Shiva Purana · Verses 7.16-2
vāyuruvāca
atha devo mahādevo mahājaladanādayā
vācā madhuragaṃbhīraśivadaślakṣṇavarṇayā
arthasaṃpannapadayā rājalakṣaṇayuktayā
aśeṣaviṣayāraṃbharakṣāvimaladakṣayā
manoharatarodāramadhurasmitapūrvayā
saṃbabhāṣe susaṃpīto viśvakarmāṇamīśvaraḥ
īśvara uvāca
vatsa vatsa mahābhāga mama putra pitāmaha
jñātameva mayā sarvaṃ tava vākyasya gauravam
prajānāmeva bṛddhyarthaṃ tapastaptaṃ tvayādhunā
tapasā 'nena tuṣṭosmi dadāmi ca tavepsitam
ityuktvā paramodāraṃ svabhāvamadhuraṃ vacaḥ
sasarja vapuṣo bhāgāddevīṃ devavaro haraḥ
yāmāhurbrahmavidvāṃso devīṃ divyaguṇānvitām
parasya paramāṃ śaktiṃ bhavasya paramātmanaḥ
yasyāṃ na khalu vidyaṃte janma mṛtyujarādayaḥ
yā bhavānī bhavasyāṃgātsamāvirabhavatkila
yasyā vāco nivartante manasā ceṃdriyaiḥ saha
sā bharturvapuṣo bhāgājjāteva samadṛśyata
yā sā jagadidaṃ kṛtsnaṃ mahimnā vyāpya tiṣṭhati
śarīriṇīva sa devī vicitraṃ samalakṣyata
sarvaṃ jagadidaṃ caiṣā saṃmohayati māyayā
īśvarātsaiva jātābhūdajātā paramārthataḥ
na yasyā paramo bhāvaḥ surāṇāmapi gocaraḥ
viśvāmareśvarī caiva vibhaktā bharturaṃgataḥ
tāṃ dṛṣṭvā parameśānīṃ sarvalokamaheśvarīm
sarvajñāṃ sarvagāṃ sūkṣmāṃ sadasadvyaktivarjitām
paramāṃ nikhilaṃ bhāsā bhāsayantīmidaṃ jagat
praṇipatya mahādevīṃ prārthayāmāsa vai virāṭ
brahmovāca
devi devena sṛṣṭo 'hamādau sarvajaganmayi
prajāsarge niyuktaśca sṛjāmi sakalaṃ jagat
manasā nirmitāḥ sarve devi devādayo mayā
na vṛddhimupagacchanti sṛjyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ
mithunaprabhavāmeva kṛtvā sṛṣṭimataḥ param
saṃvardhayitumicchāmi sarvā eva mama prajāḥ
na nirgataṃ purā tvatto nārīṇāṃ kulamavyayam
tena nārīkulaṃ sraṣṭuṃ śaktirmama na vidyate
sarvāsāmeva śaktīnāṃ tvattaḥ khalu samudbhavaḥ
tasmātsarvatra sarveṣāṃ sarvaśaktipradāyinīm
tvāmeva varadāṃ māyāṃ prārthayāmi sureśvarīm
carācaravivṛddhyarthamaṃśenaikena sarvage
dakṣasya mama putrasya putrī bhava bhavārdini
evaṃ sā yācitā devī brahmaṇā brahmayoninā
śaktimekāṃ bhruvormadhyātsasarjātmasamaprabhām
tāmāha prahasanprekṣya devadevavaro haraḥ
brahmāṇaṃ tapasārādhya kuru tasya yathepsitam
tāmājñāṃ parameśasya śirasā pratigṛhya sā
brahmaṇo vacanāddevī dakṣasya duhitābhavat
dattvaivamatulāṃ śaktiṃ brahmaṇe brahmarūpiṇīm
viveśa dehaṃ devasya devaścāṃtaradhīyata
tadā prabhṛti loke 'smin striyāṃ bhogaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ
prajāsṛṣṭiśca vipreṃdrā maithunena pravartate
brahmāpi prāpa sānandaṃ santoṣaṃ munipuṃgavāḥ
etadvassarvamākhyātaṃ devyāḥ śaktisamudbhavam
puṇyavṛddhikaraṃ śrāvyaṃ bhūtasargānupaṃgataḥ
ya idaṃ kīrtayennityaṃ devyāḥ śaktisamudbhavam
puṇyaṃ sarvamavāpnoti putrāṃśca labhate śubhān
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe devīśaktyudbhavo nāma ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
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