Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.1.13

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe sṛṣṭivarṇanaṃ nāma dvādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 13
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
bhavatā kathitā sṛṣṭirbhavasya paramātmanaḥ
caturmukhamukhāttasya saṃśayo naḥ prajāyate

devaśreṣṭho virūpākṣo dīptaśśūladharo haraḥ
kālātmā bhagavān rudraḥ kapardī nīlalohitaḥ

sabrahmakamimaṃ lokaṃ saviṣṇumapi pāvakam
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yaḥ saṃharati saṃkruddho yugāṃte samupasthite

yasya brahmā ca viṣṇuśca praṇāmaṃ kuruto bhayāt
lokasaṃkocakasyāsya yasya tau vaśavartinau

yo 'yaṃ devaḥ svakādaṃgādbrahmaviṣṇū purāsṛjat
sa eva hi tayornityaṃ yogakṣemakaraḥ prabhuḥ

sa kathaṃ bhagavān rudra ādidevaḥ purātanaḥ
putratvamagamacchaṃbhurbrahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ

prajāpatiśca viṣṇuśca rudrasyaitau parasparam
sṛṣṭau parasparasyāṃgāditi prāgapi śuśruma

kathaṃ punaraśeṣāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ hetubhūtayoḥ
guṇapradhānabhāvena prādurbhāvaḥ parasparāt

nāpṛṣṭaṃ bhavatā kiṃcinnāśrutaṃ ca kathaṃcana
bhagavacchiṣyabhūtena bhavatā sakalaṃ smṛtam

tattvaṃ vada yathā brahmā munīnāmavadadvibhuḥ
vayaṃ śraddhālavastāta śrotumīśvarasadyaśaḥ

vāyuruvāca
sthāne pṛṣṭamidaṃ viprā bhavadbhiḥ praśnakovidaiḥ
idameva purā pṛṣṭo mama prāha pitāmahaḥ

tadahaṃ sampravakṣyāmi yathā rudrasamudbhavaḥ
yathā ca punarutpattirbrahmaviṣṇvoḥ parasparam

trayaste kāraṇātmāno jatāssākṣānmaheśvarāt
carācarasya viśvasya sargasthityaṃtahetavaḥ

paramaiśvaryasaṃyuktāḥ parameśvarabhāvitāḥ
tacchaktyādhiṣṭhitā nityaṃ tatkāryakaraṇakṣamāḥ

pitrā niyamitāḥ pūrvaṃ trayopi triṣu karmasu
brahmā sarge haristrāṇe rudraḥ saṃharaṇe tathā

tathāpyanyonyamātsaryādanyonyātiśayāśinaḥ
tapasā toṣayitvā svaṃ pitaraṃ parameśvaram

labdhvā sarvātmanā tasya prasādātparameṣṭhinaḥ
brahmanārāyaṇau pūrvaṃ rudraḥ kalpāntare 'sṛjat

kalpāntare punarbrahmā rudraviṣṇū jaganmayaḥ
viṣṇuśca bhagavānrudraṃ brahmāṇamasṛjatpunaḥ

nārāyaṇaṃ punarbrahmā brahmāṇamasṛjatpunaḥ
evaṃ kalpeṣu kalpeṣu brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ

paraspareṇa jāyaṃte parasparahitaiṣiṇaḥ
tattatkalpāntavṛttāntamadhikṛtya maharṣibhiḥ

prabhāvaḥ kathyate teṣāṃ parasparasamudbhavāt
śṛṇu teṣāṃ kathāṃ citrāṃ puṇyāṃ pāpapramocinīm

kalpe tatpuruṣe vṛttāṃ brahmaṇaḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ
purā nārāyaṇo nāma kalpe vai meghavāhane

divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu megho bhūtvāvahaddharām
tasya bhāvaṃ samālakṣya viṣṇorviśvajagadguruḥ

sarvassarvātmabhāvena pradadau śaktimavyayām
śaktiṃ labdhvā tu sarvātmā śivātsarveśvarāttadā

sasarja bhagāvan viṣṇurviśvaṃ viśvasṛjā saha
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viṣṇostadvaibhavaṃ dṛṣṭvā sṛṣṭastena pitāmahaḥ

īrṣyayā parayā grastaḥ prahasannidamabravīt
gaccha viṣṇo mayā jñātaṃ tava sargasya kāraṇam
āvayoradhikaścāsti sa rudro nātra saṃśayaḥ

tasya devādhidevasya prasādātparameṣṭhinaḥ
sraṣṭā tvaṃ bhagavānādyaḥ pālakaḥ paramārthataḥ

ahaṃ ca tapasārādhya rudraṃ tridaśanāyakam
tvayā saha jagatsarvaṃ srakṣyāmyatra na saṃśayaḥ

evaṃ viṣṇumupālabhya bhagavānabjasambhavaḥ
evaṃ vijñāpayāmāsa tapasā prāpya śaṃkaram

bhagavan devadeveśa viśveśvara maheśvara
tava vāmāṃgajo viṣṇurdakṣiṇāṃgabhavo hyaham

mayā saha jagatsarvaṃ tathāpyasṛjadacyutaḥ
sa matsarādupālabdhastvadāśrayabalānmayā

madbhāvānnādhikasteti bhāvastvayi maheśvare
tvatta eva samutpattirāvayossadṛśī yataḥ

tasya bhaktyā yathāpūrvaṃ prasādaṃ kṛtavānasi
tathā mamāpi tatsarvaṃ dātumarhasi śaṃkara

iti vijñāpitastena bhagavān bhaganetrahā
nyāyena vai dadau sarvaṃ tasyāpi sa ghṛṇānidhiḥ

labdhvaivamīśvarādeva brahmā sarvātmatāṃ kṣaṇāt
tvaramāṇotha saṃgamya dadarśa puruṣottamam

kṣīrārṇavālaye śubhre vimāne sūryasaṃnibhe
hemaratnānvite divye manasā tena nirmite

anaṃtabhogaśayyāyāṃ śayānaṃ paṃkajekṣaṇam
caturbhujamudārāṃgaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam

śaṃkhacakradharaṃ saumyaṃ candrabiṃbasamānanam
śrīvatsavakṣasaṃ devaṃ prasannamadhurasmitam

dharāmṛdukarāṃbhojasparśaraktapadāṃbujam
kṣīrārṇavāmṛtamiva śayānaṃ yoganidrayā

tamasā kālarudrākhyaṃ rajasā kanakāṃḍajam
sattvena sarvagaṃ viṣṇuṃ nirguṇatve maheśvaram

taṃ dṛṣṭvā puruṣaṃ brahmā pragalbhamidamabravīt
grasāmi tvāmahaṃ viṣṇo tvamātmānaṃ yathā purā

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā pratibuddhya pitāmaham
udaikṣata mahābāhussmitamīṣaccakāra ca

tasminnavasare viṣṇurgrastastena mahātmanā
sṛṣṭaśca brahmaṇā sadyo bhruvormadhyādayatnataḥ

tasminnavasare sākṣādbhagavānindubhūṣaṇaḥ
śaktiṃ tayorapi draṣṭumarūpo rūpamāsthitaḥ

prasādamatulaṃ kartuṃ purā dattavarastayoḥ
āgacchattatra yatremau brahmanārāyaṇau sthitau

atha tuṣṭuvaturdevaṃ prītau bhītau ca kautukāt
praṇematuśca bahuśo bahumānena dūrataḥ

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bhavopi bhagavānetāvanugṛhya pinākadhṛk
sādaraṃ paśyatoreva tayoraṃtaradhīyata