Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 1.17

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ ṣoḍaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 17
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
praṇavasyacamāhātmyaṃṣaḍliṃgasyamahāmune
śivabhaktasyapūjāṃcakramaśobrūhinaḥprabho

sūta uvāca
tapodhanairbhavadbhiśca samyakpraśnastvayaṃ kṛtaḥ
asyottaraṃmahādevojānātismanacāparaḥ

athāpivakṣyetamahaṃśivasyakṛpayaivahi
śivo 'smākaṃcayuṣmākaṃrakṣāṃgṛhṇātubhūriśaḥ

prohiprakṛtijātasyasaṃsārasyamahodadheḥ
navaṃ nāvāṃtaramiti praṇavaṃ vai vidurbudhāḥ

praḥprapañconanāstivo yuṣmākaṃpraṇavaṃviduḥ
prakarṣeṇanayedyasmānmokṣaṃvaḥ praṇavaṃ viduḥ

svajāpakānāṃyogināṃsvamaṃtrapūjakasyaca
sarvakarmakṣayaṃkṛtvādivyajñānaṃtunūtanam

tameva māyārahitaṃ nūtanaṃ paricakṣate
prakarṣeṇa mahātmānaṃ navaṃ śuddhasvarūpakam

nūtanaṃ vai karotīti praṇavaṃ taṃ vidurbudhāḥ
praṇavaṃdvividhaṃproktaṃsūkṣmasthūlavibhedataḥ

sūkṣmamekākṣaraṃ vidyātsthūlaṃ pañcākṣaraṃ viduḥ
sūkṣmamavyaktapañcārṇaṃ suvyaktārṇaṃ tathetarat

jīvanmuktasya sūkṣmaṃ hi sarvasāraṃ hi tasyahi
maṃtreṇārthānusaṃdhānaṃ svadehavilayāvadhi

svadehegalitepūrṇaṃśivaṃprāpnotiniścayaḥ
kevalaṃmaṃtrajāpītuyogaṃprāpnotiniścayaḥ

ṣaṭtriṃśatkoṭijāpītuniścayaṃyogamāpnuyāt
sūkṣmaṃcadvividhaṃjñeyaṃhrasvadīrghavibhedataḥ

akāraśca ukāraścamakāraścatataḥparam
biṃdunādayutaṃ taddhi śabdakālakalānvitam

dīrghapraṇavamevaṃhiyogināmevahṛdgatam
makāraṃtaṃtritattvaṃ hi hrasvapraṇava ucyate

śivaḥśaktistayoraikyaṃmakāraṃtutrikātmakam
hrasvamevaṃhijāpyaṃsyātsarvapāpakṣayaiṣiṇām

bhūvāyukanakārṇodyoḥśabdādyāścatathādaśa
āśānvayedaśapunaḥ pravṛttā itikathyate

hrasvamevapravṛttānāṃnivṛttānāṃtudīrghakam
vyāhṛtyādaucamaṃtrādaukāmaṃśabdakalāyutam

vedādaucaprayojyaṃsyādvaṃdanesaṃdhyayorapi
navakauṭijapāñjaptvāsaṃśuddhaḥpuruṣobhavet

punaścanavakoṭyātupṛthivījayamāpnuyāt
punaścanavakoṭyātuhyapāṃjayamavāpnuyāt

punaścanavakoṭyātutejasāṃjayamāpnuyāt
punaścanavakoṭyā tu vāyorjayamavāpnuyāt
ākāśajayamāpnoti navakoṭijapena vai

gaṃdhādīnāṃkrameṇaivanavakoṭijapeṇavai
ahaṃkārasya ca punarnava koṭijapena vai

sahasramaṃtrajaptena nityaśuddho bhavetpumān
tataḥ paraṃsvasiddhyarthaṃjapobhavatihidvijāḥ

evamaṣṭottaraśatakoṭijaptenavaipunaḥ
praṇavenaprabuddhastuśuddhayogamavāpnuyāt

śuddhayogenasaṃyuktojīvanmuktonasaṃśayaḥ
sadājapansadādhyāyañchivaṃ praṇavarūpiṇam

samādhisthomahāyogīśiva eva nasaṃśayaḥ
ṛṣicchaṃdodevatādinyasyadehepunarjapet

praṇavaṃ mātṛkāyuktaṃdehetyasya ṛṣirbhavet
daśamātṛṣaḍadhvādi sarvaṃnyāsaphalaṃ labhet

pravṛttānāṃ camiśrāṇāṃsthūlapraṇavamiṣyate
kriyātapojapairyuktāstrividhāḥ śivayoginaḥ

dhanādivibhavaiścaivakarādyaṃgairnamādibhiḥ
kriyayā pūjayāyuktaḥkriyāyogīti kathyate

pūjāyuktaścamitabhugbāhyaṃdriyajayānvitaḥ
paradrohādirahitastapoyogīti kathyate

etairyuktaḥsadākruddhaḥsarvakāmādivarjitaḥ
sadājapaparaḥśāṃtojapayogīti taṃviduḥ

upacāraiḥ ṣoḍaśabhiḥ pūjayā śivayoginām
sālokyādikrameṇaivaśuddhomuktiṃlabhennaraḥ

japayogamathovakṣyegadataḥ śṛṇutadvijāḥ
tapaḥkarturjapaḥ proktoyajjamanparimārjate

śivanāmanamaḥpūrvaṃcaturthyāṃpañcatattvakam
sthūlapraṇavarūpaṃ hi śivapañcākṣaraṃ dvijāḥ

pañcākṣarajapenaiva sarvasiddhiṃ labhennaraḥ
praṇavenādisaṃyuktaṃsadāpañcākṣaraṃjapet

gurūpadeśaṃsaṃgamyasukhavāsesubhūtale
pūrvapakṣesamārabhyakṛṣṇabhūtāvadhidvijāḥ

māghaṃbhādraṃviśiṣṭaṃtusarvakālottamottamam
ekavāraṃmitāśītuvāgyatoniyateṃdriyaḥ

svasyarājapitḥṇāṃcaśuśrūṣaṇaṃcanityaśaḥ
sahasrajapamātreṇabhavecchuddho 'nyathā ṛṇī

pañcākṣaraṃpañcalakṣaṃjapecchivamanusmaran
padmāsanasthaṃśivadaṃgaṃgācaṃdrakalānvitam

vāmorusthitaśaktyācavirājaṃtaṃmahāgaṇaiḥ
mṛgaṭaṃkadharaṃdevaṃvaradābhayapāṇikam

sadānugrahakartāraṃ sadāśivamanusmaran
saṃpūjyamanasā pūrvaṃhṛdivāsūryamaṃḍale

japetpañcākṣarīṃvidyāṃprāṅmukhaḥ śuddhakarmakṛt
prātaḥkṛṣṇacaturdaśyāṃ nityakarmasamāpyaca

manorameśucaudeśeniyataḥ śuddhamānasaḥ
pañcākṣarasyamaṃtrasya sahasraṃdvādaśaṃjapet

varayeccasapatnīkāñchaivānvaibrāhmaṇottamān
ekaṃguruvaraṃśiṣṭaṃvarayetsāṃbamūrtikam

īśānaṃcāthapuruṣamaghoraṃvāmameva ca
sadyojātaṃ capañcaivaśivabhaktāndvijottamān

pūjādravyāṇisaṃpādyaśivapūjāṃsamārabhet
śivapūjāṃcavidhivatkṛtvāhomaṃsamārabhet

mukhāṃtaṃ ca svasūtreṇakṛtyāhomaṃsamārabhet
daśaikaṃvāśataikaṃvāsahasraikamathāpivā

kāpilenaghṛtenaivajuhuyātsvayamevahi
kārayecchivabhaktairvāpyaṣṭottaraśataṃbudhaḥ

homānte dakṣiṇādeyāgurorgomithunaṃ tathā
īśānādisvarūpāṃstānguruṃsāṃbaṃvibhāvya ca

teṣāṃ patsiktatoyenasvaśiraḥ snānamācaret
ṣaṭtriṃśatkoṭitīrtheṣusadyaḥsnānaphalaṃlabhet

daśāṃgamannaṃteṣāṃ vaidadyādvaibhaktipūrvakam
parābuddhyāguroḥ patnīmīśānādikrameṇa tu

paramānnenasaṃpūjyayathāvibhavavistaram
rudrākṣavastrapūrvaṃcavaṭakāpūpakairyutam

balidānaṃtataḥ kṛtvābhūribhojanamācaret
tataḥ saṃprārthyadeveśaṃjapaṃtāvatsamāpayet

puraścaraṇamevaṃtukṛtvāmantrībhavennaraḥ
punaścapañca lakṣeṇasarvapāpakṣayobhavet

atalādisamārabhyasatyalokāvadhikramāt
pañcalakṣajapāttattallokaiśvaryamavāpnuyāt

madhyemṛtaścedbhogāṃtebhūmautajjāpakobhavet
punaścapañcalakṣeṇabrahmasāmīpyamāpnuyāt

punaścapañcalakṣeṇa sārūpyaiśvaryamāpnuyāt
āhatyaśatalakṣeṇasākṣādbrahmasamobhavet

kāryabrahmaṇa evaṃ hi sāyujyaṃpratipadya vai
yatheṣṭaṃbhogamāpnotitadbrahmapralayāvadhi

punaḥ kalpāṃtarevṛtte brahmaputraḥ sajāyate
punaścatapasādīptaḥkramānmuktobhaviṣyati

pṛthvyādikāryabhūtebhyolokāvainirmitāḥkramāt
pātālādi ca satyāṃtaṃbrahmalokāścaturdaśa

satyādūrdhvaṃkṣamāṃtaṃvaiviṣṇulokāścaturdaśa
kṣamalokekāryaviṣṇurvaikuṃṭhevarapattane

kāryalakṣmyāmahābhogirakṣāṃkṛtvā 'dhitiṣṭhati
tadūrdhvagāścāśucyaṃtālokāṣṭāviṃśatiḥ sthitāḥ

śucauloketukailāserudrovaibhūtahṛtsthitaḥ
ṣaḍuttarāścapañcāśadahiṃsāṃtāstadūrdhvagāḥ

ahiṃsālokamāsthāyajñānakailāsakepure
kāryeśvarastirobhāvaṃsarvānkṛtvādhitiṣṭhati

tadaṃtekālacakraṃhikālātītastataḥparam
śivenādhiṣṭhitastatrakālaścakreśvarāhvayaḥ

māhiṣaṃ dharmamāsthāyasarvānkālena yuṃjati
asatyaścāśuciścaiva hiṃsācaivāthanirghṛṇā

asatyādicatuṣpādaḥsarvāṃśaḥ kāmarūpadhṛk
nāstikyalakṣmīrduḥsaṃgovedabāhyadhvaniḥsadā

krodhasaṃgaḥkṛṣṇavarṇomahāmahiṣaveṣavān
tāvanmaheśvaraḥproktastirodhāstāvadeva hi

tadarvākkarmabhogo hi tadūrdhvaṃjñānabhogakam
tadarvākkarma māyāhijñānamāyā tadūrdhvakam

mā lakṣmīḥ karmabhogovaiyātimāyetikathyate
mā lakṣmīrjñānabhogovaiyātimāyetikathyate

tadūrdhvaṃnityabhogohitadarvāṅnaśvaraṃviduḥ
tadarvākcatirodhānaṃtadūrdhvaṃnatirodhanam

tadarvākpāśabaṃdhohitadūrdhvaṃnahibaṃdhanam
tadarvākparivartaṃtekāmyakarmānusāriṇaḥ

niṣkāmakarmabhogastutadūrdhvaṃparikīrtitaḥ
tadarvākparivartaṃtebiṃdupūjāparāyaṇāḥ

tadūrdhvaṃhivrajaṃtyevaniṣkāmāliṃgapūjakāḥ
tadarvākparivartaṃtaṃśivānyasurapūjakāḥ

śivaikaniratāye ca tadūrdhvaṃsaṃprayāṃtite
tadarvāgjīvakoṭiḥsyāttadūrdhvaṃparakoṭikāḥ

sāṃsārikāstadarvākca muktāḥ khalu tadūrdhvagāḥ
tadarvākparivartaṃte prākṛtadravyapūjakāḥ

tadūrdhvaṃhivrajaṃtyetepauruṣadravyapūjakāḥ
tadarvākchaktiliṃgaṃ tu śivaliṃgaṃ tadūrdhvakam

tadarvāgāvṛtaṃ liṃgaṃ tadūrdhvaṃ hi nirāvṛti
tadarvākkalpitaṃ liṃgaṃ tadūrdhvaṃ vai na kalpitam

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tadarvākchaktilokā hi śataṃ vai dvādaśādhikam

tadarvāgbiṃdurūpaṃ hi nādarūpaṃ taduttaram
tadarvākkarmalokastu tadūrdhvaṃ jñānalokakaḥ

namaskārastadūrdhvaṃhimadāhaṃkāranāśanaḥ
janijaṃtirodhānaṃnāniṣiddhyātate iti

jñānaśabdārtha evaṃ hi tirodhānanivāraṇāt
tadarvākparivartaṃtehyādhibhautikapūjakāḥ

ādhyātmikārcakā eva tadūrdhvaṃsaṃprayāṃtivai
tāvadvaivedibhāgaṃtanmahālokātmaliṃgake

prakṛtyādyaṣṭabaṃdhopivedyaṃtesaṃpratiṣṭhataḥ
evametādṛśaṃjñeyaṃsarvaṃlaukikavaidikam

adharmamahiṣārūḍhaṃkālacakraṃtaraṃtite
satyādidharmayuktāyeśivapūjāparāścaye

tadūrdhvaṃvṛṣabhodharmobrahmacaryasvarūpadhṛk
satyādipādayuktastuśivalokāgrataḥsthitaḥ

kṣamāśṛṅgaḥ śamaśrotro vedadhvanivibhūṣitaḥ
āstikyacakṣurniśvāsagurubuddhimanā vṛṣaḥ

kriyādivṛṣabhā jñeyāḥ kāraṇādiṣu sarvadā
taṃ kriyāvṛṣabhaṃ dharmaṃ kālātītodhitiṣṭhati

brahmaviṣṇumaheśānāṃ svasvāyurdinamucyate

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punaḥ kāraṇasatyāṃtāḥ kāraṇabrahmaṇastathā
gaṃdhādibhyastu bhūtebhyastadūrdhvaṃ nirmitāḥ sadā

sūkṣmagaṃdhasvarūpāhisthitālokāścaturdaśa
punaḥ kāraṇaviṣṇorvaisthitā lokāścaturdaśa

punaḥkāraṇarudrasyalokāṣṭāviṃśakā matāḥ
punaścakāraṇeśasyaṣaṭpañcāśattadūrdhvagāḥ

tataḥ paraṃbrahmacaryalokākhyaṃ śivasaṃmatam
tatraivajñānakailāsepañcāvaraṇasaṃyute

pañcamaṃḍalasaṃyuktaṃpañcabrahmakalānvitam
ādiśaktisamāyuktamādiliṃgaṃtutatravai

śivālayamidaṃproktaṃśivasyaparamātmanaḥ
paraśaktyāsamāyuktastatraivaparameśvaraḥ

sṛṣṭiḥ sthitiścasaṃhārastirobhāvopyanugrahaḥ
pañcakṛtyapravīṇo 'sausaccidānaṃdavigrahaḥ

dhyānadharmaḥ sadāyasyasadānugrahatatparaḥ
samādhyāsanamāsīnaḥ svātmārāmovirājate

tasyasaṃdarśanaṃsāṃdhyaṃkarmadhyānādibhiḥ kramāt
nityādikarmayajanācchivakarmamatirbhavet

kriyādiśivakarmabhyaḥ śivajñānaṃprasādhayet
taddarśanagatāḥsarvemuktā eva nasaṃśayaḥ

muktirātmasvarūpeṇasvātmārāmatvamevahi
kriyātapojapajñānadhyānadharmeṣususthitaḥ

śivasyadarśanaṃlabdhāsvātmārāmatvamevahi
yathāraviḥsvakiraṇādaśuddhimapaneṣyati

kṛpāvicakṣaṇaḥśaṃbhurajñānamapaneṣyati
ajñānavinivṛttautuśivajñānaṃpravartate

śivajñānātsvasvarūpamātmārāmatvameṣyati
ātmārāmatvasaṃsiddhaukṛtakṛtyobhavennaraḥ

punaścaśatalakṣeṇabrahmaṇaḥpadamāpnuyāt
punaścaśatalakṣeṇaviṣṇoḥpadamavāpnuyāt

punaścaśatalakṣeṇarudrasyapadamāpnuyāt
punaśca śatalakṣeṇa aiśvaryaṃ padamāpnuyāt

punaścaivaṃvidhenaiva japena susamāhitaḥ
śivalokādibhūtaṃ hi kālacakramavāpnuyāt

kālacakraṃpañcacakramekaikenakramottare
sṛṣṭimohaubrahmacakraṃbhogamohautuvaiṣṇavam

kopamohauraudracakraṃbhramaṇaṃcaiśvaraṃviduḥ
śivacakraṃjñānamohaupañcacakraṃvidurbudhāḥ

punaścadaśakoṭyā hi kāraṇabrahmaṇaḥ padam
punaśca daśakoṭyāhitatpadaiśvaryamāpnuyāt

evaṃ krameṇa viṣṇvādeḥ padaṃlabdhvāmahaujasaḥ
krameṇatatpadaiśvaryaṃ labdhvācaivamahātmanaḥ

śatakoṭimanuṃ japtvā pañcottaramataṃdritaḥ
śivalokamavāpnotipañcamāvaraṇādbahiḥ

rājasaṃmaṃḍapaṃtatranaṃdīsaṃsthānamuttamam
taporūpaścavṛṣabhastatraivaparidṛśyate

sadyojātasyatatsthānaṃpañcamāvaraṇaṃparam
vāmadevasyacasthānaṃcaturthāvaraṇaṃpunaḥ

aghoranilayaṃpaścāttṛtīyāvaraṇaṃparam
puruṣasyaivasāṃbasyadvitīyāvaraṇaṃśubham

īśānasyaparasyaivaprathamāvaraṇaṃtataḥ
dhyānadharmasya ca sthānaṃpañcamaṃmaṃḍapaṃtataḥ

balināthasyasaṃsthānaṃtatrapūrṇāmṛtapradam
caturthaṃmaṃḍapaṃpaścāccaṃdraśekharamūrtimat

somaskaṃdasyacasthānaṃtṛtīyaṃmaṃḍapaṃparam
dvitīyaṃmaṃḍapaṃnṛtyamaṃḍapaṃprāhurāstikāḥ

prathamaṃmūlamāyāyāḥ sthānaṃtatraivaśobhanam
tataḥ paraṃ garbhagṛhaṃliṃgasthānaṃ paraṃ śubham

nandisaṃsthānataḥ paścānnaviduḥ śivavaibhavam
naṃdīśvarobahistiṣṭhanpañcākṣaramupāsate

evaṃ gurukramāllabdhaṃ naṃdīśācca mayāpunaḥ
tataḥ paraṃsvasaṃvedyaṃ śive naivānubhāvitam

śivasyakṛpayāsākṣācchivalokasyavaibhavam
vijñātuṃśakyate sarvairnānyathetyāhurāstikāḥ

evaṃkrameṇamuktāḥsyurbrāhmaṇāvaijiteṃdriyaḥ
anyeṣāṃ ca kramaṃvakṣye gadataḥ śṛṇutādarāt

gurūpadeśājjāpyaṃvaibrāhmaṇānāṃnamo 'ṃtakam
pañcākṣaraṃ pañcalakṣamāyuṣyaṃprajapedvidhiḥ

strītvāpanayanārthaṃtupañcalakṣaṃjapetpunaḥ
maṃtreṇapuruṣobhūtvākramānmuktobhavedbudhaḥ

kṣatriyaḥpañcalakṣeṇakṣattratvamapaneṣyati
punaścapañcalakṣeṇakṣattriyobrāhmaṇobhavet

maṃtrasiddhirjapāccaivakramānmuktobhavainnaraḥ
vaiśyastupañcalakṣeṇavaiśyatvamapaneṣyati

punaścapañcalakṣeṇamaṃtrakṣattriya ucyate
punaścapañcalakṣeṇa kṣattratvamapaneṣyati

punaścapañcalakṣeṇamaṃtrabrāhmaṇa ucyate
śūdraścaivanamoṃtena pañcaviṃśatilakṣataḥ

maṃtravipratvamāpadya paścācchuddho bhaveddvijaḥ
nārīvātha naro vātha brāhmaṇo vānya eva vā

namontaṃ vā namaḥ pūrvamāturaḥ sarvamāturaḥ sarvadā japet
tataḥ strīṇāṃtathaivohyagururnirdarśayetkramāt

sādhakaḥ pañcalakṣānte śivaprītyarthameva hi
mahābhiṣeka naivedyaṃ kṛtvā bhaktāṃśca pūjayet

pūjayā śivabhaktasya śivaḥ prītataro bhavet
śivasya śivabhaktasya bhedo nāsti śivo hi saḥ

śivasvarūpamaṃtrasyadhāraṇācchiva eva hi
śivabhaktaśarīre hi śivetatparamobhavet

śivabhaktāḥ kriyāḥ sarvā vedasarvakriyāṃviduḥ
yāvadyāvacchivaṃmaṃtraṃyenajaptaṃbhavetkramāt

tāvadvaiśivasānnidhyaṃ tasmindehe na saṃśayaḥ
devīliṃgaṃbhavedrūpaṃ śivabhaktastriyāstathā

yāvanmaṃtraṃjapeddevyāstāvatsānnidhyamasti hi
śivaṃsaṃpūjayeddhīmānsvayaṃvaiśabdarūpabhāk

svayaṃcaivaśivobhūtvāparāṃśaktiṃprapūjayet
śaktiṃberaṃcaliṃgaṃ ca hyālekhyāmāyayāyajet

śivaliṃgaṃ śivaṃmatvāsvātmānaṃśaktirūpakam
śaktiliṃgaṃcadevīṃcamatvāsvaṃśivarūpakam

śivaliṃgaṃnādarūpabiṃdurūpaṃtuśaktikam
upapradhānabhāvena anyonyāsaktaliṃgakam

pūjayecca śivaṃśaktisaśivomūlabhāvanāt
śivabhaktāñchivamatrarūpakāñchivarūpakān

ṣoḍaśairupacāraiścapūjayediṣṭamāpnuyāt
yenaśuśrūṣaṇādyaiśca śivabhaktasya liṃginaḥ

ānaṃdaṃjanayedvidvāñchivaḥprītataro bhavet
śivabhaktānsapatnīkānpatnyāsahasadaivatat

pūjayedbhojanādyaiścapañcavādaśavāśatam
dhanedehecamaṃtrecabhāvanāyāmavaṃcakaḥ

śivaśaktisvarūpeṇanapunarjāyate bhuvi
nābheradho brahmabhāgamākaṃṭhaṃviṣṇubhāgakam

mukhaṃliṃgamitiproktaṃśivabhaktaśarīrakam
mṛtāndāhādiyuktānvādāhādirahitānmṛtān

uddiśyapūjayedādipitaraṃśivamevahi
pūjāṃkṛtvādimātuścaśivabhaktāṃśca pūjayet

pitṛlokaṃsamāsādyakramānmuktobhavenmṛtaḥ
kriyāyuktadaśabhyaścatapoyuktoviśiṣyate

tapoyuktaśatebhyaścajapayuktoviśiṣyate
japayuktasahasrebhyaḥ śivajñānī viśiṣyate

śivajñāniṣulakṣeṣu dhyānayukto viśiṣyate
dhyānayukteṣu koṭibhyaḥ samādhistho viśiṣyate

uttarottara vai śiṣṭyātpūjāyāmuttarottaram
phalaṃvaiśiṣṭyarūpañcadurvijñeyaṃmanīṣibhiḥ

tasmādvaiśivabhaktasyamahimānaṃvettikonaraḥ
śivaśaktyoḥ pūjanaṃ ca śivabhaktasya pūjanam

kuruteyonarobhaktyāsaśivaḥ śivamedhate
ya imaṃ paṭhate 'dhyāyamarthavadvedasaṃmatam

śivajñānībhavedvipraḥśivena sahamodate
śrāvayecchivabhaktāṃścaviśeṣajño manīśvarāḥ

śivaprasādaśiddhiḥ syācchivasyakṛpayā budhāḥ