Skanda Purana · Chapter 1.1.2

// brahmovāca // //
athāhamuccaranvedānaśeṣairvadanaiḥ śivam //
astauṣaṃ bhaktisaṃpūrṇaṃ kṛtvā mānasamarcanam

namaḥ śivāya mahate sarvalokaikahetave //
yena prakāśyate sarvaṃ dhriyate satataṃ namaḥ

viśvavyāptamidaṃ tejaḥ prakāśayati saṃtatam //
nekṣaṃte tvaddayāhīnā jātyaṃdhā bhāskaraṃ yathā

bhūliṃgamamalaṃ hyetaddṛśyamadhyātmacakṣuṣā //
aṃtassthaṃ vā bahissthaṃ vā tvadbhaktairanubhūyate

aparicchedyamākāramaṃtarātmani yoginaḥ //
tadetattava deveśa jvalitaṃ darpaṇo yathā

athavā śāṃkarī śaktiḥ satyā'ṇorapyaṇīyasī //
matto nānyataraḥ kaścidyanmayyapi vilīyate

aṇuste karuṇāpātraṃ mahattvaṃ dhruvamaśnute //
nādhiko'sti parastvatto na matto'pi tadāśrayāt

tvayyarpitaṃ manastvato na viyogamapekṣate //
vācaḥ kathaṃ pravṛttiḥ syāttava vaibhavakīrttane

svayamīśa mahādeva prasīda bhuvanādhika //
ādiśa prayataṃ bhaktamapekṣitaniyuktiṣu

idaṃ vijñāpya vinayānnamaskṛtvā punaḥpunaḥ //
prāṃjalirdevadeveśaṃ nyaṣīdaṃ savidhe vibho

atha viṣṇurnavāṃbhodagaṃbhīradhvanirabhyadhāt //
vācaḥ kṛtārthanbhūyaḥ śuklāḥ śaṃkarakīrttanaiḥ

jaya tribhuvanādhīśa jaya gaṃgādhara prabho //
jaya nātha virūpākṣa jaya caṃdrārddhaśekhara

avyājamamitaṃ śaṃbho kāruṇyaṃ tava varddhate //
yena nirdhūtamakhilaṃ bhakteṣu jñānamāhitam

pālanaṃ sarvavidyānāṃ prāpaṇaṃ bhūtisaṃcayaiḥ //
purāṇaṃ ca saputrāṇāṃ pitureva pravardhanam //

śatānāmapi mūrtīnāmekāmapi navaiḥ stavaiḥ //
stotuṃ na śaknumeśāna samavāyastu ki punaḥ

tvameva tvāmalaṃ vettuṃ yadi vā tvatprasādataḥ //
bhramaraḥ kīṭamākṛṣya svātmānaṃ kiṃ na cānayet

devāstvadaṃśasaṃbhūtiprabhavo na bhavanti kim //
apyāyasyāgnikīlasya dāhe śaktirna kiṃ bhavet

deśakālakriyāyogādyathāgnerbhedasambhavaḥ //
tathā viṣayabhedena tvameko'pi vibhidyase

anugrahaparo deva mūrtiṃ darśaya śaṃkara //
āvayorakhilādhāra nayanānaṃdadāyinīm

evaṃ praṇamatordevaḥ śraddhābhaktisamanvitam //
prasasāda paraṃ śaṃbhuḥ stuvatorāvayordvayoḥ

tejaḥstaṃbhātpunastasmāddevaścandrārddhaśekharaḥ //
āvirbabhūva puruṣaḥ kapilaḥ kālakandharaḥ

paraśuṃ bālahariṇaṃ karairabhayaviśramau //
dadhānaḥ puruṣo'vādītputrāvāvāmiti prabhuḥ

parituṣṭo'smi yuvayorbhaktyā yuktātmanormayi//
bhavataṃ sarvalokānāṃ sṛṣṭirakṣādhipau yuvām

yuvayoriṣṭasiddhyarthamāvirbhūto'smyahaṃ yataḥ //
varaṃ vṛṇutamanyaṃ ca varado'hamupāgataḥ

iti devasya vacanātsaprītau ca kṛtāṃjalī //
vijñāpayāmāsivatau svaṃ svamarthaṃ pṛthakpṛthak

ahaṃ mantraiḥ śiśuprāyajagattrayavidhāyakaḥ //
saṃstuvanvaidikairmaṃtrairīśānamaparājitam //

namasyehamidaṃ rūpaṃ śaśvadvaradamīśvaram //
tejomayaṃ mahādevaṃ yogidhyeyaṃ niraṃjanam

āpūryamāṇaṃ bhavatā tejasā gaganāṃtaram //
paripṛcchyaḥ surāvāsaḥ kṣaṇāddeva bhaviṣyati

siddhacāraṇagandharvā devāśca paramarṣayaḥ //
nāvasandivi saṃcāraṃ labheraṃstejasā tava

pṛthvī ca sakalā caiva tapyamānā tavaujasā //
carācarasamutpattikṣamā naiva bhavipyati

upasaṃhṛtya tejaḥ svamaruṇācalasaṃjñayā //
bhava sthāvaraliṃgaṃ tvaṃ lokānugrahakāraṇāt

jyotirmayamidaṃ rūpamaruṇācalasaṃjñitam //
ye namanti narā bhaktyā te bhavantyamarādhikāḥ

sevaṃtāṃ sakalā lokāḥ siddhāśca paramarṣayaḥ //
gaṇāśca vividhā bhūmau mānuṣaṃ bhāvamāsthitāḥ

divyārāma samudbhūtakalpakādyāḥ suradrumāḥ //
sevinastvāṃ prarohaṃtu bharitā vividhaiḥ phalaiḥ

divyauṣadhigaṇāssarve siṃhādyā mṛgajātayaḥ //
praśāṃtāḥ parivarttaṃtā pāpakalmaṣanāśanam

ayanadvayabhinnena gamanenāpi saṃyutaḥ //
na laṃghayiṣyati raviḥ śṛṃgaṃ liṃgatanostava

divya duṃdubhiśaṃkhānāṃ ghoṣaiḥ puṣpaughavṛṣṭibhiḥ //
sevito bhava deva tvamapsaronṛtyagītibhiḥ

amaratvaṃ ca siddhatvaṃ rasasiddhīśca nirvṛtim //
labhaṃtāṃ mānuṣā nityaṃ tvatsaṃnidhimupāgatāḥ

īśatvaṃ ca vaśitvaṃ ca saubhāgyaṃ kālavaṃcanam //
tvāmāśritya narāssarve labhaṃtāmaruṇācala

sarvāvayavadānena sarvavyādhivināśanāt //
sarvābhīṣṭapradānena dṛśyo bhava mahītale

tatheti varadaṃ devamaruṇādripatiṃ śivam//
praṇamya kamalānāthaḥ prārthayannidamabravīt

prasīda karuṇāpūrṇa śoṇaśaileśvara prabho //
maheśa sarvalokānāṃ hitāya prakaṭodaya

yadāhaṃ tvāmupāśritya jagadrakṣaṇadakṣiṇaḥ //
śrīpatitvamanuprāptastadā bhaktā bhavaṃtu te

nālpapuṇyairupāsyeta tvadrūpaṃ mahadadbhutam //
mayā ca brahmaṇā caivamadṛṣṭapadaśekharaḥ

pradakṣiṇānamaskārairnṛtyagītaiśca pūjanaiḥ //
tvāmarcayaṃti ye martyāḥ kṛtārthāste gatāṃhasaḥ

upavāsairvrataiḥ satrairupahāraistathārcanaiḥ //
tvāmarcayaṃti manujāḥ sārvabhaumā bhavaṃtu te

ārāmaṃ maṃḍapaṃ cāpi kūpaṃ vidhiviśodhanam //
kurvatāmaruṇādrīśa saṃnidhāne punarbhava

aṃgapradakṣiṇaṃ kurvannaṣṭaiśvaryasamanvitaḥ //
aśeṣapātakaiḥ sadyo vimukto nirmalāśayaḥ

āvāmapyavimuṃcaṃtau sadā tvatpādapaṃkajam //
dhyātavyaṃ manujaiḥ sarvaistava saṃnidhimāgataiḥ

tathāstviti varaṃ dattvā viṣṇave caṃdraśekharaḥ //
bharuṇācalarūpeṇa prāptaḥ sthāvaraliṃgatām

taijasaṃ liṃgametaddhi sarvalokaikakāraṇam //
aruṇādririti khyātaṃ dṛśyate vasudhātale

yugāṃtasamaye kṣubdhaiścaturbhirapi sāgaraiḥ //
api nirmagnalokāṃtairaspṛṣṭāṃtikabhūtalam

gajapramāṇaiḥ pṛṣataiḥ pūrayaṃto jagattrayam //
puṣkarādyā mahāmeghā viśrāṃtā yasya sānuni

pravṛtte bhūtasaṃhāre prakṛtau pratisaṃcare //
bhaviṣyatsarvabījāni niṣeduryatra niścayam

mayā cāhūyamānebhyaḥ pralayānaṃtaraṃ punaḥ //
yatpādaseviviprebhyo vedādhyayanasaṃgrahaḥ

sarvāsāmapi vidyānāṃ kalānāṃ śāstrasaṃpadām //
āgamānāṃ ca vedānāṃ yatra satyavyavasthitiḥ

yadguhāgahvarāṃtassthā munayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ //
jaṭinaḥ saṃprakāśaṃte koṭisūryāgnitejasaḥ

paṃcabrahmamayairmaṃtraiḥ paṃcākṣaravapurdharaiḥ //
akārapīṭhikārūḍho nādātmā yaḥ sadāśivaḥ

aṣṭabhiśca sadā liṃgairaṣṭadikpālapūjitaḥ //
aṣṭamūrttitayā yo'yamaṣṭasiddhipradāyakaḥ

yatra siddhāstathā lokānsvānsvānmuktvā sureśvarāḥ//
apekṣaṃte sthitā muktiṃ vihāya kanakācalam

evaṃ vasuṃdharāpuṇyaparipākasamuccayaḥ //
aruṇādririti khyāto bhaktabhaktivarapradaḥ

kailāsānmeruśikharādāgatairdevasaṃcayaiḥ //
pūjyate śoṇaśailātmā śaṃbhuḥ sarvavarapradaḥ

iti kamalajavaktrapadmajāṃ taṃ muditamanāḥ sanako niśamya bhaktyā //
viracitavinayaḥ praṇamya putraḥ pitaramapṛcchadaśeṣavedasāram

iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ prathame māheśvarakhaṇḍe'ruṇācalamāhātmye pūrvārdhe brahmaviṣṇustutipūrvakaṃ śaṃkarasya sthāvaraliṃgamāhātmyavarṇanaṃnāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ