Shiva Purana · Chapter 1.17

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ /
praṇavasya ca māhātmyaṃ ṣaḍliṃgasya mahāmune /
śivabhaktasya pūjāṃ ca kramaśo brūhi naḥprabho

sūta uvāca /
tapodhanairbhavadbhiśca samyakpraśnastvayaṃ kṛtaḥ /
asyottaraṃ mahādevo jānāti sma na cāparaḥ

athāpi vakṣye tamahaṃ śivasya kṛpayaiva hi /
śivo'smākaṃ ca yuṣmākaṃ rakṣāṃ gṛhṇātu bhūriśaḥ

pro hi prakṛtijātasya saṃsārasya mahodadheḥ /
navaṃ nāvāṃtaramiti praṇavaṃ vai vidurbudhāḥ

praḥ prapaṃco na nāstivo yuṣmākaṃ praṇavaṃ viduḥ /
prakarṣeṇa nayedyasmānmokṣaṃ vaḥ praṇavaṃ viduḥ

svajāpakānāṃ yogināṃ svamaṃtrapūjakasya ca /
sarvakarmakṣayaṃ kṛtvā divyajñānaṃ tu nūtanam

tameva māyārahitaṃ nūtanaṃ paricakṣate /
prakarṣeṇa mahātmānaṃ navaṃ śuddhasvarūpakam

nūtanaṃ vai karotīti praṇavaṃ taṃ vidurbudhāḥ /
praṇavaṃ dvividhaṃ proktaṃ sūkṣmasthūlavibhedataḥ

sūkṣmamekākṣaraṃ vidyātsthūlaṃ paṃcākṣaraṃ viduḥ /
sūkṣmamavyaktapaṃcārṇaṃ suvyaktārṇaṃ tathetarat

jīvanmuktasya sūkṣmaṃ hi sarvasāraṃ hi tasya hi /
maṃtreṇārthānusaṃdhānaṃ svadehavilayāvadhi

svadehegalite pūrṇaṃ śivaṃ prāpnoti niścayaḥ /
kevalaṃ maṃtrajāpī tu yogaṃ prāpnoti niścayaḥ

ṣaṭtriṃśatkoṭijāpī tu niścayaṃ yogamāpnuyāt /
sūkṣmaṃ ca dvividhaṃ jñeyaṃ hrasvadīrghavibhedataḥ

akāraśca ukāraśca makāraśca tataḥ param /
biṃdunādayutaṃ taddhi śabdakālakalānvitam

dīrghapraṇavamevaṃ hi yogināmeva hṛdgatam /
makāraṃ taṃtritattvaṃ hi hrasvapraṇava ucyate

śivaḥ śaktistayoraikyaṃ makāraṃ tu trikātmakam /
hrasvamevaṃ hi jāpyaṃ syātsarvapāpakṣayaiṣiṇām

bhūvāyukanakārṇodyoḥśabdādyāśca tathā daśa /
āśānvayedaśapunaḥ pravṛttā iti kathyate

hrasvameva pravṛttānāṃ nivṛttānāṃ tu dīrghakam /
vyāhṛtyādau ca maṃtrādau kāmaṃ śabdakalāyutam

vedādau ca prayojyaṃ syādvaṃdane saṃdhyayorapi /
navakauṭijapāñjaptvā saṃśuddhaḥ puruṣo bhavet

punaśca navakoṭyā tu pṛthivījayamāpnuyāt /
punaśca navakoṭyā tu hyapāṃjayamavāpnuyāt

punaśca navakoṭyā tu tejasāṃjayamāpnuyāt /
punaśca navakoṭyā tu vāyorjayamavāpnuyāt /
ākāśajayamāpnoti navakoṭijapena vai

gaṃdhādīnāṃkrameṇaivanavakoṭijapeṇavai /
ahaṃkārasya ca punarnava koṭijapena vai

sahasramaṃtrajaptena nityaśuddho bhavetpumān /
tataḥ paraṃ svasiddhyarthaṃ japo bhavati hi dvijāḥ

evamaṣṭottaraśatakoṭijaptena vai punaḥ /
praṇavena prabuddhastu śuddhayogamavāpnuyāt

śuddhayogena saṃyukto jīvanmukto na saṃśayaḥ /
sadā japansadādhyāyañchivaṃ praṇavarūpiṇam

samādhistho mahāyogīśiva eva na saṃśayaḥ /
ṛṣicchaṃdodevatādi nyasya dehepunarjapet

praṇavaṃ mātṛkāyuktaṃ dehe nyasya ṛṣirbhavet /
daśamātṛṣaḍadhvādi sarvaṃ nyāsaphalaṃ labhet

pravṛttānāṃ ca miśrāṇāṃ sthūlapraṇavamiṣyate /
kriyātapojapairyuktāstrividhāḥ śivayoginaḥ

dhanādivibhavaiścaiva karādyaṃgairnamādibhiḥ /
kriyayā pūjayā yuktaḥ kriyāyogīti kathyate

pūjāyuktaśca mitabhugbāhyeṃdri yajayānvitaḥ /
paradro hādirahitastapoyogīti kathyate

etairyuktaḥ sadā kruddhaḥ sarvakāmādivarjitaḥ /
sadā japaparaḥ śāṃtojapayogīti taṃ viduḥ

upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ pūjayā śivayoginām /
sālokyādikrameṇaiva śuddho muktiṃ labhennaraḥ

japayogamatho vakṣye gadataḥ śṛṇuta dvijāḥ /
tapaḥkarturjapaḥ prokto yajjapanparimārjate

śivanāma namaḥpūrvaṃ caturthyāṃ paṃcatattvakam /
sthūlapraṇavarūpaṃ hi śivapaṃcākṣaraṃ dvijāḥ

paṃcākṣarajapenaiva sarvasiddhiṃ labhennaraḥ /
praṇavenādisaṃyuktaṃ sadā paṃcākṣaraṃ japet

gurūpadeśaṃ saṃgamya sukhavāse subhūtale /
pūrvapakṣe samārabhya kṛṣṇabhūtāvadhi dvijāḥ

māghaṃ bhādraṃ viśiṣṭaṃ tu sarvakālottamottamam /
ekavāraṃ mitāśītu vāgyato niyateṃdri yaḥ

svasya rājapitṛ-ṇāṃ ca śuśrūṣaṇaṃ ca nityaśaḥ /
sahasrajapamātreṇa bhavecchuddho'nyathā ṛṇī

paṃcākṣaraṃ paṃcalakṣaṃ japecchivamanusmaran /
padmāsanasthaṃ śivadaṃ gaṃgācaṃdra kalānvitam

vāmorusthitaśaktyā ca virājaṃ taṃ mahāgaṇaiḥ /
mṛgaṭaṃkadharaṃ devaṃ varadābhayapāṇikam

sadānugrahakarttāraṃ sadā śivamanusmaran /
saṃpūjya manasā pūrvaṃ hṛdivāsūryamaṃḍale

japetpaṃcākṣarīṃ vidyāṃ prāṇmukhaḥ śuddhakarmakṛt /
prātaḥ kṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ nityakarmasamāpya ca

manorame śucau deśe niyataḥ śuddhamānasaḥ /
paṃcākṣarasya maṃtrasya sahasraṃ dvādaśaṃ japet

varayecca sapatnīkāñchaivānvai brāhmaṇottamān /
ekaṃ guruvaraṃ śiṣṭaṃ varayetsāṃbamūrtikam

īśānaṃ cātha puruṣamaghoraṃ vāmameva ca /
sadyojātaṃ ca paṃcaiva śivabhaktāndvijottamān

pūjādra vyāṇi saṃpādya śivapūjāṃ samārabhet /
śivapūjāṃ ca vidhivatkṛtvā homaṃ samārabhet

mukhāṃtaṃ ca svasūtreṇa kṛtvā homaṃ samārabhet /
daśaikaṃ vā śataikaṃ vā sahasraikamathāpi vā

kāpilena ghṛtenaiva juhuyātsvayameva hi /
kārayecchivabhaktairvāpyaṣṭottaraśataṃ budhaḥ

homānte dakṣiṇā deyā gurorgomithunaṃ tathā /
īśānādisvarūpāṃstānguruṃ sāṃbaṃ vibhāvya ca

teṣāṃ patsiktatoyena svaśiraḥ snānamācaret /
ṣaṭtriṃśatkoṭitīrtheṣu sadyaḥ snānaphalaṃ labhet

daśāṃgamannaṃ teṣāṃ vai dadyādvaibhaktipūrvakam /
parābuddhyā guroḥ patnīmīśānādikrameṇa tu

paramānnena saṃpūjya yathāvibhavavistaram /
rudrā kṣavastrapūrvaṃ ca vaṭakāpūpakairyutam

balidānaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā bhūribhojanamācaret /
tataḥ saṃprārthya deveśaṃ japaṃ tāvatsamāpayet

puraścaraṇamevaṃ tu kṛtvā mantrībhavennaraḥ /
punaśca paṃcalakṣeṇa sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet

atalādi samārabhya satyalokāvadhikramāt /
paṃcalakṣajapāttattallokaiśvaryamavāpnuyāt

madhye mṛtaścedbhogāṃte bhūmau tajjāpako bhavet /
punaśca paṃcalakṣeṇa brahmasāmīpyamāpnuyāt

punaśca paṃcalakṣeṇa sārūpyaiśvaryamāpnuyāt /
āhatya śatalakṣeṇa sākṣādbrahmasamo bhavet

kāryabrahmaṇa evaṃ hi sāyujyaṃ pratipadya vai /
yatheṣṭaṃ bhogamāpnoti tadbrahmapralayāvadhi

punaḥ kalpāṃtare vṛtte brahmaputraḥ sajāyate /
punaśca tapasā dīptaḥ kramānmukto bhaviṣyati

pṛthvyādikāryabhūtebhyo lokā vai nirmitāḥ kramāt /
pātālādi ca satyāṃtaṃ brahmalokāścaturdaśa

satyādūrdhvaṃ kṣamāṃtaṃ vaiviṣṇulokāścaturdaśa /
kṣamaloke kāryaviṣṇurvaikuṃṭhe varapattane

kāryalakṣmyā mahābhogirakṣāṃ kṛtvā'dhitiṣṭhati /
tadūrdhvagāśca śucyaṃtāṃ lokāṣṭāviṃśatiḥ sthitāḥ

śucau loke tu kailāse rudro vai bhūtahṛtsthitaḥ /
ṣaḍuttarāśca paṃcāśadahiṃsāṃtāstadūrdhvagāḥ

ahiṃsālokamāsthāya jñānakailāsake pure /
kāryeśvarastirobhāvaṃ sarvānkṛtvādhitiṣṭhati

tadaṃte kālacakraṃ hi kālātītastataḥ param /
śivenādhiṣṭhitastatra kālaścakreśvarāhvayaḥ

māhiṣaṃ dharmamāsthāya sarvānkālena yuṃjati /
asatyaścāśuciścaiva hiṃsā caivātha nirghṛṇā

asatyādicatuṣpādaḥ sarvāṃśaḥ kāmarūpadhṛk /
nāstikyalakṣmīrduḥsaṃgo vedabāhyadhvaniḥ sadā

krodhasaṃgaḥ kṛṣṇavarṇo mahāmahiṣaveṣavān /
tāvanmaheśvaraḥ proktastirodhāstāvadeva hi

tadarvākkarmabhogo hi tadūrdhvaṃ jñānabhogakam /
tadarvākkarmamāyā hi jñānamāyā tadūrdhvakam

mā lakṣmīḥ karmabhogo vai yāti māyeti kathyate /
mā lakṣmīrjñānabhogo vai yāti māyeti kathyate

tadūrdhvaṃ nityabhogo hi tadarvāṇnaśvaraṃ viduḥ /
tadarvākca tirodhānaṃ tadūrdhvaṃ na tirodhanam

tadarvākpāśabaṃdho hi tadūrdhvaṃ na hi baṃdhanam /
tadarvākparivartaṃte kāmyakarmānusāriṇaḥ

niṣkāmakarmabhogastu tadūrdhvaṃ parikīrtitaḥ /
tadarvākparivartaṃte biṃdupūjāparāyaṇāḥ

tadūrdhvaṃ hi vrajaṃtyeva niṣkāmā liṃgapūjakāḥ /
tadarvākparivartaṃte śivānyasurapūjakāḥ

śivaikaniratā ye ca tadūrdhvaṃ saṃprayāṃti te /
tadarvāgjīvakoṭiḥ syāttadūrdhvaṃ parakoṭikāḥ

sāṃsārikāstadarvākca muktāḥ khalu tadūrdhvagāḥ /
tadarvākparivartaṃte prākṛtadra vyapūjakāḥ

tadūrdhvaṃ hi vrajaṃtyete pauruṣadra vyapūjakāḥ /
tadarvākchaktiliṃgaṃ tu śivaliṃgaṃ tadūrdhvakam

tadarvāgāvṛtaṃ liṃgaṃ tadūrdhvaṃ hi nirāvṛti /
tadarvākkalpitaṃ liṃgaṃ tadūrdhvaṃ vai na kalpitam

tadarvāgbāhyaliṃgaṃ syādaṃtaraṃgaṃ tadūrdhvakam /
tadarvākchaktilokā hi śataṃ vai dvādaśādhikam

tadarvāgbiṃdurūpaṃ hi nādarūpaṃ taduttaram /
tadarvākkarmalokastu tadūrdhvaṃ jñānalokakaḥ

namaskārastadūrdhvaṃ hi madāhaṃkāranāśanaḥ /
janijaṃ vai tirodhānaṃ nāniṣiddhyātate iti

jñānaśabdārtha evaṃ hi tirodhānanivāraṇāt /
tadarvākparivartaṃte hyādhibhautikapūjakāḥ

ādhyātmikārcakā eva tadūrdhvaṃ saṃprayāṃtivai /
tāvadvai vedibhāgaṃ tanmahālokātmaliṃgake

prakṛtyādyaṣṭabaṃdhopi vedyaṃte saṃpratiṣṭhataḥ /
evametādṛśaṃ jñeyaṃ sarvaṃ laukikavaidikam

adharmamahiṣārūḍhaṃ kālacakraṃ taraṃti te /
satyādidharmayuktā ye śivapūjāparāśca ye

tadūrdhvaṃ vṛṣabho dharmo brahmacaryasvarūpadhṛk /
satyādipādayuktastu śivalokāgrataḥ sthitaḥ

kṣamāśṛṅgaḥ śamaśrotro vedadhvanivibhūṣitaḥ /
āstikyacakṣurniśvāsagurubuddhimanā vṛṣaḥ

kriyādivṛṣabhā jñeyāḥ kāraṇādiṣu sarvadā /
taṃ kriyāvṛṣabhaṃ dharmaṃ kālātītodhitiṣṭhati

brahmaviṣṇumaheśānāṃ svasvāyurdinamucyate /
tadūrdhvaṃ na dinaṃ rātrirna janmamaraṇādikam

punaḥ kāraṇasatyāṃtāḥ kāraṇabrahmaṇastathā /
gaṃdhādibhyastu bhūtebhyastadūrdhvaṃ nirmitāḥ sadā

sūkṣmagaṃdhasvarūpā hi sthitā lokāścaturdaśa /
punaḥ kāraṇaviṣṇorvai sthitā lokāścaturdaśa

punaḥkāraṇarudra sya lokāṣṭāviṃśakā matāḥ /
punaśca kāraṇeśasya ṣaṭpaṃcāśattadūrdhvagāḥ

tataḥ paraṃ brahmacaryalokākhyaṃ śivasaṃmatam /
tatraiva jñānakailāse paṃcāvaraṇasaṃyute

paṃcamaṃḍalasaṃyuktaṃ paṃcabrahmakalānvitam /
ādiśaktisamāyuktamādiliṃgaṃ tu tatra vai

śivālayamidaṃ proktaṃ śivasya paramātmanaḥ /
paraśaktyāsamāyuktastatraiva parameśvaraḥ

sṛṣṭiḥ sthitiśca saṃhārastirobhāvopyanugrahaḥ /
paṃcakṛtyapravīṇo'sau saccidānaṃdavigrahaḥ

dhyānadharmaḥ sadā yasya sadānugrahatatparaḥ /
samādhyāsanamāsīnaḥ svātmārāmo virājate

tasya saṃdarśanaṃ sāṃdhyaṃ karmadhyānādibhiḥ kramāt /
nityādikarmayajanācchivakarmamatirbhavet

kriyādiśivakarmabhyaḥ śivajñānaṃ prasādhayet /
taddarśanagatāḥ sarve muktā eva na saṃśayaḥ

muktirātmasvarūpeṇa svātmārāmatvameva hi /
kriyātapojapajñānadhyānadharmeṣu susthitaḥ

śivasya darśanaṃ labdhā svātmārāmatvameva hi /
yathā raviḥ svakiraṇādaśuddhimapaneṣyati

kṛpāvicakṣaṇaḥ śaṃbhurajñānamapaneṣyati /
ajñānavinivṛttau tu śivajñānaṃ pravartate

śivajñānātsvasvarūpamātmārāmatvameṣyati /
ātmārāmatvasaṃsiddhau kṛtakṛtyo bhavennaraḥ

punaśca śatalakṣeṇa brahmaṇaḥ padamāpnuyāt /
punaśca śatalakṣeṇa viṣṇoḥ padamavāpnuyāt

punaśca śatalakṣeṇa rudra sya padamāpnuyāt /
punaśca śatalakṣeṇa aiśvaryaṃ padamāpnuyāt

punaścaivaṃvidhenaiva japena susamāhitaḥ /
śivalokādibhūtaṃ hi kālacakramavāpnuyāt

kālacakraṃ paṃcacakramekaikena kramottare /
sṛṣṭimohau brahmacakraṃ bhogamohau tu vaiṣṇavam

kopamohau raudra cakraṃ bhramaṇaṃ caiśvaraṃ viduḥ /
śivacakraṃ jñānamohau paṃcacakraṃ vidurbudhāḥ

punaśca daśakoṭyā hi kāraṇabrahmaṇaḥ padam /
punaśca daśakoṭyā hi tatpadaiśvaryamāpnuyāt

evaṃ krameṇa viṣṇvādeḥ padaṃ labdhvā mahaujasaḥ /
krameṇa tatpadaiśvaryaṃ labdhvā caiva mahātmanaḥ

śatakoṭimanuṃ japtvā paṃcottaramataṃdri taḥ /
śivalokamavāpnoti paṃcamāvaraṇādbahiḥ

rājasaṃ maṃḍapaṃ tatra naṃdīsaṃsthānamuttamam /
taporūpaśca vṛṣabhastatraiva paridṛśyate

sadyojātasya tatsthānaṃ paṃcamāvaraṇaṃ param /
vāmadevasya ca sthānaṃ caturthāvaraṇaṃ punaḥ

aghoranilayaṃ paścāttṛtīyāvaraṇaṃ param /
puruṣasyaiva sāṃbasya dvitīyāvaraṇaṃ śubham

īśānasya parasyaiva prathamāvaraṇaṃ tataḥ /
dhyānadharmasya ca sthānaṃ paṃcamaṃ maṃḍapaṃ tataḥ

balināthasya saṃsthānaṃ tatra pūrṇāmṛtapradam /
caturthaṃ maṃḍapaṃ paścāccaṃdra śekharamūrtimat

somaskaṃdasya ca sthānaṃ tṛtīyaṃ maṃḍapaṃ param /
dvitīyaṃ maṃḍapaṃ nṛtyamaṃḍapaṃ prāhurāstikāḥ

prathamaṃ mūlamāyāyāḥ sthānaṃ tatraiva śobhanam /
tataḥ paraṃ garbhagṛhaṃ liṃgasthānaṃ paraṃ śubham

naṃdisaṃsthānataḥ paścānna viduḥ śivavaibhavam /
naṃdīśvaro bahistiṣṭhanpaṃcākṣaramupāsate

evaṃ gurukramāllabdhaṃ naṃdīśācca mayā punaḥ /
tataḥ paraṃ svasaṃvedyaṃ śive naivānubhāvitam

śivasya kṛpayā sākṣācchiva lokasya vaibhavam /
vijñātuṃ śakyate sarvairnānyathetyāhurāstikāḥ

evaṃkrameṇamuktāḥ syurbrāhmaṇā vai jiteṃdri yaḥ /
anyeṣāṃ ca kramaṃ vakṣye gadataḥ śṛṇutādarāt

gurūpadeśājjāpyaṃ vai brāhmaṇānāṃ namo'takam /
paṃcākṣaraṃ paṃcalakṣamāyuṣyaṃ prajapedvidhiḥ

strītvāpanayanārthaṃ tu paṃcalakṣaṃ japetpunaḥ /
maṃtreṇa puruṣo bhūtvā kramānmukto bhavedbudhaḥ

kṣatriyaḥ paṃcalakṣeṇa kṣattratvamapaneṣyati /
punaśca paṃcalakṣeṇa kṣattriyo brāhmaṇo bhavet

maṃtrasiddhirjapāccaiva kramānmukto bhavainnaraḥ /
vaiśyastu paṃcalakṣeṇa vaiśyatvamapaneṣyati

punaśca paṃcalakṣeṇa maṃtrakṣattriya ucyate /
punaśca paṃcalakṣeṇa kṣattratvamapaneṣyati

punaśca paṃcalakṣeṇa maṃtrabrāhmaṇa ucyate /
śūdra ścaiva namaॐtena paṃcaviṃśatilakṣataḥ

maṃtravipratvamāpadya paścācchuddho bhaveddvijaḥ /
nārīvātha naro vātha brāhmaṇo vānya eva vā

namontaṃ vā namaḥpūrvamāturaḥ sarvadā japet /
tataḥ strīṇāṃ tathaivohyagururnirdarśayetkramāt

sādhakaḥ paṃcalakṣānte śivaprītyarthameva hi /
mahābhiṣeka naivedyaṃ kṛtvā bhaktāṃśca pūjayet

pūjayā śivabhaktasya śivaḥ prītataro bhavet /
śivasya śivabhaktasya bhedo nāsti śivo hi saḥ

śivasvarūpamaṃtrasya dhāraṇācchiva eva hi /
śivabhaktaśarīre hi śive tatparamo bhavet

śivabhaktāḥ kriyāḥ sarvā vedasarvakriyāṃ viduḥ /
yāvadyāvacchivaṃ maṃtraṃ yena japtaṃ bhavetkramāt

tāvadvai śivasānnidhyaṃ tasmindehe na saṃśayaḥ /
devīliṃgaṃ bhavedrū paṃ śivabhaktastriyāstathā

yāvanmaṃtraṃ japeddevyāstāvatsānnidhyamasti hi /
śivaṃ saṃpūjayeddhīmānsvayaṃ vai śabdarūpabhāk

svayaṃ caiva śivo bhūtvā parāṃ śaktiṃ prapūjayet /
śaktiṃ beraṃ ca liṃgaṃ ca hyālekhyā māyayā yajet

śivaliṃgaṃ śivaṃ matvā svātmānaṃ śaktirūpakam /
śaktiliṃgaṃ ca devīṃ ca matvā svaṃ śivarūpakam

śivaliṃgaṃ nādarūpaṃ biṃdurūpaṃ tu śaktikam /
upapradhānabhāvena anyonyāsaktaliṃgakam

pūjayecca śivaṃ śaktiṃ sa śivo mūlabhāvanāt /
śivabhaktāñchivamaṃtrarūpakāñchivarūpakān

ṣoḍaśairupacāraiśca pūjayediṣṭamāpnuyāt /
yena śuśrūṣaṇādyaiśca śivabhaktasya liṃginaḥ

ānaṃdaṃ janayedvidvāñchivaḥ prītataro bhavet /
śivabhaktānsapatnīkānpatnyā saha sadaiva tat

pūjayedbhojanādyaiśca paṃca vā daśa vā śatam /
dhane dehe ca maṃtre ca bhāvanāyāmavaṃcakaḥ

śivaśaktisvarūpeṇa na punarjāyate bhuvi /
nābheradho brahmabhāgamākaṃṭhaṃ viṣṇubhāgakam

mukhaṃ liṃgamiti proktaṃ śivabhaktaśarīrakam /
mṛtāndāhādiyuktānvā dāhādirahitānmṛtān

uddiśya pūjayedādipitaraṃ śivameva hi /
pūjāṃ kṛtvādimātuśca śivabhaktāṃśca pūjayet

pitṛlokaṃ samāsādyakramānmukto bhavenmṛtaḥ /
kriyāyuktadaśabhyaśca tapoyukto viśiṣyate

tapoyuktaśatebhyaśca japayukto viśiṣyate /
japayuktasahasrebhyaḥ śivajñānī viśiṣyate

śivajñāniṣu lakṣeṣu dhyānayukto viśiṣyate /
dhyānayukteṣu koṭibhyaḥ samādhistho viśiṣyate

uttarottara vai śiṣṭyātpūjāyāmuttarottaram /
phalaṃ vaiśiṣṭyarūpaṃ ca durvijñeyaṃ manīṣibhiḥ

tasmādvai śivabhaktasya māhātmyaṃ vetti ko naraḥ /
śivaśaktyoḥ pūjanaṃ ca śivabhaktasya pūjanam

kurute yo naro bhaktyā sa śivaḥ śivamedhate /
ya imaṃ paṭhate'dhyāyamarthavadvedasaṃmatam

śivajñānī bhavedvipraḥ śivena saha modate /
śrāvayecchivabhaktāṃśca viśeṣajño manīśvarāḥ

śivaprasādaśiddhiḥ syācchivasya kṛpayā budhāḥ

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ saptadaśo'dhyāyaḥ