Shiva Purana · Chapter 2.1.4

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ //
sūta sūta mahāprājña varṇitā hyadbhutā kathā //
dhanyā tu śāṃbhavī māyā tadadhīnaṃ carācaram

gatayorgaṇayośśaṃbhossvayamātmecchayā vibhoḥ//
kiṃ cakāra muniḥ kruddho nāradaḥ smaravihvalaḥ

sūta uvāca //
vimohito munirdattvā tayośśāpaṃ yathocitam //
jale mukhaṃ nirīkṣyātha svarūpaṃ giriśecchayā

śivecchayā na prabuddhaḥ smṛtvā harikṛtacchalam //
krodhaṃ durviṣahaṃ kṛtvā viṣṇulokaṃ jagāma ha

uvāca vacanaṃ kuddhassamiddha iva pāvakaḥ //
duruktigarbhitaṃ vyaṅgaḥ naṣṭajñānaśśivecchayā

nārada uvāca //
he hare tvaṃ mahāduṣṭaḥ kapaṭī viśvamohanaḥ //
parotsāhaṃ na sahase māyāvī malināśayaḥ

mohinīrūpamādāya kapaṭaṃ kṛtavānpurā //
asurebhyo'pāyayastvaṃ vāruṇīmamṛtaṃ na hi

cetpibenna viṣaṃ rudro dayāṃ kṛtvā maheśvaraḥ //
bhavennaṣṭā'khilā māyā tava vyājarate hare

gatissa kapaṭā te'tipriyā viṣṇo viśeṣataḥ //
sādhusvabhāvo na bhavānsvataṃtraḥ prabhuṇā kṛtaḥ

kṛtaṃ samucitannaiva śivena paramātmanā//
tatprabhāvabalaṃ dhyātvā svataṃtrakṛtikārakaḥ//2.1.4.१ ० //
tvadgatiṃ susamājñāya paścāttāpamavāpa saḥ //
vipraṃ sarvopari prāha svoktaveda pramāṇakṛt

tajjñātvāhaṃ hare tvādya śikṣayiṣyāmi tadbalāt //
yathā na kuryāḥ kutrāpīdṛśaṃ karma kadācana

adyāpi nirbhayastvaṃ hi saṃgaṃ nāpastarasvinā //
idānīṃ lapsyase viṣṇo phalaṃ svakṛtakarmaṇaḥ

itthamuktvā hariṃ sotha munirmāyā vimohitaḥ //
śaśāpa krodhanirviṇṇo brahmatejaḥ pradarśayan

strīkṛte vyākulaṃ viṣṇo māmakārṣīrvimohakaḥ //
anvakārṣīssvarūpeṇa yena kāpaṭyakāryakṛt

tadrūpeṇa manuṣyastvaṃ bhava tadduḥkhabhugghare //
yanmukhaṃ kṛtavānme tvaṃ te bhavaṃtu sahāyinaḥ

tvaṃ strīviyogajaṃ duḥkhaṃ labhasva paraduḥkhadaḥ //
manuṣyagatikaḥ prāyo bhavājñānavimohitaḥ

iti śaptvā hariṃ mohānnārado'jñānamohitaḥ //
viṣṇurjagrāha taṃ śāpaṃ praśaṃsañśāṃbhavīmajām

atha śaṃbhurmahālīlo niścakarṣa vimohinīma //
svamāyāṃ mohito jñānī nāradopyabhavadyayā

aṃtarhitāyāṃ māyāyāṃ pūrvavanmatimānabhūt //
nārado vismitamanāḥ prāptabodho nirākulaḥ

paścāttāpamavāpyāti nininda svaṃ muhurmuhuḥ //
praśaśaṃsa tadā māyāṃ śāṃbhavīṃ jñānimohinīm

atha jñātvā munissarvaṃ māyāvibhramamātmanaḥ //
apatatpādayorviṣṇornārado vaiṣṇavottamaḥ

haryyupasthāpitaḥ prāha vacanaṃ naṣṭa durmatiḥ //
mayā duraktayaḥ proktā mohitena kubuddhinā

dattaśśāpo'pi tenātha vitathaṃ kuru taṃ prabho //
mahatpāpamakārṣaṃ hi yāsyāmi nirayaṃ dhuvam

kamupāyaṃ hare kuryāṃ dāso'haṃ te tamādiśa //
yena pāpakulaṃ naśyennirayo na bhavenmama

ityuktvā sa punarviṣṇoḥ pādayormunisattamaḥ //
papāta sumatirbhaktyā paścāttāpamupāgataḥ

atha viṣṇustamutthāpya babhāṣe sūnṛtaṃ vacaḥ //
viṣṇuruvāca //
na khedaṃ kuru me bhakta varastvaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ

śṛṇu tāta pravakṣyāmi suhitaṃ tava niścayāt //१/
nirayaste na bhavitā śivaśśaṃ te vidhāsyati

yadakārṣīśśivavaco vitathaṃ madamohitaḥ //
sa dattavānīdṛśaṃ te phalaṃ karma phalapradaḥ

śivecchā'khilaṃ jātaṃ kurvitthaṃ niścitāṃ matim //
garvāpahartā sa svāmī śaṃkaraḥ parameśvaraḥ

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paraṃ brahma parātmā sa saccidānaṃdabodhanaḥ //
nirguṇo nirvikāro ca rajassatvatamaḥpara

sa evamādāya māyāṃ svāṃ tridhā bhavati rūpataḥ //
brahmaviṣṇumaheśātmā nirguṇo'nirguṇo'pi saḥ

nirguṇatve śivāhvo hi paramātmā maheśvaraḥ //
paraṃ brahmāvyayo'naṃto mahādeveti gīyate

tatsevayā vidhissraṣṭā pālako jagatāmaham //
svayaṃ sarvasya saṃhārī rudrarūpeṇa sarvadā

sākṣī śivasvarūpeṇa māyābhinnassa nirguṇaḥ //
svecchācārī saṃvihārī bhaktānugrahakārakaḥ

śṛṇu tvaṃ nārada mune sadupāyaṃ sukhapradam //
sarvapāpāpaharttāraṃ bhuktimuktipradaṃ sadā

ityuktvāstvasaṃśayaṃ sarvaṃ śaṃkarasadyaśaḥ //
śatanāmaśivastotraṃ sadānanyamatirjapa

yajjapitvā drutaṃ sarvaṃ tava pāpaṃ vinaśyati //
ityuktvā nāradaṃ viṣṇuḥ punaḥ prāha dayānvitaḥ

mune na kuru śokaṃ tvaṃ tvayā kiṃcitkṛtaṃ nahi //
svecchayā kṛtavānśaṃbhuridaṃ sarvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

ahārṣittvanmatiṃ divyāṃ kāma kleśamadātsa te//
tvanmukhāddāpayāṃcakre śāpaṃ me sa maheśvaraḥ

itthaṃ svacaritaṃ loke prakaṭīkṛtavān svayam //
mṛtyuṃjayaḥ kālakālo bhaktoddhāraparāyaṇaḥ

na me śivasamānosti priyaḥ svāmī sukhapradaḥ //
sarvaśaktiprado me'sti sa eva parameśvaraḥ

tasyopāsyāṃ kuru mune tameva satataṃ bhaja //
tadyaśaḥ śṛṇu gāya tvaṃ kuru nityaṃ tadarcanam

kāyena manasā vācā yaśśaṃkaramupaiti bho //
sa paṇḍita iti jñeyassa jīvanmukta ucyate

śiveti nāmadāvāgnermahāpātakapa rvatāḥ //
bhasmībhavantyanāyāsātsatyaṃ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

pāpamūlāni duḥkhāni vividhānyapi tānyataḥ //
śivārcanaikanaśyāni nānya naśyāni sarvathā

sa vaidikasya puṇyātmā sa dhanyassa budho mune //
yassadā kāyavākcittaiśśaraṇaṃ yāti śaṃkaram

bhavaṃti vividhā dharmā yeṣāṃ sadyaḥphalonmukhāḥ //
teṣāṃ bhavati viśvāsastripurāṃtakapūjane

pātakāni vinaśyaṃti yāvaṃti śivapūjayā //
bhuvi tāvaṃti pāpāni na saṃtyeva mahāmune

brahmahatyādipāpānāṃ rāśayopyamitā mune //
śivasmṛtyā vinaśyaṃti satyaṃsatyaṃ vadāmyaham

śivanāmatarīṃ prāpya saṃsārābdhiṃ taraṃti te//
saṃsāramūlapāpāni tasya naśyaṃtyasaṃśayam

saṃsāramūlabhūtānāṃ pātakānāṃ mahāmune //
śivanāmakuṭhāreṇa vināśo jāyate dhruvam

śivanāmāmṛtaṃ peyaṃ pāpadāvānalārditaiḥ //
pāpadāvāgnitaptānāṃ śāṃtistena vinā na hi

śiveti nāmapīyūṣavarṣadhārāpariplutaḥ //
saṃsāradavamadhyapi na śocati na saṃśayaḥ

na bhaktiśśaṃkare puṃsāṃ rāgadveṣaratātmanām //
tadvidhānāṃ hi sahasā muktirbhavati sarvathā

anaṃtajanmabhiryena tapastaptaṃ bhaviṣyati//
tasyaiva bhaktirbhavati bhavānī prāṇavallabhe

jātāpi śaṃkare bhaktiranyasādhāraṇī vṛthā//
paraṃ tvavyabhicāreṇa śivabhaktirapekṣitā

yasyā sādhāraṇī śaṃbhau bhaktiravyabhicāriṇī//
tasyaiva mokṣassulabho nāsyetinya matirmama

kṛtvāpyanaṃtapāpāni yadi bhaktirmaheśvare //
sarvapāpavinirmukto bhavatyeva na saṃśayaḥ

bhavaṃti bhasmasādvṛkṣādavadagdhā yathā vane //
tathā bhavaṃti dagdhāni śāṃkarāṇāmaghānyapi

yo nityaṃ bhasmapūtāṃgo śivapūjonmukho bhavet//
sa taratyeva saṃsāramapāramatidāruṇam

brahmasvaharaṇaṃ kṛtvā hatvāpi brāhmaṇānbahūn //
lipyate naraḥ pāpairvirūpākṣasya sevakaḥ

vilokya vedānakhilāñchivasyaivārcanamparam //
saṃsāranāśanopāya iti pūrvairviniścitam

adyaprabhṛti yatnena sāvadhāno yathāvidhi//
sāmbaṃ sadāśivaṃ bhaktyā bhaja nityaṃ maheśvaram

āpādamastakaṃ samyak bhasmanoddhūlya sādaram //
sarvaśrutiśrutaṃ śaivammaṃtrañjapa ṣaḍakṣaram

savārṅgeṣu prayatnena rudrākṣāñchivavallabhān//
dhārayasvātisadbhaktyā samantramvidhipūrvakam

śṛṇu śaivīṃ kathāṃ nityaṃ vada śaivīṃ kathāṃ sadā //
pūjayasvātiyatnena śivabhaktānpunaḥ punaḥ

apramādena satataṃ śivaikaśaraṇo bhava //
śivārcanena satatamānandaḥ prāpyate yataḥ

urasyādhāya viśade śivasya caraṇāmbujau //
śivatīrthāni vicara prathamaṃ munisattama

paśyanmāhātmyamatulaṃ śaṃkarasya parātmanaḥ //
gacchānandavanaṃ paścācchaṃbhupriyatamaṃ mune

tatra viśveśvaraṃ dṛṣṭvā pūjanaṃ kuru bhaktitaḥ //
natvā stutvā viśeṣeṇa nirvikalpo bhaviṣyasi

tataśca bhavatā nūnaṃ vidheyaṃ gamanaṃ mune //
brahmaloke svakāmārthaṃ śāsanānmama bhaktitaḥ

natvā stutvā viśeṣeṇa vidhiṃ svajanakaṃ mune //
praṣṭavyaṃ śivamāhātmyaṃ bahuśaḥ prītacetasā

sa śaivapravaro brahmā māhātmyaṃ śaṃkarasya te //
śrāvayiṣyati suprītyā śatanāmastavaṃ ca hi

adyatastvaṃ bhava mune śaivaśśivaparāyaṇaḥ //
muktibhāgī viśeṣeṇa śivaste śaṃ vidhāsyati

itthaṃ viṣṇurmuniṃ prītyā hyupadiśya prasannadhīḥ //
smṛtvā nutvā śivaṃ stutvā tatastvaṃtaradhīyata

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ prathamakhaṃḍe sṛṣṭyupākhyāne nāradasya viṣṇūpadeśavarṇano nāma caturtho'dhyāyaḥ