Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 1.18

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ saptadaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 18
ṛṣya ūcuḥ
baṃdhamokṣasvarūpaṃ hi brūhi sarvārthavittama
sūta uvāca
baṃdhamokṣaṃtathopāyaṃvakṣye 'haṃśṛṇutādarāt

prakṛtyādyaṣṭabaṃdhenabaddhojīvaḥ sa ucyate
prakṛtyādyaṣṭabaṃdhenanirmuktomukta ucyate

prakṛtyādivaśīkāromokṣa ityucyatesvataḥ
baddhajīvastunirmuktomuktajīvaḥ sa kathyate

prakṛtyagretatobuddhirahaṃkāroguṇātmakaḥ
pañcatanmātramityeteprakṛtyādyaṣṭakaṃviduḥ

prakṛṭyādyaṣṭajodehodehajaṃkarma ucyate
punaścakarmajodehojanmakarmapunaḥpunaḥ

śarīraṃtrividhaṃjñeyaṃsthūlaṃsūkṣmaṃcakāraṇam
sthūlaṃvyāpāradaṃproktaṃsūkṣmamiṃdriyabhogadam

kāraṇaṃtvātmabhogārthaṃjīvakarmānurūpataḥ
sukhaṃ duḥkhaṃ puṇyapāpaiḥ karmabhiḥ phalamaśnute

tasmāddhikarmarajjvā hi baddho jīvaḥ punaḥ punaḥ
śarīratrayakarmabhyāṃ cakravadbhrāmyate sadā

cakrabhramanivṛtyarthaṃ cakrakartāramīḍayet
prakṛtyādi mahācakraṃ prakṛteḥ parataḥ śivaḥ

cakrakartāmaheśo hi prakṛteḥ paratoyataḥ
pibativāthavamatijīvanbālojalaṃyathā

śivastathā prakṛtyādi vaśīkṛtyādhitiṣṭhati
sarvaṃvaśīkṛtaṃyasmāttasmācchiva iti smṛtaḥ
śiva eva hi sarvajñaḥ paripūrṇaśca niḥspṛhaḥ

sarvajñatātṛptiranādibodhaḥ svataṃtratā nityamaluptaśaktiḥ
anaṃtaśaktiścamaheśvarasya yanmānasaiśvaryamavaiti vedaḥ

ataḥ śivaprasādena prakṛtyādivaśaṃbhavet
śivaprasādalābhārthaṃ śivamevaprapūjayatet

niḥspṛhasya ca pūrṇasyatasya pūjākathaṃ bhavet
śivoddeśakṛtaṃ karma prasādajanakaṃ bhavet

liṃgeberebhaktajaneśivamuddiśyapūjayet
kāyenamanasāvācādhanenāpiprapūjayet

pujayā tu maheśo hi prakṛteḥ paramaḥ śivaḥ
prasādaṃkurutesatyaṃpūjakasyaviśeṣataḥ

śivaprasādātkarmādyaṃkrameṇasvavaśaṃbhavet
karmārabhyaprakṛtyaṃtaṃyadāsarvaṃ vaśaṃbhavet

tadāmukta itiproktaḥsvātmārāmovirājate
prasādātparameśasyakarma dehoyadāvaśaḥ

tadāvaiśivaloketuvāsaḥsālokyamucyate
sāmīpyaṃyātisāṃbasyatanmātrecavaśaṃgate

tadātuśivasāyujyamāyudhādyaiḥ kriyādibhiḥ
mahāprasādalābhecabuddhiścāpivaśābhavet

buddhistukāryaṃprakṛtestatsṛṣṭiritikathyate
punarmahāprasādenaprakṛtirvaśameṣyati

śivasyamānasaiśvaryaṃtadā 'yatnaṃbhaviṣyati
sārvajñādyaṃśivaiśvaryaṃlabdhvāsvātmani rājate

tatsāyujyamitiprāhurvedāgamaparāyaṇāḥ
evaṃkrameṇamuktiḥsyālliṃgādaupūjayāsvataḥ

ataḥśivaprasādārthaṃkriyādyaiḥpūjayecchivam
śivakriyā śivatapaḥ śivamaṃtrajapaḥ sadā

śivajñānaṃśivadhyānamuttarottaramabhyaset
āsupterāmṛteḥkālaṃnayedvaiśivaciṃtayā

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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
liṃgādauśivapūjāyāvidhānaṃbrūhisarvataḥ

sūta uvāca
liṃgānāṃcakramaṃvakṣyeyathāvacchṛṇuta dvijāḥ
tadevaliṃgaṃ prathamaṃ praṇavaṃ sārvakāmikam

sūkṣmapraṇavarūpaṃhisūkṣmarūpaṃtuniṣphalam
sthūlaliṃgaṃ hi sakalaṃtatpañcākṣaramucyate

tayoḥ pūjātapaḥ proktaṃsākṣānmokṣaprade ubhe
pauruṣaprakṛtibhūtāniliṃgānisubahūnica

tāni vistaratovaktuṃ śivo vettinacāparaḥ
bhūvikārāṇiliṃgānijñātāniprabravīmivaḥ

svayaṃbhūliṃgaṃprathamaṃbiṃduliṃgaṃdvitīyakam
pratiṣṭhitaṃcaraṃcaivaguruliṃgaṃtu pañcamam

devarṣitapasā tuṣṭaḥ sānnidhyārthaṃtutatravai
pṛthivyantargataḥśarvobījaṃ vai nādarūpataḥ

sthāvarāṃkuravadbhūmimudbhidya vyakta eva saḥ
svayaṃbhūtaṃ jātamiti svayaṃbhūriti taṃ viduḥ

talliṃgapūjayā jñānaṃ svayameva pravardhate
suvarṇarajatādau vā pṛthivyāṃsthiṃḍilepivā

svahastāllikhitaṃ liṃgaṃ śuddhapraṇavamaṃtrakam
yaṃtraliṃgaṃ samālikhya pratiṣṭhāvāhanaṃ caret

biṃdunādamayaṃliṃgaṃsthāvaraṃjaṃgamaṃcayat
bhāvanāmayametaddhi śivadṛṣṭaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

yatra viśvasyate śaṃbhustatra tasmai phalapradaḥ
svahastāllikhyate yaṃtre sthāvarādāvakṛtrime

āvāhyapūjayecchaṃbhuṃṣoḍaśairupacārakaiḥ
svayamaisvaryamāpnotijñānamabhyāsatobhavet

devaiśca ṛṣibhiścāpisvātmasiddhyarthamevahi
samaṃtreṇātmahastenakṛtaṃyacchuddhamaṃḍale

śuddhabhāvanayā caivasthāpitaṃ liṃgamuttamam
talliṃgaṃpauruṣaṃ prāhustatpratiṣṭhitamucyate

talliṃgapūjayānityaṃpauruṣaiśvaryamāpnuyāt
mahadbhirbrāhmaṇaiścāpirājabhiścamahādhanaiḥ

śilpinākalpitaṃliṃgaṃmaṃtreṇasthāpitaṃcayat
pratiṣṭhitaṃprākṛtaṃhiprākṛtaiśvaryabhogadam

yadūrjitaṃcanityaṃ ca taddhi pauruṣamucyate
yaddurbalamanityaṃ ca taddhi prākṛtamucyate

liṃgaṃnābhistathājihvānāsāgrañcaśikhākramāt
kaṭyādiṣutrilokeṣu liṃgamādhyātmikaṃcaram

parvataṃpauruṣaṃ proktaṃbhūtalaṃ prākṛtaṃ viduḥ
vṛkṣādi pauruṣaṃ jñeyaṃ gulmādi prākṛtaṃ viduḥ

ṣāṣṭikaṃ prākṛtaṃ jñeyaṃ śāligodhūmapauruṣam
aiśvaryaṃ pauruṣaṃ vidyādaṇimādyaṣṭasiddhidam

sustrīdhanādiviṣayaṃ prākṛtaṃ prāhurāstikāḥ
prathamaṃ caraliṃgeṣu rasaliṃgaṃ prakathyate

rasaliṃgaṃbrāhmaṇānāṃsarvābhīṣṭapradaṃbhavet
bāṇaliṃgaṃkṣatriyāṇāṃ mahārājyapradaṃśubham

svarṇaliṃgaṃ tu vaiśyānāṃmahādhanapatitvadam
śilāliṃgaṃtuśūdrāṇāṃmahāśuddhikaraṃśubham

sphāṭikaṃbāṇaliṃgaṃ ca sarveṣāṃsarvakāmadam
svīyābhāve 'nyadīyaṃtupūjāyāṃnaniṣiddhyate

strīṇāṃtupārthivaṃliṃgaṃsabhatḥṇāṃviśeṣataḥ
vidhavānāṃpravṛttānāṃsphāṭikaṃ parikīrtitam

vidhavānāṃ nivṛttānāṃ rasaliṃgaṃ viśiṣyate
bālyevāyauvanevāpivārdhakevāpisuvratāḥ

śuddhasphaṭikaliṃgaṃtustrīṇāṃtatsarvabhogadam
pravṛttānāṃpīṭhapūjāsarvābhīṣṭapradā bhuvi

pātreṇaivapravṛttastusarvapūjāṃsamācaret
abhiṣekāṃtenaivedyaṃśālyannenasamācaret

pūjāṃtesthāpayelliṃgaṃsaṃpuṭeṣupṛthaggṛhe
karapūjānivṛttānāṃsvabhojyaṃtunivedayet

nivṛttānāṃparaṃsūkṣmaliṃgamevaviśiṣyate
vibhūtyabhyarcanaṃ kuryādvibhūtiṃcanivedayet

pūjāṃkṛtvāthatalliṃgaṃśirasādhārayetsadā
vibhūtistrividhāproktālokavedaśivāgnibhiḥ

lokāgnijamatho bhasmadravyaśuddhyarthamāvahet
mṛddāruloharūpāṇāṃdhānyānāṃcatathaivaca

tilādīnāṃ ca dravyāṇāṃvastrādīnāṃtathaiva ca
tathāparyuṣitānāṃcabhasmanāśiddhiriṣyate

śvādibhirdūṣitānāṃcabhasmanāśuddhiriṣyate
sajalaṃnirjalaṃbhasma yathāyogyaṃ tu yojayet

vedāgnijaṃtathābhasmatatkarmāṃteṣu dhārayet
maṃtreṇakriyayājanyaṃkarmāgnau bhasmarūpadhṛk

tadbhasmadhāraṇātkarma svātmanyāropitaṃ bhavet
aghoreṇātmaṃtreṇa bilvakāṣṭhaṃpradāhayet

śivāgniritisaṃproktastenadagdhaṃśivāgnijam
kapilāgomayaṃ pūrvaṃ kevalaṃ gavyameva vā

śamyasvatthapalāśānvāvaṭāramvadhabilvakān
śivāgninādahecchuddhaṃtadvaibhasma śivāgnijam

darbhāgnau vādahetkāṣṭhaṃśivamaṃtraṃsamuccaran
samyaksaṃśodhyavastreṇanavakuṃbhenidhāpayet

dīptyarthaṃ tattu saṃgrāhyaṃ manyate pūjyatepi ca
bhasmaśabdārtha evaṃ hi śivaḥpūrvaṃtathā 'karot

yathāsvaviṣayerājāsāraṃgṛhṇātiyatkaram
yathāmanuṣyāḥsasyādīndagdhvāsāraṃbhajaṃtivai

yathāhijāṭharāgniścabhakṣyādīnvividhānbahūn
dagdhvāsārataraṃsārātsvadehaṃparipuṣyati

tathāprapañcakartāpisaśivaḥparameśvaraḥ
svādhiṣṭheyaprapañcasyadagdhvāsāraṃgṛhītavān

dagdhvāprapañcaṃtadbhasmasvātmanyāropayacchivaḥ
uddhūlanenavyājena jagatsāraṃ gṛhītavān

svaratnaṃsthāpayāmāsa svakīyehiśarīrake
keśamākāśasāreṇavāyusāreṇavaimukham

hṛdayaṃcāgnisāreṇatvapāṃsāreṇavaikaṭim
jānucāvanisāreṇatadvatsarvaṃ tadaṃgakam

brahmaviṣṇvoścarudrāṇāṃsāraṃcaivatripuṃḍrakam
tathātilakarūpeṇalalāṭāntemaheśvaraḥ

bhavṛddhyāsarvametaddhimanyatesvayamaityasau
prapañcasārasarvasvamanenaivavaśīkṛtam

tasmādasyavaśīkartānāstītisaśivaḥsmṛtaḥ
yathāsarvamṛgāṇāṃcahiṃsakomṛgahiṃsakaḥ

asyahiṃsāmṛgonāstitatasmātsiṃha itīritaḥ
śaṃ nityaṃsukhamānaṃdamikāraḥ puruṣaḥ smṛtaḥ

vakāraḥ śaktiramṛtaṃmelanaṃśiva ucyate
tasmādevaṃsvamātmānaṃ śivaṃkṛtvārcayecchivam

tasmāduddhūlanaṃpūrvaṃ tripuṃḍraṃdhārayetparam
pūjākālehisajalaṃśuddhyarthaṃnirjalaṃbhavet

divāvā yadivārātraunārīvāthanaropivā
pūjārthaṃsajalaṃbhasmatripuṃḍreṇaivadhārayet

tripuṃḍraṃsajalaṃbhasmadhṛtvāpūjāṃkarotiyaḥ
śivapūjāṃphalaṃsāṃgaṃtasyaivahisuniścitam

bhasmavaiśivamaṃtreṇadhṛtvāhyatyāśramībhavet
śivāśramītisaṃproktaḥ śivaikaparamoyataḥ

śivavrataikaniṣṭhasyanāśaucaṃnacasūtakam
lalāṭe 'gresitaṃbhasmatilakaṃdhārayenmṛdā

svahastādguruhastādvāśivabhaktasyalakṣaṇam
guṇānruṃdha iti proktoguruśabdasyavigrahaḥ

savikārānrājasādīnguṇānruṃdhevyapohati
guṇātītaḥ paraśivogururūpaṃsamāśritaḥ

guṇatrayaṃvyapohyāgreśivaṃbodhayatītisaḥ
viśvastānāṃtuśiṣyāṇāṃgururityabhidhīyate

tasmādguruśarīraṃtuguruliṃgaṃbhavedbudhaḥ
guruliṃgasyapūjātuguruśuśrūṣaṇaṃ bhavet

śrutaṃkarotiśuśrūṣākāyenamanasāgirā
uktaṃ yadguruṇāpūrvaṃ śakyaṃvā 'śakyamevavā

karotyevahipūtātmāprāṇairapidhanairapi
tasmādvaiśāsaneyogyaḥ śiṣya ityabhidhīyate

śarīrādyarthakaṃsarvaṃgurordattvāsuśiṣyakaḥ
agrapākaṃnivedyāgrebhuṃjīyādgurvanujñayā

śiṣyaḥputra iti proktaḥ sadāśiṣyatvayogataḥ
jihvāliṃgānmaṃtraśukraṃkarṇayonauniṣicyavai

jātaḥputromaṃtraputraḥpitaraṃpūjayedgurum
nimajjayatiputraṃvaisaṃsārejanakaḥpitā

saṃtārayatisaṃsārādgururvaibodhakaḥ pitā
ubhayoraṃtaraṃjñātvāpitaraṃgurumarcayet

aṃgaśuśrūṣayācāpi dhanādyaiḥ svārjitairgurum
pādādikeśaparyaṃtaṃliṃgānyaṃgāniyadguroḥ

dhanarūpaiḥ pādukādyaiḥ pādasaṃgraṇādibhiḥ
snānābhiṣekanaivedyairbhojanaiścaprapūjayet

gurupūjaivapūjāsyācchivasyaparamātmanaḥ
guruśeṣaṃtuyatsarvamātmaśuddhikaraṃbhavet

guroḥśeṣaḥśivocchiṣṭaṃjalamannādinirmitam
śiṣyāṇāṃśivabhaktānāṃgrāhyaṃbhojyaṃbhaveddvijāḥ

gurvanujñāvirahitaṃcoravatsakalaṃbhavet
gurorapiviśeṣajñaṃyatnādgṛhṇītavaigurum

ajñānamocanaṃsādhyaṃviśeṣajñohimocakaḥ
ādaucavighnaśamanaṃkartavyaṃkarmapūrtaye

nirvighnenakṛtaṃsāṃgaṃkarmavaisaphalaṃ bhavet
tasmātsakalakarmādauvighneśaṃ pūjayed budhaḥ

sarvabādhānivṛttyarthaṃsarvāndevānyajedbudhaḥ
jvarādigraṃthirogāścabādhāhyādhyātmikāmatā

piśācajaṃbukādīnāṃvalmīkādyudbhavetathā
akasmādevagodhādijaṃtūnāṃpatanepica

gṛhekacchapasarpastrīdurjanādarśanepica
vṛkṣanārīgavādīnāṃprasūtiviṣayepica

bhāviduḥkhaṃsamāyātitasmāttebhautikāmatā
amedhyā śanipātaścamahāmārītathaivaca

jvaramārīviṣūciścagomārīcamasūrikā
janmarkṣagrahasaṃkrāṃtigrahayogāsvarāśike

duḥsvapnadarśanādyāścamatāvaihyadhidaivikāḥ
śavacāṃḍālapatitasparśādyeṃtargṛhegate

etādṛśesamutpannebhāviduḥkhasyasūcake
śāṃtiyajñaṃtumatimānkuryāttaddoṣaśāṃtaye

devālaye 'thagoṣṭhevācaityevāpigṛhāṃgaṇe
prādeśonnatadhiṣṇyevaidvihasteyasvalaṃkṛte

bhāramātravrīhidhānyaṃprasthāpyaparisṛtyaca
madhyevilikhyakamalaṃtathādikṣuvilikhyavai

taṃtunāveṣṭitaṃkuṃbhaṃ navagugguladhūpitam
madhyesthāpyamahākuṃbhaṃtathādikṣvapivinyaset

sanālāmrakakūrcādīnkalaśāṃśca tathāṣṭasu
pūrayenmaṃtrapūtenapañcadravyayutenahi

prakṣipennavaratnāninīlādīnkramaśastathā
karmajñaṃcasapatnīkamācāryaṃvarayedbudhaḥ

suvarṇapratimāṃ viṣṇoriṃdrādīnāṃca nikṣipet
saśiraskemadhyakuṃbheviṣṇumābāhyapūjayet

prāgādiṣuyathāmaṃtramiṃdrādīnkramaśoyajet
tattannāmnācaturthyāṃcanamonte nayathākramam

āvāhanādikaṃsarvamācāryeṇaivakārayet
ācārya ṛtvijā sārdhaṃ tanmātrānprajapecchatam

kuṃbhasya paścime bhāgejapāṃtehomamācaret
koṭiṃlakṣaṃsahasraṃvāśatamaṣṭottaraṃ budhāḥ

ekāhaṃvānavāhaṃvātathāmaṃḍalameva vā
yathāyogyaṃprakurvītakāladeśānusārataḥ

śamīhomaśca śāṃtyarthe vṛttyarthecapalāśakam
samidannājyakairdravyairnāmnāmaṃtreṇa vā hunet

prāraṃbheyatkṛtaṃdravyaṃtatkriyāṃtaṃsamācaret
puṇyāhaṃvācayitvāṃte dinesaṃprokṣyayejjalaiḥ

brāhmaṇānbhojayetpaścādyāvadāhutisaṃkhyayā
ācāryaścahaviṣyāśītvijaścabhavedbudhāḥ

ādityādīngrahāniṣṭvāsarvahomāṃta evahi
ṛtvibhyodakṣiṇāṃdadyānnavaratnaṃyathā kramam

daśadānaṃtataḥkuryādbhūridānaṃtataḥ param
bālānāmupanītānāṃgṛhiṇāṃvanināṃdhanam

kanyānāṃcasabhartḥṇāṃvidhavānāṃtataḥparam
taṃtropakaraṇaṃsarvamācāryāyanivedayet

utpātānāṃcamārīṇāṃduḥkhasvāmīyamaḥsmṛtaḥ
tasmādyamasyaprītyarthaṃkāladānaṃpradāpayet

śataniṣkeṇa vā kuryāddaśaniṣkeṇa vā punaḥ
pāśāṃkuśadharaṃ kālaṃ kuryātpuruṣarūpiṇam

tatsvarṇapratimādānaṃkuryāddakṣiṇayāsaha
tiladānaṃtataḥkuryātpūrṇāyuṣyaprasiddhaye

ājyāvekṣaṇadānaṃcakuryādvyādhinivṛttaye
sahasraṃbhojayedviprāndaridraḥśatamevavā

vittābhāvedaridrastuyathāśaktisamācaret
bhairavasyamahāpūjāṃkuryādbhūtādiśāṃtaye

mahābhiṣekaṃnaivedyaṃśivasyāntetukārayet
brāhmaṇānbhojayetpaścādbhūribhojanarūpataḥ

evaṃkṛtenayajñenadoṣaśāṃtimavāpnuyāt
śāṃtiyajñamimaṃkuryādvarṣevarṣetuphālgune

durdarśanādau sadyo vai māsamātresamācaret
mahāpāpādisaṃprāptau kuryādbhairavapūjanam

mahāvyādhisamutpattausaṃkalpaṃpunarācaret
sarvabhāve daridrastu dīpadānamathācaret

tadapyaśaktaḥ snātvāvaiyatkiṃciddānamācaret
divākaraṃnamaskuryānmantreṇāṣṭottaraṃśatam

sahasramayutaṃlakṣaṃkoṭiṃvākārayed budhaḥ
namaskārātmayajñena tuṣṭāḥ syuḥ sarvadevatāḥ

tvatsvarūperpitābuddhirnate 'śūnye ca rocati
yā cāstyasmadahaṃteti tvayidṛṣṭe vivarjitā

namro 'haṃhisvadehenabhomahāṃstvamasiprabho
naśūnyomatsvarūpovaitavadāso 'smisāṃpratam

yathāyogyaṃsvātmayajñaṃnamaskāraṃprakalpayet
athātraśivanaivedyaṃdattvātāṃbūlamāharet

śivapradakṣiṇaṃkuryātsvayamaṣṭottaraṃ śatam
sahasramayutaṃlakṣaṃ koṭimanyena kārayet

śivapradakṣiṇātsarvaṃpātakaṃnaśyatikṣaṇāt
duḥkhasyamūlaṃvyādhirhivyādhermūlaṃhipātakam

dharmeṇaivahipāpānāmapanodanamīritam
śivoddeśakṛtodharmaḥkṣamaḥpāpavinodane

adhyakṣaṃ śivadharmeṣu pradakṣiṇamitīritam
kriyayā japarūpaṃhipraṇavaṃtupradakṣiṇam

jananaṃmaraṇaṃdvaṃdvaṃmāyācakramitīritam
śivasyamāyācakraṃhibalipīṭhaṃtaducyate

balipīṭhaṃsamārabhyaprādakṣiṇyakrameṇavai
padepadāṃtaraṃgatvābalipīṭhaṃ samāviśet

namaskāraṃtataḥ kuryātpradakṣiṇamitīritam
nirgamājjananaṃprāptaṃnamastvātmasamarpaṇam

jananaṃ maraṇaṃ dvaṃdvaṃ śivamāyāsamarpitam
śivamāyārpitadvaṃdvo na punastvātmabhāgbhavet

yāvaddehaṃkriyādhīnaḥsajīvobaddha ucyate
dehatrayavaśīkāremokṣa ityucyate budhaiḥ

māyācakrapraṇetāhiśivaḥ paramakāraṇam
śivamāyārpitadvaṃdvaṃśivastuparimārjati

śivenakalpitaṃdvaṃdvaṃtasminneva samarpayet
śivasyātipriyaṃvidyātpradakṣiṇaṃnamobudhāḥ

pradakṣiṇanamaskārāḥ śivasyaparamātmanaḥ
ṣoḍaśairupacāraiścakṛtapūjāphalapradā

pradakṣiṇā 'vināśyaṃhi pātakaṃnāsti bhūtale
tasmātpradakṣiṇenaivasarvapāpaṃvināśayet

śivapūjāparomaunīsatyādiguṇasaṃyutaḥ
kriyātapojapajñānadhyāneṣvekaikamācaret

aiśvaryaṃdivyadehaścajñānamajñānasaṃśayaḥ
śivasānnidhyamityetekriyādīnāṃphalaṃbhavet

karaṇenaphalaṃyātitamasaḥ parihāpanāt
janmanaḥparimārjitvājjñabuddhyājanitānica

yathādeśaṃ yathākālaṃ yathādehaṃ yathādhanam
yathāyogyaṃprakurvīta kriyādīñchivabhaktimān

nyāyārjitasuvittenavasetprājñaḥ śivasthale
jīvahiṃsādirahitamatikleśavivarjitam

pañcākṣareṇajaptaṃcatoyamannaṃviduḥ sukham
athavā 'hurdaridrasyabhikṣānnaṃjñānadaṃbhavet

śivabhaktasyabhikṣānnaṃśivabhaktivivardhanam
śaṃbhusatramitiprāhurbhikṣānnaṃśivayoginaḥ

yenakenāpyupāyenayatrakutrāpibhūtale
śuddhānnabhuksadāmaunīrahasyaṃ na prakāśayet

prakāśayettubhaktānāṃśivamāhātmyamevahi
rahasyaṃśivamaṃtrasyaśivojānātināparaḥ

śivabhaktovasennityaṃśivaliṃgaṃsamāśritaḥ
sthāṇuliṃgāśrayeṇaivasthāṇurbhavatibhūsurāḥ

pūjayācaraliṃgasyakramānmuktobhaveddhruvam
sarvamuktaṃsamāsenasādhyasādhanamuttamam

vyāsenayatpurāproktaṃyacchrutaṃhimayāpurā
bhadramastuhivo 'smākaṃ śivabhaktirdṛḍhā 'stusā

ya imaṃpaṭhate 'dhyāyaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti naraḥ sadā
śivajñānaṃsalabhateśivasyakṛpayābudhāḥ