Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.1.9

iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvabhāge kālaprabhāve tridevāyurvarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 9
munaya ūcuḥ
kathaṃ jagadidaṃ kṛtsnaṃ vidhāya ca nidhāya ca
ājñayā paramāṃ krīḍāṃ karoti parameśvaraḥ

kiṃ tatprathamasaṃbhūtaṃ kenedamakhilaṃ tatam
kenā vā punarevedaṃ grasyate pṛthukukṣiṇā

vāyuruvāca
śaktiḥ prathamasambhūtā śāṃtyatītapadottarā
tato māyā tato 'vyaktaṃ śivācchaktimataḥ prabhoḥ

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śāntyatītapadaṃ śaktestataḥ śāntipadakramāt
tato vidyāpadaṃ tasmātpratiṣṭhāpadasaṃbhavaḥ

nivṛttipadamutpannaṃ pratiṣṭhāpadataḥ kramāt
evamuktā samāsena sṛṣṭirīśvaracoditā

ānulomyāttathaiteṣāṃ pratilomyena saṃhṛtiḥ
asmātpañcapadoddiṣṭātparassraṣṭā samiṣyate

kalābhiḥ pañcabhirvyāptaṃ tasmādviśvamidaṃ jagat
avyaktaṃ kāraṇaṃ yattadātmanā samanuṣṭhitam

mahadādiviśeṣāṃtaṃ sṛjatītyapi saṃmatam
kiṃ tu tatrāpi kartṛtvaṃ nāvyaktasya na cātmanaḥ

acetanatvātprakṛterajñatvātpuruṣasya ca
pradhānaparamāṇvādi yāvatkiñcidacetanam

tatkartṛkaṃ svayaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ buddhimatkāraṇaṃ vinā
jagacca kartṛsāpekṣaṃ kāryaṃ sāvayavaṃ yataḥ

tasmācchaktassvatantro yaḥ sarvaśaktiśca sarvavit
anādinidhanaścāyaṃ mahadaiśvaryasaṃyutaḥ

sa eva jagataḥ kartā mahādevo maheśvarāḥ
pātā hartā ca sarvasya tataḥ pṛthagananvayaḥ

pariṇāmaḥ pradhānasya pravṛttiḥ puruṣasya ca
sarvaṃ satyavratasyaiva śāsanena pravartate

itīyaṃ śāśvatī niṣṭhā satāṃ manasi vartate
na cainaṃ pakṣamāśritya vartate svalpacetanaḥ

yāvadādisamāraṃbho yāvadyaḥ pralayo mahān
tāvadapyeti sakalaṃ brahmaṇaḥ śāradāṃ śatam

paramityāyuṣo nāma brahmaṇo 'vyaktajanmanaḥ
tatparākhyaṃ tadardhaṃ ca parārdhamabhidhīyate

parārdhadvayakālāṃte pralaye samupasthite
avyaktamātmanaḥ kāryamādāyātmani tiṣṭhati

ātmanyavasthite 'vyakte vikāre pratisaṃhṛte
sādharmyeṇādhitiṣṭhete pradhānapuruṣāvubhau

tamaḥ sattvaguṇāvetau samatvena vyavasthitau
anudriktāvanantau tāvotaprotau parasparam

guṇasāmye tadā tasminnavibhāge tamodaye
śāṃtavātaikanīre ca na prājñāyata kiṃcana

aprajñāte jagatyasminneka eva maheśvaraḥ
upāsya rajanīṃ kṛtsnāṃ parāṃ māheśvarīṃ tataḥ

prabhātāyāṃ tu śarvaryāṃ pradhānapuruṣāvubhau
praviśya kṣobhayāmāsa māyāyogānmaheśvaraḥ

tataḥ punaraśeṣāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ prabhavāpyayāt
avyaktādabhavatsṛṣṭirājñayā parameṣṭhinaḥ

viśvottarottaravicitramanorathasya yasyaikaśaktiśakale sakalassamāptaḥ
ātmānamadhvapatimadhvavido vadaṃti tasmai namaḥ sakalalokavilakṣaṇāya