Shiva Purana · Verses 7.6-2

munaya ūcuḥ
yo 'yaṃ paśuriti prokto yaśca pāśa udāhṛtaḥ

ābhyāṃ vilakṣaṇaḥ kaścitkoyamasti tayoḥ patiḥ

vāyuruvāca
asti kaścidaparyaṃtaramaṇīyaguṇāśrayaḥ

patirviśvasya nirmātā paśupāśavimocanaḥ

abhāve tasya viśvasya sṛṣṭireṣā kathaṃ bhavet

acetanatvādajñānādanayoḥ paśupāśayoḥ

pradhānaparamāṇvādi yāvatkiṃcidacetanam

tatkartṛkaṃ svayaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ buddhimatkāraṇaṃ vinā

jagacca kartṛsāpekṣaṃ kāryaṃ sāvayavaṃ yataḥ

tasmātkāryasya kartṛtvaṃ patyurna paśupāśayoḥ

paśorapi ca kartṛtvaṃ patyuḥ preraṇapūrvakam

ayathākaraṇajñānamaṃdhasya gamanaṃ yathā

ātmānaṃ ca pṛthaṅmatvā preritāraṃ tataḥ pṛthak

asau juṣṭastatastena hyamṛtatvāya kalpate

paśoḥ pāśasya patyuśca tattvato 'sti padaṃ param

brahmavittadviditvaiva yonimukto bhaviṣyati

saṃyuktametaddvitayaṃ kṣaramakṣarameva ca

vyaktāvyaktaṃ bibhartīśo viśvaṃ viśvavimocakaḥ

bhoktā bhogyaṃ prerayitā maṃtavyaṃ trividhaṃ smṛtam

nātaḥ paraṃ vijānadbhirveditavyaṃ hi kiṃcanaḥ

tileṣu vā yathā tailaṃ dadhni vā sarpirarpitam

yathāpaḥ srotasi vyāptā yathāraṇyāṃ hutāśanaḥ

evameva mahātmānamātmanyātmavilakṣaṇam

satyena tapasā caiva nityayukto 'nupaśyati

ya eko jālavānīśa īśānībhissvaśaktibhiḥ

sarvāṃllokānimān kṛtvā eka eva sa īśate १

eka eva tadā rudro na dvitīyo 'sti kaścana

saṃsṛjya viśvabhuvanaṃ goptā te saṃcukoca yaḥ

viśvataścakṣurevāyamutāyaṃ viśvatomukhaḥ

tathaiva viśvatobāhuviśvataḥ pādasaṃyutaḥ

dyāvābhūmī ca janayan deva eko maheśvaraḥ

sa eva sarvadevānāṃ prabhavaścodbhavastathā

hiraṇyagarbhaṃ devānāṃ prathamaṃ janayedayam

viśvasmādadhiko rudro maharṣiriti hi śrutiḥ

vedāhametaṃ puruṣaṃ mahāṃtamamṛtaṃ dhruvam

ādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastātsaṃsthitaṃ prabhum

asmānnāsti paraṃ kiṃcidaparaṃ paramātmanaḥ

nāṇīyo 'sti na ca jyāyastena pūrṇamidaṃ jagat

sarvānanaśirogrīvaḥ sarvabhūtaguhāśayaḥ

sarvavyāpī ca bhagavāṃstasmātsarvagataśśivaḥ

sarvataḥ pāṇipādo 'yaṃ sarvato 'kṣiśiromukhaḥ

sarvataḥ śrutimāṃlloke sarvamāvṛtya tiṣṭhati

sarvendriyaguṇābhāsassarvendriyavivarjitaḥ

sarvasya prabhurīśānaḥ sarvasya śaraṇaṃ suhṛt

acakṣurapi yaḥ paśyatyakarṇo 'pi śṛṇoti yaḥ

sarvaṃ vetti na vettāsya tamāhuḥ puruṣaṃ param

aṇoraṇīyānmahato mahīyānayamavyayaḥ

guhāyāṃ nihitaścāpi jaṃtorasya maheśvaraḥ

tamakratuṃ kratuprāyaṃ mahimātiśayānvitam

dhātuḥ prasādādīśānaṃ vītaśokaḥ prapaśyati

vedāhamenamajaraṃ purāṇaṃ sarvagaṃ vibhum

nirodhaṃ janmano yasya vadaṃti brahmavādinaḥ

eko 'pi trīnimāṃllokān bahudhā śaktiyogataḥ

vidadhāti vicetyaṃte १ viśvamādau maheśvaraḥ

viśvadhātrītyajākhyā ca śaivī citrā kṛtiḥ parā

tāmajāṃ lohitāṃ śuklāṃ kṛṣṇāmekāṃ tvajaḥ prajām

janitrīmanuśete 'nyojuṣamāṇassvarūpiṇīm

tāmevājāmajo 'nyastu bhaktabhogā jahāti ca

dvau suparṇau ca sayujau samānaṃ vṛkṣamāsthitau

eko 'tti pippalaṃ svādu paro 'naśnan prapaśyati

vṛkṣesmin puruṣo magno guhyamānaśca śocati

juṣṭamanyaṃ yadā paśyedīśaṃ paramakāraṇam

tadāsya mahimānaṃ ca vītaśokassukhī bhavet

chaṃdāṃsi yajñāḥ ṛtavo yadbhūtaṃ bhavyameva ca

māyī viśvaṃ sṛjatyasminniviṣṭo māyayā paraḥ

māyāṃ tu prakṛtiṃ vidyānmāyinaṃ tu maheśvaram

tasyāstvavayavaireva vyāptaṃ sarvamidaṃ jagat

sūkṣmātisūkṣmamīśānaṃ kalalasyāpi madhyataḥ

sraṣṭāramapi viśvasya veṣṭitāraṃ ca tasya tu

śivameveśvaraṃ jñātvā śāṃtimatyaṃtamṛcchati

sa eva kālo goptā ca viśvasyādhipatiḥ prabhuḥ

taṃ viśvādhipatiṃ jñātvā mṛtyupāśātpramucyate

ghṛtātparaṃ maṃḍamiva sūkṣmaṃ jñātvā sthitaṃ prabhum

sarvabhūteṣu gūḍhaṃ ca sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

eṣa eva paro devo viśvakarmā maheśvaraḥ

hṛdaye saṃniviṣṭaṃ taṃ jñātvaivāmṛtamaśnute

yadā samastaṃ na divā na rātrirna sadapyasat

kevalaśśiva evaiko yataḥ prajñā purātanī

nainamūrdhvaṃ na tiryakca na madhyaṃ paryajigrahat

na tasya pratimā cāsti yasya nāma mahadyaśaḥ

ajātamimamevaike buddhā janmani bhīravaḥ

rudrasyāsya prapadyaṃte rakṣārthaṃ dakṣiṇaṃ sukham

dve akṣare brahmapare tvanaṃte samudāhṛte

vidyāvidye samākhyāte nihite yatra gūḍhavat

kṣaraṃ tvavidyā hyamṛtaṃ vidyeti parigīyate

te ubhe īśate yastu so 'nyaḥ khalu maheśvaraḥ

ekaikaṃ bahudhā jālaṃ vikurvannekavacca yaḥ

sarvādhipatyaṃ kurute sṛṣṭvā sarvān pratāpavān

diśa ūrdhvamadhastiryakbhāsayan bhrājate svayam

yo niḥsvabhāvādapyeko vareṇyastvadhitiṣṭhati

svabhāvavācakān sarvān vācyāṃśca pariṇāmayan

guṇāṃśca bhogyabhoktṛtve tadviśvamadhitiṣṭhati

te vai guhyopaṇiṣadi gūḍhaṃ brahma parātparam

brahmayoniṃ jagatpūrvaṃ vidurdevā maharṣayaḥ

bhāvagrāhyamanīhākhyaṃ bhāvābhāvakaraṃ śivam

kalāsargakaraṃ devaṃ ye viduste jahustanum

svabhāvameke manyaṃte kālameke vimohitāḥ

devasya mahimā hyeṣa yenedaṃ bhrāmyate jagat

yenedamāvṛtaṃ nityaṃ kālakālātmanā yataḥ

teneritamidaṃ karma bhūtaiḥ saha vivartate

tatkarma bhūyaśaḥ kṛtvā vinivṛtya ca bhūyaśaḥ

tattvasya saha tattvena yogaṃ cāpi sametya vai

aṣṭābhiśca tribhiścaivaṃ dvābhyāṃ caikena vā punaḥ

kālenātmaguṇaiścāpi kṛtsnameva jagatsvayam

guṇairārabhya karmāṇi svabhāvādīni yojayet

teṣāmabhāve nāśaḥ syātkṛtasyāpi ca karmaṇaḥ

karmakṣaye punaścānyattato yāti sa tattvataḥ

sa evādissvayaṃ yoganimittaṃ bhoktṛbhogayoḥ

parastrikālādakalassa eva parameśvaraḥ

sarvavittriguṇādhīśo brahmasākṣātparātparaḥ

taṃ viśvarūpamabhavaṃ bhavamīḍyaṃ prajāpatim

devadevaṃ jagatpūjyaṃ svacittasthamupāsmahe

kālādibhiḥ paro yasmātprapañcaḥ parivartate

dharmāvahaṃ pāpanudaṃ bhogeśaṃ viśvadhāma ca

tamīśvarāṇāṃ paramaṃ maheśvaraṃ taṃ devatānāṃ paramaṃ ca daivatam

patiṃ patīnāṃ paramaṃ parastādvidāma devaṃ bhuvaneśvareśvaram

na tasya vidyeta kāryaṃ kāraṇaṃ ca na vidyate

na tatsamo 'dhikaścāpi kvacijjagati dṛśyate

parāsya vividhā śaktiḥ śrutau svābhāvikī śrutā

jñānaṃ balaṃ kriyā caiva yābhyo viśvamidaṃ kṛtam

tasyāsti patiḥ kaścinnaiva liṃgaṃ na ceśitā

kāraṇaṃ kāraṇānāṃ ca sa teṣāmadhipādhipaḥ

na cāsya janitā kaścinna ca janma kutaścana

na janmahetavastadvanmalamāyādisaṃjñakāḥ

sa ekassarvabhūteṣu gūḍho vyāptaśca viśvataḥ

sarvabhūtāṃtarātmā ca dharmādhyakṣassa kathyate

sarvabhūtādhivāsaśca sākṣī cetā ca nirguṇaḥ

eko vaśī niṣkriyāṇāṃ bahūnāṃ vivaśātmanām

nityānāmapyasau nityaścetanānāṃ ca cetanaḥ

eko bahūnāṃ cākāmaḥ kāmānīśaḥ prayacchati

sāṃkhyayogādhigamyaṃ yatkāraṇaṃ jagatāṃ patim

jñātvā devaṃ paśuḥ pāśaissarvaireva vimucyate

viśvakṛdviśvavitsvātmayonijñaḥ kālakṛdguṇī

pradhānaḥ kṣetrajñapatirguṇeśaḥ pāśamocakaḥ

brahmāṇaṃ vidadhe pūrvaṃ vedāṃścopādiśatsvayam

yo devastamahaṃ buddhvā svātmabuddhiprasādataḥ

mumukṣurasmātsaṃsārātprapadye śaraṇaṃ śivam

niṣphalaṃ niṣkriyaṃ śāṃtaṃ niravadyaṃ niraṃjanam

amṛtasya paraṃ setuṃ dagdheṃdhanamivānilam

yadā carmavadākāśaṃ veṣṭayiṣyaṃti mānavāḥ

tadā śivamavijñāya duḥkhasyāṃto bhaviṣyati

tapaḥprabhāvāddevasya prasādācca maharṣayaḥ

atyāśramocitajñānaṃ pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam

vedāṃte paramaṃ guhyaṃ purākalpapracoditam

brahmaṇo vadanāllabdhaṃ mayedaṃ bhāgyagauravāt

nāpraśāṃtāya dātavyametajjñānamanuttamam

na putrāyāśuvṛttāya nāśiṣyāya ca sarvathā

yasya deve parābhaktiryathā deve tathā gurau

tasyaite kathitāhyarthāḥ prakāśaṃte mahātmanaḥ

ataśca saṃkṣepamidaṃ śṛṇudhvaṃ śivaḥ parastātprakṛteśca puṃsaḥ

sa sargakāle ca karoti sarvaṃ saṃhārakāle punarādadāti

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe śivatattvavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ