[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) › 7.2.2.57 # Shivapurana 7.2.2.57 Śivapurāṇa 7.2.2.57 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [7.2.2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.2.57) / 546b ### [7.2.2.57.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.2.57.p1) praṇamya yakṣaṃ papracchuḥ ko 'sau yakṣo vilakṣaṇaḥ // ### [7.2.2.57.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.2.57.p2) sā 'bravītsasmitaṃ devī sa yuṣmākamagocaraḥ // ### [7.2.2.57.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.2.57.p3) tenedaṃ bhramyate cakraṃ saṃsārākhyaṃ carācaram // ### [7.2.2.57.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.2.57.p4) tenādau kriyate viśvaṃ tena saṃhriyate punaḥ // ### [7.2.2.57.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.2.57.p5) na tanniyantā kaścitsyāttena sarvaṃ niyamyate // ### [7.2.2.57.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.2.57.p6) ityuktvā sā mahādevī tatraivāṃtaradhatta vai // ### [7.2.2.57.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.2.57.p7) devāśca vismitāḥ sarve tāṃ praṇamya divaṃ yayuḥ // ### [7.2.2.57.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.2.57.p8) oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe dvitīyo 'dhyāyaḥ ### [7.2.2.57.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.2.57.p9) Chapter 3 upamanyuruvāca śṛṇu kṛṣṇa maheśasya śivasya paramātmanaḥ // ## Other recensions (1) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.2.57) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.2.57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.2.57) · Pramāṇa