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% Description/comments  : shrIshivarahasyam | ugrAkhyaH saptamAMshaH | adhyAyaH 16 | 6-20.1||
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shivArAdhanasaMsakto dAvAnalagato.api san |
duHkhaM sarvAtmanA brahmanna prApnoti na saMshayaH || 6||
asmAbhiH shivapUjAyAM yatnaH kAryo.atibhaktitaH |
sha~NkarAbhyarchanAdeva sarvAH sidhyanti siddhayaH || 7||
tathAcha sha~Nkarasyaiva pUjAM kurmo nirantaram |
smartavyaH sha~Nkaro nityaM shaM karotIti sha~NkaraH || 8||
shaM nAmAnalpamavyaktaM sukhaM nirvachanAtigam |
satataM yasya jihAne sha~Nkaretyasti nAma saH || 9||
duHkhabhA~Nna bhavatyeva satyaM satyaM na saMshayaH |
tripuNDradhAraNaM kR^itvA mahAdevamanusmaran || 10||
yo yAti yatra tatraiva mahAdevo.adhitiShThati |
mahAdeva mahAdeva mahAdeveti vAdinam || 11||
vatsaM gauriva gaurIsho dhAvantamanudhAvati |
mahAdeva mahAdeva mahAdevetyayaM dhvaniH || 12||
sudhiyo muktikAntAyAH pANigrahaNaDiNDimaH |
mahAdeva mahAdeva mahAdevetyayaM dhvaniH || 13||
apamR^ityuharo tUnaM kAlamR^ityuharo.api saH |
mahAdeva mahAdeva mahAdevetyayaM dhvaniH || 14||
janmamR^ityujarAvyAdhibhayanirharaNakShamaH |
mahAdeva mahAdeva mahAdevetyayaM dhvaniH || 15||
saMsArasarpadaShTAtAM divyauShadhiraso.avyayaH |
mahAdeveti vAgvallI chaturakSharapallavA || 16||
bhaktisiktA bhavatyekA chaturvargaphalapradA |
mahAdeveti vimalo nAmakalpatarurvidhe || 17||
yo yaM kAmayate kAmaM taM taM pUrayati kShaNAt |
koTayo brahmahatyAnAmagamyAgamakoTayaH || 18||
sadyaH pralayamAyAnti mahAdeveti kIrtanAt |
mahAdeveti nAmedaM yaH shR^iNoti vadiShyati || 19||
na tasya narakAvAsaH satyaM satyaM na saMshayaH || 20\.1||

|| iti shivarahasyAntargate viShNuproktaM mahAdevArAdhanopadeshaM sampUrNam ||

\- || shrIshivarahasyam ugrAkhyaH saptamAMshaH | adhyAyaH 16 | 6\-20.1||
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- .. shrIshivarahasyam ugrAkhyaH saptamAMshaH . adhyAyaH 16 . 6-20.1 ..

Notes:
Viṣṇu ##viShNu## delivers the Upadeśa ##upadesha## to Deva-s ##devAH## telling them that He Himself worships Śiva ##shiva##. Viṣṇu ##viShNu## explains to them the meaning and derivation of the name Śaṅkara ##sha~Nkara## and tells them about the merits of His Caturākṣara ##chaturAkShara## name  Mahhādeva ##mahAdeva##. ##
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