Liṅgapurāṇa, 1-108 · Chapter 1.92

evaṃ vārāṇasī puṇyā yadi sūta mahāmate
vaktumarhasi cāsmākaṃ tatprabhāvaṃ hi sāṃpratam //

kṣetrasyāsya ca māhātmyam avimuktasya śobhanam
vistareṇa yathānyāyaṃ śrotuṃ kautūhalaṃ hi naḥ //

vakṣye saṃkṣepataḥ samyak vārāṇasyāḥ suśobhanam
avimuktasya māhātmyaṃ yathāha bhagavān bhavaḥ //

vistareṇa mayā vaktuṃ brahmaṇā ca mahātmanā
śakyate naiva viprendrā varṣakoṭiśatairapi //

devaḥ purā kṛtodvāhaḥ śaṅkaro nīlalohitaḥ
himavacchikharāddevyā haimavatyā gaṇeśvaraiḥ //

vārāṇasīmanuprāpya darśayāmāsa śaṅkaraḥ
avimukteśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ vāsaṃ tatra cakāra saḥ //

vārāṇasīkurukṣetra śrīparvatamahālaye
tuṅgeśvare ca kedāre tatsthāne yo yatirbhavet //

yoge pāśupate samyak dinamekaṃ yatirbhavet
tasmātsarvaṃ parityajya caret pāśupataṃ vratam //

devodyāne vasettatra śarvodyānamanuttamam
manasā nirmame rudro vimānaṃ ca suśobhanam //

darśayāmāsa ca tadā devodyānamanuttamam
haimavatyāḥ svayaṃ devaḥ sanandī parameśvaraḥ //

kṣetrasyāsya ca māhātmyam avimuktasya śaṅkaraḥ
uktavānparameśānaḥ pārvatyāḥ prītaye bhavaḥ //

praphullanānāvidhagulmaśobhitaṃ latāpratānādimanoharaṃ bahiḥ
virūḍhapuṣpaiḥ paritaḥ priyaṅgubhiḥ supuṣpitaiḥ kaṇṭakitaiś ca ketakaiḥ //

tamālagulmairnicitaṃ sugandhibhir nikāmapuṣpairvakulaiś ca sarvataḥ
aśokapunnāgaśataiḥ supuṣpitair dvirephamālākulapuṣpasaṃcayaiḥ //

kvacit praphullāmbujareṇubhūṣitair vihaṅgamaiś cānukalapraṇādibhiḥ
vināditaṃ sārasacakravākaiḥ pramattadātyūhavaraiś ca sarvataḥ //

kvacicca kekārutanāditaṃ śubhaṃ kvacicca kāraṇḍavanādanāditam
kvacicca mattālikulākulīkṛtaṃ madākulābhir bhramarāṅganādibhiḥ //

niṣevitaṃ cārusugandhipuṣpakaiḥ kvacit supuṣpaiḥ sahakāravṛkṣaiḥ
latopagūḍhaistilakaiś ca gūḍhaṃ pragītavidyādharasiddhacāraṇam //

pravṛttanṛttānugatāpsarogaṇaṃ prahṛṣṭanānāvidhapakṣisevitam
pranṛttahārītakulopanāditaṃ mṛgendranādākulamattamānasaiḥ //

kvacit kvacid gandhakadambakair mṛgair vilūnadarbhāṅkurapuṣpasaṃcayam
praphullanānāvidhacārupaṅkajaiḥ sarastaḍāgairupaśobhitaṃ kvacit //

viṭapanicayalīnaṃ nīlakaṇṭhābhirāmaṃ madamuditavihaṅgaṃ prāptanādābhirāmam
kusumitataruśākhālīnamattadvirephaṃ navakisalayaśobhāśobhitaṃ prāṃśuśākham //

kvacidvilāsālasagāminībhir niṣevitaṃ kiṃpuruṣāṅganābhiḥ //

pārāvatadhvanivikūjitacāruśṛṅgair abhraṅkaṣaiḥ sitamanoharacārurūpaiḥ
ākīrṇapuṣpanikarapravibhaktahaṃsair vibhrājitaṃ tridaśadivyakulairanekaiḥ //

phullotpalāṃbujavitānasahasrayuktaṃ toyāśayaiḥ samanuśobhitadevamārgam
mārgāntarākalitapuṣpavicitrapaṅkti sambaddhagulmaviṭapair vividhairupetam //

tuṅgāgrair nīlapuṣpastabakabharanataprāṃśuśākhair aśokair dolāprāntāntanīlaśrutisukhajanakair bhāsitāntaṃ manojñaiḥ
rātrau candrasya bhāsā kusumitatilakairekatāṃ samprayātaṃ chāyāsuptaprabuddhasthitahariṇakulāluptadūrvāṅkurāgram //

haṃsānāṃ pakṣavātapracalitakamalasvacchavistīrṇatoyaṃ toyānāṃ tīrajātapracakitakadalīcāṭunṛtyanmayūram
māyūraiḥ pakṣacandraiḥ kvacidavanigatai rañjitakṣmāpradeśaṃ deśe deśe vilīnapramuditavilasanmattahārītavṛndam //

sāraṅgaiḥ kvacidupaśobhitapradeśaṃ pracchannaṃ kusumacayaiḥ kvacidvicitraiḥ
hṛṣṭābhiḥ kvacidapi kinnarāṅganābhir vīṇābhiḥ sumadhuragītanṛttakaṇṭham //

saṃsṛṣṭaiḥ kvacidupaliptakīrṇapuṣpair āvāsaiḥ parivṛtapādapaṃ munīnām
ā mūlāt phalanicitaiḥ kvacidviśālair uttuṅgaiḥ panasamahīruhairupetam //

ramyaṃ priyaṅgutarumañjarisaktabhṛṅgaṃ bhṛṅgāvalīkavalitāmrakadambapuṣpam //

puṣpotkarānilavighūrṇitavāriramyaṃ ramyadvirephavinipātitamañjugulmam
gulmāntaraprasabhabhītamṛgīsamūhaṃ vāteritaṃ tanubhṛtāmapavargadātṛ //

candrāṃśujālaśabalais tilakair manojñaiḥ sindūrakuṅkumakusumbhanibhair aśokaiḥ
cāmīkaradyutisamairatha karṇikāraiḥ puṣpotkarairupacitaṃ suviśālaśākhaiḥ //

kvacidañjanacūrṇābhaiḥ kvacid vidrumasannibhaiḥ
kvacitkāñcanasaṃkāśaiḥ puṣpair ācitabhūtalam //

punnāgeṣu dvijaśatavirutaṃ raktāśokastabakabharanatam
ramyopāntaklamahārabhavanaṃ phullābjeṣu bhramaravilasitam //

sakalabhuvanabhartā lokanāthastadānīṃ tuhinaśikharaputryā sārdhamiṣṭairgaṇeśaiḥ
vividhataruviśālaṃ mattahṛṣṭānnapuṣṭair upavanam atiramyaṃ darśayāmāsa devyāḥ //

puṣpairvanyaiḥ śubhaśubhatamaiḥ kalpitairdivyabhūṣair devīṃ divyāmupavanagatāṃ bhūṣayāmāsa śarvaḥ
sā cāpyenaṃ tuhinagirisutā śaṅkaraṃ devadevaṃ puṣpairdivyaiḥ śubhataratamair bhūṣayāmāsa bhaktyā //

sampūjya pūjyaṃ tridaśeśvarāṇāṃ samprekṣya codyānam atīva ramyam
gaṇeśvarair nandimukhaiś ca sārdham uvāca devaṃ praṇipatya devī //

udyānaṃ darśitaṃ deva prabhayā parayā yutam
kṣetrasya ca guṇānsarvān punarme vaktumarhasi //

asya kṣetrasya māhātmyam avimuktasya sarvathā
vaktumarhasi deveśa devadeva vṛṣadhvaja //

devyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā devadevo varaprabhuḥ
āghrāya vadanāmbhojaṃ tadāha girijāṃ hasan //

idaṃ guhyatamaṃ kṣetraṃ sadā vārāṇasī mama
sarveṣāmeva jantūnāṃ heturmokṣasya sarvadā //

asminsiddhāḥ sadā devi madīyaṃ vratamāsthitāḥ
nānāliṅgadharā nityaṃ mama lokābhikāṅkṣiṇaḥ //

abhyasyanti paraṃ yogaṃ yuktātmāno jitendriyāḥ
nānāvṛkṣasamākīrṇe nānāvihagaśobhite //

kamalotpalapuṣpāḍhyaiḥ sarobhiḥ samalaṃkṛte
apsarogaṇagandharvaiḥ sadā saṃsevite śubhe //

rocate me sadā vāso yena kāryeṇa tacchṛṇu
manmanā mama bhaktaś ca mayi nityārpitakriyaḥ //

yathā mokṣamavāpnoti anyatra na tathā kvacit
kāmaṃ hyatra mṛto devi janturmokṣāya kalpate //

etanmama puraṃ divyaṃ guhyādguhyatamaṃ mahat
brahmādayo vijānanti ye ca siddhā mumukṣavaḥ //

ataḥ paramidaṃ kṣetraṃ parā ceyaṃ gatirmama
vimuktaṃ na mayā yasmān mokṣyate vā kadācana //

mama kṣetramidaṃ tasmād avimuktamiti smṛtam
naimiṣe ca kurukṣetre gaṅgādvāre ca puṣkare //

snānātsaṃsevanādvāpi na mokṣaḥ prāpyate yataḥ
iha samprāpyate yena tata etadviśiṣyate //

prayāge vā bhavenmokṣa iha vā matparigrahāt
prayāgādapi tīrthāgryād avimuktamidaṃ śubham //

dharmasyopaniṣat satyaṃ mokṣasyopaniṣac chamaḥ
kṣetratīrthopaniṣadaṃ na vidurbudhasattamāḥ //

kāmaṃ bhuñjan svapan krīḍan kurvan hi vividhāḥ kriyāḥ
avimukte tyajetprāṇān janturmokṣāya kalpate //

kṛtvā pāpasahasrāṇi piśācatvaṃ varaṃ nṛṇām
na tu śakrasahasratvaṃ svarge kāśīpurīṃ vinā //

tasmātsaṃsevanīyaṃ hi avimuktaṃ hi muktaye
jaigīṣavyaḥ parāṃ siddhiṃ gato yatra mahātapāḥ //

asya kṣetrasya māhātmyād bhaktyā ca mama bhāvitaḥ
jaigīṣavyaguhā śreṣṭhā yogināṃ sthānamiṣyate //

dhyāyantastatra māṃ nityaṃ yogāgnirdīpyate bhṛśam
kaivalyaṃ paramaṃ yāti devānāmapi durlabham //

avyaktaliṅgairmunibhiḥ sarvasiddhāntavedibhiḥ
iha samprāpyate mokṣo durlabho 'nyatra karhicit //

tebhyaścāhaṃ pravakṣyāmi yogaiśvaryamanuttamam
ātmanaścaiva sāyujyam īpsitaṃ sthānameva ca //

kubero 'tra mama kṣetre mayi sarvārpitakriyaḥ
kṣetrasaṃsevanādeva gaṇeśatvamavāpa ha //

saṃvarto bhavitā yaś ca so 'pi bhakto mamaiva tu
ihaivārādhya māṃ devi siddhiṃ yāsyatyanuttamām //

parāśarasutau yogī ṛṣirvyāso mahātapāḥ
mama bhakto bhaviṣyaś ca vedasaṃsthāpravartakaḥ //

raṃsyate so 'pi padmākṣi kṣetre 'sminmunipuṅgavaḥ
brahmā devarṣibhiḥ sārddhaṃ viṣṇurvāpi divākaraḥ //

devarājastathā śakro ye 'pi cānye divaukasaḥ
upāsate mahātmānaḥ sarve māmiha suvrate //

anye 'pi yogino divyāś channarūpā mahātmanaḥ
ananyamanaso bhūtvā māmihopāsate sadā //

viṣayāsaktacitto 'pi tyaktadharmaratirnaraḥ
iha kṣetre mṛtaḥ so 'pi saṃsāre na punarbhavet //

ye punarnirmamā dhīrāḥ sattvasthā vijitendriyāḥ
vratinaś ca nirārambhāḥ sarve te mayi bhāvitāḥ //

devadevaṃ samāsādya dhīmantaḥ saṃgavarjitāḥ
gatā iha paraṃ mokṣaṃ prasādānmama suvrate //

janmāntarasahasreṣu yaṃ na yogī samāpnuyāt
tamihaiva paraṃ mokṣaṃ prasādānmama suvrate //

goprekṣakam idaṃ kṣetraṃ brahmaṇā sthāpitaṃ purā
kailāsabhavanaṃ cātra paśya divyaṃ varānane //

goprekṣakam athāgamya dṛṣṭvā māmatra mānavaḥ
na durgatimavāpnoti kalmaṣaiś ca vimucyate //

kapilāhradam ityevaṃ tathā vai brahmaṇā kṛtam
gavāṃ stanyajatoyena tīrthaṃ puṇyatamaṃ mahat //

atrāpi svayamevāhaṃ vṛṣadhvaja iti smṛtaḥ
sānnidhyaṃ kṛtavān devi sadāhaṃ dṛśyate tvayā //

bhadratoyaṃ ca paśyeha brahmaṇā ca kṛtaṃ hradam
sarvairdevairahaṃ devi asmindeśe prasāditaḥ //

gacchopaśamam īśeti upaśāntaḥ śivas tathā
atrāhaṃ brahmaṇānīya sthāpitaḥ parameṣṭhinā //

brahmaṇā cāpi saṃgṛhya viṣṇunā sthāpitaḥ punaḥ
brahmaṇāpi tato viṣṇuḥ proktaḥ saṃvignacetasā //

mayānītamidaṃ liṅgaṃ kasmāt sthāpitavān asi
tamuvāca punar viṣṇur brahmāṇaṃ kupitānanam //

rudre deve mamātyantaṃ parā bhaktirmahattarā
mayaiva sthāpitaṃ liṅgaṃ tava nāmnā bhaviṣyati //

hiraṇyagarbha ityevaṃ tato 'trāhaṃ samāsthitaḥ
dṛṣṭvainamapi deveśaṃ mama lokaṃ vrajennaraḥ //

tataḥ punarapi brahmā mama liṅgamidaṃ śubham
sthāpayāmāsa vidhivad bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ //

svarlīneśvara ityevam atrāhaṃ svayamāgataḥ
prāṇān iha narastyaktvā na punarjāyate kvacit //

ananyā sā gatistasya yogināṃ caiva yā smṛtā
asminnapi mayā deśe daityo daivatakaṇṭakaḥ //

vyāghrarūpaṃ samāsthāya nihato darpito balī
vyāghreśvara iti khyāto nityamatrāhamāsthitaḥ //

na punardurgatiṃ yāti dṛṣṭvainaṃ vyāghramīśvaram
utpalo vidalaścaiva yau daityau brahmaṇā purā //

strīvadhyau darpitau dṛṣṭvā tvayaiva nihatau raṇe
sāvajñaṃ kandukenātra tasyedaṃ dehamāsthitam //

ādāvatrāhamāgamya prasthito gaṇapaiḥ saha
jyeṣṭhasthānamidaṃ tasmād etanme puṇyadarśanam //

devaiḥ samantād etāni liṅgāni sthāpitānyataḥ
dṛṣṭvāpi niyato martyo dehabhede gaṇo bhavet //

pitrā te śailarājena purā himavatā svayam
mama priyahitaṃ sthānaṃ jñātvā liṅgaṃ pratiṣṭhitam //

śaileśvaramiti khyātaṃ dṛśyatāmiha cādarāt
dṛṣṭvaitanmanujo devi na durgatimato vrajet //

nadyeṣā varuṇā devi puṇyā pāpapramocanī
kṣetrametad alaṃkṛtya jāhnavyā saha saṃgatā //

sthāpitaṃ brahmaṇā cāpi saṃgame liṅgamuttamam
saṃgameśvaram ityevaṃ khyātaṃ jagati dṛśyatām //

saṃgame devanadyā hi yaḥ snātvā manujaḥ śuciḥ
arcayet saṃgameśvaraṃ tasya janmabhayaṃ kutaḥ //

idaṃ manye mahākṣetraṃ nivāso yogināṃ param
kṣetramadhye ca yatrāhaṃ svayaṃ bhūtvāgramāsthitaḥ //

madhyameśvaramityevaṃ khyātaḥ sarvasurāsuraiḥ
siddhānāṃ sthānametaddhi madīyavratadhāriṇām //

yogināṃ mokṣalipsūnāṃ jñānayogaratātmanām
dṛṣṭvainaṃ madhyameśānaṃ janma prati na śocati //

sthāpitaṃ liṅgametattu śukreṇa bhṛgusūnunā
nāmnā śukreśvaraṃ nāma sarvasiddhāmarārcitam //

dṛṣṭvainaṃ niyataḥ sadyo mucyate sarvakilbiṣaiḥ
mṛtaś ca na punarjantuḥ saṃsārī tu bhavennaraḥ //

purā jambūkarūpeṇa asuro devakaṇṭakaḥ
brahmaṇo hi varaṃ labdhvā gomāyurbandhaśaṅkitaḥ //

nihato himavatputri jambūkeśastato hyaham
adyāpi jagati khyātaṃ surāsuranamaskṛtam //

dṛṣṭvainamapi deveśaṃ sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt
grahaiḥ śukrapurogaiś ca etāni sthāpitāni ha //

paśya puṇyāni liṅgāni sarvakāmapradāni tu
evametāni puṇyāni mannivāsāni pārvati //

kathitāni mama kṣetre guhyaṃ cānyadidaṃ śṛṇu
catuḥkrośaṃ caturdikṣu kṣetrametatprakīrtitam //

yojanaṃ viddhi cārvaṅgi mṛtyukāle 'mṛtapradam
mahālayagiristhaṃ māṃ kedāre ca vyavasthitam //

gaṇatvaṃ labhate dṛṣṭvā hy asminmokṣo hyavāpyate
gāṇapatyaṃ labhedyasmād yataḥ sā muktiruttamā //

tato mahālayāt tasmāt kedārānmadhyamādapi
smṛtaṃ puṇyatamaṃ kṣetram avimuktaṃ varānane //

kedāraṃ madhyamaṃ kṣetraṃ sthānaṃ caiva mahālayam
mama puṇyāni bhūrloke tebhyaḥ śreṣṭhatamaṃ tvidam //

yataḥ sṛṣṭāstvime lokās tataḥ kṣetramidaṃ śubham
kadācinna mayā muktam avimuktaṃ tato 'bhavat //

avimukteśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ mama dṛṣṭveha mānavaḥ
sadyaḥ pāpavinirmuktaḥ paśupāśairvimucyate //

śaileśaṃ saṃgameśaṃ ca svarlīnaṃ madhyameśvaram
hiraṇyagarbham īśānaṃ goprekṣaṃ vṛṣabhadhvajam //

upaśāntaṃ śivaṃ caiva jyeṣṭhasthānanivāsinam
śukreśvaraṃ ca vikhyātaṃ vyāghreśaṃ jambukeśvaram //

dṛṣṭvā na jāyate martyaḥ saṃsāre duḥkhasāgare
evam uktvā mahādevo diśaḥ sarvā vyalokayat //

vilokya saṃsthite paścād devadeve maheśvare
akasmādabhavatsarvaḥ sa deśojjvalito yathā //

tataḥ pāśupatāḥ siddhā bhasmābhyaṅgasitaprabhāḥ
māheśvarā mahātmānas tathā vai niyatavratāḥ //

bahavaḥ śataśo 'bhyetya namaścakrurmaheśvaram
punarnirīkṣya yogeśaṃ dhyānayogaṃ ca kṛtsnaśaḥ //

tasthurātmānamāsthāya līyamānā iveśvare
sthitānāṃ sa tadā teṣāṃ devadeva umāpatiḥ //

sa bibhratparamāṃ mūrtiṃ babhūva puruṣaḥ prabhuḥ
kṛtsnaṃ jagadihaikasthaṃ kartum anta iva sthitaḥ //

tasya tāṃ paramāṃ mūrtim āsthitasya jagatprabhoḥ
na śaśāka punardraṣṭuṃ hṛṣṭaromā girīndrajā //

tatastvadṛṣṭamākāraṃ buddhvā sā prakṛtisthitam
prakṛtermūrtimāsthāya yogena parameśvarī //

taṃ śaśāka punardraṣṭuṃ harasya ca mahātmanaḥ
tataste layamādhāya yoginaḥ puruṣasya tu //

viviśurhṛdayaṃ sarve dagdhasaṃsārabījinaḥ
pañcākṣarasya vai bījaṃ saṃsmarantaḥ suśobhanam //

sarvapāpaharaṃ divyaṃ purā caiva prakāśitam
nīlalohitamūrtisthaṃ punaścakre vapuḥ śubham //

taṃ dṛṣṭvā śailajā prāha hṛṣṭasarvatanūruhā
stuvatī caraṇau natvā ka ime bhagavanniti //

tāmuvāca suraśreṣṭhas tadā devīṃ girīndrajām
madīyaṃ vratamāśritya bhaktimadbhir dvijottamaiḥ //

yairyairyogā ihābhyastās teṣām ekena janmanā
kṣetrasyāsya prabhāvena bhaktyā ca mama bhāmini //

anugraho mayā hyevaṃ kriyate mūrtitaḥ svayam
tasmād etan mahat kṣetraṃ brahmādyaiḥ sevitaṃ tathā //

śrutimadbhiś ca viprendraiḥ saṃsiddhaiś ca tapasvibhiḥ
pratimāsaṃ tathāṣṭamyāṃ pratimāsaṃ caturdaśīm //

ubhayoḥ pakṣayordevi vārāṇasyāmupāsyate
śaśibhānūparāge ca kārtikyāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ //

sarvaparvasu puṇyeṣu viṣuveṣvayaneṣu ca
pṛthivyāṃ sarvatīrthāni vārāṇasyāṃ tu jāhnavīm //

uttarapravahāṃ puṇyāṃ mama mauliviniḥsṛtām
pituste girirājasya śubhāṃ himavataḥ sutām //

puṇyasthānasthitāṃ puṇyāṃ puṇyadikpravahāṃ sadā
bhajante sarvato 'bhyetya ye tāñchṛṇu varānane //

saṃnihatya kurukṣetraṃ sārdhaṃ tīrthaśatais tathā
puṣkaraṃ nimiṣaṃ caiva prayāgaṃ ca pṛthūdakam //

drumakṣetraṃ kurukṣetraṃ naimiṣaṃ tīrthasaṃyutam
kṣetrāṇi sarvato devi devatā ṛṣayas tathā //

saṃdhyā ca ṛtavaścaiva sarvā nadyaḥ sarāṃsi ca
samudrāḥ sapta caivātra devatīrthāni kṛtsnaśaḥ //

bhāgīrathīṃ sameṣyanti sarvaparvasu suvrate
avimukteśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā dṛṣṭvā caiva triviṣṭapam //

kālabhairavamāsādya dhūtapāpāni sarvaśaḥ
bhavanti hi sureśāni sarvaparvasu parvasu //

pṛthivyāṃ yāni puṇyāni mahāntyāyatanāni ca
praviśanti sadābhyetya puṇyaṃ parvasu parvasu
avimuktaṃ kṣetravaraṃ mahāpāpanibarhaṇam //

kedāre caiva yalliṅgaṃ yacca liṅgaṃ mahālaye //

madhyameśvarasaṃjñaṃ ca tathā pāśupateśvaram
śaṅkukarṇeśvaraṃ caiva gokarṇau ca tathā hyubhau //

drumacaṇḍeśvaraṃ nāma bhadreśvaram anuttamam
sthāneśvaraṃ tathaikāgraṃ kāleśvaram ajeśvaram //

bhairaveśvaram īśānaṃ tathauṃkārakasaṃjñitam
amareśaṃ mahākālaṃ jyotiṣaṃ bhasmagātrakam //

yāni cānyāni puṇyāni sthānāni mama bhūtale
aṣṭaṣaṣṭisamākhyāni rūḍhānyanyāni kṛtsnaśaḥ //

tāni sarvāṇyaśeṣāṇi vārāṇasyāṃ viśanti mām
sarvaparvasu puṇyeṣu guhyaṃ caitadudāhṛtam //

teneha labhate jantur mṛto divyāmṛtaṃ padam
snātasya caiva gaṅgāyāṃ dṛṣṭena ca mayā śubhe //

sarvayajñaphalaistulyam iṣṭaiḥ śatasahasraśaḥ
sadya eva samāpnoti kiṃ tataḥ paramādbhutam //

sarvāyatanamukhyāni divi bhūmau giriṣv api
parātparataraṃ devī budhyasveti mayoditam //

aviśabdena pāpastu vedoktaḥ kathyate dvijaiḥ
tena muktaṃ mayā juṣṭam avimuktam ata ucyate //

ityuktvā bhagavān rudraḥ sarvalokamaheśvaraḥ
sudṛṣṭaṃ kuru deveśi avimuktaṃ gṛhaṃ mama //

ityuktvā bhagavān devas tayā sārdham umāpatiḥ
darśayāmāsa bhagavān śrīparvatamanuttamam //

avimukteśvare nityam avasacca sadā tayā
sarvagatvācca sarvatvāt sarvātmā sadasanmayaḥ //

śrīparvatamanuprāpya devyā deveśvaro haraḥ
kṣetrāṇi darśayāmāsa sarvabhūtapatirbhavaḥ //

kuṇḍīprabhaṃ ca paramaṃ divyaṃ vaiśravaṇeśvaram
āśāliṅgaṃ ca deveśaṃ divyaṃ yacca bileśvaram //

rāmeśvaraṃ ca paramaṃ viṣṇunā yatpratiṣṭhitam
dakṣiṇadvārapārśve tu kuṇḍaleśvaramīśvaram //

pūrvadvārasamīpasthaṃ tripurāntakamuttamam
vivṛddhaṃ giriṇā sārdhaṃ devadevanamaskṛtam //

madhyameśvaramityuktaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam
amareśvaraṃ ca varadaṃ devaiḥ pūrvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam //

gocarmeśvaram īśānaṃ tathendreśvaram adbhutam
karmeśvaraṃ ca vipulaṃ kāryārthaṃ brahmaṇā kṛtam //

śrīmatsiddhavaṭaṃ caiva sadāvāso mamāvyaye
ajena nirmitaṃ divyaṃ sākṣādajabilaṃ śubham //

tatraiva pāduke divye madīye ca bileśvare
tatra śṛṅgāṭakākāraṃ śṛṅgāṭācalamadhyame //

śṛṅgāṭakeśvaraṃ nāma śrīdevyā tu pratiṣṭhitam
mallikārjunakaṃ caiva mama vāsamidaṃ śubham //

rajeśvaraṃ ca paryāye rajasā supratiṣṭhitam
gajeśvaraṃ ca vaiśākhaṃ kapoteśvaramavyayam //

koṭīśvaraṃ mahātīrthaṃ rudrakoṭigaṇaiḥ purā
sevitaṃ devi paśyādya sarvasmādadhikaṃ śubham //

dvidevakulasaṃjñaṃ ca brahmaṇā dakṣiṇe śubham
uttare sthāpitaṃ caiva viṣṇunā caiva śailajam //

mahāpramāṇaliṅgaṃ ca mayā pūrvaṃ pratiṣṭhitam
paścime parvate paśya brahmeśvaramaleśvaram //

alaṃkṛtaṃ tvayā brahman purastān munibhiḥ saha
ityuktvā tadgṛhe tiṣṭhad alaṃgṛhamiti smṛtam //

tatrāpi tīrthaṃ tīrthajñe vyomaliṅgaṃ ca paśya me
kadambeśvaram etaddhi skandenaiva pratiṣṭhitam //

gomaṇḍaleśvaraṃ caiva nandādyaiḥ supratiṣṭhitam
devaiḥ sarvaistu śakrādyaiḥ sthāpitāni varānane //

śrīmaddevahradaprānte sthānānīmāni paśya me
tathā hārapure devi tava hāre nipātite //

tvayā hitāya jagatāṃ hārakuṇḍamidaṃ kṛtam
śivarudrapure caiva tatkāyopari suvrate //

tatra pitrā suśailena sthāpitaṃ tvacaleśvaram
alaṃkṛtaṃ mayā brahma purastān munibhiḥ saha //

caṇḍikeśvarakaṃ devi caṇḍikeśā tavātmajā
caṇḍikānirmitaṃ sthānam aṃbikātīrtham uttamam //

rucikeśvarakaṃ caiva dhāraiṣā kapilā śubhā
eteṣu devi sthāneṣu tīrtheṣu vividheṣu ca //

pūjayenmāṃ sadā bhaktyā mayā sārdhaṃ hi modate
śrīśaile saṃtyajed dehaṃ brāhmaṇo dagdhakilbiṣaḥ //

mucyate nātra saṃdeho hy avimukte yathā śubham
mahāsnānaṃ ca yaḥ kuryād ghṛtena vidhinaiva tu //

sa yāti mama sāyujyaṃ sthāneṣveteṣu suvrate
snānaṃ palaśataṃ jñeyam abhyaṅgaṃ pañcaviṃśati //

palānāṃ dve sahasre tu mahāsnānaṃ prakīrtitam
snāpya liṅgaṃ madīyaṃ tu gavyenaiva ghṛtena ca //

viśodhya sarvadravyaistu vāribhir abhiṣiñcati
saṃmārjya śatayajñānāṃ snānena prayutaṃ tathā //

pūjayā śatasāhasram anantaṃ gītavādinām
mahāsnāne prasaktaṃ tu snānamaṣṭaguṇaṃ smṛtam //

jalena kevalenaiva gandhatoyena bhaktitaḥ
anulepanaṃ tu tat sarvaṃ pañcaviṃśatpalena vai //

śamīpuṣpaṃ ca vidhinā bilvapatraṃ ca paṅkajam
anyānyapi ca puṣpāṇi bilvapatraṃ na saṃtyajet //

caturdroṇair mahādevam aṣṭadroṇairathāpi vā
daśadroṇais tu naivedyam aṣṭadroṇairathāpi vā //

śatadroṇasamaṃ puṇyam āḍhake 'pi vidhīyate
vittahīnasya viprasya nātra kāryā vicāraṇā //

bherīmṛdaṅgamuraja timirāpaṭahādibhiḥ
vāditrairvividhaiścānyair ninādairvividhairapi //

jāgaraṃ kārayedyastu prārthayecca yathākramam
sa bhṛtyaputradāraiś ca tathā saṃbandhibāndhavaiḥ //

sārdhaṃ pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā prārthayelliṅgam uttamam
dravyahīnaṃ kriyāhīnaṃ śraddhāhīnaṃ sureśvara //

kṛtaṃ vā na kṛtaṃ vāpi kṣantumarhasi śaṅkara
ityuktvā vai japedrudraṃ tvaritaṃ śāntimeva ca //

japitvaivaṃ mahābījaṃ tathā pañcākṣarasya vai
sa evaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñeṣu yatphalam //

tatphalaṃ samavāpnoti vārāṇasyāṃ yathā mṛtaḥ
tathaiva mama sāyujyaṃ labhate nātra saṃśayaḥ //

matpriyārthamidaṃ kāryaṃ madbhaktairvidhipūrvakam
ye na kurvanti te bhaktā na bhavanti na saṃśayaḥ //

niśamya vacanaṃ devī gatvā vārāṇasīṃ purīm
avimukteśvaraṃ liṅgaṃ payasā ca ghṛtena ca //

arcayāmāsa deveśaṃ rudraṃ bhuvananāyakam
avimukte ca tapasā mandarasya mahātmanaḥ //

kalpayāmāsa vai kṣetraṃ mandare cārukandare
tatrāndhakaṃ mahādaityaṃ hiraṇyākṣasutaṃ prabhuḥ //

anugṛhya gaṇatvaṃ ca prāpayāmāsa līlayā
etadvaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ kathāsarvasvamādarāt //

yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi kṣetramāhātmyamuttamam
sarvakṣetreṣu yatpuṇyaṃ tatsarvaṃ sahasā labhet //

śrāvayedvā dvijānsarvān kṛtaśaucān jitendriyān
sa eva sarvayajñasya phalaṃ prāpnoti mānavaḥ //