Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.2.41

oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe naimiṣarṣiyātrāvarṇanaṃ nāma catvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 41
sūta uvāca
tatra skaṃdasaro nāma sarassāgarasannibham
amṛtasvāduśiśirasvacchā gādhalaghūdakam

samaṃtataḥ saṃghaṭitaṃ sphaṭiko palasaṃcayaiḥ
sarvartukusumaiḥ phullaiśchāditākhiladiṅmukham

śaivalairutpalaiḥ padmaiḥ kumudaistārakopamaiḥ
taraṃgairabhrasaṃkāśairākāśamiva bhūmigam

sukhāvataraṇārohaiḥ sthalairnīlaśilāmayaiḥ
sopānamārgau ruciraiśśobhamānāṣṭadiṅmukham

600a
tatrāvatīrṇaiśca yathā tatrottīrṇaśca bhūyasā
snātaiḥ sitopavītaiśca śuklākaupīnavalkalaiḥ

jaṭāśikhāyanairmuṃḍaistripuṃḍrakṛtamaṃḍanaiḥ
virāgavivaśasmeramukhairmunikumārakaiḥ

ghaṭaiḥ kamalinīpatrapuṭaiśca kalaśaiḥ śivaiḥ
kamaṇḍalubhiranyaiśca tādṛśaiḥ karakādibhiḥ

ātmārthaṃ ca parārthaṃ ca devatārthaṃ viśeṣataḥ
ānīyamānasalilamāttapuṣpaṃ ca nityaśaḥ

aṃtarjalaśilārūḍhairnīcānāṃ sparśaśaṃkayā
ācāravadbhirmunibhiḥ kṛtabhasmāṃgadhūsaraiḥ

itastato 'psu majjadbhiriṣṭaśiṣṭaiḥ śilāgataiḥ
tilaiśca sākṣataiḥ puṣpaistyaktadarbhapavitrakaiḥ

devādyamṛṣimadhyaṃ ca nirvartya pitṛtarpaṇam
nivedayedabhijñebhyo nityasnānagatān dvijān

sthānesthāne kṛtānekabalipuṣpasamīraṇaiḥ
saurārghyapūrvaṃ kurvadbhiḥsthaṃḍalebhyarcanādikam

kvacinnimajjadunmajjatprasrastagajayūthapam
kvacicca tṛṣayāyātamṛgīmṛgaturaṃgamam

kvacitpītajanottīrṇamayūravaravāraṇam
kvacitkṛtataṭāghātavṛṣaprativṛṣojjvalam

kvacitkāraṃḍavaravaiḥ kvacitsārasakūjitaiḥ
kvacicca kokaninadaiḥ kvacidbhramaragītibhiḥ

snānapānādikaraṇaiḥ svasaṃpaddrumajīvibhiḥ
praṇayātprāṇibhistaistairbhāṣamāṇamivāsakṛt

kūlaśākhiśikhālīnakokilākulakūjitaiḥ
ātapopahatānsarvānnāmaṃtrayadivāniśam

uttare tasya sarasastīre kalpataroradhaḥ
vedyāṃ vajraśilāmayyāṃ mṛdule mṛgacarmaṇi

sanatkumāramāsīnaṃ śaśvadbālavapurdharam
tatkālamātroparataṃ samādheracalātmanaḥ

upāsyamānaṃ munibhiryogīṃdrairapi pūjitam
dadṛśurnaimiṣeyāste praṇatāścopatasthire

yāvatpṛṣṭavate tasmai procuḥ svāgatakāraṇam
tumulaḥ śuśruve tāvaddivi duṃdubhinisvanaḥ

dadṛśe tatkṣaṇe tasminvimānaṃ bhānusannibham
gaṇeśvarairasaṃkhyeyaiḥ saṃvṛtaṃ ca samaṃtataḥ

apsarogaṇasaṃkīrṇaṃ rudrakanyābhirāvṛtam
mṛdaṃgamurajodghuṣṭaṃ veṇuvīṇāravānvitam

citraratnavitānāḍhyaṃ muktādāmavirājitam
munibhissiddhagaṃdharvairyakṣacāraṇakinnaraiḥ

nṛtyadbhiścaiva gāyadbhirvādayadbhiśca saṃvṛtam
vīragovṛṣacihnena vidramadrumayaṣṭinā

kṛtagopurasatkāraṃ ketunā mānyahetunā
tasya madhye vimānasya cāmaradvitayāṃtare

chattrasya maṇidaṃḍasya caṃdrasyeva śuceradhaḥ
divyasiṃhāsanārūḍhaṃ devyā suyaśayā saha

600b
śriyā ca vapuṣā caiva tribhiścāpi vilocanaiḥ
prākārairabhikṛtyānāṃ pratyabhijñāpakaṃ prabhoḥ

avilaṃghya jagatkarturājñāpanamivāgatam
sarvānugrahaṇaṃ śaṃbhoḥ sākṣādiva puraḥsthitam

śilādatanayaṃ sākṣācchrīmacchūlavarāyudham
viśveśvaragaṇādhyakṣaṃ viśveśvaramivāparam

viśvasyāpi vidhātḥṇāṃ nigrahānugrahakṣamam
caturbāhumudārāṃgaṃ candrarekhāvibhūṣitam

kaṃṭhe nāgena maulau ca śaśāṃkenāpyalaṃkṛtam
savigrahamivaiśvaryaṃ sāmarthyamiva sakriyam

samāptamiva nirvāṇaṃ sarvajñamiva saṃgatam
dṛṣṭvā prahṛṣṭavadano brahmaputraḥ saharṣibhiḥ

tasthau prāñjalirutthāya tasyātmānamivārpayan
atha tatrāṃtare tasminvimāne cāvaniṃ gate

praṇamya daṇḍavaddevaṃ stutvā vyajñāpayanmunīm
ṣaṭkulīyā ime dīrghaṃ naimiṣe satramāsthitāḥ
āgatā brahmaṇādiṣṭāḥ pūrvamevābhikāṃkṣayā

śrutvā vākyaṃ brahmaputrasya naṃdīchittvā pāśāndṛṣṭipātena sadyaḥ
śaivaṃ dharmaṃ caiśvaraṃ jñānayogaṃ dattvā bhūyo devapārśvaṃ jagāma

sanatkumāreṇa ca tatsamastaṃ vyāsāya sākṣādgurave mamoktam
vyāsena coktaṃ mahitena mahyaṃ mayā ca tadvaḥ kathitaṃ samāsāt

nāvedavidbhyaḥ kathanīyametatpurāṇaratnaṃ puraśāsanasya
nābhaktaśiṣyāya ca nāstikebhyo dattaṃ hi mohānnirayaṃ dadāti

mārgeṇa sevānugatena yaistaddattaṃ gṛhītaṃ paṭhitaṃ śrutaṃ vā
tebhyaḥ sukhaṃ dharmamukhaṃ trivargaṃ nirvāṇamaṃte niyataṃ dadāti

parasparasyopakṛtaṃ bhavadbhirmayā ca paurāṇikamārgayogāt
ato gamiṣye 'hamavāptakāmaḥ samastamevāstu śivaṃ sadā naḥ

sūte kṛtāśiṣi gate munayaḥ suvṛttā yāge ca paryavasite mahati prayoge
kāle kalau ca viṣayaiḥ kaluṣāyamāṇe vārāṇasīparisare vasatiṃ vinetuḥ

atha ca te paśupāśamumukṣayākhilatayā kṛtapāśupatavratāḥ
adhikṛtākhilabodhasamādhayaḥ paramanirvṛtimāpuraniṃditāḥ

vyāsa uvāca
etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi samāptaṃ hitamādarāt
paṭhitavyaṃ prayatnena śrotavyaṃ ca tathaiva hi

nāstikāya na vaktavyamaśraddhāya śaṭhāya ca
abhaktāya maheśasya tathā dharmadhvajāya ca

etacchrutyā hyekavāraṃ bhavetpāpaṃ hi bhasmasāt
abhakto bhaktimāpnoti bhakto bhaktisamṛddhibhāk

punaḥ śrute ca sadbhaktirmuktissyācca śruteḥ punaḥ
tasmātpunaḥpunaścaiva śrotavyaṃ hi mumukṣubhiḥ

601a
pañcāvṛttiḥ prakartavyā purāṇasyāsya saddhiyā
paraṃ phalaṃ samuddiśya tatprāpnoti na saṃśayaḥ

purātanāśca rājāno viprā vaiśyāśca sattamāḥ
saptakṛtvastadāvṛttyālabhanta śivadarśanam

śroṣyatyathāpi yaścedaṃ mānavo bhaktitatparaḥ
iha bhuktvākhilānbhogānaṃte muktiṃ labhecca saḥ

etacchivapurāṇaṃ hi śivasyātipriyaṃ param
bhuktimuktipradaṃ brahmasaṃmitaṃ bhaktivardhanam

etacchivapurāṇasya vaktuḥ śrotuśca sarvadā
sagaṇassasutassāṃbaśśaṃ karotu sa śaṃkaraḥ