Shiva Purana · Verses 7.13-2
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
bhavatā kathitā sṛṣṭirbhavasya paramātmanaḥ
caturmukhamukhāttasya saṃśayo naḥ prajāyate
devaśreṣṭho virūpākṣo dīptaśśūladharo haraḥ
kālātmā bhagavān rudraḥ kapardī nīlalohitaḥ
sabrahmakamimaṃ lokaṃ saviṣṇumapi pāvakam
yaḥ saṃharati saṃkruddho yugāṃte samupasthite
yasya brahmā ca viṣṇuśca praṇāmaṃ kuruto bhayāt
lokasaṃkocakasyāsya yasya tau vaśavartinau
yo 'yaṃ devaḥ svakādaṃgādbrahmaviṣṇū purāsṛjat
sa eva hi tayornityaṃ yogakṣemakaraḥ prabhuḥ
sa kathaṃ bhagavān rudra ādidevaḥ purātanaḥ
putratvamagamacchaṃbhurbrahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ
prajāpatiśca viṣṇuśca rudrasyaitau parasparam
sṛṣṭau parasparasyāṃgāditi prāgapi śuśruma
kathaṃ punaraśeṣāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ hetubhūtayoḥ
guṇapradhānabhāvena prādurbhāvaḥ parasparāt
nāpṛṣṭaṃ bhavatā kiṃcinnāśrutaṃ ca kathaṃcana
bhagavacchiṣyabhūtena bhavatā sakalaṃ smṛtam
tattvaṃ vada yathā brahmā munīnāmavadadvibhuḥ
vayaṃ śraddhālavastāta śrotumīśvarasadyaśaḥ
vāyuruvāca
sthāne pṛṣṭamidaṃ viprā bhavadbhiḥ praśnakovidaiḥ
idameva purā pṛṣṭo mama prāha pitāmahaḥ
tadahaṃ sampravakṣyāmi yathā rudrasamudbhavaḥ
yathā ca punarutpattirbrahmaviṣṇvoḥ parasparam
trayaste kāraṇātmāno jatāssākṣānmaheśvarāt
carācarasya viśvasya sargasthityaṃtahetavaḥ
paramaiśvaryasaṃyuktāḥ parameśvarabhāvitāḥ
tacchaktyādhiṣṭhitā nityaṃ tatkāryakaraṇakṣamāḥ
pitrā niyamitāḥ pūrvaṃ trayopi triṣu karmasu
brahmā sarge haristrāṇe rudraḥ saṃharaṇe tathā
tathāpyanyonyamātsaryādanyonyātiśayāśinaḥ
tapasā toṣayitvā svaṃ pitaraṃ parameśvaram
labdhvā sarvātmanā tasya prasādātparameṣṭhinaḥ
brahmanārāyaṇau pūrvaṃ rudraḥ kalpāntare 'sṛjat
kalpāntare punarbrahmā rudraviṣṇū jaganmayaḥ
viṣṇuśca bhagavānrudraṃ brahmāṇamasṛjatpunaḥ
nārāyaṇaṃ punarbrahmā brahmāṇamasṛjatpunaḥ
evaṃ kalpeṣu kalpeṣu brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ
paraspareṇa jāyaṃte parasparahitaiṣiṇaḥ
tattatkalpāntavṛttāntamadhikṛtya maharṣibhiḥ
prabhāvaḥ kathyate teṣāṃ parasparasamudbhavāt
śṛṇu teṣāṃ kathāṃ citrāṃ puṇyāṃ pāpapramocinīm
kalpe tatpuruṣe vṛttāṃ brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
purā nārāyaṇo nāma kalpe vai meghavāhane
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu megho bhūtvāvahaddharām
tasya bhāvaṃ samālakṣya viṣṇorviśvajagadguruḥ
sarvassarvātmabhāvena pradadau śaktimavyayām
śaktiṃ labdhvā tu sarvātmā śivātsarveśvarāttadā
sasarja bhagāvan viṣṇurviśvaṃ viśvasṛjā saha
viṣṇostadvaibhavaṃ dṛṣṭvā sṛṣṭastena pitāmahaḥ
īrṣyayā parayā grastaḥ prahasannidamabravīt
gaccha viṣṇo mayā jñātaṃ tava sargasya kāraṇam
āvayoradhikaścāsti sa rudro nātra saṃśayaḥ
tasya devādhidevasya prasādātparameṣṭhinaḥ
sraṣṭā tvaṃ bhagavānādyaḥ pālakaḥ paramārthataḥ
ahaṃ ca tapasārādhya rudraṃ tridaśanāyakam
tvayā saha jagatsarvaṃ srakṣyāmyatra na saṃśayaḥ
evaṃ viṣṇumupālabhya bhagavānabjasambhavaḥ
evaṃ vijñāpayāmāsa tapasā prāpya śaṃkaram
bhagavan devadeveśa viśveśvara maheśvara
tava vāmāṃgajo viṣṇurdakṣiṇāṃgabhavo hyaham
mayā saha jagatsarvaṃ tathāpyasṛjadacyutaḥ
sa matsarādupālabdhastvadāśrayabalānmayā
madbhāvānnādhikasteti bhāvastvayi maheśvare
tvatta eva samutpattirāvayossadṛśī yataḥ
tasya bhaktyā yathāpūrvaṃ prasādaṃ kṛtavānasi
tathā mamāpi tatsarvaṃ dātumarhasi śaṃkara
iti vijñāpitastena bhagavān bhaganetrahā
nyāyena vai dadau sarvaṃ tasyāpi sa ghṛṇānidhiḥ
labdhvaivamīśvarādeva brahmā sarvātmatāṃ kṣaṇāt
tvaramāṇotha saṃgamya dadarśa puruṣottamam
kṣīrārṇavālaye śubhre vimāne sūryasaṃnibhe
hemaratnānvite divye manasā tena nirmite
anaṃtabhogaśayyāyāṃ śayānaṃ paṃkajekṣaṇam
caturbhujamudārāṃgaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam
śaṃkhacakradharaṃ saumyaṃ candrabiṃbasamānanam
śrīvatsavakṣasaṃ devaṃ prasannamadhurasmitam
dharāmṛdukarāṃbhojasparśaraktapadāṃbujam
kṣīrārṇavāmṛtamiva śayānaṃ yoganidrayā
tamasā kālarudrākhyaṃ rajasā kanakāṃḍajam
sattvena sarvagaṃ viṣṇuṃ nirguṇatve maheśvaram
taṃ dṛṣṭvā puruṣaṃ brahmā pragalbhamidamabravīt
grasāmi tvāmahaṃ viṣṇo tvamātmānaṃ yathā purā
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā pratibuddhya pitāmaham
udaikṣata mahābāhussmitamīṣaccakāra ca
tasminnavasare viṣṇurgrastastena mahātmanā
sṛṣṭaśca brahmaṇā sadyo bhruvormadhyādayatnataḥ
tasminnavasare sākṣādbhagavānindubhūṣaṇaḥ
śaktiṃ tayorapi draṣṭumarūpo rūpamāsthitaḥ
prasādamatulaṃ kartuṃ purā dattavarastayoḥ
āgacchattatra yatremau brahmanārāyaṇau sthitau
atha tuṣṭuvaturdevaṃ prītau bhītau ca kautukāt
praṇematuśca bahuśo bahumānena dūrataḥ
bhavopi bhagavānetāvanugṛhya pinākadhṛk
sādaraṃ paśyatoreva tayoraṃtaradhīyata
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe brahmaviṣṇusṛṣṭikathanaṃ nāma trayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
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