% Text title            : Shivaproktam Arunachalakshetravarnanam
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(shivarahasyAntargate ugrAkhye)
shrIshiva uvAcha
shive sukShetramastyekamaruNAchalanAmakam |
aruNAchalanAthasya smaraNaM ma~Ngalapradam || 1||
tatra santi mahAnto hi shivashAstravishAradAH |
rudrAkShabhasmAbharaNAH shrIrudrAdhyAyajApakAH || 2||
tatra brahmasaro nAma sarastiShThati shobhane |
tatraikasnAnamAtreNa muchyante sarvakilbiShaiH || 3||
shive makarasa~NkrAntAvaruNAchalanAyakam |
dR^iShTvA vimuchyate pApairantairapi sarvathA || 4||
tatrAruNAchaleshasya ravisa~NkramaNe shuchiH |
ekaM pradakShiNaM kR^itvA na punargarbhabhAgbhavet || 5||
viShNubrahmAdayo devA ravisa~NkramaNe shive |
tatrAruNAchaleshasya kurvantyeva pradakShiNam || 6||
aruNAchalanAthaM yo rathArUDhaM vilokayet |
na tasya bhUyaH saMsArasAgare patanaM shive || 7||
vedAH stuvanti satatamaruNAchalanAyakam |
munayaH siddhagandharvAH stuvanti satataM shive || 8||

|| iti shivarahasyAntargate shivaproktaM aruNAchalakShetravarNanaM sampUrNam ||

\- || shrIshivarahasyam | ugrAkhyaH saptamAMshaH | adhyAyaH 21| 1\-8||
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- .. shrIshivarahasyam . ugrAkhyaH saptamAMshaH . adhyAyaH 21 . 1-8..

Notes:
Śiva ##shiva## tells Pārvatī ##pArvatI## about the Aruṇācālakṣetra ##aruNAchalakShetra## and the Brahmasara ##brahmasara## lake located there. He highlights the merits of having darśana ##darshana## and doing Pradakṣiṇā ##pradakShiNA## of the Aruṇācāleśa ##aruNAchalesha## during Solar Transits (RaviSaṅkramaṇa ##ravisa~NkramaNa##) - especially on Makara Saṅkrānti ##makara sa~NkrAnti##. He also mentions about the merits of witnessing Rathāruḍha Aruṇācalanātha ##rathArUDha aruNAchalanAtha##.##
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