Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.1.2

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe vidyāvatārakathanaṃ nāmaprathamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 2
sūta uvāca
purā kālena mahatā kalpetīte punaḥpunaḥ
asminnupasthite kalpe pravṛtte sṛṣṭhikarmaṇi

pratiṣṭhitāyāṃ vārtāyāṃ prabuddhāsu prajāsu ca
munīnāṃ ṣaṭkulīyānāṃ bruvatāmitaretaram

idaṃ paramidaṃ neti vivādassumahānabhūt
parasya durnirūpatvānna jātastatra niścayaḥ

te 'bhijagmurvidhātāraṃ draṣṭuṃ brahmāṇamavyayam
yatrāste bhagavān brahmā stūyamānassurāsuraiḥ

meruśṛṃge śubhe ramye devadānavasaṃkule
siddhacāraṇasaṃvāde yakṣagaṃdharvasevite

vihaṃgasaṃghasaṃghuṣṭe maṇividrumabhūṣite
nikuṃjakaṃdaradarīgṛhānirjharaśobhite

tatra brahmavanaṃ nāma nānāmṛgasamākulam
daśayojanavistīrṇaṃ śatayojanamāyatam

surasāmalapānīyapūrṇaramyasarovaram
mattabhramarasaṃchannaramyapuṣpitapādapam

taruṇādityasaṃkāśaṃ tatra cāru mahatpuram
durdharṣabaladṛptānāṃ daityadānavarakṣasām

taptajāṃbūnadamayaṃ prāṃśuprākāratoraṇam
nirvyūhavalabhīkūṭapratolīśatamaṃḍitam

mahārhamaṇicitrābhirlelihānamivāṃbaram
mahābhavanakoṭībhiranekābhiralaṃkṛtam

tasminnivasati brahmā sabhyaiḥ sārdhaṃ prajāpatiḥ
tatra gatvā mahātmānaṃ sākṣāllokapitāmaham

daddaśurmunayo devā devarṣigaṇasevitam
śuddhacāmīkaraprakhyaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam

prasannavadanaṃ saumyaṃ padmapatrāyatekṣaṇam
divyakāṃtisamāyuktaṃ divyagaṃdhānulepanam

divyaśuklāṃbaradharaṃ divyamālāvibhūṣitam
surāsurendrayogīṃdravaṃdyamānapadāṃbujam

sarvalakṣaṇayuktāṃgyā labdhacāmarahastayā
bhrājamānaṃ sarasvatyā prabhayeva divākaram

taṃ dṛṣṭvā munayassarve prasannavadanekṣaṇāḥ
śirasyaṃjalimādhāya tuṣṭuvussurapuṃgavam

munaya ūcuḥ
namastrimūrtaye tubhyaṃ sargasthityaṃtahetave
puruṣāya purāṇāya brahmaṇe paramātmane

namaḥ pradhānadehāya pradhānakṣobhakāriṇe
trayoviṃśatibhedena vikṛtāyāvikāriṇe

namo brahmāṇḍadehāya brahmāṃḍodaravartine
tatra saṃsiddhakāryāya saṃsiddhakaraṇāya ca

namostu sarvalokāya sarvalokavidhāyine
sarvātmadehasaṃyoga viyogavidhihetave

tvayaiva nikhilaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ saṃhṛtaṃ pālitaṃ jagat
tathāpi māyayā nātha na vidmastvāṃ pitāmaha

sūta uvāca
evaṃ brahmā mahābhāgairmaharṣibhirabhiṣṭutaḥ
prāha gaṃbhīrayā vācā munīn prahlādayanniva

brahmovāca
ṛṣayo he mahābhāgā mahāsattvā mahaujasaḥ
kimarthaṃ sahitāssarve yūyamatra samāgatāḥ

tamevaṃvādinaṃ devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ brahmavittamāḥ
vāgbhirvinayagarbhābhissarve prāṃjalayo 'bruvan

munaya ūcuḥ
bhagavannaṃdhakāreṇa mahatā vayamāvṛtāḥ
khinnā vivadamānāśca na paśyāmo 'tra yatparam

tvaṃ hi sarvajagaddhātā sarvakāraṇakāraṇam
tvayā hyaviditaṃ nātha neha kiṃcana vidyate

kaḥ pumān sarvasattvebhyaḥ purāṇaḥ puruṣaḥ paraḥ
viśuddhaḥ paripūrṇaśca śāśvataḥ parameśvaraḥ

kenaiva citrakṛtyena prathamaṃ sṛjyate jagat
tattvaṃ vada mahāprājña svasaṃdehāpanuttaye

evaṃ pṛṣṭastadā brahmā vismayasmeravīkṣaṇaḥ
devānāṃ dānavānāṃ ca munīnāmapi sannidhau

utthāya suciraṃ dhyātvā rudra ityuddharan girim
ānaṃdaklinnasarvāṃgaḥ kṛtāṃjalirabhāṣata