyāṃ sotilohitaḥ || dvāpare pītavarṇaśca kalau śyāmo bhaviṣyati
In the Kṛta age he was white; in the Tretā, somewhat red; in the Dvāpara of yellow colour; and in the Kali he will be dark.
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SiP 4 8.9
आक्रान्तसप्तपातालकुहरोपि महाबलः ।। प्राप्ते कलियुगे घोरे मृदुतामुपयास्यति
ākrāntasaptapātālakuharopi mahābalaḥ || prāpte kaliyuge ghore mṛdutāmupayāsyati
Mahābala, though he has spread over the cavities of the seven nether worlds, will become soft when the terrible Kali age arrives.
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SiP 4 8.11
गोकर्णे तत्र मुनयो गत्वा पुण्यर्क्षवासरे ।। येऽर्चयन्ति च तं भक्त्या ते रुद्राः स्युर्न संशय
gokarṇe tatra munayo gatvā puṇyarkṣavāsare || ye'rcayanti ca taṃ bhaktyā te rudrāḥ syurna saṃśaya
Those sages who go there to Gokarṇa on a day of an auspicious asterism and worship him with devotion become Rudras—there is no doubt.
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SiP 4 8.12
यदा कदाचिद्गोकर्णे यो वा को वापि मानवः ।। पूजयेच्छिवलिंगं तत्स गच्छेद्ब्रह्मणः पदम्
yadā kadācidgokarṇe yo vā ko vāpi mānavaḥ || pūjayecchivaliṃgaṃ tatsa gacchedbrahmaṇaḥ padam
Whenever, at Gokarṇa, whatever man he may be, if he worships that Śiva-liṅga, he goes to the abode of Brahmā.
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SiP 4 8.14
घोरेण तपसा लब्धं रावणाख्येन रक्षसा।। तल्लिंगं स्थापयामास गोकर्ण गणनायकः
ghoreṇa tapasā labdhaṃ rāvaṇākhyena rakṣasā|| talliṃgaṃ sthāpayāmāsa gokarṇa gaṇanāyakaḥ
That liṅga, obtained by the demon named Rāvaṇa through terrible austerity — the lord of the hosts (Gaṇanāyaka) caused it to be established at Gokarṇa.
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SiP 4 8.15
विष्णुर्ब्रह्मा महेन्द्रश्च विश्वदेवो मरुद्गणाः।। आदित्या वसवो दस्रौ शशांकश्च सतारकः
viṣṇurbrahmā mahendraśca viśvadevo marudgaṇāḥ|| ādityā vasavo dasrau śaśāṃkaśca satārakaḥ
Viṣṇu, Brahmā, and great Indra, the All-god, the troops of Maruts, the Ādityas, the Vasus, the two Aśvins (Dasras), and the moon with the stars —
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SiP 4 8.16
एते विमानगतयो देवाश्च सह पार्षदैः ।। पूर्वद्वारं निषेवन्ते तस्य वै प्रीतिकारणात्
ete vimānagatayo devāśca saha pārṣadaiḥ || pūrvadvāraṃ niṣevante tasya vai prītikāraṇāt
these gods, travelling in celestial cars, together with their attendants, wait upon the eastern door of him, indeed out of affection.
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SiP 4 8.17
यमो मृत्युः स्वयं साक्षाच्चित्रगुप्तश्च पावकः।। पितृभिः सह रुद्रैश्च दक्षिणद्वारमाश्रितः
yamo mṛtyuḥ svayaṃ sākṣāccitraguptaśca pāvakaḥ|| pitṛbhiḥ saha rudraiśca dakṣiṇadvāramāśritaḥ
Yama, Death himself in person, and Citragupta, and Fire, together with the ancestors and with the Rudras, have resorted to the southern door.
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SiP 4 8.18
वरुणः सरितां नाथो गंगादिसरिता गणैः ।। महाबलं च सेवन्ते पश्चिमद्वारमाश्रिताः
varuṇaḥ saritāṃ nātho gaṃgādisaritā gaṇaiḥ || mahābalaṃ ca sevante paścimadvāramāśritāḥ
Varuṇa, the lord of rivers, with the hosts of rivers beginning with Gaṅgā, having resorted to the western door, serve Mahābala.
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SiP 4 8.19
तथा वायुः कुबेरश्च देवेशी भद्रकालिका ।। मातृभिश्चण्डिकाद्याभिरुत्तरद्वारमाश्रिताः
tathā vāyuḥ kuberaśca deveśī bhadrakālikā || mātṛbhiścaṇḍikādyābhiruttaradvāramāśritāḥ
Likewise Vāyu and Kubera, and the mistress of the gods Bhadrakālikā, with the Mothers headed by Caṇḍikā, have resorted to the northern door.
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SiP 4 8.21
नानापिशाचा वेताला दैतेयाश्च महाबलाः ।। नागाश्शेषादयस्सर्वे सिद्धाश्च मुनयोऽखिलाः
nānāpiśācā vetālā daiteyāśca mahābalāḥ || nāgāśśeṣādayassarve siddhāśca munayo'khilāḥ
Various piśācas, vetālas, and the mighty sons of Diti, all the nāgas beginning with Śeṣa, and the siddhas and all the sages —
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SiP 4 8.22
प्रणुवन्ति च तं देवं प्रणमन्ति महाबलम् ।। लभन्त ईप्सितान्कामान्रमन्ते च यथासुखम्
praṇuvanti ca taṃ devaṃ praṇamanti mahābalam || labhanta īpsitānkāmānramante ca yathāsukham
they praise that god and bow to Mahābala; they obtain the desires they wish for and take their pleasure as they please.
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SiP 4 8.23
बहुभिस्तत्र सुतपस्तप्तं सम्पूज्य तं विभुम् ।। लब्धा हि परमा सिद्धिरिहामुत्रापि सौख्यदा
bahubhistatra sutapastaptaṃ sampūjya taṃ vibhum || labdhā hi paramā siddhirihāmutrāpi saukhyadā
There, by many, good austerity has been performed, and having duly worshipped that lord, the highest attainment has indeed been won, which gives happiness both here and in the world beyond.
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SiP 4 8.24
गोकर्णे शिवलिंगं तु मोक्षद्वार उदाहृतः ।। महाबलाभिधानोऽसौ पूजितः संस्तुतो द्विजाः
gokarṇe śivaliṃgaṃ tu mokṣadvāra udāhṛtaḥ || mahābalābhidhāno'sau pūjitaḥ saṃstuto dvijāḥ
But the Śiva-liṅga at Gokarṇa is declared to be the door of liberation; this one, named Mahābala, when worshipped and praised, O twice-born ones.
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SiP 4 8.25
माघासितचतुर्दश्यां महाबलसमर्चनम् ।। विमुक्तिदं विशेषेण सर्वेषां पापिनामपि
māghāsitacaturdaśyāṃ mahābalasamarcanam || vimuktidaṃ viśeṣeṇa sarveṣāṃ pāpināmapi
On the fourteenth of the dark (half) of Māgha, the full worship of Mahābala is especially liberation-giving, even for all sinners.
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SiP 4 8.26
अस्यां शिवतिथौ सर्वे महोत्सवदिदृक्षवः ।। आयांति सर्वदेशेभ्यश्चातुर्वर्ण्यमहाजनाः
asyāṃ śivatithau sarve mahotsavadidṛkṣavaḥ || āyāṃti sarvadeśebhyaścāturvarṇyamahājanāḥ
On this lunar day of Śiva, all the great folk of the four classes, eager to see the great festival, come from every land.
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SiP 4 8.27
स्त्रियो वृद्धाश्च बालाश्च चतुराश्रमवासिनः ।। दृष्ट्वा तत्रेत्य देवेशं लेभिरे कृतकृत्यताम्
striyo vṛddhāśca bālāśca caturāśramavāsinaḥ || dṛṣṭvā tatretya deveśaṃ lebhire kṛtakṛtyatām
Women, the old, children, and those living in the four stages of life, having come there and seen the lord of gods, attained the state of having accomplished their purpose.
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SiP 4 8.28
महाबलप्रभावात्तु तच्च लिंगं शिवस्य तु ।। सम्पूज्यैकाथ चाण्डाली शिवलोकं गता द्रुतम्
mahābalaprabhāvāttu tacca liṃgaṃ śivasya tu || sampūjyaikātha cāṇḍālī śivalokaṃ gatā drutam
And by the power of Mahābala, once a Caṇḍāla woman, having duly worshipped that liṅga of Śiva, went swiftly to Śiva's world.
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