Shiva Purana · Chapter 7

atha saptamyā vāyavīyarsaṃhitāyā uttarabhāgaḥ//२//
१ ekadā putrakāmanayā śivasaṃnidhiṃ gatasya śrīkṛpṇasyopamanyorlabdhātpāśupatākhyavārṣika vratācchivatuṣṭayā sāṃbanāmaka putraprāptivarṇanam /
२ ṛṣipraśnānurodhātpāśupatajñānasyavāyukṛtavitaraṇaṃ tatsaṃbaṃdhādeva paśupatiṃ vinā kasyāpi paśo(jīvasya) tṛṇacchedanepi śaktyabhāvātpaśupatirūpācchivādidaṃ saṃsāracakraṃ bhramata ityādinirūpaṇam /
३ sarvasyāsya jagata: śivamayatvāsarveṣāmabhayadānātsaparvopakārakaraṇācca putrapautrādiprītyā pitṛsaṃtoṣastathā śivastuṣyatītyādyupamanyo kṛṣṇaṃ pratyupadeśaḥ /
४ śrīkṛṣṇakṛtapraśnayottaratvena caṃdracaṃdrikādidaṃ viśvo gaurīśaṃkarādhiṣṭhitamityupamanyukṛtavivarṇanam /
५ viśvasyāsya vastutaḥ śivasvarūpatve pāśasāmarthyātpaśavo jīvā 'ekaṃ taṃ bahudhā vadaṃti' ityasyopamanyukṛtavistārakathanam /
६ yathā jīvānāṃ māyāhaṃkārādibaṃdhatastathā śivasyaḥ netyādisavistarapratipādanam /
७ yathā vahneḥ sakāśādaneke sphuliṃgā utpadyante līyaṃte ca tathā śivādanaṃtāḥ śaktaya utpadyante vilayaṃ prāpnuvaṃtītyevaṃprakāreṇa śaktisvarūpakathanaṃ tāsāṃ ca samyagjñānācchivabhaktyā ca śivatattvajñānāprāptirityādi prapaṃcanam /
८ vedāntajñānādhīnaṃ śivatattvajñānaṃ buddhihīnānāṃ neti ca yaduktaṃ tatprasaṃgādādau vyāsāvatārakathanam /
९ yugeyuge śivasya yogāvatāravarṇanam /
१० gaurīṃ prati sasādhanāyāḥ śivabhakte: svarūpaphalādiprakārakathanam /
११ brāhmaṇānāṃ taditarabhaktānāmadhikāriṇāṃ ca dharmaprapañcanam /
१२ ‘namaḥ śivāya' iti pañcākṣaramantramāhātmyakathanam /
१३ kalikaluṣitakāleti śraddhāyuktapaṃcākṣaramantrānuṣṭhānācchivasālokyaprāptirityādikathanam
१४ pañcākṣaramantrajapavidhānakathanam /
१५ śivadīkṣāvidhānakathanaṃ tatprasaṃgādgurumāhātmyavarṇanaṃ ca /
१६ śivadīkṣāyāṃ śiṣyasaṃskāravidhānakathanam/
१७ guroḥ śiṣyayogyatāvicāraṇāyāṃ ṣaḍdhvavijñānavicāraṇāvaśyaṃ kāryetyabhidhāya tatprasaṃgena ṣaḍadhvalakṣaṇaprapaṃcanaṃ dīkṣādānaprakārakathanañca /
१८ ṣaḍadhvaśuddhi tadvidhānanirūpaṇam /
१९ sādhakasaṃskāramantramāhātmyanirūpaṇam tatra maṃtragrahaṇa jayaprakāratatphalādīnyabhihitāni/
२० śiṣyasya ācaryatvāyā'bhiṣecanasya prakārobhihitaḥ //
२१ nityanaimittikakarmakathanaṃ, tatra sūryapūjāpaṃcayajñānāṃ prakāraścābhihitaḥ //
२२ nyāsaprakāraniruktiḥ tatra mātṛkānyāsaṣaḍaṅga nyāsādikaprapaṃcanam /
२३ śaivāgamoktapūjāpaddhativyākhyākathanam /
२४ śaivānāṃ liṃga pūjāvidhikathanam/
२५ pūjāsthopacārāṇāṃ pratyekasya svarūpakathanama /
२६ mahograpātakikṛtaśivaliṅgapūjanātpāpanāśī bhavatyataḥ sarveṣāṃ sāṃgopāṃgaliṃgapūjāyāmadhikāro'bhihitaḥ /
२७ agnikārye kuṃḍādikathanam / homadravyasaṃkhyādikathanam /
२८ śivaśramavatāṃ naimitikavidhikathanam /
२९ śivaśāstroktaihikāmuṣmikākāmyakarmoktiḥ/
३० śaivāvaraṇapūjākramastatphaladarśanañca /
३१ paṃcāvaraṇapūjāviṣayaka śivamahāstotrakathanam
३२ śivaśāstroktaihikaphalapūjāhomajapatapodānādi
३३ āmuṣmikakarmaṇaḥ siddhiprakathanam /
३४ nityādikarmaṇāṃ liṃgaberapratiṣṭhayā siddhistatpratiṣṭhāvidhiśca
३५ liṃgarūpadhāriṇā śivena vidhiviṣṇumohonyavarttiḥ tadārabhya liṃgapūjāpravṛttiḥ /
३६ saparikaraliṃgapratiṣṭhāpanavidhānavarṇanam /
३७-३८ yogamārgavarṇanam /
३९ śivasthānayogasya varṇanam/ tadbhedānāṃ svarūpādivarṇanaṃ ca /
४० naimiṣeyarṣiyātrāvarṇanam / tatra kāśyāmākāśasthatejaḥpuñje praviśato navalocya sāśaṃkarṣīṇāṃ brahmaṇo'ntikaṃ gatvā praśnaḥ / tacchaivaṃ teja bhavadbhyo'pyupalapsyata ityasūcīti vidhinābhyadhāyīti /
४१ skandasarassavidhamāgatya ṛṣibhyaśśaivaṃ jñānaṃ dattvā śivasannidhau jagāma nandītyuktyanantaraṃ śivapurāṇamāhātmyanirūpaṇam /
iti saptamī vāyavīyasaṃhitā