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Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 1.7

1.7.1

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 7
īśvara uvāca
vatsakāḥ svastivaḥ kaccidvartate mama śāsanāt
jagacca devatāvaṃśaḥ svasvakarmaṇi kiṃ navā

1.7.2

prāgeva viditaṃ yuddhaṃ brahmaviṣṇvormayāsurāḥ
bhavatāmabhitāpena paunaruktyena bhāṣitam

1.7.3

iti sasmitayā mādhvyā kumāraparibhāṣayā
samatoṣayadaṃbāyāḥ sa patistatsuravrajam

1.7.4

atha yuddhāṃgaṇaṃ gaṃtuṃ haridhātroradhīśvaraḥ
ājñāpayadgaṇeśānāṃ śataṃ tatraiva saṃsadi

1.7.5

tato vādyaṃ bahuvidhaṃ prayāṇāya pareśituḥ
gaṇeśvarāśca saṃnaddhā nānāvāhanabhūṣaṇāḥ

1.7.6

praṇavākāramādyaṃtaṃ pañcamaṃḍalamaṃḍitam
āruroha rathaṃ bhadramaṃbikāpatirīśvaraḥ
sasūnugaṇamiṃdrādyāḥ sarvepyanuyayuḥ surāḥ

1.7.7

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saṃmānitaḥ paśupatiḥ parayā ca devyā sākaṃ tayoḥ samarabhūmimagātsasainyaḥ

1.7.8

samīkṣyaṃ tu tayoryuddhaṃ nigūḍho 'bhraṃ samāsthitaḥ
samāptavādyanirghoṣaḥ śāṃtorugaṇaniḥsvanaḥ

1.7.9

atha brahmācyutau vīrau haṃtukāmau parasparam
māheśvareṇa cā 'streṇa tathā pāśupatena ca

1.7.10

astrajvālairatho dagdhaṃ brahmaviṣṇvorjagattrayam
īśopi taṃ nirīkṣyātha hyakālapralayaṃ bhṛśam

1.7.11

mahānalastaṃbhavibhīṣaṇākṛtirbabhūva tanmadhyatale sa niṣkalaḥ

1.7.12

te astre cāpi sajvāle lokasaṃharaṇakṣame
nipatetuḥ kṣaṇe naiva hyāvirbhūte mahānale

1.7.13

dṛṣṭvā tadadbhutaṃ citramastraśāṃtikaraṃ śubham
kimetadadbhutākāramityūcuśca parasparam

1.7.14

atīṃdriyamidaṃ staṃbhamagnirūpaṃ kimutthitam
asyordhvamapi cādhaścāvayorlakṣyameva hi

1.7.15

iti vyavasitau vīrau militau vīramāninau
tatparau tatparīkṣārthaṃ pratasthāte 'tha satvaram

1.7.16

āvayormiśrayostatra kāryamekaṃ na saṃbhavet
ityuktvā sūkaratanurviṣṇustasyādimīyivān

1.7.17

tathā brahmāhaṃ satanustadaṃtaṃ vīkṣituṃ yayau
bhittvā pātālanilayaṃ gatvā dūrataraṃ hariḥ

1.7.18

nā 'pi śyāttasya saṃsthānaṃ staṃbhasyānalavarcasaḥ
śrāṃtaḥ sa sūkaraharīḥ prāpa pūrvaṃ raṇāṃgaṇam

1.7.19

atha gacchaṃstu vyomnā ca vidhistāta pitā tava
dadarśa ketakī puṣpaṃ kiṃcidvicyutamadbhutam

1.7.20

atisaurabhyamamlānaṃ bahuvarṣacyutaṃ tathā
anvīkṣya ca tayoḥ kṛtyaṃ bhagavānparameśvaraḥ

1.7.21

parihāsaṃ tu kṛtavānkaṃpanāccalitaṃ śiraḥ
tasmāttāvanugṛhṇātuṃ cyutaṃ ketakamuttamam

1.7.22

kiṃ tvaṃ patasi puṣpeśa puṣparāṭ kena vā dhṛtam
ādimasyāprameyasya staṃbhamadhyāccyutaściram

1.7.23

na saṃpaśyāmi tasmāttvaṃ jahyāśāmaṃtadarśane
asyāṃ tasya ca sevārthaṃ haṃsamūrtirihāgataḥ

1.7.24

itaḥ paraṃ sakhe me 'dya tvayā kartavyamīpsitam
mayā saha tvayā vācyametadviṣṇośca sannidhau

1.7.25

staṃbhāṃto vīkṣito dhātrā tatra sākṣyahamacyuta
ityuktvā ketakaṃ tatra praṇanāma punaḥ naḥ
asatyamapi śastaṃ syādāpadītyanuśāsanam

1.7.26

samīkṣya tatrā 'cyutamāyataśramaṃ pranaṣṭaharṣaṃ tu nanarta harṣāt
uvāca cainaṃ paramārthamacyutaṃ ṣaṃḍhāttavādaḥ sa vidhistato 'cyutam

1.7.27

staṃbhāgrametatsamudīkṣitaṃ hare tatraiva sākṣī nanu ketakaṃ tvidam
tato 'vadattatra hi ketakaṃ mṛṣā tatheti taddhātṛvacastadaṃtike

1.7.28

hariśca tatsatyamitīva ciṃtayaṃścakāra tasmai vidhaye namaḥ svayam
ṣoḍaśairupacāraiśca pūjayāmāsa taṃ vidhim

1.7.29

vidhiṃ prahartuṃ śaṭhamagniliṃgataḥ sa īśvarastatra babhūva sākṛtiḥ
samutthitaḥ svāmi vilokanātpunaḥ prakaṃpapāṇiḥ parigṛhya tatpadam

1.7.30

ādyaṃtahīnavapuṣi tvayi mohabuddhyā bhūyādvimarśa iha nāvati kāmanotthaḥ
sa tvaṃ prasīda karuṇākara kaśmalaṃ nau mṛṣṭaṃ kṣamasva vihitaṃ bhavataiva kelyā

1.7.31

īśvara uvāca
vatsaprasanno 'smi hare yatastvamīśatvamicchannapi satyavākyam
brūyāstataste bhavitā janeṣu sāmyaṃ mayā satkṛtirapyalapthāḥ

1.7.32

itaḥ paraṃ te pṛthagātmanaśca kṣetrapratiṣṭhotsavapūjanaṃ ca

1.7.33

iti devaḥ purā prītaḥ satyena haraye param
dadau svasāmyamatyarthaṃ devasaṃghe ca paśyati

Original text: Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Edition: Venkatesvara Steam Press, Bombay (c. 1920) · Data entry Jun Takashima · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0