Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 1.30

iti śrī brahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte pūrvabhāge dvitīye 'nuṣaṅgapāde saṃkhyāvartto nāmaikonatriśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ
śāṃśāpāyaniruvāca
kathaṃ tretāyugamukhe yajñasya syātpravarttanam /
pūrvaṃ svāyaṃbhuve sarge yathāvattacca brūhi me

antarhitāyāṃ saṃdhyāyāṃ sārddhaṃ kṛtayugena vai /
kālākhyāyāṃ pravṛttāyāṃ prāpte tretāyuge tadā

auṣadhīṣu ca jātāsu pravṛtte vṛṣṭisarjane /
pratiṣṭhitāyāṃ vārttāyāṃ gṛhāśramapare punaḥ

varṇāśramavyavasthānaṃ kṛtavantaśca saṃkhyayā /
saṃbhārāṃstāṃstu maṃbhṛtya kathaṃ yajñaḥ pravarttitaḥ

etacchutvābravītsūtaḥ śrūyatāṃ śāṃśapāyane /
yathā tretāyugamukhe yajñasya syātpravartanam

pūrvaṃ svāyaṃbhuve sarge tadvakṣyāmyānupūrvyataḥ /
antarhitāyāṃ saṃdhyāyāṃ sārddhaṃ kṛtayugena tu

kālākhyāyāṃ pravṛttāyāṃ prapte tretāyuge tadā /
auṣadhīṣu ca jātāsu pravṛtte vṛṣṭisarjane

pratiṣṭhitāyāṃ vārttāyāṃ gṛhaśramapareṣu ca /
varṇāśramavyavasthānaṃ kṛtvā mantrāṃstu saṃhatān

mantrāṃstānyojayitvātha ihāmutra ca karmasu /
tadā viśvabhugindraśca yajñaṃ prāvarttayatprabhuḥ

daivataiḥ sahitaiḥ sarvaiḥ sarvasaṃbhārasaṃbhṛtaiḥ /
tasyāśvamedhe vitate samājagmurmaharṣayaḥ

yajantaṃ paśubhirme dhyairūcuḥ sarve samāgatāḥ /
karmavyagreṣu ṛtvikṣu saṃtate yajñakarmaṇi

saṃpragītheṣu sarveṣu sāmageṣvatha susvagm /
parikrānteṣu laghuṣu hyadhvaryuvṛṣabheṣu ca

ālabdheṣu ca medhyeṣu tathā paśugaṇeṣu ca /
haviṣyagnau hūyamāne brāhmaṇaiścāgnihotribhiḥ

āhūteṣu ca sarveṣu yajñabhākṣu kramāttadā /
ya indriyātmakā devāstadā te yajñabhāginaḥ

tadyacante tadā devānkalpādiṣu bhavanti ye /
adhvaryavaḥ praiṣakāle vyatthitā vai maharṣayaḥ

maharṣayastu tāndṛṣṭvā dīnānpaśugaṇāṃstadā /
prapacchuridraṃ saṃbhūya ko 'yaṃ yajña vidhistava

adharmo balavāneṣa hiṃsādharmepsayā tataḥ /
tataḥ paśuvadhaścaiṣa tava yajñe surottama

adharmo dharmaghātāya prārabdhaḥ paśuhisayā /
nāyaṃ dharmo hyadharmo 'yaṃ na hiṃsā dharma ucyate

āgamena bhavānyajñaṃ karotu yadihecchati /
vidhidṛṣṭena yajñena dharmeṇāvyapasetunā

yajñabīcaiḥ sureśraṣṭha yeṣu hiṃsā na vidyate /
trivarṣaṃ paramaṃ kālamuṣitairaprarohibhiḥ

eṣa dharmo mahāprājña virañcivihitaḥ purā /
evaṃ viśvabhugindrastu ṛṣibhistattvadarśibhiḥ

tadā vivādaḥ sumahānindrasyāsīnmaharṣibhiḥ /
jaṅgamasthāvaraiḥ kairhi yaṣṭavyamiti cocyate

te tu khinnā vivādena tattvamuttvā maharṣayaḥ /
sandhāya vākyamindreṇa papracchuḥ khecaraṃ vasum

sahāprājña kathaṃ dṛṣṭastvayā yajñavidhirnṛpa /
auttānapāde prabrūhi saṃśayaṃ no nuda prabho

śrutvā vākyaṃ vasusteṣāma vicārya balābalam /
vedaśāstramanusmṛtya yajñatattvamuvāca ha

yathopanīrtairyaṣṭavyamiti hovāca pārthivaḥ /
yaṣṭavyaṃ paśubhirme dhyairatha bījaiḥ phalairapi

hiṃsāsvabhāvo yajñasya iti me darśanāgamau /
yatheha devatā mantrā hiṃsāliṅgā maharṣibhiḥ

dīrgheṇa tapasā yuktairdarśanaistārakādibhiḥ /
tatprāmāṇyānmayā coktaṃ tasmātsa prāptumarhatha

yadi pramāṇaṃ tānyeva mantravākyāni vai dvijāḥ /
tathā pravatatāṃ yajño hyanyathā vo 'nṛtaṃ vacaḥ

evaṃ kṛtottarāste vai yuktātmānastapodhanāḥ /
avaśyabhāvitaṃ dṛṣṭvā tamatho vāgyatābhavan

ityuktamātre nṛpatiḥ praviveśa rasātalam /
ūrdhvacārī vasurbhūtvā rasātalacaro 'bhavat

vasudhā talavāsī tu tena vākyena so 'bhavat /
dharmāṇāṃ saṃśayacchettā rājā vasuradhogataḥ

tasmānna vācyamekena bahujñenāpi saṃśaye /
bahudvārasya dharmasya sūkṣmā dūratarā gatiḥ

tasmānna niścayādvaktuṃ dharmaḥ śakyastu kenacit /
devānṛṣīnupādāya svāyaṃbhuvamṛte manum

tasmādahiṃsā dharmasya dvāramuktaṃ maharṣibhiḥ /
ṛṣikoṭisahasrāṇi svatapobhirdivaṃ yayuḥ

tasmānna dānaṃ yajñaṃ vā praśaṃsaṃti maharṣayaḥ /
uñchamūlaphalaṃ śākamudapātraṃ tapodhanāḥ

etaddatvā vibhavataḥ svarge loke pratiṣṭhitāḥ /
adrohaścāpya lobhaśca tapo bhutadayā damaḥ

brahmacaryaṃ tathā satyamanukrośaḥ kṣamā dhṛtiḥ /
sanātanasya dharmasya mūlametaddurāsadam

śrūyante hi tapaḥsiddhā brahmakṣatrādayo 'naghāḥ /
priyavratottānapādau dhruvo medhātithirvasuḥ

sudhāmā virajāścaiva śaṅkhaḥ pāṇḍyaja eva ca /
prājīnabarhiḥ parjanyo havirdhānādayo nṛpaḥ

ete cānye ca bahavaḥ svaistapobhirdivaṃ gatāḥ /
rājarṣayo mahāsattvā yeṣāṃ kīrttiḥ pratiṣṭhitā

tasmādviśiṣyate yajñāttapaḥ sarvaistu kāraṇaḥ /
brahmaṇā tapasā sṛṣṭaṃ jagadviśvamidaṃ purā

tasmānnānveti tadyajñastapomūlamidaṃ smṛtam /
dravyamantrātmako yajñastapastvanaśanātmakam

yajñena devānāpnoti vairājaṃ tapasā punaḥ /
brāhmaṃ tu karma saṃnyāsādvairāgyātprakṛterjayam

jñānātprāpnoti kaivalyaṃ pañcaitāgatayaḥ smṛtāḥ /
evaṃ vivādaḥ sumahānya jñasyāsītpravarttane

devatānāmṛṣīṇāṃ ca pūrva svāyaṃbhuve 'ntare /
tatastamṛṣayo dṛṣṭvā hataṃ dharmabalena tu

vasorvākyamanā dṛtya jagamuḥ sarve yathāgatam /
gateṣu munisaṃgheṣu devā yajñaṃ samāpnuvan

yajñapravarttanaṃ hyevamāsītsvāyaṃbhuve 'ntare /
tataḥ prabhṛti yajño 'yaṃ yugaiḥ saha vivarttitaḥ