Liṅgapurāṇa, 1-108 · Chapter 1.86

japācchreṣṭhatamaṃ prāhur brāhmaṇā dagdhakilbiṣāḥ
viraktānāṃ prabuddhānāṃ dhyānayajñaṃ suśobhanam //

tasmādvadasva sūtādya dhyānayajñamaśeṣataḥ
vistārātsarvayatnena viraktānāṃ mahātmanām //

teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā munīnāṃ dīrghasattriṇām
rudreṇa kathitaṃ prāha guhāṃ prāpya mahātmanām //

saṃhṛtya kālakūṭākhyaṃ viṣaṃ vai viśvakarmaṇā
guhāṃ prāpya sukhāsīnaṃ bhavānyā saha śaṅkaram //

munayaḥ saṃśitātmānaḥ praṇemustaṃ guhāśrayam
astuvaṃś ca tataḥ sarve nīlakaṇṭhamumāpatim //

atyugraṃ kālakūṭākhyaṃ saṃhṛtaṃ bhagavaṃstvayā
ataḥ pratiṣṭhitaṃ sarvaṃ tvayā deva vṛṣadhvaja //

teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhagavānnīlalohitaḥ
prahasanprāha viśvātmā sanandanapurogamān //

kimanena dvijaśreṣṭhā viṣaṃ vakṣye sudāruṇam
saṃharettadviṣaṃ yastu sa samartho hyanena kim //

na viṣaṃ kālakūṭākhyaṃ saṃsāro viṣamucyate
tasmātsarvaprayatnena saṃhareta sudāruṇam //

saṃsāro dvividhaḥ proktaḥ svādhikārānurūpataḥ
puṃsāṃ saṃmūḍhacittānām asaṃkṣīṇaḥ sudāruṇaḥ //

īṣaṇārāgadoṣeṇa sargo jñānena suvratāḥ
tadvaśādeva sarveṣāṃ dharmādharmau na saṃśayaḥ //

asannikṛṣṭe tvarthe 'pi śāstraṃ tacchravaṇātsatām
buddhimutpādayatyeva saṃsāre viduṣāṃ dvijāḥ //

tasmāddṛṣṭānuśravikaṃ duṣṭamityubhayātmakam
saṃtyajetsarvayatnena viraktaḥ so 'bhidhīyate //

śāstramityucyate bhāgaṃ śruteḥ karmasu taddvijāḥ
mūrdhānaṃ brahmaṇaḥ sāram ṛṣīṇāṃ karmaṇaḥ phalam //

nanu svabhāvaḥ sarveṣāṃ kāmo dṛṣṭo na cānyathā
śrutiḥ pravartikā teṣām iti karmaṇyatadvidaḥ //

nivṛttilakṣaṇo dharmaḥ samarthānām ihocyate
tasmādajñānamūlo hi saṃsāraḥ sarvadehinām //

kalā saṃśoṣamāyāti karmaṇānyasvabhāvataḥ
sakalastrividho jīvo jñānahīnastvavidyayā //

nārakī pāpakṛtsvargī puṇyakṛt puṇyagauravāt
vyatimiśreṇa vai jīvaś caturdhā saṃvyavasthitaḥ //

udbhijjaḥ svedajaścaiva aṇḍajo vai jarāyujaḥ
evaṃ vyavasthito dehī karmaṇājño hyanirvṛtaḥ //

prajayā karmaṇā muktir dhanena ca satāṃ na hi
tyāgenaikena muktiḥ syāt tadabhāvādbhramatyasau //

evamajñānadoṣeṇa nānākarmavaśena ca
ṣaṭkauśikaṃ samudbhūtaṃ bhajatyeṣa kalevaram //

garbhe duḥkhānyanekāni yonimārge ca bhūtale
kaumāre yauvane caiva vārddhake maraṇe 'pi vā //

vicārataḥ satāṃ duḥkhaṃ strīsaṃsargādibhir dvijāḥ
duḥkhenaikena vai duḥkhaṃ praśāmyatīha duḥkhinaḥ //

na jātu kāmaḥ kāmānām upabhogena śāmyati
haviṣā kṛṣṇavartmeva bhūya evābhivardhate //

tasmādvicārato nāsti saṃyogādapi vai nṛṇām
arthānām arjane 'pyevaṃ pālane ca vyaye tathā //

paiśāce rākṣase duḥkhaṃ yākṣe caiva vicārataḥ
gāndharve ca tathā cāndre saumyaloke dvijottamāḥ //

prājāpatye tathā brāhme prākṛte pauruṣe tathā
kṣayasātiśayādyaistu duḥkhairduḥkhāni suvratāḥ //

tāni bhāgyānyaśuddhāni saṃtyajecca dhanāni ca
tasmādaṣṭaguṇaṃ bhogaṃ tathā ṣoḍaśadhā sthitam //

caturviṃśatprakāreṇa saṃsthitaṃ cāpi suvratāḥ
dvātriṃśadbhedamanaghāś catvāriṃśadguṇaṃ punaḥ //

tathāṣṭacatvāriṃśacca ṣaṭpañcāśatprakārataḥ
catuḥṣaṣṭividhaṃ caiva duḥkhameva vivekinaḥ //

pārthivaṃ ca tathāpyaṃ ca taijasaṃ ca vicārataḥ
vāyavyaṃ ca tathā vyauma[ṃ] mānasaṃ ca yathākramam //

ābhimānikamapyevaṃ bauddhaṃ prākṛtameva ca
duḥkhameva na saṃdeho yogināṃ brahmavādinām //

gauṇaṃ gaṇeśvarāṇāṃ ca duḥkhameva vicārataḥ
ādau madhye tathā cānte sarvalokeṣu sarvadā //

vartamānāni duḥkhāni bhaviṣyāṇi yathātatham
doṣaduṣṭeṣu deśeṣu duḥkhāni vividhāni ca //

na bhāvayantyatītāni hy ajñāne jñānamāninaḥ
kṣudvyādheḥ parihārārthaṃ na sukhāyānnamucyate //

yathetareṣāṃ rogāṇām auṣadhaṃ na sukhāya tat
śītoṣṇavātavarṣādyais tattatkāleṣu dehinām //

duḥkhameva na saṃdeho na jānanti hyapaṇḍitāḥ
svarge 'pyevaṃ muniśreṣṭhā hy aviśuddhakṣayādibhiḥ //

rogair nānāvidhair grastā rāgadveṣabhayādibhiḥ
chinnamūlataruryadvad avaśaḥ patati kṣitau //

puṇyavṛkṣakṣayāttadvad gāṃ patanti divaukasaḥ
duḥkhābhilāṣaniṣṭhānāṃ duḥkhabhogādisaṃpadām //

asmāttu patatāṃ duḥkhaṃ kaṣṭaṃ svargāddivaukasām
narake duḥkhamevātra narakāṇāṃ niṣevaṇāt //

vihitākaraṇāccaiva varṇināṃ munipuṅgavāḥ //

yathā mṛgo mṛtyubhayasya bhīta ucchinnavāso na labheta nidrām
evaṃ yatirdhyānaparo mahātmā saṃsārabhīto na labheta nidrām //

kīṭapakṣimṛgāṇāṃ ca paśūnāṃ gajavājinām
dṛṣṭam evāsukhaṃ tasmāt tyajataḥ sukhamuttamam //

vaimānikānāmapyevaṃ duḥkhaṃ kalpādhikāriṇām
sthānābhimānināṃ caiva manvādīnāṃ ca suvratāḥ //

devānāṃ caiva daityānām anyonyavijigīṣayā
duḥkhameva nṛpāṇāṃ ca rākṣasānāṃ jagattraye //

śramārthamāśramaścāpi varṇānāṃ paramārthataḥ
āśramairna ca devaiś ca yajñaiḥ sāṃkhyairvratais tathā //

ugraistapobhir vividhair dānairnānāvidhairapi
na labhante tathātmānaṃ labhante jñāninaḥ svayam //

tasmātsarvaprayatnena caretpāśupatavratam
bhasmaśāyī bhavennityaṃ vrate pāśupate budhaḥ //

pañcārthajñānasampannaḥ śivatattve samāhitaḥ
kaivalyakaraṇaṃ yoga vidhikarmacchidaṃ budhaḥ //

pañcārthayogasampanno duḥkhāntaṃ vrajate sudhīḥ
parayā vidyayā vedyaṃ vidantyaparayā na hi //

dve vidye veditavye hi parā caivāparā tathā
aparā tatra ṛgvedo yajurvedo dvijottamāḥ //

sāmavedastathātharvo vedaḥ sarvārthasādhakaḥ
śikṣā kalpo vyākaraṇaṃ niruktaṃ chanda eva ca //

jyotiṣaṃ cāparā vidyā parākṣaramiti sthitam
tadadṛśyaṃ tadagrāhyam agotraṃ tadavarṇakam //

tadacakṣustadaśrotraṃ tadapāṇi apādakam
tadajātamabhūtaṃ ca tadaśabdaṃ dvijottamāḥ //

asparśaṃ tadarūpaṃ ca rasagandhavivarjitam
avyayaṃ cāpratiṣṭhaṃ ca tannityaṃ sarvagaṃ vibhum //

mahāntaṃ tad bṛhantaṃ ca tadajaṃ cinmayaṃ dvijāḥ
aprāṇamamanaskaṃ ca tadasnigdhamalohitam //

aprameyaṃ tadasthūlam adīrghaṃ tadanulbaṇam
ahrasvaṃ tadapāraṃ ca tadānandaṃ tadacyutam //

anapāvṛtamadvaitaṃ tadanantamagocaram
asaṃvṛtaṃ tadātmaikaṃ parā vidyā na cānyathā //

parāpareti kathite naiveha paramārthataḥ
ahameva jagatsarvaṃ mayyeva sakalaṃ jagat //

matta utpadyate tiṣṭhan mayi mayyeva līyate
matto nānyaditīkṣeta manovākpāṇibhis tathā //

sarvamātmani saṃpaśyet saccāsacca samāhitaḥ
sarvaṃ hyātmani saṃpaśyan na bāhye kurute manaḥ //

adhodṛṣṭyā vitastyāṃ tu nābhyāmuparitiṣṭhati
hṛdayaṃ tadvijānīyād viśvasyāyatanaṃ mahat //

hṛdayasyāsya madhye tu puṇḍarīkamavasthitam
dharmakandasamudbhūtaṃ jñānanālaṃ suśobhanam //

aiśvaryāṣṭadalaṃ śvetaṃ paraṃ vairāgyakarṇikam
chidrāṇi ca diśo yasya prāṇādyāś ca pratiṣṭhitāḥ //

prāṇādyaiścaiva saṃyuktaḥ paśyate bahudhā kramāt
daśaprāṇavahā nāḍyaḥ pratyekaṃ munipuṅgavāḥ //

dvisaptatisahasrāṇi nāḍyaḥ samparikīrtitāḥ
netrasthaṃ jāgrataṃ vidyāt kaṇṭhe svapnaṃ samādiśet //

suṣuptaṃ hṛdayasthaṃ tu turīyaṃ mūrdhani sthitam
jāgre brahmā ca viṣṇuś ca svapne caiva yathākramāt //

īśvarastu suṣupte tu turīye ca maheśvaraḥ
vadanty evam athānye 'pi samastakaraṇaiḥ pumān //

vartamānastadā tasya jāgradityabhidhīyate
manobuddhir ahaṅkāraṃ cittaṃ ceti catuṣṭayam //

yadā vyavasthitastvetaiḥ svapna ityabhidhīyate
karaṇāni vilīnāni yadā svātmani suvratāḥ //

suṣuptaḥ karaṇairbhinnas turīyaḥ parikīrtyate
parasturīyātīto 'sau śivaḥ paramakāraṇam //

jāgratsvapnasuṣuptiś ca turīyaṃ cādhibhautikam
ādhyātmikaṃ ca viprendrāś cādhidaivikamucyate //

tatsarvamaham eveti veditavyaṃ vijānatā
buddhīndriyāṇi viprendrās tathā karmendriyāṇi ca //

manobuddhir ahaṅkāraś cittaṃ ceti catuṣṭayam
adhyātmaṃ pṛthagevedaṃ caturdaśavidhaṃ smṛtam //

draṣṭavyaṃ caiva śrotavyaṃ ghrātavyaṃ ca yathākramam
rasitavyaṃ muniśreṣṭhāḥ sparśitavyaṃ tathaiva ca //

mantavyaṃ caiva boddhavyam ahaṃkartavyameva ca
tathā cetayitavyaṃ ca vaktavyaṃ munipuṅgavāḥ //

ādātavyaṃ ca gantavyaṃ visargāyitameva ca
ānanditavyamityete hy adhibhūtamanukramāt //

ādityo 'pi diśaścaiva pṛthivī varuṇas tathā
vāyuścandras tathā brahmā rudraḥ kṣetrajña eva ca //

agnirindras tathā viṣṇur mitro devaḥ prajāpatiḥ
ādhidaivikamevaṃ hi caturdaśavidhaṃ kramāt //

rājñī sudarśanā caiva jitā saumyā yathākramam
moghā rudrāmṛtā satyā madhyamā ca dvijottamāḥ //

nāḍī rāśiśukā caiva asurā caiva kṛttikā
bhāsvatī nāḍayaścaitāś caturdaśanibandhanāḥ //

vāyavo nāḍimadhyasthā vāhakāś ca caturdaśa
prāṇo vyānastvapānaś ca udānaś ca samānakaḥ //

vairambhaś ca tathā mukhyo hy antaryāmaḥ prabhañjanaḥ
kūrmakaś ca tathā śyenaḥ śvetaḥ kṛṣṇas tathānilaḥ //

nāga ityeva kathitā vāyavaś ca caturdaśa
yaścakṣuḥṣvatha draṣṭavye tathāditye ca suvratāḥ //

nāḍyāṃ prāṇe ca vijñāne tv ānande ca yathākramam
hṛdyākāśe ya etasmin sarvasminnantare paraḥ //

ātmā ekaś ca carati tamupāsīta māṃ prabhum
ajaraṃ tamanantaṃ ca aśokamamṛtaṃ dhruvam //

caturdaśavidheṣveva saṃcaratyeka eva saḥ
līyante tāni tatraiva yadanyaṃ nāsti vai dvijāḥ //

eka eva hi sarvajñaḥ sarveśastveka eva saḥ
eṣa sarvādhipo devas tv antaryāmī mahādyutiḥ //

upāsyamānaḥ sarvasya sarvasaukhyaḥ sanātanaḥ
upāsyati na caiveha sarvasaukhyaṃ dvijottamāḥ //

upāsyamāno vedaiś ca śāstrairnānāvidhairapi
na vaiṣa vedaśāstrāṇi sarvajño yāsyati prabhuḥ //

asyaivānnamidaṃ sarvaṃ na so 'nnaṃ bhavati svayam
svātmanā rakṣitaṃ cādyād annabhūtaṃ na kutracit //

sarvatra prāṇināmannaṃ prāṇināṃ granthirasmyaham
praśāstā nayanaścaiva pañcātmā sa vibhāgaśaḥ //

annamayo 'sau bhūtātmā cādyate hyannamucyate
prāṇamayaścendriyātmā saṃkalpātmā manomayaḥ //

kālātmā soma eveha vijñānamaya ucyate
sadānandamayo bhūtvā maheśaḥ parameśvaraḥ //

so 'ham evaṃ jagatsarvaṃ mayyeva sakalaṃ sthitam
paratantraṃ svatantre 'pi tadabhāvādvicārataḥ //

ekatvamapi nāstyeva dvaitaṃ tatra kutastvaho
evaṃ nāstyatha martyaṃ ca kuto 'mṛtamajodbhavaḥ //

nāntaḥprajño bahiḥprajño na cobhayagatas tathā
na prajñānaghanastvevaṃ na prājño jñānapūrvakaḥ //

viditaṃ nāsti vedyaṃ ca nirvāṇaṃ paramārthataḥ
nirvāṇaṃ caiva kaivalyaṃ niḥśreyasamanāmayam //

amṛtaṃ cākṣaraṃ brahma paramātmā parāparam
nirvikalpaṃ nirābhāsaṃ jñānaṃ paryāyavācakam //

prasannaṃ ca yadekāgraṃ tadā jñānamiti smṛtam
ajñānamitaratsarvaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā //

itthaṃ prasannaṃ vijñānaṃ gurusaṃparkajaṃ dhruvam
rāgadveṣānṛtakrodhaṃ kāmatṛṣṇādibhiḥ sadā //

aparāmṛṣṭamadyaiva vijñeyaṃ muktidaṃ tvidam
ajñānamalapūrvatvāt puruṣo malinaḥ smṛtaḥ //

tatkṣayāddhi bhavenmuktir nānyathā janmakoṭibhiḥ
jñānamekaṃ vinā nāsti puṇyapāpaparikṣayaḥ //

jñānam evābhyaset tasmān muktyarthaṃ brahmavittamāḥ
jñānābhyāsāddhi vai puṃsāṃ buddhirbhavati nirmalā //

tasmātsadābhyasejjñānaṃ tanniṣṭhastatparāyaṇaḥ
jñānenaikena tṛptasya tyaktasaṃgasya yoginaḥ //

kartavyaṃ nāsti viprendrā asti cettattvavinna ca
iha loke pare cāpi kartavyaṃ nāsti tasya vai //

jīvanmukto yatas tasmād brahmavit paramārthataḥ
jñānābhyāsarato nityaṃ jñānatattvārthavit svayam //

kartavyābhyāsamutsṛjya jñānamevādhigacchati
varṇāśramābhimānī yas tyaktakrodho dvijottamāḥ //

anyatra ramate mūḍhaḥ so 'jñānī nātra saṃśayaḥ
saṃsāraheturajñānaṃ saṃsārastanusaṃgrahaḥ //

mokṣahetus tathā jñānaṃ muktaḥ svātmanyavasthitaḥ
ajñāne sati viprendrāḥ krodhādyā nātra saṃśayaḥ //

krodho harṣas tathā lobho moho dambho dvijottamāḥ
dharmādharmau hi teṣāṃ ca tadvaśāttanusaṃgrahaḥ //

śarīre sati vai kleśaḥ so 'vidyāṃ saṃtyajedbudhaḥ
avidyāṃ vidyayā hitvā sthitasyaiva ca yoginaḥ //

krodhādyā nāśamāyānti dharmādharmau ca vai dvijāḥ
tatkṣayācca śarīreṇa na punaḥ samprayujyate //

sa eva muktaḥ saṃsārād duḥkhatrayavivarjitaḥ
evaṃ jñānaṃ vinā nāsti dhyānaṃ dhyātur dvijarṣabhāḥ //

jñānaṃ gurorhi saṃparkān na vācā paramārthataḥ
caturvyūhamiti jñātvā dhyātā dhyānaṃ samabhyaset //

sahajāgantukaṃ pāpam asthivāgudbhavaṃ tathā
jñānāgnirdahate kṣipraṃ śuṣkendhanam ivānalaḥ //

jñānātparataraṃ nāsti sarvapāpavināśanam
abhyasecca sadā jñānaṃ sarvasaṃgavivarjitaḥ //

jñāninaḥ sarvapāpāni jīryante nātra saṃśayaḥ
krīḍannapi na lipyeta pāpairnānāvidhairapi //

jñānaṃ yathā tathā dhyānaṃ tasmāddhyānaṃ samabhyaset
dhyānaṃ nirviṣayaṃ proktam ādau saviṣayaṃ tathā //

ṣaṭprakāraṃ samabhyasya catuḥṣaḍdaśabhis tathā
tathā dvādaśadhā caiva punaḥ ṣoḍaśadhā kramāt //

dvidhābhyasya ca yogīndro mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
śuddhajāṃbūnadākāraṃ vidhūmāṅgārasannibham //

pītaṃ raktaṃ sitaṃ vidyut koṭikoṭisamaprabham
athavā brahmarandhrasthaṃ cittaṃ kṛtvā prayatnataḥ //

na sitaṃ vāsitaṃ pītaṃ na smared brahmavid bhavet
ahiṃsakaḥ satyavādī asteyī sarvayatnataḥ //

parigrahavinirmukto brahmacārī dṛḍhavrataḥ
saṃtuṣṭaḥ śaucasampannaḥ svādhyāyanirataḥ sadā //

madraktaścābhyaseddhyānaṃ gurusaṃparkajaṃ dhruvam
na budhyati tathā dhyātā sthāpya cittaṃ dvijottamāḥ //

na cābhimanyate yogī na paśyati samantataḥ
na ghrāti na śṛṇotyeva līnaḥ svātmani yaḥ svayam //

na ca sparśaṃ vijānāti sa vai samarasaḥ smṛtaḥ
pārthive paṭale brahmā vāritattve hariḥ svayam //

vāhneye kālarudrākhyo vāyutattve maheśvaraḥ
suṣire sa śivaḥ sākṣāt kramādevaṃ vicintayet //

kṣitau śarvaḥ smṛto devo hy apāṃ bhava iti smṛtaḥ
rudra eva tathā vahnau ugro vāyau vyavasthitaḥ //

bhīmaḥ suṣiranāke 'sau bhāskare maṇḍale sthitaḥ
īśānaḥ somabimbe ca mahādeva iti smṛtaḥ //

puṃsāṃ paśupatirdevaś cāṣṭadhāhaṃ vyavasthitaḥ
kāṭhinyaṃ yattanau sarvaṃ pārthivaṃ parigīyate //

āpyaṃ dravamiti proktaṃ varṇākhyo vahnirucyate
yatsaṃcarati tadvāyuḥ suṣiraṃ yaddvijottamāḥ //

tadākāśaṃ ca vijñānaṃ śabdajaṃ vyomasaṃbhavam
tathaiva viprā vijñānaṃ sparśākhyaṃ vāyusaṃbhavam //

rūpaṃ vāhneyamityuktam āpyaṃ rasamayaṃ dvijāḥ
gandhākhyaṃ pārthivaṃ bhūyaś cintayedbhāskaraṃ kramāt //

netre ca dakṣiṇe vāme somaṃ hṛdi vibhuṃ dvijāḥ
ājānu pṛthivītattvam ānābher vārimaṇḍalam //

ākaṇṭhaṃ vahnitattvaṃ syāl lalāṭāntaṃ dvijottamāḥ
vāyavyaṃ vai lalāṭādyaṃ vyomākhyaṃ vā śikhāgrakam //

haṃsākhyaṃ ca tato brahma vyomnaścordhvaṃ tataḥ param
vyomākhyo vyomamadhyastho hy ayaṃ prāthamikaḥ smaret //

na jīvaḥ prakṛtiḥ sattvaṃ rajaścātha tamaḥ punaḥ
mahāṃstathābhimānaś ca tanmātrāṇīndriyāṇi ca //

vyomādīni ca bhūtāni naiveha paramārthataḥ
vyāpya tiṣṭhadyato viśvaṃ sthāṇurityabhidhīyate //

udeti sūryo bhītaś ca pavate vāta eva ca
dyotate candramā vahnir jvalatyāpo vahanti ca //

dadhāti bhūmirākāśam avakāśaṃ dadāti ca
tadājñayā tataṃ sarvaṃ tasmādvai cintayeddvijāḥ //

tenaivādhiṣṭhitaṃ tasmād etatsarvaṃ dvijottamāḥ
sarvarūpamayaḥ śarva iti matvā smaredbhavam //

saṃsāraviṣataptānāṃ jñānadhyānāmṛtena vai
pratīkāraḥ samākhyāto nānyathā dvijasattamāḥ //

jñānaṃ dharmodbhavaṃ sākṣāj jñānād vairāgyasaṃbhavaḥ
vairāgyātparamaṃ jñānaṃ paramārthaprakāśakam //

jñānavairāgyayuktasya yogasiddhirdvijottamāḥ
yogasiddhyā vimuktiḥ syāt sattvaniṣṭhasya nānyathā //

tamovidyāpadacchannaṃ citraṃ yatpadamavyayam
sattvaśaktiṃ samāsthāya śivamabhyarcayeddvijāḥ //

yaḥ sattvaniṣṭho madbhakto madarcanaparāyaṇaḥ
sarvato dharmaniṣṭhaś ca sadotsāhī samāhitaḥ //

sarvadvandvasaho dhīraḥ sarvabhūtahite rataḥ
ṛjusvabhāvaḥ satataṃ svasthacitto mṛduḥ sadā //

amānī buddhimāñchāntas tyaktaspardho dvijottamāḥ
sadā mumukṣurdharmajñaḥ svātmalakṣaṇalakṣaṇaḥ //

ṛṇatrayavinirmuktaḥ pūrvajanmani puṇyabhāk
jarāyukto dvijo bhūtvā śraddhayā ca guroḥ kramāt //

anyathā vāpi śuśrūṣāṃ kṛtvā kṛtrimavarjitaḥ
svargalokamanuprāpya bhuktvā bhogānanukramāt //

āsādya bhārataṃ varṣaṃ brahmavijjāyate dvijāḥ
saṃparkājjñānamāsādya jñānino yogavidbhavet //

kramo 'yaṃ malapūrṇasya jñānaprāpterdvijottamāḥ
tasmādanena mārgeṇa tyaktasaṃgo dṛḍhavrataḥ //

saṃsārakālakūṭākhyān mucyate munipuṅgavāḥ
evaṃ saṃkṣepataḥ proktaṃ mayā yuṣmākamacyutam //

jñānasyaiveha māhātmyaṃ prasaṃgādiha śobhanam
evaṃ pāśupataṃ yogaṃ kathitaṃ tvīśvareṇa tu //

na deyaṃ yasya kasyāpi śivoktaṃ munipuṅgavāḥ
dātavyaṃ yogine nityaṃ bhasmaniṣṭhāya supriyam //

yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi saṃsāraśamanaṃ naraḥ
sa yāti brahmasāyujyaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā //