Shiva Purana · Verses 7.2-2
sūta uvāca
purā kālena mahatā kalpetīte punaḥpunaḥ
asminnupasthite kalpe pravṛtte sṛṣṭhikarmaṇi
pratiṣṭhitāyāṃ vārtāyāṃ prabuddhāsu prajāsu ca
munīnāṃ ṣaṭkulīyānāṃ bruvatāmitaretaram
idaṃ paramidaṃ neti vivādassumahānabhūt
parasya durnirūpatvānna jātastatra niścayaḥ
te 'bhijagmurvidhātāraṃ draṣṭuṃ brahmāṇamavyayam
yatrāste bhagavān brahmā stūyamānassurāsuraiḥ
meruśṛṃge śubhe ramye devadānavasaṃkule
siddhacāraṇasaṃvāde yakṣagaṃdharvasevite
vihaṃgasaṃghasaṃghuṣṭe maṇividrumabhūṣite
nikuṃjakaṃdaradarīgṛhānirjharaśobhite
tatra brahmavanaṃ nāma nānāmṛgasamākulam
daśayojanavistīrṇaṃ śatayojanamāyatam
surasāmalapānīyapūrṇaramyasarovaram
mattabhramarasaṃchannaramyapuṣpitapādapam
taruṇādityasaṃkāśaṃ tatra cāru mahatpuram
durdharṣabaladṛptānāṃ daityadānavarakṣasām
taptajāṃbūnadamayaṃ prāṃśuprākāratoraṇam
nirvyūhavalabhīkūṭapratolīśatamaṃḍitam
mahārhamaṇicitrābhirlelihānamivāṃbaram
mahābhavanakoṭībhiranekābhiralaṃkṛtam
tasminnivasati brahmā sabhyaiḥ sārdhaṃ prajāpatiḥ
tatra gatvā mahātmānaṃ sākṣāllokapitāmaham
daddaśurmunayo devā devarṣigaṇasevitam
śuddhacāmīkaraprakhyaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam
prasannavadanaṃ saumyaṃ padmapatrāyatekṣaṇam
divyakāṃtisamāyuktaṃ divyagaṃdhānulepanam
divyaśuklāṃbaradharaṃ divyamālāvibhūṣitam
surāsurendrayogīṃdravaṃdyamānapadāṃbujam
sarvalakṣaṇayuktāṃgyā labdhacāmarahastayā
bhrājamānaṃ sarasvatyā prabhayeva divākaram
taṃ dṛṣṭvā munayassarve prasannavadanekṣaṇāḥ
śirasyaṃjalimādhāya tuṣṭuvussurapuṃgavam
munaya ūcuḥ
namastrimūrtaye tubhyaṃ sargasthityaṃtahetave
puruṣāya purāṇāya brahmaṇe paramātmane
namaḥ pradhānadehāya pradhānakṣobhakāriṇe
trayoviṃśatibhedena vikṛtāyāvikāriṇe
namo brahmāṇḍadehāya brahmāṃḍodaravartine
tatra saṃsiddhakāryāya saṃsiddhakaraṇāya ca
namostu sarvalokāya sarvalokavidhāyine
sarvātmadehasaṃyoga viyogavidhihetave
tvayaiva nikhilaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ saṃhṛtaṃ pālitaṃ jagat
tathāpi māyayā nātha na vidmastvāṃ pitāmaha
sūta uvāca
evaṃ brahmā mahābhāgairmaharṣibhirabhiṣṭutaḥ
prāha gaṃbhīrayā vācā munīn prahlādayanniva
brahmovāca
ṛṣayo he mahābhāgā mahāsattvā mahaujasaḥ
kimarthaṃ sahitāssarve yūyamatra samāgatāḥ
tamevaṃvādinaṃ devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ brahmavittamāḥ
vāgbhirvinayagarbhābhissarve prāṃjalayo 'bruvan
munaya ūcuḥ
bhagavannaṃdhakāreṇa mahatā vayamāvṛtāḥ
khinnā vivadamānāśca na paśyāmo 'tra yatparam
tvaṃ hi sarvajagaddhātā sarvakāraṇakāraṇam
tvayā hyaviditaṃ nātha neha kiṃcana vidyate
kaḥ pumān sarvasattvebhyaḥ purāṇaḥ puruṣaḥ paraḥ
viśuddhaḥ paripūrṇaśca śāśvataḥ parameśvaraḥ
kenaiva citrakṛtyena prathamaṃ sṛjyate jagat
tattvaṃ vada mahāprājña svasaṃdehāpanuttaye
evaṃ pṛṣṭastadā brahmā vismayasmeravīkṣaṇaḥ
devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca munīnāmapi sannidhau
utthāya suciraṃ dhyātvā rudra ityuddharan girim
ānaṃdaklinnasarvāṃgaḥ kṛtāṃjalirabhāṣata
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe muniprastāvavarṇanaṃ nāma dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ
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