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Shiva Purana · Chapter 1.3

1.3.1

vyāsa uvāca /
ityākarṇya vacaḥ sautaṃ procuste paramarṣayaḥ /
vedāṃtasārasarvasvaṃ purāṇaṃ śrāvayādbhutam

1.3.2

iti śrutvā munīnāṃ sa vacanaṃ supraharṣitaḥ /
saṃsmarañchaṃkaraṃ sūtaḥ provāca munisattamān

1.3.3

sūta uvāca /
śṛṇvaṃtu ṛṣayaḥ sarve smṛtvā śivamanāmayam /
purāṇapravaṇaṃ śaivaṃ purāṇaṃ vedasārajam

1.3.4

yatra gītaṃ trikaṃ prītyā bhaktijñānavirāgakam

1.3.5

vedāṃtavedyaṃ sadvastu viśeṣeṇa pravarṇitam

1.3.6

sūta uvāca /
śṛṇvaṃtu ṛṣayaḥ sarve purāṇaṃ vedasārajam /
purā kālena mahatā kalpe'tīte punaḥpunaḥ

1.3.7

asminnupasthite kalpe pravṛtte sṛṣṭikarmaṇi /
munīnāṃ ṣaṭkulīnānāṃ bruvatāmitaretaram

1.3.8

idaṃ paramidaṃ neti vivādaḥ sumahānabhūt /
te'bhijagmurvidhātāraṃ brahmāṇaṃ praṣṭumavyayam

1.3.9

vāgbhirvinayagarbhābhiḥ sarve prāṃjalayo'bruvan /
tvaṃ hi sarvajagaddhātā sarvakāraṇakāraṇam

1.3.1.3.10

kaḥ pumānsarvatattvebhyaḥ purāṇaḥ parataḥ paraḥ /
brahmovāca /
yato vāco nivartaṃte aprāpya manasā saha

1.3.11

yasmātsarvamidaṃ brahmaviṣṇurudre draṃ! pūrvakam /
sahabhūteṃdri yaiḥ sarvaiḥ prathamaṃ saṃprasūyate

1.3.12

eṣa devo mahādevaḥ sarvajño jagadīśvaraḥ /
ayaṃ tu parayā bhaktyā dṛśyate nā'nyathā kvacit

1.3.13

rudro harirharaścaiva tathānye ca sureśvarāḥ /
bhaktyā paramayā tasya nityaṃ darśanakāṃkṣiṇaḥ

1.3.14

bahunātra kimuktena śive bhaktyā vimucyate/
prasādāddevatābhaktiḥ prasādo bhaktisaṃbhavaḥ /
yathehāṃkurato bījaṃ bījato vā yathāṃkuraḥ

1.3.15

tasmādīśaprasādārthaṃ yūyaṃ gatvā bhuvaṃ dvijāḥ /
dīrghasatraṃ samākṛdhvaṃ yūyaṃ varṣasahasrakam

1.3.16

amuṣyaivādhvareśasya śivasyaiva prasādataḥ /
vedoktavidyāsāraṃ tu jñāyate sādhyasādhanaṃ

1.3.17

munaya ūcuḥ /
atha kiṃ paramaṃ sādhyaṃ kiṃvā tatsādhanaṃ param /
sādhakaḥ kīdṛśastatra tadidaṃ brūhi tattvataḥ

1.3.18

brahmovāca /
sādhyaṃ śivapadaprāptiḥ sādhanaṃ tasya sevanam /
sādhakastatprasādādyo'nityādiphalaniḥspṛhaḥ

1.3.19

karma kṛtvā tu vedoktaṃ tadarpitamahāphalam /
parameśapadaprāptaḥ sālokyādikramāttataḥ

1.3.1.3.20

tattadbhaktyanusāreṇa sarveṣāṃ paramaṃ phalam /
tatsādhanaṃ bahuvidhaṃ sākṣādīśena bodhitam

1.3.21

saṃkṣipya tatra vaḥ sāraṃ sādhanaṃ prabravīmyaham /
śrotreṇa śravaṇaṃ tasya vacasā kīrtanaṃ tathā

1.3.22

manasā mananaṃ tasya mahāsādhanamucyate /
śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaśca mantavyaśca maheśvaraḥ

1.3.23

iti śrutipramāṇaṃ naḥ sādhanenā'munā param /
sādhyaṃ vrajata sarvārthasādhanaikaparāyaṇāḥ

1.3.24

pratyakṣaṃ cakṣuṣā dṛṣṭvā tatra lokaḥ pravartate /
apratyakṣaṃ hi sarvatra jñātvā śrotreṇa ceṣṭate

1.3.25

tasmācchravaṇamevādau śrutvā gurumukhādbudhaḥ /
tataḥ saṃsādhayedanyatkīrtanaṃ mananaṃ sudhīḥ

1.3.26

kramānmananaparyaṃte sādhane'sminsusādhite /
śivayogo bhavettena sālokyādikramācchanaiḥ

1.3.27

sarvāṃgavyādhayaḥ paścātsarvānaṃdaśca līyate /
abhyāsātkleśametadvai paścādādyaṃtamaṃgalam

1.3.3

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṇḍe /
tṛtīyo'dhyāyaḥ

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