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Shiva Purana · Verses 7.1-2

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vyāsa uvāca
namaśśivāya somāya sagaṇāya sasūnave

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pradhānapuruṣeśāya sargasthityaṃtahetave

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śaktirapratimā yasya hyaiśvaryaṃ cāpi sarvagam

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svāmitvaṃ ca vibhutvaṃ ca svabhāvaṃ saṃpracakṣate

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tamajaṃ viśvakarmāṇaṃ śāśvataṃ śivamavyayam

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mahādevaṃ mahātmānaṃ vrajāmi śaraṇaṃ śivam

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dharmakṣetre mahātīrthe gaṃgākāliṃdisaṃgame

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prayāge naimiṣāraṇye brahmalokasya vartmani

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munayaśśaṃsitātmānaḥ satyavrataparāyaṇāḥ

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mahaujaso mahābhāgā mahāsatraṃ vitenire

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tatra satraṃ samākarṇya teṣāmakliṣṭakarmaṇām

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sākṣātsatyavatīsūnorvedavyāsasya dhīmataḥ

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śiṣyo mahātmā medhāvī triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ

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pañcāvayavayuktasya vākyasya guṇadoṣavit

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uttarottaravaktā ca bruvato 'pi bṛhaspateḥ

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madhuraḥ śravaṇānāṃ ca manojñapadaparvaṇām

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kathānāṃ nipuṇo vaktā kālavinnayavitkaviḥ

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ājagāma sa taṃ deśaṃ sūtaḥ paurāṇikottamaḥ

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taṃ dṛṣṭvā sūtamāyāṃtaṃ munayo hṛṣṭamānasāḥ

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tasmai sāma ca pūjāṃ ca yathāvatpratyapādayan

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pratigṛhya satāṃ pūjāṃ munibhiḥ pratipāditām

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uddiṣṭamānasaṃ bheje niyukto yuktamātmanaḥ

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tatastatsaṃgamādeva munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām

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sotkaṃṭhamabhavaccitaṃ śrotuṃ paurāṇikīṃ kathām

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tadā tamanukūlābhirvāgbhiḥ pūjya १ maharṣayaḥ

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atīvābhimukhaṃ kṛtvā vacanaṃ cedamabruvan

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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
romaharṣaṇa sarvajña bhavānno bhāgyagauravāt

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saṃprāptodya mahābhāga śaivarāja mahāmate

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purāṇavidyāmakhilāṃ vyāsātpratyakṣamīyivān

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tasmādāścaryabhūtānāṃ kathānāṃ tvaṃ hi bhājanam

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ratnānāmurusārāṇāṃ ratnākara ivārṇavaḥ

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yacca bhūtaṃ yacca bhavyaṃ yaccānyadvastu vartate

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na tavāviditaṃ kiñcittriṣu lokeṣu vidyate

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tvamadṛṣṭavaśādasmaddarśanārthamihāgataḥ

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akurvankimapi śreyo na vṛthā gantumarhasi

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tasmācchrāvyataraṃ puṇyaṃ satkathājñānasaṃhitam

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vedāṃtasārasarvasvaṃ purāṇaṃ śrāvayāśu naḥ

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evamabhyarthitassūto munibhirvedavādibhiḥ

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ślakṣṇāṃ ca nyāyasaṃyuktāṃ pratyuvāca śubhāṃ giram

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sūta uvāca
pūjito 'nugṛhītaśca bhavadbhiriti coditaḥ

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kasmātsamyaṅna vibrūyāṃ purāṇamṛṣipūjitam

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abhivaṃdya mahādevaṃ devīṃ skaṃdaṃ vināyakam

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naṃdinaṃ ca tathā vyāsaṃ sākṣātsatyavatīsutam

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vakṣyāmi paramaṃ puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ vedasaṃmitam

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śivajñānārṇavaṃ sākṣādbhaktimuktiphalapradam

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śabdārthanyāyasaṃyuktai rāgamārthairvibhūṣitam

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śvetakalpaprasaṃgena vāyunā kathitaṃ purā

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vidyāsthānāni sarvāṇi purāṇānukramaṃ tathā

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tatpurāṇasya cotpattiṃ bruvato me nibodhata

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aṃgāni vedāścatvāro mīmāṃsānyāyavistaraḥ

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purāṇaṃ dharmaśāstraṃ ca vidyāścetāścaturdaśa

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āyurvedo dhanurvedo gāṃdharvaścetyanukramāt

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arthaśāstraṃ paraṃ tasmādvidyā hyaṣṭādaśa smṛtāḥ

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aṣṭādaśānāṃ vidyānāmetāsāṃ bhinnavartmanām

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ādikartā kavissākṣācchūlapāṇiriti śrutiḥ

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sa hi sarvajagannāthaḥ sisṛkṣurakhilaṃ jagat

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brahmāṇaṃ vidadhe sākṣātputramagre sanātanam

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tasmai prathamaputrāya brahmaṇe viśvayonaye

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vidyāścemā dadau pūrvaṃ viśvasṛṣṭyarthamīśvaraḥ

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pālanāya hariṃ devaṃ rakṣāśaktiṃ dadau tataḥ

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madhyamaṃ tanayaṃ viṣṇuṃ pātāraṃ brahmaṇo 'pi hi

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labdhavidyena vidhinā prajāsṛṣṭiṃ vitanvatā

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prathamaṃ sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ purāṇaṃ brahmaṇā smṛtam

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anaṃtaraṃ tu vaktrebhyo vedāstasya vinirgatāḥ

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pravṛttissarvaśāstrāṇāṃ tanmukhādabhavattataḥ

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yadāsya vistaraṃ śaktā nādhigaṃtuṃ prajā bhuvi

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tadā vidyāsamāsārthaṃ viśveśvaraniyogataḥ

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dvāparāṃteṣu viśvātmā viṣṇurviśvaṃbharaḥ prabhuḥ

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vyāsanāmnā caratyasminnavatīrya mahītale

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evaṃ vyastāśca vedāśca dvāparedvāpare dvijāḥ

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nirmitāni purāṇāni anyāni ca tataḥ param

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sa punardvāpare cāsminkṛṣṇadvaipāyanākhyayā

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araṇyāmiva havyāśī satyavatyāmajāyata

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saṃkṣipya sa punarvedāṃścaturdhā kṛtavānmuniḥ

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vyastavedatayā loke vedavyāsa iti śrutaḥ

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purāṇānāñca saṃkṣiptaṃ caturlakṣapramāṇataḥ

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adyāpi devaloke tacchatakoṭipravistaram

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yo vidyāccaturo vedān sāṃgopaṇiṣadāndvijaḥ

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na cetpurāṇaṃ saṃvidyānnaiva sa syādvicakṣaṇaḥ

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itihāsapurāṇābhyāṃ vedaṃ samupabṛṃhayet

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bibhetyalpaśrutādvedo māmayaṃ pratariṣyati

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sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvaṃtarāṇi ca

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vaṃśānucaritaṃ caiva purāṇaṃ pañcalakṣaṇam

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daśadhā cāṣṭadhā caitatpurāṇamupadiśyate

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bṛhatsūkṣmaprabhedena munibhistattvavittamaiḥ

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brāhmaṃ pādmaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ ca śaivaṃ bhāgavataṃ tathā

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bhaviṣyaṃ nāradīyaṃ ca mārkaṃḍeyamataḥ param

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āgneyaṃ brahmavaivartaṃ laiṃgaṃ vārāhameva ca

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skāndaṃ ca vāmanaṃ caiva kaurmyaṃ mātsyaṃ ca gāruḍam

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brahmāṃḍaṃ ceti puṇyo 'yaṃ purāṇānāmanukramaḥ

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tatra śaivaṃ turīyaṃ yacchārvaṃ sarvārthasādhakam

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graṃtho lakṣapramāṇaṃ tadvyastaṃ dvādaśasaṃhitam

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nirmitaṃ tacchivenaiva tatra dharmaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ

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taduktenaiva dharmeṇa śaivāstraivarṇikā narāḥ

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tasmādvimukutimanvicchañcchivameva samāśrayet

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tamāśrityaiva devānāmapi muktirna cānyathā

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yadidaṃ śaivamākhyātaṃ purāṇaṃ vedasaṃmitam

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tasya bhedānsamāsena bruvato me nibodhata

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vidyeśvaraṃ tathā raudraṃ vaināyakamanuttamam

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aumaṃ mātṛpurāṇaṃ ca rudraikādaśakaṃ tathā

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kailāsaṃ śatarudraṃ ca śatarudrākhyameva ca

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sahasrakoṭirudrākhyaṃ vāyavīyaṃ tataḥparam

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dharmasaṃjñaṃ purāṇaṃ cetyevaṃ dvādaśa saṃhitāḥ

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vidyeśaṃ daśasāhasramuditaṃ graṃthasaṃkhyayā

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raudraṃ vaināyakaṃ caumaṃ mātṛkākhyaṃ tataḥ param

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pratyekamaṣṭasāhasraṃ trayodaśasahasrakam

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raudrakādaśakākhyaṃ yatkailāsaṃ ṣaṭsahasrakam

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śatarudraṃ trisāhasraṃ koṭirudraṃ tataḥ param

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sahasrairnavabhiryuktaṃ sarvārthajñānasaṃyutam

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sahasrakoṭirudrākhyamekādaśasahasrakam

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catussahasrasaṃkhyeyaṃ vāyavīyamanuttamam

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dharmasaṃjñaṃ purāṇaṃ yattaddvādaśasahasrakam

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tadevaṃ lakṣamuddiṣṭaṃ śaivaṃ śākhāvibhedataḥ

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purāṇaṃ vedasāraṃ tadbhuktimuktiphalapradam

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vyāsena tattu saṃkṣiptaṃ caturviṃśatsahasrakam

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śaivantatra purāṇaṃ vai caturthaṃ saptasaṃhitam

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vidyeśvarākhyā tatrādyā dvitīyā rudrasaṃhitā

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tṛtīyā śatarudrākhyā koṭirudrā caturthikā

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pañcamī kathitā comā ṣaṣṭhī kailāsasaṃhitā

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saptamī vāyavīyākhyā saptaivaṃ saṃhitā iha

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vidyeśvaraṃ dvisāhasraṃ raudraṃ pañcaśatāyutam

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triṃśattathā dvisāhasraṃ sārdhaikaśatamīritam

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śatarudrantathā koṭirudraṃ vyomayugādhikam

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dvisāhasraṃ ca dviśataṃ tathomaṃ bhūsahasrakam

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catvāriṃśatsāṣṭaśataṃ kailāsaṃ bhūsahasrakam

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catvāriṃśacca dviśataṃ vāyavīyamataḥ param

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catussāhasrasaṃkhyākamevaṃ saṃkhyāvibhedataḥ

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śrutamparamapuṇyantu purāṇaṃ śivasaṃjñakam

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catuḥsāhasrakaṃ yattu vāyavīyamudīritam

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tadidaṃ vartayiṣyāmi bhāgadvayasamanvitam

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nāvedaviduṣe vācyamidaṃ śāstramanuttamam

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na caivāśraddhadhānāya nāpurāṇavide tathā

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parīkṣitāya śiṣyāya dhārmikāyānasūyave

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pradeyaṃ śivabhaktāya śivadharmānusāriṇe

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purāṇasaṃhitā yasya prasādānmayi vartate

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namo bhagavate tasmai vyāsāyāmitatejase

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe vidyāvatārakathanaṃ nāma prathamo 'dhyāyaḥ

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