Shiva Purana · Chapter 1.7
īśvara uvāca /
vatsakāḥ svastivaḥ kaccidvartate mama śāsanāt /
jagacca devatāvaṃśaḥ svasvakarmaṇi kiṃ navā
prāgeva viditaṃ yuddhaṃ brahmaviṣṇvormayāsurāḥ /
bhavatāmabhitāpena paunaruktyena bhāṣitam
iti sasmitayā mādhvyā kumāraparibhāṣayā /
samatoṣayadaṃbāyāḥ sa patistatsuravrajam
atha yuddhāṃgaṇaṃ gaṃtuṃ haridhātroradhīśvaraḥ /
ājñāpayadgaṇeśānāṃ śataṃ tatraiva saṃsadi
tato vādyaṃ bahuvidhaṃ prayāṇāya pareśituḥ /
gaṇeśvarāśca saṃnaddhā nānāvāhanabhūṣaṇāḥ
praṇavākāramādyaṃtaṃ paṃcamaṃḍalamaṃḍitam/
āruroha rathaṃ bhadra maṃbikāpatirīśvaraḥ /
sasūnugaṇamiṃdrā dyāḥ sarvepyanuyayuḥ surāḥ
citradhvajavyajanacāmarapuṣpavarṣasaṃgatinṛtyanivahairapi vādyavargaiḥ /
saṃmānitaḥ paśupatiḥ parayā ca devyā sākaṃ tayoḥ samarabhūmimagātsasainyaḥ
samīkṣyaṃ tu tayoryuddhaṃ nigūḍho'bhraṃ samāsthitaḥ /
samāptavādyanirghoṣaḥ śāṃtorugaṇaniḥsvanaḥ
atha brahmācyutau vīrau haṃtukāmau parasparam /
māheśvareṇa cā'streṇa tathā pāśupatena ca
astrajvālairatho dagdhaṃ brahmaviṣṇvorjagattrayam /
īśopi taṃ nirīkṣyātha hyakālapralayaṃ bhṛśam
mahānalastaṃbhavibhīṣaṇākṛtirbabhūva tanmadhyatale sa niṣkalaḥ
te astre cāpi sajvāle lokasaṃharaṇakṣame /
nipatetuḥ kṣaṇe naiva hyāvirbhūte mahānale
dṛṣṭvā tadadbhutaṃ citramastraśāṃtikaraṃ śubham /
kimetadadbhutākāramityūcuśca parasparam
atīṃdri yamidaṃ staṃbhamagnirūpaṃ kimutthitam /
asyordhvamapi cādhaśca āvayorlakṣyameva hi
iti vyavasitau vīrau militau vīramāninau /
tatparau tatparīkṣārthaṃ pratasthāte'tha satvaram
āvayormiśrayostatra kāryamekaṃ na saṃbhavet /
ityuktvā sūkaratanurviṣṇustasyādimīyivān
tathā brahmāhaṃ satanustadaṃtaṃ vīkṣituṃ yayau /
bhittvā pātālanilayaṃ gatvā dūrataraṃ hariḥ
nā'paśyattasya saṃsthānaṃ staṃbhasyānalavarcasaḥ /
śrāṃtaḥ sa sūkarahariḥ prāpa pūrvaṃ raṇāṃgaṇam
atha gacchaṃstu vyomnā ca vidhistāta pitā tava /
dadarśa ketakī puṣpaṃ kiṃcidvicyutamadbhutam
atisaurabhyamamlānaṃ bahuvarṣacyutaṃ tathā /
anvīkṣya ca tayoḥ kṛtyaṃ bhagavānparameśvaraḥ
parihāsaṃ tu kṛtavānkaṃpanāccalitaṃ śiraḥ /
tasmāttāvanugṛhṇātuṃ cyutaṃ ketakamuttamam
kiṃ tvaṃ patasi puṣpeśa puṣparāṭ kena vā dhṛtam /
ādimasyāprameyasya staṃbhamadhyāccyutaściram
na saṃpaśyāmi tasmāttvaṃ jahyāśāmaṃtadarśane /
asyāṃ tasya ca sevārthaṃ haṃsamūrtirihāgataḥ
itaḥ paraṃ sakhe me'dya tvayā kartavyamīpsitam /
mayā saha tvayā vācyametadviṣṇośca sannidhau
staṃbhāṃto vīkṣito dhātrā tatra sākṣyahamacyuta /
ityuktvā ketakaṃ tatra praṇanāma punaḥ naḥ /
asatyamapi śastaṃ syādāpadītyanuśāsanam २५॑!/
samīkṣya tatrā'cyutamāyataśramaṃ pranaṣṭaharṣaṃ tu nanarta harṣāt /
uvāca cainaṃ paramārthamacyutaṃ ṣaṃḍhāttavādaḥ sa vidhistato'cyutam
staṃbhāgrametatsamudīkṣitaṃ hare tatraiva sākṣī nanu ketakaṃ tvidam /
tato'vadattatra hi ketakaṃ mṛṣā tatheti taddhātṛvacastadaṃtike
hariśca tatsatyamitīva ciṃtayaṃścakāra tasmai vidhaye namaḥ svayam /
ṣoḍaśairupacāraiśca pūjayāmāsa taṃ vidhim
vidhiṃ prahartuṃ śaṭhamagniliṃgataḥ sa īśvarastatra babhūva sākṛtiḥ /
samutthitaḥ svāmi vilokanātpunaḥ prakaṃpapāṇiḥ parigṛhya tatpadam
ādyaṃtahīnavapuṣi tvayi mohabuddhyā bhūyādvimarśa iha nāvati kāmanotthaḥ /
sa tvaṃ prasīda karuṇākara kaśmalaṃ nau mṛṣṭaṃ kṣamasva vihitaṃ bhavataiva kelyā
īśvara uvāca /
vatsaprasanno'smi hare yatastvamīśatvamicchannapi satyavākyam /
brūyāstataste bhavitā janeṣu sāmyaṃ mayā satkṛtirapyalapthāḥ
itaḥ paraṃ te pṛthagātmanaśca kṣetrapratiṣṭhotsavapūjanaṃ ca
iti devaḥ purā prītaḥ satyena haraye param /
dadau svasāmyamatyarthaṃ devasaṃghe ca paśyati
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ saptamo'dhyāyaḥ
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