Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 1.3

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ dvidīyo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 3
vyāsa uvāca
ityākarṇya vacaḥ sautaṃ procuste paramarṣayaḥ
vedāṃtasārasarvasvaṃ purāṇaṃ śrāvayādbhutam

iti śrutvā munīnāṃ sa vacanaṃ supraharṣitaḥ
saṃsmarañchaṃkaraṃ sūtaḥ provāca munisattamān

sūta uvāca
śṛṇvaṃtu ṛṣayaḥ sarve smṛtvā śivamanāmayam
purāṇapravaṇaṃ śaivaṃ purāṇaṃ vedasārajam

yatra gītaṃ trikaṃ prītyā bhaktijñānavirāgakam

vedāṃtavedyaṃ sadvastu viśeṣeṇa pravarṇitam

sūta uvāca
śṛṇvaṃtu ṛṣayaḥ sarve purāṇaṃ vedasārajam
purā kālena mahatā kalpe 'tīte punaḥpunaḥ

asminnupasthite kalpe pravṛtte sṛṣṭikarmaṇi
munīnāṃ ṣaṭkulīnānāṃ bruvatāmitaretaram

idaṃ paramidaṃ neti vivādaḥ sumahānabhūt
te 'bhijagmurvidhātāraṃ brahmāṇaṃ praṣṭumavyayam

vāgbhirvinayagarbhābhiḥ sarve prāṃjalayo 'bruvan
tvaṃ hi sarvajagaddhātā sarvakāraṇakāraṇam

kaḥ pumānsarvatattvebhyaḥ purāṇaḥ parataḥ paraḥ
brahmovāca
yato vāco nivartaṃte aprāpya manasā saha

yasmātsarvamidaṃ brahmaviṣṇurudreṃdrapūrvakam
sahabhūteṃdriyaiḥ sarvaiḥ prathamaṃ saṃprasūyate

eṣa devo mahādevaḥ sarvajño jagadīśvaraḥ
ayaṃ tu parayā bhaktyā dṛśyate nā 'nyathā kvacit

rudro harirharaścaiva tathānye ca sureśvarāḥ
bhaktyā paramayā tasya nityaṃ darśanakāṃkṣiṇaḥ

bahunātra kimuktena śive bhaktyā vimucyate
prasādāddevatābhaktiḥ prasādo bhaktisaṃbhavaḥ
yathehāṃkurato bījaṃ bījato vā yathāṃkuraḥ

tasmādīśaprasādārthaṃ yūyaṃ gatvā bhuvaṃ dvijāḥ
dīrghasatraṃ samākṛdhvaṃ yūyaṃ varṣasahasrakam

amuṣyaivādhvareśasya śivasyaiva prasādataḥ
vedoktavidyāsāraṃ tu jñāyate sādhyasādhanaṃ

munaya ūcuḥ
atha kiṃ paramaṃ sādhyaṃ kiṃvā tatsādhanaṃ param
sādhakaḥ kīdṛśastatra tadidaṃ brūhi tattvataḥ

brahmovāca
sādhyaṃ śivapadaprāptiḥ sādhanaṃ tasya sevanam
sādhakastatprasādādyo 'nityādiphalaniḥspṛhaḥ

karma kṛtvā tu vedoktaṃ tadarpitamahāphalam
parameśapadaprāptaḥ sālokyādikramāttataḥ

tattadbhaktyanusāreṇa sarveṣāṃ paramaṃ phalam
tatsādhanaṃ bahuvidhaṃ sākṣādīśena bodhitam

saṃkṣipya tatra vaḥ sāraṃ sādhanaṃ prabravīmyaham
śrotreṇa śravaṇaṃ tasya vacasā kīrtanaṃ tathā

manasā mananaṃ tasya mahāsādhanamucyate
śrotavyaḥ kīrtitavyaśca mantavyaśca maheśvaraḥ

iti śrutipramāṇaṃ naḥ sādhanenā 'munā param
sādhyaṃ vrajata sarvārthasādhanaikaparāyaṇāḥ

pratyakṣaṃ cakṣuṣā dṛṣṭvā tatra lokaḥ pravartate
apratyakṣaṃ hi sarvatra jñātvā śrotreṇa ceṣṭate

tasmācchravaṇamevādau śrutvā gurumukhādbudhaḥ
tataḥ saṃsādhayedanyatkīrtanaṃ mananaṃ sudhīḥ

kramānmananaparyaṃte sādhane 'sminsusādhite
śivayogo bhavettena sālokyādikramācchanaiḥ

sarvāṃgavyādhayaḥ paścātsarvānaṃdaśca līyate
abhyāsātkleśametadvai paścādādyaṃtamaṃgalam