[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) › 7.2.12 # Shivapurana 7.2.12 Śivapurāṇa 7.2.12 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [7.2.12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16) — 47 parts ### [7.2.12.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.1) / pañcākṣarasya māhātmyaṃ śrotumicchāmi tattvataḥ // / upamanyuruvāca pañcākṣarasya māhātmyaṃ varṣakoṭiśatairapi // ### [7.2.12.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.2) / aśakyaṃ vistarādvaktuṃ tasmātsaṃkṣepataḥ śṛṇu // / vede śivāgame cāyamubhayatra ṣaḍakṣareḥ // ### [7.2.12.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.3) / sarveṣāṃ śivabhaktānāmaśeṣārthasādhakaḥ // / tadalpākṣaramarthāḍhyaṃ vedasāraṃ vimuktidam // ### [7.2.12.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.4) / ājñāsiddhamasaṃdigdhaṃ vākyametacchivātmakam // / nānāsiddhiyutaṃ divyaṃ lokacittānuraṃjakam // ### [7.2.12.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.5) / suniścitārthaṃ gaṃbhīraṃ vākyaṃ tatpārameśvaram // / mantraṃ sukhamukoccāryamaśeṣārthaprasiddhaye // ### [7.2.12.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.6) / prāhonnamaḥ śivāyeti sarvajñassarvadehinām // / tadbījaṃ sarvavidyānāṃ maṃtramādyaṃ ṣaḍakṣaram // ### [7.2.12.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.7) / atisūkṣmaṃ mahārthaṃ ca jñeyaṃ tadvaṭabījavat // / devo guṇatrayātītaḥ sarvajñaḥ sarvakṛtprabhuḥ // ### [7.2.12.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.8) / omityekākṣare mantre sthitaḥ sarvagataḥ śivaḥ // / iśānādyāni sūkṣmāṇi brahmāṇyekākṣarāṇi tu // ### [7.2.12.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.9) / maṃtre namaśśivāyeti saṃsthitāni yathākramam // / maṃtre ṣaḍakṣare sūkṣme pañcabrahmatanuḥ śivaḥ // / vācyavācakabhāvena sthitaḥ sākṣātsvabhāvataḥ // ### [7.2.12.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.10) / vācyaśśivoprameyatvānmaṃtrastadvācakassmṛtaḥ // / vācyavācakabhāvo 'yamanādisaṃsthitastayoḥ // ### [7.2.12.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.11) / yathā 'nādipravṛttoyaṃ ghorasaṃsārasāgaraḥ // / śivo 'pi hi tathānādisaṃsārānmocakaḥ sthitaḥ // ### [7.2.12.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.12) / vyādhīnāṃ bheṣajaṃ yadvatpratipakṣaḥ svabhāvataḥ // / tadvatsaṃsāradoṣāṇāṃ pratipakṣaḥ śivassmṛtaḥ // ### [7.2.12.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.13) / asatyasmin jagannāthe tamobhūtamidaṃ bhavet // / acetanatvātprakṛterajñatvātpuraṣasya ca // ### [7.2.12.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.14) / pradhānaparamāṇvādi yāvatkiṃcidacetanam // / na tatkartṛ svayaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ buddhimatkāraṇaṃ vinā // ### [7.2.12.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.15) / dharmādharmopadeśaśca baṃdhamokṣau vicāraṇāt // / na sarvajñaṃ vinā puṃsāmādisargaḥ prasiddhyati // ### [7.2.12.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16) / vaidyaṃ vinā nirānaṃdāḥ kliśyaṃte rogiṇo yathā // / 557b ### [7.2.12.16.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p1) tasmādanādiḥ sarvajñaḥ paripūrṇassadāśivaḥ // ### [7.2.12.16.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p2) asti nāthaḥ paritrātā puṃsāṃ saṃsārasāgarāt // ### [7.2.12.16.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p3) ādimadhyāṃtanirmuktassvabhāvavimalaḥ prabhuḥ // ### [7.2.12.16.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p4) sarvajñaḥ paripūrṇaśca śivo jñeyaśśivāgame // ### [7.2.12.16.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p5) tasyābhidhānamantro 'yamabhidheyaśca sa smṛtaḥ // ### [7.2.12.16.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p6) abhidhānābhidheyatvānmaṃtrassiddhaḥ paraśśivaḥ // ### [7.2.12.16.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p7) etāvattu śivajñānametāvatparamaṃ padam // ### [7.2.12.16.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p8) yadoṃnamaśśivāyeti śivavākyaṃ ṣaḍakṣaram // ### [7.2.12.16.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p9) vidhivākyamidaṃ śaivaṃ nārthavādaṃ śivātmakam // ### [7.2.12.16.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p10) yassarvajñassusaṃpūrṇaḥ svabhāvavimalaḥ śivaḥ // ### [7.2.12.16.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p11) lokānugrahakartā ca sa mṛṣārthaṃ kathaṃ vadet // ### [7.2.12.16.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p12) yadyathāvasthitaṃ vastu guṇadoṣaiḥ svabhāvataḥ // ### [7.2.12.16.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p13) yāvatphalaṃ ca tatpūrṇaṃ sarvajñastu yathā vadet // ### [7.2.12.16.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p14) rāgājñānādibhirdoṣairgrastatvādanṛtaṃ vadet // ### [7.2.12.16.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p15) te ceśvare na vidyete brūyātsa kathamanyathā // ### [7.2.12.16.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p16) ajñātāśeṣadoṣeṇa sarvajñeya śivena yat // ### [7.2.12.16.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p17) praṇītamamalaṃ vākyaṃ tatpramāṇaṃ na saṃśayaḥ // ### [7.2.12.16.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p18) tasmādīśvaravākyāni śraddheyāni vipaścitā // ### [7.2.12.16.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p19) yathārthapuṇyapāpeṣu tadaśraddho vrajatyadhaḥ // ### [7.2.12.16.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p20) svargāpavargasiddhyarthaṃ bhāṣitaṃ yatsuśobhanam // ### [7.2.12.16.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p21) vākyaṃ munivaraiḥ śāṃtaistadvijñeyaṃ subhāṣitam // ### [7.2.12.16.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p22) rāgadveṣānṛtakrodhakāmatṛṣṇānusāri yat // ### [7.2.12.16.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p23) vākyaṃ nirayahetutvāttaddurbhāṣitamucyate // ### [7.2.12.16.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p24) saṃskṛtenāpi kiṃ tena mṛdunā lalitena vā // ### [7.2.12.16.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p25) avidyārāgavākyena saṃsārakleśahetunā // ### [7.2.12.16.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p26) yacchrutvā jāyate śreyo rāgādīnāṃ ca saṃśayaḥ // ### [7.2.12.16.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p27) virūpamapi tadvākyaṃ vijñeyamiti śobhanam // ### [7.2.12.16.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p28) bahutvepi hi maṃtrāṇāṃ sarvajñena śivena yaḥ // ### [7.2.12.16.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p29) praṇīto vimalo mantro na tena sadṛśaḥ kvacit // ### [7.2.12.16.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p30) sāṃgāni vedaśāstrāṇi saṃsthitāni ṣaḍakṣare // ### [7.2.12.16.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p31) na tena sadṛśastasmānmantro 'pyastyaparaḥ kvacit // ### [7.2.12.16.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p32) saptakoṭimahāmantrairupamantrairanekadhā // ### [7.2.12.16.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p33) mantraḥ ṣaḍakṣaro bhinnassūtraṃ vṛtyātmanā yathā // ### [7.2.12.16.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p34) śivajñānāni yāvaṃti vidyāsthānāpi yāni ca // ### [7.2.12.16.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p35) ṣaḍakṣarasya sūtrasya tāni bhāṣyaṃ samāsataḥ // ### [7.2.12.16.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p36) kiṃ tasya bahubhirmaṃtraiśśāstrairvā bahuvistaraiḥ // ### [7.2.12.16.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p37) yasyonnamaḥ śivāyeti mantro 'yaṃ hṛdi saṃsthitaḥ // ### [7.2.12.16.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p38) tenādhītaṃ śrutaṃ tena kṛtaṃ sarvamanuṣṭhitam // ### [7.2.12.16.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p39) yenonnamaśśivāyeti maṃtrābhyāsaḥ sthirīkṛtaḥ // ### [7.2.12.16.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p40) namaskārādisaṃyuktaṃ śivāyetyakṣaratrayam // ### [7.2.12.16.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p41) jihvāgre vartate yasya saphalaṃ tasya jīvitam // ### [7.2.12.16.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p42) aṃtyajo vādhamo vāpi mūrkho vā paṃḍito 'pi vā // ### [7.2.12.16.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p43) pañcākṣarajape niṣṭho mucyate pāpapaṃjarāt // ### [7.2.12.16.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p44) ityuktaṃ parameśena devyā pṛṣṭena śūlinā // ### [7.2.12.16.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p45) hitāya sarvamartyānāṃ dvijānāṃ tu viśeṣataḥ // ### [7.2.12.16.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p46) oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe pañcākṣaramāhātmyavarṇanaṃ nāma dvādaśo 'dhyāyaḥ ### [7.2.12.16.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12.16.p47) Chapter 13 devyuvāca kalau kaluṣite kāle durjaye duratikrame // ## Other recensions (1) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.12.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (6) - [Kriyāsāra](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.kriyasara.2.1.2178) — Śrīkaṇtha, Sanskrit - [Kālottara](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.agama.kalottara.91.280) — Nandikeśvara, Sanskrit - [Vīraśaivācārapradīpikā](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.virasaiva.virasaivacarapradipika.412) — Gurudeva 1575, Sanskrit - [Śivajñānasiddhi Svapakṣa Dṛṣṭāntasaṅgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.siddhanta.meykanda.sivajnanasiddhisvapaksa.1.24) — Sanskrit - [Śataratnasaṃgraha](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.siddhanta.darsana.sataratnasamgraha.1.106) — Umāpati Śivācārya, Sanskrit - [Śivadharmottara (another edition)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.sivadharma.sivadharmottara*alt.1.1.27) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.12) · Pramāṇa