Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 2.25

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyabhāge tṛtīya upoddhātapāder'junopākhyāne caturviṃśatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 24//
vasiṣṭha uvāca
tatasta draktiyogena sa prītātmā jagatpatiḥ /
pratyakṣamagamattasya sarvaiḥ saha marudgaṇaiḥ

taṃ dṛṣṭvā devadeveśaṃ trinetraṃ candraśekharam /
vṛṣendravāhanaṃ śaṃbhuṃ bhūtakoṭisamanvitam

sasaṃbhramaṃ samutthāya harṣeṇākulalocanaḥ /
praṇāmamakarodbhaktyā śarvāya bhuvi bhārgavaḥ

utthāyotthāya deveśaṃ praṇamya śirasāsakṛt /
kṛtāñjalipuṭo rāmastuṣṭāva ca jagatpatim

rāma uvāca
namaste devadeveśa namaste parameśvara /
namaste jagato nātha namaste tripurāntaka

namaste sakalādhyakṣa namaste bhaktavatsala /
namaste sarvabhūteśa namaste vṛṣabhadhvaja

namaste sakalādhīśa namaste karuṇākara /
namaste sakalāvāsa namaste nīlalohita

namaḥ sakaladevārigaṇanāśāya śūline /
kapāline namastubhyaṃ sarvalokaikapāline

śmaśānavāsine nityaṃ namaḥ kailāsavāsine /
namo 'stu pāśine tubhyaṃ kālakūṭaviṣāśine

vibhave 'maravandyāya prabhave te svayaṃbhuve /
namo 'khilajagatkarmasākṣibhūtāya śaṃbhave

namastripatha gāphenabhāsigārddhandumauline /
mahābhogīndrahārāya śivāya paramātmane

bhasmasaṃcchannadehāya namor'kāgnīnducakṣuṣe /
kapardine namastubhyamandhakāsuramarddine

tripuradhvaṃsine dakṣayajñavidhvaṃsine namaḥ /
girijākucakāśmīravirañjitamahorase

mahādevāya maha te namaste kṛttivāsase /
yogidhyeyasvarūpāya śivāyācintyatejase

svabhaktahṛdayāṃbhojakarṇikāmadhyavarttine /
sakalāgamasiddhāntasārarūpāya te namaḥ

namo nikhilayogendrabodhanāyāmṛtātmane /
śaṅkarāyākhilavyāptamahimne paramātmane

namaḥ śarvāya śāntāya brahmaṇe viśvarupiṇe /
ādimadhyāntahīnāya nityāyāvyaktamūrttaye

vyaktāvyaktasvarūpāya sthūlasūkṣmātmane namaḥ /
namo vedāntavedyāya viśvavijñānarūpiṇe

namaḥ surāsuraśreṇimaulipuṣpārcitāṅghraye /
śrīkaṇṭhāya jagaddhātre lokakartre namonamaḥ

rajoguṇātmane tubhyaṃ viśvasṛṣṭividhāyine /
hiraṇyagarbharūpāya harāya jagadādaye

namo viśvātmane lokasthitivyā pārakāriṇe /
sattvavijñānarupāya parāya pratyagātmane

tamoguṇavikārāya jagatsaṃhārakāriṇe /
klpānte rudrarūpāya parāpara vide namaḥ

avikārāya nityāya namaḥ sadasadātmane /
buddhibuddhiprabodhāya buddhīndriyavikāriṇe

vasvādityamarudbhiśca sādhyarudrāśvibhedataḥ /
yanmāyābhinnamatayo devāstasmai namonamaḥ

avikāramajaṃ nityaṃ sūkṣmarūpamanaupamam /
tava yattanna jānanti yogino 'pi sadāmalāḥ

tvāmavijñāya durjñeyaṃ samyagbrahmādayo 'pi hi /
saṃsaranti bhave nūnaṃ na tatkarmātmakāściram

yāvannopaiti caraṇau tavājñānavighātinaḥ /
tāvadbhramati saṃsāre paṇḍito 'cetano 'pi vā

sa eva dakṣaḥ sa kṛtī sa muniḥ sa ca paṇḍitaḥ /
bhavataścaraṇāṃbhoje yena buddhiḥ sthirīkṛtā

susūkṣmatvena gahanaḥ sadbhāvaste trayīmayaḥ /
viduṣāmapi mūḍhena sa mayā jñāyate katham

aśabdagojaratvena mahimnastava sāṃpratam /
stotumapyanalaṃ samyaktvā mahaṃ jaḍadhīryataḥ

tasmādajñānato vāpi mayā bhaktyaiva saṃstutaḥ /
prītaśca bhava deveśa nanu tvaṃ bhaktavatsalaḥ

vasiṣṭha uvāca
iti stutastadā tena bhaktyā rāmeṇa śaṅkaraḥ /
meghagaṃbhīrayā vācā tamuvāca hasanniva

bhagavānuvāca
rāmāhaṃ suprasanno 'smi śorṃyaśālitayā tava /
tapasā mayi bhaktyā ca stotreṇa ca viśeṣataḥ

varaṃ varaya tasmāttvaṃ yadyadicchasi cetasā /
tubhyaṃ tattadaśeṣeṇa dāsyāmyahamaśeṣataḥ

vasiṣṭha uvāca
ityukto devadevena taṃ praṇamya bhṛgūdvahaḥ /
kṛtāñjalipuṭo bhūtvā rājannidamuvāca ha

yadi deva prasannastvaṃ vārarhe 'smi ca yadyaham /
bhavatastadabhīpsāmi hetumastrāṇyaśeṣataḥ

astre śastre ca śāstre ca na matto 'bhyadhiko bhavet /
lokeṣu māṃraṇejetā na bhavettvatprasādataḥ

vasiṣṭha uvāca
tathetyuktvā tataḥ śaṃbhurastraśastrāṇyaśeṣataḥ /
dadau rāmāya suprītaḥ samantrāṇi kramānnṛpa

saprayogaṃ sasaṃhāramastragrāmaṃ caturvidham /
prasādābhimukho rāmaṃ grāhayāmāsa śaṅkaraḥ

asaṃgavegaṃ śubhrāśvaṃ sudhvajaṃ ca rathottamam /
iṣudhī cākṣayaśarau dadau rāmāya śaṅkaraḥ

abhedyamajaraṃ divyaṃ dṛḍhajyaṃ vijayaṃ dhanuḥ /
sarvaśastrasahaṃ citraṃ kavacaṃ ca mahādhanam

ajeyatvaṃ ca yuddheṣu śauryaṃ cāpratimaṃ bhuvi /
svecchayā dhāraṇe śāktiṃ prāṇānāṃ ca narādhipa

khyātiṃ ca bījametreṇa tannāmnā sarvalaukikīm /
tapaḥ prabhāvaṃ ca mahatpradadau bhārgavāya saḥ

bhakti cātmani rāmāya dattvā rājanyathocitām /
sahitaḥ sakalairbhūtaiścāmaraiścandraśekharaḥ

tenaiva vapuṣā śaṃbhuḥ kṣipramantaradhāddharaḥ /
kṛtakṛtyastato rāmo labdhvā sarvamabhīpsitam

adṛśyatāṃ gate śarve mahodaramuvāca ha /
mahodara madarthe tvamidaṃ sarvamaśeṣataḥ

rathacāpādikaṃ tāvatparirakṣitumarhasi /
yadā kṛtyaṃ mamaitena tadānīṃ tvaṃ mayā smṛtaḥ /
rathacāpādikaṃ sarvaṃ prahiṇu tvaṃ madantikam

vasiṣṭha uvāca
tathetyuktvā gate tasminbhṛguvaryo mahodare /
kṛtakṛtyo gurujanaṃ draṣṭuṃ gantumiyeṣa saḥ

gacchannatha tadāsau tu himādrivanagahvare /
viveśa kandaraṃ rāmo bhāvikarmapracoditaḥ

sa tatra dadṛśe bālaṃ dhṛtaprāṇamanudrutam /
vyāghreṇa vipratanayaṃ rudantaṃ bhītabhītavat

dṛṣṭvānukaṃpahṛdayastatparitrāṇakātaraḥ /
tiṣṭhatiṣṭheti taṃ vyāghraṃ vadannuccairathānvayāt

tamanudrutya vegena cirādiva bhṛgūdvahaḥ /
āsasāda vane ghoraṃ śārdūlamatibhīṣaṇam

vyāghreṇānudrutaḥ so 'pi palāyanvanagahvare /
nipapāta dvijasutastrastaḥ prāṇabhayāturaḥ

rāmo 'pi krodharaktākṣo vipraputraparīpsayā /
tṛṇamūlaṃ samādāya kuśāstreṇābhyamantrayat

tāvattarakṣurbalavānādravatpatitaṃ dvijam /
dṛṣṭvā nanādasubhṛśaṃ rodasī kampayanniva

dagdhvā tvastrāgninā vyāghraṃ praharantaṃ nakhāṅkuraiḥ /
akṛtavraṇamevāśu mokṣayāmāsa taṃ dvijam

so 'pi brahmāgninirdagdhadehaḥ pāpmā nabhastale /
gāndharvaṃ vapurāsthāya rāmamāheti sādaram

vipraśāpena bhopūrvamahaṃ prāptastarakṣutām /
gacchāmi mocitaḥ śāpāttvayāhamadhunā divam

ityuktvā tu gate tasminrāmo vegena vismitaḥ /
patitaṃ dvijaputraṃ taṃ kṛpayā vyavapadyata

mābhairevaṃ vadanvāṇīmārādeva dvijātmajam /
paramṛśattadaṅgāni śanairujjīvayannṛpa

rāmeṇotthāpitaścaivaṃ sa tadonmīlya locane /
vilokayandadarśāgre bhṛguśreṣṭhamavasthitam

bhasmīkṛtaṃ ca śārdūlaṃ dṛṣṭavā vismayamāgataḥ /
gatabhīrāha kastvaṃ bhoḥ kathaṃ veha samāgataḥ

kena vāyaṃ nihantuṃ māmudyato bhasmasātkṛtaḥ /
tarakṣurbhīṣaṇākāraḥ sākṣānmṛtyurivāparaḥ

bhayasaṃmūḍhamanamo mamādyāpi mahāmate /
hate 'pi tasminnakhilā bhānti vai tanmayā diśaḥ

tvāmeva manye sakalaṃ pitā mātā sutdṛdgurū /
paramāpadamāpannaṃ tvaṃ māṃ samupajīvayan

āsīnmunivaraḥ kaścicchānto nāma mahātapāḥ /
putrastasyāsmi tīrthārthī śālagrāmamayāsiṣam

tasmātsaṃprasthitaśśailaṃ didṛkṣurgandhamādanam /
nānāmunigaṇairjuṣṭaṃ puṇyaṃ badarikāśramam

gantukāmo 'pahāyāhaṃ panthānaṃ tu himācale /
praviśangahanaṃ ramyaṃ pradeśālokanākulam

diśaṃprācīṃ samuddiśya krośamātramayāsiṣam /
tato diṣṭavaśenāhaṃ prādravaṃ bhayapīḍitaḥ

patitaśca tvayā bhūyobhūmerutthāpito 'dhunā /
pitreva nitarāṃ putraḥ premṇātyarthaṃ dayālunā /
ityeṣa mama vṛttāntaḥ sākalyenoditastava

vasiṣṭha uvāca
iti pṛṣṭastadā tena svavṛttāntamaśeṣataḥ /
kathayāmāsa rājendra rāmastasmai yathākramam

tatastau prītisaṃyuktau kathayantau parasparam /
sthitvā nāticiraṃ kālamatha gantumiyeṣa saḥ

anvīyamānastenātha rāmastasmādguhāmukhāt /
niṣkramyāvasathaṃ pitroḥ saṃpratasthe mudānvitaḥ

akṛtavraṇa evāsau vyāghreṇa bhuvi pātitaḥ /
rāmeṇa rakṣitaścābhudyasmāddhyāghraṃ vinighnatā

tasmāttadeva nāmāsya babhūva prathitaṃ bhuvi /
vipraputrasya rājendra tadetatso 'kṛtavraṇaḥ

tadā prabhṛti rāmasya cchāyevātapagā bhuvi /
babhūva mitramatyarthaṃ sarvāvasthāsu pārthiva

sa tenānugato rājanbhṛgorāsādya sannidhim /
dṛṣṭvā khyātiṃ ca so 'bhyetya vinayenābhyavādayat

sa tābhyāṃ priyamāṇābhyāmāśīrbhirabhinanditaḥ /
dināni katicittatra nyavasattatpriyepsayā

tatastayoranumate cyavanasya mahāmuneḥ /
āśramaṃ praticakrāma śiṣyasaṃghaiḥ samāvṛtam

niyantritāntaḥ karaṇaṃ taṃ ca saṃśāntamānasam /
sukanyācāpi tadbhāryāmavandata mahāmanāḥ

tābhyāṃ ca prītiyuktābhyāṃ rāmaḥ samabhinanditaḥ /
aurvāśramaṃ samāpede draṣṭukāmastaponidhim

taṃ cābhivādya medhāvī tena ca pratinanditaḥ /
uvāsa tatra tatprītyā dināni katicinnṛpa

visṛṣṭastena śanakairṛcīkabhavanaṃ mudā /
pratasthe bhārgavaḥ śrīmānakṛtavraṇasaṃyutaḥ

avandata pituḥ pitrornatvā pādau pṛthak pṛthak /
tau ca taṃ nṛpa saṃharṣāccāśiṣā pratyanandatām

pṛṣṭaśca tābhyāmakhilaṃ nijavṛttamudāradhīḥ /
kathayāmāsa rājendra yathāvṛttamanukramāt

sthitvā dināni katicittatrāpi tadanujñayā /
jagāmāvasathaṃ pitrormudā paramayā yutaḥ

abhyetya pitarau rājannāsī nāvāśramottame /
avandata tayoḥ pādau yathāvadbhṛgunandana

pādapraṇāmāvanataṃ samutthāpya ca sādaram /
āśliṣya netrasalilairnandantau paryaṣiñcatām

āśīrbhirabhinandyāṅke samāropya suhurmukham /
vikṣantau tasya cāṅgāni parispṛśyāpaturmudam

apṛcchatāñca tau rāmaṃ kalenaitāvatā tvayā /
kiṃ kṛtaṃ putra ko vāyaṃ kutra vā tvamupasthitaḥ

kathaṃ saha sakāśe tvamāsthito vātra vāgataḥ /
tvayetadakhilaṃ vatsa kathyatāṃ tathyamāvayoḥ