Chapter 6

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devyuvāca |
atyadbhutaṃ mahādeva māhātmyaṃ kathitaṃ mama |
apūrvaṃ devadeveśa kadācinna śrutaṃ mayā || 1 ||
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brahmāṃḍe yāni liṃgāni kīrtitāni tvayā mama |
teṣāṃ prabhāvenādhikyaṃ someśe tatkathaṃ vada || 2 ||
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kiṃ prabhāvo mahādeva kṣetrasya ca sureśvara |
tanme brūhi sureśāna yāthātathyaṃ mamāgrataḥ || 3 ||
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īśvara uvāca |
ataḥ paraṃ pravakṣyāmi rahasyaṃ paramaṃ tava |
prabhāsakṣetramāhātmyaṃ someśasya varānane || 4 ||
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tīrthānāṃ paramaṃ tīrthaṃ vratānāṃ paramaṃ vratam |
jāpyānāṃ paramaṃ jāpyaṃ dhyānānāṃ dhyānamuttamam || 5 ||
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yogānāṃ paramo yogo rahasyaṃ paramaṃ mahat |
tattehaṃ saṃpravakṣyāmi śṛṇu hyekamanā priye || 6 ||
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someśaṃ paramaṃ sthānaṃ paṃcavaktrasamanvitam |
etalliṃgaṃ na muṃcāmi satyaṃsatyaṃ mayoditam || 7 ||
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yacca tatparamaṃ devi dhruvamakṣayamavyayam |
someśaṃ tadvijānīhi mā vikalpamanā bhava || 8 ||
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nirbhayaṃ nirmalaṃ nityaṃ nirapekṣaṃ nirāśrayam |
niraṃjanaṃ niṣprapaṃcaṃ niḥsaṃgaṃ nirupadravam || 9 ||
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talliṃgamiti jānīhi prabhāse saṃvyavasthitam |
apavargamavijñeyaṃ manoramyamanāmayam || 10 ||
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nityaṃ ca kāraṇaṃ devaṃ makhaghnaṃ sarvatomukham |
śivaṃ sarvātmakaṃ sūkṣmamanādyaṃ yacca daivatam || 11 ||
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ātmopalabdhivijñeyaṃ cittaciṃtāvivarjitam |
gamāgamavinirmuktaṃ bahiraṃtaśca kevalam || 12 ||
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ātmopalabdhiviṣayaṃ stutigocaravarjitam |
niṣkalaṃ vimalātmānaṃ prakaṭaṃ jñānadīpakam || 13 ||
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talliṃgamiti jānīhi prabhāse surasuṃdari |
nirāvakāśarahitaṃ śabdaṃ śabdāṃtagocaram || 14 ||
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niṣkalaṃ vimalaṃ devaṃ devadevaṃ surātmakam |
hetupramāṇarahitaṃ kalpanābhāvavarjitam || 15 ||
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cittāvalokaviṣayaṃ bahiraṃtarasaṃsthitam |
prabhāse taṃ vijānīhi praṇavaṃ liṃgarūpiṇam || 16 ||
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aniṣpaṃdaṃ mahātmānaṃ nirānaṃdāvalokanam |
lokāvalokamārgasthaṃ viśuddhajñānakevalam || 17 ||
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vidyāviśeṣamārgasthamanekākārasaṃjñitam |
svabhāvabhāvanāgrāhyaṃ bhāvātītamalakṣaṇam || 18 ||
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vākprapaṃcādirahitaṃ niṣprapañcātmakaṃ śivam |
jñānajñeyāvalokasthaṃ hetvābhāsavivarjitam || 19 ||
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anāhataṃ śabdagataṃ śabdādigaṇasaṃbhavam |
evaṃ someśvaraṃ viddhi prabhāse liṃgarūpiṇam || 20 ||
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śabdabrahmagataṃ śāntaṃ sa śabdāṃtagamāspadam |
sarvātirikta viṣayaṃ sarvadhyānapade sthitam || 21 ||
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anādimacyutaṃ divyaṃ pramāṇātīta gocaram |
adhaścordhvaṃ gataṃ nityaṃ jīvākhyaṃ dehasaṃsthitam || 22 ||
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hṛdādidvādaśāṃtasthaṃ prāṇāpānodayāstagam |
agrāhyamindriyātmānaṃ niṣkalaṃkātmakaṃ vibhum || 23 ||
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svarādivyaṃjanātītaṃ varṇādiparivarjitam |
vācāmavācyaviṣayamahaṃkārārddharūpiṇam || 24 ||
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apratarkyamanuccāryaṃ kalanākālavarjitam |
niḥśabdaṃ niścalaṃ saumyaṃ dehātītaṃ parātparam || 25 ||
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bhūtāvagraharahitaṃ bhāvābhāvavivarjitam |
avijñeyaṃ paraṃ sūkṣmaṃ pañcapañcādisaṃbhavam || 26 ||
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aprameyamanaṃtākhyamakṣayaṃ kāmarūpiṇam |
prabhavaṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ bījāṃkurasamudbhavam || 27 ||
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vyāpakaṃ sarvakāmākhyamakṣaraṃ paramaṃ mahat |
sthūlasūkṣmavibhāgasthaṃ vyaktāvyaktaṃ sanātanam || 28 ||
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kalpakalpāntarahitamanādinidhanaṃ mahat |
mahābhūtaṃ mahākāyaṃ śivaṃ nirvāṇabhairavam || 29 ||
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evaṃ sadāśivaṃ viddhi prabhāse liṃgarūpiṇam |
yogakriyā vinirmuktaṃ mṛtyuṃjayamanādimat || 30 ||
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sarvopasargarahitaṃ sarvatovyāpakaṃ śivam |
avyaktaṃ parato nityaṃ kevalaṃ dvaitavarjitam || 31 ||
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ananyatejasākrāṃtaṃ prabhāsakṣetravāsinam |
bhūrisvayaṃprabhaprakhyaṃ sarvatejo'dhikaṃ haram || 32 ||
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śaraṇyaṃdevamīśānamoṃkāraṃ śivarūpiṇam |
devadevaṃ mahādevaṃ paṃcavaktraṃ vṛṣadhvajam || 33 ||
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nirmalaṃ mānasātītaṃ bhāvagrāhyamanūpamam |
sadā śāṃtaṃ virūpākṣaṃ śūlahastaṃ jaṭādharam || 34 ||
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hṛtpadmakośamadhyasthaṃ śūnyarūpaṃ nirañjanam |
evaṃ sadāśivaṃ viddhi prabhāse liṅgarūpiṇam || 35 ||
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yo'sau parātparo devo haṃsākhyaḥ parikīrtitaḥ |
nādākhyaḥ suvrate devi so'sminsthāne sthitaḥ svayam || 36 ||
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etadādisvarūpaṃ ca mayā yogabalena tu |
vijñātaṃ devi gaditaṃ divyamātmānamātmanā || 37 ||
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ṛgvedasthastu pūrvāhṇe madhyāhne yajuṣi sthitaḥ |
aparāhṇe tu sāmastho hyatharvastho niśāgame || 38 ||
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vedāhametaṃ puruṣaṃ mahāṃtamādityavarṇaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt |
tameva viditvā na bhavettu mṛtyurnānyaḥ paṃthā vidyate vai janānām || 39 ||
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itīritaste tu mahāprabhāvaḥ someśaliṃgasya kṛtaikadeśaḥ |
vṛtaṃ na cābdairbahubhiḥ sahasrairvaktuṃ ca kenāpi mukhairna śakyam || 40 ||
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brāhmaṇaḥ kṣatriyo vaiśyaḥ śūdro'pīdaṃ paṭhedyadi |
nirmuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyaḥ sarvānkāmānavāpnuyāt || 41 ||
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iti śrīskāṃde mahāpurāṇa ekāśītisāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ saptame prabhāsakhaṇḍe prathame prabhāsakṣetramāhātmye śrīsomeśvaramahimavarṇanaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ || 6 ||
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