Chapter 1

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vyāsa uvāca |
namaśśivāya somāya sagaṇāya sasūnave |
pradhānapuruṣeśāya sargasthityaṃtahetave || 1 ||
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śaktirapratimā yasya hyaiśvaryaṃ cāpi sarvagam |
svāmitvaṃ ca vibhutvaṃ ca svabhāvaṃ saṃpracakṣate || 2 ||
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tamajaṃ viśvakarmāṇaṃ śāśvataṃ śivamavyayam |
mahādevaṃ mahātmānaṃ vrajāmi śaraṇaṃ śivam || 3 ||
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dharmakṣetre mahātīrthe gaṃgākāliṃdisaṃgame |
prayāge naimiṣāraṇye brahmalokasya vartmani || 4 ||
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munayaśśaṃsitātmānaḥ satyavrataparāyaṇāḥ |
mahaujaso mahābhāgā mahāsatraṃ vitenire || 5 ||
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tatra satraṃ samākarṇya teṣāmakliṣṭakarmaṇām |
sākṣātsatyavatīsūnorvedavyāsasya dhīmataḥ || 6 ||
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śiṣyo mahātmā medhāvī triṣu lokeṣu viśrutaḥ |
pañcāvayavayuktasya vākyasya guṇadoṣavit || 7 ||
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uttarottaravaktā ca bruvato 'pi bṛhaspateḥ |
madhuraḥ śravaṇānāṃ ca manojñapadaparvaṇām || 8 ||
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kathānāṃ nipuṇo vaktā kālavinnayavitkaviḥ |
ājagāma sa taṃ deśaṃ sūtaḥ paurāṇikottamaḥ || 9 ||
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taṃ dṛṣṭvā sūtamāyāṃtaṃ munayo hṛṣṭamānasāḥ |
tasmai sāma ca pūjāṃ ca yathāvatpratyapādayan || 10 ||
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pratigṛhya satāṃ pūjāṃ munibhiḥ pratipāditām |
uddiṣṭamānasaṃ bheje niyukto yuktamātmanaḥ || 11 ||
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tatastatsaṃgamādeva munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām |
sotkaṃṭhamabhavaccitaṃ śrotuṃ paurāṇikīṃ kathām || 12 ||
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tadā tamanukūlābhirvāgbhiḥ pūjya 1 maharṣayaḥ |
atīvābhimukhaṃ kṛtvā vacanaṃ cedamabruvan || 13 ||
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ṛṣaya ūcuḥ |
romaharṣaṇa sarvajña bhavānno bhāgyagauravāt |
saṃprāptodya mahābhāga śaivarāja mahāmate || 14 ||
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purāṇavidyāmakhilāṃ vyāsātpratyakṣamīyivān |
tasmādāścaryabhūtānāṃ kathānāṃ tvaṃ hi bhājanam || 15 ||
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ratnānāmurusārāṇāṃ ratnākara ivārṇavaḥ |
yacca bhūtaṃ yacca bhavyaṃ yaccānyadvastu vartate || 16 ||
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na tavāviditaṃ kiñcittriṣu lokeṣu vidyate |
tvamadṛṣṭavaśādasmaddarśanārthamihāgataḥ || 17 ||
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akurvankimapi śreyo na vṛthā gantumarhasi |
tasmācchrāvyataraṃ puṇyaṃ satkathājñānasaṃhitam || 17 ||
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vedāṃtasārasarvasvaṃ purāṇaṃ śrāvayāśu naḥ |
evamabhyarthitassūto munibhirvedavādibhiḥ || 18 ||
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ślakṣṇāṃ ca nyāyasaṃyuktāṃ pratyuvāca śubhāṃ giram |
sūta uvāca |
pūjito 'nugṛhītaśca bhavadbhiriti coditaḥ || 19 ||
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kasmātsamyaṅna vibrūyāṃ purāṇamṛṣipūjitam |
abhivaṃdya mahādevaṃ devīṃ skaṃdaṃ vināyakam || 20 ||
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naṃdinaṃ ca tathā vyāsaṃ sākṣātsatyavatīsutam |
vakṣyāmi paramaṃ puṇyaṃ purāṇaṃ vedasaṃmitam || 21 ||
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śivajñānārṇavaṃ sākṣādbhaktimuktiphalapradam |
śabdārthanyāyasaṃyuktai rāgamārthairvibhūṣitam || 22 ||
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śvetakalpaprasaṃgena vāyunā kathitaṃ purā |
vidyāsthānāni sarvāṇi purāṇānukramaṃ tathā || 23 ||
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tatpurāṇasya cotpattiṃ bruvato me nibodhata |
aṃgāni vedāścatvāro mīmāṃsānyāyavistaraḥ || 24 ||
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purāṇaṃ dharmaśāstraṃ ca vidyāścetāścaturdaśa |
āyurvedo dhanurvedo gāṃdharvaścetyanukramāt || 25 ||
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arthaśāstraṃ paraṃ tasmādvidyā hyaṣṭādaśa smṛtāḥ |
aṣṭādaśānāṃ vidyānāmetāsāṃ bhinnavartmanām || 26 ||
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ādikartā kavissākṣācchūlapāṇiriti śrutiḥ |
sa hi sarvajagannāthaḥ sisṛkṣurakhilaṃ jagat || 27 ||
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brahmāṇaṃ vidadhe sākṣātputramagre sanātanam |
tasmai prathamaputrāya brahmaṇe viśvayonaye || 28 ||
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vidyāścemā dadau pūrvaṃ viśvasṛṣṭyarthamīśvaraḥ |
pālanāya hariṃ devaṃ rakṣāśaktiṃ dadau tataḥ || 29 ||
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madhyamaṃ tanayaṃ viṣṇuṃ pātāraṃ brahmaṇo 'pi hi |
labdhavidyena vidhinā prajāsṛṣṭiṃ vitanvatā || 30 ||
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prathamaṃ sarvaśāstrāṇāṃ purāṇaṃ brahmaṇā smṛtam |
anaṃtaraṃ tu vaktrebhyo vedāstasya vinirgatāḥ || 31 ||
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pravṛttissarvaśāstrāṇāṃ tanmukhādabhavattataḥ |
yadāsya vistaraṃ śaktā nādhigaṃtuṃ prajā bhuvi || 32 ||
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tadā vidyāsamāsārthaṃ viśveśvaraniyogataḥ |
dvāparāṃteṣu viśvātmā viṣṇurviśvaṃbharaḥ prabhuḥ || 33 ||
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vyāsanāmnā caratyasminnavatīrya mahītale |
evaṃ vyastāśca vedāśca dvāparedvāpare dvijāḥ || 34 ||
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nirmitāni purāṇāni anyāni ca tataḥ param |
sa punardvāpare cāsminkṛṣṇadvaipāyanākhyayā || 35 ||
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araṇyāmiva havyāśī satyavatyāmajāyata |
saṃkṣipya sa punarvedāṃścaturdhā kṛtavānmuniḥ || 36 ||
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vyastavedatayā loke vedavyāsa iti śrutaḥ |
purāṇānāñca saṃkṣiptaṃ caturlakṣapramāṇataḥ || 37 ||
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adyāpi devaloke tacchatakoṭipravistaram |
yo vidyāccaturo vedān sāṃgopaṇiṣadāndvijaḥ || 38 ||
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na cetpurāṇaṃ saṃvidyānnaiva sa syādvicakṣaṇaḥ |
itihāsapurāṇābhyāṃ vedaṃ samupabṛṃhayet || 39 ||
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bibhetyalpaśrutādvedo māmayaṃ pratariṣyati |
sargaśca pratisargaśca vaṃśo manvaṃtarāṇi ca || 40 ||
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vaṃśānucaritaṃ caiva purāṇaṃ pañcalakṣaṇam |
daśadhā cāṣṭadhā caitatpurāṇamupadiśyate || 41 ||
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bṛhatsūkṣmaprabhedena munibhistattvavittamaiḥ |
brāhmaṃ pādmaṃ vaiṣṇavaṃ ca śaivaṃ bhāgavataṃ tathā || 42 ||
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bhaviṣyaṃ nāradīyaṃ ca mārkaṃḍeyamataḥ param |
āgneyaṃ brahmavaivartaṃ laiṃgaṃ vārāhameva ca || 43 ||
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skāndaṃ ca vāmanaṃ caiva kaurmyaṃ mātsyaṃ ca gāruḍam |
brahmāṃḍaṃ ceti puṇyo 'yaṃ purāṇānāmanukramaḥ || 44 ||
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tatra śaivaṃ turīyaṃ yacchārvaṃ sarvārthasādhakam |
graṃtho lakṣapramāṇaṃ tadvyastaṃ dvādaśasaṃhitam || 45 ||
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nirmitaṃ tacchivenaiva tatra dharmaḥ pratiṣṭhitaḥ |
taduktenaiva dharmeṇa śaivāstraivarṇikā narāḥ || 46 ||
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tasmādvimukutimanvicchañcchivameva samāśrayet |
tamāśrityaiva devānāmapi muktirna cānyathā || 47 ||
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yadidaṃ śaivamākhyātaṃ purāṇaṃ vedasaṃmitam |
tasya bhedānsamāsena bruvato me nibodhata || 49 ||
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vidyeśvaraṃ tathā raudraṃ vaināyakamanuttamam |
aumaṃ mātṛpurāṇaṃ ca rudraikādaśakaṃ tathā || 50 ||
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kailāsaṃ śatarudraṃ ca śatarudrākhyameva ca |
sahasrakoṭirudrākhyaṃ vāyavīyaṃ tataḥparam || 51 ||
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dharmasaṃjñaṃ purāṇaṃ cetyevaṃ dvādaśa saṃhitāḥ |
vidyeśaṃ daśasāhasramuditaṃ graṃthasaṃkhyayā || 52 ||
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raudraṃ vaināyakaṃ caumaṃ mātṛkākhyaṃ tataḥ param |
pratyekamaṣṭasāhasraṃ trayodaśasahasrakam || 53 ||
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raudrakādaśakākhyaṃ yatkailāsaṃ ṣaṭsahasrakam |
śatarudraṃ trisāhasraṃ koṭirudraṃ tataḥ param || 54 ||
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sahasrairnavabhiryuktaṃ sarvārthajñānasaṃyutam |
sahasrakoṭirudrākhyamekādaśasahasrakam || 55 ||
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catussahasrasaṃkhyeyaṃ vāyavīyamanuttamam |
dharmasaṃjñaṃ purāṇaṃ yattaddvādaśasahasrakam || 56 ||
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tadevaṃ lakṣamuddiṣṭaṃ śaivaṃ śākhāvibhedataḥ |
purāṇaṃ vedasāraṃ tadbhuktimuktiphalapradam || 57 ||
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vyāsena tattu saṃkṣiptaṃ caturviṃśatsahasrakam |
śaivantatra purāṇaṃ vai caturthaṃ saptasaṃhitam || 58 ||
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vidyeśvarākhyā tatrādyā dvitīyā rudrasaṃhitā |
tṛtīyā śatarudrākhyā koṭirudrā caturthikā || 59 ||
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pañcamī kathitā comā ṣaṣṭhī kailāsasaṃhitā |
saptamī vāyavīyākhyā saptaivaṃ saṃhitā iha || 60 ||
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vidyeśvaraṃ dvisāhasraṃ raudraṃ pañcaśatāyutam |
triṃśattathā dvisāhasraṃ sārdhaikaśatamīritam || 61 ||
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śatarudrantathā koṭirudraṃ vyomayugādhikam |
dvisāhasraṃ ca dviśataṃ tathomaṃ bhūsahasrakam || 62 ||
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catvāriṃśatsāṣṭaśataṃ kailāsaṃ bhūsahasrakam |
catvāriṃśacca dviśataṃ vāyavīyamataḥ param || 63 ||
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catussāhasrasaṃkhyākamevaṃ saṃkhyāvibhedataḥ |
śrutamparamapuṇyantu purāṇaṃ śivasaṃjñakam || 64 ||
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catuḥsāhasrakaṃ yattu vāyavīyamudīritam |
tadidaṃ vartayiṣyāmi bhāgadvayasamanvitam || 65 ||
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nāvedaviduṣe vācyamidaṃ śāstramanuttamam |
na caivāśraddhadhānāya nāpurāṇavide tathā || 66 ||
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parīkṣitāya śiṣyāya dhārmikāyānasūyave |
pradeyaṃ śivabhaktāya śivadharmānusāriṇe || 67 ||
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purāṇasaṃhitā yasya prasādānmayi vartate |
namo bhagavate tasmai vyāsāyāmitatejase || 68 ||
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