Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.1.32

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe jñānopadeśo nāmaikatriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 32
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ
kiṃ tacchreṣṭamanuṣṭhānaṃ mokṣo yenaparokṣitaḥ
tattasya sādhanaṃ cādya vaktumarhasi māruta

vāyuruvāca
śaivo hi paramo dharmaḥ śreṣṭhānuṣṭhānaśabditaḥ
yatrāparokṣo lakṣyeta sākṣānmokṣapradaḥ śivaḥ

sa tu pañcavidho jñeyaḥ pañcabhiḥ parvabhiḥ kramāt
kriyātapojapadhyānajñānātmabhiranuttaraiḥ

taireva sottaraissiddho dharmastu paramo mataḥ
parokṣamaparokṣaṃ ca jñānaṃ yatra ca mokṣadam

paramo 'paramaścobhau dharmau hi śruticoditau
dharmaśabdābhidheyerthe pramāṇaṃ śrutireva naḥ

paramo yogaparyanto dharmaḥ śrutiśirogataḥ
dharmastvaparamastadvadadhaḥ śrutimukhotthitaḥ

apaśvātmādhikāratvādyo dharamaḥ paramo mataḥ
sādhāraṇastato 'nyastu sarveṣāmadhikārataḥ

sa cāyaṃ paramo dharmaḥ paradharmasya sādhanam
dharmaśāstrādibhissamyak sāṃga evopabṛṃhitaḥ

śaivo yaḥ paramo dharmaḥ śreṣṭhānuṣṭhānaśabditaḥ
itihāsapurāṇābhyāṃ kathaṃcidupabṛṃhitaḥ

śaivāgamaistu saṃpannaḥ sahāṃgopāṃvistaraḥ
tatsaṃskārādhikāraiśca samyagevopabṛṃhitaḥ

śaivāgamo hi dvividhaḥ śrauto 'śrautaśca saṃskṛtaḥ
śrutisāramayaḥ śrautassvataṃtra itaro mataḥ

svataṃtro daśadhā pūrvaṃ tathāṣṭādaśadhā punaḥ
kāmikādisamākhyābhissiddhaḥ siddhāntasaṃjñitaḥ

śrutisāramayo yastu śatakoṭipravistaraḥ
paraṃ pāśupataṃ yatra vrataṃ jñānaṃ ca kathyate

yugāvarteṣu śiṣyeta yogācāryasvarūpiṇā
tatratatrāvatīrṇena śivenaiva pravartyate

saṃkṣipyāsya pravaktāraścatvāraḥ paramarṣaya
rururdadhīco 'gastyaśca upamanyurmahāyaśāḥ

te ca pāśupatā jñeyāssaṃhitānāṃ pravartakāḥ
tatsaṃtatīyā guravaḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ

tatroktaḥ paramo dharmaścaryādyātmā caturvidhaḥ
teṣu pāśupato yogaḥ śivaṃ pratyakṣayeddṛḍham

tasmācchreṣṭhamanuṣṭhānaṃ yogaḥ pāśupato mataḥ
tatrāpyupāyako yukto brahmaṇā sa tu kathyate

nāmāṣṭakamayo yogaśśivena parikalpitaḥ
tena yogena sahasā śaivī prajñā prajāyate

prajñayā paramaṃ jñānamacirāllabhate sthiram
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prasīdati śivastasya yasya jñānaṃ pratiṣṭhitam

prasādātparamo yogo yaḥ śivaṃ cāparokṣayet
śivāparokṣātsaṃsārakāraṇena viyujyate

tataḥ syānmuktasaṃsāro muktaḥ śivasamo bhavet
brahmaprokta ityupāyaḥ sa eva pṛthagucyate

śivo maheśvaraścaiva rudro viṣṇuḥ pitāmahaḥ
saṃsāravaidyaḥ sarvajñaḥ paramātmeti mukhyataḥ

nāmāṣṭakamidaṃ mukhyaṃ śivasya pratipādakam
ādyantu pañcakaṃ jñeyaṃ śāntyatītādyanukramāt

saṃjñā sadāśivādīnāṃ pañcopādhiparigrahāt
upādhivinivṛttau tu yathāsvaṃ vinivartate

padameva hi tannityamanityāḥ padinaḥ smṛtāḥ
padānāṃ pratikṛttau tu mucyante padino yataḥ

parivṛttyantare bhūyastatpadaprāptirucyate
ātmāntarābhidhānaṃ syādyadādyaṃ nāma pañcakam

anyattu tritayaṃ nāmnāmupādānādiyogataḥ
trividhopādhivacanācchiva evānuvartate

anādimalasaṃśleṣaḥ prāgabhāvātsvabhāvataḥ
atyaṃtaṃ pariśuddhātmetyato 'yaṃ śiva ucyate

athavāśeṣakalyāṇaguṇaikadhana īśvaraḥ
śiva ityucyate sadbhiśśivatattvārthavādibhiḥ

trayoviṃśatitattvebhyaḥ prakṛtirhi parā matā
prakṛtestu paraṃ prāhuḥ puruṣaṃ pañcaviṃśakam

yaṃ vedādau svaraṃ prāhurvācyavācakabhāvataḥ
vedaikavedyayāthātmyādvedānte ca pratiṣṭhitaḥ

tasya prakṛtilīnasya yaḥ parassa maheśvaraḥ
tadadhīnapravṛttitvātprakṛteḥ puruṣasya ca

athavā triguṇaṃ tattvamupeyamidamavyayam
māyāntu prakṛtiṃ vidyānmāyinaṃ tu maheśvaram

māyāvikṣobhako 'naṃto maheśvarasamanvayāt
kālātmā paramātmādiḥ sthūlaḥ sūkṣmaḥ prakīrtitaḥ

rudduḥkhaṃ duḥkhaheturvā tadrāvayati naḥ prabhuḥ
rudra ityucyate sadbhiḥ śivaḥ paramakāraṇam

tattvādibhūtaparyantaṃ śarīrādiṣvatandritaḥ
vyāpyādhitiṣṭhati śivastato rudra itastataḥ

jagataḥ pitṛbhūtānāṃ śivo mūrtyātmanāmapi
pitṛbhāvena sarveṣāṃ pitāmaha udīritaḥ

nidānajño yathā vaidyo rogasya vinivartakaḥ
upāyairbheṣajaistadvallayabhogādhikārataḥ

saṃsārasyeśvaro nityaṃ samūlasya nivartakaḥ
saṃsāravaidya ityuktaḥ sarvatattvārthavedibhiḥ

daśārthajñānasiddhyarthamindriyeṣveṣu satsvapi
trikālabhāvino bhāvānsthūlānsūkṣmānaśeṣataḥ

aṇavo naiva jānanti māyayaiva malāvṛtāḥ
asatsvapi ca sarveṣu sarvārthajñānahetuṣu

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yadyathāvasthitaṃ vastu tattathaiva sadāśivaḥ
ayatnenaiva jānāti tasmātsarvajña ucyate

sarvātmā paramairebhirguṇairnityasamanvayāt
svasmātparātmavirahātparamātmā śivaḥ svayam

nāmāṣṭakamidaṃ caiva labdhvācāryaprasādataḥ
nivṛttyādikalāgranthiṃ śivādyaiḥ pañcanāmabhiḥ

yathāsvaṃ kramaśaśchitvā śodhayitvā yathāguṇam
guṇitaireva soddhātairaniruddhairathāpi vā

hṛtkaṇṭhatālubhrūmadhyabrahmarandhrasamanvitām
chittvā paryaṣṭakākāraṃ svātmānaṃ ca suṣumṇayā

dvādaśāṃtaḥsthitasyendornītvopari śivaujasi
saṃhṛtyaṃ vadanaṃ paścādyathāsaṃskaraṇaṃ layāt

śāktenāmṛtavarṣeṇa saṃsiktāyāṃ tanau punaḥ
avatārya svamātmānamamṛtātmākṛtiṃ hṛdi

dvādaśāṃtaḥsthitasyendoḥ parastācchvetapaṃkaje
samāsīnaṃ mahādevaṃ śaṃkarambhaktavatsalam

ardhanārīśvaraṃ devaṃ nirmalaṃ madhurākṛtim
śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ prasannaṃ śītaladyutim

dhyātvā hi mānase devaṃ svasthacitto 'tha mānavaḥ
śivanāmāṣṭakenaiva bhāvapuṣpaissamarcayet

abhyarcanānte tu punaḥ prāṇānāyamya mānavaḥ
samyakcittaṃ samādhāya śārvaṃ nāmāṣṭakaṃ japet

nābhau cāṣṭāhutīrhutvā pūrṇāhutyā namastataḥ
aṣṭapuṣpapradānena kṛtvābhyarcanamaṃtimam

nivedayetsvamātmānaṃ culukodakavartmanā
evaṃ kṛtvā cirādeva jñānaṃ pāśupataṃ śubham

labhate tatpratiṣṭhāṃ ca vṛttaṃ cānuttamaṃ tathā
yogaṃ ca paramaṃ labdhvā mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ