Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.1.12

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vā-- pū-- sṛṣṭyādivarṇanaṃ nāmaikādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 12
vāyuruvāca
sargaṃ ciṃtayatastasya tadā vai buddhipūrvakam
pradhyānakāle mohastu prādurbhūtastamomayaḥ

tamomoho mahāmohastāmisraścāndhasaṃjñitaḥ
avidyā pañcamī caiṣā prādurbhūtā mahātmanaḥ

pañcadhā 'vasthitaḥ sargo dhyāyatastvabhimāninaḥ
sarvatastamasātīva bījakumbhavadāvṛtaḥ

bahirantaścāprakāśaḥ stabdho niḥsaṃjña eva ca
tasmātteṣāṃ vṛtā buddhirmukhāni karaṇāni ca

tasmātte saṃvṛtātmāno nagā mukhyāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
taṃ dṛṣṭvā 'sādhakaṃ brahmā prathamaṃ sargamīdṛśam

aprasannamanā bhūtvā dvitīyaṃ so 'bhyamanyata
tasyābhidhāyataḥ sargaṃ tiryaksroto 'bhyavartata

antaḥprakāśāstiryaṃca āvṛtāśca bahiḥ punaḥ
paśvātmānastato jātā utpathagrāhiṇaśca te

tamapyasādhakaṃ jñātvā sargamanyamamanyata
tadordhvasrotaso vṛtto devasargastu sāttvikaḥ

te sukhaprītibahulā bahirantaśca nāvṛtāḥ
prakāśā bahirantaścasvabhāvādeva saṃjñitāḥ

tato 'bhidhyāyatovyaktādarvāksrotastu sādhakaḥ
manuṣyanāmā sañjātaḥ sargo duḥkhasamutkaṭaḥ

prakāśābahirantaste tamodriktā rajo 'dhikāḥ
pañcamonugrahaḥ sargaścaturdhā saṃvyavasthitaḥ

viparyayeṇa śaktyā ca tuṣṭyāsiddhyā tathaiva ca
te 'parigrāhiṇaḥ sarve saṃvibhāgaratāḥ punaḥ

khādanāścāpyaśīlāśca bhūtādyāḥ parikīrtitāḥ
prathamo mahataḥ sargo brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ

tanmātrāṇāṃ dvitīyastu bhūtasargaḥ sa ucyate
vaikārikastṛtīyastu sarga aindriyakaḥ smṛtaḥ

ityeṣa prakṛteḥ sargaḥ sambhṛto 'buddhipūrvakaḥ
mukhyasargaścaturthastu mukhyā vai sthāvarāḥ smṛtāḥ

tiryaksrotastu yaḥ proktastiryagyoniḥ sa pañcamaḥ
tadūrdhvasrotasaḥ ṣaṣṭho devasargastu sa smṛtaḥ

tato 'rvāk srotasāṃ sargaḥ saptamaḥ sa tu mānuṣaḥ
aṣṭamo 'nugrahaḥ sargaḥ kaumāro navamaḥ smṛtaḥ

prākṛtāśca trayaḥ pūrve sargāste 'buddhipūrvakāḥ
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buddhipūrvaṃ pravartante mukhyādyāḥ pañca vaikṛtāḥ

agre sasarja vai brahmā mānasānātmanaḥ samān
sanandaṃ sanakañcaiva vidvāṃsañca sanātanam

ṛbhuṃ sanatkumārañca pūrvameva prajāpatiḥ
sarve te yogino jñeyā vītarāgā vimatsarāḥ

iśvarāsaktamanaso na cakruḥ sṛṣṭaye matim
teṣu sṛṣṭyanapekṣeṣu gateṣu sanakādiṣu

sraṣṭukāmaḥ punarbrahmā tatāpa paramaṃ tapaḥ
tasyaivaṃ tapyamānasya na kiṃcitsamavartata

tato dīrgheṇa kālena duḥkhātkrodho vyajāyata
krodhāviṣṭasya netrābhyāṃ prāpatannaśrubindavaḥ

tatastebhyo 'śrubindubhyo bhūtāḥ pretāstadābhavan
sarvāṃstānaśrujāndṛṣṭvā brahmātmānamaniṃdata

tasya tīvrā 'bhavanmūrchā krodhāmarṣasamudbhavā
mūrchitastu jahau prāṇānkrodhāviṣṭaḥ prajāpatiḥ

tataḥ prāṇeśvaro rudro bhagavānnīlalohitaḥ
prasādamatulaṃ kartuṃ prādurāsītprabhormukhāt

daśadhā caikadhā cakre svātmānaṃ prabhurīśvaraḥ
te tenoktā mahātmāno daśadhā caikadhā kṛtāḥ

yūyaṃ sṛṣṭā mayā vatsā lokānugrahakāraṇāt
tasmātsarvasya lokasya sthāpanāya hitāya ca

prajāsantānahetośca prayatadhvamatandritāḥ
evamuktāśca rurudurdudruvuśca samantataḥ

rodanāddrāvaṇāccaiva te rudrā nāmataḥ smṛtāḥ
ye rudrāste khalu prāṇā ye prāṇāste mahātmakāḥ

tato mṛtasya devasya brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
ghṛṇī dadau punaḥ prāṇānbrahmaputro maheśvaraḥ

prahṛṣṭavadano rudraḥ prāṇapratyāgamādvibhoḥ
abhyabhāṣata viśveśo brahmāṇaṃ paramaṃ vacaḥ

mābhairmābhairmahābhāga viriṃca jagatāṃ guro
mayā te prāṇitāḥ prāṇāḥ sukhamuttiṣṭha suvrata

svapnānubhūtamiva tacchrutvā vākyaṃ manoharam
haraṃ nirīkṣya śanakairnetraiḥ phullāmbujaprabhaiḥ

tathā pratyāgataprāṇaḥ snigdhagambhīrayā girā
uvāca vacanaṃ brahmā tamuddiśya kṛtāñjaliḥ

tvaṃ hi darśanamātreṇa cānandayasi me manaḥ
ko bhavān viśvamūrtyā vā sthita ekādaśātmakaḥ

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā vyājahāra maheśvaraḥ
spṛśan kārābhyāṃ brahmāṇaṃ susukhābhyāṃ sureśvaraḥ

māṃ viddhi paramātmānaṃ tava putratvamāgatam
ete caikādaśa rudrāstvāṃ surakṣitumāgatāḥ

tasmāttīvrāmimāmmūrchāṃ vidhūya madanugrahāt
prabuddhasva yathāpūrvaṃ prajā vai sraṣṭumarhasi

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evaṃ bhagavatā prokto brahmā prītamanā hyabhūt
nānāṣṭakena viśvātmā tuṣṭāva parameśvaram

brahmovāca
namaste bhagavan rudra bhāskarāmitatejase
namo bhavāya devāya rasāyāmbumayātmane
śarvāya kṣitirūpāya nandīsurabhaye namaḥ

īśāya vasave tubhyaṃ namassparśamayātmane
paśūnāṃ pataye caiva pāvakāyātitejase
bhīmāya vyomarūpāya śabdamātrāya te namaḥ

ugrāyograsvarūpāya yajamānātmane namaḥ
mahādevāya somāya namostvamṛtamūrtaye

evaṃ stutvā mahādevaṃ brahmā lokapitāmahaḥ
prārthayāmāsa viśveśaṃ girā praṇatipūrvayā

bhagavan bhūtabhavyeśa mama putra maheśvara
sṛṣṭihetostvamutpanno mamāṃge 'naṃganāśanaḥ

tasmānmahati kāryesmin vyāpṛtasya jagatprabho
sahāyaṃ kuru sarvatra sraṣṭumarhasi sa prajāḥ

tenaiṣāṃ pāvito devo rudrastripuramardanaḥ
bāḍhamityeva tāṃ vāṇīṃ pratijagrāha śaṃkaraḥ

tatassa bhagavān brahmā hṛṣṭaṃ tamabhinaṃdya ca
sraṣṭuṃ tenābhyanujñātastathānyāścāsṛjatprajāḥ

marīcibhṛgvaṃgirasaḥ pulastyaṃ pulahaṃ kratum
dakṣamatriṃ vasiṣṭhaṃ ca so 'sṛjanmanasaiva ca
purastādasṛjadbrahmā dharmaṃ saṃkalpameva ca

ityete brahmaṇaḥ putrā dvādaśādau prakīrtitāḥ
saha rudreṇa saṃbhūtāḥ purāṇā gṛhamedhinaḥ

teṣāṃ dvādaśa vaṃśāḥ syurdivyā devagaṇānvitāḥ
prajāvantaḥ kriyāvanto maharṣibhiralaṃkṛtāḥ

atha devāsurapitḥn manuṣyāṃśca catuṣṭayam
saha rudreṇa sisṛkṣuraṃbhasyetāni vai vidhiḥ

sa sṛṣṭyarthaṃ samādhāya brahmātmānamayūyujat
mukhādajanayaddevān pitḥṃścaivopapakṣataḥ

jaghanādasurān sarvān prajanādapi mānuṣān
avaskare kṣudhāviṣṭā rākṣasāstasya jajñire

putrāstamorajaḥprāyā balinaste niśācarāḥ
sarpā yakṣāstathā bhūtā gaṃdharvāḥ saṃprajajñire

vayāṃsi pakṣataḥ sṛṣṭāḥ pakṣiṇo vakṣaso 'sṛjat
mukhatojāṃstathā pārśvāduragāṃśca vinirmame

padbhyāṃ cāśvānsamātaṃgān śarabhān gavayān mṛgān
uṣṭrānaśvatarāṃścaiva nyaṃkūnanyāśca jātayaḥ 1

auṣadhyaḥ phalamūlāni romabhyastasya jajñire
gāyatrīṃ ca ṛcaṃ caiva trivṛtsāma rathaṃtaram

agniṣṭomaṃ ca yajñānāṃ nirmame prathamānmukhāt
yajūṃṣi traiṣṭubhaṃ chaṃdaḥstomaṃ pañcadaśaṃ tathā

1 prathamārṣo
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bṛhatsāma tathokthaṃ ca dakṣiṇādasṛjanmukhāt
sāmāni jagatīchaṃdaḥ stomaṃ saptadaśaṃ tathā

vairūpyamatirātraṃ ca paścimādasṛjan mukhāt
ekaviṃśamatharvāṇamāptoryāmāṇameva ca

anuṣṭubhaṃ sa vairājamuttarādasṛjanmukhāt
uccāvacāni bhūtāni gātrebhyastasya jajñire

yakṣāḥ piśācā gaṃdharvāstathaivāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ
narakinnararakṣāṃsi vayaḥpaśumṛgoragāḥ

avyayaṃ caiva yadidaṃ sthāṇusthāvarajaṃgamam
teṣāṃ vai yāni karmāṇi prāksṛṣṭāni prapedire

tānyeva te prapadyaṃte sṛjyamānāḥ punaḥ punaḥ
hiṃsrāhiṃsre mṛdukrūre dharmādharmāvṛtānṛte

tadbhāvitāḥ prapadyaṃte tasmāttattasya rocate
mahābhūteṣu nānātvamiṃdriyārtheṣu muktiṣu

viniyogaṃ ca bhūtānāṃ dhātaiva vyadadhatsvayam
nāma rūpaṃ ca bhūtānāṃ prākṛtānāṃ prapañcanam

vedaśabdebhya evādau nirmame 'sau pitāmahaḥ
ārṣāṇi caiva nāmāni yāśca vedeṣu vṛttayaḥ

śarvaryaṃte prasūtānāṃ tānyevaibhyo dadāvajaḥ
yathartāvṛtuliṃgāni nānārūpāṇi paryaye

dṛśyaṃte tāni tānyeva tathā bhāvā yugādiṣu
ityeṣa karaṇodbhūto lokasargassvayaṃbhuvaḥ

mahadādyoviśeṣāṃto vikāraḥ prakṛteḥ svayam
caṃdrasūryaprabhājuṣṭo grahanakṣatramaṃḍitaḥ

nadībhiśca samudraiśca parvataiśca sa maṃḍitaḥ
paraiśca vividhairamyaissphītairjanapadaistathā

tasmin brahmavane 'vyakto brahmā carati sarvavit
avyaktabījaprabhava īśvarānugrahe sthitaḥ

buddhiskaṃdhamahāśākha indriyāṃtarakoṭaraḥ
mahābhūtapramāṇaśca viśeṣāmalapallavaḥ

dharmādharmasupuṣpāḍhyaḥ sukhaduḥkhaphalodayaḥ
ājīvyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ brahmavṛkṣaḥ sanātanaḥ

dyāṃ mūrdhānaṃ tasya viprā vadaṃti khaṃ vai nābhiṃ caṃdrasūryau ca netre
diśaḥ śrotre caraṇau ca kṣitiṃ ca so 'cintyātmā sarvabhūtapraṇetā

vaktrāttasya brahmaṇāssaṃprasūtāstadvakṣasaḥ kṣatriyāḥ pūrvabhāgāt
vaiśyā urubhyāṃ tasya padbhyāṃ ca śūdrāḥ sarve varṇā gātrataḥ saṃprasūtāḥ