Chapter 10

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parameśvara uvāca |
anyacchṛṇu hare viṣṇo śāsanaṃ mama suvrata |
sadā sarveṣu lokeṣu mānyaḥ pūjyo bhaviṣyasi || 1 ||
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brahmaṇā nirmite loke yadā dukhaṃ prajāyate |
tadā tvaṃ sarvaduḥkhānāṃ nāśāya tatparo bhava || 2 ||
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sahāyaṃ te kariṣyāmi sarvakārye ca dussahe |
tava śatrūnhaniṣyāmi dussādhyānparamotkaṭān || 3 ||
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vividhānavatārāṃśca gṛhītvā kīrtimuttamām |
vistāraya hare loke tāraṇāya paro bhava || 4 ||
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guṇarūpo hyayaṃ rudro hyanena vapuṣā sadā |
kāryaṃ kariṣye lokānāṃ tavāśakyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 5 ||
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rudradhyeyo bhavāṃścaiva bhavaddhyeyo harastathā |
yuvayorantarannaiva tava rudrasya kiṃcana || 6 ||
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vastutaścāpi caikatvaṃ varato'pi tathaiva ca |
līlayāpi mahāviṣṇo satyaṃ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 7 ||
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rudrabhakto naro yastu tava niṃdāṃ kariṣyati |
tasya puṇyaṃ ca nikhilaṃ drutaṃ bhasma bhaviṣyati || 8 ||
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narake patanaṃ tasya tvaddveṣātpuruṣottama |
madājñayā bhavedviṣṇo satyaṃ satyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ || 9 ||
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loke'sminmuktido nṝṇāṃ bhuktidaśca viśeṣataḥ |
dhyeyaḥ pūjyaśca bhaktānāṃ nigrahānugrahau kuru || 10 ||
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ityuktvā māṃ ca dhātāraṃ haste dhṛtvā svayaṃ harim |
kathayāmāsa duḥkheṣu sahāyo bhava sarvadā || 11 ||
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sarvādhyakṣaśca sarveṣu bhuktimuktipradāyakaḥ |
bhava tvaṃ sarvathā śreṣṭhassarvakāmaprasādhakaḥ || 12 ||
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sarveṣāṃ prāṇarūpaśca bhava tvaṃ ca mamājñayā |
saṃkaṭe bhajanīyo hi sa rudro mattanurhare || 13 ||
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tvāṃ yassamāśrito nūnaṃ māmeva sa samāśritaḥ |
aṃtaraṃ yaśca jānāti niraye patati dhruvam || 14 ||
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āyurbalaṃ śṛṇuṣvādya tridevānāṃ viśeṣataḥ |
saṃdeho'tra na karttavyo brahmaviṣṇu harātmanām || 15 ||
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caturyugasahasrāṇi brahmaṇo dinamucyate |
rātriśca tāvatī tasya mānametatkrameṇa ha || 16 ||
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teṣāṃ triṃśaddinermāso dvādaśaistaiśca vatsaraḥ |
śatavarṣapramāṇena brahmāyuḥ parikīrtitam || 17 ||
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brahmaṇo varṣamātreṇa dinaṃ vaiṣṇavamucyate |
so'pi varṣaśataṃ yāvadātmamānena jīvati || 18 ||
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vaiṣṇavena tu varṣeṇa dinaṃ raudraṃ bhaveddhruvam |
haro varṣaśate yāte nararūpeṇa saṃsthitaḥ || 19 ||
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yāvaducchvasitaṃ vaktre sadāśivasamudbhavam |
paścācchaktiṃ samabhyeti yāvanniśvasitaṃ bhavet || 20 ||
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niḥśvāsocchvasitānāṃ ca sarveṣāmeva dehinām |
brahmaviṣṇuharāṇāṃ ca gaṃdharvoragarakṣasām || 21 ||
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ekaviṃśasahasrāṇi śataiḥ ṣaḍbhiśśatāni ca |
ahorātrāṇi coktāni pramāṇaṃ surasattamau || 22 ||
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ṣaḍbhicchavāsaniśvāsaiḥ palamekaṃ pravartitam |
ghaṭī ṣaṣṭi palāḥ proktā sā ṣaṣṭyā ca dinaṃ niśā || 23 ||
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niśvāsocchvāsitānāṃ ca parisaṃkhyā na vidyate |
sadāśivasamutthānametasmātso'kṣayaḥ smṛtaḥ || 24 ||
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itthaṃ rūpaṃ tvayā tāvadrakṣaṇīyaṃ mamājñayā |
tāvatsṛṣṭeśca kāryaṃ vai kartavyaṃ vividhairguṇaiḥ || 25 ||
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brahmovāca |
ityākarṇya vacaśśaṃbhormayā ca bhagavānhariḥ |
praṇipatya ca viśveśaṃ prāha maṃdataraṃ vaśī || 26 ||
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viṣṇuruvāca |
śaṃkara śrūyatāmetatkṛpāsiṃdho jagatpate |
sarvametatkariṣyāmi bhavadājñāvaśānugaḥ || 27 ||
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mama dhyeyassadā tvaṃ ca bhaviṣyasi na cānyathā |
bhavatassarvasāmarthyaṃ labdhaṃ caiva purā mayā || 28 ||
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kṣaṇamātramapi svāmiṃstava dhyānaṃ paraṃ mama |
cetaso dūrato naiva nirgacchatu kadācana || 29 ||
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mama bhaktaśca yaḥ svāmiṃstava niṃdā kariṣyati |
tasya vai niraye vāsaṃ prayaccha niyataṃ dhruvam || 30 ||
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tvadbhakto yo bhavetsvāminmama priyataro hi saḥ |
evaṃ vai yo vijānāti tasya muktirna durlabhā || 31 ||
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mahimā ca madīyodya varddhito bhavatā dhruvam |
kadācidaguṇaścaiva jāyate kṣamyatāmiti || 32 ||
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brahmovāca |
tadā śaṃbhustadīyaṃ hi śrutvā vacanamuttamam |
uvāca viṣṇuṃ suprītyā kṣamyā te'guṇatā mayā || 33 ||
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evamuktvā hariṃ nau sa karābhyāṃ parameśvaraḥ |
pasparśa sakalāṃgeṣu kṛpayā tu kṛpānidhiḥ || 34 ||
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ādiśya vividhāndharmānsarvaduḥkhaharo haraḥ |
dadau varānanekāṃścāvayorhitacikīrṣayā || 35 ||
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tatassa bhagavāñchaṃbhuḥ kṛpayā bhaktavatsalaḥ |
dṛṣṭayā saṃpaśyato śīghraṃ tatraivāṃtaradhīyataḥ || 36 ||
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tadā prakṛti loke'smiṃlliṃgapūjāvidhiḥ smṛtaḥ |
liṃge pratiṣṭhitaśśaṃbhurbhuktimuktipradāyakaḥ || 37 ||
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liṃgavedirmahādevī liṃgaṃ sākṣānmaheśvaraḥ |
layanālliṃgamityuktaṃ tatraiva nikhilaṃ jagat || 38 ||
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yastu laiṃgaṃ paṭhennityamākhyānaṃ liṃgasannidhau |
ṣaṇmāsācchivarūpo vai nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 39 ||
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yastu liṃgasamīpe tu kāryaṃ kiṃcitkaroti ca |
tasya puṇyaphalaṃ vaktuṃ na śaknomi mahāmune || 40 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe dvitīyāyāṃ rudrasaṃhitāyāṃ prathamakhaṃḍe sṛṣṭyupākhyāne parama śivatattvavarṇanaṃ nāma daśamo'dhyāyaḥ || 10 ||
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