Shiva Purana · Chapter 7.8

kṛṣṇa uvāca
bhagavañchrotumicchāmi śivena paribhāṣitam

vedasāre śivajñānaṃ svāśritānāṃ vimuktaye

abhaktānāmabuddhīnāmayuktānāmagocaram

arthairdaśardhaiḥ saṃyuktaṃ gūḍhamaprājñaniṃditam

varṇāśramakṛtairdharmairviparītaṃ kvacitsamam

vedātṣaḍaṃgāduddhṛtya sāṃkhyādyogācca kṛtsnaśaḥ

śatakoṭipramāṇena vistīrṇaṃ graṃthasaṃkhyayā

kathitaṃ parameśena tatra pūjā kathaṃ prabhoḥ

kasyādhikāraḥ pūjādau jñānayogādayaḥ katham

tatsarvaṃ vistarādeva vaktumarhasi suvrata

upamanyuruvāca
śaivaṃ saṃkṣipya vedoktaṃ śivena paribhāṣitam

stutiniṃdādirahitaṃ sadyaḥ pratyayakāraṇam

guruprasādajaṃ divyamanāyāsena muktidam

kathayiṣye samāsena tasya śakyo na vistaraḥ

sisṛkṣayā purāvyaktācchivaḥ sthāṇurmaheśvaraḥ

satkāryakāraṇopetassvayamāvirabhūtprabhuḥ

janayāmāsa ca tadā ṛṣirviśvādhikaḥ prabhuḥ

devānāṃ prathamaṃ devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ brahmaṇaspatim

brahmāpi pitaraṃ devaṃ jāyamānaṃ nyavaikṣata

taṃ jāyamānaṃ janako devaḥ prāpaśyadājñayā

dṛṣṭo rudreṇa devo 'sāvasṛjadviśvamīśvaraḥ

varṇāśramavyavasthāṃ ca cakāra sa pṛthakpṛthak

somaṃ sasarja yajñārthe somāddyaussamajāyata

dharā ca vahniḥ sūryaśca yajño viṣṇuśśacīpatiḥ

te cānye ca surā rudraṃ rudrādhyāyena tuṣṭuvuḥ

prasannavadanastasthau devānāmagrataḥ prabhuḥ

apahṛtya svalīlārthaṃ teṣāṃ jñānaṃ maheśvaraḥ

tamapṛcchaṃstato devāḥ ko bhavāniti mohitāḥ

so 'bravīdbhagavānrudro hyahamekaḥ purātanaḥ

āsaṃ prathamamevāhaṃ vartāmi १ ca surottamāḥ

bhaviṣyāmi ca mattonyo vyatirikto na kaścana

ahameva jagatsarvaṃ tarpayāmi svatejasā

matto 'dhikaḥ samo nāsti māṃ yo veda sa mucyate

ityuktvā bhagavānrudrastatraivāṃtaradhatta sa

apaśyaṃtastamīśānaṃ stuvaṃtaścaiva sāmabhiḥ

vrataṃ pāśupataṃ kṛtvā tvatharvaśirasi sthitam

bhasmasaṃchannasarvāṃgā babhūvuramarāstadā

atha teṣāṃ prasādārthaṃ paśūnāṃ patirīśvaraḥ

sagaṇaścomayā sārdhaṃ sānnidhyamakarotprabhuḥ

yaṃ vinidrā jitaśvāsā yogino dagdhakilbiṣāḥ

hṛdi paśyaṃti taṃ devaṃ dadṛśurdevapuṃgavāḥ

yāmāhuḥ paramāṃ śaktimīśvarecchānuvartinīm

tāmapaśyanmaheśasya vāmato vāmalocanām

ye vinirdhūtasaṃsārāḥ prāptāḥ śaivaṃ paraṃ padam

nityasiddhāśca ye vānyaṃ te ca dṛṣṭā gaṇeśvarāḥ

atha taṃ tuṣṭuvurdevā devyā saha maheśvaram

stotrairmāheśvarairdivyaiḥ śrotaiḥ paurāṇikairapi

devo 'pi devānālokya ghṛṇayā vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ

tuṣṭo 'smītyāha suprītassvabhāvamadhurāṃ giram

atha suprītamanasaṃ praṇipatya vṛṣadhvajam

arthamahattamaṃ devāḥ papracchurimamādarāt

devā ūcuḥ
bhagavankena mārgeṇa pūjanīyo 'si bhūtale

kasyādhikāraḥ pūjāyāṃ vaktumarhasi tattvataḥ

tataḥ sasmitamālokya devīṃ devavaroharaḥ

svarūpaṃ darśayāmāsa ghoraṃ sūryātmakaṃ param

sarvaiśvaryaguṇopetaṃ sarvatejomayaṃ param

śaktibhirmūrtibhiścāṃgairgrahairdevaiśca saṃvṛtam

aṣṭabāhuṃ caturvaktramardhanārīkamadbhutam

dṛṣṭvaivamadbhutākāraṃ devā viṣṇupurogamāḥ

buddhvā divākaraṃ devaṃ devīṃ caiva niśākaram

pañcabhūtāni śeṣāṇi tanmayaṃ ca carācaram

evamuktvā namaścakrustasmai cārghyaṃ pradāya vai

siṃdūravarṇāya sumaṇḍalāya suvarṇavarṇābharaṇāya tubhyam

padmābhanetrāya sapaṃkajāya brahmendranārāyaṇakāraṇāya

suratnapūrṇaṃ sasuvarṇatoyaṃ sukuṃkumādyaṃ sakuśaṃ sapuṣpam

pradattamādāya sahemapātraṃ praśastamarghyaṃ bhagavanprasīda

namaśśivāya śāṃtāya sagaṇāyādihetave

rudrāya viṣṇave tubhyaṃ brahmaṇe sūryamūrtaye

yaśśivaṃ maṇḍale saure saṃpūjyaiva samāhitaḥ

prātarmadhyāhnasāyāhne pradadyādarghyamuttamam

praṇamedvā paṭhedetāñchlokāñchrutimukhānimān

na tasya durllabhaṃ kiṃcidbhaktaścenmucyate dṛḍham

tasmādabhyarcayenityaṃ śivamādityarūpiṇam

dharmakāmārthamuktyarthaṃ manasā karmaṇā girā

atha devānsamālokya maṇḍalastho maheśvaraḥ

sarvāgamottaraṃ dattvā śāstramaṃtaradhāddharaḥ

tatra pūjādhikāro 'yaṃ brahmakṣatraviśāmiti

jñātvā praṇamya deveśaṃ devā jagmuryathāgatam

atha kālena mahatā tasmiñchāstre tirohite

bhartāraṃ paripapraccha tadaṃkasthā maheśvarī

tayā sa codito devo devyā candravibhūṣaṇaḥ

avadatkaramuddhṛtya śāstraṃ sarvāgamottaram

pravartitaṃ ca talloke niyogātparameṣṭhinaḥ

mayāgastyena guruṇā dadhīcena maharṣiṇā

svayamapyavatīryorvyāṃ yugāvarteṣu śūladhṛk

svāśritānāṃ vimuktyarthaṃ kurute jñānasaṃtatim

ṛbhussatyo bhārgavaśca hyaṃgirāḥ savitā dvijāḥ

mṛtyuḥ śatakraturdhīmānvasiṣṭho munipuṃgavaḥ

sārasvatastridhāmā ca trivṛto munipuṃgavaḥ

śatatejāssvayaṃ dharmo nārāyaṇa iti śrutaḥ

svarakṣaścāruṇirdhīmāṃstathā caiva kṛtaṃjayaḥ

kṛtaṃjayo bharadvājo gautamaḥ kaviruttamaḥ

vācaḥsravā munissākṣāttathā sūkṣmāyaṇiḥ śuciḥ

tṛṇabiṃdurmuniḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śaktiḥ śākteya uttaraḥ

jātūkarṇyo harissākṣātkṛṣṇadvaipāyano muniḥ

vyāsāvatārāñchṛṇvaṃtu kalpayogeśvarānkramāt

laiṃge vyāsāvatārā hi dvāparāṃ teṣu suvratāḥ

yogācāryāvatārāśca tathā śiṣyeṣu śūlinaḥ

tatra tatra vibhoḥ śiṣyāścatvāraḥ syurmahaujasaḥ

śiṣyāsteṣāṃ praśiṣyāśca śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ

teṣāṃ saṃbhāvanālloke śaivājñākaraṇādibhiḥ

bhāgyavaṃto vimucyaṃte bhaktyā cātyaṃtabhāvitāḥ

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe śivatattvajñāne vyāsāvatāravarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ