Brahmanda Purana · Chapter 3.7

iti śrībrahmāṇḍe mahāpurāṇe uttarabhāge hayagrīvāgastyasaṃvāde lalitopākhyāne hiṃsādyasvarūpakathanaṃ nāma ṣaṣṭho 'dhyāyaḥ
indra uvāca
bhagavansarvamākhyātaṃ hiṃsādyasya tu lakṣaṇam /
steyasya lakṣaṇaṃ kiṃ vā tanme vistarato vada

bṛhaspatiruvāca
pāpānāmadhikaṃ pāpaṃ hananaṃ jīvajātinām /
etasmādadhikaṃ pāpaṃ viśvaste śaraṇaṃ gate

viśvasya hatvā pāpiṣṭhaṃ śūdraṃ vāpyantyajātijam /
brahmahatyādhikaṃ pāpaṃ tasmānnāstyasya niṣkṛtiḥ

brahmajñasya daridrasya kṛcchrārjitadhanasya ca /
bahuputrakalatrasya tena jīvitumicchataḥ /
taddravyasteyadoṣasya prāyaścittaṃ na vidyate

viśvastadravyaharaṇaṃ tasyāpyadhikamucyate /
viśvaste vāpyaviśvaste na daridradhanaṃ haret

tato devadvijātīnāṃ hemaratnāpahārakam /
yo hanyādavicāreṇa so 'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

gurudevadvijasuhṛtputrasvātmasukheṣu ca /
steyādadhaḥkrameṇaiva daśottaraguṇaṃ tvagham

antyajātpādajādvaiśyātkṣatriyādbrāhmaṇādapi /
daśottaraguṇaiḥ pāpairlipyate dhanahārakaḥ

atraivodāharantīmamitihāsaṃ purātanam /
rahasyātirahasyaṃ ca sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

purā kāñcīpure jāto vajrākhyo nāma corakaḥ /
tasminpuravare ramye sarvaiśvaryasamanvitāḥ /
sarve nīrogiṇo dāntāḥ sukhino dayayāñcitāḥ

sarvaiśvaryasamṛddhe 'sminnagare sa tu taskaraḥ /
stokāstokakrameṇaiva bahudravyamapāharat

tadaraṇye 'vaṭaṃ kṛtvā sthāpayāmāsa lobhataḥ /
tadgopanaṃ niśārdhāyāṃ tasmindūraṃ gate sati

kirātaḥ kaścidāgatya taṃ dṛṣṭvā tu daśāṃśataḥ /
jahārāviditastena kāṣṭhabhāraṃ vahanyayau

so 'pi tacchilayācchādya mṛdbhirāpūryayatnataḥ /
punaśca tatpuraṃ prāyādvajro 'pi dhanatṛṣmayā

evaṃ bahudhanaṃ tdṛtvā niścikṣepa mahītale /
kirāto 'pi gṛhaṃ prāpya babhāṣe muditaḥ priyām

mayā kāṣṭhaṃ samāhartuṃ gacchatā pathi nirjane /
labdhaṃ dhanamidaṃ bhīru samādhatsva dhanārthini

tacchrutvā tatsamādāya nidhāyābhyantare tataḥ /
cintayantī tato vākyamidaṃ svapatimabravīt

nityaṃ saṃcarate vipro māmakānāṃ gṛheṣu yaḥ /
māṃ vilokyaivamacirādbahubhāgyavatī bhavet

cāturvarṇyāsu narīṣu stheyaṃ cedrājavallabhā /
kiṃ tu bhille kirāte ca śailūṣe cāntyajātije /
lakṣmīrna tiṣṭhati ciraṃ śāpādvalmīkajanmanaḥ

tathāpi bahubhāgyānāṃ puṇyānāmapi pātriṇe /
dṛṣṭapūrvaṃ tu tadvākyaṃ na kadācidvṛthā bhavet

atha vātmaprayāsena kṛcchrādyallabhyate dhanam /
tadeva tiṣṭhati cirādanyadgacchati kālataḥ

svayamāgatavittaṃ tu dharmārthairviniyojayet /
kuruṣvaitena tasmāttvaṃ vāpīkūpādikāñchubhān

iti tadvacanaṃ śrutvā bhāvibhāgyaprabodhitam /
bahūdakasamaṃ deśaṃ tatra tatra vyalokayat

nirmame 'tha mahendrasya digbhāge vimalodakam /
subahudravyasaṃ sādhyaṃ taṭākaṃ cākṣayodakam

datteṣu karmakāribhyo nikhileṣu dhaneṣu ca /
asaṃbūrṇaṃ tu tatkarma dṛṣṭvā cintākulo 'bhavat

taṃ cora vajranāmānamajñāto 'nucarāmyaham /
tenaiva bahudhā kṣiptaṃ dhanaṃ bhūri mahītale

stokaṃstokaṃ hariṣyāmi tatratatra dhanaṃ bahu /
iti niścitya manasā tenājñātastamanvagāt

tathaivātdṛtya taddravyaṃ tena setumapūrayat /
madhye jalāvṛtastena prāsādaścāpi śārṅgiṇaḥ

tattaṭākamabhūddivyamaśoṣitajalaṃ mahat /
setumadhye cakārāsau śaṅkarāyatanaṃ mahat

kānanaṃ ca kṣayaṃ nītaṃ bahusattvasamākulam /
tenāgryāṇi mahārhāṇi kṣetrāṇyapi cakāra saḥ

devatābhyo dvijebhyaśca padattāni vibhajya vai /
brāhmaṇāṃśca samāmantrya devavrātamukhānbahūn

saṃtoṣya hemavastrādyairidaṃ vacanamabravīt /
kva cāhaṃ vīradattākhyaḥ kirātaḥ kāṣṭhavikrayī

kva vā mahāsetubandhaḥ kva devālayakalpanā /
kva vā kṣetrāṇi kḷptāni brāhmaṇāyatanāni ca

kṛpayaiva kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ bhavatāṃ bhūsurottamāḥ /
pratigṛhya tathaivaitaddevavrātamukhā dvijāḥ

dvijavarmeti nāmāsmai tasyai śīlavatīti ca /
cakruḥ saṃtuṣṭamanaso mahātmāno mahaujasaḥ

teṣāṃ saṃrakṣaṇārthāya bandhumiḥ sahito vaśī /
tatraiva vasatiṃ cakre mudito bhāryayā saha

purohitābhidhānena devarātapurantviti /
nāma cakre purasyāsya toṣa yannakhilāndvijān

tataḥ kālavaśaṃ prāpto dvijavarmā mṛtastadā /
yamasya brahmaṇo viṣṇordūtā rudrasya cāgatāḥ

anyo 'nyamabhavatteṣāṃ yuddhaṃ devāsuropamam /
atrāntare samāgatya nārado munirabravīt

mā kurvantu mitho yuddhaṃ śṛṇvantu vacanaṃ mama /
ayaṃ kirātaścairyeṇa setubandhaṃ purākarot

vāyubhūtascaredeko yāvaddravyavato mṛtiḥ /
sa bahubhyo hareddravyaṃ teṣāṃ yāvattathā mṛtiḥ

gateṣvakhiladūteṣu śrutvā nāradabhāṣitam /
cacāra dvādaśābdaṃ tu vāyubhūtoṃ'tarikṣagaḥ

bhāryāṃ tasyāha sa munistava doṣo na kiñcana /
tvayā kṛtena puṇyena brahmalokamito vraja

vāyubhūtaṃ patiṃ dṛṣṭvā necchati brahmamandiram /
nirvedaṃ paramāpannā munimevamabhāṣata

vinā patimahaṃ tena na gaccheyaṃ pitāmaham /
hahaivāste patiryāvatsvadehaṃ labhate tathā

tatastu yā gatistasya tāmevānucarāmyaham /
parihāro 'thavā kiṃ tu mayā kāryastu tena vā

iti tasyā vacaḥ śrutvā prītaḥ prāha tapodhanaḥ /
bhogātmakaṃ śarīraṃ tu karma kāryakaraṃ tava

mama prabhāvādbhavitā parihāraṃ vadāmi te /
nirāhāro mahātīrthesnātvā nityaṃ hi sāṃbikam

pūjayitvā śivaṃ bhaktyā kandamūlaphalāśanaḥ /
dhyātvā hṛdi maheśānaṃ śatarudramanuṃ japet

brahmahā mucyate pāpairaṣṭottarasahasrataḥ /
pāpairanyaiśca sakalairmucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ

ityādiśya dadau tasyai rudrādhyāyaṃ tapodhanaḥ /
anugṛhyeti tāṃ nārīṃ tatraivāntarddhimāgamat

bhartuḥ priyārthe saṃkalpya jajāpa paramaṃ japam /
vimuktasteyadoṣeṇa svaśarīramavāpa saḥ

tato vajrābhidhaścauraḥ kāladharmamupāgataḥ /
anye taddravyavanto 'pi kāladharmamupāgatāḥ

yamastu tānsamāhūya vākyaṃ caitaduvāca ha

bhavadbhistu kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ daivātsukṛtamapyuta /
kimicchatha phalaṃ bhoktuṃ duṣkṛtasya śubhasya vā

iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā procurvajrādikāstataḥ /
sukṛtasya phalaṃ tvādau paścātpāpasya bhujyate

punarāha yamo yūyaṃ putramitra kalatrakaiḥ /
etasyaiva balātsarve tridivaṃ gacchata drutam

te 'dhiruhya vimānāgryaṃ dvijavarmāṇamāśritāḥ /
yathocitaphalopetāstridivaṃ jagmurañjasā

dvijavarmākhilāṃllokānatītya pramadāsakhaḥ /
gāṇapatyamanuprāpya kailāse 'dyāpi modate

indra uvāca
tāratamyavibhāgaṃ ca kathaya tvaṃ mahāmate /
setubandhādikānāṃ ca puṇyānāṃ puṇyavardhanam

bṛhaspatiruvāca
puṇyasyārddhaphalaṃ prāpya dvijavarmā mahāyaśāḥ /
vajraḥ prāpya tadardhaṃ tu tadardhena yutāḥ pare

manovākkāyaceṣṭābhiścaturdhākriyate kṛtiḥ /
vinaśyettena tenaiva kṛtaistatparihārakaiḥ

indra uvāca
āsavasya tu kiṃ rūpaṃ ko doṣaḥ kaścavā guṇaḥ /
annaṃ doṣakaraṃ kiṃ tu tanme vistarato vada

bṛhaspatiruvāca
paiṣṭikaṃ tālajaṃ kairaṃ mādhūkaṃ guḍasaṃbhavam /
kramānnyūnataraṃ pāpaṃ tadarddhārddhārddhatastathā

kṣatriyāditrivarṇānāmāsavaṃ peyamucyate /
strīṇāmapi tṛtīyādi peyaṃ syādbrāhmaṇīṃ vinā

patihīnā ca kanyā ca tyajedṛtumatī tathā /
abhartṛsannidhau nārī madyaṃ pibati lolupā

unmādinīti sākhyātā tāṃ tyajedantyajāmiva

daśāṣṭaṣaṭcatasrastu dvijātīnāmayaṃ bhavet /
strīṇāṃ madyaṃ tadarddhaṃ syātpādaṃ syādbhartṛsaṅgame

madyaṃ pītvā dvijo mohātkṛcchracāndrāyamaṃ caret /
japeccāyutagāyatrīṃ jātavedasameva vā

ambikā hṛdayaṃ vāpi japecchuddho bhavennaraḥ /
kṣatriyo 'pi trivarṇānāṃ dvijādardhor'dhataḥ kramāt

strīṇāmardhārdhakḷptiḥ syātkārayedvā dvijairapi /
antarjale sahasraṃ vā japecchuddhimavāpnuyāt

lakṣmīḥ sarasvatī gaurī caṇḍikā tripurāṃbikā /
bhairavo bhairavī kālī mahāśāstrī ca mātaraḥ

anyāśca śaktayastāsāṃ pūjane madhu śasyate /
brāhmaṇastu vinā tena yajedvedāṅgapāragaḥ

tanniveditamaśnantastadananyāstadātmakāḥ /
tāsāṃ pravāhā gacchanti nirlepāste parāṃ gatim

kṛtasyākhilapāpasya jñānato 'jñānato 'pi vā /
prāyaścittamidaṃ proktaṃ parāśakteḥ padasmṛtiḥ

anabhyarcya parāṃ śaktiṃ pibenmadyaṃ tu yo 'dhamaḥ /
raurave narake 'bdaṃ tu nivasedbrindusaṃkhyayā

bhogecchayā tu yo madyaṃ pibetsa mānuṣādhamaḥ /
prāyaścitaṃ na caivāsya śilāgnipatanādṛte

dvijo mohānna tu pibetsnehādvā kāmato 'pi vā /
anugrahācca mahatāmanutāpācca karmaṇaḥ

arcanācca parāśakteryamaiśca niyamairapi /
cāndrāyaṇena kṛcchreṇa dinasaṃkhyākṛtena ca /
śuddhyecca brāhmaṇo doṣāddviguṇādbuddhipūrvataḥ