[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) › 7.2.5 # Shivapurana 7.2.5 Śivapurāṇa 7.2.5 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [7.2.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21) — 31 parts - [7.2.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.37) — 1 part ### [7.2.5.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.1) / tadevaṃ na vijānaṃti paśavaḥ pāśagauravāt // / tamekameva bahudhā vadaṃti yadunaṃdana // ### [7.2.5.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.2) / ajānantaḥ paraṃ bhāvamavikalpaṃ maharṣayaḥ // / aparaṃ brahmarūpaṃ ca paraṃ brahmātmakaṃ tathā // ### [7.2.5.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.3) / kecidāhurmahādevamanādinidhanaṃ param // / bhūteṃdriyāṃtaḥkaraṇapradhānaviṣayātmakam // ### [7.2.5.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.4) / aparaṃ brahma nirdiṣṭaṃ paraṃ brahma cidātmakam // / bṛhattvādbṛhaṇatvādvā brahma cetyabhidhīyate // ### [7.2.5.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.5) / ubhe te brahmaṇo rūpe brahmaṇo 'dhipateḥ prabhoḥ // / vidyā 'vidyāsvarūpīti kaiścidīśo nigadyate // / vidyāṃ tu cetanāṃ prāhustathāvidyāmacetanām // ### [7.2.5.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.6) / vidyā 'vidyātmakaṃ caiva viśvaṃ viśvagurorvibhoḥ // / rūpameva na saṃdeho viśvaṃ tasya vaśe yataḥ // ### [7.2.5.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.7) / bhrāṃtirvidyā parā ceti śārvaṃ rūpaṃ paraṃ viduḥ // / ayathābuddhirartheṣu bahudhā bhrāṃtirucyate // ### [7.2.5.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.8) / yathārthākārasaṃvittirvidyeti parikīrtyate // / vikalparahitaṃ tattvaṃ paramityabhidhīyate // ### [7.2.5.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.9) / vaiparītyādasacchabdaḥ kathyate vedavādibhiḥ // / tayoḥ patitvāttu śivaḥ sadasatpatirucyate // ### [7.2.5.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.10) / kṣarākṣarātmakaṃ prāhuḥ kṣarākṣaraparaṃ pare // / kṣarassarvāṇi bhūtāni kūṭastho 'kṣara ucyate // ### [7.2.5.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.11) / ubhe te parameśasya rūpe tasya vaśe yataḥ // / tayoḥ paraḥ śivaḥ śāṃtaḥ kṣarākṣarāparassmṛtaḥ // ### [7.2.5.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.12) / samaṣṭivyaṣṭhirūpaṃ ca samaṣṭivyaṣṭikāraṇam // / vadaṃti munayaḥ kecicchivaṃ paramakāraṇam // ### [7.2.5.13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.13) / samaṣṭimāhuravyaktaṃ vyaṣṭiṃ vyaktaṃ tathaiva ca // / te rūpe parameśasya tadicchāyāḥ pravartanāt // ### [7.2.5.14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.14) / tayoḥ kāraṇabhāvena śivaṃ paramakāraṇam // / kāraṇārthavidaḥ prāhuḥ samaṣṭivyaṣṭikāraṇam // ### [7.2.5.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.15) / jātivyaktisvarūpīti kathyate kaiścidīśvaraḥ // / yā piṃḍepyanuvarteta sā jātiriti kathyate // ### [7.2.5.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.16) / vyaktirvyāvṛttirūpaṃ taṃ piṇḍajāteḥ samāśrayam // / jātayo vyaktayaścaiva tadājñāparipālitāḥ // ### [7.2.5.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.17) / yatastato mahādevo jātivyaktivapuḥ smṛtaḥ // / pradhānapuruṣavyaktakālātmā kathyate śivaḥ // ### [7.2.5.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.18) / pradhānaṃ prakṛtiṃ prāhuḥkṣetrajñaṃ puruṣaṃ tathā // / trayoviṃśatitattvāni vyaktamāhurmanīṣiṇaḥ // ### [7.2.5.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.19) / kālaḥ kāryaprapañcasya pariṇāmaikakāraṇam // / eṣāmīśo 'dhipo dhātā pravartakanivartakaḥ // ### [7.2.5.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.20) / āvirbhāvatirobhāvaheturekaḥ svarāḍajaḥ // / tasmātpradhānapuruṣavyaktakālasvarūpavān // ### [7.2.5.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21) / 550a ### [7.2.5.21.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p1) heturnetādhipasteṣāṃ dhātā coktā maheśvaraḥ // ### [7.2.5.21.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p2) virāḍḍhiraṇyagarbhātmā kaiścidīśo nigadyate // ### [7.2.5.21.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p3) hiraṇyagarbho lokānāṃ heturviśvātmako virāṭ // ### [7.2.5.21.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p4) aṃtaryāmī paraśceti kathyate kavibhiśśivaḥ // ### [7.2.5.21.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p5) prājñastaijasaviśvātmetyapare saṃpracakṣate // ### [7.2.5.21.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p6) turīyamapare prāhuḥ saumyameva pare viduḥ // ### [7.2.5.21.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p7) mātā mānaṃ ca meyaṃ ca matiṃ cāhurathāpare // ### [7.2.5.21.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p8) kartā kriyā ca kāryaṃ ca karaṇaṃ kāraṇaṃ pare // ### [7.2.5.21.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p9) jāgratsvapnasuṣuptyātmetyapare saṃpracakṣate // ### [7.2.5.21.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p10) turīyamapare prāhusturyātītamitītare // ### [7.2.5.21.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p11) tamāhurviguṇaṃ kecidguṇavantaṃ pare viduḥ // ### [7.2.5.21.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p12) kecitsaṃsāriṇaṃ prāhustamasaṃsāriṇaṃ pare // ### [7.2.5.21.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p13) svataṃtramapare prāhurasvataṃtraṃ pare viduḥ // ### [7.2.5.21.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p14) ghoramityapare prāhuḥ saumyameva pare viduḥ // ### [7.2.5.21.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p15) rāgavaṃtaṃ pare prāhurvītarāgaṃ tathā pare // ### [7.2.5.21.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p16) niṣkriyaṃ ca pare prāhuḥ sakriyaṃ cetare janāḥ // ### [7.2.5.21.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p17) niriṃdriyaṃ pare prāhuḥ seṃdriyaṃ ca tathāpare // ### [7.2.5.21.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p18) dhruvamityapare prāhustamadhruvāmitīrate // ### [7.2.5.21.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p19) arūpaṃ kecidāhurvai rūpavaṃtaṃ pare viduḥ // ### [7.2.5.21.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p20) adṛśyamapare prāhurdṛśyamityapare viduḥ // ### [7.2.5.21.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p21) vācyamityapare prāhuravācyamiti cāpare // ### [7.2.5.21.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p22) śabdātmakaṃ pare prāhuśśabdātītamathāpare // ### [7.2.5.21.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p23) keciccintāmayaṃ prāhuścintayā rahitaṃ pare // ### [7.2.5.21.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p24) jñānātmakaṃ pare prāhurvijñānamiti cāpare // ### [7.2.5.21.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p25) kecicjñeyamiti prāhurajñeyamiti kecana // ### [7.2.5.21.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p26) parameke tamevāhuraparaṃ ca tathā pare // ### [7.2.5.21.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p27) evaṃ vikalpyamānaṃ tu yāthātmyaṃ parameṣṭhinaḥ // ### [7.2.5.21.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p28) nādhyavasyaṃti munayo nānāpratyayakāraṇāt // ### [7.2.5.21.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p29) ye punassarvabhāvena prapannāḥ parameśvaram // ### [7.2.5.21.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p30) te hi jānaṃtyayatnena śivaṃ paramakāraṇam // ### [7.2.5.21.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.21.p31) yāvatpaśurnaiva paśyatyanīśaṃ 1 purāṇaṃ bhuvanasyeśitāram // ### [7.2.5.36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.36) / tāvadduḥkhe vartate baddhapāśaḥ saṃsāre 'smiñcakranemikrameṇa // / yadā 2 paśyaḥ paśyate rukmavarṇaṃ kartāramīśaṃ puruṣaṃ brahmayonim // ### [7.2.5.37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.37) / tadāvidvānpuṇyapāpe vidhūya niraṃjanaḥ paramamupaiti sāmyam // / oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe paśupatitvajñānayogo nāma pañcamo 'dhyāyaḥ ### [7.2.5.37.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5.37.p1) 1 nāstīśo yasmātso 'nīśa iti bahuvrīhiḥ parantu kliṣṭakalpanāpekṣayā yāvatpaśuśceśvaraṃ na prapaśyediti pāṭhe 'rthassugamaḥ 2 yadā paśyo vīkṣate rukmeti pāṭhe tu bhagnaprakramastasmādātmanepadamārṣamityeva samādhiḥ 550b Chapter 6 upamanyuruvāca naśivasyāṇavo baṃdhaḥ kāryo māyeya eva vā // ## Other recensions (1) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.5.1) — Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.5) · Pramāṇa