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(shivarahasyAntargate mahAdevAkhye)

\- shivagaurIsaMvAde \-

vivAsanajanAvana.a.avasitabhUdharomApate
vivAsanigamAntimaprathimadhAma sImAya te |
ahInamukhabhUShaNapriyavarAya vAryAyate
harAya purabhedine gajaharAya tubhyaM namaH || 58||
gavAmadhipa sha~Nkara triNayanAva pAhIshvara
prasIda parameshvara pramathanAtha somA~NkadhR^ik |
sharAvarakR^itAbdhisaddharisharorugarvonnata
triShusthitapurAvara prakaTahArinetrojjvala || 59||
mR^igAjinadharAndhakAsuranibarhaNA.a.ashAvasa
samIkR^itasurAsuraprasaraNoruvIryAya te |
bhavArNavanivAsinoddhR^itakarAvalambAya
(bhavArNava nimagnasajjanakR^itAvalambAya)
vR^iShA~NgavarachAriNe vAsitachIriNe (? ) te namaH || 60||
samIraNasupAraNapravaradhAriNe vIriNe
dharAdhipasutAmitaprakaTasAmisadvarShmaNe |
guNAtigagajAnanaprathamasAmagaNyAya te
sharaNyapadapa~NkajAnatasuparvasharvAya te || 61||
ugaNastvaM bhagaNAdhiporumauli\-
rgaNanAthoruguruH pitAsi shambho |
sharaNAgatapAlako mahAtmA
varuNArchyo bhavahA puratrayAriH || 62||
patireko bhuvanasya vishvagastvaM
mayi dR^iShTiM vitarAdya sammukhInAm |
adhunA madhunAdhikAM mahesha
vidhunA chArudR^ishA dhunotu pApam || 63||
\- \-
iti stavena mAM stutvA natvA devaM maheshvaram |
kArtikyAM pUrNimAyAM tu homaH kAryo dvijottamaH || 64||
kapilAgodvayaM deyaM savatsaM cha sadakShiNam |
mAsaM naktAshano bhUyAtsomavAre upoShitaH || 65||
kArtike somavAre tu pUjyeta parameshvaraH |
chaturShu rAtriyAmeShu pAyasaM cha nivedayet || 66||
droNadhuttUrabilvaishcha pUjayetsomavAsare |
ekaM vApi cha dhuttUraM mayi datvA vilIyate || 67||
sarveShvApi cha mAseShu somavAro varo varaH |
tatrApi shrAvaNaH puNyaH kArtikastachChatottaraH || 68||
visheShAtkArtike mAsi tasminpUjA matottarA |
somArdrApAtayukto yaH somavAraH shive tadA || 74||
sahasrArkagrahaistulyaH sarvapApapraNAshakR^it |
tasminnabhyarchanaM puNyaM prashastaM prItikR^inmama || 75||

|| iti shivarahasyAntargate IshvaraproktaM kArtikamAsakR^ite shivastutiH sampUrNA ||

\- || shrIshivarahasyam | mahAdevAkhyaH ekAdashamAMshaH | adhyAyaH 21 kArtikamAsArchanam | vAvR^ittashlokAH ||
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- .. shrIshivarahasyam . mahAdevAkhyaH ekAdashamAMshaH . adhyAyaH 21 kArtikamAsArchanam . vAvRRittashlokAH ..

Notes:

Śiva ##shiva## advises to Devī ##devI##; the ŚivaStutiḥ ##shivastutiH## for the māsa ##mAsa## while detailing about His Worship during the Kārtika māsa ##kArtika mAsa##. He mentions about conducting Homam ##homam## during Kārtika Pūrṇimā ##kArtika pUrNimA## and worshiping Him on Somavāra ##somavAra## - especially those that are Somādrāpātayukta ##somArdrApAtayukta##.

The Kārtikamāsakṛte ŚivaŚatāṣṭanāmaStotram ##kArtikamAsakR^ite shivashatAShTanAmastotram## and the Kārtikamāsakṛte ŚivaŚatāṣṭaNāmāvaliḥ ##kArtikamAsakR^ite shivashatAShTanAmAvaliH## comprising of 108 Names ##108 nAmAni## of Śiva ##shiva##, derived from the same can be accessed from one of the links provided below.

More details about worshiping Śiva ##shiva## during individual Māsa ##mAsa## are given in Chapters 13-25.

Selected Śloka-s ##shlokAH## from Chapter 21 are presented on this page.##

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