[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) › 7.2.7 # Shivapurana 7.2.7 Śivapurāṇa 7.2.7 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [7.2.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11) — 61 parts ### [7.2.7.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.1) / ekānekasya rūpeṇa bhāti bhānoriva prabhā // / anaṃtāḥ śaktayo yasyā icchājñānakriyādayaḥ // ### [7.2.7.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.2) / māyādyāścābhavanvahnorvisphuliṃgā yathā tathā // / sadāśiveśvarādyā hi vidyā 'vidyeśvarādayaḥ // ### [7.2.7.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.3) / abhavanpuruṣāścāsyāḥ prakṛtiśca parātparā // / mahadādiviśeṣāṃtāstvajādyāścāpi mūrtayaḥ // ### [7.2.7.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.4) / yaccānyadasti tatsarvaṃ tasyāḥ kāryaṃ na saṃśayaḥ // / sā śaktissarvagā sūkṣmā prabodhānaṃdarūpiṇī // ### [7.2.7.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.5) / śaktimānucyate devaśśivaśśītāṃśubhūṣaṇaḥ // / vedyaśśivaśśivā vidyā prajñā caiva śrutiḥ smṛtiḥ // ### [7.2.7.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.6) / dhṛtireṣā sthitirniṣṭhā jñānecchākarmaśaktayaḥ // / ājñā caiva paraṃ brahma dve vidye ca parāpare // ### [7.2.7.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.7) / śuddhavidyā śuddhakalā sarvaṃ śaktikṛtaṃ yataḥ // / māyā ca prakṛtirjīvo vikāro vikṛtistathā // ### [7.2.7.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.8) / asacca sacca yatkiṃcittayā sarvamidaṃ tatam // / sā devī māyayā sarvaṃ brahmāṃḍaṃ sacarācaram // ### [7.2.7.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.9) / mohayatyaprayatnena mocayatyapi līlayā // / anayā saha sarveśaḥ saptaviṃśaprakārayā // ### [7.2.7.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.10) / viśvaṃ vyāpya sthitastasmānmuktiratra pravartate // / mumukṣavaḥ purā kecinmunayo brahmavādinaḥ // ### [7.2.7.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11) / saṃśayāviṣṭamanaso vismṛśaṃti yathātatham // / 551b ### [7.2.7.11.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p1) kiṃ kāraṇaṃ kuto jātā jīvāmaḥ kena vā vayam // ### [7.2.7.11.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p2) kutrāsmākaṃ saṃpratiṣṭhā kena vādhiṣṭhitā vayam // ### [7.2.7.11.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p3) kena vartāmahe śaśvatsukheṣvanyeṣu cāniśam // ### [7.2.7.11.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p4) avilaṃghyā ca viśvasya vyavasthā kena vā kṛtā // ### [7.2.7.11.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p5) kālasya bhāvo niyatiryadṛcchā nātra yujyate // ### [7.2.7.11.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p6) bhūtāni yoniḥ puruṣo yogī caiṣāṃ paro 'tha vā // ### [7.2.7.11.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p7) acetanatvātkālādeścetanatvepi cātmanaḥ // ### [7.2.7.11.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p8) sukhaduḥkhāni bhūtatvādanīśatvādvicāryate // ### [7.2.7.11.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p9) taddhyānayogānugatāṃ prapaśyañchaktimaiśvarīm // ### [7.2.7.11.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p10) pāśavicchedikāṃ sākṣānnigūḍhāṃ svaguṇairbhṛśam // ### [7.2.7.11.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p11) tayā vicchinnapāśāste sarvakāraṇakāraṇam // ### [7.2.7.11.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p12) śaktimaṃtaṃ mahādevamapaśyandivyacakṣuṣā // ### [7.2.7.11.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p13) yaḥ kāraṇānyaśeṣāṇi kālātmasahitāni ca // ### [7.2.7.11.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p14) aprameyo 'nayā śaktyā sakalaṃ yo 'dhitiṣṭhati // ### [7.2.7.11.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p15) tataḥ prasādayogena yogena parameṇa ca // ### [7.2.7.11.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p16) dṛṣṭena bhaktiyogena divyaḥ gatimavāpnuyuḥ // ### [7.2.7.11.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p17) tasmātsaha tathā śaktyā hṛdi paśyaṃti ye śivam // ### [7.2.7.11.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p18) teṣāṃ śāśvatikī śāṃtirnaitareṣāmiti śrutiḥ // ### [7.2.7.11.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p19) na hi śaktimataśśaktyā viprayogo 'sti jātucit // ### [7.2.7.11.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p20) tasmācchakteḥ śaktimatastādātmyānnirvṛtirdvayoḥ // ### [7.2.7.11.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p21) kramo vivakṣito nūnaṃ vimuktau jñānakarmaṇoḥ // ### [7.2.7.11.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p22) prasāde sati sā mūrtiryasmātkaratale sthitā // ### [7.2.7.11.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p23) devo vā dānavo vāpi paśurvā vihago 'pi vā // ### [7.2.7.11.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p24) kīro vātha kṛmirvāpi mucyate tatprasādataḥ // ### [7.2.7.11.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p25) garbhastho jāyamāno vā bālo vā taruṇo.pi vā // ### [7.2.7.11.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p26) vṛddho vā mriyamāṇo vā svargastho vātha nārakī // ### [7.2.7.11.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p27) patito vāpi dharmātmā paṃḍito mūḍha eva vā // ### [7.2.7.11.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p28) prasāde tatkṣaṇādeva mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ // ### [7.2.7.11.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p29) ayogyānāṃ ca kāruṇyādbhaktānāṃ parameśvaraḥ // ### [7.2.7.11.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p30) prasīdati na saṃdeho vigṛhya vividhānmalān // ### [7.2.7.11.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p31) prasadādeva sā bhaktiḥ prasādo bhaktisaṃbhavaḥ // ### [7.2.7.11.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p32) avasthābhedamutprekṣya vidvāṃstatra na muhyati // ### [7.2.7.11.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p33) prasādapūrvikā yeyaṃ bhuktimuktividhāyinī // ### [7.2.7.11.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p34) naiva sā śakyate prāptuṃ narairekena janmanā // ### [7.2.7.11.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p35) anekajanmasiddhānāṃ śrautasmārtānuvartinām // ### [7.2.7.11.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p36) viraktānāṃ prabuddhānāṃ prasīdati maheśvaraḥ // ### [7.2.7.11.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p37) prasanne sati deveśa paśau tasminpravartate // ### [7.2.7.11.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p38) asti nātho mametyalpā bhaktirbuddhipurassarā // ### [7.2.7.11.p39](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p39) tapasā vividhaiśśaivairdharmaissaṃyujyate naraḥ // ### [7.2.7.11.p40](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p40) tatra yoge tadabhyāsastato bhaktiḥ parā bhavet // ### [7.2.7.11.p41](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p41) parayā ca tayā bhaktyā prasādo labhyate paraḥ // ### [7.2.7.11.p42](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p42) prasādātsarvapāśebhyo muktirmuktasya nirvṛtiḥ // ### [7.2.7.11.p43](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p43) 552a ### [7.2.7.11.p44](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p44) alpabhāvo 'pi yo martyasso 'pi janmatrayātparam // ### [7.2.7.11.p45](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p45) nayoniyaṃtrapīḍāyai bhavennaivātra saṃśayaḥ // ### [7.2.7.11.p46](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p46) sāṃgā 'naṃgā ca yā sevā sā bhaktiriti kathyate // ### [7.2.7.11.p47](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p47) sā punarbhidyate tredhā manovākkāyasādhanaiḥ // ### [7.2.7.11.p48](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p48) śivarūpādiciṃtā yā sā sevā mānasī smṛtā // ### [7.2.7.11.p49](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p49) japādirvācikī sevā karmapūjādi kāyikī // ### [7.2.7.11.p50](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p50) seyaṃ trisādhanā sevā śivadharmaśca kathyate // ### [7.2.7.11.p51](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p51) sa tu pañcavidhaḥ proktaḥ śivena paramātmanā // ### [7.2.7.11.p52](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p52) tapaḥ karma japo dhyānaṃ jñānaṃ ceti samāsataḥ // ### [7.2.7.11.p53](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p53) karmaliṅgārcanādyaṃ ca tapaścāndrāyaṇādikam // ### [7.2.7.11.p54](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p54) japastridhā śivābhyāsaścintā dhyānaṃ śivasya tu // ### [7.2.7.11.p55](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p55) śivāgamoktaṃ yajjñānaṃ tadatra jñānamucyate // ### [7.2.7.11.p56](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p56) śrīkaṃṭhena śivenoktaṃ śivāyai ca śivāgamaḥ // ### [7.2.7.11.p57](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p57) śivāśritānāṃ kāruṇyācchreyasāmekasādhanam // ### [7.2.7.11.p58](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p58) tasmādvivardhayedbhaktiṃ śive paramakāraṇe // ### [7.2.7.11.p59](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p59) tyajecca viṣayāsaṃgaṃ śreyo 'rthī matimānnaraḥ // ### [7.2.7.11.p60](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p60) oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe śivatattvakathanaṃ nāma saptamo 'dhyāyaḥ ### [7.2.7.11.p61](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7.11.p61) Chapter 8 kṛṣṇa uvāca bhagavañchrotumicchāmi śivena paribhāṣitam // ## Other recensions (1) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.7.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (3) - [Jñānaratnāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.siddhanta.paddhati.jnanaratnavali.9.520) — Sanskrit - [Jñānaratnāvalī](https://indike.org/pramana/in.astro.samhita.jnanaratnavali-2.2949) — Sanskrit - [Śivatattvaviveka (Appayya Dīkṣita)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.sivatattvaviveka-appayya-diksita.17-2.9) — Appayya Dīkṣita 1560, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.7) · Pramāṇa