Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.1.30

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe vāgarthakatattvavarṇanaṃ nāmaikonatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 30
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
caritāni vicitrāṇi gṛhyāṇi gahanāni ca
durvijñeyāni devaiśca mohayaṃti manāṃsi naḥ

śivayostattvasambandhe na doṣa upalabhyate
caritaiḥ prākṛto bhāvastayorapi vibhāvyate

brahmādayo 'pi lokānāṃ sṛṣṭisthityantahetavaḥ
nigrahānugrahau prāpya śivasya vaśavartinaḥ

śivaḥ punarna kasyāpi nigrahānugrahāspadam
ato 'nāyattamaiśvaryaṃ tasyaiveti viniścitam

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yadyevamīdṛśaiśvaryaṃ tattu svātantryalakṣaṇam
svabhāvasiddhaṃ caitasya mūrtimattāspadaṃ bhavet

na mūrtiśca svataṃtrasya ghaṭate mūlahetunā
mūrterapi ca kāryatvāttatsiddhiḥ syādahaitukī

sarvatra paramo bhāvo 'paramaścānya ucyate
paramāparamau bhāvau kathamekatra saṃgatau

niṣphalo hi svabhāvo 'sya paramaḥ paramātmanaḥ
sa eva sakalaḥ kasmātsvabhāvo hyaviparyayaḥ

svabhāvo viparītaścetsvataṃtraḥ svecchayā yadi
na karoti kimīśāno nityānityaviparyayam

mūrtātmā sakalaḥ kaścitsa cānyo niṣphalaḥ śivaḥ
śivenādhiṣṭhitaśceti sarvatra laghu kathyate

mūrtyātmaiva tadā mūrtiḥ śivasyāsya bhavediti
tasya mūrtau mūrtimatoḥ pārataṃtryaṃ hi niścitam

anyathā nirapekṣeṇa mūrtiḥ svīkriyate katham
mūrtisvīkaraṇaṃ tasmānmūrtau sādhyaphalepsayā

na hi svecchāśarīratvaṃ svātaṃtryāyopapadyate
svecchaiva tādṛśī puṃsāṃ yasmātkarmānusāriṇī

svīkartuṃ svecchayā dehaṃ hātuṃ ca prabhavantyuta
brahmādayaḥ piśācāṃtāḥ kiṃ te karmātivartinaḥ

icchayā dehanirmāṇamindrajālopamaṃ viduḥ
aṇimādiguṇaiśvaryavaśīkārānatikramāt

viśvarūpaṃ dadhadviṣṇurdadhīcena maharṣiṇā
yudhyatā samupālabdhastadrūpaṃ dadhatā svayam

sarvasmādadhikasyāpi śivasya paramātmanaḥ
śarīravattayānyātmasādharmyaṃ pratibhāti naḥ

sarvānugrāhakaṃ prāhuśśivaṃ paramakāraṇam
sa nirgṛhṇāti devānāṃ sarvānugrāhakaḥ katham

ciccheda bahuśo devo brahmaṇaḥ pañcamaṃ śiraḥ
śivanindāṃ prakurvaṃtaṃ putreti kumaterhaṭhāt

viṣṇorapi nṛsiṃhasya rabhasā śarabhākṛtiḥ
bibheda padbhyāmākramya hṛdayaṃ nakharaiḥ kharaiḥ

devastrīṣu ca deveṣu dakṣasyādhvarakāraṇāt
vīreṇa vīrabhadreṇa na hi kaścidadaṇḍitaḥ

puratrayaṃ ca sastrīkaṃ sadaityaṃ saha bālakaiḥ
kṣaṇenaikena devena netrāgneriṃdhanīkṛtam

prajānāṃ ratihetuśca kāmo ratipatissvayam
krośatāmeva devānāṃ huto netrahutāśane

gāvaśca kaściddugdhaughaṃ sravantyo mūrdhni khecarāḥ
saruṣā prekṣya devena tatkṣaṇe bhasmasātkṛtaḥ

jalaṃdharāsuro dīrṇaścakrīkṛtya jalaṃ padā
baddhvānaṃtena yo viṣṇuṃ cikṣepa śatayojanam

tameva jalasaṃdhāyī śūlenaiva jaghāna saḥ
taccakraṃ tapasā labdhvā labdhavīryo harissadā

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jighāṃsatāṃ surārīṇāṃ kulaṃ nirghṛṇacetasām
triśūlenāndhakasyoraḥ śikhinaivopatāpitam

kaṇṭhātkālāṃganāṃ sṛṣṭvā dārako 'pi nipātitaḥ
kauśikīṃ janayitvā tu gauryāstvakkośagocarām

śuṃbhassaha niśuṃbhena prāpito maraṇaṃ raṇe
śrutaṃ ca mahadākhyānaṃ skānde skandasamāśrayam

vadhārthe tārakākhyasya daityendrasyendravidviṣaḥ
brahmaṇābhyarthito devo mandarāntaḥpuraṃ gataḥ

vihṛtya suciraṃ devyā vihārā 'tiprasaṅgataḥ
rasāṃ rasātalaṃ nītāmiva kṛtvābhidhāṃ tataḥ

devīṃ ca vaṃcayaṃstasyāṃ svavīryamatidurvaham
avisṛjya visṛjyāgnau haviḥ pūtamivāmṛtam

gaṃgādiṣvapi nikṣipya vahnidvārā tadaṃśataḥ
tatsamāhṛtya śanakaistokaṃstokamitastataḥ

svāhayā kṛttikārūpātsvabhartrā ramamāṇayā
suvarṇībhūtayā nyastaṃ merau śaravaṇe kvacit

saṃdīpayitvā kālena tasya bhāsā diśo daśa
rañjayitvā girīnsarvānkāṃcanīkṛtya meruṇā

tataścireṇa kālena saṃjāte tatra tejasi
kumāre sukumārāṃge kumārāṇāṃ nidarśane

tacchaiśavaṃ svarūpaṃ ca tasya dṛṣṭvā manoharam
saha devasurairlokairvismite ca vimohite

devo 'pi svayamāyātaḥ putradarśanalālasaḥ
saha devyāṃkamāropya tato 'sya smeramānanam

pītāmṛtamiva snehavivaśenāntarātmanā
deveṣvapi ca paśyatsu vītarāgaistapasvibhiḥ

svasya vakṣaḥsthale svairaṃ nartayitvā kumārakam
anubhūya ca tatkrīḍāṃ saṃbhāvya ca parasparam

stanyamājñāpayandevyāḥ pāyayitvāmṛtopamam
tavāvatāro jagatāṃ hitāyetyanuśāsya ca

svayandevaśca devī ca na tṛptimupajagmatuḥ
tataḥ śakreṇa saṃdhāya bibhyatā tārakāsurāt

kārayitvābhiṣekaṃ ca senāpatye divaukasām
putramantarataḥ kṛtvā devena tripuradviṣā

svayamaṃtarhitenaiva skandamindrādirakṣitam
tacchaktyā krauñcabhedinyā yudhi kālāgnikalpayā

cheditaṃ tārakasyāpi śiraśśakrabhiyā saha
stutiṃ cakrurviśeṣeṇa haridhātṛmukhāḥ surāḥ

tathā rakṣodhipaḥ sākṣādrāvaṇo balagarvitaḥ
uddharansvabhujairdīrghaiḥ kailāsaṃ girimātmanaḥ

tadāgo 'sahamānasya devadevasya śūlinaḥ
padāṃguṣṭhaparispandānmamajja mṛdito bhuvi

baṭoḥ kenacidarthena svāśritasya gatāyuṣaḥ
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tvarayāgatya devena pādāṃtaṃ gamitontakaḥ

svavāhanamavijñāya vṛṣendraṃ vaḍavānalaḥ
sagalagrahamānītastato 'styekodakaṃ jagat

alokaviditaistaistairvṛttairānandasundaraiḥ
aṃgahārasvasenedamasakṛccālitaṃ jagat

śānta eva sadā sarvamanugṛhṇāti cecchivaḥ
sarvāṇi pūrayedeva kathaṃ śaktena mocayet

anādikarma vaicitryamapi nātra niyāmakam
kāraṇaṃ khalu karmāpi bhavedīśvarakāritam

kimatra bahunoktena nāstikyaṃ hetukārakam
yathā hyāśu nivarteta tathā kathaya māruta