Shiva Purana · Chapter 1.9

naṃdikeśvara uvāca /
tatrāṃtare tau ca nāthaṃ praṇamya vidhimādhavau /
baddhāṃjalipuṭau tūṣṇīṃ tasthaturdakṣavāmagau

tatra saṃsthāpya tau devaṃ sakuṭuṃbaṃ varāsane /
pūjayāmāsatuḥ pūjyaṃ puṇyaiḥ puruṣavastubhiḥ

pauruṣaṃ prākṛtaṃ vastujñeyaṃ dīrghālpakālikam /
hāranūpurakeyūrakirīṭamaṇikuṃḍalaiḥ

yajñasūtrottarīyasrakkṣaumamālyāṃgulīyakaiḥ /
puṣpatāṃbūlakarpūracaṃdanāgurulepanaiḥ

dhūpadīpasitacchatravyajanadhvajacāmaraiḥ /
anyairdivyopahāraiśca vāṇmanotītavaibhavaiḥ

patiyogyaiḥ paśvalabhyaistau samarcayatāṃ patim /
yadyacchreṣṭhatamaṃ vastu patiyogyaṃ hitaddhvaje

tadvastvakhilamīśopi pāraṃ paryacikīrṣayā /
sabhyānāṃ pradadau hṛṣṭaḥ pṛthaktatra yathākramam

kolāhalo mahānāsīttatra tadvastu gṛhṇatām /
tatraiva brahmaviṣṇubhyāṃ cārcitaḥ śaṃkaraḥ purā

prasannaḥ prāha tau namrau sasmitaṃ bhaktivardhanaḥ /
īśvara uvāca /
tuṣṭo'hamadya vāṃ vatsau pūjayā'sminmahādine

dinametattataḥ puṇyaṃ bhaviṣyati mahattaram /
śivarātririti khyātā tithireṣā mama priyā

etatkāle tu yaḥ kuryātpūjāṃ malliṃgaberayoḥ /
kuryāttu jagataḥ kṛtyaṃ sthitisargādikaṃ pumān

śivarātrāvahorātraṃ nirāhāro jiteṃdri yaḥ १२b/
arcayedvā yathānyāyaṃ yathābalamavaṃcakaḥ

yatphalaṃ mama pūjāyāṃ varṣamekaṃ niraṃtaram /
tatphalaṃ labhate sadyaḥ śivarātrau madarcanāt

maddharmavṛddhikālo'yaṃ caṃdra kāla ivāṃbudheḥ /
pratiṣṭhādyutsavo yatra māmako maṃgalāyanaḥ

yatpunaḥ staṃbharūpeṇa svāvirāsamahaṃ purā /
sa kālo mārgaśīrṣe tu syādādrā r! ṛkṣamarbhakau

ādrā ryāṃ! mārgaśīrṣe tu yaḥ paśyenmāmumāsakham /
madberamapi vā liṃgaṃ sa guhādapi me priyaḥ

alaṃ darśanamātreṇa phalaṃ tasmindine śubhe /
abhyarcanaṃ cedadhikaṃ phalaṃ vācāmagocaram

raṇaraṃgatale'muṣminyadahaṃ liṃgavarṣmaṇā /
jṛṃbhito liṃgavattasmālliṃgasthānamidaṃ bhavet

anādyaṃtamidaṃ staṃbhamaṇumātraṃ bhaviṣyati /
darśanārthaṃ hi jagatāṃ pūjanārthaṃ hi putrako

bhogāvahamidaṃ liṃgaṃ bhuktiṃ muktyekasādhanam /
darśanasparśanadhyānājjaṃtūnāṃ janmamocanam

analācalasaṃkāśaṃ yadidaṃ liṃgamutthitam /
aruṇācalamityeva tadidaṃ khyātimeṣyati

atra tīrthaṃ ca bahudhā bhaviṣyati mahattaram /
muktirapyatra jaṃtūnāṃ vāsena maraṇena ca

rathotsavādikalyāṇaṃ janāvāsaṃ tu sarvataḥ /
atra dattaṃ hutaṃ japtaṃ sarvaṃ koṭiguṇaṃ bhavet

matkṣetrādapi sarvasmātkṣetrametanmahattaram /
atra saṃsmṛtimātreṇa muktirbhavati dehinām

tasmānmahattaramidaṃ kṣetramatyaṃtaśobhanam /
sarvakalyāṇasaṃpūrṇaṃ sarvamuktikaraṃ śubham

arcayitvā'tra māmeva liṃge liṃginamīśvaram /
sālokyaṃ caiva sāmīpyaṃ sārūpyaṃ sārṣṭireva ca

sāyujyamiti paṃcaite kriyādīnāṃ phalaṃ matam /
sarvepi yūyaṃ sakalaṃ prāpsyathāśu manoratham

naṃdikeśvara uvāca /
ityanugṛhya bhagavānvinītau vidhimādhavau /
yatpūrvaṃ prahataṃ yuddhe tayoḥ sainyaṃ parasparam

tadutthāpayadatyarthaṃ svaśaktyā'mṛtadhārayā /
tayormauḍhyaṃ ca vairaṃ ca vyapanetumuvāca tau

sakalaṃ niṣkalaṃ ceti svarūpadvayamasti me /
nānyasya kasyacittasmādanyaḥ sarvopyanīśvaraḥ

purastātstaṃbharūpeṇa paścādrū peṇa cārbhakau /
brahmatvaṃ niṣkalaṃ proktamīśatvaṃ sakalaṃ tathā

dvayaṃ mamaiva saṃsiddhaṃ na madanyasya kasyacit /
tasmādīśatvamanyeṣāṃ yuvayorapi na kvacit

tadajñānena vāṃ vṛttamīśamānaṃ mahādbhutam /
tannirākartumatraivamutthito'haṃ raṇakṣitau

tyajataṃ mānamātmīyaṃ mayīśe kurutaṃ matim /
matprasādena lokeṣu sarvopyarthaḥ prakāśate

gurūktirvyaṃjakaṃ tatra pramāṇaṃ vā punaḥ punaḥ /
brahmatattvamidaṃ gūḍhaṃ bhavatprītyā bhaṇāmyaham

ahameva paraṃ brahma matsvarūpaṃ kalākalam /
brahmatvādīśvaraścāhaṃ kṛtyaṃ menugrahādikam

bṛhattvādbṛṃhaṇatvācca brahmāhaṃ brahmakeśavau /
samatvādvyāpakatvācca tathaivātmāhamarbhakau

anātmānaḥ pare sarve jīvā eva na saṃśayaḥ /
anugrahādyaṃ sargāṃtaṃ jagatkṛtyaṃ ca paṃkajam

īśatvādeva me nityaṃ na madanyasya kasyacit /
ādau brahmattvabuddhyarthaṃ niṣkalaṃ liṃgamutthitam

tasmādajñātamīśatvaṃ vyaktaṃ dyotayituṃ hi vām /
sakalohamato jātaḥ sākṣādīśastu tatkṣaṇāt

sakalatvamato jñeyamīśatvaṃ mayi satvaram /
yadidaṃ niṣkalaṃ staṃbhaṃ mama brahmatvabodhakam

liṃgalakṣaṇayuktatvānmama liṃgaṃ bhavedidam /
tadidaṃ nityamabhyarcyaṃ yuvābhyāmatra putrakau

madātmakamidaṃ nityaṃ mama sānnidhyakāraṇam /
mahatpūjyamidaṃ nityamabhedālliṃgasiṃginoḥ

yatrapratiṣṭhitaṃ yena madīyaṃ liṃgamīdṛśam /
tatra pratiṣṭhitaḥ sohamapratiṣṭhopi vatsakau

matsāmyamekaliṃgasya sthāpane phalamīritam /
dvitīye sthāpite liṃge madaikyaṃ phalameva hi

liṃgaṃ prādhānyataḥ sthāpyaṃ tathāberaṃ tu gauṇakam /
liṃgābhāvena tatkṣetraṃ saberamapi sarvataḥ

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ navamo'dhyāyaḥ