Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.1.31

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe śivatattvapraśno nāma triṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 31
vāyuruvāca
sthane saṃśayitaṃ viprā bhavadbhirhetucoditaiḥ
jijñāsā hi na nāstikyaṃ sādhayetsādhubuddhiṣu

pramaṇamatra vakṣyāmi satāmmohanivartakam
asatāṃ tvanyathābhāvaḥ prasādena vinā prabhoḥ

śivasya paripūrṇasya parānugrahamantarā
na kiṃcidapi kartavyamiti sādhu viniścitam

svabhāva eva paryāptaḥ parānugrahakarmaṇi
anyathā nissvabhavena na kimapyanugṛhyate

paraṃ sarvamanugrāhyaṃ paśupāśātmakaṃ jagat
parasyānugrahārthaṃ tu patyurājñāsamanvayaḥ

patirājñāpakaḥ sarvamanugṛhṇāti sarvadā
tadarthamarthasvīkāre parataṃtraḥ kathaṃ śivaḥ

anugrāhyanapekṣo 'sti na hi kaścidanugrahaḥ
ataḥ svātantryaśabdārthānanapekṣatvalakṣaṇaḥ

etatpunaranugrāhyaṃ parataṃtraṃ tadiṣyate
anugrahādṛte tasya bhuktimuktyorananvayāt

mūrtātmano 'pyanugrāhyā śivājñānanivartanāt
ajñānādhiṣṭhitaṃ śambhorna kiṃcidiha vidyate

yenopalabhyate 'smābhissakalenāpi niṣkalaḥ
sa mūrtyātmā śivaḥ śaivamūrtirityupacaryate

na hyasau niṣkalaḥ sākṣācchivaḥ paramakāraṇam
sākāreṇānubhāvena kenāpyanupalakṣitaḥ

pramāṇagamyatāmātraṃ tatsvabhāvopapādakam
na tāvatātropekṣādhīrupalakṣaṇamaṃtarā

ātmopamolvaṇaṃ sākṣānmūrtireva hi kācana
śivasya mūrtirmūrtyātmā parastasyopalakṣaṇam

yathā kāṣṭheṣvanārūḍho na vahnirupalabhyate
evaṃ śivo 'pi mūrtyātmanyanārūḍha iti sthitiḥ

yathāgnimānayetyukte jvalatkāṣṭhādṛte svayam
nāgnirānīyate tadvatpūjyo mūrtyātmanā śivaḥ

ata eva hi pūjādau mūrtyātmaparikalpanam
mūrtyātmani kṛtaṃ sākṣācchiva eva kṛtaṃ yataḥ

liṃgādāvapi tatkṛtyamarcāyāṃ ca viśeṣataḥ
tattanmūrtyātmabhāvena śivo 'smābhirupāsyate

yathānugṛhyate so 'pi mūrtyātmā pārameṣṭhinā
tathā mūrtyātmaniṣṭhena śivena paśavo vayam

lokānugrahaṇāyaiva śivena parameṣṭhinā
sadāśivādayassarve mūrtyātmano 'pyadhiṣṭhitāḥ

ātmanāmeva bhogāya mokṣāya ca viśeṣataḥ
tattvātattvasvarūpeṣu mūrtyātmasu śivānvayaḥ

bhogaḥ karmavipākātmā sukhaduḥkhātmako mataḥ
na ca karma śivo 'stīti tasya bhogaḥ kimātmakaḥ

sarvaṃ śivo 'nugṛhṇāti na nigṛhṇāti kiṃcana
nigṛhṇatāṃ tu ye doṣāśśive teṣāmasaṃbhavāt

ye punarnigrahāḥ kecidbrahmādiṣu nidarśitāḥ
te 'pi lokahitāyaiva kṛtāḥ śrīkaṇṭhamūrtinā

brahmāṇḍasyādhipatyaṃ hi śrīkaṇṭhasya na saṃśayaḥ
śrīkaṇṭhākhyāṃ śivo mūrtiṃ krīḍatīmadhitiṣṭhati

sadoṣā eva devādyā nigṛhītā yathoditam
tatastepi vipāpmānaḥ prajāścāpi gatajvarāḥ

nigraho 'pi svarūpeṇa viduṣāṃ na jugupsitaḥ
ata eva hi daṇḍyeṣu daṇḍo rājñāṃ praśasyate

yatsiddhirīśvaratvena kāryavargasya kṛtsnaśaḥ
na sa cedīśatāṃ kuryājjagataḥ kathamīśvaraḥ

īśecchā ca vidhātṛtvaṃ vidherājñāpanaṃ param
ājñāvaśyamidaṃ kuryānna kuryāditi śāsanam

tacchāsanānuvartitvaṃ sādhubhāvasya lakṣaṇam
viparītasamādhoḥ syānna sarvaṃ tattu dṛśyate

sādhu saṃrakṣaṇīyaṃ cedvinivartyamasādhu yat
nivartate ca sāmāderaṃte daṇḍo hi sādhanam

hitārthalakṣaṇaṃ cedaṃ daṇḍāntamanuśāsanam
ato yadviparītaṃ tadahitaṃ saṃpracakṣate

hite sadā niṣaṇṇānāmīśvarasya nidarśanam
sa kathaṃ duṣyate sadbhirasatāmeva nigrahāt

ayuktakāriṇo loke garhaṇīyāvivekitā
yadudvejayate lokantadayuktaṃ pracakṣate

sarvo 'pi nigraho loke na ca vidveṣapūrvakaḥ
na hi dveṣṭi pitā putraṃ yo nigṛhyāti śikṣayet

mādhyasthenāpi nigrāhyānyo nigṛhṇāti mārgataḥ
tasyāpyavaśyaṃ yatkiṃcinnairghṛṇyamanuvartate

anyathā na hinastyeva sadoṣānapyasau parān
hinasti cāyamapyajñānparaṃ mādhyasthyamācaran

tasmādduḥkhātmikāṃ hiṃsāṃ kurvāṇo yaḥ sanirghṛṇaḥ
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iti nirbaṃdhayaṃtyeke niyamo neti cāpare

nidānajñasya bhiṣajo rugṇo hiṃsāṃ prayuṃjataḥ
na kiṃcidapi nairghṛṇyaṃ ghṛṇaivātra prayojikā

ghṛṇāpi na guṇāyaiva hiṃsreṣu pratiyogiṣu
tādṛśeṣu ghṛṇī bhrāntyā ghṛṇāntaritanirghṛṇaḥ

upekṣāpīha doṣāha rakṣyeṣu pratiyogiṣu
śaktau satyāmupekṣāto rakṣyassadyo vipadyate

sarpasyā ' 'syagatampaśyanyastu rakṣyamupekṣate
doṣābhāsānsamutprekṣya phalataḥ so 'pi nirghṛṇaḥ

tasmād ghṛṇā guṇāyaiva sarvatheti na saṃmatam
saṃmataṃ prāptakāmitvaṃ sarvaṃ tvanyadasammatam

mūrtyātmasvapi rāgādyā doṣāḥ santyeva vastutaḥ
tathāpi teṣāmevaite na śivasya tu sarvathā
agnāvapi samāviṣṭaṃ tāmraṃ khalu sakālikam

iti nāgnirasau duṣyettāmrasaṃsargakāraṇāt
nāgneraśucisaṃsargādaśucitvamapekṣate

aśucestvagnisaṃyogācchucitvamapi jāyate
evaṃ śodhyātmasaṃsargānna hyaśuddhaḥ śivo bhavet

śivasaṃsargatastveṣa śodhyātmaiva hi śudhyati
ayasyagnau samāviṣṭe dāho 'gnereva nāyasaḥ

mūrtātmanyevamaiśvaryamīśvarasyaiva nātmanām
na hi kāṣṭhaṃ jvalatyūrdhvamagnireva jvalatyasau

kāṣṭhasyāṃgāratā nāgnerevamatrāpi yojyatām
ata eva jagatyasminkāṣṭhapāṣāṇamṛtsvapi

śivāveśavaśādeva śivatvamupacaryate
maitryādayo guṇā gauṇāstasmātte bhinnavṛttayaḥ

tairguṇairuparaktānāṃ doṣāya ca guṇāya ca
yattu gauṇamagauṇaṃ ca tatsarvamanugṛhṇataḥ
na guṇāya na doṣāya śivasya guṇavṛttayaḥ

na cānugrahaśabdārthaṃ gauṇamāhurvipaścitaḥ
saṃsāramocanaṃ kiṃ tu śaivamājñāmayaṃ hitam

hitaṃ tadājñākaraṇaṃ yaddhitaṃ tadanugrahaḥ
sarvaṃ hite niyuñjāvaḥ sarvānugrahakārakaḥ

yastūpakāraśabdārthastamapyāhuranugraham
tasyāpi hitarūpatvācchivaḥ sarvopakārakaḥ

hite sadā niyuktaṃ tu sarvaṃ cidacidātmakam
svabhāvapratibandhaṃ tatsamaṃ na labhate hitam

yathā vikāsayatyeva raviḥ padmāni bhānubhiḥ
samaṃ na vikasantyeva svasvabhāvānurodhataḥ

svabhāvo 'pi hi bhāvānāṃ bhāvino 'rthasya kāraṇam
na hi svabhāvo naśyantamarthaṃ kartṛṣu sādhayet

suvarṇameva nāṃgāraṃ drāvayatyagnisaṃgamaḥ
evaṃ pakvamalāneva mocayenna śivaparān

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yadyathā bhavituṃ yogyaṃ tattathā na bhavetsvayam
vinā bhāvanayā kartā svatantrassantato bhavet

svabhāvavimalo yadvatsarvānugrāhakaśśivaḥ
svabhāvamalināstadvadātmano jīvasaṃjñitāḥ

anyathā saṃsarantyete niyamānna śivaḥ katham
karmamāyānubandhosya saṃsāraḥ kathyate budhaiḥ

anubandho 'yamasyaiva na śivasyeti hetumān
sa heturātmanāmeva nijo nāgantuko malaḥ

āgantukatve kasyāpi bhāvyaṃ kenāpi hetunā
yo 'yaṃ heturasāvekastvavicitrasvabhāvataḥ

ātmatāyāḥ samatve 'pi baddhā muktāḥ pare yataḥ
baddheṣveva punaḥ kecillayabhogādhikārataḥ

jñānaiśvaryādivaiṣamyaṃ bhajante sottarādharāḥ
kecinmūrtyātmatāṃ yānti kecidāsannagocarāḥ

mūrtyātmasu śivāḥ kecidadhvanāṃ mūrdhasu sthitāḥ
madhye maheśvarā rudrāstvarvācīnapade sthitāḥ

āsanne 'pi ca māyāyāḥ parasmātkāraṇāttrayam
tatrāpyātmā sthito 'dhastādantarātmā ca madhyataḥ

parastātparamātmeti brahmaviṣṇumaheśvarāḥ
vartante vasavaḥ kecitparamātmapadāśrayāḥ

antarātmapade kecitkecidātmapade tathā
śāntyatītapade śaivāḥ śānte māheśvare tataḥ

vidyāyāntu yathā raudrāḥ pratiṣṭhāyāṃ tu vaiṣṇavāḥ
nivṛttau ca tathātmāno brahmā brahmāṃgayonayaḥ

devayonyaṣṭakaṃ mukhyaṃ mānuṣyamatha madhyamam
pakṣyādayo 'dhamāḥ pañcayonayastāścaturdaśa

uttarādharabhāvo 'pi jñeyassaṃsāriṇo malaḥ
yathāmabhāvo muktasya pūrvaṃ paścāttu pakvatā

malo 'pyāmaśca pakvaśca bhavetsaṃsārakāraṇam
āme tvadharatā puṃsāṃ pakve tūttaratā kramāt

paśvātmānastridhābhinnā ekadvitrimalāḥ kramāt
atrottarā ekamalā dvimalā madhyamā matāḥ
trimalāstvadhamā jñeyā yathottaramadhiṣṭhitāḥ

trimalānadhitiṣṭhaṃti dvimalaikamalāḥ kramāt
itthamaupādhiko bhedo viśvasya parikalpitaḥ

ekadvitrimalānsarvāñchiva eko 'dhitiṣṭhati
aśivātmakamapyetacchivenādhiṣṭhitaṃ yathā

arudrātmakamityevaṃ rudrairjagadadhiṣṭhitam
aṇḍāntā hi mahābhūmiśśatarudrādyadhiṣṭhitā

māyāntamantarikṣaṃ tu hyamareśādibhiḥ kramāt
aṃguṣṭhamātraparyantaissamaṃtātsaṃtataṃ tatam

mahāmāyāvasānā dyaurvāyvādyairbhuvanādhipaiḥ
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anāśritāntairadhvāntarvartibhissamadhiṣṭhitāḥ

te hi sākṣāddiviṣadastvantarikṣasadastathā
pṛthivīpada ityevaṃ devā devavrataiḥ stutā

evantribhirmalairāmaiḥ pakvaireva pṛthakpṛthak
nidānabhūtaissaṃsārarogaḥ puṃsāṃ pravartate

asya rogasya bhaiṣajyaṃ jñānameva na cāparam
bhiṣagājñāpakaḥ śambhuśśivaḥ paramakāraṇam

aduḥkhenā 'pi śakto 'sau paśūnmocayituṃ śivaḥ
kathaṃ duḥkhaṃ karotīti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

duḥkhameva hi sarvo 'pi saṃsāra iti niścitam
kathaṃ duḥkhamaduḥkhaṃ syātsvabhāvo hyaviparyayaḥ

na hi rogī hyarogī syādbhiṣagbhaiṣajyakāraṇāt
rogārtaṃ tu bhiṣagrogādbhaiṣajaissukhamuddharet

evaṃ svabhāvamalinānsvabhāvādduḥkhinaḥ paśūn
svājñauṣadhavidhānena duḥkhānmocayate śivaḥ

na bhiṣakkāraṇaṃ roge śivaḥ saṃsārakāraṇam
ityetadapi vaiṣamyaṃ na doṣāyāsya kalpate

duḥkhe svabhāvasaṃsiddhe kathantatkāraṇaṃ śivaḥ
svābhāviko malaḥ puṃsāṃ sa hi saṃsārayatyamūn

saṃsārakāraṇaṃ yattu malaṃ māyādyacetanam
tatsvayaṃ na pravarteta śivasānnidhyamantarā

yathā maṇirayaskāṃtassānnidhyādupakārakaḥ
ayasaścalatastadvacchivo 'pyasyeti sūrayaḥ

na nivartayituṃ śakyaṃ sānnidhyaṃ sadakāraṇam
adhiṣṭhātā tato nityamajñāto jagataśśivaḥ

na śivena vinā kiṃcitpravṛttamiha vidyate
tatpreritamidaṃ sarvaṃ tathāpi na sa muhyati

śaktirājñātmikā tasya niyantrī viśvatomukhī
tayā tatamidaṃ śaśvattathāpi sa na duṣyati

anidaṃ prathamaṃ sarvamīśitavyaṃ sa īśvaraḥ
īśanācca tadīyājñā tathāpi sa na duṣyati

yo 'nyathā manyate mohātsa vinaṣyati durmatiḥ
tacchaktivaibhavādeva tathāpi sa na duṣyati

etasminnaṃtare vyomnaḥ śrutāḥ vāgarīriṇī
satyamomamṛtaṃ saumyamityāvirabhavatsphuṭam

tato hṛṣṭatarāḥ sarve vinaṣṭāśeṣasaṃśayāḥ
munayo vismayāviṣṭāḥ preṇemuḥ pavanaṃ prabhum

tathā vigatasandehānkṛtvāpi pavano munīn
naite pratiṣṭhitajñānā iti matvaivamabravīt

vāyuruvācva
parokṣamaparokṣaṃ ca dvividhaṃ jñānamiṣyate
parokṣamasthiraṃ prāhuraparokṣaṃ tu susthiram

hetūpadeśagamyaṃ yattatparokṣaṃ pracakṣate
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aparokṣaṃ punaḥ śreṣṭhādanuṣṭhānādbhaviṣyati

nāparokṣādṛte mokṣa iti kṛtvā viniścayam
śreṣṭhānuṣṭhānasiddhyarthaṃ prayatadhvamatandritāḥ