Kalika Purana · Chapter 51

//aurvva uvāca//
atha kālakrameṇaiva pravṛddhāste mahābalāḥ/
śastrāstrajñānakuśalāḥ śāstrārthapariniṣṭhitāḥ

samprāptayauvanā dīptā durdharṣāḥ paripanthibhiḥ/
dhamārthajñānakuśalā brahmaṇyāḥ satyavādinaḥ

sadā sahacarau tatra prītyā vetālabhairavau/
alarkau damanaścaiva tathoparicarastrayaḥ/
sadā sahacarā nityaṃ bhrātaraścāndraśekharāḥ

triṣvātmajeṣu nṛpateḥ sadoparicarādiṣu/
mamatvamadhikaṃ nityaṃ prītisnehau tathādhikau

vetāle bhairave cāpi candrasekharabhūbhṛtaḥ/
nāstyeva tādṛśī prītiryādṛśī teṣu jāyate

na tau dṛṣṭvā sa nṛpatiḥ kadāciccandraśekharaḥ/
atyāhlādayate'jasraṃ putrabuddhyeṣyate'thavā

tau vīrau dharmakuśalau mahābalaparākramau/
trailokyavijaye dakṣau śastrāstragrāmapāragau

tābhyāṃ bibheti ca nṛpaḥ kadā kiṃvā kariṣyataḥ/
vetālabhairavāvetau māṃ sutān rājyameva vā

iti cintāparo rājā nityameva nirīkṣate/
praṇatāvapi tatputrau samyag vetālabhairavau

athoparicaraṃ rājā yauvarājye'bhyaṣecayat/
jyāyāṃsamaurasaṃ putraṃ sarvarājaguṇairyutam

yaḥ paścāt sarvabhūpālān yojayiṣyati nītibhiḥ/
rājoparicaro nāma sarvaśāstrārthapāragaḥ

damanāya dadau dāyaṃ tathālarkāya bhūmibhṛt/
prabhūtadhanaratnāni tathāsanarathān bahūn

tāvanti na dadau tābhyāṃ dāyavittāni bhāgaśaḥ/
vetālabhairavābhyāṃ tu tatastau manyurāviśat

manyunābhiparītau tau vicarantāvitastataḥ/
na bhogamīpsatāṃ vīrau tapase ca kṛtodyamau/
anūḍhabhāryau satataṃ nirjane vasataḥ sadā

tathābhūtau tadā putrau devau vetālabhairavau/
bubudhe cintayākrāntā devī tārāvatī tadā

rājoparicarād bhītā patyuśca candraśekharāt/
novāca kiñcita sudatīcchannaṃ tau bodhayatyapi

etasminnantare vidvān kapoto munisattamaḥ/
citrāṅgadāsaṅgabhogī santuṣṭaḥ suratotsavaiḥ

citrāṅgadāṃ parityajya saputrāṃ sahacāriṇīm/
iyeṣa gantuṃ sa proce tadā citrāṅgadāṃ vacaḥ

//muniruvāca//
citrāṅgade tapastaptuṃ gamiṣyāmi tapovanam/
kiṃ te priyaṃ karomīha taṃ me vada manohare

//citrāṅgadovāca//
tamburuśca suvarcāśca tanayau tava suvrata/
etayostvaṃ muniśreṣṭha priyaṃ kuru yathocitam

māṃ cāpi bhaginīgehe saṃsthāpya dvijasattam/
tadā tapovanaṃ gaccha yadi te rocate'nagha

iti śrutvā vacastasyāḥ kapoto munisattamaḥ/
hiraṇyārthaṃ samālocya kuberasadanaṃ yayau

prārthayitvā kuberaṃ tu suvarṇānāṃ śatāni ṣaṭ/
niṣkāṇāṃ tu sahasrāṇi sa lebhe munisattamaḥ

śataṃ bhārāṃśca ratnānāmānīya va savīvadhaiḥ/
putrābhyāṃ pradadau vipro bhāryāyai ca viśeṣataḥ

tatastāṃ sahaputrābhyāṃ tairdhanairapi bhūribhiḥ/
citrāṅgadāmatenātha putrayorapi sammate

suvarcasaṃ tumburuṃ ca tathā citrāṅgadāmapi/
āmantrya muniśārdūlaḥ karavīrapuraṃ yayau

tatra gatvā sa kapoto rājānaṃ candraśekharam/
rājoparicaraṃ caiva vākyametaduvāca ha

iyaṃ kakutsthajā bhūpa tavaiva viditā purā/
sadyojātau tathaivāsyāmetau me tanayau śucī

ebhirvittaiḥ samaṃ putrau mama tvaṃ pratipālaya/
rājoparicaraścāpi pālayatviha me sutau

aputrasya nṛpaḥ putro nirdhanasya dhanaṃ nṛpaḥ/
amāturjananī rājā hyatātasya pitā nṛpaḥ

anāthasya nṛpo nātho hyabhartuḥ pārthivaḥ patiḥ/
abhṛtyasya nṛpo bhṛtyo nṛpa eva nṛṇāṃ sakhā/
sarvadevamayo rājā tasmāt tvāmarthaye nṛpaḥ

//aurvva uvāca//
tataḥ sa rājā taṃ prāha munimevaṃ dvijottamam/
kariṣye tvadvacaścāhaṃ rājoparicaraśca saḥ

atha citrāṅgadā rājā jagrāha minisammate/
sutau ca tasya sadhanau jyāyase sūnave dadau

sa coparicaraḥ prādādrājyamardhaṃ suvarcase/
tathaiva sacivādhyakṣamakarottumburuṃ tadā

kapota ścāpi suprītaḥ putrārdha samavekṣya ca/
jagāmāmantrya nṛpatiṃ tapase ca tapovanam

pathi gacchan sa kapotaḥ śambhuputrau manoharau/
ekākinau carantau tu sūryācandramasāviba

tayordadṛdarśa ca tadā vadane vānarākṛtī/
smṛtvā pūrvakathāṃ dṛṣṭvā tāvapṛcchat tapodhanaḥ

kau yuvāṃ devagarbhābhau carantau vijane pathi/
ekākinau naraśreṣṭhau tanme vadatamīritam

atha tau praṇipatyainaṃ sambhāṣya ca samañjasam/
kapotākhyaṃ muniśreṣṭhamūcatuḥ śaṅkarātmajau

candraśekharaputrau nau tārāvatyāṃ samudgatau/
viddhi tvaṃ muniśārdūla praṇamāvaḥ padaṃ tava

avajñāṃ vīkṣya nṛpaterāvayoḥ satataṃ mune/
ekākinau nirjaneṣu bhrabhāvo manyunā sadā

kimarthamātmajau putrau praṇatau satataṃ nṛpaḥ/
avajñāya mahābhāga dāyamātraṃ na ditsati

tasmādāvāṃ tapastaptumicchāvo dvijasattama/
upadeśapradānena cānugṛhṇāti cedbhavān

tatastayorvacaḥ śrutvā prahasya munisattamaḥ/
bhūtabhavyabhavajjñānastāvidaṃ munirabravīt

//muniruvāca//
na yuvāṃ tanayau tasya candraśekharabhūpateḥ/
tārāvatyāṃ samutpannau bhavantau śaṅkarātmajau

sadyau jātau mahāvīryau vetālatve ca sammatau /
bhṛṅgimahākālasaṃjñau śāpād dharaṇimāgatau

yuvayoratra tenaiva na dāyaṃ ditsati priyam/
gacchataṃ śaraṇaṃ tātaṃ śaṅkaraṃ vṛṣabhadhvajam

sa eva yuvayoḥ sarvaṃ kāriṣyati maheśvaraḥ/
kiṃ vātyugreṇa tapasā cirakālaphalena vai

ityuktvā muniśārdūlaḥ kapotaḥ paramātmadhṛk/
bhūtabhavyabhavajajñānantābhyāṃ sarvamathocivān

yathā bhṛṅgimahākālau śaptāvavanimāgatau/
yathā haraśca gaurī ca pṛthivīmāgatau nṛpaḥ

tārāvatī yathā śaptā tenaiva muninā purā/?
yatā tau ca samutpannau tārāvatyudare purā

yathā vā nāradenaiva saṃśayacchedanaṃ nṛpe/
tatsarvaṃ kathayāmāsa putrābhyāṃ giriśasya tu

tacchrutvā tau mahātmānau tadā vetālabhairavau/
mudā paramayā yuktau babhūvaturaninditau

modapūrṇau tadā bhūtvā siktvāviva sudhārasaiḥ/
punaḥ papraccha kapotaṃ vetālo bhairavo'pi ca

pitāvayormahādevastvayā satyamitīritam/
so'rcanīyo yathāvābhyāṃ siddhaye munisattama

āvābhyāṃ ca yathārādhyo yatra vārādhito haraḥ/
prasādameṣyatyacirāt tanno vada mahāmate

dhanyāvanugṛhītau nau yat tvayā munisattama/
vijñāpitamidaṃ sarvaṃ hṛcchalyaṃ cod‌dhṛtaṃ ca nau

punarāvāṃ dayasva tvaṃ kṛpāmaya munīśvara/
prāpsyāvo na cirād bhargaṃ yathā vada tathaiva nau

//maniruvāca//
śṛṇu tvaṃ kathayāmyadya yatra cārādhito haraḥ/
nacirādeva bhavatorāyāsyati samakṣatām

nityaṃ yatra mahādevo vasan bhavati tuṣṭaye/
yuvāṃ tat sampravaṃkṣyāmi sthānaṃ guhyaṃ prakāśitam

vārāṇasī nāma purī gaṅgātīre manohare/
varaṇāyāstathā cāsermadhye cāpākṛtiḥ sadā

svayaṃ vṛṣadhvajastatra nityaṃ vasati yoginām/
sadā prītikaro yogī svayaṃ cāpyātmacintakaḥ

viyatsthā sā purī nityaṃ bhargayogabalād dhṛtā/
divyajñānaṃ dadātyeṣā tatra yo mriyate naraḥ

tasmai svayaṃ mahādevaḥ saṃsāragranthimuktaye/
sa bhūtvā paramo yogī mṛtastatra bhavāntare

sulabhenaiva nirvāṇamāpnoti harasammataḥ/
yogayukto mahādevaḥ pārvatyā sahitaḥ sadā

devagandharvayakṣāṇāṃ mānuṣāṇāṃ ca nityaśaḥ/
jñeyo haraḥ prakāśaśca kṣetraṃ tacca prakāśitam

na tatra kāmado devo nacirācca prasīditi/
ārādhitaściraṃ prītyā nirvāṇāya prasīdati

gauryā vivajitā sā tu purī tatra na gacchati/
yogasthānaṃ mahākṣetraṃ kadācidapi śāṅkarī

āsannaṃ yuvayoḥ kṣetramidaṃ vārāṇasī tu yat/
kathitaṃ nātidūre ca vartate narasattamau

aparaṃ tu pravakṣyāmi guhyaṃ pīṭhaṃ sadārcitam/
haragaurīsamāyuktaṃ paraṃ dharmārthakāmadam

tapasā cāti tīvroṇa cirād bhavati mokṣadam/
nacirāt kāmadaṃ puṇyaṃ kṣetraṃ pīṭhaṃ nigadyate

cirāt tu kāmado devo na cirād yatra jñānadaḥ/
tatkṣetramiti lokeṣu gadyate pūrvavandibhiḥ

kāmarūpaṃ mahāpīṭhaṃ guhyād guhyatamaṃ param/
sadā sannihitastatra pārvatyā saha śaṅkaraḥ

na cirāt pūjito devastasmin pīṭhe prasīdati/
pārvatī cānugṛhṇāti bhargabhaktaṃ tu tatra vai

dadāti nacirāt kāmaṃ bhaktāya parameśvaraḥ/
tat tu pīṭhaṃ pravakṣyāmi śṛṇuta sāmprataṃ yuvām

karatoyā nadīpūrvaṃ yāvad dikkaravāsinīm/
triṃśadyojanavistīrṇaṃ yojanaikaśatāyatam

trikoṇaṃ kṛṣṇavarṇaṃ ca prabhūtācalapūritam/
nadīśatasamāyuktaṃ kāmarūpaṃ prakīrtitam

śambhunetrāgninirdagdhaḥ kāmaḥ śambhoranugrahāt/
tatra rūpaṃ yataḥ prāpa kāmarūpaṃ tato'bhavat

tasya pīṭhasya vāyavyāṃ nairṛtyāṃ madhyabhāgataḥ/
aiśānyāṃ ca tathāgneyyāṃ madhye pārśve ca śaṅkaraḥ

svamāśramapadaṃ kṛtvā ṣaṭsu sthāneṣu śobhanam/
nityaṃ vasati tatrāpi pārvatyā saha narmabhiḥ

madhye devīgṛhaṃ tatra tadadhīnaṃ tu śaṅkaraḥ/
nīlākhye parvataśreṣṭhe pārvatī tatra tiṣṭhati

aiśānyāṃ nāṭake śaile śaṅkarasya mahāśramaḥ/
nityaṃ vasati tatreśastadadhīnā ca pārvatī

apare cāśramāḥ santi haragauryoḥ sadātanāḥ /
naitayo sadṛśaḥ ko'pi vidyate śaṅkarāśramaḥ

yatrārādhyo mahādevo bhavadbhayāṃ narasattamau/
tatsthānaṃ manasādāya prasādaya vṛṣadhvajam

vetālabhairavāvūcatuḥ//
kāmarūpaṃ gamiṣyāvau rahasyaṃ nāṭakācalam/
gaurīharau sthitau yatra nityaṃ sannihitau mune

ārādhanīyo bhūteśo hyavaśyamiha cāvayoḥ/
yathaivārādhayiṣyāvastathācakṣva dvijottama

yena mantreṇa vā devo nacirāt tu prasīdati/
tat tvaṃ vada mahābhāgānugraho'styāvayoryadi

//ṛṣiruvāca//
nāṭakaṃ parvataśreṣṭhaṃ gacchataṃ narasattamau/
tatra nityaṃ mahādevī ramate'parṇayā saha

sandhyācale tatra munirārādhayati śaṅkaram/
vaśiṣṭho brahmaṇaḥ putrastaṃ yuvāmanugacchatam

sa ca mantraṃ satantraṃ ca harārādhanakarmaṇi/
jñāpayiṣyati vāṃ pṛṣṭaḥ kila vetālabhairavau

tapase gantumicchāmi nedānīṃ kālayāpanā/
yujyate mama tasmānmāṃ tyajataṃ vīrasattamau

evamuktvā muniśreṣṭhaḥ kapotaḥ prayayau vanam/
tau taṃ muniṃ namaskṛtya jagmaturbhavanaṃ nijam

atha tau samayaṃ kṛtvā dīkṣitau tapase tadā/
pitarāvapyanujñāpya bhrātṛnanyāṃśca bāndhavān/
prasthānaṃ kāmarūpāya cakratustau mahāmatī

tau gacchantau parijñāya śaṅkaro'pi sahomayā/
devān sarvānuvācedaṃ sāntvayanniva sendrakān

//īśvara uvāca//
putrau me tapase yātaḥ sāmprataṃ surasattamāḥ/
mamārādhanacittau tu tau dayadhvaṃ sureśvarāḥ

saṃskṛtya tapasā caitau putrau vetālabhairavau/
gāṇapatye niyokṣyāmi tau saṃskurvantu nirjarāḥ

anenaiva śarīreṇa tau gaṇeśatvamāpsyataḥ/
tapasā tu tayoḥ kāyau bhāvaṃ tyatkvā tu mānuṣam

yathāpnutaḥ saurabhāvaṃ vidhāsyāmi hyahaṃ tathā/
ityuktvā vāmadevo'pi pārvatyā saha putrakau/
gacchantau viyatā snehāt paścādanuyayau śivaḥ

śakrādyāstridaśāḥ sarve dikpālāśca tathāpare

sarve haraṃ cānujagmuranugacchantamātmajau/
atha tau tu nadīṃ prāpya kṛṣṇājinadharau tadā

ādāya tāpasaṃ bhāvaṃ gaṅgātulyāṃ dṛṣadvatīm/
tapasvinau tu devena tryambakeṇātha pālitau

devaiḥ saha tadāyātau kāmarūpāhvayāśramam/
āsādya kāmarūpaṃ tu karatoyānadījale

upaspṛśya tatastau tu nandikuṇḍaṃ nṛpottama/
tatra snātvāpyupaspṛśya nadīṃ gatvā jaṭodbhavām

upaspṛśya ca tau nandinaṃ tapasā dhṛtam/
praṇamya jalpiśaṃ devaṃ jagmaturnnāṭakācalam

nāṭakācalamāsādya praṇamya vṛṣabhadhvajam/
ārādhanopadeśāya kapotakavacaḥsmarau

jagmaturdakṣiṇāṃ kāṣṭhāṃ yatra sandhyācalaḥ sthitaḥ/
kāntā nāma nadī tatra vaśiṣṭhenāvatāritā

tasyāstīre mahāśailaḥ snigdhacchāyalatātaruḥ/
sandhyāṃ vaśiṣṭhaḥ kṛtavāṃstatra yasmād vidheḥ sutaḥ

ataḥ sandhyācalaṃ nāma tasya gāyanti devatāḥ/
tatrāsādya vaśiṣṭhaṃ tu sākṣādiva hutāśanam

ārādhayantaṃ giriśaṃ dhyānasaṃyuktamānasam/
tapaḥśriyā dīpyamānaṃ dvitīyamiva bhāskaram

praṇamya puratastasya tadā vetālabhairavau/
prāñjalī tasthaturbhūpa vinayānatakandharau

idaṃ cāpyūcatustau tu praṇamantau vidheḥ sutam/
tārāvatyāṃ samutpannau candraśekharabhūbhṛtaḥ

kṣetre bhargasya tanayāvāvāṃ jānīhi mānuṣau/
ārādhayitumicchāvo haraṃ kāryasya siddhaye

vāñchitasya yadi tvaṃ nāvanugṛhṇāsi suvrata/
tayostad vacanaṃ śrutvā vaśiṣṭho munisattamaḥ

uvāceti yuvāṃ jñātau mayā satyaṃ harātmajau/
harasyārādhanaṃ kāryaṃ yuvayornarasattamau

tatrāsti mama kṛtyaṃ kiṃ tad‌bhāṣatamaninditau /
vṛṣadhvajārādhanāya yuvayostu prayojanam/
vidyate tannimittaṃ yat tat siddhamiti cintyatām

//vetālabhairavāvūcatuḥ//
yena mantreṇa nacirāt samyagārādhito haraḥ/
prasādameṣyatyavanau tanno vada mahāmune

yathā cārādhayiṣyāvastantraṃ yad yādṛśaḥ kramaḥ/
tatsarvaṃ muniśārdūla vaktumarhasi cottaram

yathā tvadupadeśena prāpsyāvo nacirād haram/
vācāṃ muniśreṣṭha hyanuśādhi natau tvayi

//vasiṣṭha uvāca//
prasanna eva bhavatorvṛṣaketuḥ sahomayā/
nacirāt svayamevātra prasādaṃ ca sameṣyati

sarvairdevagaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ sabhāryo vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ/
ākāśamārgeṇāyātaḥ pālayan svasutau gṛhāt

kintu mānuṣadehau vāmadhivāsya tapovrataiḥ/
svayanneṣyati kailāsaṃ gāṇapatye niyojya vām

ahaṃ cāpyupadekṣyāmi yathā bhargaṃ yuvāṃ drutam/
prāpsyathaḥ pārvatīputravekāgraṃ śṛṇutaṃ tu tat

cirāt prasīdati dhyānānnacirād dhyānapūjanāt/
tasmād dhyānaṃ pūjanaṃ ca kathayāmyadya tattvataḥ

tejomayaḥ sadā śuddho jñānāmṛtavivardhitaḥ /
jaganmayaścidānandaḥ śauribrahmasvarūpadhṛk

mahādevo mahāmūrtirmahāyogayutaḥ sadā/
jaganti tasya rūpāṇi tāni ko gaditu kṣamaḥ

kintu yairiha rūpaistu viharatyeṣa śaṅkaraḥ/
teṣāṃ yanme jñānagamyaṃ tatreṣṭaṃ nigadāmi vām

prathamaṃ śṛṇutaṃ mantraṃ tato'nudhyānagocaram/
tataḥ kramaṃ tu pūjāyāḥ kramād vṛttaṃ nararṣabhau

samastānāṃ svarāṇāṃ tu dīrghāḥ śeṣāḥ sabindukāḥ/
ṛlṛśūnyāḥ sārdhacandrā upāntenābhisaṃhitāḥ

ebhiḥ pañcākṣarairmantraṃ pañcavaktrasya kīrtitam/
kramāt sammadasandoha nādagauravasaṃjñakāḥ

prāsādastu bhaveccheṣaḥ pañcamantrāḥ prakīrtitāḥ/
ekaikena tathaikekaṃ vakttraṃ devaṃ prapūjayet

ekaṃ samuditaṃ kṛtvā pañcabhirvā prapūjayet/
prasādenātha vā pañcavaktraṃ devaṃ prapūjayet

sammadādiṣu mantreṣu prāsādastu praśasyate/
śambhoḥ prasādanenaiṣa yasmād vṛttastu mantrakaḥ

tena prāsādasaṃjño'yaṃ kathyate munisattamaiḥ /
tasmāt sarveṣu mantreṣu prāsādaḥ prītidaḥ paraḥ

āmodakārakaḥ śambhormantraḥ sammada ucyate/
manaḥprapūraṇāccāpi sandohaḥ parikīrtitaḥ

ākarṣako bhavennādo gurutvād gauravāhvayaḥ/
etad‌vyastaṃ samastaṃ ca mantraṃ śambhoḥ prakīrtitam

pañcākṣaraṃ tu yanmantraṃ pañcavaktrasya kīrtitam/
yuvāṃ tenaiva mantreṇa ārādhayatamīśvaram

dhyānaṃ vakṣyāmi śṛṇutaṃ samyag vetālabhairavau/
pañcavaktraṃ mahākāyaṃ jaṭājūṭavibhūṣitam

cārucandrakalāyuktaṃ mūrdhni bālaughabhūṣitam /
bāhubhirdaśabhiryuktaṃ vyāghracarmāmarāmbaram

kālakūṭadharaṃ kaṇṭhe nāgahāropaśobhitam/
kirīṭabandhanaṃ bāhubhūṣaṇaṃ ca bhujaṅgamān

bibhrataṃ sarvagātreṣu jyotsnārpitasurociṣam/
bhūtisaṃliptasarvāṅgamekaikatra tribhistribhiḥ

netraistu pañcadaśabhirjyortiṣmad‌bhirvirājitam/
vṛṣabhopari saṃsthaṃ tu gajakṛttiparicchadam

sadyojātaṃ vāmadevamaghoraṃ ca tataḥ param/
tatpuruṣaṃ tatheśānaṃ pañcavaktraṃ prakīrtitam

sadyojātaṃ bhavecchuklaṃ śuddhasphaṭikasaṃnibham/
pītavarṇaṃ tathā saumyaṃ vāmadevaṃ manoharam

nīlavarṇamaghoraṃ tu daṃṣṭvā bhītivivardhanam/
raktaṃ tatpuruṣaṃ devaṃ divyamūrtiṃ manoharam

śyāmalaṃ ca tatheśānaṃ sarvadaiva śivātmakam/
cintayet paścime tvādyaṃ dvitīyaṃ tu tathottare

aghoraṃ dakṣiṇe devaṃ pūrve tatpuruṣaṃ tathā/
īśānaṃ madhyato jñeyaṃ cintayed bhaktitatparaḥ

śaktitriśūlakhaṭavāṅgavaradābhayadaṃ śivam/
dakṣiṇeṣvatha hasteṣu vāmeṣvapi tataḥ śubham

akṣasūtraṃ bījapūraṃ bhujagaṃ ḍamarūtpalam/
aṣṭaiśvaryasamāyuktaṃ dhyāyet tu hṛdgataṃ śivam

evaṃ vicintayed dhyāne mahādevaṃ jagatpatim/
cintayitvā dvārapālān gaṇeśādīn prapūjayet

viśuddhiṃ pañcabhūtānāṃ cintayitvā tato muhuḥ/
aṣṭamūrtīstataḥ paścāt pūjayedaṣṭanāmabhiḥ

āsanāni ca tasyātha pūjayet sakalāni tu /
bhāvādīnyaṣṭapuṣpāṇi hṛdaiva viniyojayet

nārācamudrayā tasya tāḍanaṃ parikīrtitam/
visarjanaṃ dhenumudrāṃ darśayitvā vidhānataḥ

nirmālyadhāraṇaṃ kuryāt sadā caṇḍeśvaraṃ dhiyā/
pratyekaṃ pañcabhirmantrairaṅgādīni pramārjayet

sammadādibhiretasya pūrvoktairnarasattamau/
bālāṃ jyeṣṭhāṃ tathā raudrīṃ kālīṃ ca tadanantaram

kalavikariṇīṃ devīṃ balapramathinīṃ tathā/
damanīṃ sarvabhūtānāṃ manonmathinīṃ tathaiva ca

aṣṭau tāḥ pūjayed devīḥ kramācchambhośca prītaye/
evaṃ śivaṃ pūjayitvā dhyānatatparamānasaḥ

japenmālāṃ samādāya mantraṃ dhyātvā tathā gurum/
ekaṃ pañcākṣaraṃ mantramekaṃ prāsādameva vā

tatsaktamanasau japtvā śīghraṃ siddhimavāpsyathaḥ /
iti vāṃ kathitaṃ mantraṃ dhyānapūjākramaṃ tathā/
gacchataṃ nāṭakaṃ śailaṃ tatrārādhayataṃ haram

//vaitālabhairavāvūcatuḥ//
pañcākṣarastu mantro'yaṃ dhṛtastvatsammate mune/
anenaiva haraṃ devaṃ pūjayiṣyāvahe mudā

ityuktvā tannamaskṛtya tadā vetālabhairavau/
jagmuturnāṭakaṃ śailaṃ vaśiṣṭhānumate nṛpa

tatrāsti sarasī ramyā susampūrṇamanīharā /
sarvadā svacchasalilā praphullakamalotpalā

tasyāstīre tu vipulaḥ sumanojño harāśramaḥ/
sarvadā dānavairdevaiḥ kinnaraiḥ pramathaistathā

rakṣyate nṛpaśārdūla nṛtyavādanatatparaiḥ/
yasmānnaṭani tatreśo nityaṃ kautukatatparaḥ

tasmānnāṭakanānnāsau śailarājaḥ pragīyate/
chatrākāraṃ tu taṃ śailaṃ manojñaṃ śaṅkarapriyam

āsādya yatra sarasī tatra gatvā tu tau tadā/
na caivāpaśyatāṃ tatra harāśramamanuttamam

gantuṃ caivāśramasthānaṃ tau naivāśakatāṃ nṛpa/
tato haraṃ praṇamyāśu syaiva sarasastaṭe

nirmāya sthaṇḍilaṃ cāru vaśiṣṭhoktakrameṇa tu/
haramārād‌dhumārebhe vetālo bhairavo'pi ca

ārādhayantau būteśāṃ tau tadā śaṅkarātmajau/
dṛṣṭvā haro devagaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ tasmiṃstu parvate/
adhityakāyāṃ nyavasat svāśrame'parṇayā saha

adhobhāge sarastīre tapasyantau harātmajau/
sthitau dṛṣṭvā devagaṇaiḥ sahitaḥ śaṅkaraḥ sthitaḥ

nṛtyamardalaśabdo yo harasya satataṃ bhavet/
śṛṇutastau tadā śabdaṃ gantuṃ draṣṭuṃ na labhyate

hareṇādhiṣṭhitaḥ śailaḥ sarvadevagaṇaiḥ saha/
rājate sma tadā bhūpa sudharmā vāsavī yathā

dhyāyatostu tadā tatra bhagavān vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ/
nacirādeva tasyābhūd dhyānamārgeṣu niścalaḥ

tau pūjayantau gacchantau sthitau vā candraśekharam/
naiva tatyajatuścittaiḥ kadācidapi bhūmipa

pañcākṣareṇa mantreṇa pūjayantau vṛṣadhvajam/
vyaticakramatustau tu sahasraṃ parivatsarān

nirāhārau yatāhārau harasaṃsaktamānasau/
tapasā ninyaturvarṣān sahasraṃ caikavarṣavat

gate varṣasahasre tu svayameva vṛṣadhvajaḥ/
prasaṅgastu tayorbhūtvā pratyakṣatvamupāgataḥ

taṃ tu pratyakṣato dṛṣṭavā tadā vetālabhairavau/
vṛṣadhvajaṃ tuṣṭuvaturdhyānagamyaṃ puraḥsthitam

hararūpaṃ yathādhyātaṃ hṛdgataṃ tejasojjvalam/
tathā dṛṣṭvā tatastābhyāṃ vaśiṣṭhasyānumānataḥ

//vetālabhairavāvūcatuḥ//
paप़ñcavaktraṃ mahākāvyaṃ sarvajñānamayaṃ param/
saṃsārasāgaratrāṇaṃ praṇamāvo vṛṣadhvajam

tvaṃ paraḥ paramātmā ca pareśaḥ puruṣottamaḥ/
tvaṃ kūṭastho jagad‌vyāpī pradhānaḥ parameśvaraḥ

rūpātmā tvaṃ mahātattvaṃ tattvajñānālayaḥ prabhuḥ/
sāṃkhyayogālayaḥ śuddho guṇatrayavibhāgavit

tvaṃ nita yastvamanityaśca jagatkartā layaḥ smṛtaḥ/
eko'nekasvarūpaśca śāntaceṣṭo jaganmayaḥ

nirvikāro nirādhāro nityānandaḥ sanātanaḥ/
tvaṃ viṣṇustvaṃ mahendrastvaṃ brahmā tvaṃ jagatāṃ patiḥ

yo rūparūpeśvararatnamālaḥ sambhūtibhūto niravagrahaśca/
kāṃkṣyāvatīrṇāvagatapramāthī yogeśvaro jñānagatistvagamyaḥ

prameyarūpātmadharādharābho bhogīndrabaddhāmṛtabhogatantraḥ/
sūkṣmākṣarastattvavidapramāthī tvaṃ devadevaḥ śaraṇaṃ surāṇām

vikalpamānāparihīnadehaḥ śuddhāntadhāmānugataikavidyaḥ/
vardhiṣṇurugraḥ puruṣaḥ parātmā tvamindriyaughasya vicārabuddhi

tvaṃ nāthanātha prabhavaḥ pareṣāṃ gatirmunīnāṃ parayogigamyaḥ/
tvaṃbhūdharo bhāgadharo hyananto viśvātmanaste bahavaḥ prapañcāḥ

jñānāmṛtasyandakapūrṇacandro mohāndhakārasya paraḥ pradīpaḥ /
bhaktātmajānāṃ paramaḥ pitā tvaṃ kāme ca pañcānanarūpadhārī

śāstākhilānāṃ prathamo vivasvāṃstanūnapāt tvaṃ tanuṣe guṇaidhān/
tvaṃ brahmarūpeṇa karoṣi sṛṣṭiṃ viṣṇusvarūpaiḥ satataṃ sthitiṃ ca

tvaṃ rudrarūpī kuruṣe tathāntaṃ tvattau na cānyajjagatīha vastu/
tvaṃ rātrinātho divaseśvaraśca tvamagnirāpaḥ pavano dharitrī

nabhastathā tvaṃ kratutantrahotā tvamaṣṭamūrtirbhavato na cānyat/
anantamūrtistviha mukhyabhāvānnigādyate cāṣṭamayī trimūrtiḥ

anantamūrte kathamanyathā te saṃkhyāsti rūpasya yadaṣṭamūrtiḥ/
tvaṃ tryambakastvaṃ tripurāntakaśca tva śambhurīśaḥ śamano vidhātā

sahasrabāhuśca hiraṇyabāhuḥ sahasramūrtistviha pañcavaktraḥ/
prabhūtanetrastu ṣaḍarddhanetraḥ prabhūtabāhurdaśabāhurīśaḥ

prabhūtabhogī mitabhogayukto bhogyānusāro niravagrahaśca

nityānityasvarūpāya nityadhāmasvarūpiṇe/
paratattvasvarūpāya namastubhyaṃ śivātmane

nāntaṃ liṅgasya yasyāptaṃ viṣṇunā brahmaṇā tava/
tasyāvāṃ ki vidhāsyāvaḥ stutivākyaṃ vṛṣadhvajaḥ

svarūpaṃ yasya jānanti na devā nāpi dānavāḥ/
bālāvāvāṃ kathantu tvāṃ stoṣyāvaḥ parameśvara

bhaktimātreṇa deveśa tavāvāṃ vṛṣabhadhvaja/
kurvaḥ praṇāmaṃ gaurīśa bhūyastubhyaṃ namo namaḥ

//aurvva uvāca//
iti stuto mahādevo vetālena mahātmanā/
bhairaveṇāpi rājendra prasannaḥ prāha tau tadā

//śrī bhagavānuvāca//
tuṣṭo'smi yuvayoḥ putrau vṛṇutaṃ vāñchitaṃ varam/
dāsyāmi yuvayoriṣṭaṃ prasanno'haṃ tapovrataiḥ

stutibhistu damaiścāpi tathaikāntānucintanaiḥ/
muhurmuhuḥ suprasanna iṣṭaṃ dāsyāmi vāṃ sutau

//vetālabhairavāvūcatuḥ//
tuṣṭo'si yadi satyaṃ nau satyamāvāṃ sutau yadi/
vṛṣadhvaja tavaiveha tadeṣṭaṃ dehi nau varam

sutabhāvena pitaraṃ bhavantaṃ jagatāṃ patim/
nityaṃ yathāvagacchāvastathā dehi varaṃ tu nau

na rājyamabhikāṃkṣāvo na dhanaṃ nānyadeva vā/
tvadbhaktyā sevanaṃ kartuṃ tavecchāvo vṛṣadhvaja

tvatpādapaṅkajadvandve nityaṃ madhukarātmatām/
tvayi prasanne netrāṇāṃ yugale prāpnutāṃ sadā

ito'nyathā tvaccintābhistvaddh‌yānaistvatprapūjanaiḥ/
kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi yāntu samyaktathāvayoḥ

//aurvva uvāca//
tatastad vacanaṃ śrutvā mahādevo hasanniva/
sarvairdevagaṇaiḥ sārdhaṃ devatvamakarottayoḥ

devendrasammatenaiva sudhāmānīya nākataḥ/
vetālabhairavau tāntu pāyayāmāsa śaṅkaraḥ

pīte'mṛte tatastau tu martyatāṃ narasattamau/
amartyatāṃ parityajya prāpatuḥ śivaśaktitaḥ

tasminkāle svapantau tu divyajñānabalānvitau/
divyarūpopasampannau babhūvaturarindamau

abhinnenaiva dehena devatvaṃ gatayostayoḥ/
prāha śambhustadā tau tu sutau paramaharṣitau

//bhagavānuvāca//
ahaṃ tṛṣṭastu yuvayoḥ pārvatīṃ dayitāṃ mama/
mad‌dattaṃ kāmamicchantāvārādhayatamīśvarīm

tāmṛte tu na śaknomi dātumiṣṭaṃ sanātanam/
sevitiṃ ca sutau nityaṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajataṃ śivām

acirād yena bhāvena prītiṃ devī gamiṣyati/
atra vā tatra vā gatvā bhāvena cāryyatām

iti śrīkālikāpurāṇe vetālabhairavotpattikathane ekapañcāśo'dhyāyaḥ//