Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 1.2

iti śrīśaive mahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ munipraśnavarṇanonāmaprathamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 2
sūtauvāca
sādhupṛṣṭaṃ sādhavo vastrailokyahitakārakam
guruṃ smṛtvā bhavatsnehādvakṣye tacchṛṇutādarāt

vedāṃtasārasarvasvaṃ purāṇaṃ śaivamuttamam
sarvāghaughoddhārakaraṃ paratra paramārthadam

kalikalmaṣavidhvaṃsi yasmiñcchivayaśaḥ param
vijṛmbhate sadā viprāścaturvargaphalapradam

tasyādhyayanamātreṇa purāṇasya dvijottamāḥ
sarvottamasya śaivasya te yāsyaṃti susadgatim

tāvadvijṛṃbhate pāpaṃ brahmahatyāpurassaram
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati jagatyaho

tāvatkalimahotpātāḥ saṃcariṣyaṃti nirbhayāḥ
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati jagatyaho

tāvatsarvāṇi śāstrāṇi vivadaṃti parasparam
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati jagatyaho

tāvatsvarūpaṃ durbodhaṃ śivasya mahatāmapi
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi no deṣyati jagatyaho

tāvadyamabhaṭāḥ krūrāḥ saṃcariṣyaṃti nirbhayāḥ
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati jagatyaho

tāvatsarvapurāṇāni pragarjaṃti mahītale
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati jagatyaho

tāvatsarvāṇi tīrthāni vivadaṃti mahītale
yāvachivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati jagatyaho

tāvatsarvāṇi maṃtrāṇi vivadaṃti mahītale
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati mahītale

tāvatsarvāṇi kṣetrāṇi vivadaṃti mahītale
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati mahītale

tāvatsarvāṇi pīṭhāni vivadaṃti mahītale
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati mahītale

tāvatsarvāṇi dānāni vivadaṃti mahītale
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati mahītale

tāvatsarve ca te devā vivadaṃti mahītale
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati mahītale

tāvatsarve ca siddhāntā vivadaṃti mahītale
yāvacchivapurāṇaṃ hi nodeṣyati mahītale

asya śaivapurāṇasya kīrtanaśravaṇāddvijāḥ
phalaṃ vaktuṃ na śaknomi kārtsnyena munisattamāḥ

tathāpi tasya māhātmyaṃ vakṣye kiṃcittu vonaghāḥ
cittamādhāya śṛṇuta vyāsenoktaṃ purā mama

etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi ślokaṃ ślokārdhameva ca
yaḥ paṭhedbhaktisaṃyuktassa pāpānmucyate kṣaṇāt

etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi yaḥ pratyahamataṃdritaḥ
yathāśakti paṭhedbhaktyā sa jīvanmukta ucyate

etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi yo bhaktyārcayate sadā
dine dine 'śvamedhasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayam

etacchivapurāṇaṃ yassādhāraṇapadecchayā
anyataḥ śṛṇuyātso 'pi matto mucyeta pātakāt

etacchivapurāṇaṃ yo namaskuryādadūrataḥ
sarvadevārcanaphalaṃ sa prāpnoti na saṃśayaḥ

etacchivapurāṇaṃ vai likhitvā pustakaṃ svayam
yo dadyācchivabhaktebhyastasya puṇyaphalaṃ śṛṇu

adhīteṣu ca śāstreṣu vedeṣu vyākṛteṣu ca
yatphalaṃ durlabhaṃ loke tatphalaṃ tasya saṃbhavet

etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi caturdaśyāmupoṣitaḥ
śivabhaktasabhāyāṃ yo vyākaroti sa uttamaḥ

pratyakṣaraṃ tu gāyatrīpuraścaryāphalaṃ labhet
iha bhuktvākhilānkāmānaṃte nirvāṇatāṃ vrajet

upoṣitaścaturdaśyāṃ rātrau jāgaraṇānvitaḥ
yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyādvāpi tasya puṇyaṃ vadāmyaham

kurukṣetrādinikhilapuṇyatīrtheṣvanekaśaḥ
ātmatulyadhanaṃ sūryagrahaṇe sarvatomukhe

viprebhyo vyāsamukhyebhyo dattvāyatphalamaśnute
tatphalaṃ saṃbhavettasya satyaṃ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi gāyate yopyaharniśam
ājñāṃ tasya pratīkṣerandavā indrapurogamāḥ

etacchivapurāṇaṃ yaḥ paṭhañchṛṇvanhi nityaśaḥ
yadyatkaroti satkarma tatkoṭiguṇitaṃ bhavet

samāhitaḥ paṭhedyastu tatra śrīrudrasaṃhitām
sa brahmaghno 'pi pūtātmā tribhireva dinairbhavet

tāṃ rudrasaṃhitāṃ yastu bhairavapratimāṃtike
triḥ paṭhetpratyahaṃ maunī sa kāmānakhilāṃllabhet

tāṃ rudrasaṃhitāṃ yastu sapaṭhedvaṭabilvayoḥ
pradakṣiṇāṃ prakurvāṇo brahmahatyā nivartate

kailāsasaṃhitā tatra tato 'pi paramasmṛtā
brahmasvarūpiṇī sākṣātpraṇavārthaprakāśikā

kailāsasaṃhitāyāstu māhātmyaṃ vetti śaṃkaraḥ
kṛtsnaṃ tadardhaṃ vyāsaśca tadardhaṃ vedmyahaṃ dvijāḥ

tatra kiṃcitpravakṣyāmi kṛtsnaṃ vaktuṃ na śakyate
yajjñātvā tatkṣaṇāllokaścittaśuddhimavāpnuyāt

na nāśayati yatpāpaṃ sā raudrī saṃhitā dvijāḥ
tanna paśyāmyahaṃ loke mārgamāṇo 'pi sarvadā

śivenopaniṣatsiṃdhumanthanotpāditāṃ mudā
kumārāyārpitāṃ tāṃ vai sudhāṃ pītvā 'maro bhavet

brahmahatyādipāpānāṃ niṣkṛtiṃ kartumudyataḥ
māsamātraṃ saṃhitāṃ tāṃ paṭhitvā mucyate tataḥ

duṣpratigrahadurbhojyadurālāpādisaṃbhavam
pāpaṃ sakṛtkīrtanena saṃhitā sā vināśayet

śivālaye vilvavane saṃhitāṃ tāṃ paṭhettu yaḥ
sa tatphalamavāpnoti yadvāco 'pi na gocare

saṃhitāṃ tāṃ paṭhan bhaktyā yaḥ śrāddhe bhojayeddvijān
tasya ye pitaraḥ sarve yāṃti śaṃbhoḥ paraṃ padam

caturdaśyāṃ nirāhāro yaḥ paṭhetsaṃhitāṃ ca tām
bilvamūle śivaḥ sākṣātsadevaiśca prapūjyate

anyāpi saṃhitā tatra sarvakāmaphalapradā
ubhe viśiṣṭe vijñeye līlāvijñānapūrite

tadidaṃ śaivamākhyātaṃ purāṇaṃ vedasaṃmitam
nirmitaṃ tacchivenaiva prathamaṃ brahmasaṃmitam

vidyeśaṃca tathāraudraṃ vaināyakamathaumikam
mātraṃ rudraikādaśakaṃ kailāsaṃ śatarudrakam

koṭirudrasahasrādyaṃ koṭirudraṃ tathaiva ca
vāyavīyaṃ dharmasaṃjñaṃ purāṇamiti bhedataḥ

saṃhitā dvādaśamitā mahāpuṇyatarā matā
tāsāṃ saṃkhyāṃ bruve viprāḥ śṛṇutādaratokhilam

vidyeśaṃ daśāsāhasraṃ rudraṃ vaināyakaṃ tathā
aumaṃ mātṛpurāṇākhyaṃ pratyekāṣṭasahasrakam

trayodaśasahasraṃ hi rudraikādaśakaṃ dvijāḥ
ṣaṭsahasraṃ ca kailāsaṃ śatarudraṃ tadardhakam

koṭirudraṃ triguṇitamekādaśasahasrakam
sahasrakoṭirudrākhyamuditaṃ graṃthasaṃkhyayā

vāyavīyaṃ khābdhiśataṃ gharmaṃ ravisahasrakam
tadevaṃ lakṣasaṃkhyākaṃ śaivasaṃkhyāvibhedataḥ

vyāsena tattu saṃkṣiptaṃ caturviṃśatsahasrakam
śaivaṃ tatra caturthaṃ vai purāṇaṃ saptasaṃhitam

śive saṃkalpitaṃ pūrvaṃ purāṇaṃ granthasaṃkhyayā
śatakoṭipramāṇaṃ hi purā sṛṣṭau suvismṛtam

vyasteṣṭādaśadhā caiva purāṇe dvāparādiṣu
caturlakṣeṇa saṃkṣipte kṛte dvaipāyanādibhiḥ

proktaṃ śivapurāṇaṃ hi caturviṃśatsahasrakam
ślokānāṃ saṃkhyayā saptasaṃhitaṃ brahmasaṃmitam

vidyeśvarākhyā tatrādyā raudrī jñeyā dvitīyikā
tṛtīyā śatarudrākhyā koṭirudrā caturthikā

pañcamī caiva maumākhyā ṣaṣṭhī kailāsasaṃjñikā
saptamī vāyavīyākhyā saptaivaṃ saṃhitāmatāḥ

sasaptasaṃhitaṃ divyaṃ purāṇaṃ śivasaṃjñakam
varīvarti brahmatulyaṃ sarvopari gatipradam

etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi saptasaṃhitamādarāt
paripūrṇaṃ paṭhedyastu sa jīvanmukta ucyate

śrutismṛtipurāṇetihāsāgamaśatāni ca
etacchivapurāṇasya nārhaṃtyalpāṃ kalāmapi

śaivaṃ purāṇamamalaṃ śivakīrtitaṃ tadvyāsena śaivapravaṇena na saṃgṛhītam
saṃkṣepataḥ sakalajīvaguṇopakāre tāpatrayaghnamatulaṃ śivadaṃ satāṃ hi

vikaitavo dharma iha pragīto vedāṃtavijñānamayaḥ pradhānaḥ
amatsarāṃtarbudhavedyavastu satkḷptamatraiva trivargayuktam

śaivaṃ purāṇatilakaṃ khalu satpurāṇaṃ vedāṃtavedavilasatparavastugītam
yo vai paṭhecca śṛṇuyātparamādareṇa śaṃbhupriyaḥ sa hi labhetparamāṃ gatiṃ vai