[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Śivapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva) › [Shivapurana (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2) › 7.2.2 # Shivapurana 7.2.2: dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ | śivamāhātmyavarṇanam Śivapurāṇa (complete text) 7.2.2 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [7.2.2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.60) — 4 parts ### dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ | śivamāhātmyavarṇanam ### [7.2.2.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.1) ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | kiṃ tatpāśupataṃ jñānaṃ kathaṃ paśupatiḥ śivaḥ | kathaṃ dhaumyāgrajaḥ pṛṣṭaḥ kṛṣṇenākliṣṭakarmaṇā || ### [7.2.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.2) etatsarvaṃ samācakṣva vāyo śaṅkaravigraha | tvatsamo na hi vaktāsti trailokyeṣvaparaḥ prabhuḥ || ### [7.2.2.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.3) sūta uvāca | ityākarṇya vacasteṣāṃ maharṣīṇāṃ prabhañjanaḥ | saṃsmṛtya śivamīśānaṃ pravaktumupacakrame || ### [7.2.2.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.4) vāyuruvāca | purā sākṣāt maheśena śrīkaṇṭhākhyena mandare | devyai devena kathitaṃ jñānaṃ pāśupataṃ param || ### [7.2.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.5) tadeva pṛṣṭaṃ kṛṣṇena viṣṇunā viśvayoninā | paśutvaṃ ca surādīnāṃ patitvaṃ ca śivasya ca || ### [7.2.2.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.6) yathopadiṣṭaṃ kṛṣṇāya muninā hyupamanyunā | tathā samāsato vakṣye tacchṛṇudhvamatandritāḥ || ### [7.2.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.7) puropamanyumāsīnaṃ viṣṇuḥkṛṣṇavapurdharaḥ | praṇipatya yathānyāyamidaṃ vacanamabravīt || ### [7.2.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.8) śrīkṛṣṇa uvāca | bhagavañchrotumicchāmi devyai devena bhāṣitam | divyaṃ pāśupataṃ jñānaṃ vibhūtiṃ vāsya kṛtsnaśaḥ || ### [7.2.2.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.9) kathaṃ paśupatirdevaḥ paśavaḥ ke prakīrtitāḥ | kaiḥ pāśaiste nibadhyante vimucyante ca te katham || ### [7.2.2.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.10) iti sañcoditaḥ śrīmānupamanyurmahātmanā | praṇamya devaṃ devīṃ ca prāha puṣṭo yathā tathā || ### [7.2.2.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.11) upamanyuruvāca | brahmādyāḥ sthāvarāntāśca devadevasya śūlinaḥ | paśavaḥ parikīrtyante saṃsāravaśavartinaḥ || ### [7.2.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.12) teṣāṃ patitvāddeveśaḥ śivaḥ paśupatiḥ smṛtaḥ | malamāyādibhiḥ pāśaiḥ sa badhnāti paśūn patiḥ || ### [7.2.2.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.13) sa eva mocakasteṣāṃ bhaktyā samyagupāsitaḥ | caturviṃśatitattvāni māyākarmaguṇā amī || ### [7.2.2.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.14) viṣayā iti kathyante pāśā jīvanibandhanāḥ | brahmādistambaparyantān paśūn baddhvā maheśvaraḥ || ### [7.2.2.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.15) pāśairetaiḥ patirdevaḥ kāryaṃ kārayati svakam | tasyājñayā maheśasya prakṛtiḥ puruṣocitām || ### [7.2.2.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.16) buddhiṃ prasūte sā buddhirahaṅkāramahaṅkṛtiḥ | indriyāṇi daśaikaṃ ca tanmātrāpañcakaṃ tathā || ### [7.2.2.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.17) śāsanāddevadevasya śivasya śivadāyinaḥ | tanmātrāṇyapi tasyaiva śāsanena mahīyasā || ### [7.2.2.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.18) mahābhūtānyaśeṣāṇi bhāvayantyanupūrvaśaḥ | brahmādīnāṃ tṛṇāntānāṃ dehināṃ dehasaṅgatim || ### [7.2.2.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.19) mahābhūtānyaśeṣāṇi janayanti śivājñayā | adhyavasyati vai buddhirahaṅkārobhimanyate || ### [7.2.2.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.20) cittaṃ cetayate cāpi manaḥ saṅkalpayatyapi | śrotrādīni ca gṛhṇanti śabdādīnviṣayān pṛthak || ### [7.2.2.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.21) svāneva nānyān devasya divyenājñābalena vai | vāgādīnyapi yānyāsaṃstāni karmendriyāṇi ca || ### [7.2.2.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.22) yathāsvaṃ karma kurvanti nānyatkiñcid śivājñayā | śabdādayo'pi gṛhyante kriyante vacanādayaḥ || ### [7.2.2.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.23) avilaṅghyā hi sarveṣāmājñā śambhorgarīyasī | avakāśamaśeṣāṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ samprayacchati || ### [7.2.2.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.24) ākāśaḥ parameśasya śāsanādeva sarvagaḥ | prāṇādyaiśca tathā nāmabhedairantarbahirjagat || ### [7.2.2.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.25) bibharti sarvaṃ śarvasya śāsanena prabhañjanaḥ | havyaṃ vahati devānāṃ kavyaṃ kavyāśināmapi || ### [7.2.2.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.26) pākādyaṃ ca karotyagniḥ parameśvaraśāsanāt | sañjīvanādyaṃ sarvasya kurvatyāpastadājñayā || ### [7.2.2.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.27) viśvambharā jagannityaṃ dhatte viśveśvarājñayā | devān yātyasurān hanti trilokamabhirakṣati || ### [7.2.2.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.28) ājñayā tasya devendraḥ sarvairdevairalaṅghyayā | ādhipatyamapāṃ nityaṃ kurute varuṇaḥ sadā || ### [7.2.2.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.29) pāśairbadhnāti ca yathā daṇḍyāṃstasyaiva śāsanāt | dadāti nityaṃ yakṣendro draviṇaṃ draviṇeśvaraḥ || ### [7.2.2.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.30) puṇyānurūpaṃ bhūtebhyaḥ puruṣasyānuśāsanāt | karoti sampadaḥ śaśvat jñānaṃ cāpi sumedhasām || ### [7.2.2.31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.31) nigrahaṃ cāpyasādhūnāmīśānaḥ śivaśāsanāt | dhatte tu dharaṇīṃ mūrdhnā śeṣaḥ śivaniyogataḥ || ### [7.2.2.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.32) yāmāhustāmasīṃ raudrīṃ mūrtimantakarīṃ hareḥ | sṛjatyaśeṣamīśasya śāsanāccaturānanaḥ || ### [7.2.2.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.33) anyābhirmūrtibhiḥ svābhiḥ pāti cānte nihanti ca | viṣṇuḥ pālayate viśvaṃ kālakālasya śāsanāt || ### [7.2.2.34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.34) sṛjate trasate cāpi svakābhistanubhistribhiḥ | haratyante jagatsarvaṃ harastasyaiva śāsanāt || ### [7.2.2.35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.35) sṛjatyapi ca viśvātmā tridhā bhinnastu rakṣati | kālaḥ karoti sakalaṃ kālassaṃharati prajāḥ || ### [7.2.2.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.36) kālaḥ pālayate viśvaṃ kālakālasya śāsanāt | tribhiraṃśairjagadbibhrattejobhirvṛṣṭimādiśan || ### [7.2.2.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.37) divi varṣatyasau bhānurdevadevasya śāsanāt | puṣṇātyoṣadhijātāni bhūtānyāhlādayatyapi || ### [7.2.2.38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.38) devaiśca pīyate candraścandrabhūṣaṇaśāsanāt | ādityā vasavo rudrā aśvinau marutastathā || ### [7.2.2.39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.39) khecarā ṛṣayassiddhā bhogino manujā mṛgāḥ | paśavaḥ pakṣiṇaścaiva kīṭādyāḥ sthāvarāṇi ca || ### [7.2.2.40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.40) nadyassamudrā girayaḥ kānanāni sarāṃsi ca | vedāḥ sāṅgāśca śāstrāṇi mantrastomamakhādayaḥ || ### [7.2.2.41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.41) kālāgnyādiśivāntāni bhuvanāni sahādhipaiḥ | brahmāṇḍānyapyasaṅkhyāni teṣāmāvaraṇāni ca || ### [7.2.2.42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.42) vartamānānyatītāni bhaviṣyantyapi kṛtsnaśaḥ | diśaśca vidiśaścaiva kālabhedāḥ kalādayaḥ || ### [7.2.2.43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.43) yacca kiñcijjagatyasmin dṛśyate śrūyate'pi vā | tatsarvaṃ śaṅkarasyājñābalena samadhiṣṭhitam || ### [7.2.2.44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.44) ājñābalāttasya dharā sthiteha dharādharā vāridharāḥ samudrāḥ | jyotirgaṇāḥ śakramukhāśca devāḥ sthiraṃ ciraṃ vā cidacidyadasti || ### [7.2.2.45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.45) upamanyuruvāca | atyāścaryamidaṃ kṛṣṇa śambhoramitakarmaṇaḥ | ājñākṛtaṃ śṛṇuṣvaitacchrutaṃ śrutimukhe mayā || ### [7.2.2.46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.46) purā kila surāḥ sendrā vivadantaḥ parasparam | asurānsamare jitvā jetāhamahamityuta || ### [7.2.2.47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.47) tadā maheśvarasteṣāṃ madhyato varaveṣadhṛk | svalakṣaṇairvihīnāṅgaḥ svayaṃ yakṣa ivābhavat || ### [7.2.2.48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.48) sa tānāha surānekaṃ tṛṇamādāya bhūtale | ya etadvikṛtaṃ kartuṃ kṣamate sa tu daityajit || ### [7.2.2.49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.49) yakṣasya vacanaṃ śrutvā vajrapāṇiḥ śacīpatiḥ | kiñcit kruddho vihasyainaṃ tṛṇamādātumudyataḥ || ### [7.2.2.50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.50) na tattṛṇamupadātuṃ manasāpi ca śakyate | yathā tathāpi tacchettuṃ vajraṃ vajradharo'sṛjat || ### [7.2.2.51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.51) tadvajraṃ nijavajreṇa saṃsṛṣṭamiva sarvataḥ | tṛṇenābhihataṃ tena tiryagagraṃ papāta ha || ### [7.2.2.52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.52) tataścānye susaṃrabdhā lokapālā mahābalāḥ | sasṛjustṛṇamuddiśya svāyudhāni sahasraśaḥ || ### [7.2.2.53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.53) prajajjvāla mahāvahniḥ pracaṇḍaḥ pavano vavau | pravṛddho'pāmpatiryadvatpralaye samupasthite || ### [7.2.2.54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.54) evaṃ devaiḥ samārabdhaṃ tṛṇamuddiśya yatnataḥ | vyarthamāsīdaho kṛṣṇa yakṣasyātmabalena vai || ### [7.2.2.55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.55) tadāha yakṣaṃ devendraḥ ko bhavānityamarṣitaḥ | tataḥ sa paśyatāmeva teṣāmantaradhādatha || ### [7.2.2.56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.56) tadantare haimavatī devī divyavibhūṣaṇā | āvirāsīnnabhoraṅge śobhamānā śucismitā || ### [7.2.2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.57) tāṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayāviṣṭā devāḥ śakrapurogamāḥ | praṇamya yakṣaṃ papracchuḥ ko'sau yakṣo vilakṣaṇaḥ || ### [7.2.2.58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.58) sā'bravītsasmitaṃ devī sa yuṣmākamagocaraḥ | tenedaṃ bhramyate cakraṃ saṃsārākhyaṃ carācaram || ### [7.2.2.59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.59) tenādau kriyate viśvaṃ tena saṃhriyate punaḥ | na tanniyantā kaścit syāttena sarvaṃ niyamyate || ### [7.2.2.60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.60) ityuktvā sā mahādevī tatraivāntaradhatta vai | devāśca vismitāḥ sarve tāṃ praṇamya divaṃ yayuḥ || ### [7.2.2.60.c1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.60.c1) iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe śivamāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ || ### [7.2.2.60.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.60.p2) śrīgaṇeśāya namaḥ || ### [7.2.2.60.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.60.p3) śrīgaurīśaṅkarābhyāṃ namaḥ || ### [7.2.2.60.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.60.p4) śrīśivamahāpurāṇam || ## Other recensions (1) - [Śivapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.2.1) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.2.9.10) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Yogavāsiṣṭha (vulgate)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.ramayana.upajivya.yogavasistha*vulgate.7.136.22) — Sanskrit - [Skanda Purāṇa (Kumāra Kavi)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.skandapurana.71.3) — Kumāra Kavi, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2) · Pramāṇa