Kurma Purana · Chapter 2.41

iti śrīkūrmapurāṇe ṣaṭsāhastryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuparivibhāge catvāriṃśo 'dhyāyaḥ
sūta uvāca
idaṃ trailokyavikhyātaṃ tīrthaṃ naimiśamuttamam /
mahādevapriyakaraṃ mahāpātakanāśanam

mahādevaṃ didṛkṣūṇāmṛṣīṇaṇāṃ parameṣṭhinām /
brahāmaṇā nirmitaṃ sthānaṃ tapastaptuṃ dvijottamāḥ

marīcayo 'trayo viprā vasiṣṭhāḥ kratavastathā /
bhṛgavo 'ṅgirasaḥ pūrvā brahmāṇaṃ kamalodbhavam

sametya sarvavaradaṃ caturmūrti caturmukham /
pṛcchanti praṇipatyainaṃ viśvakarmāṇamacyutam

ṣaṭkulīyā ūcuḥ
bhagavan devamīśānaṃ bhargamekaṃ kapardinam /
kenopāyena paśyāmo brūhi devanamaskṛtam

brahmovāca
satraṃ sahasramāsadhvaṃ vāṅmanodoṣavarjitāḥ /
deśaṃ ca vaḥ pravakṣyāmi yasmin deśe cariṣyatha

uktvā manomayaṃ cakraṃ sa sṛṣṭvā tānuvāca ha /
kṣiptametanmayā cakramanuvrajata mā ciram /
yatrāsya nemiḥ śīryeta sa deśaḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ

tato mumoca taccakraṃ te ca tatsamanuvrajan /
tasya vai vrajataḥ kṣipraṃ yatra nemiraśīryata /
naimisaṃ tatsmṛtaṃ nāmnā puṇyaṃ sarvatra pūjitam

siddhacāraṇasaṃkīrṇaṃ yakṣagandharvasevitam /
sthānaṃ bhagavataḥ śaṃbhoretannaimiśamuttamam

atra devāḥ sagandharvāḥ sayakṣoragarākṣasāḥ /
tapastaptvā purā devā lebhire pravarān varān

imaṃ deśaṃ samāśritya ṣaṭkulīyāḥ samāhitāḥ /
satreṇārādhya deveśaṃ dṛṣṭavanto maheśvaram

atra dānaṃ tapastaptaṃ snānaṃ japyādikaṃ ca yat /
ekaikaṃ pāvayet pāpaṃ saptajanmakṛtaṃ dvijāḥ

atra pūrvaṃ sa bhagavānṛṣīṇāṃ satramāsatām /
provāca vāyurbrahmāṇḍaṃ purāṇaṃ brahmabhāṣitam

atra devo mahādevo rudrāṇyā kila viśvakṛt /
ramate 'dhyāpi bhagavān pramathaiḥ parivāritaḥ

atra prāṇān parityajya niyamena dvijātayaḥ /
brahmalokaṃ gamiṣyanti yatra gatvā na jāyate

anyacca tīrthapravaraṃ jāpyeśvaramitiśrutam /
jajāpa rudramaniśaṃ yatra nandī mahāgaṇaḥ

prītastasya mahādevo devyā saha pinākadhṛk /
dadāvātmasamānatvaṃ mṛtyuvañcanameva ca

abhūdṛṣiḥ sa dharmātmā śilādo nāma dharmavit /
ārādhayanmahādevaṃ putrārthaṃ vṛṣabhadhvajam

tasya varṣasahasrānte tapyamānasya viśvakṛt /
śarvaḥ somo gaṇavṛto varado 'smītyabhāṣata

sa vavre varamīśānaṃ vareṇyaṃ girijāpatim /
ayonijaṃ mṛtyuhīnaṃ dehi putraṃ tvayā samam

tathāstvityāha bhagavān devyā saha maheśvaraḥ /
paśyatastasya viprarṣerantardhānaṃ gato haraḥ

tato yiyakṣuḥ svāṃ bhūmiṃ śilādo dharmavittamaḥ /
cakarṣa lāṅgalenorvoṃ bhittvādṛśyata śobhanaḥ

saṃvartakānalaprakhyaḥ kumāraḥ prahasanniva /
rūpalāvaṇyasaṃpannastejasā bhāsayan diśaḥ

kumāratulyo 'pratimo meghagambhīrayā girā /
śilādaṃ tāta tāteti prāha nandī punaḥ punaḥ

taṃ dṛṣṭvā nandanaṃ jātaṃ śilādaḥ pariṣasvaje /
munibhyo darśayāmāsa ye tadāśramavāsinaḥ

jātakarmādikāḥ sarvāḥ kriyāstasya cakāra ha /
upanīya yathāśāstraṃ vedamadhyāpayat sutam

adhītavedo bhagavān nandī matimanuttamām /
cakre maheśvaraṃ draṣṭuṃ jeṣye mṛtyumiti prabhum

sa gatvā saritaṃ puṇyāmekāgraśraddhayānvitaḥ /
jajāpa rudramaniśaṃ maheśāsaktamānasaḥ

tasya koṭyāṃ tu pūrṇāyāṃ śaṅkaro bhaktavatsalaḥ /
āgatya sāmbaḥ sagaṇo varado 'smītyuvāca ha

sa vavre punarevāhaṃ japeyaṃ koṭimīśvaram /
tāvadāyurmahādeva dehīti varamīśvara

evamastviti saṃprocya devo 'pyantaradhīyata /
jajāpa koṭiṃ bhagavān bhūyastadgatamānasaḥ

dvitīyāyāṃ ca koṭyāṃ vai saṃpūrṇāyāṃ vṛṣadhvajaḥ /
āgatya varado 'smīti prāha bhūtagaṇairvṛtaḥ

tṛtīyāṃ japtumicchāmi koṭiṃ bhūyo 'pi śaṅkara /
tathāstvityāha viśvātmā devo 'pyantaradhīyata

koṭitraye 'tha saṃpūrṇe devaḥ prītamanā bhṛśam /
āgatya varado 'smīti prāha bhūtagaṇairvṛtaḥ

japeyaṃ koṭimanyāṃ vai bhūyo 'pi tava tejasā /
ityukte bhagavānāha na japtavyaṃ tvayā punaḥ

amaro jarayā tyakto mama pārśvagataḥ sadā /
mahāgaṇapatirdevyāḥ putro bhava maheśvaraḥ

yogīśvaro yoganetā gaṇānāmīśvareśvaraḥ /
sarvalokādhipaḥ śrīmān sarvajño madbalānvitaḥ

jñānaṃ tanmāmakaṃ divyaṃ hastāmalakavat tava /
ābhūtasaṃplavasthāyī tato yāsyasi matpadam

etaduktvā mahādevo gaṇānāhūya śaṅkaraḥ /
abhiṣekeṇa yuktena nandīśvaramayojayat

udvāhayāmāsa ca taṃ svayameva pinākadhṛk /
marutāṃ ca śubhāṃ kanyāṃ suyaśeti ca viśrutām

etajjapyeśvaraṃ sthānaṃ devadevasya śūlinaḥ /
yatra tatra mṛto martyo rudraloke mahīyate