[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) › 7.2.8 # Shivapurana 7.2.8 Śivapurāṇa 7.2.8 - **Language:** Sanskrit ## Contents - [7.2.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.12) — 6 parts - [7.2.8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33) — 38 parts ### [7.2.8.1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.1) / vedasāre śivajñānaṃ svāśritānāṃ vimuktaye // / abhaktānāmabuddhīnāmayuktānāmagocaram // ### [7.2.8.2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.2) / arthairdaśardhaiḥ saṃyuktaṃ gūḍhamaprājñaniṃditam // / varṇāśramakṛtairdharmairviparītaṃ kvacitsamam // ### [7.2.8.3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.3) / vedātṣaḍaṃgāduddhṛtya sāṃkhyādyogācca kṛtsnaśaḥ // / śatakoṭipramāṇena vistīrṇaṃ graṃthasaṃkhyayā // ### [7.2.8.4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.4) / kathitaṃ parameśena tatra pūjā kathaṃ prabhoḥ // / kasyādhikāraḥ pūjādau jñānayogādayaḥ katham // ### [7.2.8.5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.5) / tatsarvaṃ vistarādeva vaktumarhasi suvrata // / upamanyuruvāca śaivaṃ saṃkṣipya vedoktaṃ śivena paribhāṣitam // ### [7.2.8.6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.6) / stutiniṃdādirahitaṃ sadyaḥ pratyayakāraṇam // / guruprasādajaṃ divyamanāyāsena muktidam // ### [7.2.8.7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.7) / kathayiṣye samāsena tasya śakyo na vistaraḥ // / sisṛkṣayā purāvyaktācchivaḥ sthāṇurmaheśvaraḥ // ### [7.2.8.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.8) / satkāryakāraṇopetassvayamāvirabhūtprabhuḥ // / janayāmāsa ca tadā ṛṣirviśvādhikaḥ prabhuḥ // ### [7.2.8.9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.9) / devānāṃ prathamaṃ devaṃ brahmāṇaṃ brahmaṇaspatim // / brahmāpi pitaraṃ devaṃ jāyamānaṃ nyavaikṣata // ### [7.2.8.10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.10) / taṃ jāyamānaṃ janako devaḥ prāpaśyadājñayā // / dṛṣṭo rudreṇa devo 'sāvasṛjadviśvamīśvaraḥ // ### [7.2.8.11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.11) / varṇāśramavyavasthāṃ ca cakāra sa pṛthakpṛthak // / somaṃ sasarja yajñārthe somāddyaussamajāyata // ### [7.2.8.12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.12) / dharā ca vahniḥ sūryaśca yajño viṣṇuśśacīpatiḥ // / 552b ### [7.2.8.12.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.12.p1) te cānye ca surā rudraṃ rudrādhyāyena tuṣṭuvuḥ // ### [7.2.8.12.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.12.p2) prasannavadanastasthau devānāmagrataḥ prabhuḥ // ### [7.2.8.12.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.12.p3) apahṛtya svalīlārthaṃ teṣāṃ jñānaṃ maheśvaraḥ // ### [7.2.8.12.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.12.p4) tamapṛcchaṃstato devāḥ ko bhavāniti mohitāḥ // ### [7.2.8.12.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.12.p5) so 'bravīdbhagavānrudro hyahamekaḥ purātanaḥ // ### [7.2.8.12.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.12.p6) āsaṃ prathamamevāhaṃ vartāmi 1 ca surottamāḥ // ### [7.2.8.15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.15) / bhaviṣyāmi ca mattonyo vyatirikto na kaścana // ### [7.2.8.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.16) / ahameva jagatsarvaṃ tarpayāmi svatejasā // / matto 'dhikaḥ samo nāsti māṃ yo veda sa mucyate // ### [7.2.8.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.17) / ityuktvā bhagavānrudrastatraivāṃtaradhatta sa // / apaśyaṃtastamīśānaṃ stuvaṃtaścaiva sāmabhiḥ // / vrataṃ pāśupataṃ kṛtvā tvatharvaśirasi sthitam // ### [7.2.8.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.18) / bhasmasaṃchannasarvāṃgā babhūvuramarāstadā // / atha teṣāṃ prasādārthaṃ paśūnāṃ patirīśvaraḥ // ### [7.2.8.19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.19) / sagaṇaścomayā sārdhaṃ sānnidhyamakarotprabhuḥ // ### [7.2.8.20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.20) / yaṃ vinidrā jitaśvāsā yogino dagdhakilbiṣāḥ // / hṛdi paśyaṃti taṃ devaṃ dadṛśurdevapuṃgavāḥ // ### [7.2.8.21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.21) / yāmāhuḥ paramāṃ śaktimīśvarecchānuvartinīm // / tāmapaśyanmaheśasya vāmato vāmalocanām // ### [7.2.8.22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.22) / ye vinirdhūtasaṃsārāḥ prāptāḥ śaivaṃ paraṃ padam // / nityasiddhāśca ye vānyaṃ te ca dṛṣṭā gaṇeśvarāḥ // ### [7.2.8.23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.23) / atha taṃ tuṣṭuvurdevā devyā saha maheśvaram // / stotrairmāheśvarairdivyaiḥ śrotaiḥ paurāṇikairapi // ### [7.2.8.24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.24) / devo 'pi devānālokya ghṛṇayā vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ // / tuṣṭo 'smītyāha suprītassvabhāvamadhurāṃ giram // ### [7.2.8.25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.25) / atha suprītamanasaṃ praṇipatya vṛṣadhvajam // / arthamahattamaṃ devāḥ papracchurimamādarāt // / devā ūcuḥ bhagavankena mārgeṇa pūjanīyo 'si bhūtale // ### [7.2.8.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.26) / kasyādhikāraḥ pūjāyāṃ vaktumarhasi tattvataḥ // / tataḥ sasmitamālokya devīṃ devavaroharaḥ // ### [7.2.8.27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.27) / svarūpaṃ darśayāmāsa ghoraṃ sūryātmakaṃ param // / sarvaiśvaryaguṇopetaṃ sarvatejomayaṃ param // ### [7.2.8.28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.28) / śaktibhirmūrtibhiścāṃgairgrahairdevaiśca saṃvṛtam // / aṣṭabāhuṃ caturvaktramardhanārīkamadbhutam // ### [7.2.8.29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.29) / dṛṣṭvaivamadbhutākāraṃ devā viṣṇupurogamāḥ // / buddhvā divākaraṃ devaṃ devīṃ caiva niśākaram // ### [7.2.8.30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.30) / pañcabhūtāni śeṣāṇi tanmayaṃ ca carācaram // / evamuktvā namaścakrustasmai cārghyaṃ pradāya vai // ### [7.2.831](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.831) / siṃdūravarṇāya sumaṇḍalāya suvarṇavarṇābharaṇāya tubhyam // ### [7.2.8.32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.32) / padmābhanetrāya sapaṃkajāya brahmendranārāyaṇakāraṇāya // / suratnapūrṇaṃ sasuvarṇatoyaṃ sukuṃkumādyaṃ sakuśaṃ sapuṣpam // ### [7.2.8.33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33) / pradattamādāya sahemapātraṃ praśastamarghyaṃ bhagavanprasīda // / namaśśivāya śāṃtāya sagaṇāyādihetave // ### [7.2.8.33.p1](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p1) 1 parasmaipadamārṣam ### [7.2.8.33.p2](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p2) rudrāya viṣṇave tubhyaṃ brahmaṇe sūryamūrtaye // ### [7.2.8.33.p3](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p3) yaśśivaṃ maṇḍale saure saṃpūjyaiva samāhitaḥ // ### [7.2.8.33.p4](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p4) prātarmadhyāhnasāyāhne pradadyādarghyamuttamam // ### [7.2.8.33.p5](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p5) praṇamedvā paṭhedetāñchlokāñchrutimukhānimān // ### [7.2.8.33.p6](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p6) na tasya durllabhaṃ kiṃcidbhaktaścenmucyate dṛḍham // ### [7.2.8.33.p7](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p7) tasmādabhyarcayenityaṃ śivamādityarūpiṇam // ### [7.2.8.33.p8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p8) dharmakāmārthamuktyarthaṃ manasā karmaṇā girā // ### [7.2.8.33.p9](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p9) atha devānsamālokya maṇḍalastho maheśvaraḥ // ### [7.2.8.33.p10](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p10) sarvāgamottaraṃ dattvā śāstramaṃtaradhāddharaḥ // ### [7.2.8.33.p11](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p11) tatra pūjādhikāro 'yaṃ brahmakṣatraviśāmiti // ### [7.2.8.33.p12](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p12) jñātvā praṇamya deveśaṃ devā jagmuryathāgatam // ### [7.2.8.33.p13](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p13) atha kālena mahatā tasmiñchāstre tirohite // ### [7.2.8.33.p14](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p14) bhartāraṃ paripapraccha tadaṃkasthā maheśvarī // ### [7.2.8.33.p15](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p15) tayā sa codito devo devyā candravibhūṣaṇaḥ // ### [7.2.8.33.p16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p16) avadatkaramuddhṛtya śāstraṃ sarvāgamottaram // ### [7.2.8.33.p17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p17) pravartitaṃ ca talloke niyogātparameṣṭhinaḥ // ### [7.2.8.33.p18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p18) mayāgastyena guruṇā dadhīcena maharṣiṇā // ### [7.2.8.33.p19](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p19) svayamapyavatīryorvyāṃ yugāvarteṣu śūladhṛk // ### [7.2.8.33.p20](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p20) svāśritānāṃ vimuktyarthaṃ kurute jñānasaṃtatim // ### [7.2.8.33.p21](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p21) ṛbhussatyo bhārgavaśca hyaṃgirāḥ savitā dvijāḥ // ### [7.2.8.33.p22](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p22) mṛtyuḥ śatakraturdhīmānvasiṣṭho munipuṃgavaḥ // ### [7.2.8.33.p23](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p23) sārasvatastridhāmā ca trivṛto munipuṃgavaḥ // ### [7.2.8.33.p24](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p24) śatatejāssvayaṃ dharmo nārāyaṇa iti śrutaḥ // ### [7.2.8.33.p25](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p25) svarakṣaścāruṇirdhīmāṃstathā caiva kṛtaṃjayaḥ // ### [7.2.8.33.p26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p26) kṛtaṃjayo bharadvājo gautamaḥ kaviruttamaḥ // ### [7.2.8.33.p27](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p27) vācaḥsravā munissākṣāttathā sūkṣmāyaṇiḥ śuciḥ // ### [7.2.8.33.p28](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p28) tṛṇabiṃdurmuniḥ kṛṣṇaḥ śaktiḥ śākteya uttaraḥ // ### [7.2.8.33.p29](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p29) jātūkarṇyo harissākṣātkṛṣṇadvaipāyano muniḥ // ### [7.2.8.33.p30](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p30) vyāsāvatārāñchṛṇvaṃtu kalpayogeśvarānkramāt // ### [7.2.8.33.p31](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p31) laiṃge vyāsāvatārā hi dvāparāṃ teṣu suvratāḥ // ### [7.2.8.33.p32](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p32) yogācāryāvatārāśca tathā śiṣyeṣu śūlinaḥ // ### [7.2.8.33.p33](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p33) tatra tatra vibhoḥ śiṣyāścatvāraḥ syurmahaujasaḥ // ### [7.2.8.33.p34](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p34) śiṣyāsteṣāṃ praśiṣyāśca śataśo 'tha sahasraśaḥ // ### [7.2.8.33.p35](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p35) teṣāṃ saṃbhāvanālloke śaivājñākaraṇādibhiḥ // ### [7.2.8.33.p36](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p36) bhāgyavaṃto vimucyaṃte bhaktyā cātyaṃtabhāvitāḥ // ### [7.2.8.33.p37](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p37) oṃ iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe saptamyāṃ vāyavīyasaṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṇḍe śivatattvajñāne vyāsāvatāravarṇanaṃ nāmāṣṭamo 'dhyāyaḥ ### [7.2.8.33.p38](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8.33.p38) Chapter 9 kṛṣṇa uvāca yugāvarteṣu sarveṣu yogācāryacchalena tu // ## Other recensions (1) - [Śivapurāṇa (complete text)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva*complete-2.7.2.8.1) — Sanskrit ## Linked texts (4) - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.linga.1.7.15) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit - [Śivarahasyapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.upa.saiva.sivarahasyapurana.1.116) — Sanskrit - [Liṅgapurāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.vernacular.tamil.kappiyam.lingapurana.8.14) — Ativīrarāma Pāṇṭiyar 1500, Sanskrit - [Śivatattvaviveka (Appayya Dīkṣita)](https://indike.org/pramana/in.sampradaya.saiva.sivatattvaviveka-appayya-diksita.26-2) — Appayya Dīkṣita 1560, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8](https://indike.org/pramana/in.purana.siva.7.2.8) · Pramāṇa