Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.37

itī śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge ṣaṭtriśo 'dhyāyaḥ
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
kathaṃ dāruvanaṃ prāpto bhagavān govṛṣadhvajaḥ /
mohayāmāsa viprendrān sūta vaktumihārhasi

sūta uvāca
purā dāruvan ramye devasiddhaniṣevite /
saputradārā munayastapaśceruḥ sahasraśaḥ

pravṛttaṃ vividhaṃ karma prakurvāṇā yathāvidhi /
yajanti vividhairyajñaistapanti ca maharṣayaḥ

teṣāṃ pravṛttivinyastacetasāmatha śūladhṛk /
khyāpayan sa mahādoṣaṃ yayau dāruvanaṃ haraḥ

kṛtvā viśvaguruṃ viṣṇuṃ pārśve devo maheśvaraḥ /
yayau nivṛttavijñānasthāpanārthaṃ ca śaṅkaraḥ

āsthāya vipulaṃ veśamūnaviṃśativatsaraḥ /
līlālaso mahābāhuḥ pīnāṅgaścārulocanaḥ

cāmīkaravapuḥ śrīmān pūrṇacandranibhānanaḥ /
mattamātaṅgagāmano digvāsā jagadīśvaraḥ

kuśeśayamayīṃ mālaṃ sarvaratnairalaṅkṛtām /
dadhāno bhagavānīśaḥ samāgacchati sasmitaḥ

yo 'nantaḥ puruṣo yonirlokānāmavyayo hariḥ /
strīveṣaṃ viṣṇurāsthāya so 'nugacchati śūlinam

sampūrṇacandravadanaṃ pīnonnatapayodharam /
śucismitaṃ suprasannaṃ raṇannupurakadvayam

supītavasanaṃ divyaṃ śyāmalaṃ cārulocanam /
udārahaṃsacalanaṃ vilāsi sumanoharam

evaṃ sa bhagavānīśo devadāruvane haraḥ /
cacāra hariṇā bhikṣāṃ māyayā mohayan jagat

dṛṣṭvā carantaṃ viśveśaṃ tatra tatra pinākinam /
māyayā mohitā nāryo devadevaṃ samanvayuḥ

vistrastavastrābharaṇāstyaktvā lajjāṃ pativratāḥ /
sahaiva tena kāmārtā vilāsinyaścarantihi

ṛṣīṇāṃ putrakā ye syuryuvāno jitamānasāḥ /
anvagacchan hṛṣīkeśaṃ sarve kāmaprapīḍitāḥ

gāyanti nṛtyanti vilāsabāhyā
nārīgaṇā māyinamekamīśam /
dṛṣṭvā sapatnīkamatīvakānta-
micchantyathāliṅganamācaranti

pade nipetuḥ smitamācaranti
gāyanti gītāni munīśaputrāḥ /
ālokya padmāpatimādidevaṃ
bhrūbhaṅgamanye vicaranti tena

āsāmathaiṣāmapi vāsudevo
māyī murārirmanasi praviṣṭaḥ /
karoti bhogān manasi pravṛttiṃ
māyānubhūyanta itiva samyak

vibhāti viśvāmarabhūtabhartā
sa mādhavaḥ strīgaṇamadhyaviṣṭaḥ /
aśeṣaśaktyāsanasaṃniviṣṭo
yathaikaśaktyā saha devadevaḥ

karoti nṛtyaṃ paramaprabhāvaṃ
tadā virūḍhaḥ punareva bhūyaḥ /
yayau samāruhya hariḥ svabhāvaṃ
tadīśavṛttāmṛtamādidevaḥ

dṛṣṭvā nārīkulaṃ rudraṃ putrāṇāmapi keśavam /
mohayantaṃ muniśreṣṭhāḥ kopaṃ saṃdadhire bhṛśam

atīva paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ procurdevaṃ kapardinam /
śeṣuśca śāpairvividhairmāyayā tasya mohitāḥ

tapāṃsi teṣāṃ sarveṣāṃ pratyāhanyanta śaṅkare /
yathādityaprakāśena tārakā nabhasi sthitāḥ

te bhagnatapaso viprāḥ sametya vṛṣabhadhvajam /
ko bhavāniti deveśaṃ pṛcchanti sma vimohitāḥ

so 'bravīd bhagavānīśastapaścartumihāgataḥ /
idānīṃ bhāryayā deśe bhavadbhiriha suvratāḥ

tasya te vākyamākarṇya bhṛgvādyā munipuṅgavāḥ /
ūcurgṛhītvā vasanaṃ tyaktvā bhāryāṃ tapaścara

athovāca vihasyeśaḥ pinākī nīlalohitaḥ /
saṃprekṣya jagato yoniṃ pārśvasthaṃ ca janārdanam

kathaṃ bhavadbhiruditaṃ svabhāryāpoṣaṇotsukaiḥ /
tyaktavyā mama bhāryeti dharmajñaiḥ śāntamānasaiḥ

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
vyabhicāraratā nāryaḥ saṃtyājyāḥ patineritāḥ /
asmābhireṣā subhagā tādṛśī tyāgamarhati

mahādeva uvāca
na kadācidiyaṃ viprā manasāpyanyamicchati /
nāhamenāmapi tathā vimuñcāmi kadācana

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
dṛṣṭvā vyabhicarantīha hyasmābhiḥ puruṣādhama /
uktaṃ hyasatyaṃ bhavatā gamyatāṃ kṣiprameva hi

evamukte mahādevaḥ satyameva mayeritam /
bhavatāṃ pratibhātyeṣetyuktvāsau vicacāra ha

so 'gacchaddhariṇā sārdhaṃ munindrasya mahātmanaḥ /
vasiṣṭhasyāśramaṃ puṇyaṃ bhikṣārtho parameśvaraḥ

dṛṣṭvā samāgataṃ devaṃ bhikṣamāṇamarundhatī /
vasiṣṭhasya priyā bhāryā pratyudgamya nanāma nam

prakṣālya pādau vimalaṃ dattvā cāsanamuttamam /
saṃprekṣya śithilaṃ gātramabhighātahataṃ dvijaiḥ /
saṃdhayāmāsa bhaiṣajyairviṣṇā vadanā satī

cakāra mahatīṃ pūjāṃ prārthayāmāsa bhāryayā /
ko bhavān kuta āyātaḥ kimācāro bhavāniti /
uvāca tāṃ mahādevaḥ siddhānāṃ pravaro 'smyaham

yadetanmaṇḍalaṃ śuddhaṃ bhāti brahmamayaṃ sadā /
eṣaiva devatā mahyaṃ dhārayāmi sadaiva tat

hatyuktvā prayayau śrīmānanugṛhya pativratām /
tāḍayāñcakrire daṇḍairloṣṭibhirmuṣṭibhidvijāḥ

dṛṣṭvā carantaṃ giriśaṃ nagnaṃ vikṛtalakṣaṇam /
procuretad bhavāṃlliṅgamutpāṭayatu durmate

tānabravīnmahāyogī kariṣyāmīti śaṅkaraḥ /
yuṣmākaṃ māmake liṅge yadi dveṣo 'bhijāyate

ityuktvotpāṭayāmāsa bhagavān bhaganetrahā /
nāpaśyaṃstatkṣaṇeneśaṃ keśavaṃ liṅgameva ca

tadotpātā babhūvurhi lokānāṃ bhayaśaṃsinaḥ /
na rājate sahasrāṃśuścacāla pṛthivī punaḥ /
niṣprabhāśca grahāḥ sarve cukṣubhe ca mahodadhiḥ

apaśyaccānusūyātreḥ svapnaṃ bhāryā pativratā /
kathayāmāsa viprāṇāṃ bhayādākulitekṣaṇā

tejasā bhāsayan kṛtsnaṃ nārāyaṇasahāyavān /
bhikṣamāṇaḥ śivo nūnaṃ dṛṣṭo 'smākaṃ gṛheṣviti

tasyā vacanamākarṇya śaṅkamānā maharṣayaḥ /
sarve jagmurmahāyogaṃ brahmāṇaṃ viśvasaṃbhavam

upāsyamānamamalairyogibhirbrahmavittamaiḥ /
caturvedairmūrtimadbhiḥ sāvitryā sahitaṃ prabhum

āsīnamāsane ramye nānāścaryasamanvite /
prabhāsahasrakalile jñānaiśvaryādisaṃyute

vibhrājamānaṃ vapuṣā sastitaṃ śubhralocanam /
caturmukhaṃ mahābāhuṃ chandomayamajaṃ param

vilokya vedapuruṣaṃ prasannavadanaṃ śubham /
śirobhirdharaṇīṃ gatvā toṣayāmāsurīśvaram

tān prasannamanā devaścaturmūrtiścaturmukhaḥ /
vyājahāra muniśreṣṭhāḥ kimāgamanakāraṇam

tasya te vṛttamakhilaṃ brahmaṇaḥ paramātmanaḥ /
jñāpayāñcakrire sarve kṛtvā śirasi cāñjalim

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
kaścid dāruvanaṃ puṇyaṃ puruṣo 'tīvaśobhanaḥ /
bhāryayā cārusarvāṅgyā praviṣṭo nagna eva hi

mohayāmāsa vapuṣā nārīṇāṃ kulamīśvaraḥ /
kanyakānāṃ priyā cāsya dūṣayāmāsa putrakān

asmābhirvividhāḥ śāpāḥ pradattāśca parāhatāḥ /
tāḍito 'smābhiratyarthaṃ liṅgantu vinipātitam

antarhitaśca bhagavān sabhāryo liṅgameva ca /
utpātāścābhavan ghorāḥ sarvabhūtabhayaṅkarāḥ

ka eṣa puruṣo deva bhītāḥ sma puruṣottama /
bhavantameva śaraṇaṃ prapannā vayamacyuta

tvaṃ hi vetsi jagatyasmin yatkiñcidapi ceṣṭitam /
anugraheṇa viśveśa tadasmānanupālaya

vijñāpito munigaṇairviśvātmā kamalodbhavaḥ /
dhyātvā devaṃ triśūlāṅkaṃ kṛtāñjalirabhāṣata

brahmovāca
hā kaṣṭaṃ bhavatāmadya jātaṃ sarvārthanāśanam /
dhigbalaṃ dhik tapaścaryā mithyaiva bhavatāmiha

saṃprāpya puṇyasaṃskārānnidhīnāṃ paramaṃ nidhim /
upekṣitaṃ vṛthācārairbhavadbhiriha mohitaiḥ

kāṅkṣante yogino nityaṃ yatanto yatayo nidhim /
yameva taṃ samāsādya hā bhavadbhirupekṣitam

yajanti yajñairvividhairyatprāptyairvedavādinaḥ /
mahānidhiṃ samāsādya hā bhavadbhirupekṣitam

yaṃ samāsādya devānaimaiśvaryamakhilaṃ jagat /
tamāsādyākṣayanidhiṃ hā bhavadbhirupekṣitam

yatsamāpattijanitaṃ viśveśatvamidaṃ mama /
tadevopekṣitaṃ dṛṣṭvā nidhānaṃ bhāgyavarjitaiḥ

yasmin samāhitaṃ divyamaiśvaryaṃ yat tadavyayam /
tamāsādya nidhiṃ brāhma hā bhavadbhirvṛthākṛtam

eṣa devo mahādevo vijñeyastu maheśvaraḥ /
na tasya paramaṃ kiñcit padaṃ samadhigamyate

devatānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ cāpi śāśvataḥ /
sahasrayugaparyante pralaye sarvadehinām /
saṃharatyeṣa bhagavān kālo bhūtvā maheśvaraḥ

eṣa caiva prajāḥ sarvāḥ sṛjatyekaḥ svatejasā /
eṣa cakrī ca vajrī ca śrīvatsakṛtalakṣaṇaḥ

yogī kṛtayuge devastretāyāṃ yajña ucyate /
dvāpare bhagavān kālo dharmaketuḥ kalau yuge

rudrasya mūrtayastistro yābhirviśvamidaṃ tatam /
tamo hyagnī rajo brahmā sattvaṃ viṣṇuriti prabhuḥ

mūrtiranyā smṛtā cāsya digvāsā vai śivā dhruvā /
yatra tiṣṭhati tad brahma yogena tu samanvitam

yā cāsya pārśvagā bhāryā bhavadbhirabhivīkṣitā /
sā hi nārāyaṇo devaḥ paramātmā sanātanaḥ

tasmāt sarvamidaṃ jātaṃ tatraiva ca layaṃ vrajet /
sa eva mohayet kṛtsnaṃ sa eva paramā gatiḥ

sahasraśīrṣā puruṣaḥ sahasrākṣaḥ sahasrapāt /
ekaśṛṅgo mahānātmā purāṇo 'ṣṭākṣaro hariḥ

caturvedaścaturmūrtistrimūrtistriguṇaḥ paraḥ /
ekamūrtirameyātmā nārāyaṇa iti śrutiḥ

ṛtasya garbho bhagavānāpo māyātanuḥ prabhuḥ /
stūyate vividhairmantrairbrāhmaṇairdharmamokṣibhiḥ

saṃhṛtya sakalaṃ viśvaṃ kalpānte puruṣottamaḥ /
śete yogāmṛtaṃ pītvā yat tad viṣṇoḥ paraṃ padam

na jāyate na mriyate vardhate na ca viśvasṛk /
mūlaprakṛtiravyaktā gīyate vaidikairajaḥ

tato niśāyāṃ vṛttāyāṃ sisṛkṣurakhilañjagat /
ajasya nābhau tad bījaṃ kṣipatyeṣa maheśvaraḥ

taṃ māṃ vitta mahātmānaṃ brahmāṇaṃ viśvato mukham /
mahāntaṃ puruṣaṃ viśvamapāṃ garbhamanuttamam

na taṃ vidātha janakaṃ mohitāstasya māyayā /
devadevaṃ mahādevaṃ bhūtānāmīśvaraṃ haram

eṣa devo mahādevo hyanādirbhagavān haraḥ /
viṣṇunā saha saṃyuktaḥ karoti vikaroti ca

na tasya vidyate kāryaṃ na tasmād vidyate param /
sa vedān pradadau pūrvaṃ yogamāyātanurmama

sa māyī māyayā sarvaṃ karoti vikaroti ca /
tameva muktaye jñātvā vrajeta śaraṇaṃ bhavam

itīritā bhagavatā marīcipramukhā vibhum /
praṇamya devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ pṛcchanti sma suduḥ khitāḥ

munaya ūcuḥ
kathaṃ paśyema taṃ devaṃ punareva pinākinam /
brūhi viśvāmareśāna trātā tvaṃ śaraṇaiṣiṇām

pitāmaha uvāca
yad dṛṣṭaṃ bhavatā tasya liṅgaṃ bhuvi nipātitam /
talliṅgānukṛtīśasya kṛtvā liṅgamanuttamam

pūjayadhvaṃ sapatnīkāḥ sādaraṃ putrasaṃyutāḥ /
vaidikaireva niyamairvividhairbrahmacāriṇaḥ

saṃsthāpya śāṅkarairmantrairṛgyajuḥ sāmasaṃbhavaiḥ /
tapaḥ paraṃ samāsthāya gṛṇantaḥ śatarudriyam

samāhitāḥ pūjayadhvaṃ saputrāḥ saha bandhubhiḥ /
sarve prāñjalayo bhūtvā śūlapāṇiṃ prapadyatha

tato drakṣyatha deveśaṃ durdarśamakṛtātmabhiḥ /
yaṃ dṛṣṭvā sarvamajñānamadharmaśca praṇaśyati

tataḥ praṇamya varadaṃ brahmāṇamamitaujasam /
jagmuḥ saṃhṛṣṭamanaso devadāruvanaṃ punaḥ

ārādhayitumārabdhā brahmaṇā kathitaṃ yathā /
ajānantaḥ paraṃ devaṃ vītarāgā vimatsarāḥ

sthaṇḍileṣu vicitreṣu parvatānāṃ guhāsu ca /
nadīnāṃ ca vivikteṣu pulineṣu śubheṣu ca

śaivālabhojanāḥ kecit kecidantarjaleśayāḥ /
kecidabhrāvakāśāstu pādāṅguṣṭhāgraviṣṭhitāḥ

danto 'lūkhalinastvanye hyaśmakuṭṭāstathā pare /
śākaparṇāśinaḥ kecit saṃprakṣālā marīcipāḥ

vṛkṣamūlaniketāśca śilāśayyāstathā pare /
kālaṃ nayanti tapasā pūjayanto maheśvaram

tatasteṣāṃ prasādārthaṃ prapannārtiharo haraḥ /
cakā bhagavān buddhiṃ prabodhāya vṛṣadhvajaḥ

devaḥ kṛtayuge hyasmin śṛṅge himavataḥ śubhe /
devadāruvanaṃ prāptaḥ prasannaḥ parameśvaraḥ

bhasmapāṇḍuradigdhāṅgo nagno vikṛtalakṣaṇaḥ /
ulmukavyagrahastaśca raktapiṅgalalocanaḥ

kvacicca hasate raudraṃ kvacid gāyati vismitaḥ /
kvacinnṛtyati śṛṅgārī kvacidrauti muhurmuhuḥ

āśrame 'bhyāgato bhikṣāṃ yācate ca punaḥ punaḥ /
māyāṃ kṛtvātmano rūpaṃ devastad vanamāgataḥ

kṛtvā girisutāṃ gaurīṃ pārśvedevaḥ pinākadhṛk /
sā ca pūrvavad deveśī devadāruvanaṃ gatā

dṛṣṭvā samāgataṃ devaṃ devyā saha kapardinam /
praṇemuḥ śirasā bhūmau toṣayāmāsurīśvaram

vaidikairvividhairmantraiḥ sūktairmāheśvaraiḥ śubhaiḥ /
atharvaśirasā cānye rudrādyairbrahmabhirbhavam

namo devādidevāya mahādevāya te namaḥ /
tryambakāya namastubhyaṃ triśūlavaradhāriṇe

namo digvāsase tubhyaṃ vikṛtāya pinākine /
sarvapraṇatadehāya svayamapraṇatātmane

antakāntakṛte tubhyaṃ sarvasaṃharaṇāya ca /
namo 'stu nṛtyaśīlāya namo bhairavarūpiṇe

naranārīśarīrāya yogināṃ gurave namaḥ /
namo dāntāya śāntāya tāpasāya harāya ca

vibhīṣaṇāya rudrāya namaste kṛttivāsase /
namaste lelihānāya śitikaṇṭhāya te namaḥ

aghoraghorarūpāya vāmadevāya vai namaḥ /
namaḥ kanakamālāya devyāḥ priyakarāya ca

gaṅgāsaliladhārāya śambhave parameṣṭhine /
namo yogādhipataye brahmādhipataye namaḥ

prāṇāya ca namastubhyaṃ namo bhasmāṅgarāgine /
namaste ghanavāhāya daṃṣṭriṇe vahniretase

brahmaṇaśca śiro hartre namaste kālarūpiṇe /
āgatiṃ te na janīmo gatiṃ naiva ca naiva ca /
viśveśvara mahādeva yo 'si so 'si namo 'stu te

namaḥ pramathanāthāya dātre ca śubhasaṃpadām /
kapālapāṇaye tubhyaṃ namo mīḍhuṣṭamāya te /
namaḥ kanakaliṅgāya vāriliṅgāya te namaḥ

namo vahnyarkaliṅgāya jñānaliṅgāya te namaḥ /
namo bhujaṅgahārāya karṇikārapriyāya ca /
kirīṭine kuṇḍaline kālakālāya te namaḥ

vāmadeva maheśāna devadeva trilocana /
kṣamyatāṃ yatkṛtaṃ mohāt tvameva śaraṇaṃ hi naḥ

caritāni vicitrāṇi guhyāni gahanāni ca /
brahmādīnāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ durvijñeyo 'si śaṅkara

ajñānād yadi vā jñānād yatkiñcitkurute naraḥ /
tatsarvaṃ bhagavānena kurute yogamāyayā

evaṃ stutvā mahādevaṃ prahṛṣṭenāntarātmanā /
ūcuḥ praṇamya giriśaṃ paśyāmastvāṃ yathā purā

teṣāṃ saṃstavamākarṇya somaḥ momavibhūṣaṇaḥ /
svameva paramaṃ rūpaṃ darśayāmāsa śaṅkaraḥ

taṃ te dṛṣṭvātha giriśaṃ devyā saha pinākinam /
yathā pūrvaṃ sthitā viprāḥ praṇemurhṛṣṭamānasāḥ

tataste munayaḥ sarve saṃstūya ca maheśvaram /
bhṛgvaṅgirovasiṣṭhāstu viśvāmitrastathaiva ca

gautamo 'triḥ sukeśaśca pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ /
marīciḥ kaśyapaścāpi saṃvartaśca mahātapāḥ /
praṇamya devadeveśamidaṃ vacanamabruvan

kathaṃ tvāṃ devadeveśa karmayogena vā prabho /
jñānena vātha yogena pūjayāmaḥ sadaiva hi

kena vā devamārgeṇa saṃpūjyo bhagavāniha /
kiṃ tat sevyamasevyaṃ vā sarvametad bravīhi naḥ

devadeva uvāca
etad vaḥ saṃpravakṣyāmi gūḍhaṃ gahanamuttamam /
brahmaṇe kathitaṃ pūrvamādāveva maharṣayaḥ

sāṃkhyayogo dvidhā jñeyaḥ puruṣāṇāṃ hi sādhanam /
yogena sahitaṃ sāṃkhyaṃ puruṣāṇāṃ vimuktidam

na kevalena yogena dṛśyate puruṣaḥ paraḥ /
jñānaṃ tu kevalaṃ samyagapavargaphalapradam

bhavantaḥ kevalaṃ yogaṃ samāśritya vimuktaye /
vihāya sāṃkhyaṃ vimalamakurvanta pariśramam

etasmāt kāraṇād viprānṛṇāṃ kevaladharmiṇām /
āgato 'hamimaṃ deśaṃ jñāpayan mohasaṃbhavam

tasmād bhavadbhirvimalaṃ jñānaṃ kaivalyasādhanam /
jñātavyaṃ hi prayatnena śrotavyaṃ dṛśyameva ca

ekaḥ sarvatrago hyātmā kevalaścitimātrakaḥ /
ānando nirmalo nityaṃ syādetat sāṃkhyadarśanam

etadeva paraṃ jñānameṣa mokṣo 'tra gīyate /
etat kaivalyamamalaṃ brahmabhāvaśca varṇitaḥ

āśritya caitat paramaṃ tanniṣṭhāstatparāyaṇāḥ /
paśyanti māṃ mahātmāno yatayo viśvamīśvaram

etat tat paramaṃ jñānaṃ kevalaṃ sannirañjanam /
ahaṃ hi vedyo bhagavān mama mūrtiriyaṃ śivā

bahūni sādhanānīha siddhaye kathitāni tu /
teṣāmabhyadhikaṃ jñānaṃ māmakaṃ dvijapuṅgavāḥ

jñānayogaratāḥ śāntā māmeva śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ /
ye hi māṃ bhasmaniratā dhyāyanti satataṃ hṛdi

madbhaktiparamā nityaṃ yatayaḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ /
nāśayāmyacirāt teṣāṃ ghoraṃ saṃsārasāgaram

praśāntaḥ saṃyatamanā bhasmoddhūlitavigrahaḥ /
brahmacaryarato nagno vrataṃ pāśupataṃ caret

nirmitaṃ hi mayā pūrvaṃ vrataṃ pāśupataṃ param /
guhyād guhyatamaṃ sūkṣmaṃ vedasāraṃ vimuktaye

yad vā kaupīnavasanaḥ syād vaikavasano muniḥ /
vedābhyāsarato vidvān dhyāyet paśupatiṃ śivam

eṣa pāśupato yogaḥ sevanīyo mumukṣubhiḥ /
bhasmacchannairhi satataṃ niṣkāmairiti viśrutiḥ

vītarāgabhayakrodhā manmayā māmupāśritāḥ /
bahavo 'nena yogena pūtā madbhāvamāgatāḥ

anyāni caiva śāstrāṇi loke 'smin mohanānitu /
vedavādaviruddhāni mayaiva kathitāni tu

vāmaṃ pāśupataṃ somaṃ lākulaṃ caiva bhairavam /
asevyametat kathitaṃ vedavāhyaṃ tathetaram

vedamurtirahaṃ viprā nānyaśāstrārthavedibhiḥ /
jñāyate matsvarūpaṃ tu muktvā vedaṃ sanātanam

sthāpayadhvamidaṃ mārgaṃ pūjayadhvaṃ maheśvaram /
acirādaiśvaraṃ jñānamutpatsyati na saṃśayaḥ

mayi bhaktiśca vipulā bhavatāmastu sattamāḥ /
dhyātamātro hi sānnidhyaṃ dāsyāmi munisattamāḥ

ityuktvā bhagavān somastatraivāntaradhīyata /
to 'pi dāruvane tasmin pūjayanti sma śaṅkaram /
brahmacaryaratāḥ śāntā jñānayogaparāyaṇāḥ

sametya te mahātmāno munayo brahmavādinaḥ /
vitenire bahūn vādānnadhyātmajñānasaṃśrayān

kimasya jagato mūlamātmā cāsmākameva hi /
ko 'pi syāt sarvabhāvānāṃ heturīśvara eva ca

ityevaṃ manyamānānāṃ dhyānamārgāvalambinām /
āvirāsīnmahādevī devī girivarātmajā

koṭisūryapratīkāśā jvālāmālāsamāvṛtā /
svabhābhirvimalābhistu pūrayantī nabhastalam

tāmanvapaśyan girijāmameyāṃ
jvālāsahasrāntarasanniviṣṭām /
praṇemurekāmakhileśapatnīṃ
jānanti te tat paramasya bījam

asamākameṣā parameśapatnī
gatistathātmā gaganābhidhānā /
paśyantyathātmānamidaṃ ca kṛtsnaṃ
tasyāmathaite munayaśca viprāḥ

nirīkṣitāste parameśapatnyā
tadantare devamaśeṣahetum /
paśyanti śaṃbhuṃ kavimīśitāraṃ
rudraṃ bṛhantaṃ puruṣaṃ purāṇam

ālokya devīmatha devamīśaṃ
praṇemurānandamavāpuragryam /
jñānaṃ tadaiśaṃ bhagavatprasādā-
dāvirbabhau janmavināśahetu

iyaṃ hi sā jagato yonirekā
sarvātmikā sarvaniyāmikā ca /
māheśvarīśaktiranādisiddhā
vyomābhidhānā divi rājatīva

asyā mahatparameṣṭhī parastā-
nmaheśvaraḥ śiva eko 'tha rudraḥ /
cakāra viśvaṃ paraśaktiniṣṭhāṃ
māyāmathāruhya sa devadevaḥ

eko devaḥ sarvabhūteṣu gūḍho
māyī rudraḥ sakalo niṣkalaśca /
sa eva devī na ca tadvibhinna-
metajjñātvā hyamṛtatvaṃ vrajanti

antarhito 'bhūd bhagavānatheśo
devyā bhargaḥ saha devādidevaḥ /
ārādhayanti sma tameva devaṃ
vanaukasaste punareva rudram

etad vaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ devadevaviceṣṭitam /
devadāruvane pūrvaṃ purāṇe yanmayā śrutam

yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyānnityaṃ mucyate sarvapātakaiḥ /
śrāvayed vā dvijān śāntān sa yāti paramāṃ gatim