Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.2.11

oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe śivabhaktivarṇanaṃ nāma daśamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 11
īśvara uvāca
atha vakṣyāmi deveśi bhaktānāmadhikāriṇām
viduṣāṃ dvijamukhyānāṃ varṇadharmasamāsataḥ

triḥ snānaṃ cāgnikāryaṃ ca liṃgārcanamanukramam
dānamīśrarabhāvaśca dayā sarvatra sarvadā

satyaṃ saṃtoṣamāstikyamahiṃsā sarvajaṃtuṣu
hrīśraddhādhyayanaṃ yogassadādhyāpanameva ca

vyākhyānaṃ brahmacaryaṃ ca śravaṇaṃ ca tapaḥ kṣamā
śaucaṃ śikhopavītaṃ ca uṣṇīṣaṃ cottarīyakam

niṣiddhāsevanaṃ caiva bhasmarudrākṣadhāraṇam
parvaṇyabhyarcanaṃ devi caturdaśyāṃ viśeṣataḥ

pānaṃ ca brahmakūrcasya māsi māsi yathāvidhi
abhyarcanaṃ viśeṣeṇa tenaiva snāpya māṃ priye

sarvakriyānna santyāgaḥ śraddhānnasya ca varjanam
tathā paryuṣitānnasya yāvakasya viśeṣataḥ

madyasya madyagandhasya naivedyasya ca varjanam
sāmānyaṃ sarvavarṇānāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ viśeṣataḥ

kṣamā śāṃtiśca santoṣassatyamasteyameva ca
brahmacaryaṃ mama jñānaṃ vairāgyaṃ bhasmasevanam

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sarvasaṃganivṛttiśca daśaitāni viśeṣataḥ
liṃgāni yogināṃ bhūyo divā bhikṣāśanaṃ tathā

vānaprasthāśramasthānāṃ samānamidamiṣyate
rātrau na bhojanaṃ kāryaṃ sarveṣāṃ brahmacāriṇām

adhyāpanaṃ yājanaṃ ca kṣatriyasyāpratigrahaḥ
vaiśyasya ca viśeṣeṇa mayā nātra vidhīyate

rakṣaṇaṃ sarvavarṇānāṃ yuddhe śatruvadhastathā
duṣṭapakṣimṛgāṇāṃ ca duṣṭānāṃ śātanaṃ nṛṇām

aviśvāsaśca sarvatra viśvāso mama yogiṣu
strīsaṃsargaśca kāleṣu camūrakṣaṇameva ca

sadā saṃcāritaiścārairlokavṛttāṃtavedanam
sadāstradhāraṇaṃ caiva bhasmakaṃcukadhāraṇam

rājñāṃ mamāśramasthānāmeṣa dharmasya saṃgrahaḥ
gorakṣaṇaṃ ca vāṇijyaṃ kṛṣirvaiśyasya kathyate

śuśrūṣetaravarṇānāṃ dharmaḥ śūdrasya kathyate
udyānakaraṇaṃ caiva mama kṣetrasamāśrayaḥ

dharmapatnyāstu gamanaṃ gṛhasthasya vidhīyate
brahmacaryaṃ vanasthānāṃ yatīnāṃ brahmacāriṇām

strīṇāṃ tu bhartṛśuśrūṣā dharmo nānyassanātanaḥ
mamārcanaṃ ca kalyāṇi niyogo bharturasti cet

yā nārī bhartṛśuśrūṣāṃ vihāya vratatatparā
sā nārī narakaṃ yāti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

atha bhartṛvihīnāyā vakṣye dharmaṃ sanātanam
vrataṃ dānaṃ tapaḥ śaucaṃ bhūśayyānaktabhojanam

brahmacaryaṃ sadā snānaṃ bhasmanā salilena vā
śāṃtirmaunaṃ kṣamā nityaṃ saṃvibhāgo yathāvidhi

aṣṭābhyāṃ ca caturdaśyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ viśeṣataḥ
ekādaśyāṃ ca vidhivadupavāsomamārcanam

iti saṃkṣepataḥ prokto mayāśramaniṣeviṇām
brahmakṣatraviśāṃ devi yatīnāṃ brahmacāriṇām

tathaiva vānaprasthānāṃ gṛhasthānāṃ ca sundari
śūdrāṇāmatha nārīṇāṃ dharma eṣa sanātanaḥ

dhyeyastvayāhaṃ deveśi sadā jāpyaḥ ṣaḍakṣaraḥ
vedoktamakhilaṃ dharmamiti dharmārthasaṃgrahaḥ

atha ye mānavā loke svecchayā dhṛtavigrahāḥ
bhāvātiśayasaṃpannāḥ pūrvasaṃskārasaṃyutāḥ

viraktā vānuraktā vā stryādīnāṃ viṣayeṣvapi
pāpairna te viliṃpaṃte 1 padmapatramivāṃbhasā

teṣāṃ mamātmavijñānaṃ viśuddhānāṃ vivekinām
matprasādādviśuddhānāṃ duḥkhamāśramarakṣaṇāt

nāsti kṛtyamakṛtyaṃ ca samādhirvā parāyaṇam
na vidhirna niṣedhaśca teṣāṃ mama yathā tathā

1 ātmanepadamārṣam
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tatheha paripūrṇasya sādhyaṃ mama na vidyate
tathaiva kṛtakṛtyānāṃ teṣāmapi na saṃśayaḥ

madbhaktānāṃ hitārthāya mānuṣaṃ bhāvamāśritāḥ
rudralokātparibhraṣṭāste rudrā nātra saṃśayaḥ

mamānuśāsanaṃ yadvadbrahmādīnāṃ pravartakam
tathā narāṇāmanyeṣāṃ tanniyogaḥ pravartakaḥ

mamājñādhārabhāvena sadbhāvātiśayena ca
tadālokanamātreṇa sarvapāpakṣayo bhavet

pratyayāśca pravartaṃte praśastaphalasūcakāḥ
mayi bhāvavatāṃ puṃsāṃ prāgadṛṣṭārthagocarāḥ

kaṃpasvedo 'śrupātaśca kaṇṭhe ca svaravikriyā
ānaṃdādyupalabdhiśca bhavedākasmikī muhuḥ

sa tairvyastaissamastairvā liṃgairavyabhicāribhiḥ
maṃdamadhyottamairbhāvairvijñeyāste narottamāḥ

yathāyognisamāveśānnāyo bhavati kevalam
sa tathaiva mama sānnidhyānna te kevalamānuṣāḥ

hastapādādisādharmyādrudrānmartyavapurdharān
prākṛtāniva manvāno nāvajānīta paṃḍitaḥ

avajñānaṃ kṛtaṃ teṣu narairvyāmūḍhacetanaiḥ
āyuḥ śriyaṃ kulaṃ śīlaṃ hitvā nirayamāvahet

brahmaviṣṇusureśānāmapi tūlāyate padam
mattonyadanapekṣāṇāmuddhṛtānāṃ mahātmanām

aśuddhaṃ bauddhamaiśvaryaṃ prākṛtaṃ pauruṣaṃ tathā
guṇeśānāmatastyājyaṃ guṇātītapadaiṣiṇām

atha kiṃ bahunoktena śreyaḥ prāptyaikasādhanam
mayi cittasamāsaṃgo yena kenāpi hetunā

upamanyuruvāca
itthaṃ śrīkaṇṭhanāthena śivena paramātmanā
hitāya jagatāmukto jñānasārārthasaṃgrahaḥ

vijñānasaṃgrahasyāsya vedaśāstrāṇi kṛtsnaśaḥ
setihāsapurāṇāni vidyā vyākhyānavistaraḥ

jñānaṃ jñeyamanuṣṭheyamadhikāro 'tha sādhanam
sādhyaṃ ceti ṣaḍarthānāṃ saṃgrahatveṣa saṃgrahaḥ

guroradhikṛtaṃ jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ pāśaḥ paśuḥ patiḥ
liṃgārcanādyanuṣṭheyaṃ bhaktastvadhikṛto 'pi yaḥ

sādhanaṃ śivamaṃtrādyaṃ sādhyaṃ śivasamānatā
ṣaḍarthasaṃgrahasyāsya jñānātsarvajñatocyate

prathamaṃ karma yajñāderbhaktyā vittānusārataḥ
bāhyebhyarcya śivaṃ paścādaṃtaryāgarato bhavet

ratirabhyaṃtare yasya na bāhye puṇyagauravāt
na karma karaṇīyaṃ hi bahistasya mahātmanāḥ

jñānāmṛtena tṛptasya bhaktyā śaivaśivātmanaḥ
nāṃtarna ca bahiḥ kṛṣṇa kṛtyamasti kadācana

tasmātkrameṇa saṃtyajya bāhyamābhyaṃtaraṃ tathā
jñānena jñeyamālokyājñānaṃ cāpi parityajet

naikāgraṃ cecchive cittaṃ kiṃ kṛtenāpi karmaṇā
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ekāgrameva ceccittaṃ kiṃ kṛtenāpi karmaṇā

tasmātkarmāṇyakṛtvā vā kṛtvā vāṃtarbahiḥkramāt
yena kenāpyupāyena śive cittaṃ niveśayet

śive niviṣṭacittānāṃ pratiṣṭhitadhiyāṃ satām
paratreha ca sarvatra nirvṛtiḥ paramā bhavet

ihonnamaḥ śivāyeti maṃtreṇānena siddhayaḥ
sa tasmādadhigaṃtavyaḥ parāvaravibhūtaye