The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 13.14.19

13.14.19

nāmnāmiti | yadyapi mokṣadharbheṣu śivasahasranāmastotramuktamata etatkathanamanarthakaprāyaṃ tathāpi tatra caturadhikāni ṣaṭśatāni nāmāni santi teṣāmuktasaṅkhyāpūraṇamapi tatraiva trisuparṇaṃ tathā brahmayajuṣāṃ śatarudriyamiti vākyāttatraiva śrutāttrisuparṇaśatarudriyābhyāmuktam | atastat stotraṃ mokṣādhikārapāṭhāt vedamantragarbhitatvācca nātraivarṇikasya brahmalokāntaphalārthino dhyeyaṃ yuktamiti | etaddānadharmaprasaṅgāt kāmyaṃ 'vedān kṛtsnān brāhmaṇaḥ prāpnuyāttu japennṛpaḥ pārtha mahīṃ ca kṛtsnāṃ vaiśyo lābhaṃ prāpnuyānnaipuṇaṃ ca śūdro gatiṃ pretya tathā sukhaṃ ca' ityupasaṃhārāt sarvavarṇādhikārikaṃ ca tataḥ pṛthak paṭhitam | evaṃ 'viśvaṃ viṣṇurvaṣaṭkāraḥ' ityādi viṣṇusahastranāmāpi jñeyam | tatrāpi śūdraḥ sukhamavāpnuyādityante smaraṇāt na tenaitadgatārthamiti punaratrāpi śivārādhanamuktamityāśayaḥ ||