Shivlilamrut is a devotional poem composed by the Marathi poet-saint Shridhar Swami Nazarekar. It was composed in 1718 AD (Hindu calendar 1640). Shridhar Swami wrote it on the banks of the river Brahma Kamandalu in Baramati in the vicinity of the Kashi Vishveshwar temple. It literally means "The Nectar of Shiva's Play". It has 14 chapters (adhyaya) and 2453 couplets (''ovis'' in Marathi). Mostly, it is based on BrahmottarKhanda from the

Skanda Purana The ''Skanda Purana'' ( IAST: Skanda Purāṇa) is the largest '' Mukhyapurāṇa'', a genre of eighteen Hindu religious texts. The text contains over 81,000 verses, and is of Shaivite literature, titled after Skanda, a son of Shiva and Parv ...

but some parts of it are from

Linga Purana The ''Linga Purana'' (लिङ्गपुराण, IAST: ) is one of the eighteen '' Mahapuranas'', and a ''Shaivism'' text of Hinduism. The text's title '' Linga'' refers to the iconographical symbol for Shiva. The author(s) and date of the ...

and

Shiva Purana The ''Shiva Purana'' (original Sanskrit title: Śivapurāṇa (शिवपुराण) and Śivamahāpurāṇa (शिवमहापुराण) is one of eighteen major texts of the '' Purana'' genre of Sanskrit texts in Hinduism, and part o ...

. It also has a 15th chapter but many are of the opinion that this was added later and not composed by Shridhar Swami. The 11th chapter (adhyay) is called 'Rudra Adhyay' and is considered the most important as per Shridhar Swami. The Shivalilamrut talks about the

Rudraksha A ''rudraksha'' (IAST: ') refers to the dried Pyrena, stones or seeds of the genus ''Elaeocarpus'' specifically, ''Elaeocarpus ganitrus''. These stones serve as prayer beads for Hinduism, Hindus (especially Shaivism, Shaivas) and Buddhism, Bu ...

that can be worn as necklaces by worshipers of the God

Shiva Shiva (; , ), also known as Mahadeva (; , , Help:IPA/Sanskrit, ɐɦaːd̪eːʋɐh and Hara, is one of the Hindu deities, principal deities of Hinduism. He is the God in Hinduism, Supreme Being in Shaivism, one of the major traditions w ...

.{{cite book, title=Maharashtra State Gazetteers: Botany. pt. 1. Medicinal plans. pt. 2. Timbers. pt. 3. Miscellaneous plants. pt. 4, year=961, publisher=Government of Maharashtra, page=485, quote=Rudraksha. A large tree found in Konkan and Kanara ghats. The five grooved and elegantly tubereled nuts are worn in the form of necklaces by Shivabhaktas (worshipper or followers of Shiv) in order to obtain Shivloka (heaven wherein the god Shiv resides), and to gain his graces. A good account relating to this practice is found in Shivlilamrut

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