Shiva Purana · Chapter 1

atha prathamā vidyeśvarasaṃhitā

१ tīrtharāje muniyajñāvalocanārthamāgatāya sūtāya kalidoṣakṣīyamāṇe varṇāśramadharme nṛṇāṃ śreyassā- dhanamadhi jigamiṣumunipraśnasya varṇanam /
२ śivapurāṇasya kalikalmaṣavidhvaṃsitavarṇanaṃ tatsaṃ hitābhedapradarśañca /
३ ṣaṭkalīnamunīnprati brahmakṛtasādhyasādhanasādha- kavarṇanam /
४ sanatkumāreṇa vyāsāya śambhoḥ śravaṇakīrtana- mananāni muktisādhanānyabhihitāni /
५ sādhanatrayā'śaktasya śivaliṃgevarapūjanādeva muktyuktiḥ, liṃgepūjane nandikeśvarābhihita- hetunirūpaṇaśca /
६ parasparamīśvaratvābhimāninorviṣṇubrahmaṇorāhave kṣipta māheśvarapāśupatāstrabhītāmarāṇāṃ kailāsagamanam /
७ viditāmarābhiprāyaśambhossamaramāgatyānalastāmbhāviṣkāreṇa vimānaviṣṇubrahmaṇosstambhapramāṇajñāne pravṛttiḥ, tadanulabdhau ketakīpuṣpa kūṭasākṣitvaṃ vidhāya dṛṣṭapārohamiti brahmokya viṣṇunā brahmagauravasvīkārastataḥ prasannaśambho- rviṣṇave svasāmyapradānam /
८ śivājñayā vidhivadhe pravṛttamavalocya bhairavamacyutena prārthitasya śambhoryajñetaratrā'pūjyatvaṃ vidhāya vidhāvanugraha ketakīpuṣpaṃ ca svānyatrasvīkāraḥ /
९ viṣṇuvidhibhyāmarcito'rcanadivasaṃ śivarātriṃ- saṃjñitamahāphalapradamabhidhāya svasyaivaiśvaratvamabhidadhe maheśvaraḥ /
१० viṣṇubrahmabhyāṃ paṃcakṛtyamabhidhāryoṃkāramantrañcopadiśyāntardadhe śivaḥ /
११ śivaliṃgasthāpanapūjanadāna prakāravarṇanam, praṇava japaprakāraścādarśi /
१२ śivakṣetravarṇanam /
१३ sadācāravarṇanam /
१४ agniyajñādivarṇanam /
१५ devayajñādiṣu deśakālapātranirūpaṇam /
१६ pārthivapūjāprakāraṃ pradarśyā'mukā'mukasamaye 'mukā'mukadevapūjanenā'mukā'muka phalaprāptiḥ prādarśi /
१७ praṇavapañcākṣaramantramāhātmyavarṇanam /
१८ bandhamokṣasvarūpaṃ nirūpya śivaliṃgamāhātmya varṇanam /
१९ pārthivaśivaliṅgapūjanamāhātmyapradarśanaṃ bhasmaprakārā'bhidhānañca /
२० vaidikavidhinā pārthivapūjāprakāramabhidhāya prakārāntareṇāpi tadarcābhidhānam /
२१ kāmanā'nurodhena pūjane śivaliṅgasaṃkhyā bhidhānam /
२२ śivanaivedyabhakṣaṇaṃ nirṇīya bilvamāhātmya- varṇanam /
२३ śivanāmamāhātmya nirūpaṇam /
२४ bhasmamāhātmyā'bhidhānam /
२५ rudrākṣamahimakathanam /
iti prathamā vidyeśvarasaṃhitā