Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.1.3

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe muniprastāvavarṇanaṃ nāma dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 3
brahamovāca
yato vāco nivartaṃte aprāpya manasā saha
ānaṃdaṃ yasya vai vidvānna bibheti kutaścana

yasmātsarvamidaṃ brahmaviṣṇurudrendrapūrvakam
saha bhūtendriyaiḥ sarvaiḥ prathamaṃ saṃprasūyate

kāraṇānāṃ ca yo dhātā dhyātā paramakāraṇam
na saṃprasūyate 'nyasmātkutaścana kadācana

sarvaiśvaryeṇa saṃpanno nāmnā sarveśvaraḥ svayam
sarvairmumukṣubhirdhyeyaśśaṃbhurākāśamadhyagaḥ

yo 'gre māṃ vidadhe putraṃ jñānaṃ ca prahiṇoti me
tatprasādānmayālabdhaṃ prājāpatyamidaṃ padam

īśo vṛkṣa iva stabdho ya eko divi tiṣṭhati
yenedamakhilaṃ pūrṇaṃ puruṣeṇa mahātmanā

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eko bahūnāṃ jaṃtūnāṃ niṣkriyāṇāṃ ca sakriyaḥ
ya eko bahudhā bījaṃ karoti sa maheśvaraḥ

jīvairebhirimāṃllokānsarvānīśo ya īśate 1
ya eko bhāgavānrudro na dvitīyo 'sti kaścana

sadā janānāṃ hṛdaye saṃniviṣṭo 'pi yaḥ paraiḥ
alakṣyo lakṣayanviśvamadhitiṣṭhati sarvadā

yastu kālātpramuktāni kāraṇānyakhilānyapi
anantaśaktirevaiko bhagavānadhitiṣṭhati

na yasya divaso rātrirna samāno na cādhikaḥ
svabhāvikī parāśaktirnityā jñānakriye api

yadidaṃ kṣaramavyaktaṃ yadapyamṛtamakṣaram
tāvubhāvakṣarātmānāveko devaḥ svayaṃ haraḥ

īśate tadabhidhyānādyojanāsattvabhāvanaḥ
bhūyo hyasya paśorante viśvamāyā nivartate

yasminna bhāsate vidyunna sūryo na ca candramāḥ
yasya bhāsā vibhātīdamityeṣā śāśvatī śrutiḥ

eko devo mahādevo vijñeyastu maheśvaraḥ
na tasya paramaṃ kiṃcitpadaṃ samadhigamyate

ayamādiranādyantassvabhāvādeva nirmalaḥ
svatantraḥ paripūrṇaśca svecchādhīnaścarācaraḥ

aprākṛtavapuḥ śrīmāṃllakṣyalakṣaṇavarjitaḥ
ayaṃ mukto mocakaśca hyakālaḥ kālacodakaḥ

sarvoparikṛtāvāsassarvāvāsaśca sarvavit
ṣaḍvidhādhvamayasyāsya sarvasya jagataḥ patiḥ

uttarottarabhūtānāmuttaraśca niruttaraḥ
anantānantasandohamakaraṃdamadhuvrataḥ

akhaṃḍajagadaṃḍānāṃ piṃḍīkaraṇapaṃḍitaḥ
audāryavīryagāṃbhīryamādhuryamakarālayaḥ

naivāsya sadṛśaṃ vastu nādhikaṃ cāpi kiṃcana
atulaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ rājarājaśca tiṣṭhati

anena citrakṛtyena prathamaṃ sṛjyate jagat
aṃtakāle punaścedaṃ tasminpralayameṣyate

asya bhūtāni vaśyāni ayaṃ sarvaniyojakaḥ
ayaṃ tu parayā bhaktyā dṛśyate nānyathā kvacit

vratāni sarvadānāni tapāṃsi niyamāstathā
kathitāni purā sadbhirbhāvārthaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ

hariścāhaṃ ca rudraśca tathānye ca surāsurāḥ
tapobhirugrairadyāpi tasya darśanakāṃkṣiṇaḥ

adṛśyaḥ patitairmūḍhairdurjanairapi kutsitaiḥ
bhaktairantarbahiścāpi pūjyaḥ saṃbhāṣya eva ca

tadidaṃ trividhaṃ rūpaṃ sthūlaṃ sūkṣmaṃ tataḥ param
asmadādyamarairdṛśyaṃ sthūlaṃ sūkṣmaṃ tu yogibhiḥ

1 śapo lugabhāva ārṣa
504b
tataḥ paraṃ tu yannityaṃ jñānamānaṃdamavyayam
tanniṣṭhaistatparairbhaktairdṛśyaṃ tadvratamāśritaiḥ

bahunātra kimuktena guhyādguhyataraṃ param
śive bhaktirna sandehastayā yukto vimucyate

prasādādeva sā bhaktiḥ prasādo bhaktisaṃbhavaḥ
yathā cāṃkurato bījaṃ bījato vā yathāṃkuraḥ

prasādapūrvikā eva paśossarvatra siddhayaḥ
sa eva sādhanairante sarvairapi ca sādhyate

prasādasādhanaṃ dharmassa ca vedena darśitaḥ
tadabhyāsavaśātsāmyaṃ pūrvayoḥ puṇyapāpayoḥ

sāmyātprasādasaṃparko dharmasyātiśayastataḥ
dharmātiśayamāsādya paśoḥ pāpaparikṣayaḥ

evaṃ prakṣīṇapāpasya bahubhirjanmabhiḥ kramāt
sāṃbe sarveśvare bhaktirjñānapūrvā prajāyate

bhāvānuguṇamīśasya prasādo vyatiricyate
prasādātkarmasaṃtyāgaḥ phalato na svarūpataḥ

tasmātkarmaphalatyāgācchivadharmānvayaḥ śubhaḥ
sa ca gurvanapekṣaśca tadapekṣa iti dvidhā

tatrānapekṣātsāpekṣo mukhyaḥ śataguṇādhikaḥ
śivadharmānvayasyāsya śivajñānasamanvayaḥ

jñanānvayavaśātpuṃsaḥ saṃsāre doṣadarśanam
tato viṣayavairāgyaṃ vairāgyādbhāvasādhanam

bhāvasiddhyupapannasya dhyāne niṣṭhā na karmaṇi
jñānadhyānābhiyuktasya puṃso yogaḥ pravartate

yogena tu parā bhaktiḥ prasādastadanaṃtaram
prasādānmucyate jaṃturmuktaḥ śivasamo bhavet

anugrahaprakārasya kramo 'yamavivakṣitaḥ
yādṛśī yogyatā puṃsastasya tādṛganugrahaḥ

garbhastho mucyate kaścijjāyamānastathāparaḥ
bālo vā taruṇo vātha vṛddho vā mucyate paraḥ

tiryagyonigataḥ kaścinmucyate nārako 'paraḥ
aparastu padaṃ prāpto mucyate svapadakṣaye

kaścitkṣīṇapado bhūtvā punarāvartya mucyate
kaścidadhvagatastasmin sthitvāsthitvā vimucyate

tasmānnaikaprakāreṇa narāṇāṃ muktiriṣyate
jñānabhāvānurūpeṇa prasādenaiva nirvṛtiḥ

tasmādasya prasādārthaṃ vāṅmanodoṣavarjitāḥ
dhyāyaṃtaśśivamevaikaṃ sadāratanayāgnayaḥ

tanniṣṭhāstatparāssarve tadyuktāstadupāśrayāḥ
sarvakriyāḥ prakurvāṇāstameva manasāgatāḥ

dīrghasūtrasamārabdhaṃ divyavarṣasahasrakam
satrāṃte maṃtrayogena vāyustatra gamiṣyati

sa eva bhavataḥ śreyaḥ sopāyaṃ kathayiṣyati
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tato vārāṇasī puṇyā purī paramaśobhanā

gaṃtavyā yatra viśveśo devyā saha pinākadhṛk
sadā viharati śrīmān bhaktānugrahakāraṇāt

tatrāścaryaṃ mahaddṛṣṭvā matsamīpaṃ gamiṣyatha
tato vaḥ kathayiṣyāmi mokṣopāya dvijottamāḥ

yenaikajanmanā muktiryuṣmatkaratale sthitā
anekajanmasaṃsārabaṃdhanirmokṣakāriṇī

etanmanomayaṃ cakraṃ mayā sṛṣṭaṃ visṛjyate
yatrāsya śīryate nemiḥ sa deśastapasaśśubhaḥ

ityuktvā sūryasaṃkāśaṃ cakraṃ dṛṣṭvā manomayam
praṇipatya mahādevaṃ visasarja pitāmahaḥ

te 'pi hṛṣṭatarā viprāḥ praṇamya jagatāṃ prabhum
prayayustasya cakrasya yatra nemiraśīryata

cakraṃ tadapi saṃkṣiptaṃ ślakṣṇaṃ cāruśilātale
vimalasvādupānīye nijapāta vane kvacit

tadvanaṃ tena vikhyātaṃ naimiṣaṃ munipūjitam
anekayakṣagaṃdharvavidyādharasamākulam

aṣṭādaśa samudrasya dvīpānaśnanpurūravāḥ
vilāsavaśamurvaśyā yāto daivena coditaḥ

akrameṇa haranmohādyajñavāṭaṃ hiraṇmayam
munibhiryatra saṃkruddhaiḥ kuśavajrairnipātitaḥ

viśvaṃ sisṛkṣamāṇā vai yatra viśvasṛjaḥ purā
satramārebhire divyaṃ brahmajñā gārhapatyagāḥ

ṛṣibhiryatra vidvadbhiḥ śabdārthanyāyakovidaiḥ
śaktiprajñākriyāyogairvidhirāsīdanuṣṭhitaḥ

yatra vedavido nityaṃ vedavādabahiṣkṛtān
vādajalpabalairghnaṃti vacobhirativādinaḥ

sphaṭikamayamahībhṛtpādajābhyaśśilābhyaḥ prasaradamṛtakalpassvacchapānīyaramyam
atirasaphalavṛkṣaprāyamavyālasattvaṃ tapasa ucitamāsīnnaimiṣaṃ tanmunīnām