Shiva Purana · Verses 7-2

atha saptamyā vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāḥ pūrvabhāgaḥ

१ vedādicaturdaśavidyāpurāṇāvirbhāvakathanama, tatra purāṇasaṃkhyālakṣaṇādi nirūpaṇaśca /
२ 'kaḥ paraḥ' iti vivadamānānāṃ ṣaṭkulīnamunīnāṃ vidhiprati prañcaḥ /
३ śiva eka sarvasmātparastatprasādādeva jīvānāṃ muktiriti vidhyuttaraṃ prasaṃgānnaimiṣavarṇanañca /
४ ṛṣisatrasamāptyuttaraṃ tatra vāyorāganamṛṣīṇāṃ praśnānurodhādvāyoḥ śivaiśvaryakathanāraṃbhaḥ /
५ paśupatiśabdārthaviṣaye vāyunaimiṣeya ṛṣimavivādaḥ /
६ uparyuktaśabdārthaḥ śiva eveti vāyoḥ pratyuttaraṃ prasaṃgādbrahmādīnāmāyurmānakathanañca /
७ kāla: śivādbhinno netyuktvā tasya svarūpaśaktyādivivaraṇam /
८ kṛtsnamidaṃ sṛṣṭvā tatra krīḍānimittaṃ śivasya sṛṣṭyādi bhavati /
९ ṛṣīṇāṃ vāyuṃ prati śivasya krīḍāviṣayakasṛṣṭiviṣayānekapraśnakathanam /
१० akhilabrahmāṃḍasthitisvarūpādivivaraṇam /
११ manvaṃtarakalpapratikalpādibhedena sargapratisargoṃdbhava: //
१२ brahmaṇa:sakāśānmohagadādisargaḥ / bhūtapiśācāsurarākṣasāṃ cotpativisargau /
१३ kalpabhedena brahmaviṣṇurudrādīnāmanyonyataḥ prādurbhāvakathanam /
१४ pratikalpe brahmaṇa: sakāśādrudrotpattivarṇanam /
१५ ardhanārīśvararupeṇa prādurbhūtācchivād brahmaṇo maithunasṛṣṭikalpanā /
१६ maithunasṛṣṭikathane prasaṃgācchaktinirmāṇakathanam
१७ vidhidehārdhācchatarūpotpatirdakṣādīnāṃ cotpattivarṇanam /
१८ śivāyāḥ satīnāmnā dakṣodarājjanma, dakṣasya rudraddheṣe kāraṇaṃ
१९ śivadveṣanimittātsatīdehatyāgavarṇanañca / vīrabhadrotpatiśca /
२० sagaṇasya vīrabhadrasya dakṣayajñasthānāgamanaṃ tatkṛtadakṣamakhavidhvaṃsanavarṇanam /
२१ yajñasthānādviṣṇvādīnāṃ gamanam/ agnyādīnāṃ ca palāyanavarṇanam /
२२ dakṣasya pakṣapātādvīrabhadradevayormadhye dāruṇa saṃgrāma:, tatra vīrabhadrakṛtadevādīnāṃ virūpakaraṇasya varṇanam /
२३ parābhūtairdevaiḥ kṛtayā stutyā prasannācchivānmakhasaṃdhānadevasantvāna śivāṃtardhānādikathanam/
२४ tato maṃdarācale śivasya taportha gamanaṃ prasaṃgānmaṃdaravarṇanaṃ ca ! atrāṃtare śuṃbhaniśuṃbhadaityorutpattiḥ vidhiprārthanayā ca tadvadhārthaṃ pravṛttayoḥ śiva
śivayorvicitralīlāprapaṃcanam /
२५ śivena 'kālī' tyabhihitā śivā tapo'rthaṃ himācalaṃ jagāma tatrograṃ tapaścaraṃtīṃ devīṃ daityavadhecchayā brahmā''jagāma tadā kālīṃ māṃ gaurī kuru, maṃtsiṃhaśca śivabhakto bhavatviti taṃ devyuktiḥ /
२६ brahmāṇa ca tathāstvityukte sā sakhībhissiṃhena ca saha śivaṃ draṣṭuṃ gatā/ brahmāpi gauryā: svadehakośānnirmitāṃ kauśikīṃ gṛhītvā daityavadhārthaṃ svalokaṃ jagāmetyādivarṇanam /
२७ maṃdare gaurīgatau śivagaṇakṛtotsāhavarṇanaṃ śivayo: saṃmelanaprasaṃgakathanaṃ śivayā''nītasya siṃhasya śivaprasādaḥ /
२८ viśvasyāsya yā'gnīṣomīyatā pūrvoktā tasyāḥ prapaṃcaḥ prasaṃgādbhasmamahimavarṇanaṃ ca /
२९ vāgrathā iva cāsya viśvasya śivasya saṃbaṃdha: pūrvoktastasya vivaraṇaṃ tathā ṣaḍadhvasvarūpakathanam /
३० śivavicitra caritaśravaṇanāstikyapravṛttabuddhipravāhasyanivartanakṣama śivatattvaviṣayaka ṛṣipraśnaprapaṃcaḥ /
३१ uttaratvena vāyuproktānekāgnyādidṛṣṭāṃtairviśuddhaśivatattvakathanam /
३२ mokṣaprāpakaśreṣṭhadharmapracchānurodhācchaivadharmānuṣṭhānameva nānyadityādi vivaraṇam / tasya ca paṃcavidhatvanirukti: /
३३ saprapaṃcapāśupatavratakathanaṃ bhasmamahimavarṇanañca / /
३४ praśnānusāreṇa śiśutve'pyupamanyoḥ śaivāgamatatvajñānaṃ tasya pūrvajanmavṛttakathanaṃ rudrakṛtayā tasya vibhūtilābhaśca / /
३५ upamanyupastaptā devāḥ śivaśaraṇaṃ prāptāstadā śakrarūpaśivenopamanyusamīpaṃ gatvā varaṃ yācasvetyukte bālakenoktaṃ śivabhakti vinā mama kimapi nepṭaṃ tadā śakrarūpī śivaḥ śivaniṃdāmakarottāṃ śrutvā copamanyustaṃ śaptuṃ pravṛttastadā śivarūpeṇa tasya kāmavaraṃ dattvā svaloka gata ityādivarṇanam /
iti saptamyā vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāḥ pūrvakhaṇḍaḥ