Brahmavaivarta Purana · Chapter 4.81

athaikāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ
śrīkṛṣṇa uvāya
etasminnantare śukraḥ suraśreṇīṃ dadarśa saḥ /
ākāśamārgādāyāntīṃ raṇaśastrāstradhāriṇīm

patākānāṃ trikoṭiśca śatakoṭirmahārathāḥ /
śatakoṭirgajendrāṇāṃ rathānāṃ taccaturguṇam

aśvānāṃ tatchataguṇaṃ samūhaṃ ca sudāruṇam /
padātīnāṃ samūhaṃ ca turaṅgebhyaśca ṣaḍguṇam

duṃdūbhīvādyabhāṇḍānāṃ pañcalakṣaṃ tathaiva ca /
paṭahānāṃ trilakṣaṃ ca ḍiṇḍimānāṃ dvilakṣakam

airāvate mahendraṃ ca śvetāśve dharmameva ca /
kuberaṃ varuṇaṃ vahniṃ rathasthaṃ pavanaṃ tathā

mahiṣasthaṃ yamaṃ caiva syandanasthaṃ divākaram /
īśānaṃ ca vṛṣendrasthamanantaṃ nāgavāham

ādityāṃśca vasūnrudrānsiddhagandharvākinnarān /
jīvanmuktamunīnāṃ ca samīhaṃ sūryavarcasam

tāndṛṣṭvā nirbhayaḥ śukraḥ samāśvāsya niśākaram /
surāṇāṃ dviguṇaṃ sainyamājuhāva vrajeśvara

ratnamālānadītīre hutāśanapriyāśrame /
tatra tasthau daityasainyaṃ puṇyakṣīrodadhestaṭe

etasminnantare śukraḥ samīpe sarasastaṭe /
puṇyāśrame'kṣayavaṭe surasainyātsamāgatam

dadarśa vṛṣabhasthaṃ ca śaṃkaraṃ sarvaṃśaṃkaram /
triśūlapaṭṭīśadharaṃ vyāghracarmāmbaraṃ varam

tejaḥsvarūpaṃ paramaṃ bhaktānugrahavigraham /
sardasaṃpatpradātāraṃ sarvajñaṃ sarvakāraṇam

sarveśvaraṃ sarvapūjyaṃ sarvahūpaṃ sanātanam /
śaraṇāgatadīnārtaṃ paritrāṇaparāyaṇam

sasmitaṃ paramātmānaṃ jvalantaṃ brahmatejasā /
saṃtrastaḥ sahasotthāya praṇanāma padāmbuje

dadau śubhāśiṣaṃ tasmai suprasannaḥ parātparaḥ /
ratnasiṃhāsane taṃ ca vāsayāmāsa sādaram

atha tatrāntare vipraṃ puratastaṃ dadarśa saḥ /
śāntaṃ svayaṃ vidhātāraṃ ratnasyandanamundaram

vahniśuddhāṃśukādhānaṃ ratnamālāvibhūṣitam /
prasannaṃ susmitaṃ śuddhaṃ jagatāmīśvaraṃ param

karmaṇāṃ phaladātāraṃ taporūpaṃ tapaśvinām /
vedānāṃ janakaṃ vedaprasūṃ kāntaṃ manoharam

puṭāñjalistadā trastaḥ praṇanāma sureśvaram /
ratnasiṃhāsane ramye vāsayāmāsa bhaktitaḥ

pūjāṃ cakāra bhaktyā ca tayoścaraṇapaṅkaje /
nocitaṃ kuśalapraśnaṃ tayoḥ kalyāṇameva ca

vidhātā jagatāṃ nanda śakācāryaṃ purasthitam /
sunītiṃ kathayāmāsa yatnataḥ śaṃmusaṃmataḥ

śrṛṇu śukra pravakṣyāmi turnītiṃ śaśinaḥ suta /
lajjākāraṃ trijagatāṃ karma vedabahiṣkṛtam

snātvā gṛhonmukhīṃ tārāṃ gurupatnīṃ pativratām /
gṛhītvā śaraṇāpannastvayi pāpaśca saṃpratam

prastutaṃ devasainyaṃ ca paśya vatsa raṇodyatam /
ahaṃ śaṃbhustvatsamīpaṃ tadarthaṃ ca samāgatau

śaṃbhuruvāca
candramānaya he vipra yadyātmaśivamicchasi /
saṃhariṣye sirastasya triśūrena ca pāpinaḥ

anyathā saṃhariṣyāmi sarvadaityānkṣaṇena ca /
mayi ruṣṭe rakṣitā ko daityānāṃ ca bhaveddvija

sadyaḥ pāśupatenaiva vāyvastreṇa ca rsāṃpratam /
surāṇāṃ ripuvargaṃ ca hariṣyāmi ca līlayā

durvāsaso madaṃśasya gurustasyāṅgirā suniḥ /
parasparācca saṃbandhādguruputro gururmama

bṛhaspatiśca tejasvī taṃ bhasmīkartumīśvaraḥ /
na cakāra kṛpāluścetpriyaśiṣyeṇa hetunā

utathyapatnīṃ dṛṣṭvā sa purā reme svakāmataḥ /
tatpateḥ śāpato'syaiva paragrastā priyā satī

patnīṃ madguruputrasya dehi tārrāṃ manoharām /
madvairiṇaṃ ca candraṃ ca bhrādṛbhāryāpahāriṇam

śaraṇāgatadīnārtaṃ na hi rakṣedyadīśvaraḥ /
pacyate niraye tāvadyāvadindāścatudarśa

atra nāsti vicāro me pāpiṣṭhe śaraṇāgate /
pāpī yaṃ śaraṇaṃ yāti sa pāpī ca na saṃśayaḥ

dehi taṃ vipraśārdūla pāpinaṃ mātṛgāminam /
bahiṣkṛtya svāśramācca tārāsādhvīsamanvitam

śukra uvāca
surāṇāmasurāṇāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ jagatāmapi /
tvameva śāstā bhagavānko vā śāsti sure'sure

kṛtvā surāṇāṃ sāhāyyaṃ kathaṃ daityānhaniṣyasi /
saṃhartuḥ sarvajagatāṃ daityaudhe kiṃ ca pauruṣam

tvaṃ jayotiḥ paramaṃ brahma saguṇo nirguṇaḥ svayam /
guṇabhedānmūrtibhedo brahmaviṣṇuśivātmakaḥ

balidvāre gadāpāṇiḥ svayameva bhavānprabho /
svayaṃ pradattā śakrāya tasmai śrīrapi līlayā

kṣamasva bhagañchaṃbho hara krodhaṃ ca saṃhara /
kiṃ pauruṣaṃ ca bhavato brahmaṇasyāpi hiṃsayā

ahaṃ jīvañcharīreṇa na dāsyāmi niśākaram /
śaraṇāgatadīnārtaṃ lajjirvaṃ pāpasaṃyutam

ahaṃ ca tvatpadāmbhoje śaraṇaṃ yāmi śaṃkara /
yathocitaṃ kuru vibho jagatsarvaṃ tathaiva ca

śukrasya vacanaṃ śrutvā prasanno bhagavāñchivaḥ /
ityuvāca niśānāthaṃ samānaya śubhaṃ bhavet

etasminnantare brahmā bodhayitvā kaviṃ vibhuḥ /
samānīya niśānāthaṃ tārakāsahitaṃ vraja

śaṃbhośca caraṇāmbhoje cakāra ca samarpaṇam /
śaṃbhustaṃ prītiyuktaśca vāsayāmāsa vakṣasi

dattavā tasmai pādareṇuṃ niṣpāpaṃ ca cakāra saḥ /
dattavā tanmastake hastaṃ kṛpālurabhayaṃ dadau

kṣīrode snāpayitvā ca prāyaścittena śaṃkaraḥ /
cakāra candraṃ niṣpāpaṃ brahmaṇā sahitaḥ śucim

yogena candraṃ yogīndro dvikhaṇḍaṃ taṃ cakāra saḥ /
rarakṣārdhaṃ lalāṭe ca so'pyardhaṃ brahmaṇaḥ puraḥ

ata eva mahādevo babhūva candraśekharaḥ /
mṛgāṅko lajjitastatra kalaṅkīṃ devasaṃsadi

lajjayā ca svayogena dehatyāgaṃ cakāra saḥ /
taccharīraṃ ca kṣīrode brahmaṇā ca samarpitam

rurodātriśca kṛbayā śucā kṣīrodadhestaṭe /
atreścakṣurjalaṃ tasya papāta ca jale vraja

tasmādbabhūva candraśca niṣpāpo devasaṃsadi /
brahmā ca bhagavāñchaṃbhurabhiṣekaṃ cakāra tam //
uvāca taṃ mahādevo nirbhayaṃ devasaṃsadi

mahādeva uvāca
svasthānaṃ gaccha putra tvaṃ kuruṣva viṣayaṃ mudā /
paścāttasyāśca śāpenayakṣmagrastobhaviṣyasi

vyarthaṃ pativratāśāpaṃ kartumīśaścako bhuvi /
madāśiṣā yakṣmaṇaśca pratīkāro bhaviṣyati

yasmādbhādracaturthyāṃ tu gurupatnīkṣatiḥ kṛtā /
tasmāttasmindine vatsa pāpadṛśyo yuge yuge

nābhuktaṃ kṣīyate karma kalpakoṭiśatairapi /
avaśyameva bhoktavyaṃ kṛtaṃ karma śubhāśubham

dehatyāgena he vatsa karmabhogo na naśyati /
prāyaścittānna saṃdeho ṅyastameva bhaviṣyati

tārābaharaṇāvatsa kalaṅkaścandramaṇḍale /
mṛgākṛtirvilagnaśca bhaviṣyati yuge yuge

śṛṇu vākyamihā''gaccha tārake ca pativrate /
satyaṃ brūhi kasya garbhaṃtyaktvā śuddhābhava priye

akāmato balātsādhvī na strī jāreṇa duṣyati /
kāmato narakaṃ yāti yāvaccandradivākarau

uvāca tārā brahmāṇaṃ garbhaṃ candrasya sasmitam /
jahasurdevatāḥ sarvāḥ śaṃbhuśca munisaṃghakāḥ

dadau tārāṃ ca gurave lajjitāya vrajeśvara /
bṛhaspatiryayau gehaṃ gṛhītvā ca pativratām

tayā prasūtaṃ putraṃ ca sundaraṃ kanakaprabham /
gṛhītvāprayayau candaunamaskṛtya vidhiṃ śivām

yayurdevāśca munayaḥ śaṃbhuśca kamalodbhavaḥ /
prayayau svagṛhaṃ śukrau daityayuktau mudā'nvitaḥ

etatte kathitaṃ nanda hyākhyānaṃ puṇyadaṃ śubham /
etacchru tvā tu niṣpāpo niṣkalaṅkī naro bhavet

dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ sarvasaṃpatkaraṃ param /
śokāpanodanaṃ harṣakaraṃ marvatra maṅgalam

tyaja śokaṃ sadā nanda gṛhaṃ vraja vrajeśvara /
brūhi sarvaṃ yaśodāṃ ca matprasūṃ gopikāgaṇam

bodhayiṣyasi sarvāṃ tāṃ strījātiṃ śokasaṃyutām /
sadīyajñānadattena harṣayuktaḥ sadā bhava

iti śrībrahmao mahāo śrīkṛṣṇajanmakhao uttao nāradanāo tārāharaṇaṃ
nāmaikāśītitamo'dhyāyaḥ