Shiva Purana · Chapter 1.23

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ /
sūta sūta mahābhāga vyāsaśiṣya namostu te /
tadeva vyāsato brūhi bhasmamāhātmyamuttamam

tathā rudrā kṣamāhātmyaṃ nāma māhātmyamuttamam /
tritayaṃ brūhi suprītyā mamānaṃdayacetasam

sūta uvāca /
sādhupṛṣṭaṃ bhavadbhiśca lokānāṃ hitakārakam /
bhavaṃto vai mahādhanyāḥ pavitrāḥ kulabhūṣaṇāḥ

yeṣāṃ caiva śivaḥ sākṣāddaivataṃ paramaṃ śubham /
sadā śivakathā loke vallabhā bhavatāṃ sadā

te dhanyāśca kṛtārthāśca saphalaṃ dehadhāraṇam /
uddhṛtañca kulaṃ teṣāṃ ye śivaṃ samupāsate

mukhe yasya śivanāma sadāśivaśiveti ca /
pāpāni na spṛśaṃtyeva khadirāṃgāraṃkayathā

śrīśivāya namastubhyaṃ mukhaṃ vyāharate yadā /
tanmukhaṃ pāvanaṃ tīrthaṃ sarvapāpavināśanam

tanmukhañca tathā yo vai paśyatiprītimānnaraḥ /
tīrthajanyaṃ phalaṃ tasya bhavatīti suniścitam

yatra trayaṃ sadā tiṣṭhedetacchubhataraṃ dvijā /
tasya darśanamātreṇa veṇīsnānaphalaṃlabhet

śivanāmavibhūtiśca tathā rudrā kṣa eva ca /
etattrayaṃ mahāpuṇyaṃ triveṇīsadṛśaṃ smṛtam

etattrayaṃ śarīre ca yasya tiṣṭhati nityaśaḥ /
tasyaiva darśanaṃ loke durlabhaṃ pāpahārakam

taddarśanaṃ yathā veṇī nobhayoraṃtaraṃ manāk /
evaṃ yonavijānāti sapāpiṣṭho na saṃśayaḥ

vibhūtiryasya no bhāle nāṃge rudrā kṣadhāraṇam /
nāsye śivamayī vāṇī taṃ tyajedadhamaṃ yathā

śaivaṃ nāma yathā gaṃgā vibhūtiryamunā matā /
rudrā kṣaṃ vidhinā proktā sarvapāpāvināśinī

śarīre ca trayaṃ yasya tatphalaṃ caikataḥ sthitam /
ekato veṇikāyāśca snānajaṃtuphalaṃ budhaiḥ

tadevaṃ tulitaṃ pūrvaṃ brahmaṇāhitakāriṇā /
samānaṃ caiva tajjātaṃ tasmāddhāryaṃ sadā budhaiḥ

taddinaṃ hi samārabhya brahmaviṣṇvādibhiḥ saraiḥ /
dhāryate tritayaṃ tacca darśanātpāpahārakam

ṛṣya ūcuḥ /
īdṛśaṃ hi phalaṃ proktaṃ nāmāditritayodbhavam /
tanmāhātmyaṃ viśeṣeṇa vaktumarhasi suvrata

sūta uvāca /
ṛṣayo hi mahāprājñāḥ sacchaivā jñānināṃ varāḥ /
tanmāhātmyaṃ hi sadbhaktyā śṛṇutādarato dvijāḥ

sugūḍhamapi śāstreṣu purāṇeṣu śrutiṣvapi /
bhavatsnehānmayā viprāḥ prakāśaḥ kriyate'dhunā

kastattritayamāhātmyaṃ saṃjānāti dvijottamāḥ /
maheśvaraṃ vinā sarvaṃ brahmāṇḍe sadasatparam

vacmyahaṃ nāma māhātmyaṃ yathābhakti samāsataḥ /
śṛṇuta prītito viprāḥ sarvapāpaharaṃ param

śiveti nāmadāvāgnermahāpātakaparvatāḥ /
bhasmībhavaṃtyanāyāsātsatyaṃsatyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

pāpamūlāni duḥkhāni vividhānyapi śaunaka /
śivanāmaikanaśyāni nānyanaśyāni sarvathā

sa vaidikaḥ sa puṇyātmā sa dhanyassa budho mataḥ /
śivanāmajapāsakto yo nityaṃ bhuvi mānava

bhavaṃti vividhā dharmāsteṣāṃ sadyaḥ phalonmukhāḥ /
yeṣāṃ bhavati viśvāsaḥ śivanāmajape mune

pātakāni vinaśyaṃti yāvaṃti śivanāmataḥ /
bhuvi tāvaṃti pāpāni kriyaṃte na narairmune

brahmahatyādipāpānāṃ rāśīnapramitānmune /
śivanāma drutaṃ proktaṃ nāśayatyakhilānnaraiḥ

śivanāmatarīṃ prāpya saṃsārābdhiṃ taraṃti ye /
saṃsāramūlapāpāni tāni naśyaṃtyasaṃśayam

saṃsāramūlabhūtānāṃ pātakānāṃ mahāmune /
śivanāmakuṭhāreṇa vināśo jāyate dhruvam

śivanāmāmṛtaṃ peyaṃ pāpadāvānalārditaiḥ /
pāpadāvāgnitaptānāṃ śāṃtistena vinā na hi

śiveti nāmapīyūṣavarṣadhārāpariplutāḥ /
saṃsāradavamadhyepi na śocaṃti kadācana

śivanāmni mahadbhaktirjātā yeṣāṃ mahātmanām /
tadvidhānāṃ tu sahasā muktirbhavati sarvathā

anekajanmabhiryena tapastaptaṃ munīśvara /
śivanāmni bhavedbhaktiḥ sarvapāpāpahāriṇī

yasyā sādhāraṇaṃ śaṃbhunāmni bhaktirakhaṃḍitā /
tasyaiva mokṣaḥ sulabho nānyasyeti matirmama

kṛtvāpyanekapāpāni śivanāmajapādaraḥ /
sarvapāpavinirmukto bhavatyeva na saṃśayaḥ

bhavaṃti bhasmasādvṛkṣā davadagdhā yathā vane /
tathā tāvaṃti dagdhāni pāpāni śivanāmataḥ

yo nityaṃ bhasmapūtāṃgaḥ śivanāmajapādaraḥ /
saṃtaratyeva saṃsāraṃ saghoramapi śaunaka

brahmasvaharaṇaṃ kṛtvā hatvāpi brāhmaṇānbahūn /
na lipyate naraḥ pāpaiḥ śivanāmajapādaraḥ

vilokya vedānakhilāñchivanāmajapaḥ param /
saṃsāratāraṇopāya iti pūrvairviniścitaḥ

kiṃ bahūktyā muniśreṣṭhāḥ ślokenaikena vacmyaham /
śivanāmno mahimānaṃ sarvapāpāpahāriṇam

pāpānāṃ haraṇe śaṃbhornāmaḥ śaktirhi pāvanī /
śaknoti pātakaṃ tāvatkartuṃ nāpi naraḥ kvacit

śivanāmaprabhāveṇa lebhe sadgatimuttamām /
indra dyumnanṛpaḥ pūrvaṃ mahāpāpaḥ purāmune

tathā kāciddvijāyoṣā sau mune bahupāpinī /
śivanāmaprabhāveṇa lebhe sadgatimuttamām

ityuktaṃ vo dvijaśreṣṭhā nāmamāhātmyamuttamam /
śṛṇudhvaṃ bhasmamāhātmyaṃ sarvapāvanapāvanam

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṃḍeśivanamamāhātmyavarṇanonāmatrayoviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ