Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 2.32
iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe vāyuprokte madhyabhāge tṛtīya
upoddhātapāde bhārgavacarite ekatriṃśattamo 'dhyāyaḥ // 31//
vasiṣṭha uvāca
brahmaṇo vacanaṃ śrutvā sa praṇamya jagadgurum /
prasannacetāḥ subhṛśaṃ śivalokaṃ jagāma ha
lakṣayojanamūrddhvaṃ ca brahmalokā dvilakṣaṇam /
athanirvacanīyaṃ ca yogigamyaṃ parātparam
vaikuṇṭho dakṣiṇe yasmādgaurīlokaśca vāmataḥ /
yadadho dhruvalokaśca sarvalokaparastu saḥ
tapovīryagatī rāmaḥ śivalokaṃ dadarśa ca /
upamānena rahitaṃ nānākautukasaṃyutam
vasaṃti yatra yogīndrāḥ siddhāḥ pāśupatāḥ śubhāḥ /
koṭikalpatapaḥ puṇyāḥ śāntā nirmatsarā janāḥ
pārijātamukhairvṛkṣaiḥ śobhitaṃ kāmadhenubhiḥ /
yogena yoginā sṛṣṭaṃ svecchayā śaṅkareṇa hi
śilpināṃ guruṇā svapne na dṛṣṭaṃ niśvakarmaṇā /
sarovaraśatairdivyaiḥ padmarāgavirājitaiḥ
śobhitaṃ cātiramyaṃ ca saṃyuktaṃ maṇivedibhiḥ /
suvarṇaratnaracitaprākāreṇa samāvṛtam
atyūrddhvamaṃbarasparśi svacchaṃ kṣīranibhaṃparam /
caturdvārasamāyuktaṃ śobhitaṃ maṇivedibhiḥ
raktasopānayuktaiśca ratnastaṃbhakapāṭakaiḥ /
nānācitravicitraiśca śobhitaiḥ sumanoharaiḥ
tanmadhaye bhavanaṃ ramyaṃ siṃhadvāropaśobhitam /
dadarśarāmo dharmātmā vicitramiva saṃgataḥ
tatra sthitau dvāra pālau dadarśātibhayaṅkarau /
mahākarāladantāsyau vikṛtāraktalocanau
dagdhaśailapratīkāśau mahābalaparākramau /
vibhūtibhūṣitāṅgau ca vyāghracarmāṃbarau ca tau
triśūlapaṭṭiśadharau jvalantau brahmatejasā /
tau dṛṣṭvā manasā bhītaḥ kiñcidāha vinītavat
namaskaromi vāmīśau śaṅkaraṃ draṣṭumāgataḥ /
īśvarājñāṃ samādāya māmathājñaptumarhatha
tautu tadvacanaṃ śrutvā gṛhītvājñāṃ śivasya ca /
praveṣṭumājñāṃ dadaturīśvarānucarau ca tau
sa tadājñāmanuprāpya viveśāntaḥ puraṃ mudā /
tatrātiramyāṃ siddhaughaiḥ samākīrṇāṃ sabhāṃ dvijaḥ
dṛṣṭvā vismayamāpede sugandhabahulāṃ vibhoḥ /
tatrāpaśyacchivaṃ śāntaṃ trinetraṃ candraśekharam
triśūlaśobhitakaraṃ vyāghracarmavarāṃbaram /
vibhūtibhūṣitāṅgaṃ ca nāgayajñopavītinam
ātmārāmaṃ pūrṇakāmaṃ koṭisūryasamaprabham /
pañcānanaṃ daśabhujaṃ bhaktānugrahavigraham
yogajñāne prabruvantaṃ siddhebhyastarkamudrayā /
stūyamānaṃ ca yokīndraiḥ pramathaprakarairmudā
bhairavairyoginībhiśca vṛtaṃ rudragaṇaistathā /
mūrdhnā namāma taṃ dṛṣṭvā rāmaḥ paramayā mudā
vāmabhāge kārttikeyaṃ dakṣiṇe ca gaṇeśvaram /
nandīśvaraṃ mahākālaṃ vīrabhadraṃ ca tatpuraḥ
kroḍe durgāṃ śatabhujāṃ dṛṣṭvā natvātha tāmapi /
stotuṃ pracakrame vidvāngirā gadgadayā vibhum
namasye śivamīśānaṃ vibhuṃ vyāpakamavyayam /
bhujaṅgabhūṣaṇaṃ cograṃ nṛkapālasragujjvalam
yo vibhuḥ sarvalokānāṃ sṛṣṭisthitivināśakṛt /
brahmādirūpadhṛgjyeṣṭhastaṃ tvāṃ veda kṛpārṇavam
vedā na śaktā yaṃ stotu mavāṅmanasagocaram /
jñānabuddhyorasādhyaṃ ca nirākāraṃ namāmyaham
śakrādayaḥ suragaṇā ṛṣayo manavo 'surāḥ /
na yaṃ viduryathātattvaṃ taṃ namāmi parātparam
yasyāṃśāṃśena sṛjayante lokāḥ sarve carācarāḥ /
līyante ca punaryasmiṃstaṃ namāmi jaganmayam
yasyeṣatkopasaṃbhūto hutāśo dahate 'khilam /
sorddhvalokaṃ sapātālaṃ taṃ namāmi haraṃ param
pṛthvīpavana vahnyabhabhonabhoyajvendubhāskarāḥ /
mūrttayo 'ṣṭau jagatpūjyāstaṃ yajñaṃ praṇamāmyaham
yaḥ kālarūpo jagadādikarttā pātā pṛthagrūpadharo jaganmayaḥ /
rarttā punā rudravapustathānte taṃ kālarūpaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
ityevamuktvā sa tu bhārgavo mudā paṣāta tasyāṅghri samīpa āturaḥ /
utthāpya taṃ vāmakareṇa līlayā dadhre tadā mūrdhni karaṃ kṛpārṇavaḥ
āśīrbhirenaṃ hyabhinandya sādaraṃ niveśayāmāsa gaṇeśapūrvataḥ /
uvāca vāmāmabhivīkṣya cāpyumāṃ kṛpārdradṛṣṭyākhilakāmapūrakaḥ
śiva uvāca
kastvaṃ vaṭo kasyakule prasūtaḥ kiṃ kāryamuddiśya bhavānihāgataḥ /
vinirddiśāhaṃ tava bhaktibhāvataḥ prītaḥ pradadyāṃ bhavato manogatam
ityevamuktaḥ sa bhṛgurmahātmanā hareṇa viśvārttihareṇa sādaram /
punaśca natvā vibudhāṃ pati guruṃ kṛpāsamudraṃ samuvāca satvaram
paraśurāma uvāca
bhṛgoścāhaṃ kule jāto jamadagnisutau vibho /
rāmo nāma jagadvandyaṃ tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ
yatkāryārthamahaṃ nātha tava sāṃnidhyamāgataḥ /
taṃ prasādhaya viśveśa vāñchitaṃ kāmameva me
mṛgayāmāgatasyāpi kārttavīryasya bhūpateḥ /
ātithyaṃ kṛtavān deva jamadagniḥ pitā mama
rājā taṃ sa balāllobhātpātayāmāsa mandadhīḥ /
sā dhenustaṃ mṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā gavāṃ lokaṃ jagāma ha
rājā na śocanmaraṇaṃ piturmama nirāgasaḥ /
jagāma svapuraṃ paścānmātā me prārudadbhṛśam
tajjñātvā lokavṛttajño bhṛgurnaḥ prapitāmahaḥ /
ājagāma mahādeva hyahamapyāgato vanāt
mayā maha suduḥkhārttānbhrātṝnmātrāsahaiva me /
sāṃtvayitvā sa mantrajño 'jīvayatpitaraṃ mama
ānāgate bhṛgau māturduḥkhenāhaṃ prakopitaḥ /
pratijñāṃ kṛtavāndeva sātvayanmātaraṃsvakām
triḥsaptakṛtvo yadurastāḍitaṃ māturātmanaḥ /
tāvatsaṃkhyamahaṃ pṛthvīṃ kariṣye kṣatravarjitām
ityevaṃ paripūrṇā me karttā devo jagatpatiḥ /
mahādevo hyato nātha tvatsakāṇamihāgataḥ
vasiṣṭha uvāca
ityevaṃ tadvacaḥ śrutvā dṛṣṭvā durgāmukhaṃ haraḥ /
babhūvānamravadanaschintayānaḥ kṣaṇaṃ tadā
etasminnantare durgā vismitā prāhasadbhṛśam /
uvāca ca mahārāja bhārgavaṃ vairasādhakam
tapasvindvijaputra kṣmāṃ nirbhūpāṃ karttumicchasi /
triḥ saptakṛtvaḥ kopena sāhasaste mahānbaṭo
hantumicchasi niḥśastraḥ sahasrārjunamīśvaram /
bhrūbhaṅgalīlayā yena rāvaṇo 'pi nirākṛtaḥ
tasmai pradattaṃ dattena śrīhareḥ kavacaṃ purā /
śaktiratyarthavīryā ca taṃ kathaṃ hantumicchasi
śaṅkaraḥ karuṇāsiddhaḥ karttuṃ cāpyanyathā vibhuḥ /
na cānyaḥ śaṅkarātputra satkāryaṃ karttumīśvaraḥ
atha devyā anumatiṃ prāpya śaṃbhurddayārṇavaḥ /
abhyadhādbhadrayā vāyā jamadagnisutaṃ vibhuḥ
śiva uvāca
adyaprabhṛti vipra tvaṃ mama skandasamo bhava /
dāsyāmi mantraṃ divyaṃ te kavacaṃ ca mahāmate
līlayā yatprasādena kārttavīryaṃ haniṣyasi /
triḥ saptakṛtvo nirbhūpāṃ mahīṃ cāpi kariṣyasi
ityuktvā śaṅkarastasmai dadau mantraṃ sudurlabham /
trailokyavijayaṃ nāma kavacaṃ paramādbhutam
nāgapāśaṃ pāśupataṃ brahmāstraṃ ca sudurllabham /
nārāyaṇāstramāgneyaṃ vāyavyaṃ vāruṇaṃ tathā
ghāndharvaṃ gāruḍaṃ caiva jṛṃbhaṇāstraṃ mahādbhutam /
gadāṃ śaktiṃ ca paraśuṃ śūlaṃ daṇḍamanuttamam
śastrāstragrāmamakhilaṃ prahṛṣṭaḥ saṃbabhūva ha /
namaskṛtya śivaṃ śāntaṃ durgāṃ skandaṃ gaṇeśvaram
parikramya yayau rāmaḥ puṣkaraṃ tīrthamuttamam /
siddhaṃ kṛtvā śivoktaṃ tu mantraṃ kavacamuttamam
sādhayāmāsa nikhilaṃ svakāryaṃ bhṛgunandanaḥ /
nihatya kārttavīryaṃ taṃ sasainyaṃ sakulaṃ mudā /
vinivṛtto gṛhaṃ prāgātpituḥ svasya bhṛgūdvahaḥ
Original text: Brahmāṇḍapurāṇa · Edition: Bombay : Venkatesvara Steam Press (or a reprint thereof) · Data entry members of the Sansknet Project · GRETIL (Göttingen) · CC BY-NC-SA 4.0