Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.2.12

oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe śivajñānavarṇanaṃ nāmaikādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 12
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca
maharṣivara sarvajña sarvajñānamahodadhe
pañcākṣarasya māhātmyaṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ

upamanyuruvāca
pañcākṣarasya māhātmyaṃ varṣakoṭiśatairapi
aśakyaṃ vistarādvaktuṃ tasmātsaṃkṣepataḥ śṛṇu

vede śivāgame cāyamubhayatra ṣaḍakṣareḥ
sarveṣāṃ śivabhaktānāmaśeṣārthasādhakaḥ

tadalpākṣaramarthāḍhyaṃ vedasāraṃ vimuktidam
ājñāsiddhamasaṃdigdhaṃ vākyametacchivātmakam

nānāsiddhiyutaṃ divyaṃ lokacittānuraṃjakam
suniścitārthaṃ gaṃbhīraṃ vākyaṃ tatpārameśvaram

mantraṃ sukhamukoccāryamaśeṣārthaprasiddhaye
prāhonnamaḥ śivāyeti sarvajñassarvadehinām

tadbījaṃ sarvavidyānāṃ maṃtramādyaṃ ṣaḍakṣaram
atisūkṣmaṃ mahārthaṃ ca jñeyaṃ tadvaṭabījavat

devo guṇatrayātītaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvakṛtprabhuḥ
omityekākṣare mantre sthitaḥ sarvagataḥ śivaḥ

iśānādyāni sūkṣmāṇi brahmāṇyekākṣarāṇi tu
maṃtre namaśśivāyeti saṃsthitāni yathākramam
maṃtre ṣaḍakṣare sūkṣme pañcabrahmatanuḥ śivaḥ

vācyavācakabhāvena sthitaḥ sākṣātsvabhāvataḥ
vācyaśśivoprameyatvānmaṃtrastadvācakassmṛtaḥ

vācyavācakabhāvo 'yamanādisaṃsthitastayoḥ
yathā 'nādipravṛttoyaṃ ghorasaṃsārasāgaraḥ

śivo 'pi hi tathānādisaṃsārānmocakaḥ sthitaḥ
vyādhīnāṃ bheṣajaṃ yadvatpratipakṣaḥ svabhāvataḥ

tadvatsaṃsāradoṣāṇāṃ pratipakṣaḥ śivassmṛtaḥ
asatyasmin jagannāthe tamobhūtamidaṃ bhavet

acetanatvātprakṛterajñatvātpuraṣasya ca
pradhānaparamāṇvādi yāvatkiṃcidacetanam

na tatkartṛ svayaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ buddhimatkāraṇaṃ vinā
dharmādharmopadeśaśca baṃdhamokṣau vicāraṇāt

na sarvajñaṃ vinā puṃsāmādisargaḥ prasiddhyati
vaidyaṃ vinā nirānaṃdāḥ kliśyaṃte rogiṇo yathā

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tasmādanādiḥ sarvajñaḥ paripūrṇassadāśivaḥ
asti nāthaḥ paritrātā puṃsāṃ saṃsārasāgarāt

ādimadhyāṃtanirmuktassvabhāvavimalaḥ prabhuḥ
sarvajñaḥ paripūrṇaśca śivo jñeyaśśivāgame

tasyābhidhānamantro 'yamabhidheyaśca sa smṛtaḥ
abhidhānābhidheyatvānmaṃtrassiddhaḥ paraśśivaḥ

etāvattu śivajñānametāvatparamaṃ padam
yadoṃnamaśśivāyeti śivavākyaṃ ṣaḍakṣaram

vidhivākyamidaṃ śaivaṃ nārthavādaṃ śivātmakam
yassarvajñassusaṃpūrṇaḥ svabhāvavimalaḥ śivaḥ

lokānugrahakartā ca sa mṛṣārthaṃ kathaṃ vadet
yadyathāvasthitaṃ vastu guṇadoṣaiḥ svabhāvataḥ

yāvatphalaṃ ca tatpūrṇaṃ sarvajñastu yathā vadet
rāgājñānādibhirdoṣairgrastatvādanṛtaṃ vadet

te ceśvare na vidyete brūyātsa kathamanyathā
ajñātāśeṣadoṣeṇa sarvajñeya śivena yat
praṇītamamalaṃ vākyaṃ tatpramāṇaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

tasmādīśvaravākyāni śraddheyāni vipaścitā
yathārthapuṇyapāpeṣu tadaśraddho vrajatyadhaḥ

svargāpavargasiddhyarthaṃ bhāṣitaṃ yatsuśobhanam
vākyaṃ munivaraiḥ śāṃtaistadvijñeyaṃ subhāṣitam

rāgadveṣānṛtakrodhakāmatṛṣṇānusāri yat
vākyaṃ nirayahetutvāttaddurbhāṣitamucyate

saṃskṛtenāpi kiṃ tena mṛdunā lalitena vā
avidyārāgavākyena saṃsārakleśahetunā

yacchrutvā jāyate śreyo rāgādīnāṃ ca saṃśayaḥ
virūpamapi tadvākyaṃ vijñeyamiti śobhanam

bahutvepi hi maṃtrāṇāṃ sarvajñena śivena yaḥ
praṇīto vimalo mantro na tena sadṛśaḥ kvacit

sāṃgāni vedaśāstrāṇi saṃsthitāni ṣaḍakṣare
na tena sadṛśastasmānmantro 'pyastyaparaḥ kvacit

saptakoṭimahāmantrairupamantrairanekadhā
mantraḥ ṣaḍakṣaro bhinnassūtraṃ vṛtyātmanā yathā

śivajñānāni yāvaṃti vidyāsthānāpi yāni ca
ṣaḍakṣarasya sūtrasya tāni bhāṣyaṃ samāsataḥ

kiṃ tasya bahubhirmaṃtraiśśāstrairvā bahuvistaraiḥ
yasyonnamaḥ śivāyeti mantro 'yaṃ hṛdi saṃsthitaḥ

tenādhītaṃ śrutaṃ tena kṛtaṃ sarvamanuṣṭhitam
yenonnamaśśivāyeti maṃtrābhyāsaḥ sthirīkṛtaḥ

namaskārādisaṃyuktaṃ śivāyetyakṣaratrayam
jihvāgre vartate yasya saphalaṃ tasya jīvitam

aṃtyajo vādhamo vāpi mūrkho vā paṃḍito 'pi vā
pañcākṣarajape niṣṭho mucyate pāpapaṃjarāt

ityuktaṃ parameśena devyā pṛṣṭena śūlinā
hitāya sarvamartyānāṃ dvijānāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ