Chapter 43

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sūta uvāca |
śrūyatāmṛṣayaḥ sarve śivajñānaṃ yathā śrutam |
kathayāmi mahāguhyaṃ para muktisvarūpakam || 1 ||
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kanāradakumārāṇāṃ vyāsasya kapilasya ca |
eteṣāṃ ca samāje tairniścitya samudāhṛtam || 2 ||
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iti jñānaṃ sadā jñeyaṃ sarvaṃ śivamayaṃ jagat |
śivaḥ sarvamayo jñeyassarvajñena vipaścitā || 3 ||
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ābrahmatṛṇaparyantaṃ yatkiṃciddṛśyate jagat |
tatsarvaṃ śiva evāsti sa devaḥ śiva ucyate || 4 ||
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yadecchā tasya jāyeta tadā ca kriyate tvidam |
sarvaṃ sa eva jānāti taṃ na jānāti kaścana || 5 ||
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racayitvā svayaṃ tacca praviśya dūrataḥ sthitaḥ |
na tatra ca praviṣṭosau nirliptaścitsvarūpavān || 6 ||
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yathā ca jyotiṣaścaiva jalādau pratibiṃbatā |
vastuto na praveśo vai tathaiva ca śivaḥ svayam || 7 ||
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vastutastu svayaṃ sarvaṃ kramo hi bhāsate śubhaḥ |
ajñānaṃ ca materbhedo nāstyanyacca dvayampunaḥ || 8 ||
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darśaneṣu ca sarveṣu matibhedaḥ pradarśyate |
paraṃ vedāntino nityamadvaitaṃ praticakṣate || 9 ||
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svasyāpyaṃśasya jīvāṃśo hyavidyāmohito vaśaḥ |
anyo'hamiti jānāti tayā mukto bhavecchivaḥ || 10 ||
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sarvaṃ vyāpya śivaḥ sākṣād vyāpakaḥ sarvajantuṣu |
cetanācetaneśopi sarvatra śaṃkarassvayam || 11 ||
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upāyaṃ yaḥ karotyasya darśanārthaṃ vicakṣaṇaḥ |
vedāntamārgamāśritya taddarśanaphalaṃ labhet || 12 ||
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yathāgnirvyāpakaścaiva kāṣṭhekāṣṭhe ca tiṣṭhati |
yo vai maṃthati tatkāṣṭhaṃ sa vai paśyatyasaṃśayam || 13 ||
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bhaktyādisādhanānīha yaḥ karoti vicakṣaṇaḥ |
sa vai paśyatyavaśyaṃ hi taṃ śivaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ || 14 ||
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śivaḥśivaḥśivaścaiva nānyadastīti kiṃcana |
bhrāntyā nānāsvarūpo hi bhāsate śaṅkarassadā || 15 ||
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yathā samudro mṛccaiva suvarṇamathavā punaḥ |
upādhito hi nānātvaṃ labhate śaṃkarastathā || 16 ||
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kāryakāraṇayorbhedo vastuto na pravartate |
kevalaṃ bhrāntibuddhyaiva tadābhāve sa naśyati || 17 ||
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tadā bījātprarohaśca nānātvaṃ hi prakāśayet |
ante ca bījameva syāttatprarohaśca naśyati || 18 ||
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jñānī ca bījameva syātpraroho vikṛtīrmatā |
tannivṛttau punarjñānī nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 19 ||
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sarvaṃ śivaḥ śivaṃ sarvaṃ nāsti bhedaśca kaścana |
kathaṃ ca vividhaṃ paśyatyekatvaṃ ca kathaṃ punaḥ || 20 ||
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yathaikaṃ caiva sūryākhyaṃ jyotirnānāvidhaṃ janaiḥ |
jalādau ca viśeṣeṇa dṛśyate tattathaiva saḥ || 21 ||
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sarvatra vyāpakaścaiva sparśatvaṃ na vibadhyate |
tathaiva vyāpako devo badhyate na kvacitsa vai || 22 ||
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sāhaṃkārastathā jīvastanmuktaḥ śaṃkaraḥ svayam |
jīvastucchaḥ karmabhogo nirliptaḥ śaṃkaro mahān || 23 ||
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yathaikaṃ ca suvarṇādi militaṃ rajatādinā || 4 ||
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alpamūlyaṃ prajāyeta tathā jīvo'pyahaṃyutaḥ || 24 ||
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yathaiva hi survaṇādi kṣārādeḥ śodhitaṃ śubham |
pūrvavanmūlyatāṃ yāti tathā jīvo'pi saṃskṛteḥ || 25 ||
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prathamaṃ sadguruṃ prāpya bhaktibhāva samanvitaḥ |
śivabuddhyā karotyuccaiḥ pūjanaṃ smaraṇādikam || 26 ||
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tadbudhyā dehato yāti sarvapāpādiko malaḥ |
tadā'jñānaṃ ca naśyeta jñānavāñjāyate yadā || 27 ||
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tadāhaṃkāranirmukto jīvo nirmalabuddhimān |
śaṅkarasya prasādena prayāti śaṅkaratāmpunaḥ || 28 ||
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yathā''darśasvarūpe ca svīyarūpaṃ pradṛśyate |
tathā sarvatragaṃ śambhu paśyatīti suniścitam || 29 ||
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jīvanmuktasya evāsau dehaḥ śīrṇa śive milet |
prārabdhavaśago dehastadbhinno jñānavān mataḥ || 30 ||
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śubhaṃ labdhvā na hṛṣyeta kupyellabdhvā'śubhaṃ na hi |
dvaṃdveṣu samatā yasya jñānavānucyate hi saḥ || 31 ||
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ātmayogena tattvānāmathavā ca vivekataḥ |
yathā śarīrato yāyāccharīraṃ muktimicchataḥ || 32 ||
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sadāśivo vilīyeta mukto virahameva ca |
jñānamūlantathādhyātmyaṃ tasya bhaktiśśivasya ca || 33 ||
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bhakteśca prema saṃproktaṃ premṇaśca śravaṇantathā |
śravaṇāccāpi satsaṃgassatsaṃgācca gururbudhaḥ || 34 ||
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sampanne ca tathā jñāne mukto bhavati niścitam |
iti cejjñānavānyo vai śaṃbhumeva sadā bhajet || 35 ||
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ananyayā ca bhaktyā vai yuktaḥ śambhuṃ bhajetpunaḥ |
ante ca muktimāyāti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā || 36 ||
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ato'dhiko na devo'sti muktiprāptyai ca śaṃkarāt |
śaraṇaṃ prāpya yaścaiva saṃsārādvinivartate || 37 ||
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iti me vividhaṃ vākyamṛṣīṇāṃ ca samāgataiḥ |
niścitya kathitaṃ viprā dhiyā dhāryaṃ prayatnataḥ || 38 ||
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prathamaṃ viṣṇave dattaṃ śaṃbhunā liṃgasanmukhe |
viṣṇunā brahmaṇe dattaṃ brahmaṇā sanakādiṣu || 39 ||
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nāradāya tataḥ proktaṃ tajjñānaṃ sanakādibhiḥ |
vyāsāya nāradenoktaṃ tena mahyaṃ kṛpālunā || 40 ||
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mayā caiva bhavadbhyaśca bhavadbhirlokahetave |
sthāpanīyaṃ prayatnena śivaprāptikaraṃ ca tat || 41 ||
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iti vaśca samākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭo'haṃ munīśvarāḥ |
gopanīyaṃ prayatnena kimanyacchrotumicchatha || 42 ||
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vyāsa uvāca |
etacchutvā tu ṛṣaya ānandaṃ paramaṃ gatāḥ |
harṣagadgadayā vācā natvā te tuṣṭuvurmuhuḥ || 43 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
vyāsaśiṣya namaste'stu dhanyastvaṃ śaivasattamaḥ |
śrāvitaṃ naḥ paraṃ vastu śaivaṃ jñānamanuttamam || 44 ||
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asmākaṃ cetaso bhrāntirgatā hi kṛpayā tava |
santuṣṭāśśivasajjñānaṃ prāpya tvatto vimuktidam || 45 ||
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sūta uvāca |
nāstikāya na vaktavyamaśraddhāya śaṭhāya ca |
abhaktāya maheśasya na cāśuśruṣave dvijāḥ || 46 ||
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itihāsapurāṇāni vedācchāstrāṇi cāsakṛt |
vicāryyoddhṛtya tatsāraṃ mahyaṃ vyāsena bhāṣitam || 47 ||
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etacchrutvā hyekavāraṃ bhavetpāpaṃ hi bhasmasāt |
abhakto bhaktimāpnoti bhaktasya bhaktivarddhanam || 48 ||
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punaśśrute ca sadbhaktirmuktissyācca śrute punaḥ |
tasmātpunaḥpunaśśrāvyaṃ bhuktimuktiphalepsubhiḥ || 49 ||
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āvṛttayaḥ paṃca kāryāḥ samuddiśya phalaṃ param |
tatprāpnoti na sandeho vyāsasya vacanaṃ tvidam || 50 ||
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na durlabhaṃ hi tasyaiva yenedaṃ śrutamuttamam |
paṃcakṛtvastadāvṛttyā labhyate śivadarśanam || 51 ||
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purātanāśca rājāno viprā vaiśyāśca sattamāḥ |
idaṃ śrutvā paṃcakṛtvo dhiyā siddhiṃ parāṃ gatāḥ || 52 ||
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śroṣyatyadyāpi yaścedaṃ mānavo bhaktitatparaḥ |
vijñānaṃ śivasaṃjñaṃ vai bhuktiṃ muktiṃ labhecca saḥ || 53 ||
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|| vyāsa uvāca |
iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā paramānandamāgatāḥ |
samānarcuśca te bhūtaṃ nānāvastubhirādarāta || 54 ||
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namaskāraiḥ stavaiścaiva svastivācanapūrvakam |
āśīrbhirvarddhayāmāsuḥ saṃtuṣṭāśchinnasaṃśayāḥ || 55 ||
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parasparaṃ ca saṃtuṣṭāḥ sūtaste ca subuddhayaḥ |
śaṃbhuṃ devaṃ paraṃ matvā namaṃti sma bhajaṃti ca || 56 ||
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etacchivasuvijñānaṃ śivasyātipriyaṃ mahat |
bhuktimuktipradaṃ divyaṃ śivabhaktivivarddhanam || 57 ||
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iyaṃ hi saṃhitā puṇyā koṭirudrāhvayā parā |
caturthī śiva purāṇasya kathitā me mudāvahā || 58 ||
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etāṃ yaḥ śṛṇuyādbhaktyā śrāvayedvā samāhitaḥ |
sa bhuktvehākhilānbhogānaṃte paragatiṃ labhet || 59 ||
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iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe caturviṃśatisāhasryāṃ vaiyāsikyāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ tadantargatāyāṃ caturthyāṃ koṭirudrasaṃhitāyāṃ jñānanirūpaṇaṃ nāma tricatvāriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ || 43 ||
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