Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.2.4

oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe tṛtīyo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 4
kṛṣṇa uvāca
bhagavanparameśasya śarvasyāmitatejasaḥ
mūrtibhirviśvamevedaṃ yathā vyāptaṃ tathā śrutam

athaitajjñātumicchāmi yāthātmyaṃ pameśayoḥ
strīpuṃbhāvātmakaṃ cedaṃ tābhyāṃ kathamadhiṣṭhitam

upamanyuruvāca
śrīmadvibhūtiṃ śivayoryāthātmyaṃ ca samāsataḥ
vakṣye tadvistarādvaktuṃ bhavenāpi na śakyate

śaktiḥ sākṣānmahādevī mahādevaśca śaktimān
tayorvibhūtileśo vai sarvametaccarācaram

vastu kiṃcidacidrūpaṃ kiṃcidvastu cidātmakam
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dvayaṃ śuddhamaśuddhaṃ ca paraṃ cāparameva ca

yatsaṃsarati ciccakramaciccakrasamanvitam
tadevāśuddhamaparamitaraṃ tu paraṃ śubham

aparaṃ ca paraṃ caiva dvayaṃ cidacidātmakam
śivasya ca śivāyāśca svāmyaṃ caitatsvabhāvataḥ

śivayorvai vaśe viśvaṃ na viśvasya vaśe śivau
īśitavyamidaṃ yasmāttasmādviśveśvarau śivau

yathā śivastathā devī yathā devī tathā śivaḥ
nānayoraṃtaraṃ vidyāccaṃdracandrikayoriva

caṃdro na khalu bhātyeṣa yathā caṃdrikayā vinā
na bhāti vidyamāno 'pi tathā śaktyā vinā śivaḥ

prabhayā hi vināyadvadbhānureṣa na vidyate
prabhā ca bhānunā tena sutarāṃ tadupāśrayā

evaṃ parasparāpekṣā śaktiśaktimatoḥ sthitā
na śivena vinā śaktirna śaktyā ca vinā śivaḥ

śaktauyayā śivo nityaṃ bhaktau muktau ca dehinām
ādyā saikā parā śaktiścinmayī śivasaṃśrayā

yāmāhurakhileśasya taistairanuguṇairguṇaiḥ
samānadharmiṇīmeva śivasya paramātmanaḥ

saikā parā ca cidrūpā śaktiḥ prasavadharmiṇī
vibhajya bahudhā viśvaṃ vidadhāti śivecchayā

sā mūlaprakṛtirmāyā triguṇā ca tridhā smṛtā
śivayā ca viparyastaṃ yayā tatamidaṃ jagat

ekadhā ca dvidhā caiva tathā śatasahasradhā
śaktayaḥ khalu bhidyaṃte bahudhā vyavahārataḥ

śivecchayā parāśaktiḥ śivatattvaikatāṃ gatā
tataḥ parisphuratyādau sarge tailaṃ tilādiva

tataḥ kriyākhyayā śaktyā śaktau śaktimadutthayā
tasyāṃ vikṣobhyamāṇāyāmādau nādaḥ samudbabhau

nādādviniḥsṛto biṃdurbiṃdodevassadāśivaḥ
tasmānmaheśvaro jātaḥ śuddhavidyā maheśvarāt

sā vācāmīśvarī śaktirvāgīśākhyā hi śūlinaḥ
yā sā varṇasvarūpeṇa mātṛkepi vijṛmbhate

athānaṃtasamāveśānmāyā kālamavāsṛjat
niyatiñca kalāṃ vidyāṃ kalātorāgapūruṣau

māyātaḥ punarevābhūdavyaktaṃ triguṇātmakam
triguṇācca tato vyaktādvibhaktāḥ syustrayo guṇāḥ

sattvaṃ rajastamaśceti yairvyāptamakhilaṃ jagat
guṇebhyaḥ kṣobhyamāṇebhyo guṇeśākhyāstrimūrtayaḥ

abhavanmahadādīni tattvāni ca yathākramam
tebhyassyuraṇḍapiṇḍāni tvasaṃkhyāni śivājñayā
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adhiṣṭhitānyanantādyairvidyeśaiścakravartibhiḥ

śarīrāṃtarabhedena śakterbhedāḥ prakīrtitāḥ
nānārūpāstu vijñeyāḥ sthūlasūkṣmavibhedataḥ

rudrasya raudrī sā śaktirviṣṇaurvai vaiṣṇavī matā
brahmāṇī brahmaṇaḥ proktā cendrasyaiṃdrīti kathyate

kimatra bahunoktena yadviśvamiti kīrtitam
śakyātmanaiva tadvyāptaṃ yathā dehe 'ṃtarātmanā

tasmācchaktimayaṃ sarvaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṃgamam
kalā yā paramā śaktiḥ kathitā paramātmanaḥ

evameṣā parā śaktirīśvarecchānuyāyinī
sthiraṃ caraṃ ca yadviśvaṃ sṛjatīti viniścayaḥ

jñānakriyā cikīrṣābhistisṛbhissvātmaśaktibhiḥ
śaktimānīśvaraḥ śaśvadviśvaṃ vyāpyādhitiṣṭhati

idamitthamidaṃ netthaṃ bhavedityevamātmikā
icchāśaktirmaheśasya nityā kāryaniyāmikā

jñānaśaktistu tatkāryaṃ karaṇaṃ kāraṇaṃ tathā
prayojanaṃ ca tattvena buddhirūpādhyavasyati

yathepsitaṃ kriyāśaktiryathādhyavasitaṃ jagat
kalpayatyakhilaṃ kāryaṃ kṣaṇātsaṃkalparūpiṇī

yathā śaktitrayotthānaṃ śaktiprasavadharmiṇī
śaktyā paramayā nunnā prasūte sakalaṃ jagat

evaṃ śaktisamāyogācchaktimānucyate śivaḥ
śaktiśaktimadutthaṃ tu śāktaṃ śaivamidaṃ jagat

yathā na jāyate putraḥ pitaraṃ mātaraṃ vinā
tathā bhavaṃ bhavānīṃ ca vinā naitaccarācaram
strīpuṃsaprabhavaṃ viśvaṃ strīpuṃsātmakameva ca

strīpuṃsayorvibhūtiśca strīpuṃsābhyāmadhiṣṭhitam
paramātmā śivaḥ proktaśśivā sā ca prakīrtitā

śivassadāśivaḥ proktaḥ śivā sā ca manonmanī
śivo maheśvaro jñeyaḥ śivā māyeti kathyate

puruṣaḥ parameśānaḥ prakṛtiḥ parameśvarī
rudro maheśvarassākṣādrudrāṇī rudravallabhā

viṣṇurviśveśvaro devo lakṣmīrviśveśvarapriyā
brahmā śivo yadā sraṣṭā brahmāṇī brahmaṇaḥ priyā

bhāskaro bhagavāñchaṃbhuḥ prabhā bhagavatī śivā
maheṃdro manmathārātiḥ śacī śailendrakanyakā

jātavedā mahādevaḥ svāhā śarvārdhadehinī
yamastriyaṃbako devastatpriyā girikanyakā

nirṛtirbhagavānīśo nairṛtī naganaṃdanī
varuṇo bhagavānrudro vāruṇī bhūdharātmajā

bāleṃduśekharo vāyuḥ śivā śivamanoharā
yakṣo yajñaśirohartā ṛddhirhimagirīndrajā

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caṃdrārdhaśekharaścaṃdro rohiṇī rudravallabhā
īśānaḥ parameśānastadāryā parameśvarī

anaṃtavalayo 'naṃto hyanaṃtānaṃtavallabhā
kālāgnirudraḥ kālāriḥ kālī kālāṃtakapriyā

puruṣākhyo manuśśaṃbhuḥ śatarūpā śivapriyā
dakṣassākṣānmahādevaḥ prasūtiḥ parameśvarī

rucirbhavo bhavānī ca budhairākūtirucyate
bhṛgurbhagākṣihā devaḥ khyātistrinayanapriyā

marīcibhagavānrudraḥ saṃbhūtiśśarvavallabhā
gaṃgādharo 'ṃgirā jñeyaḥ smṛtiḥ sākṣādumā smṛtā

pulastyaḥ śaśabhṛnmauliḥ prītiḥ kāṃtā pinākinaḥ
pulahastripuradhvaṃsī tatpriyā tu śivapriyā

kratudhvaṃsī kratuḥ proktaḥ saṃnatirdayitā vibhoḥ
trinetro 'trirumā sākṣādanasūyā smṛtā budhaiḥ

kaśyapaḥ kālahā devo devamātā maheśvarī
vasiṣṭho manmathārātirdevī sākṣādaruṃdhatī

śaṃkaraḥ puruṣāssarve striyassarvā maheśvarī
sarve strīpuruṣāstasmāttayoreva vibhūtayaḥ

viṣayī bhagavānīśo viṣayaḥ parameśvarī
śrāvyaṃ sarvamumārūpaṃ śrotā śūlavarāyudhaḥ

praṣṭavyaṃ vastujātaṃ tu dhatte śaṃkaravallabhā
praṣṭā sa eva viśvātmā bālacandrāvataṃsakaḥ

draṣṭavyaṃ vasturūpaṃ tu bibharti vaktavallabhā
draṣṭā viśveśvaro devaḥ śaśikhaṃḍaśikhāmaṇiḥ

rasajātaṃ mahādevī devo rasayitā śivaḥ
preyajātaṃ ca girijā preyāṃścaiva garāśanaḥ

maṃtavyavastutāṃ dhatte sadā devī maheśvarī
maṃtā sa eva viśvātmā mahādevo maheśvaraḥ

boddhavyavasturūpaṃ tu bibharti bhavavallabhā
devassa eva bhagavānboddhā mugdhenduśekharaḥ

prāṇaḥ pinākī sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ bhagavānprabhuḥ
prāṇasthitistu sarveṣāmaṃbikā cāṃburūpiṇī

bibharti kṣetratāṃ devī tripurāṃtakavallabhā
kṣetrajñatvaṃ tadā dhatte bhagavānaṃtakāṃtakaḥ

ahaḥ śūlāyudho devaḥ śūlapāṇipriyā niśā
ākāśaḥ śaṃkaro devaḥ pṛthivī śaṃkarapriyā

samudro bhagavānīśo velā śailendrakanyakā
vṛkṣo vṛṣadhvajo devo latā viśveśvarapriyā

puṃlliṃgamakhilaṃ dhatte bhagavānpuraśāsanaḥ
striliṃgaṃ cākhilaṃ dhatte devī devamanoramā

śabdajālamaśeṣaṃ tu dhatte sarvasya vallabhā
arthasvarūpamakhilaṃ dhatte mugdhenduśekharaḥ

yasya yasya padārthasya yā yā śaktirudāhṛtā
sā sā viśveśvarī devī sa sa sarvo maheśvaraḥ

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yatparaṃ yatpavitraṃ ca yatpuṇyaṃ yacca maṃgalam
tattadāha mahābhāgāstayostejovijṛṃbhitam

yathā dīpasya dīptasya śikhā dīpayate gṛham
tathā tejastayoretadvyāpya dīpayate jagat

tṛṇādiśivamūrtyaṃtaṃ viśvakhyātiśayakramaḥ
sannikarṣakramavaśāttayoriti parā śrutiḥ

sarvākārātmakāvetau sarvaśreyovidhāyinau
pūjanīyau namaskāryau ciṃtanīyau ca sarvadā

yathāprajñamidaṃ kṛṣṇa yāthātmyaṃ parameśayoḥ
kathitaṃ hi mayā te 'dya na tu tāvadiyattayā

tatkathaṃ śakyate vaktuṃ yāthātmyaṃ parameśayoḥ
mahatāmapi sarveṣāṃ manaso 'pi bahirgatam

aṃtargatamananyānāmīśvarārpitacetasām
anyeṣāṃ buddhyanārūḍhamārūḍhaṃ ca yathaiva tat

yeyamuktā vibhūtirvai prākṛtī sā parā matā
aprākṛtāṃ parāmanyāṃ guhyāṃ guhyavido viduḥ

yato vāco nivartaṃte manasā cendriyaissaha
aprākṛtī parā caiṣā vibhūtiḥ pārameśvarī

saiveha paramaṃ dhāma saiveha paramā gatiḥ
saiveha paramā kāṣṭhā vibhūtiḥ parameṣṭhinaḥ

tāṃ prāptuṃ prayataṃte 'tra jitaśvāsā jiteṃdriyāḥ
garbhakārā gṛhadvāraṃ niśchidraṃ ghaṭituṃ yathā

saṃsārāśīviṣālīḍhamṛtasaṃjīvanauṣadham
vibhūtiṃ śivayorvidvānna bibheti kutaścana

yaḥ parāmaparāṃ caiva vibhūtiṃ vetti tattvataḥ
so 'paro bhūtimullaṃghya parāṃ bhūtiṃ samaśnute

etatte kathitaṃ kṛṣṇa yāthātmyaṃ paramātmanoḥ
rahasyamapi yogyo 'si bhargabhakto bhavāniti

nāśiṣyebhyo 'pyaśaivebhyo nābhaktebhyaḥ kadācana
vyāharedīśayorbhūtimiti vedānuśāsanam

tasmāttvamatikalyāṇaparebhyaḥ kathayenna hi
tvādṛśebhyo 'nurūpebhyaḥ kathayaitanna cānyathā

vibhūtimetāṃ śivayoryogyebhyo yaḥ pradāpayet
saṃsārasāgarānmuktaḥ śivasāyujyamāpnuyāt

kīrtanādasya naśyaṃti mahāntyaḥ pāpakoṭayaḥ
triścaturdhāsamabhyastairvinaśyaṃti tato 'dhikāḥ

naśyaṃtyaniṣṭaripavo vardhante suhṛdastathā
vidyā ca vardhate śaivī matissatye pravartate

bhaktiḥ parāḥ śive sāmbe sānuge saparicchide
yadyadiṣṭatamaṃ cānyattattadāpnotyasaṃśayam

antaḥśuciḥ śive bhakto visrabdhaḥ kīrtayedyadi
prabalaiḥ karmabhiḥ pūrvaiḥ phalaṃ cetpratibadhyate
punaḥ punaḥ samabhyasyettasya nāstīha durllabham