[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Purāṇas](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana) › [Shivapurana](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva) › 7.1.32 # Shivapurana 7.1.32 Śivapurāṇa 7.1.32 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [7.1.32.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20) — 76 parts ### [7.1.32.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.1) / tattasya sādhanaṃ cādya vaktumarhasi māruta // / vāyuruvāca śaivo hi paramo dharmaḥ śreṣṭhānuṣṭhānaśabditaḥ // ### [7.1.32.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.2) / yatrāparokṣo lakṣyeta sākṣānmokṣapradaḥ śivaḥ // / sa tu pañcavidho jñeyaḥ pañcabhiḥ parvabhiḥ kramāt // ### [7.1.32.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.3) / kriyātapojapadhyānajñānātmabhiranuttaraiḥ // / taireva sottaraissiddho dharmastu paramo mataḥ // ### [7.1.32.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.4) / parokṣamaparokṣaṃ ca jñānaṃ yatra ca mokṣadam // / paramo 'paramaścobhau dharmau hi śruticoditau // ### [7.1.32.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.5) / dharmaśabdābhidheyerthe pramāṇaṃ śrutireva naḥ // / paramo yogaparyanto dharmaḥ śrutiśirogataḥ // ### [7.1.32.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.6) / dharmastvaparamastadvadadhaḥ śrutimukhotthitaḥ // / apaśvātmādhikāratvādyo dharamaḥ paramo mataḥ // ### [7.1.32.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.7) / sādhāraṇastato 'nyastu sarveṣāmadhikārataḥ // / sa cāyaṃ paramo dharmaḥ paradharmasya sādhanam // ### [7.1.32.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.8) / dharmaśāstrādibhissamyak sāṃga evopabṛṃhitaḥ // / śaivo yaḥ paramo dharmaḥ śreṣṭhānuṣṭhānaśabditaḥ // ### [7.1.32.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.9) / itihāsapurāṇābhyāṃ kathaṃcidupabṛṃhitaḥ // / śaivāgamaistu saṃpannaḥ sahāṃgopāṃvistaraḥ // ### [7.1.32.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.10) / tatsaṃskārādhikāraiśca samyagevopabṛṃhitaḥ // / śaivāgamo hi dvividhaḥ śrauto 'śrautaśca saṃskṛtaḥ // ### [7.1.32.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.11) / śrutisāramayaḥ śrautassvataṃtra itaro mataḥ // / svataṃtro daśadhā pūrvaṃ tathāṣṭādaśadhā punaḥ // ### [7.1.32.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.12) / kāmikādisamākhyābhissiddhaḥ siddhāntasaṃjñitaḥ // / śrutisāramayo yastu śatakoṭipravistaraḥ // ### [7.1.32.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.13) / paraṃ pāśupataṃ yatra vrataṃ jñānaṃ ca kathyate // / yugāvarteṣu śiṣyeta yogācāryasvarūpiṇā // ### [7.1.32.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.14) / tatratatrāvatīrṇena śivenaiva pravartyate // / saṃkṣipyāsya pravaktāraścatvāraḥ paramarṣaya // ### [7.1.32.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.15) / rururdadhīco 'gastyaśca upamanyurmahāyaśāḥ // / te ca pāśupatā jñeyāssaṃhitānāṃ pravartakāḥ // ### [7.1.32.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.16) / tatsaṃtatīyā guravaḥ śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ // / tatroktaḥ paramo dharmaścaryādyātmā caturvidhaḥ // ### [7.1.32.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.17) / teṣu pāśupato yogaḥ śivaṃ pratyakṣayeddṛḍham // / tasmācchreṣṭhamanuṣṭhānaṃ yogaḥ pāśupato mataḥ // ### [7.1.32.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.18) / tatrāpyupāyako yukto brahmaṇā sa tu kathyate // / nāmāṣṭakamayo yogaśśivena parikalpitaḥ // ### [7.1.32.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.19) / tena yogena sahasā śaivī prajñā prajāyate // / prajñayā paramaṃ jñānamacirāllabhate sthiram // ### [7.1.32.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20) / 538a ### [7.1.32.20.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p1) prasīdati śivastasya yasya jñānaṃ pratiṣṭhitam // ### [7.1.32.20.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p2) prasādātparamo yogo yaḥ śivaṃ cāparokṣayet // ### [7.1.32.20.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p3) śivāparokṣātsaṃsārakāraṇena viyujyate // ### [7.1.32.20.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p4) tataḥ syānmuktasaṃsāro muktaḥ śivasamo bhavet // ### [7.1.32.20.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p5) brahmaprokta ityupāyaḥ sa eva pṛthagucyate // ### [7.1.32.20.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p6) śivo maheśvaraścaiva rudro viṣṇuḥ pitāmahaḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p7) saṃsāravaidyaḥ sarvajñaḥ paramātmeti mukhyataḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p8) nāmāṣṭakamidaṃ mukhyaṃ śivasya pratipādakam // ### [7.1.32.20.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p9) ādyantu pañcakaṃ jñeyaṃ śāntyatītādyanukramāt // ### [7.1.32.20.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p10) saṃjñā sadāśivādīnāṃ pañcopādhiparigrahāt // ### [7.1.32.20.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p11) upādhivinivṛttau tu yathāsvaṃ vinivartate // ### [7.1.32.20.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p12) padameva hi tannityamanityāḥ padinaḥ smṛtāḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p13) padānāṃ pratikṛttau tu mucyante padino yataḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p14) parivṛttyantare bhūyastatpadaprāptirucyate // ### [7.1.32.20.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p15) ātmāntarābhidhānaṃ syādyadādyaṃ nāma pañcakam // ### [7.1.32.20.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p16) anyattu tritayaṃ nāmnāmupādānādiyogataḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p17) trividhopādhivacanācchiva evānuvartate // ### [7.1.32.20.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p18) anādimalasaṃśleṣaḥ prāgabhāvātsvabhāvataḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p19) atyaṃtaṃ pariśuddhātmetyato 'yaṃ śiva ucyate // ### [7.1.32.20.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p20) athavāśeṣakalyāṇaguṇaikadhana īśvaraḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p21) śiva ityucyate sadbhiśśivatattvārthavādibhiḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p22) trayoviṃśatitattvebhyaḥ prakṛtirhi parā matā // ### [7.1.32.20.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p23) prakṛtestu paraṃ prāhuḥ puruṣaṃ pañcaviṃśakam // ### [7.1.32.20.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p24) yaṃ vedādau svaraṃ prāhurvācyavācakabhāvataḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p25) vedaikavedyayāthātmyādvedānte ca pratiṣṭhitaḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p26) tasya prakṛtilīnasya yaḥ parassa maheśvaraḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p27) tadadhīnapravṛttitvātprakṛteḥ puruṣasya ca // ### [7.1.32.20.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p28) athavā triguṇaṃ tattvamupeyamidamavyayam // ### [7.1.32.20.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p29) māyāntu prakṛtiṃ vidyānmāyinaṃ tu maheśvaram // ### [7.1.32.20.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p30) māyāvikṣobhako 'naṃto maheśvarasamanvayāt // ### [7.1.32.20.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p31) kālātmā paramātmādiḥ sthūlaḥ sūkṣmaḥ prakīrtitaḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p32) rudduḥkhaṃ duḥkhaheturvā tadrāvayati naḥ prabhuḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p33) rudra ityucyate sadbhiḥ śivaḥ paramakāraṇam // ### [7.1.32.20.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p34) tattvādibhūtaparyantaṃ śarīrādiṣvatandritaḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p35) vyāpyādhitiṣṭhati śivastato rudra itastataḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p36) jagataḥ pitṛbhūtānāṃ śivo mūrtyātmanāmapi // ### [7.1.32.20.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p37) pitṛbhāvena sarveṣāṃ pitāmaha udīritaḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p38) nidānajño yathā vaidyo rogasya vinivartakaḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p39) upāyairbheṣajaistadvallayabhogādhikārataḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p40) saṃsārasyeśvaro nityaṃ samūlasya nivartakaḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p41) saṃsāravaidya ityuktaḥ sarvatattvārthavedibhiḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p42) daśārthajñānasiddhyarthamindriyeṣveṣu satsvapi // ### [7.1.32.20.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p43) trikālabhāvino bhāvānsthūlānsūkṣmānaśeṣataḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p44) aṇavo naiva jānanti māyayaiva malāvṛtāḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p45) asatsvapi ca sarveṣu sarvārthajñānahetuṣu // ### [7.1.32.20.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p46) 538b ### [7.1.32.20.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p47) yadyathāvasthitaṃ vastu tattathaiva sadāśivaḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p48) ayatnenaiva jānāti tasmātsarvajña ucyate // ### [7.1.32.20.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p49) sarvātmā paramairebhirguṇairnityasamanvayāt // ### [7.1.32.20.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p50) svasmātparātmavirahātparamātmā śivaḥ svayam // ### [7.1.32.20.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p51) nāmāṣṭakamidaṃ caiva labdhvācāryaprasādataḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p52) nivṛttyādikalāgranthiṃ śivādyaiḥ pañcanāmabhiḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p53) yathāsvaṃ kramaśaśchitvā śodhayitvā yathāguṇam // ### [7.1.32.20.p54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p54) guṇitaireva soddhātairaniruddhairathāpi vā // ### [7.1.32.20.p55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p55) hṛtkaṇṭhatālubhrūmadhyabrahmarandhrasamanvitām // ### [7.1.32.20.p56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p56) chittvā paryaṣṭakākāraṃ svātmānaṃ ca suṣumṇayā // ### [7.1.32.20.p57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p57) dvādaśāṃtaḥsthitasyendornītvopari śivaujasi // ### [7.1.32.20.p58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p58) saṃhṛtyaṃ vadanaṃ paścādyathāsaṃskaraṇaṃ layāt // ### [7.1.32.20.p59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p59) śāktenāmṛtavarṣeṇa saṃsiktāyāṃ tanau punaḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p60) avatārya svamātmānamamṛtātmākṛtiṃ hṛdi // ### [7.1.32.20.p61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p61) dvādaśāṃtaḥsthitasyendoḥ parastācchvetapaṃkaje // ### [7.1.32.20.p62](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p62) samāsīnaṃ mahādevaṃ śaṃkarambhaktavatsalam // ### [7.1.32.20.p63](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p63) ardhanārīśvaraṃ devaṃ nirmalaṃ madhurākṛtim // ### [7.1.32.20.p64](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p64) śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ prasannaṃ śītaladyutim // ### [7.1.32.20.p65](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p65) dhyātvā hi mānase devaṃ svasthacitto 'tha mānavaḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p66](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p66) śivanāmāṣṭakenaiva bhāvapuṣpaissamarcayet // ### [7.1.32.20.p67](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p67) abhyarcanānte tu punaḥ prāṇānāyamya mānavaḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p68](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p68) samyakcittaṃ samādhāya śārvaṃ nāmāṣṭakaṃ japet // ### [7.1.32.20.p69](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p69) nābhau cāṣṭāhutīrhutvā pūrṇāhutyā namastataḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p70](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p70) aṣṭapuṣpapradānena kṛtvābhyarcanamaṃtimam // ### [7.1.32.20.p71](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p71) nivedayetsvamātmānaṃ culukodakavartmanā // ### [7.1.32.20.p72](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p72) evaṃ kṛtvā cirādeva jñānaṃ pāśupataṃ śubham // ### [7.1.32.20.p73](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p73) labhate tatpratiṣṭhāṃ ca vṛttaṃ cānuttamaṃ tathā // ### [7.1.32.20.p74](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p74) yogaṃ ca paramaṃ labdhvā mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ // ### [7.1.32.20.p75](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p75) iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāṃ pūrvakhaṇḍe śreṣṭhānuṣṭhānavarṇanaṃ nāma dvātriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ ### [7.1.32.20.p76](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32.20.p76) Chapter 33 ṛṣaya ūcuḥ bhagavañchrotumicchāmo vrataṃ pāśupataṃ param // ## Other recensions (1) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.1.32.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (2) - [Kulavṛtti](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.general.sakta.kulavrtti.1.487) — Sanskrit - [Śivāgamādimāhātmyasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.siddhanta.darsana.sivagamadimahatmyasangraha.34) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.1.32) · Pramāṇa