Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.1.5

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe vāyusamāgamo nāma caturtho 'dhyāyaḥ
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Chapter 5
sūta uvāca
tatra pūrvaṃ mahābhāgā naimiṣāraṇyavāsinaḥ
praṇipatya yathānyāyaṃ papracchuḥ pavanaṃ prabhum

naimiṣīyā ūcuḥ
bhavān kathamanuprāpto jñānamīśvaragocaram
kathaṃ ca śivabhāvaste brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ

vāyuruvāca
ekonaviṃśatiḥ kalpo vijñeyaḥ śvetalohitaḥ
tasminkalpe caturvaktrassraṣṭukāmo 'tapattapaḥ

tapasā tena tīvreṇa tuṣṭastasya pitā svayam
divyaṃ kaumāramāsthāya rūpaṃ rūpavatāṃ varaḥ

śveto nāma munirbhūtvā divyāṃ vācamudīrayan
darśanaṃ pradadau tasmai devadevo maheśvaraḥ

taṃ dṛṣṭvā pitaraṃ brahmā brahmaṇo 'dhipatiṃ patim
praṇamya paramajñānaṃ gāyatryā saha labdhavān

tatassa labdhavijñāno viśvakarmā caturmukhaḥ
asṛjatsarvabhūtāni sthāvarāṇi carāṇi ca

yataśśrutvāmṛtaṃ labdhaṃ brahmaṇā parameśvarāt
tatastadvadanādeva mayā labdhaṃ tapobalāt

munaya ūcuḥ
kiṃ tajjñānaṃ tvayā labdhaṃ tathyāttathyaṃtaraṃ śubham
yatra kṛtvā parāṃ niṣṭhāṃ puruṣassukhamṛcchati

vayuruvāca
paśupāśapatijñānaṃ yallabdhaṃ tu mayā purā
tatra niṣṭhā parā kāryā puruṣeṇa sukhārthinā

ajñānaprabhavaṃ duḥkhaṃ jñānenaiva nivartate
jñānaṃ vastuparicchedo vastu ca dvividhaṃ smṛtam

ajaḍaṃ ca jaḍaṃ caiva niyaṃtṛ ca tayorapi
paśuḥ pāśaḥ patiśceti kathyate tattrayaṃ kramāt

akṣaraṃ ca kṣaraṃ caiva kṣarākṣaraparaṃ tathā
tadetattritayaṃ bhūmnā kathyate tattvavedibhiḥ

akṣaraṃ paśurityuktaḥ kṣaraṃ pāśa udāhṛtaḥ
kṣarākṣaraparaṃ yattatpatirityabhidhīyate

munaya ūcuḥ
kiṃ tadakṣaramityuktaṃ kiṃ ca kṣaramudāhṛtam
tayośca paramaṃ kiṃ vā tadetad brūhi māruta

vāyuruvāca
prakṛtiḥ kṣaramityuktaṃ puruṣo 'kṣara ucyate
tāvimau prerayatyanyassa parā parameśvaraḥ

munaya ūcuḥ
kaiṣā prakṛtirityuktā ka eṣa puruṣo mataḥ
anayoḥ kena sambandhaḥ koyaṃ preraka īśvaraḥ

vāyuruvāca
māyā prakṛtiruddiṣṭā puruṣo māyayā vṛtaḥ
saṃbandho mūlakarmabhyāṃ śivaḥ preraka īśvaraḥ

munaya ūcuḥ
keyaṃ māyā samā khyātā kiṃrūpo māyayā vṛtaḥ
mūlaṃ kīdṛk kuto vāsya kiṃ śivatvaṃ kutaśśivaḥ

vāyuruvāca
māyā māheśvarī śaktiścidrūpo māyayā vṛtaḥ
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malaścicchādako naijo viśuddhiśśivatā svataḥ

munaya ūcuḥ
āvṛṇoti kathaṃ māyā vyāpinaṃ kena hetunā
kimarthaṃ cāvṛtiḥ puṃsaḥ kena vā vinivartate

vāyuruvāca
āvṛtirvyapino 'pi syādvyāpi yasmātkalādyapi
hetuḥ karmaiva bhogārthaṃ nivarteta malakṣayāt

munaya ūcuḥ
kalādi kathyate kiṃ tatkarma vā kimudāhṛtam
tatkimādi kimantaṃ vā kiṃ phalaṃ vā kimāśrayam

kasya bhogena kiṃ bhogyaṃ kiṃ vā tadbhogasādhanam
malakṣayasya ko hetuḥ kīdṛk kṣīṇamalaḥ pumān

vāyuruvāca
kalā vidyā ca rāgaśca kālo niyatireva ca
kalādayassamākhyātā yo bhoktā puruṣo bhavet

puṇyapāpātmakaṃ karma sukhaduḥkhaphalaṃ tu yat
anādimalabhogāntamajñānātmasamāśrayam

bhogaḥ karmavināśāya bhogamavyaktamucyate
bāhyāṃtaḥkaraṇadvāraṃ śarīraṃ bhogasādhanam

bhāvātiśayalabdhena prasādena malakṣayaḥ
kṣīṇe cātmamale tasmin pumāñcchivasamo bhavet

munaya ūcuḥ
kalādipañcatattvānāṃ kiṃ karma pṛthagucyate
bhokteti puruṣaśceti yenātmā vyapadiśyate

kimātmakaṃ tadavyaktaṃ kenākāreṇa bhujyate
kiṃ tasya śaraṇaṃ bhuktau śarīraṃ ca kimucyate

vāyuruvāca
dikkriyāvyaṃjakā vidyā kālo rāgaḥ pravartakaḥ
kālo 'vacchedakastatra niyatistu niyāmikā

avyaktaṃ kāraṇaṃ yattattriguṇaṃ prabhavāpyayam
pradhānaṃ prakṛtiśceti yadāhustattvaciṃtakāḥ

kalātastadabhivyaktamanabhivyaktalakṣaṇam
sukhaduḥkhavimohātmā bhujyate guṇavāṃstridhā

sattvaṃ rajastama iti guṇāḥ prakṛtisaṃbhavāḥ
prakṛtau sūkṣmarūpeṇa tile tailamiva sthitāḥ

sukhaṃ ca sukhahetuśca samāsātsāttvikaṃ smṛtam
rājasaṃ tadviparyāsātstaṃbhamohau tu tāmasau

sāttvikyūrdhvagatiḥ proktā tāmasī syādadhogatiḥ
madhyamā tu gatiryā sā rājasī paripaṭhyate

tanmātrāpañcakaṃ caiva bhūtapañcakameva ca
jñāneṃdriyāṇi pañcaikyaṃ pañca karmendriyāṇi ca

pradhānabuddhyahaṃkāramanāṃsi ca catuṣṭayam
samāsādevamavyaktaṃ savikāramudāhṛtam

tatkāraṇadaśāpannamavyaktamiti kathyate
vyaktaṃ kāryadaśāpannaṃ śarīrādighaṭādivat

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yathā ghaṭādikaṃ kāryaṃ mṛdādernātibhidyate
śarīrādi tathā vyaktamavyaktānnātibhidyate

tasmādavyaktamevaikyakāraṇaṃ karaṇāni ca
śarīraṃ ca tadādhāraṃ tadbhogyaṃ cāpi netarat

munaya ūcuḥ
buddhīndriyaśarīrebhyo vyatirekasya kasyacit
ātmaśabdābhidheyasya vastuto 'pi kutaḥ sthitiḥ

vāyuruvāca
buddhīndriyaśarīrebhyo vyatireko vibhordhruvam
astyeva kaścidātmeti hetustatra sudurgamaḥ

buddhīndriyaśarīrāṇāṃ nātmatā sadbhiriṣyate
smṛteraniyatajñānādayāvaddehavedanāt

ataḥ smartānubhūtānāmaśeṣajñeyagocaraḥ
antaryāmīti vedeṣu vedāṃteṣu ca gīyate

sarvaṃ tatra sa sarvatra vyāpya tiṣṭhati śāśvataḥ
tathāpi kvāpi kenāpi vyaktameṣa na dṛśyate

naivāyaṃ cakṣuṣā grāhyo nāparairindriyairapi
manasaiva pradīptena mahānātmāvasīyate 1

na ca strī na pumāneṣa naiva cāpi napuṃsakaḥ
naivordhvaṃ nāpi tiryak nādhastānna kutaścana

aśarīraṃ śarīreṣu caleṣu sthāṇumavyayam
sadā paśyati taṃ dhīro naraḥ pratyavamarśanāt

kimatra bahunoktena puruṣo dehataḥ pṛthak
apṛthagye tu paśyaṃti hyasamyakteṣu darśanam

yaccharīramidaṃ proktaṃ puruṣasya tataḥ param
aśuddhamavaśaṃ duḥkhamadhruvaṃ na ca vidyate

vipadāṃ vījabhūtena puruṣastena saṃyutaḥ
sukhī duḥkhī ca mūḍhaśca bhavati svena karmaṇā

adbhirāplavitaṃ kṣetraṃ janayatyaṃkuraṃ yathā
ājñānātplāvitaṃ karma dehaṃ janayate tathā

atyaṃtamasukhāvāsāssmṛtāścaikāṃtamṛtyavaḥ
anāgatā atītāśca tanavo 'sya sahasraśaḥ

āgatyāgatya śīrṇeṣu śarīreṣu śarīriṇaḥ
atyaṃtavasatiḥ kvāpi na kenāpi ca labhyate

chāditaśca viyuktaśca śarīraireṣu lakṣyate
caṃdrabiṃbavadākāśe taralairabhrasaṃcayaiḥ

anekadehabhedena bhinnā vṛttirihātmanaḥ
aṣṭāpadaparikṣepe hyakṣamudreva lakṣyate

naivāsya bhavitā kaścinnāsau bhavati kasyacit
pathi saṃgama evāyaṃ dāraiḥ putraiśca baṃdhubhiḥ

yathā kāṣṭhaṃ ca kāṣṭhaṃ ca sameyātāṃ mahodadhau
sametya ca vyapeyātāṃ tadvadbhūtasamāgamaḥ

sa paśyati śarīraṃ taccharīraṃ tanna paśyati
tau paśyati paraḥ kaścittāvubhau taṃ na paśyataḥ

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brahmādyāḥ sthāvarāṃtaśca paśavaḥ parikīrtitāḥ
paśūnāmeva sarveṣāṃ proktametannidarśanam

sa eṣa badhyate pāśaiḥ sukhaduḥkhāśanaḥ paśuḥ
līlāsādhanabhūto ya īśvarasyeti sūrayaḥ

ajño jaṃturanīśo 'yamātmanassukhaduḥkhayoḥ
īśvaraprerito gacchetsvargaṃ vā śvabhrameva vā

sūta uvāca
ityākarṇyānilavaco munayaḥ prītamānasāḥ
procuḥ praṇamya taṃ vāyuṃ śaivāgamavicakṣaṇam