Śivapurāṇa, Books 1 and 7 · Chapter 7.2.8

oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe śivatattvakathanaṃ nāma saptamo 'dhyāyaḥ
Chapter 8
kṛṣṇa uvāca
bhagavañchrotumicchāmi śivena paribhāṣitam
vedasāre śivajñānaṃ svāśritānāṃ vimuktaye

abhaktānāmabuddhīnāmayuktānāmagocaram
arthairdaśardhaiḥ saṃyuktaṃ gūḍhamaprājñaniṃditam

varṇāśramakṛtairdharmairviparītaṃ kvacitsamam
vedātṣaḍaṃgāduddhṛtya sāṃkhyādyogācca kṛtsnaśaḥ

śatakoṭipramāṇena vistīrṇaṃ graṃthasaṃkhyayā
kathitaṃ parameśena tatra pūjā kathaṃ prabhoḥ

kasyādhikāraḥ pūjādau jñānayogādayaḥ katham
tatsarvaṃ vistarādeva vaktumarhasi suvrata

upamanyuruvāca
śaivaṃ saṃkṣipya vedoktaṃ śivena paribhāṣitam
stutiniṃdādirahitaṃ sadyaḥ pratyayakāraṇam

guruprasādajaṃ divyamanāyāsena muktidam
kathayiṣye samāsena tasya śakyo na vistaraḥ

sisṛkṣayā purāvyaktācchivaḥ sthāṇurmaheśvaraḥ
satkāryakāraṇopetassvayamāvirabhūtprabhuḥ

janayāmāsa ca tadā ṛṣirviśvādhikaḥ prabhuḥ
devānāṃ prathamaṃ devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ brahmaṇaspatim

brahmāpi pitaraṃ devaṃ jāyamānaṃ nyavaikṣata
taṃ jāyamānaṃ janako devaḥ prāpaśyadājñayā

dṛṣṭo rudreṇa devo 'sāvasṛjadviśvamīśvaraḥ
varṇāśramavyavasthāṃ ca cakāra sa pṛthakpṛthak

somaṃ sasarja yajñārthe somāddyaussamajāyata
dharā ca vahniḥ sūryaśca yajño viṣṇuśśacīpatiḥ

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te cānye ca surā rudraṃ rudrādhyāyena tuṣṭuvuḥ
prasannavadanastasthau devānāmagrataḥ prabhuḥ

apahṛtya svalīlārthaṃ teṣāṃ jñānaṃ maheśvaraḥ
tamapṛcchaṃstato devāḥ ko bhavāniti mohitāḥ

so 'bravīdbhagavānrudro hyahamekaḥ purātanaḥ
āsaṃ prathamamevāhaṃ vartāmi 1 ca surottamāḥ

bhaviṣyāmi ca mattonyo vyatirikto na kaścana
ahameva jagatsarvaṃ tarpayāmi svatejasā

matto 'dhikaḥ samo nāsti māṃ yo veda sa mucyate
ityuktvā bhagavānrudrastatraivāṃtaradhatta sa
apaśyaṃtastamīśānaṃ stuvaṃtaścaiva sāmabhiḥ

vrataṃ pāśupataṃ kṛtvā tvatharvaśirasi sthitam
bhasmasaṃchannasarvāṃgā babhūvuramarāstadā

atha teṣāṃ prasādārthaṃ paśūnāṃ patirīśvaraḥ

sagaṇaścomayā sārdhaṃ sānnidhyamakarotprabhuḥ
yaṃ vinidrā jitaśvāsā yogino dagdhakilbiṣāḥ

hṛdi paśyaṃti taṃ devaṃ dadṛśurdevapuṃgavāḥ
yāmāhuḥ paramāṃ śaktimīśvarecchānuvartinīm

tāmapaśyanmaheśasya vāmato vāmalocanām
ye vinirdhūtasaṃsārāḥ prāptāḥ śaivaṃ paraṃ padam

nityasiddhāśca ye vānyaṃ te ca dṛṣṭā gaṇeśvarāḥ
atha taṃ tuṣṭuvurdevā devyā saha maheśvaram

stotrairmāheśvarairdivyaiḥ śrotaiḥ paurāṇikairapi
devo 'pi devānālokya ghṛṇayā vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ

tuṣṭo 'smītyāha suprītassvabhāvamadhurāṃ giram
atha suprītamanasaṃ praṇipatya vṛṣadhvajam
arthamahattamaṃ devāḥ papracchurimamādarāt

devā ūcuḥ
bhagavankena mārgeṇa pūjanīyo 'si bhūtale
kasyādhikāraḥ pūjāyāṃ vaktumarhasi tattvataḥ

tataḥ sasmitamālokya devīṃ devavaroharaḥ
svarūpaṃ darśayāmāsa ghoraṃ sūryātmakaṃ param

sarvaiśvaryaguṇopetaṃ sarvatejomayaṃ param
śaktibhirmūrtibhiścāṃgairgrahairdevaiśca saṃvṛtam

aṣṭabāhuṃ caturvaktramardhanārīkamadbhutam
dṛṣṭvaivamadbhutākāraṃ devā viṣṇupurogamāḥ

buddhvā divākaraṃ devaṃ devīṃ caiva niśākaram
pañcabhūtāni śeṣāṇi tanmayaṃ ca carācaram

siṃdūravarṇāya sumaṇḍalāya suvarṇavarṇābharaṇāya tubhyam
padmābhanetrāya sapaṃkajāya brahmendranārāyaṇakāraṇāya

suratnapūrṇaṃ sasuvarṇatoyaṃ sukuṃkumādyaṃ sakuśaṃ sapuṣpam
pradattamādāya sahemapātraṃ praśastamarghyaṃ bhagavanprasīda

namaśśivāya śāṃtāya sagaṇāyādihetave
1 parasmaipadamārṣam
rudrāya viṣṇave tubhyaṃ brahmaṇe sūryamūrtaye

yaśśivaṃ maṇḍale saure saṃpūjyaiva samāhitaḥ
prātarmadhyāhnasāyāhne pradadyādarghyamuttamam

praṇamedvā paṭhedetāñchlokāñchrutimukhānimān
na tasya durllabhaṃ kiṃcidbhaktaścenmucyate dṛḍham

tasmādabhyarcayenityaṃ śivamādityarūpiṇam
dharmakāmārthamuktyarthaṃ manasā karmaṇā girā

atha devānsamālokya maṇḍalastho maheśvaraḥ
sarvāgamottaraṃ dattvā śāstramaṃtaradhāddharaḥ

tatra pūjādhikāro 'yaṃ brahmakṣatraviśāmiti
jñātvā praṇamya deveśaṃ devā jagmuryathāgatam

atha kālena mahatā tasmiñchāstre tirohite
bhartāraṃ paripapraccha tadaṃkasthā maheśvarī

tayā sa codito devo devyā candravibhūṣaṇaḥ
avadatkaramuddhṛtya śāstraṃ sarvāgamottaram

pravartitaṃ ca talloke niyogātparameṣṭhinaḥ
mayāgastyena guruṇā dadhīcena maharṣiṇā

svayamapyavatīryorvyāṃ yugāvarteṣu śūladhṛk
svāśritānāṃ vimuktyarthaṃ kurute jñānasaṃtatim

ṛbhussatyo bhārgavaśca hyaṃgirāḥ savitā dvijāḥ
mṛtyuḥ śatakraturdhīmānvasiṣṭho munipuṃgavaḥ

sārasvatastridhāmā ca trivṛto munipuṃgavaḥ
śatatejāssvayaṃ dharmo nārāyaṇa iti śrutaḥ

svarakṣaścāruṇirdhīmāṃstathā caiva kṛtaṃjayaḥ
kṛtaṃjayo bharadvājo gautamaḥ kaviruttamaḥ

vācaḥsravā munissākṣāttathā sūkṣmāyaṇiḥ śuciḥ
tṛṇabiṃdurmuniḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śaktiḥ śākteya uttaraḥ

jātūkarṇyo harissākṣātkṛṣṇadvaipāyano muniḥ
vyāsāvatārāñchṛṇvaṃtu kalpayogeśvarānkramāt

laiṃge vyāsāvatārā hi dvāparāṃ teṣu suvratāḥ
yogācāryāvatārāśca tathā śiṣyeṣu śūlinaḥ

tatra tatra vibhoḥ śiṣyāścatvāraḥ syurmahaujasaḥ
śiṣyāsteṣāṃ praśiṣyāśca śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ

teṣāṃ saṃbhāvanālloke śaivājñākaraṇādibhiḥ
bhāgyavaṃto vimucyaṃte bhaktyā cātyaṃtabhāvitāḥ