Chapter 12

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nārada uvāca |
brahmanprajāpate tāta dhanyastvaṃ śivasaktadhīḥ |
etadeva punassamyagbrūhi me vistarādvidhe || 1 ||
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brahmovāca |
ekasminsamaye tāta ṛṣīnāhūya sarvataḥ |
nirjarāṃścā'vadaṃ prītyā suvacaḥ padmasaṃbhavaḥ || 2 ||
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yadi nityasukhe śraddhā yadi siddheśca kāmukāḥ |
āgaṃtavyaṃ mayā sārddhaṃ tīraṃ kṣīrapayonidheḥ || 3 ||
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ityetadvacanaṃ śrutvā gatāste hi mayā saha |
yatrāste bhagavānviṣṇussarveṣāṃ hitakārakaḥ || 4 ||
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tatra gatvā jagannāthaṃ devadevaṃ janārddanam |
upatasthussurā natvā sukṛtāṃjalayoḥ mune || 9 ||
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tāndṛṣṭvā ca tadā viṣṇurbrahmādyānamarānsthitān |
smarañchivapadāṃbhojamabravītparamaṃ vacaḥ || 6 ||
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viṣṇuruvāca |
kimarthamāgatā yūyaṃ brahmādyāśca surarṣayaḥ |
sarvaṃ vadata tatprītyā kiṃ kāryaṃ vidyate'dhunā || 7 ||
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brahmovāca |
iti pṛṣṭāstadā tena viṣṇunā ca mayā surāḥ |
punaḥ praṇamya taṃ prītyā kiṃ kāryaṃ vidyate'dhunā |
vinivedayituṃ kāryaṃ hyabruvanvacanaṃ śubham || 8 ||
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devā ūcuḥ |
nityaṃ sevā tu kasyaiva kāryā duḥkhapahāriṇī || 9 ||
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ityetadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhagavānbhaktavatsalaḥ |
sāmarasya mama prītyā kṛpayā vākyamabravīt || 10 ||
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śrībhagavānuvāca |
brahmañcchṛṇu suraissamyakśrutaṃ ca bhavatā purā |
tathāpi kathyate tubhyaṃ devebhyaśca tathā punaḥ || 11 ||
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dṛṣṭaṃ ca dṛśyate'dyaiva kiṃ punaḥ pṛcchyate 'dhunā |
brahmandevaissamastaiśca bahudhā kāryatatparaiḥ || 12 ||
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sevyasevyassadā devaśśaṃkarassarvaduḥkhahā |
mamāpi kathitaṃ tena brahma ṇo'pi viśeṣataḥ || 13 ||
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prastutaṃ caiva dṛṣṭaṃ vassarvaṃ dṛṣṭāṃtamadbhutam |
tyājyaṃ tadarcanaṃ naiva kadāpi sukhamīpsubhiḥ || 14 ||
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saṃtyajya devadeveśaṃ liṃgamūrtiṃ maheśvaram |
tāraputrāstathaivaite naṣṭāste'pi sabāṃdhavāḥ || 15 ||
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mayā ca mohitāste vai māyayā dūrataḥ kṛtāḥ |
sarve vinaṣṭāḥ pradhvastāḥ śivena rahitā yadā || 16 ||
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tasmātsadā pūjanīyo liṃgamūrtidharī haraḥ |
sevanīyo viśeṣeṇa śraddhayā devasattamaḥ || 17 ||
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śarvaliṅgārcanādeva devā daityāśca sattamāḥ |
ahaṃ tvaṃ ca tathā brahmankathaṃ tadvismṛtaṃ tvayā || 18 ||
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talliṅgamarcayennityaṃ yena kenāpi hetunā |
tasmāt brahmansuraḥ śarvaḥ sarvakāmaphalepsayā || 19 ||
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sā hanistanmahāchidraṃ sāndhatā sā ca mugdhatā |
yanmuhūrttaṃ kṣaṇaṃ vāpi śivaṃ naiva samarcayet || 20 ||
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bhavabhaktiparā ye ca bhavapraṇatacetasaḥ |
bhavasaṃsmaraṇā ye ca na te duḥkhasyabhājanāḥ || 21 ||
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bhavanāni manojñāni manojñābharaṇāḥ striyaḥ |
dhanaṃ ca tuṣṭiparyaṃtaṃ putrapautrādisaṃtatiḥ || 22 ||
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ārogyaṃ ca śarīraṃ ca pratiṣṭhāṃ cāpyalaukikīm |
ye vāṃchaṃti mahābhāgāḥ sukhaṃ vā tridaśālayam || 23 ||
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aṃte muktiphalaṃ caiva bhaktiṃ vā parameśituḥ |
pūrvapuṇyātirekeṇa te'rcayaṃti sadāśivam || 24 ||
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yo'rcayecchivaliṃgaṃ vai nityaṃ bhaktiparāyaṇaḥ |
tasya vai saphalā siddhirna sa pāpaiḥ prayujyate || 25 ||
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brahmovāca |
ityuktāśca tadā devāḥ praṇipatya hariṃ svayam |
liṃgāni prārthayāmāsussarvakāmāptaye nṛṇām || 26 ||
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tacchrutvā ca tadā viṣṇu viśvakarmāṇamabravīta |
ahaṃ ca muniśārdūla jīvoddhāraparāyaṇaḥ || 27 ||
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viśvakarmanyathā śaṃbhoḥ kalpayitvā śubhāni ca |
liṃgāni sarvadevebhyo deyāni vacanānmama || 28 ||
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brahmovāca |
liṃgāni kalpayitvevamadhikārānurūpataḥ |
viśvakarmā dadau tebhyo niyogānmama vā hareḥ || 29 ||
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tadeva kathayāmyadya śrūyatāmṛṣisattama |
padmarāgamayaṃ śakro hema viśra vasassutaḥ || 30 ||
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pītaṃ maṇimayaṃ dharmo varuṇaśśyāmalaṃ śivam |
indranīlamayaṃ viṣṇurbrahmā hemamayaṃ tathā || 31 ||
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viśvedevāstathā raupyaṃ vasavaśca tathaiva ca |
ārakūṭamayaṃ vāpi pārthivaṃ hyaśvinau mune || 32 ||
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lakṣmīśca sphāṭikaṃ devī hyādityāstāmranirmitam |
mauktikaṃ somarājo vai vajraliṃgaṃ vibhāvasuḥ || 33 ||
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mṛṇmayaṃ caiva vipreṃdrā viprapatnyastathaiva ca |
cāṃdanaṃ ca mayo nāgāḥ pravālamayamādarāt || 34 ||
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navanītamayaṃ devī yogī bhasmamayaṃ tathā |
yakṣā dadhimayaṃ liṃgaṃ chāyā piṣṭamayaṃ tathā || 35 ||
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śivaliṃgaṃ ca brahmāṇī ratnaṃ pūjayati dhruvam |
pāradaṃ pārthivaṃ bāṇassamarcati pare'pi vā || 36 ||
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evaṃ vidhāni liṃgāni dattāni viśvakarmaṇā |
te pūjayaṃti sarve vai devā ṛṣigaṇā stathā || 37 ||
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viṣṇurdattvā ca liṃgāni devebhyo hitakāmyayā |
pūjāvidhiṃ samācaṣṭa brahmaṇe me pinākinaḥ || 38 ||
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tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya brahmāhaṃ devasattamaiḥ |
āgacchaṃ ca svakaṃ dhāma harṣanirbharamānasaḥ || 39 ||
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tatrāgatya ṛṣīnsarvāndevāṃścāhaṃ tathā mune |
śivapūjāvidhiṃ samyagabruvaṃ sakaleṣṭadam || 40 ||
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brahmovāca |
śrūyatāmṛṣayaḥ sarve sāmarāḥ prematatparāḥ |
śivapūjāvidhiṃ prītyā kathaye bhuktimuktidam || 41 ||
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mānuṣaṃ janma saṃprāpya durlabhaṃ sarvajaṃtuṣu |
tatrāpi satkule devā duṣprāpyaṃ ca munīśvarāḥ || 42 ||
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avyaṃgaṃ caiva vipreṣu sācāreṣu sapuṇyataḥ |
śivasaṃtoṣahetośca karmasvoktaṃ samācaret || 43 ||
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yadyajjātisamuddiṣṭaṃ tattatkarma na laṃghayet |
yāvaddānasya saṃpattistāvatkarma samāvahet || 44 ||
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karmayajñasahasrebhyastapoyajño viśiṣyate |
tapoyajñasahasrebhyo japayajño viśiṣyate || 45 ||
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dhyānayajñātparaṃ nāsti dhyānaṃ jñānasya sādhanam |
yatassamarasaṃ sveṣṭaṃ yāgī dhyānena paśyati || 46 ||
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dhyānayajñaratasyāsya sadā saṃnihitaśśivaḥ |
nāsti vijñānināṃ kiṃcitprāyaścittādiśodhanam || 47 ||
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viśuddhā vidyayā ye ca brahmanbrahmavido janāḥ |
nāsti kriyā ca teṣāṃ vai sukhaṃ dukhaṃ vicārataḥ || 48 ||
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dharmādharmau japo homo dhyānaṃ dhyānavidhistathā |
sarvadā nirvikārāste vidyayā ca tayāmarāḥ || 49 ||
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parānaṃdakaraṃ liṃgaṃ viśuddhaṃ śivamakṣaram |
niṣkalaṃ sarvagaṃ jñeyaṃ yogināṃ hṛdi saṃsthitam || 50 ||
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liṃgaṃ dvividhaṃ proktaṃ bāhyamābhyaṃtaraṃ dvijāḥ |
bāhyaṃ sthūlaṃ samuddiṣṭaṃ sūkṣmamābhyaṃtaraṃ matam || 51 ||
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karmayajñaratā ye ca sthūlaliṃgārcane ratāḥ |
asatāṃ bhāvanārthāya sūkṣmeṇa sthūlavigrahāḥ || 52 ||
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ādhyātmikaṃ yalliṃgaṃ pratyakṣaṃ yasya no bhavet |
sa talliṃge tathā sthūle kalpayecca na cānyathā || 53 ||
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jñānināṃ sūkṣmamamalaṃ bhāvātpratyakṣamavyayam |
yathā sthūlamayuktānāmutkṛṣṭādau prakalpitam || 54 ||
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aho vicārato nāsti hyanyattatvārthavādinaḥ |
niṣkalaṃ sakalaṃ citte sarvaṃ śivamayaṃ jagat || 55 ||
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evaṃ jñānavimuktānāṃ nāsti doṣa vikalpanā |
vidhiścaiva tathā nāsti vihitāvihite tathā || 56 ||
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yathā jaleṣu kamalaṃ salilairnāvalipyate |
tathā jñānī gṛhe tiṣṭhankarmaṇā nāvabadhyate || 57 ||
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iti jñānaṃ samutpannaṃ yāvannaiva narasya vai |
tāvacca karmaṇā devaṃ śivamārādhayennaraḥ || 58 ||
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pratyayārthaṃ ca jagatāmekastho'pi divākaraḥ |
eko'pi bahudhā dṛṣṭo jalādhārādivastuṣu || 59 ||
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dṛśyate śrūyate loke yadyatsadasadātmakam |
tattatsarvaṃ surā vitta paraṃ brahma śivātmakam || 60 ||
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bhedo jalānāṃ loke'sminpratibhāve vicārataḥ |
evamāhustathā cānye sarve vedārthatattvagāḥ || 61 ||
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hṛdi saṃsāriṇaḥ sākṣātsakalaḥ parameśvaraḥ |
iti vijñānayuktasya kiṃ tasya pratimādibhiḥ || 62 ||
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iti vijñānahīnasya pratimākalpanā śubhā |
padamuccaissamāroḍhuṃ puṃso hyālambanaṃ smṛtam || 63 ||
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ālambanaṃ vinā tasya padamuccaiḥ suduṣkaram |
nirguṇaprāptaye nṝṇāṃ pratimālambanaṃ smṛtam || 64 ||
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saguṇānirguṇā prāptirbhavatī suniścitam |
evaṃ ca sarvadevānāṃ pratimā pratyayāvahā || 65 ||
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devaścāyaṃ mahīyānvai tasyārthe pūjanaṃ tvidam |
gaṃdhacandanapuṣpādi kimarthaṃ pratimāṃ vinā || 66 ||
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tāvacca pratimā pūjya yāvadvijñānasaṃbhavaḥ |
jñānābhāvena pūjyeta patanaṃ tasya niścitam || 67 ||
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evasmātkāraṇādviprāḥ śrūyatāṃ paramārthataḥ |
svajātyuktaṃ tu yatkarma kartavyaṃ tatprayatnataḥ || 68 ||
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yatra yatra yathā bhaktiḥ kartavyaṃ pūjanādikam |
vinā pūjanadānādi pātakaṃ na ca dūrataḥ || 69 ||
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yāvacca pātakaṃ dehe tāvatsiddhirna jāyate |
gate ca pātake tasya sarvaṃ ca saphalaṃ bhavet || 70 ||
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tathā ca maline vastre raṃgaḥ śubhataro na hi |
kṣālane hi kṛte śuddhe sarvo raṃgaḥ prasajjate || 71 ||
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tathā ca nirmale dehe devānāṃ samyagarcayā |
jñānaraṃgaḥ prajāyeta tadā vijñānasaṃbhavaḥ || 72 ||
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vijñānasya ca sanmūlaṃ bhaktiravyabhicāriṇī |
jñānasyāpi ca sanmūlaṃ bhaktirevā'bhidhīyate || 73 ||
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bhaktermūlaṃ tu satkarma sveṣṭadevādipūjanam |
tanmūlaṃ sadguruḥ proktastanmūlaṃ saṃgatiḥ satām || 74 ||
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saṃgatyā gururāpyeta gurormaṃtrādi pūjanam |
pūjanājjāyate bhaktirbhaktyā jñānaṃ prajāyate || 74 ||
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vijñānaṃ jāyate jñānātparabrahmaprakāśakam |
vijñānaṃ ca yadā jātaṃ tadā bhedo nivartate || 76 ||
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bhede nivṛtte sakale dvaṃdvaduḥkhavihīnatā |
dvaṃdvaduḥkhavihīnastu śivarūpo bhavatyasau || 77 ||
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dvaṃdvāprāptau na jāyetāṃ sukhaduḥkhe vijānataḥ |
vihitāvihite tasya na syātāṃ ca surarṣayaḥ || 78 ||
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īdṛśo viralo loke gṛhāśramavivarjitaḥ |
yadi loke bhavatyasmindarśanātpāpahārakaḥ || 79 ||
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tīrthāni ślāghayaṃtīha tādṛśaṃ jñānavittamam |
devāśca munayassarve parabrahmātmakaṃ śivam || 80 ||
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tādṛśāni na tīrthāni na devā mṛcchilāmayāḥ |
te punaṃtyurukālena vijñānī darśanādapi || 81 ||
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yāvadgṛhāśrame tiṣṭhettāvadākārapūjanam |
kuryācchreṣṭhasya saprītyā sureṣu khalu paṃcasu || 82 ||
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athavā ca śivaḥ pūjyo mūlamekaṃ viśiṣyate |
mūle sikte tathā śākhāstṛptāssatyakhilāssurāḥ || 83 ||
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śākhāsu ca sutṛptāsu mūlaṃ tṛptaṃ na karhicit |
evaṃ sarveṣu tṛpteṣu sureṣu munisattamāḥ || 84 ||
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sarvathā śivatṛptirno vijñeyā sūkṣmabuddhibhiḥ |
śive ca pūjite devāḥ pūjitāssarva eva hi || 85 ||
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tasmācca pūjayeddevaṃ śaṃkaraṃ lokaśaṃkaram |
sarvakāmaphalāvāptyai sarvabhūtahite rataḥ || 86 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudra saṃhitāyāṃ prathamakhaṇḍe sṛṣṭyupākhyāne pūjāvidhivarṇane sārāsāravicāravarṇano nāma dvādaśo'dhyāyaḥ || 12 ||
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