Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 2.24

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāde trayoviṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ
vasiṣṭha uvāca
ityuktastena bhūpāla rāmo matimatāṃ varaḥ /
nirūpya manasā bhūyastamuvācābhivismitam

rāma uvāca
kastvaṃ brūhi mahābhāga na vai prākṛtapūruṣaḥ /
indrasyevānubhāvena vapurālakṣyate tava

vicitrārthapadaudāryaguṇagāṃbhīryajātibhiḥ /
sarvajñasyaiva te vāṇī śrūyate 'timanoharā

indro vahniryamo dhātā varuṇo vā dhanādhipaḥ /
īśānastapano brahmā vāyuḥ somo gururguhaḥ

eṣāmanyatamaḥ prāyo bhavānbhavitumarhati /
anubhāvena jātiste hṛdiśaṅkāṃ tanoti me

māyāvī bhagavānviṣṇuḥ śrūyate puruṣottamaḥ /
ko vā tvaṃ vapuṣānena brūhi māṃ samupāgataḥ

atha vā jagatāṃ nāthaḥ sarvajñaḥ parameśvaraḥ /
paramātmātmasaṃbhūtirātmārāmaḥ sanātanaḥ

svacchandacārī bhagavāñchivaḥ sarvajaganmayaḥ /
vapuṣānena saṃyukte bhavānbhavitumarhati

nānyasyedṛgbhavelloke prabhāvānugataṃ vapuḥ /
jātyarthasauṣṭhavopetā vāṇī caudāryaśālinī

manye 'haṃ bhaktavātsalyādvānena vapuṣāharaḥ /
pratyakṣatāmupagato saṃdeho 'smatparīkṣayā

na kevalaṃ bhavān vyādhasteṣāṃ nedṛgvidhākṛtiḥ /
tasmāttubhyaṃ namastasmai surupaṃ saṃpradarśaya

āviṣkurvanprasīdātmamahimānuguṇaṃ vapuḥ /
mamānekavidhā śaṅkāmucyeta yena mānasī

prasīda sarvabhāvena buddhimohau mamādhunā /
praṇāśaya svarūpasya grahaṇādeva kevalam

prārthayetvāṃ mahābhāga praṇamya śirasāsakṛt /
kastvaṃ me darśayātmānaṃ baddho 'yaṃ te mayāñjaliḥ

ityuktvā taṃ mahābhāga jñātumicchanbhṛgūdvahaḥ /
upaviśya tato bhūmau dhyānamāste samāhitaḥ

baddhapadmāsano maunī yatavākkāyamānasaḥ /
niruddhaprāṇasaṃcāro dadhyau ciramudāradhīḥ

sanniyamyendriyagrāmaṃ mano hṛdi nirudhya ca /
cintayāmāsa deveśaṃ dhyānadṛṣṭyā jagadgurum

apaśyacca jagannāthamātmasaṃdhānacakṣuṣā /
svabhaktānugrahakaraṃ mṛgavyādhasvarūpiṇam

tata unmīlya nayane śīghramutthāya bhārgavaḥ /
dadarśa devaṃ tenaiva vapuṣā purataḥ sthitam

ātmano 'nugrahārthāya śaraṇyaṃ bhaktavatsalam /
āvirbhūtaṃ mahārāja dṛṣṭvā rāmaḥ sasaṃbhramam

romāñchodbhinnasarvāṅgo harṣāśruplutalocanaḥ /
papāta pādayorbhūmau bhaktyā tasya mahāmatiḥ

sa gadgadamuvācainaṃ saṃbhramākulayā girā /
śaraṇaṃ bhava śarveti śaṅkaretyasakṛnnṛpa

tataḥ svarupadhṛk śaṃbhustadbhaktiparitoṣitaḥ /
rāmamutthāpayāmāsa praṇā māvanataṃ bhuvi

utthāpito jagaddhātrā svahastābhyāṃ bhṛgūdvahaḥ /
tuṣṭāva devadeveśaṃ puraḥ sthitvā kṛtājaliḥ

rāma uvāca
namaste devadevāya śaṅkarāyādimūrttaye /
namaḥ śarvāya śāntāya śāśvatāya namonamaḥ

namaste nīlakaṇṭhāya nīlalohitamūrttaye /
namaste bhūtanāthāya bhūtavāsāya te namaḥ

vyaktāvyaktasvarūpāya mahādevāya mīḍhuṣe /
śivāya bahurūpāya trinetrāya namonamaḥ

śaraṇaṃ bhava me śarva tvadbhaktasya jagatpate /
bhūyo 'nanyāśrayāṇāṃ tu tvameva hi parāyaṇam

yanmayāpakṛtaṃ deva duruktaṃ vāpi śaṅkara /
ajānatā tvāṃ bhagavanmama tatkṣantumarhasi

ananyavedyarupasya sadbhāvamihakaḥ pumān /
tvāmṛte tava sarveśa samyak śakroti veditum

tasmāttvaṃ sarvabhāvena prasīda mama śaṅkara /
nānyāsti me gatistubhyaṃ namo bhūyo namo namaḥ

vasiṣṭha uvāca
iti saṃstūyamānastu kṛtāñjalipuṭaṃ puraḥ /
tiṣṭhantamāha bhagavānprasannātmā jaganmayaḥ

bhagavānuvāca
prīto 'smi bhavate tāta tapasānena sāṃpratam /
bhaktyā caivānapāyinyā hyapi bhārgavasattama

dāsye cābhi mataṃ save bhavate 'haṃ tvayā vṛtam /
bhakto hi me tvamatyarthaṃ nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

mayaivāvagataṃ sarvaṃ tdṛdi vatte 'dyavarttate /
tasmādbravīmi yattvāhaṃ tatkuruṣvāviśaṅkitam

nāstrāṇāṃ dhāraṇe vatsa vidyate śaktiradya te /
raudrāṇāṃ tena bhūyo 'pi tapo ghoraṃ samācara

parītya pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ sarvatīrtheṣu ca kramāt /
srātvā pavitradehasttavaṃ sarvāṇyastrāṇyavāpsyasi

ityuktvāntardadhe devastenaiva vapuṣā vibhuḥ /
rāmasya paśyato rājankṣaṇena bhavabhāgakṛt

antarhite jagannāthe rāmo natvā tu śaṅkaram /
parītyavasudhāṃ sarvāṃ tīrthasnāne 'karonmanaḥ

tataḥ sa pṛthivīṃ sarvāṃ parikramya yathākramam /
cakāra sarvatīrtheṣu snānaṃ vidhivadātmavān

tīrtheṣu kṣetramukhyeṣu tathā devālayeṣu ca /
pitṝndevāṃśca vidhivadatarpayadatandritaḥ

upavāsatapohomajapasnānādisukriyāḥ /
tīrtheṣu vidhivatkurvanparicakrāma medinīm

evaṃ krameṇa tīrtheṣu snātvā caiva vasuṃdharām /
pradakṣiṇīkṛtya śanaiḥ śuddhadeho 'bhavannṛpa

parītyaivaṃ vasumatīṃ bhārgavaḥ śaṃbhuśāsanāt /
jagām bhūyastaṃ deśaṃ yatra pūrvamuvāsa saḥ

gatvā rājansatatraiva sthitvā devamumāpatim /
bhaktyā saṃpūjayāmāsa tapobhirnniyamairapi

etasminneva kāle tu devānāmasuraiḥ saha /
babhūva suciraṃ rājansaṃgrāmo romaharṣaṇaḥ

tato devānparājitya yuddhe 'tibalino 'surāḥ /
avāpuramaraiśvaryamaśeṣamakutobhayāḥ

yuddhe parājitā devāḥ sakalā vāsavādayaḥ /
śaṅkaraṃ śaraṇaṃ cagmurhataiśvaryā hyarātibhiḥ

toṣayitvā jagannāthaṃ praṇāmajaya saṃstavaiḥ /
prārthayāmāsurasurānhantuṃ devāḥ pinākinam

tatasteṣāṃ pratiśrutya dānavānāṃ vadhaṃ nṛpa /
devānāṃ varadaḥ śaṃbhurmaho daramuvāca ha

himadrerdakṣiṇe bhāge rāmo nāma mahātapāḥ /
muniputro 'titejasvī māmuddiśya tapasyati

tatra gatvātvamadyaiva nivedya mama śāsanam /
mahodara tapasyantaṃ tamihānaya māciram

ityājñaprastathetyuktvā praṇabhyeśaṃ mahodaraḥ /
jagāma vāyuvegena yatra rāmo vyavasthitaḥ

samāsādya sa taṃ deśaṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmaṃ mahāmunim /
tapasyantamidaṃ vākyamuvāca vinayānvitaḥ

draṣṭumicchati śambhustvāṃ bhṛguvaryaṃ tadājñayā /
āgato 'haṃ tadāgaccha tatpādāṃbujasannidhim

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya śīghramutthāya bhārgavaḥ /
tadājñāṃ śirasānandya tatheti pratyabhāṣata

tato rāmaṃ tvaropetaḥ śaṃbhupārśvaṃ mahodaraḥ /
prāpayāmāsa sahasā kailāse nāgasattame

sahitaṃ sakalairbhūtairindrādyaiśca sahāmaraiḥ /
dadarśa bhārgavaśreṣṭhaḥ śaṅkaraṃ bhaktavatsalam

saṃstūyamānaṃ munibhirnāradādyaistapodhanaiḥ /
gandharvairupagāyadbhirnṛtyadbhiścāpsarogaṇaiḥ

upāsyamānaṃ deveśaṃ gajacarmadhṛtāmbaram /
bhasmoddhūlitasarvāṅgaṃ trinetraṃ candraśekharam

dhṛtapiṅgajaṭābhāraṃ nāgābharamabhūṣitam /
pralamboṣṭhabhujaṃ saumyaṃ prasannamukhapaṅkajam

āsthitaṃ kāñcane paṭṭe gīrvāṇasamitau nṛpa /
upāsarpattu deveśaṃ bhṛguvaryaḥ kṛtāñjaliḥ

śrīkaṇṭhadarśanodvattaromāñcāñcitavigrahaḥ /
bāṣpattu siktakāyena sa tu gatvā harāntikam

bhaktyā sasaṃbhramaṃ vācā harṣagadgadayāsakṛt /
namaste devadeveti vyālapannākulākṣaram

papāta saṃspṛśanmūrdhnā caraṇau puravidviṣaḥ /
paśyatāṃ devavṛndānāṃ madhye bhṛgukulodvaham

tamutthāpya śivaḥ prītaḥ prasannamukhapaṅkajam /
rāmaṃ madhurayā vācā prahasannāha sādaram

ime daityagaṇaiḥ krāntāḥ svādhiṣṭhānātparicyutāḥ /
aśakruvantastānhantuṃ gīrvāṇā māmupāgatāḥ

tasmānmamājñayā rāma devānāṃ ca priyepsayā /
jahi daityagaṇānsarvānsamarthastvaṃ hi me mataḥ

tato rāmo 'bravīccharvaṃ praṇipatya kṛtāñjaliḥ /
śṛṇvatāṃ sarvadevānāṃ sapraśrayamidaṃ vacaḥ

svāminna viditaṃ kiṃ te sarvajñasyākhilātmanaḥ /
tathāpi vijñāpayato vacanaṃ me 'vadhāraya

yadi śakrādibhirdevairakhilairamarārayaḥ /
na śakyā hantumekasya śakyāḥ syaste kathaṃ mama

anastrajño 'smi deveśa yuddhānāmapyakovidaḥ /
kathaṃ haniṣye sakalānsuraśatrūnanāyudhaḥ

ityuktastena deveśaḥ sitaṃ kālāgnisaprabham /
śaivamastramayaṃ tejo dadau tasmai mahātmane

ātmīyaṃ paraśuṃ datvā sarvaśastrābhibhāvakam /
rāmapāha prasannātmā gīrvāṇānāṃ tu śṛṇvatam

matprasādena sakalānsuraśatrūnvinighnataḥ /
śaktirbhavatu te saumya samastāridurāsadā

anenaivāyudhena tvaṃ gaccha yudhyasva śatrubhiḥ /
svayameva ca vetsi tvaṃ yathāvadyuddhakauśalam

vasiṣṭha uvāca
evamuktastato rāmaḥ śaṃbhunā taṃ praṇamya ca /
jagrāha paraśuṃ śaiva vibudhārivadhodyataḥ

tataḥ sa śuśubhe rāmo viṣṇuterñjo 'śasaṃbhavaḥ /
rudrabhaktyā samāyukto dyutyeva saviturmahaḥ

so 'nujñātastrinetreṇa devaiḥ sarvaiḥ samanvitaḥ /
jagāma hantumasurānyuddhāya kṛtaniścayaḥ

tato 'bhavatpunaryuddhaṃ devānāmasuraiḥ saha /
trailokyavijayodyuktai rājannatibhayaṅkaram

atha rāmo mahābāhustasminyuddhe sudāruṇe /
kuddhaḥ paraśunā tena nijaghāna mahāsurān

prahārairaśaniprakhyairnighnandaityānsahasraśaḥ /
cacāra samare rāmaḥ kruddhaḥ kāla ivāparaḥ

hatvā tu sakalāndaityāndevānsarvānaharṣayat /
kṣaṇena nāśayāmāsa rāmaḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ

rāmeṇa hanyamā nāstu samastā daityadānavāḥ /
dadṛśuḥ sarvato rāmaṃ hataśeṣā bhayānvitāḥ

hateṣvasurasaṃgheṣu vidruteṣu ca kṛtsnaśaḥ /
rāmamāmantrya vibudhāḥ prayayustridivaṃ punaḥ

rāmo 'pi hatvā ditijānabhyanujñāpya cāmarān /
svamāśramaṃ samāpede tapasyāsaktamānasaḥ

mṛgavyādhapratikṛtiṃ kṛtvā śambhormahāmatiḥ /
bhaktyā saṃpūjayāmāsa sa tasminnāśramevaśī

gandhaiḥ puṣpaistathā hṛdyairnaivedyairabhivandanaiḥ /
stotraiśca vidhivadbhaktyā parāṃ prītimupānayat