Liṅgapurāṇa, 1-108 · Chapter 1.80

kathaṃ paśupatiṃ dṛṣṭvā paśupāśavimokṣaṇam
paśutvaṃ tatyajurdevās tanno vaktumihārhasi //

purā kailāsaśikhare bhogyākhye svapure sthitam
sametya devāḥ sarvajñam ājagmustatprasādataḥ //

hitāya sarvadevānāṃ brahmaṇā ca janārdanaḥ
garuḍasya tathā skandham āruhya puruṣottamaḥ //

jagāma devatābhir vai devadevāntikaṃ hariḥ
sarve samprāpya devasya sārdhaṃ girivaraṃ śubham //

sendrāḥ sasādhyāḥ sayamāḥ praṇemur girimuttamam
bhagavān vāsudevo 'sau garuḍād garuḍadhvajaḥ
avatīrya giriṃ merum āruroha surottamaiḥ //

sakaladuritahīnaṃ sarvadaṃ bhogamukhyaṃ muditakuraravṛndaṃ nāditaṃ nāgavṛndaiḥ
madhuraraṇitagītaṃ sānukūlāndhakāraṃ padaracitavanāntaṃ kāntavātāntatoyam //

bhavanaśatasahasrair juṣṭam ādityakalpair lalitagatividagdhair haṃsavṛndaiś ca bhinnam
dhavakhadirapalāśaiś candanādyaiś ca vṛkṣair dvijavaragaṇavṛndaiḥ kokilādyairdvirephaiḥ //

kvacidaśeṣasuradrumasaṃkulaṃ kurabakaiḥ priyakaistilakais tathā
bahukadambatamālalatāvṛtaṃ girivaraṃ śikharairvividhais tathā //

gireḥ pṛṣṭhe paraṃ śārvaṃ kalpitaṃ viśvakarmaṇā
krīḍārthaṃ devadevasya bhavasya parameṣṭhinaḥ //

apaśyaṃstatpuraṃ devāḥ sendropendrāḥ samāhitāḥ
praṇemurdūrataścaiva prabhāvādeva śūlinaḥ //

sahasrasūryapratimaṃ mahāntaṃ sahasraśaḥ sarvaguṇaiś ca bhinnam
jagāma kailāsagiriṃ mahātmā meruprabhāge puramādidevaḥ //

tato 'tha nārigajavājisaṃkulaṃ rathair anekair amarārisūdanaḥ
gaṇairgaṇeśaiś ca girīndrasaṃnibhaṃ mahāpuradvāramajo hariś ca //

atha jāṃbūnadamayair bhavanairmaṇibhūṣitaiḥ
vimānairvividhākāraiḥ prākāraiś ca samāvṛtam //

dṛṣṭvā śaṃbhoḥ puraṃ bāhyaṃ devaiḥ sabrahmakairhariḥ
prahṛṣṭavadano bhūtvā praviveśa tataḥ puram //

harmyaprāsādasambādhaṃ mahāṭṭālasamanvitam
dvitīyaṃ devadevasya caturdvāraṃ suśobhanam //

vajravaiḍūryamāṇikya maṇijālaiḥ samāvṛtam
dolāvikṣepasaṃyuktaṃ ghaṇṭācāmarabhūṣitam //

mṛdaṅgamurajairjuṣṭaṃ vīṇāveṇunināditam
nṛtyadbhir apsaraḥsaṃghair bhūtasaṃghaiś ca saṃvṛtam
devendrabhavanākārair bhavanair dṛṣṭimohanaiḥ //

prāsādaśṛṅgeṣvatha pauranāryaḥ sahasraśaḥ puṣpaphalākṣatādyaiḥ
sthitāḥ karaistasya hareḥ samantāt pracikṣipurmūrdhni yathā bhavasya //

dṛṣṭvā nāryastadā viṣṇuṃ madāghūrṇitalocanāḥ //

viśālajaghanāḥ sadyo nanṛturmumudurjaguḥ
kāściddṛṣṭvā hariṃ nāryaḥ kiṃcit prahasitānanāḥ //

kiṃcid visrastavastrāś ca srastakāñcīguṇā jaguḥ
caturthaṃ pañcamaṃ caiva ṣaṣṭhaṃ ca saptamaṃ tathā //

aṣṭamaṃ navamaṃ caiva daśamaṃ ca purottamam
atītyāsādya devasya puraṃ śaṃbhoḥ suśobhanam //

suvṛttaṃ sutarāṃ śubhraṃ kailāsaśikhare śubhe
sūryamaṇḍalasaṃkāśair vimānaiś ca vibhūṣitam //

sphāṭikair maṇḍapaiḥ śubhrair jāṃbūnadamayais tathā
nānāratnamayaiścaiva digvidikṣu vibhūṣitam //

gopurairgopateḥ śaṃbhor nānābhūṣaṇabhūṣitaiḥ
anekaiḥ sarvatobhadraiḥ sarvaratnamayais tathā //

prākārairvividhākārair aṣṭāviṃśatibhir vṛtam
upadvārairmahādvārair vidikṣu vividhairdṛḍhaiḥ //

guhyālayairguhyagṛhair guhasya bhavanaiḥ śubhaiḥ
grāmyair anyair mahābhāgā mauktikair dṛṣṭimohanaiḥ //

gaṇeśāyatanair divyaiḥ padmarāgamayais tathā
candanairvividhākāraiḥ puṣpodyānaiś ca śobhanaiḥ //

taḍāgair dirghikābhiś ca hemasopānapaṅktibhiḥ
strīṇāṃ gatijitair haṃsaiḥ sevitābhiḥ samantataḥ //

mayūraiścaiva kāraṇḍaiḥ kokilaiścakravākakaiḥ
śobhitābhiś ca vāpībhir divyāmṛtajalais tathā //

saṃlāpālāpakuśalaiḥ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaiḥ
stanabhārāvanamraiś ca madāghūrṇitalocanaiḥ //

geyanādaratairdivyai rudrakanyāsahasrakaiḥ
nṛtyadbhir apsaraḥsaṃghair amarairapi durlabhaiḥ //

praphullāṃbujavṛndādyais tathā dvijavarairapi
rudrastrīgaṇasaṃkīrṇair jalakrīḍāratais tathā //

ratotsavarataiścaiva lalitaiś ca pade pade
grāmarāgānuraktaiś ca padmarāgasamaprabhaiḥ //

strīsaṃghair devadevasya bhavasya paramātmanaḥ
dṛṣṭvā vismayamāpannās tasthurdevāḥ samantataḥ //

tatraiva dadṛśurdevā vṛndaṃ rudragaṇasya ca
gaṇeśvarāṇāṃ vīrāṇām api vṛndaṃ sahasraśaḥ //

suvarṇakṛtasopānān vajravaiḍūryabhūṣitān
sphāṭikān devadevasya dadṛśuste vimānakān //

teṣāṃ śṛṅgeṣu hṛṣṭāś ca nāryaḥ kamalalocanāḥ
viśālajaghanā yakṣā gandharvāpsarasas tathā //

kinnaryaḥ kiṃnarāścaiva bhujaṅgāḥ siddhakanyakāḥ
nānāveṣadharāścānyā nānābhūṣaṇabhūṣitāḥ //

nānāprabhāvasaṃyuktā nānābhogaratipriyāḥ
nīlotpaladalaprakhyāḥ padmapatrāyatekṣaṇāḥ //

padmakiñjalkasaṃkāśair aṃśukairatiśobhanāḥ
valayairnūpurairhāraiś chatraiścitraistathāṃśukaiḥ //

bhūṣitā bhūṣitaiś cānyair maṇḍitā maṇḍanapriyāḥ
dṛṣṭvātha vṛndaṃ surasundarīṇāṃ gaṇeśvarāṇāṃ surasundarīṇām
jagmurgaṇeśasya puraṃ sureśāḥ puradviṣaḥ śakrapurogamāś ca //

dṛṣṭvā ca tasthuḥ surasiddhasaṃghāḥ purasya madhye puruhūtapūrvāḥ
bhavasya bālārkasahasravarṇaṃ vimānamādyaṃ parameśvarasya //

atha tasya vimānasya dvāri saṃsthaṃ gaṇeśvaram
nandinaṃ dadṛśuḥ sarve devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ //

taṃ dṛṣṭvā nandinaṃ sarve praṇamyāhur gaṇeśvaram
jayeti devāstaṃ dṛṣṭvā so 'pyāha ca gaṇeśvaraḥ //

bho bho devā mahābhāgāḥ sarve nirdhūtakalmaṣāḥ
samprāptāḥ sarvalokeśā vaktumarhatha suvratāḥ //

tamāhurvaradaṃ devaṃ vāraṇendrasamaprabham
paśupāśavimokṣārthaṃ darśayāsmān maheśvaram //

purā puratrayaṃ dagdhuṃ paśutvaṃ paribhāṣitam
śaṅkitāś ca vayaṃ tatra paśutvaṃ prati suvrata //

vrataṃ pāśupataṃ proktaṃ bhavena parameṣṭhinā
vratenānena bhūteśa paśutvaṃ naiva vidyate //

atha dvādaśavarṣaṃ vā māsadvādaśakaṃ tu vā
dinadvādaśakaṃ vāpi kṛtvā tad vratam uttamam //

mucyante paśavaḥ sarve paśupāśairbhavasya tu
darśayāmāsa tāndevān nārāyaṇapurogamān //

nandī śilādatanayaḥ sarvabhūtagaṇāgraṇīḥ
taṃ dṛṣṭvā devamīśānaṃ sāṃbaṃ sagaṇam avyayam //

praṇemus tuṣṭuvuś caiva prītikaṇṭakitatvacaḥ
vijñāpya śitikaṇṭhāya paśupāśavimokṣaṇam //

tasthustadāgrataḥ śaṃbhoḥ praṇipatya punaḥ punaḥ
tataḥ samprekṣya tān sarvān devadevo vṛṣadhvajaḥ //

viśodhya teṣāṃ devānāṃ paśutvaṃ parameśvaraḥ
vrataṃ pāśupataṃ caiva svayaṃ devo maheśvaraḥ //

upadiśya munīnāṃ ca sahāste cāṃbayā bhavaḥ
tadāprabhṛti te devāḥ sarve pāśupatāḥ smṛtāḥ //

paśūnāṃ ca patiryasmāt teṣāṃ sākṣāddhi devatāḥ
tasmātpāśupatāḥ proktās tapastepuś ca te punaḥ //

tato dvādaśavarṣānte muktapāśāḥ surottamāḥ
yayuryathāgataṃ sarve brahmaṇā saha viṣṇunā //

etadvaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ pitāmahamukhācchrutam
purā sanatkumāreṇa tasmādvyāsena dhīmatā //

yaḥ śrāvayecchucir viprāñ chṛṇuyādvā śucirnaraḥ
sa dehabhedamāsādya paśupāśaiḥ pramucyate //