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\engtitle{.. Shivaproktam Vriddhachaleshvarakshetre Shivopasakan Varnanam ..}##
\itxtitle{.. shivaproktaM vR^iddhAchaleshvarakShetre shivopAsakAn varNanam ..}##\endtitles ##
(shivarahasyAntargate)
(shivapArvatIsaMvAde)
purA kashyapakaNvAdyAH shivatIrthATanotsukAH |
shrImadvR^iddhAchalaM prApurdarshanAdeva mokShadam || 7||
maNimuktAnadIM dR^iShTvA kashyapAdyA munIshvarAH |
tattIre bilvavR^ikShAMshcha dadR^ishurnavapallavAn || 8||
tatra shaivavarAMshchAnyAnapashya~nChivapUjakAn |
bhasmoddhUlitasarvA~NgAn tripuNDrA~NkitamastakAn || 9||
rudrAkShamAlAbharaNA~njaTAmaNDalamaNDitAn |
sha~Nkareti mahesheti shivanAmajapotsukAn || 10||
nityamavyabhichAreNa malli~NgAkArchanapriyAn |
advaitaM paramaM brahma shiva eveti vAdinaH || 11||
shrImadrudrajapAsaktAnpa~nchAkSharaparAyaNAn |
maNimuktAnadIM prApustataste munipu~NgavAH || 12||
tatra te chakrire snAnaM maNimuktAnadIjale |
uddhUlya bhasmanA~NgAni tataste munipu~NgavAH || 13||
tripuNDradhAraNaM chakrustataste kashyapAdayaH |
atha sampUjayAmAsuH shivaM mAM li~NgarUpiNam || 14||
tataH sarvairmunivarairjaptaM pa~nchAkSharaM shive |
tataste bilvapatrANi maNimuktAjalAni cha || 15||
gR^ihItvA maunamAsAdya jagmurvR^iddhAchaleshvaram |
tato dR^iShTvA munIndrAste shrImadvR^iddhAchaleshvaram || 16||
santoShaM paramaM jagmurAndabharitA bhR^isham |
tataH sampUjayAmAsuH shrImaddR^iddhAchaleshvaram || 17||
rudrasUktairli~NgarUpamabhiShitrya yathAkramam |
pradakShiNanamaskArAMstatashchakrurmunIshvarAH || 18||
tataH stutvAtibhaktyA te shivanAmajapotsukAH |
pa~nchAkSharajapaM kR^itvA shrautanyAsapuraHsaram || 19||
shrImadrudrajapaM kR^itvA tatra tasthuracha~nchalAH |
tadAnImAgato devi gautamo.apyaruNAchalAt || 20||
agastyaH pUjayAmAsa shrImadvR^iddhAchaleshvaram |
tatastuShTAvaM shuddhAtmA gautamo mAmumApatim || 21||
shaivavaryeShu shR^iNvatsu shrotrAnandakaraM shive |

|| iti shivarahasyAntargate shivaproktaM vR^iddhAchaleshvarakShetre shivopAsakAn varNanaM sampUrNam ||

\- || shrIshivarahasyam | ugrAkhyaH saptamAMshaH | adhyAyaH 23| 7\-21\.1||
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- .. shrIshivarahasyam . ugrAkhyaH saptamAMshaH . adhyAyaH 23 . 7-21.1..

Notes:
Śiva ##shiva## continues to tell Pārvatī ##pArvatI## about the Vṛddhācālakṣetra ##vR^iddhAchalakShetra## and the River MaṇiMuktā ##maNimuktA## where several Munī-s ##muni## and Ṛṣi-s##R^iShi## including Kaśyapā ##kashyapa##, Kaṇva ##kaNva##, Agastya ##agastya## and Gautama ##gautama## visited and performed worship of Vṛddhācaleshvara Śivaliṅga ##vR^iddhAchaleshvara shivali~Nga## in several ways including - observing Silence, proclaiming Śiva ##shiva## as Advaita Paramabrahama ##advaita paramabrahma##, offering Bilvapatra ##bilvapatra##, ŚrīmadRudraJapa ##shrImadrudrajapa##, reciting Rudrasūktam ##rudrasUktam## and Pañcākṣarī mantra ##pa~nchAkSharI mantra## - while being adorned with Bhasma ##bhasma##, Rudrākṣa ##rudrAkSha## and Tripuṇḍra ##tripuNDra##.##
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