Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.2.40

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Chapter 40
śrīsūta uvāca
iti sa vijitamanyoryādavenopamanyoradhigatamabhidhāya jñānayogaṃ munibhyaḥ
praṇatimupagatebhyastebhya udbhāvitātmā sapadi viyati vāyuḥ sāyamantarhito 'bhūt

tataḥ prabhātasamaye naimiṣīyāstapodhanāḥ
satrānte 'vabhṛthaṃ kartuṃ sarva eva samudyayuḥ

tadā brahmasamādeśāddevī sākṣātsarasvatī
prasannā svādusalilā prāvartata nadīśubhā

sarasvatīṃ nadīṃ dṛṣṭvā munayo hṛṣṭamānasāḥ
samāpya satraṃ prārabdhaṃ cakrustatrāvagāhanam

atha saṃtarpya devādīṃstadīyaiḥ salilaiḥ śivaiḥ
smarantaḥ pūrvavṛttāntaṃ yayurvārāṇasīṃ prati

tadā te himavatpādātpaṃtatīṃ dakṣiṇāmukhīm
dṛṣṭvā bhāgīrathī tatra snātvā tattīrato yayuḥ

tato vārāṇasīṃ prāpya muditāssarva eva te
tadottarapravāhāyāṃ gaṃgāyāmavagāhya ca

avimukteśvaraṃ liṃgaṃ dṛṣṭvābhyarcya vidhānataḥ
prayātumudyatāstatra dadṛśurdivi bhāsvaram

sūryakoṭipratīkāśaṃ tejodivyaṃ mahādbhutam
ātmaprabhāvitānena vyāptasarvadigantaram

atha pāśupatāḥ siddhāḥ bhasmasañchannavigrahāḥ
munayo 'bhyetya śataśo līnāḥ syustatra tejasi

599a
tathā vilīyamāneṣu tapasviṣu mahātmasu
sadyastirodadhe tejastadadbhutamivābhavat

taddṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryaṃ naimiṣīyā maharṣayaḥ
kimetadityajānanto yayurbrahmavanaṃ prati

prāgevaiṣāṃ tu gamanātpavano lokapāvanaḥ
darśanaṃ naimiṣīyāṇāṃ saṃvādastairmahātmanaḥ

śaddhāṃ buddhiṃ tatasteṣāṃ sāṃbe sānucare śive
samāptiṃ cāpi satrasya dīrghapūrvasya satriṇām

vijñāpya jagatāṃ dhātre brahmaṇe brahmayonaye
svakārye tadanujñāto jagāma svapuraṃ prati

atha sthānagato brahmā tumburornāradasya ca
paraspara spardhitayorgāne vivadamānayoḥ

tadudbhāvitagānottharasairmādhyasthamācaran
gandharvairapsarobhiśca sukhamāste niṣevitaḥ

tadānavasarādeva dvāḥsthairdvāri nivāritāḥ
munayo brahmabhavanādbahiḥ pārśvamupāviśan

atha tumburuṇā gāne samatāṃ prāpya nāradaḥ
sāhacaryeṣvanujñāto brahmaṇā parameṣṭhinā

tyaktvā parasparaspardhāṃ maitrīṃ ca paramāṃ gataḥ
saha tenāpsarobhiśca gandharvaiśca samāvṛtaḥ

upavīṇayituṃ devaṃ nakulīśvaramīśvaram
bhavanānniryayau dhāturjaladādaṃśumāniva

taṃ dṛṣṭvā ṣaṭkulīyāste nāradaṃ munigovṛṣam
praṇamyāvasaraṃ śaṃbhoḥ papracchuḥ paramādarāt

sa cāvasara evāyamitoṃtargamyatāmiti
vadanyayāvanyaparastvarayā parayā yutaḥ

tato dvāri sthitā ye vai brahmaṇe tānnyavedayan
tena te viviśurveśma piṃḍībhūyāṃḍajanmanaḥ

praviśya dūrato devaṃ praṇamya bhuvi daṃḍavat
samīpe tadanujñātāḥ parivṛtyopatasthire

tāṃstatrāvasthitān pṛṣṭvā kuśalaṃ kamalāsanaḥ
vṛttāṃtaṃ vo mayā jñātaṃ vāyurevāha no yataḥ

bhavadbhiḥ kiṃ kṛtaṃ paścānmāruteṃtarhite sati
ityuktavati deveśe munayo 'vabhṛthātparam

gaṃgātīrthesya gamanaṃ yātrāṃ vārāṇasīṃ prati
darśanaṃ tatra liṃgānāṃ sthāpitānāṃ sureśvaraiḥ

avimukteśvarasyāpi liṃgasyābhyarcanaṃ sakṛt
ākāśe mahatastasya tejorāśeśca darśanam

munīnāṃ vilayaṃ tatra nirodhaṃ tejasastataḥ
yāthātmyavedanaṃ tasya ciṃtitasyāpi cātmabhiḥ

sarvaṃ savistaraṃ tasmai praṇamyāhurmuhurmuhuḥ
munibhiḥ kathitaṃ śrutvā viśvakarmā caturmukhaḥ

kaṃpayitvā śiraḥ kiṃcitprāha gaṃbhīrayā girā
pratyāsīdati yuṣmākaṃ siddhirāmuṣmikī parā

599b
bhavadbhirdīrghasatreṇa ciramārādhitaḥ prabhuḥ
prasādābhimukho bhūta iti bhutārthasūcitam

vārāṇasyāṃ tu yuṣmābhiryaddṛṣṭaṃ divi dīptimat
talliṃgasaṃjñitaṃ sākṣāttejo māheśvaraṃ param

tatra līnāśca munayaḥ śrautapāśupatavratāḥ
muktā babhūvuḥ svasthāśca naiṣṭhikā dagdhakilbiṣāḥ

prāpyānena yathā muktiracirādbhavatāmapi
sa cāyamarthaḥ sūcyeta yuṣmaddṛṣṭena tejasā

tatra vaḥ kāla evaiṣa daivādupanataḥ svayam
prayāta dakṣiṇaṃ meroḥ śikharaṃ devasevitam

sanatkumāro yatrāste mama putraḥ paro muniḥ
pratīkṣyāgamanaṃ sākṣādbhūtanāthasya naṃdinaḥ

purā sanatkumāropi dṛṣṭvāpi parameśvaram
ajñānātsarvayogīndramānī vinayadūṣitaḥ

abhyutthānādikaṃ yuktamakurvannatinirbhayaḥ
tato 'parādhātkruddhena mahoṣṭro naṃdinā kṛtaḥ

atha kālena mahatā tadarthe śocatā mayā
upāsya devaṃ devīñca naṃdinaṃ cānunīya vai

kathaṃciduṣṭratā tasya prayatnena nivāritā
prāpito hi yathāpūrvaṃ sanatpūrvāṃ kumāratām

tadāha ca mahādevaḥ smayanniva gaṇādhipam
avajñāya hi māmeva tathāhaṃkṛtavānmuniḥ

atastvameva yāthātmyaṃ mamāsmai kathayānagha
brahmaṇaḥ pūrvajaḥ putro māṃ mūḍha iva saṃsmaran

mayaiva śiṣyate datto mama jñānapravartakaḥ
dharmādhyakṣābhiṣekaṃ ca tava nirvartayiṣyati

sa evaṃ vyāhṛto bhūyassarvabhūtagaṇāgraṇīḥ
yatparājñāpanaṃ mūrdhnā prātaḥ pratigṛhītavān

tathā sanatkumāro 'pi merau madanuśāsanāt
prasādārthaṃ gaṇasyāsya tapaścarati duścaram

draṣṭavyaśceti yuṣmābhiḥ prāggaṇeśasamāgamāt
tatprasādārthamacirānnaṃdī tatrāgamiṣyati

iti satvaramādiśya preṣitā viśvayoginā
kumāraśikharaṃ merordakṣiṇaṃ munayo yayuḥ