Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.1.1

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe prathamāyāṃ vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ sādhyasādhanakhaṇḍe rudrākṣamahātmyavarṇanonāma pañcaviṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
vāyavīyasaṃhitā
atha śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamī vāyavīyasaṃhitā prārabhyate ||
śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ ||
śrīgaurīśaṃkarābhyāṃ namaḥ ||
atha saptamī vāyavīyasaṃhitā prārabhyate ||
Chapter 1
vyāsa uvāca
namaśśivāya somāya sagaṇāya sasūnave
pradhānapuruṣeśāya sargasthityaṃtahetave

śaktirapratimā yasya hyaiśvaryaṃ cāpi sarvagam
svāmitvaṃ ca vibhutvaṃ ca svabhāvaṃ saṃpracakṣate

tamajaṃ viśvakarmāṇaṃ śāśvataṃ śivamavyayam
mahādevaṃ mahātmānaṃ vrajāmi śaraṇaṃ śivam

dharmakṣetre mahātīrthe gaṃgākāliṃdisaṃgame
prayāge naimiṣāraṇye brahmalokasya vartmani

munayaśśaṃsitātmānaḥ satyavrataparāyaṇāḥ
mahaujaso mahābhāgā mahāsatraṃ vitenire

tatra satraṃ samākarṇya teṣāmakliṣṭakarmaṇām
sākṣātsatyavatīsūnorvedavyāsasya dhīmataḥ

śiṣyo mahātmā medhāvī triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ
pañcāvayavayuktasya vākyasya guṇadoṣavit

uttarottaravaktā ca bruvato 'pi bṛhaspateḥ
madhuraḥ śravaṇānāṃ ca manojñapadaparvaṇām

kathānāṃ nipuṇo vaktā kālavinnayavitkaviḥ
ājagāma sa taṃ deśaṃ sūtaḥ paurāṇikottamaḥ

taṃ dṛṣṭvā sūtamāyāṃtaṃ munayo hṛṣṭamānasāḥ
tasmai sāma ca pūjāṃ ca yathāvatpratyapādayan

pratigṛhya satāṃ pūjāṃ munibhiḥ pratipāditām
uddiṣṭamānasaṃ bheje niyukto yuktamātmanaḥ

tatastatsaṃgamādeva munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām
sotkaṃṭhamabhavaccitaṃ śrotuṃ paurāṇikīṃ kathām

tadā tamanukūlābhirvāgbhiḥ pūjya 1 maharṣayaḥ
atīvābhimukhaṃ kṛtvā vacanaṃ cedamabruvan

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
romaharṣaṇa sarvajña bhavānno bhāgyagauravāt
saṃprāptodya mahābhāga śaivarāja mahāmate

purāṇavidyāmakhilāṃ vyāsātpratyakṣamīyivān
tasmādāścaryabhūtānāṃ kathānāṃ tvaṃ hi bhājanam

ratnānāmurusārāṇāṃ ratnākara ivārṇavaḥ
yacca bhūtaṃ yacca bhavyaṃ yaccānyadvastu vartate

na tavāviditaṃ kiñcittriṣu lokeṣu vidyate
tvamadṛṣṭavaśādasmaddarśanārthamihāgataḥ
akurvankimapi śreyo na vṛthā gantumarhasi

tasmācchrāvyataraṃ puṇyaṃ satkathājñānasaṃhitam
vedāṃtasārasarvasvaṃ purāṇaṃ śrāvayāśu naḥ

evamabhyarthitassūto munibhirvedavādibhiḥ
ślakṣṇāṃ ca nyāyasaṃyuktāṃ pratyuvāca śubhāṃ giram

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sūta uvāca
pūjito 'nugṛhītaśca bhavadbhiriti coditaḥ
kasmātsamyaṅna vibrūyāṃ purāṇamṛṣipūjitam

abhivaṃdya mahādevaṃ devīṃ skaṃdaṃ vināyakam
naṃdinaṃ ca tathā vyāsaṃ sākṣātsatyavatīsutam

vakṣyāmi paramaṃ puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ vedasaṃmitam
śivajñānārṇavaṃ sākṣādbhaktimuktiphalapradam

śabdārthanyāyasaṃyuktai rāgamārthairvibhūṣitam
śvetakalpaprasaṃgena vāyunā kathitaṃ purā

vidyāsthānāni sarvāṇi purāṇānukramaṃ tathā
tatpurāṇasya cotpattiṃ bruvato me nibodhata

aṃgāni vedāścatvāro mīmāṃsānyāyavistaraḥ
purāṇaṃ dharmaśāstraṃ ca vidyāścetāścaturdaśa

āyurvedo dhanurvedo gāṃdharvaścetyanukramāt
arthaśāstraṃ paraṃ tasmādvidyā hyaṣṭādaśa smṛtāḥ

aṣṭādaśānāṃ vidyānāmetāsāṃ bhinnavartmanām
ādikartā kavissākṣācchūlapāṇiriti śrutiḥ

sa hi sarvajagannāthaḥ sisṛkṣurakhilaṃ jagat
brahmāṇaṃ vidadhe sākṣātputramagre sanātanam

tasmai prathamaputrāya brahmaṇe viśvayonaye
vidyāścemā dadau pūrvaṃ viśvasṛṣṭyarthamīśvaraḥ

pālanāya hariṃ devaṃ rakṣāśaktiṃ dadau tataḥ
madhyamaṃ tanayaṃ viṣṇuṃ pātāraṃ brahmaṇo 'pi hi

labdhavidyena vidhinā prajāsṛṣṭiṃ vitanvatā
prathamaṃ sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ purāṇaṃ brahmaṇā smṛtam

anaṃtaraṃ tu vaktrebhyo vedāstasya vinirgatāḥ
pravṛttissarvaśāstrāṇāṃ tanmukhādabhavattataḥ

yadāsya vistaraṃ śaktā nādhigaṃtuṃ prajā bhuvi
tadā vidyāsamāsārthaṃ viśveśvaraniyogataḥ

dvāparāṃteṣu viśvātmā viṣṇurviśvaṃbharaḥ prabhuḥ
vyāsanāmnā caratyasminnavatīrya mahītale

evaṃ vyastāśca vedāśca dvāparedvāpare dvijāḥ
nirmitāni purāṇāni anyāni ca tataḥ param

sa punardvāpare cāsminkṛṣṇadvaipāyanākhyayā
araṇyāmiva havyāśī satyavatyāmajāyata

saṃkṣipya sa punarvedāṃścaturdhā kṛtavānmuniḥ
vyastavedatayā loke vedavyāsa iti śrutaḥ

purāṇānāñca saṃkṣiptaṃ caturlakṣapramāṇataḥ
adyāpi devaloke tacchatakoṭipravistaram

yo vidyāccaturo vedān sāṃgopaṇiṣadāndvijaḥ
na cetpurāṇaṃ saṃvidyānnaiva sa syādvicakṣaṇaḥ

itihāsapurāṇābhyāṃ vedaṃ samupabṛṃhayet
bibhetyalpaśrutādvedo māmayaṃ pratariṣyati

sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvaṃtarāṇi ca
vaṃśānucaritaṃ caiva purāṇaṃ pañcalakṣaṇam

daśadhā cāṣṭadhā caitatpurāṇamupadiśyate
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bṛhatsūkṣmaprabhedena munibhistattvavittamaiḥ

brāhmaṃ pādmaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ ca śaivaṃ bhāgavataṃ tathā
bhaviṣyaṃ nāradīyaṃ ca mārkaṃḍeyamataḥ param

āgneyaṃ brahmavaivartaṃ laiṃgaṃ vārāhameva ca
skāndaṃ ca vāmanaṃ caiva kaurmyaṃ mātsyaṃ ca gāruḍam

brahmāṃḍaṃ ceti puṇyo 'yaṃ purāṇānāmanukramaḥ
tatra śaivaṃ turīyaṃ yacchārvaṃ sarvārthasādhakam

graṃtho lakṣapramāṇaṃ tadvyastaṃ dvādaśasaṃhitam
nirmitaṃ tacchivenaiva tatra dharmaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ

taduktenaiva dharmeṇa śaivāstraivarṇikā narāḥ
tasmādvimukutimanvicchañcchivameva samāśrayet

tamāśrityaiva devānāmapi muktirna cānyathā

yadidaṃ śaivamākhyātaṃ purāṇaṃ vedasaṃmitam
tasya bhedānsamāsena bruvato me nibodhata

vidyeśvaraṃ tathā raudraṃ vaināyakamanuttamam
aumaṃ mātṛpurāṇaṃ ca rudraikādaśakaṃ tathā

kailāsaṃ śatarudraṃ ca śatarudrākhyameva ca
sahasrakoṭirudrākhyaṃ vāyavīyaṃ tataḥparam

dharmasaṃjñaṃ purāṇaṃ cetyevaṃ dvādaśa saṃhitāḥ
vidyeśaṃ daśasāhasramuditaṃ graṃthasaṃkhyayā

raudraṃ vaināyakaṃ caumaṃ mātṛkākhyaṃ tataḥ param
pratyekamaṣṭasāhasraṃ trayodaśasahasrakam

raudrakādaśakākhyaṃ yatkailāsaṃ ṣaṭsahasrakam
śatarudraṃ trisāhasraṃ koṭirudraṃ tataḥ param

sahasrairnavabhiryuktaṃ sarvārthajñānasaṃyutam
sahasrakoṭirudrākhyamekādaśasahasrakam

catussahasrasaṃkhyeyaṃ vāyavīyamanuttamam
dharmasaṃjñaṃ purāṇaṃ yattaddvādaśasahasrakam

tadevaṃ lakṣamuddiṣṭaṃ śaivaṃ śākhāvibhedataḥ
purāṇaṃ vedasāraṃ tadbhuktimuktiphalapradam

vyāsena tattu saṃkṣiptaṃ caturviṃśatsahasrakam
śaivantatra purāṇaṃ vai caturthaṃ saptasaṃhitam

vidyeśvarākhyā tatrādyā dvitīyā rudrasaṃhitā
tṛtīyā śatarudrākhyā koṭirudrā caturthikā

pañcamī kathitā comā ṣaṣṭhī kailāsasaṃhitā
saptamī vāyavīyākhyā saptaivaṃ saṃhitā iha

vidyeśvaraṃ dvisāhasraṃ raudraṃ pañcaśatāyutam
triṃśattathā dvisāhasraṃ sārdhaikaśatamīritam

śatarudrantathā koṭirudraṃ vyomayugādhikam
dvisāhasraṃ ca dviśataṃ tathomaṃ bhūsahasrakam

catvāriṃśatsāṣṭaśataṃ kailāsaṃ bhūsahasrakam
catvāriṃśacca dviśataṃ vāyavīyamataḥ param

catussāhasrasaṃkhyākamevaṃ saṃkhyāvibhedataḥ
śrutamparamapuṇyantu purāṇaṃ śivasaṃjñakam

catuḥsāhasrakaṃ yattu vāyavīyamudīritam
tadidaṃ vartayiṣyāmi bhāgadvayasamanvitam

nāvedaviduṣe vācyamidaṃ śāstramanuttamam
na caivāśraddhadhānāya nāpurāṇavide tathā

parīkṣitāya śiṣyāya dhārmikāyānasūyave
pradeyaṃ śivabhaktāya śivadharmānusāriṇe

purāṇasaṃhitā yasya prasādānmayi vartate
namo bhagavate tasmai vyāsāyāmitatejase