Shiva Purana · Verses 7.30-2

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
caritāni vicitrāṇi gṛhyāṇi gahanāni ca

durvijñeyāni devaiśca mohayaṃti manāṃsi naḥ

śivayostattvasambandhe na doṣa upalabhyate

caritaiḥ prākṛto bhāvastayorapi vibhāvyate

brahmādayo 'pi lokānāṃ sṛṣṭisthityantahetavaḥ

nigrahānugrahau prāpya śivasya vaśavartinaḥ

śivaḥ punarna kasyāpi nigrahānugrahāspadam

ato 'nāyattamaiśvaryaṃ tasyaiveti viniścitam

yadyevamīdṛśaiśvaryaṃ tattu svātantryalakṣaṇam

svabhāvasiddhaṃ caitasya mūrtimattāspadaṃ bhavet

na mūrtiśca svataṃtrasya ghaṭate mūlahetunā

mūrterapi ca kāryatvāttatsiddhiḥ syādahaitukī

sarvatra paramo bhāvo 'paramaścānya ucyate

paramāparamau bhāvau kathamekatra saṃgatau

niṣphalo hi svabhāvo 'sya paramaḥ paramātmanaḥ

sa eva sakalaḥ kasmātsvabhāvo hyaviparyayaḥ

svabhāvo viparītaścetsvataṃtraḥ svecchayā yadi

na karoti kimīśāno nityānityaviparyayam

mūrtātmā sakalaḥ kaścitsa cānyo niṣphalaḥ śivaḥ

śivenādhiṣṭhitaśceti sarvatra laghu kathyate

mūrtyātmaiva tadā mūrtiḥ śivasyāsya bhavediti

tasya mūrtau mūrtimatoḥ pārataṃtryaṃ hi niścitam

anyathā nirapekṣeṇa mūrtiḥ svīkriyate katham

mūrtisvīkaraṇaṃ tasmānmūrtau sādhyaphalepsayā

na hi svecchāśarīratvaṃ svātaṃtryāyopapadyate

svecchaiva tādṛśī puṃsāṃ yasmātkarmānusāriṇī

svīkartuṃ svecchayā dehaṃ hātuṃ ca prabhavantyuta

brahmādayaḥ piśācāṃtāḥ kiṃ te karmātivartinaḥ

icchayā dehanirmāṇamindrajālopamaṃ viduḥ

aṇimādiguṇaiśvaryavaśīkārānatikramāt

viśvarūpaṃ dadhadviṣṇurdadhīcena maharṣiṇā

yudhyatā samupālabdhastadrūpaṃ dadhatā svayam

sarvasmādadhikasyāpi śivasya paramātmanaḥ

śarīravattayānyātmasādharmyaṃ pratibhāti naḥ

sarvānugrāhakaṃ prāhuśśivaṃ paramakāraṇam

sa nirgṛhṇāti devānāṃ sarvānugrāhakaḥ katham

ciccheda bahuśo devo brahmaṇaḥ pañcamaṃ śiraḥ

śivanindāṃ prakurvaṃtaṃ putreti kumaterhaṭhāt

viṣṇorapi nṛsiṃhasya rabhasā śarabhākṛtiḥ

bibheda padbhyāmākramya hṛdayaṃ nakharaiḥ kharaiḥ

devastrīṣu ca deveṣu dakṣasyādhvarakāraṇāt

vīreṇa vīrabhadreṇa na hi kaścidadaṇḍitaḥ

puratrayaṃ ca sastrīkaṃ sadaityaṃ saha bālakaiḥ

kṣaṇenaikena devena netrāgneriṃdhanīkṛtam

prajānāṃ ratihetuśca kāmo ratipatissvayam

krośatāmeva devānāṃ huto netrahutāśane

gāvaśca kaściddugdhaughaṃ sravantyo mūrdhni khecarāḥ

saruṣā prekṣya devena tatkṣaṇe bhasmasātkṛtaḥ

jalaṃdharāsuro dīrṇaścakrīkṛtya jalaṃ padā

baddhvānaṃtena yo viṣṇuṃ cikṣepa śatayojanam

tameva jalasaṃdhāyī śūlenaiva jaghāna saḥ

taccakraṃ tapasā labdhvā labdhavīryo harissadā

jighāṃsatāṃ surārīṇāṃ kulaṃ nirghṛṇacetasām

triśūlenāndhakasyoraḥ śikhinaivopatāpitam

kaṇṭhātkālāṃganāṃ sṛṣṭvā dārako 'pi nipātitaḥ

kauśikīṃ janayitvā tu gauryāstvakkośagocarām

śuṃbhassaha niśuṃbhena prāpito maraṇaṃ raṇe

śrutaṃ ca mahadākhyānaṃ skānde skandasamāśrayam

vadhārthe tārakākhyasya daityendrasyendravidviṣaḥ

brahmaṇābhyarthito devo mandarāntaḥpuraṃ gataḥ

vihṛtya suciraṃ devyā vihārā 'tiprasaṅgataḥ

rasāṃ rasātalaṃ nītāmiva kṛtvābhidhāṃ tataḥ

devīṃ ca vaṃcayaṃstasyāṃ svavīryamatidurvaham

avisṛjya visṛjyāgnau haviḥ pūtamivāmṛtam

gaṃgādiṣvapi nikṣipya vahnidvārā tadaṃśataḥ

tatsamāhṛtya śanakaistokaṃstokamitastataḥ

svāhayā kṛttikārūpātsvabhartrā ramamāṇayā

suvarṇībhūtayā nyastaṃ merau śaravaṇe kvacit

saṃdīpayitvā kālena tasya bhāsā diśo daśa

rañjayitvā girīnsarvānkāṃcanīkṛtya meruṇā

tataścireṇa kālena saṃjāte tatra tejasi

kumāre sukumārāṃge kumārāṇāṃ nidarśane

tacchaiśavaṃ svarūpaṃ ca tasya dṛṣṭvā manoharam

saha devasurairlokairvismite ca vimohite

devo 'pi svayamāyātaḥ putradarśanalālasaḥ

saha devyāṃkamāropya tato 'sya smeramānanam

pītāmṛtamiva snehavivaśenāntarātmanā

deveṣvapi ca paśyatsu vītarāgaistapasvibhiḥ

svasya vakṣaḥsthale svairaṃ nartayitvā kumārakam

anubhūya ca tatkrīḍāṃ saṃbhāvya ca parasparam

stanyamājñāpayandevyāḥ pāyayitvāmṛtopamam

tavāvatāro jagatāṃ hitāyetyanuśāsya ca

svayandevaśca devī ca na tṛptimupajagmatuḥ

tataḥ śakreṇa saṃdhāya bibhyatā tārakāsurāt

kārayitvābhiṣekaṃ ca senāpatye divaukasām

putramantarataḥ kṛtvā devena tripuradviṣā

svayamaṃtarhitenaiva skandamindrādirakṣitam

tacchaktyā krauñcabhedinyā yudhi kālāgnikalpayā

cheditaṃ tārakasyāpi śiraśśakrabhiyā saha

stutiṃ cakrurviśeṣeṇa haridhātṛmukhāḥ surāḥ

tathā rakṣodhipaḥ sākṣādrāvaṇo balagarvitaḥ

uddharansvabhujairdīrghaiḥ kailāsaṃ girimātmanaḥ

tadāgo 'sahamānasya devadevasya śūlinaḥ

padāṃguṣṭhaparispandānmamajja mṛdito bhuvi

baṭoḥ kenacidarthena svāśritasya gatāyuṣaḥ

tvarayāgatya devena pādāṃtaṃ gamitontakaḥ

svavāhanamavijñāya vṛṣendraṃ vaḍavānalaḥ

sagalagrahamānītastato 'styekodakaṃ jagat

alokaviditaistaistairvṛttairānandasundaraiḥ

aṃgahārasvasenedamasakṛccālitaṃ jagat

śānta eva sadā sarvamanugṛhṇāti cecchivaḥ

sarvāṇi pūrayedeva kathaṃ śaktena mocayet

anādikarma vaicitryamapi nātra niyāmakam

kāraṇaṃ khalu karmāpi bhavedīśvarakāritam

kimatra bahunoktena nāstikyaṃ hetukārakam

yathā hyāśu nivarteta tathā kathaya māruta

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe śivatattvapraśno nāma triṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ