Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 1.4

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṇḍe tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 4
munaya ūcuḥ
mananaṃ kīdṛśaṃ brahmañchravaṇaṃ cāpi kīdṛśam
kīrtanaṃ vā kathaṃ tasya kīrtayaitadyathāyatham

brahmovaca
pūjājapeśaguṇarūpavilāsanāmnāṃ yuktipriyeṇa manasā pariśodhanaṃ yat
tatsaṃtataṃ mananamīśvaradṛṣṭilabhyaṃ sarveṣu sādhanavareṣvapi mukhyamukhyam

gītātmanā śrutipadena ca bhāṣayā vā śaṃbhupratāpaguṇarūpavilāsanāmnām
vācā sphuṭaṃ tu rasavatstavanaṃ yadasya tatkīrtanaṃ bhavati sā dhanamatra madhyam

yenāpi kena karaṇena ca śabdapuṃjaṃ yatra kvacicchivaparaṃ śravaṇeṃdriyeṇa
strīkelivaddṛḍhataraṃ praṇidhīyate yattadvai budhāḥ śravaṇamatra jagatprasiddham

satsaṃgamena bhavati śravaṇaṃ purastātsaṃkīrtanaṃ paśupateratha taddṛḍhaṃ syāt
sarvottamaṃ bhavati tanmananaṃ tadaṃte sarvaṃ hi saṃbhavati śaṃkaradṛṣṭipāte

sūta uvāca
asminsādhanamāhatmye purā vṛttaṃ munīśvarāḥ
yuṣmadarthaṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇudhvamavadhānataḥ

purā mama gururvyāsaḥ parāśaramuneḥ sutaḥ
tapaścacāra saṃbhrāṃtaḥ sarasvatyāstaṭe śubhe

gacchanyadṛchayā tatra vimānenārkarociṣā
sanatkumāro bhagavāndadarśa mama deśikam

dhyānārūḍhaḥ prabuddho 'sau dadarśa tamajātmajam
praṇipatyāha saṃbhrāṃtaḥ paraṃ kautūhalaṃ muniḥ

dattvārghyamasmai pradadau devayogyaṃ ca viṣṭiram
prasannaḥ prāha taṃ prahvaṃ prabhurgaṃbhīrayā girā

sanatkumāra uvāca
satyaṃ vastu mune dadhyāḥ sākṣātkaraṇagocaraḥ
sa śivothāsahāyotra tapaścarasi kiṃ kṛte

evamuktaḥ kumāreṇa provāca svāśayaṃ muniḥ
dharmārthakāmamokṣāśca vedamārge kṛtādarāḥ

bahudhā sthāpitā loke mayā tvatkṛpayā tathā
evaṃ bhutasya mepyevaṃ gurubhūtasya sarvataḥ

muktisādhanakaṃ jñānaṃ nodeti paramādbhutam
tapaścarāmi muktyarthaṃ na jāne tatra kāraṇam

itthaṃ kumāro bhagavān vyāsena muninārthitaḥ
samarthaḥ prāha vipreṃdrā niścayaṃ muktikāraṇam

śravaṇaṃ kīrtanaṃ śaṃbhormananaṃ ca mahattaram
trayaṃ sādhanamuktaṃ ca vidyate vedasaṃmatam

purāhamatha saṃbhrāṃto hyanyasādhanasaṃbhramaḥ
acale maṃdare śaile tapaścaraṇamācaram

śivājñayā tataḥ prāpto bhagavānnandikeśvaraḥ
sa me dayālurbhagavānsarvasākṣī gaṇeśvaraḥ

uvāca mahyaṃ sasnehaṃ muktisādhanamuttamam
śravaṇaṃ kīrtanaṃ śaṃbhormananaṃ vedasaṃmatam

trikaṃ ca sādhanaṃ muktau śivena mama bhāṣitam
śravaṇādiṃ brahmankuruṣveti muhurmuhuḥ

evamuktvā tato vyāsaṃ sānugo vidhinaṃdanaḥ
jagāma svavimānena padaṃ paramaśobhanam

evamuktaṃ samāsena pūrvavṛttāṃtamuttamam
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
śravaṇāditrayaṃ sūta muktyopāyastvayeritaḥ

śravaṇāditrike 'śaktaḥ kiṃ kṛtvā mucyate janaḥ
ayatnenaiva muktiḥ syātkarmaṇā kena hetunā