Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.2.10

oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpu-- saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe śivasya yogāvatāravarṇanaṃ nāma navamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 10
kṛṣṇa uvāca
bhagavansarvayogīṃdra gaṇeśvara munīśvara
ṣaḍānanasamaprakhya sarvajñānanidhe guro

prāyastvamavatīryorvyāṃ pāśavicchittaye nṛṇām
maharṣivapurāsthāya sthito 'si parameśvara

anyathā hi jagatyasmin devo vā dānavo 'pi vā
tvattonyaḥ paramaṃ bhāvaṃ ko jānīyācchivātmakam

tasmāttava mukhodgīrṇaṃ sākṣādiva pinākinaḥ
śivajñānāmṛtaṃ pītvā na me tṛptamabhūnmanaḥ

sākṣātsarvajagatkarturbharturaṃkaṃ samāśritā
bhagavankinnu papraccha bhartāraṃ parameśvarī

upamanyuruvāca
sthāne pṛṣṭaṃ tvayā kṛṣṇa tadvakṣyāmi yathātatham
bhavabhaktasya yuktasya tava kalyāṇacetasaḥ

mahīdharavare divye maṃdare cārukaṃdare
devyā saha mahādevo divyo dhyānagato 'bhavat

tadā devyāḥ priyasakhī susmitāsyā śubhāvatī
phullānyatimanojñāni puṣpāṇi samudāharat

tataḥ svamaṃkamāropya devīṃ devavarorahaḥ
alaṃkṛtya ca taiḥ puṣpairāste hṛṣṭataraḥ svayam

athāṃtaḥpuracāriṇyo devyo divyavibhūṣaṇāḥ
aṃtaraṃgā gaṇendrāśca sarvalokamaheśvarīm

bhartāraṃ paripūrṇaṃ ca sarvalokamaheśvaram
cāmarāsaktahastāśca devīṃ devaṃ siṣevire

tataḥ priyāḥ kathā vṛttā vinodāya maheśayoḥ
trāṇāya ca nṛṇāṃ loke ye śivaṃ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ

tadāvasaramālokya sarvalokamaheśvarī
bhartāraṃ paripapraccha sarvalokamaheśvaram

devyuvāca
kena vaśyo mahādevo martyānāṃ maṃdacetasām
ātmatattvādyaśaktānāmātmanāmakṛtātmanām

īśvara uvāca
na karmaṇā na tapasā na japairnāsanādibhiḥ
na jñānena na cānyena vaśyo 'haṃ śraddhayā vinā

śraddhā mayyasti cetpuṃsāṃ yena kenāpi hetunā
vaśyaḥ spṛśyaśca dṛśyaśca pūjyassaṃbhāṣya eva ca

sādhyā tasmānmayi śaddhā māṃ vaśīkartumicchatā
śraddhā hetussvadharmasya rakṣaṇaṃ varṇināmiha

svavarṇāśramadharmeṇa vartate yastu mānavaḥ
tasyaiva bhavati śraddhā mayi nānyasya kasyacit

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āmnāyasiddhamakhilaṃ dharmamāśramiṇāmiha
brahmaṇā kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ mamaivājñāpurassaram

sa tu paitāmaho dharmo bahuvittakriyānvitaḥ
nātyanta phalabhūyiṣṭhaḥ kleśāyā sasamanvitaḥ
tena dharmeṇa mahatāṃ śraddhāṃ prāpya sudurllabhām

varṇino ye prapadyaṃte māmananyasamāśrayāḥ
teṣāṃ sukhena mārgeṇa dharmakāmārthamuktayaḥ

varṇāśramasamācāro mayā bhūyaḥ prakalpitaḥ
tasminbhaktimatāmeva madīyānāṃ tu varṇinām

adhikāro na cānyeṣāmityājñā naiṣṭhikī mama
tadājñaptena mārgeṇa varṇino madupāśrayāḥ

malamāyādipāśebhyo vimuktā matprasādataḥ
paraṃ madīyamāsādya punarāvṛttidurlabham
paramaṃ mama sādharmyaṃ prāpya nirvṛtimāyayuḥ

tasmāllabdhvāpyalabdhvā vā varṇadharmaṃ mayeritam
āśritya mama bhaktaścetsvātmanātmānamuddharet

alabdhalābha evaiṣa koṭikoṭiguṇādhikaḥ
tasmānme mukhato labdhaṃ varṇadharmaṃ samācaret

mamāvatārā hi śubhe yogācāryacchalena tu
sarvāṃtareṣu santyārye saṃtatiśca sahasraśaḥ

ayuktānāmabuddhīnāmabhaktānāṃ sureśvari
durlabhaṃ saṃtatijñānaṃ tato yatnātsamāśrayet

sā hānistanmahacchidraṃ sa mohassāṃdhamūkatā
yadanyatra śramaṃ kuryānmokṣamārgabahiṣkṛtaḥ

jñānaṃ kriyā ca caryā ca yogaśceti sureśvari
catuṣpādaḥ samākhyāto mama dharmassanātanaḥ

paśupāśapatijñānaṃ jñānamityabhidhīyate
ṣaḍadhvaśuddhirvidhinā gurvadhīnā kriyocyate

varṇāśramaprayuktasya mayaiva vihitasya ca
mamārcanādidharmasya caryā caryeti kathyate

maduktenaiva mārgeṇa mayyavasthitacetasaḥ
vṛttyaṃtaranirodho yo yoga ityabhidhīyate

aśvamedhagaṇācchreṣṭhaṃ devi cittaprasādhanam
muktidaṃ ca tathā hyetadduṣprāpyaṃ viṣayaiṣiṇām

vijiteṃdriyavargasya yamena niyamena ca
pūrvapāpaharo yogo viraktasyaiva kathyate

vairāgyājjāyate jñānaṃ jñānādyogaḥ pravartate

yogajñaḥ patito vāpi mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
dayā kāryātha satatamahiṃsā jñānasaṃgrahaḥ

satyamasteyamāstikyaṃ śraddhā ceṃdriyanigrahaḥ
adhyāpanaṃ cādhyayanaṃ yajanaṃ yājanaṃ tathā

dhyānamīśvarabhāvaśca satataṃ jñānaśīlatā
ya evaṃ vartate vipro jñānayogasya siddhaye

acirādeva vijñānaṃ labdhvā yogaṃ ca viṃdati
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dagdhvā dehamimaṃ jñānī kṣaṇājjñānāgninā priye

prasādānmama yogajñaḥ karmabaṃdhaṃ prahāsyati
puṇyaḥpuṇyātmakaṃ karmamuktestatpratibaṃdhakam
tasmānniyogato yogī puṇyāpuṇyaṃ vivarjayet

phalakāmanayā karmakaraṇātpratibadhyate
na karmamātrakaraṇāttasmātkarmaphalaṃ tyajet

prathamaṃ karmayajñena bahiḥ sampūjya māṃ priye
jñānayogarato bhūtvā paścādyogaṃ samabhyaset

vidite mama yāthātmye karmayajñena dehinaḥ
na yajaṃti hi māṃ yuktāḥ samaloṣṭāśmakāṃcanāḥ

nityayukto muniḥ śreṣṭho madbhaktaśca samāhitaḥ
jñānayogarato yogī mama sāyujyamāpnuyāt

athāviraktacittā ye varṇino madupāśritāḥ
jñānacaryākriyāsveva te 'dhikuryustadarhakāḥ

dvidhā matpūjanaṃ jñeyaṃ bāhyamābhyaṃtaraṃ tathā
vāṅmanaḥkāyabhedācca tridhā madbhajanaṃ viduḥ

tapaḥ karma japo dhyānaṃ jñānaṃ vetyanupūrvaśaḥ
pañcadhā kathyate sadbhistadeva bhajanaṃ punaḥ

anyātmaviditaṃ bāhyamasmadabhyarcanādikam
tadeva tu svasaṃvedyamābhyaṃtaramudāhṛtam

manomatpravaṇaṃ cittaṃ na manomātramucyate
mannāmaniratā vāṇī vāṅmatā khalu netarā

liṃgairmacchāsanādiṣṭaistripuṃḍrādibhiraṃkitaḥ
mamopacāranirataḥ kāyaḥ kāyo na cetaraḥ

madarcākarma vijñeyaṃ bāhye yāgādinocyate
madarthe dehasaṃśoṣastapaḥ kṛcchrādi no matam

japaḥ pañcākṣarābhyāsaḥ praṇavābhyāsa eva ca
rudrādhyāyādikābhyāso na vedādhyayanādikam

dhyānammadrūpaciṃtādyaṃ nātmādyarthasamādhayaḥ
mamāgamārthavijñānaṃ jñānaṃ nānyārthavedanam

bāhye vābhyaṃtare vātha yatra syānmanaso ratiḥ
prāgvāsanāvaśāddevi tattvaniṣṭhāṃ samācaret

bāhyādābhyaṃtaraṃ śreṣṭhaṃ bhavecchataguṇādhikam
asaṃkaratvāddoṣāṇāṃ dṛṣṭānāmapyasambhavāt

śaucamābhyaṃtaraṃ vidyānna bāhyaṃ śaucamucyate
aṃtaḥ śaucavimuktātmā śucirapyaśuciryataḥ

bāhyamābhyaṃrtaraṃ caiva bhajanaṃ bhavapūrvakam
na bhāvarahitaṃ devi vipralaṃbhaikakāraṇam

kṛtakṛtyasya pūtasya mama kiṃ kriyate naraiḥ
bahirvābhyaṃtaraṃ vātha mayā bhāvo hi gṛhyate

bhāvaikātmā kriyā devi mama dharmassanātanaḥ
manasā karmaṇā vācā hyanapekṣya phalaṃ kvacit

phaloddeśena deveśi laghurmama samāśrayaḥ
phalārthī tadabhāve māṃ parityaktuṃ kṣamo yataḥ

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phalārthino 'pi yasyaiva mayi cittaṃ pratiṣṭhitam
bhāvānurūpaphaladastasyāpyahamanindite

phalānapekṣayā yeṣāṃ mano matpravaṇaṃ bhavet
prārthayeyuḥ phalaṃ paścādbhaktāste 'pi mama priyāḥ

prāk saṃskāravaśādeva ye viciṃtya phalāphale
vivaśā māṃ prapadyaṃte mama priyatamā matāḥ

mallābhānna paro lābhasteṣāmasti yathātatham
mamāpi lābhastallābhānnāparaḥ parameśvari

madanugrahatasteṣāṃ bhāvo mayi samarpitaḥ
phalaṃ paramanirvāṇaṃ prayacchati balādiva

mahātmanāmananyānāṃ mayi saṃnyastacetasām
aṣṭadhā lakṣaṇaṃ prāhurmama dharmādhikāriṇām

madbhaktajanavātsalyaṃ pūjāyāṃ cānumodanam
svayamabhyarcanaṃ caiva madarthe cāṃgaceṣṭitam

matkathāśravaṇe bhaktiḥ svaranetrāṃgavikriyāḥ
mamānusmaraṇaṃ nityaṃ yaśca māmupajīvati

evamaṣṭavidhaṃ cihnaṃ yasmin mlecche 'pi vartate
sa viprendro muniḥ śrīmānsa yatissa ca paṃḍitaḥ

na me priyaścaturvedī madbhakto śvapaco 'pi yaḥ
tasmai deyaṃ tato grāhyaṃ sa ca pūjyo yathā hyaham

patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ toyaṃ yo me bhaktyā prayacchati
tasyāhaṃ na praṇaśyāmi sa ca me na praṇaśyati