[Advaita-l] Fwd: Core Advaita tenets in the Shiva Purana

[V Subrahmanian]

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From: V Subrahmanian <v.subrahmanian at gmail.com>
Date: Wed, Aug 17, 2022 at 3:31 PM
Subject: Core Advaita tenets in the Shiva Purana
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Advaita tenets in the Shiva Purana
In this one chapter, in about 40 verses, many principles of Advaita are
found. The verses are very simple.
The English translation of this entire chapter can be read here:
https://archive.org/.../SivaPuranaJ.L.../page/n381/mode/2up
<https://archive.org/details/SivaPuranaJ.L.ShastriPart3/page/n381/mode/2up>
Page 1444 (chapter 43)
शिवपुराणम्/संहिता ४ (कोटिरुद्रसंहिता)/अध्यायः ४३
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सूत उवाच ।।
श्रूयतामृषयः सर्वे शिवज्ञानं यथा श्रुतम्।।
कथयामि महागुह्यं पर मुक्तिस्वरूपकम् ।। १ ।।
कनारदकुमाराणां व्यासस्य कपिलस्य च ।।
एतेषां च समाजे तैर्निश्चित्य समुदाहृतम्।।२।।
इति ज्ञानं सदा ज्ञेयं सर्वं शिवमयं जगत् ।।
शिवः सर्वमयो ज्ञेयस्सर्वज्ञेन विपश्चिता ।।३।।
आब्रह्मतृणपर्यन्तं यत्किंचिद्दृश्यते जगत् ।।
तत्सर्वं शिव एवास्ति स देवः शिव उच्यते।।४।।
यदेच्छा तस्य जायेत तदा च क्रियते त्विदम् ।।
सर्वं स एव जानाति तं न जानाति कश्चन ।।५।।
It is said in the Kenopanishad: Nothing can illumine the Atman which
illumines all the senses.
रचयित्वा स्वयं तच्च प्रविश्य दूरतः स्थितः।।
न तत्र च प्रविष्टोसौ निर्लिप्तश्चित्स्वरूपवान् ।।६।।
The Taittiriya Upanishad states that Brahman created the world and entered
it. But it is not literal that it has entered since the all-pervading
Brahman has no region where it is not.
यथा च ज्योतिषश्चैव जलादौ प्रतिबिंबता ।।
वस्तुतो न प्रवेशो वै तथैव च शिवः स्वयम्।।७।।
Just as the sun's reflection can be found in the reservoirs but the sun has
not actually entered them, the 'entering' of Brahman is to be understood in
this manner.

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