Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.1.14

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe brahmaviṣṇusṛṣṭikathanaṃ nāma trayodaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 14
vāyuruvāca
pratikalpaṃ pravakṣyāmi rudrāvirbhāvakāraṇam
yato vicchinnasaṃtānā brahmasṛṣṭiḥ pravartate

kalpekalpe prajāḥ sṛṣṭvā brahmā brahmāṃḍasaṃbhavaḥ
avṛddhihetorbhūtānāṃ mumoha bhṛśaduḥkhitaḥ

tasya duḥkhapraśāṃtyarthaṃ prajānāṃ ca vivṛddhaye
tattatkalpeṣu kālātmā rudro rudragaṇādhipaḥ

nirdiṣṭaḥ pamameśena maheśo nīlalohitaḥ
putro bhūtvānugṛhṇāti brahmāṇaṃ brahmaṇonujaḥ

sa eva bhagavānīśastejorāśiranāmayaḥ
anādinidhanodhātā bhūtasaṃkocako vibhuḥ

paramaiśvaryasaṃyuktaḥ parameśvarabhāvitaḥ
tacchaktyādhiṣṭhitaśśaśvattaccihnairapi cihnitaḥ

tannāmanāmā tadrūpastatkāryakaraṇakṣamaḥ
tattulyavyavahāraśca tadājñāparipālakaḥ

sahasrādityasaṃkāśaścandrāvayavabhūṣaṇaḥ
bhujaṃgahārakeyūravalayo muṃjamekhalaḥ

jalaṃdharaviriṃcendrakapālaśakalojjvalaḥ
gaṅgātuṃgataraṃgārdhapiṃgalānanamūrdhajaḥ

bhagnadaṃṣṭrāṃkurākrāntaprāntakāntadharādharaḥ
savyaśravaṇapārśvāṃtamaṃḍalīkṛtakuṇḍalaḥ

mahāvṛṣabhaniryāṇo mahājaladaniḥsvanaḥ
mahānalasamaprakhyo mahābalaparākramaḥ

evaṃ ghoramahārūpo brahmaputrīṃ maheśvaraḥ
vijñānaṃ brahmaṇe dattvā sarge sahakaroti ca

tasmādrudraprasādena pratikalpaṃ prajāpateḥ
pravāharūpato nityā prajāsṛṣṭiḥ pravartate

kadācitprārthitaḥ sraṣṭuṃ brahmaṇā nīlalohitaḥ
svātmanā sadṛśān sarvān sasarja manasā vibhuḥ

kapardino nirātaṃkānnīlagrīvāṃstrilocanān
jarāmaraṇanirmuktān dīptaśūlavarāyudhān

taistu saṃcchāditaṃ sarvaṃ caturdaśavidhaṃ jagat
tāndṛṣṭā vividhānrudrān rudramāha pitāmahaḥ

namaste devadeveśa māsrākṣīrīdṛśīḥ prajāḥ
anyāḥ sṛja tvaṃ bhadraṃ te prajā mṛtyusamanvitāḥ

ityuktaḥ prahasanprāha brahmāṇaṃ parameśvaraḥ
nāsti me tādṛśassargassṛja tvamaśubhāḥ prajāḥ

ye tvime manasā sṛṣṭā mahātmāno mahābalāḥ
cariṣyaṃti mayā sārdhaṃ sarva eva hi yājñikāḥ

ityuktvā viśvakarmāṇaṃ viśvabhūteśvaro haraḥ
saha rudraiḥ prajāsargānnivṛttātmā vyatiṣṭhata

tataḥ prabhṛti devo 'sau na prasūte prajāḥ śubhāḥ
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ūrdhvaretāḥ sthitaḥ sthāṇuryāvadābhūtasaṃplavam