Mahabharata · Chapter 7.203

tasminnatirathe droṇe nihate tatra sañjaya /
māmakāḥ pāṇḍavāścaiva kimakurvannataḥ param //
sañjaya uvāca /

tasminnatirathe droṇe nihate pārṣatena vai /
kauraveṣu ca bhagneṣu kuntīputro dhanañjayaḥ //

dṛṣṭvā sumahadāścaryamātmano vijayāvaham / muniṃ snigdhāmbudābhāsaṃ vedavyāsamakalmaṣam /
yadṛcchayā'gataṃ vyāsaṃ papraccha bharatarṣabha //
arjuna uvāca /

saṅgrāme nyahanaṃ śatrūñśaraughairvimalairaham /
agrato lakṣaye yāntaṃ puruṣaṃ pāvakaprabham //

jvalantaṃ śūlamudyamya yāṃ diśaṃ pratipadyate /
tasyāṃ diśi vidīryante śatravo me mahāmune //

tena bhagnānarīnsarvānmadbhagnānmanyate janaḥ /
tena bhagnāni sainyāni pṛṣṭhato'nuvrajāmyaham //

bhagavaṃstanmamācakṣva ko vai sa puruṣottamaḥ /
śūlapāṇirmayā dṛṣṭastejasā sūryasannibhaḥ //

na padbhyāṃ spṛśate bhūmiṃ na ca śūlaṃ vimuñcati /
śūlācchūlasahasrāṇi niṣpetustasya tejasā //
vyāsa uvāca /

prajāpatīnāṃ prathamaṃ taijasaṃ puruṣaṃ prabhum /
bhuvanaṃ bhūrbhuvaṃ devaṃ tejasāṃ pravaraṃ prabhum //

īśānaṃ varadaṃ pārtha dṛṣṭavānasi śaṅkaram /
taṃ gaccha śaraṇaṃ devaṃ varadaṃ bhuvaneśvaram //

mahādevaṃ mahātmānamīśānaṃ jaṭilaṃ vibhum /
tryakṣaṃ mahābhujaṃ rudraṃ śikhinaṃ cīvarāsasam //

mahādevaṃ haraṃ sthāṇuṃ varadaṃ bhuvaneśvaram /
jagatpradhānamajitaṃ jagatprītimadhīśvaram //

jagadyoniṃ jagadbījaṃ jayinaṃ jagato gatim /
viśvātmānaṃ viśvasṛjaṃ viśvamūrtiṃ yaśasvinam //

viśveśvaraṃ viśvanaraṃ karmaṇāmīśvaraṃ prabhum /
śambhuṃ svayambhuṃ bhūteśaṃ bhūtabhavyabhavodbhavam //

yogaṃ yogeśvaraṃ sarvaṃ sarvalokeśvareśvaram /
sarvaśreṣṭhaṃ jagacchreṣṭhaṃ variṣṭhaṃ parameṣṭhinam //

lokatrayavidhātāramekaṃ lokatrayāśrayam /
śuddhātmānaṃ bhavaṃ bhīmaṃ śaśāṅkakṛtaśekharam //

śāśvataṃ bhūdharaṃ devaṃ sarvavāgīśvareśvaram /
sudurjayaṃ jagannāthaṃ janmamṛtyujarātigam //

jñānātmānaṃ jñānagamyaṃ jñānaśreṣṭhaṃ sudurvidam /
dātāraṃ caiva bhaktānāṃ prasādavihitānvarān //

tasya pāriṣadā divyā rūpairnānāvidhairvibhoḥ /
vāmanā jaṭilā muṇḍā hasvagrīvā mahodarāḥ //

mahākāyā mahotsāhā mahākarṇāstathā'pare /
ānanairvikṛtaiḥ pādaiḥ pārtha veṣaiśca vaikṛtaiḥ //

īdṛśaiḥ sa mahādevaḥ pūjyamāno maheśvaraḥ /
sa śivastāta tejasvī prasādādyāti te'grataḥ //

tasminghore sadā pārtha saṅgrāme romaharṣaṇe /
drauṇikarṇakṛpairguptāṃ maheṣvāsaiḥ prahāribhiḥ //

kastāṃ senāṃ tadā pārtha manasā'pi pradharṣayet /
ṛte devānmaheṣvāsādbahurūpānmaheśvarāt //

sthātumutsahate kaścinna tasminnagrataḥ sthite /
na hi bhūtaṃ samaṃ tena triṣu lokeṣu vidyate //

gandhenāpi hi saṅgrāme tasya kruddhasya śatravaḥ /
visañjñā hatabhūyiṣṭhā vepanti ca patanti ca //

tasmai namastu kurvanto devāstiṣṭhanti vai divi /
ye cānye mānavā loke ye ca svargajito narāḥ //

ye bhaktā varadaṃ deva śivaṃ rudramumāpatim /
ananyabhāvena sadā sarveśaṃ samupāsate //

saṅgrāmeṣu jayaṃ prāpya pālayanti mahīmimām /
iha loke sukhaṃ prāpya te yānti paramāṃ gatim //

namaskuruṣva kaunteya tasmai śāntāya vai sadā /
rudrāya śitikaṇṭhāya kaniṣṭhāya suvarcase //

kapardine karālāya haryakṣavaradāya ca /
yāmyāyāvyaktakeśāya sadvṛtte śaṅkarāya ca //

kāmyāya harinetrāya sthāṇave puruṣāya ca //

namo vṛkṣāya senānye madhyamāya namonamaḥ / harikeśāya muṇḍāya kṛśāyottāraṇāya ca /
bhāskāraya sutīrthāya devadevāya raṃhase //

bahurūpāya sarvāya priyāya priyavāsase /
uṣṇīṣiṇe suvaktrāya sahasrākṣāya mīḍhuṣe //

giriśāya praśāntāya pataye cīravāsase /
hiraṇyabāhave rājannugrāya pataye diśām //

parjanyapataye caiva bhūtānāṃ pataye namaḥ /
vṛkṣāṇāṃ pataye caiva gavāṃ ca pataye namaḥ //

vṛkṣairāvṛtakāyāya senānye madhyamāya ca /
sruvahastāya devāya dhanvine bhārgavāya ca //

bahurūpāya viśvasya pataye muñcavāsase / sahasraśirase caiva sahasracaraṇāya ca /
sahasrabāhave caiva sahasravadanāya ca //

śaraṇaṃ gaccha kaunteya varadaṃ bhuvaneśvaram /
umāpatiṃ virūpākṣaṃ dakṣayajñanibarhaṇam //

prajānāṃ patimavyagraṃ bhūtānāṃ patimavyayam /
kapardinaṃ vṛṣāvartaṃ vṛṣanābhaṃ vṛṣadhvajam //

vṛṣadarpaṃ vṛṣapatiṃ vṛṣaśṛṅgaṃ vṛṣarṣabham /
vṛṣāṅgaṃ vṛṣabhodāraṃ vṛṣabhaṃ vṛṣabhekṣaṇam //

vṛṣāyudhaṃ vṛṣaśaraṃ vṛṣabhūtaṃ vṛṣeśvaram /
mahodaraṃ mahākāyaṃ dvīpicarmanivāsinam //

lokeśaṃ varadaṃ puṇyaṃ brahmaṇyaṃ brāhmaṇapriyam /
triśūlapāṇiṃ varadaṃ khaṅgacarmadharaṃ prabhum //

pinākinaṃ khaṅghadharaṃ lokānāṃ patimīśvaram /
prapadye śaraṇaṃ devaṃ śaraṇyaṃ cīravāsasam //

namastasmai sureśāya gaṇānāṃ pataye namaḥ /
suvāsase namastubhyaṃ suvratāya sudhanvine //

dhanurdharāya devāya priyadhanvāya dhanvine /
dhanvantarāya dhanuṣe dhanvācāryāya te namaḥ //

ugrāyudhāya devāya namaḥ suravarāya ca /
namostu bahurūpāya namostu bahudhanvine //

namostu sthāṇave nityaṃ namastasmai tapasvine / namostu tripuraghnāya bhagaghnāya ca vai namaḥ /

vanaspatīnāṃ pataye narāṇāṃ pataye namaḥ /
mātṝṇāṃ pataye caiva gaṇānāṃ pataye namaḥ //

gavāṃ ca pataye nityaṃ yajñānāṃ pataye namaḥ /
apāṃ ca pataye nityaṃ devānāṃ pataye namaḥ //

pūṣṇo dantavināśāya tryakṣāya varadāya ca /
nīlakaṇṭhāya piṅgāya svarṇakeśāya vai namaḥ //

karmāṇi yāni divyāni mahādevasya dhīmataḥ /
tāni te kīrtayiṣyāmi tathāprajñaṃ yathāśrutam //

na surā nāsurā loke na gandharvā na rākṣasāḥ /
sukhamedhanti kupite tasminnapi gurāgatāḥ //

dakṣasya yajamānasya vidhivatsambhṛtaṃ purā / vivyādha kupito yajñaṃ nirdayastvabhavattadā /
dhanuṣā bāṇamutsṛjya saghoṣaṃ vinanāda ca //

tena śarma kutaḥ śāntiṃ lebhire sma surāstadā / vidrute sahasā yajñe kupite ca maheśvare //

tena jyātalaghoṣeṇa sarve lokāḥ samākulāḥ /
babhūvurvaśagāḥ pārtha nipetuśca surāsurāḥ //

āpaścukṣubhire sarvāścakampe ca vasundharā /
parvatāśca vyaśīryanta diśo nāgāśca mohitāḥ //

andhena tamasā lokā na prākāśanta saṃvṛtāḥ /
jaghnivānsaha sūryeṇa sarveṣāṃ jyotiṣāṃ prabhāḥ //

cukṣubhurbhayabhītāśca śāntiṃ cakrustathaiva ca /
ṛṣayaḥ sarvabhūtānāmātmanaśca sukhaiṣiṇaḥ //

pūṣāṇamabhyadravata śaṅkaraḥ prahasanniva /
puroḍāśaṃ bhakṣayato daśanānvai vyaśātayat //

tato niścakramurdevā vepamānā bhayārditāḥ //

punaśca sandadhe dīptāndevānāṃ niśitāñśarān /
sadhūmānsasphuliṅgāṃśca vidyuttoyadasannibhān //

taṃ dṛṣṭvā tu surāḥ sarve praṇipatya maheśvaram /
rudrasya yajñabhāgaṃ ca viśiṣṭaṃ te tvakalpayan //

bhayena tridaśā rājañcharaṇaṃ ca prapedire / tena caivātikopena sa yajñaḥ sandhitastadā /
bhagnāścāpi surā āsanbhītāścādyāpi taṃ prati //

asurāṇāṃ purāṇyāsaṃstrīṇi vīryavatāṃ divi /
āyasaṃ rājataṃ caiva sauvarṇaṃ paramaṃ mahat //

sauvarṇaṃ kamalākṣasya tārakākṣasya rājatam / tṛtīyaṃ tu puraṃ teṣāṃ vidyunmālina āyasam /
na śaktastāni maghavānbhettuṃ sarvāyudhairapi //

atha sarve surā rudraṃ jagmuḥ śaraṇamarditāḥ /
te tamūcurmahātmānaṃ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ //

brahmadattavarā hyete ghorāstripuravāsinaḥ /
pīḍayantyadhikaṃ lokaṃ yasmātte varadarpitāḥ //

tvadṛte devadeveśa nānyaḥ śaktaḥ kathañcana /
hantuṃ daityānmahādeva jahi tāṃstvaṃ suradvipaḥ //

rudra raudrā bhaviṣyanti paśavaḥ sarvakarmasu /
nipātayiṣyase caitānasurānbhuvaneśvara //

sa tathoktastathetyuktvā devānāṃ hitakāmyayā /
gandhamādanavindhyau ca kṛtvā vaṃśadhvajau haraḥ //

pṛthvīṃ sasāgaravanāṃ rathaṃ kṛtvā tu śaṅkaraḥ /
akṣaṃ kṛtvā tu nāgendraṃ śeṣaṃ nāma trilocanaḥ //

cakre kṛtvā tu candrārkau devadevaḥ pinākadhṛt /
aṇī kṛtvailapatraṃ ca puṣpadantaṃ ca tryambakaḥ //

yūpaṃ kṛtvā tu malayamavanāhaṃ ca takṣakam //

yoktrāṅgāni ca satvāni kṛtvā śarvaḥ pratāpavān /
vedānkṛtvā'tha caturaścaturaśvānmaheśvaraḥ //

upadevānkhalīnāṃśca kṛtvā lokatrayeśvaraḥ /
gāyatrīṃ pragrahaṃ kṛtvā sāvitrīṃ ca maheśvaraḥ //

kṛtvonkāraṃ pratodaṃ ca brahmāṇaṃ caiva sārathim /
gāṇḍīvaṃ mandaraṃ kṛtvā guṇaṃ kṛtvā tu vāsukim //

viṣṇuṃ śarottamaṃ kṛtvā śalyamagniṃ tathaiva ca /
vāyuṃ kṛtvā'tha vājābhyāṃ puṅkhe vaivasvataṃ yamam //

vidyutkṛtvā'tha niśrāṇaṃ meruṃ kṛtvā'tha vai dhvajam /
āruhya sa rathaṃ divyaṃ sarvadevamayaṃ śivaḥ //

tripurasya vadhārthāya sthāṇuḥ praharatāṃ varaḥ /
asurāṇāmantakaraḥ śrīmānatulavikramaḥ //

stūyamānaḥ suraiḥ pārtha ṛṣibhiśca tapodhanaiḥ / sthānaṃ māheśvaraṃ kṛtvā divyamapratimaṃ prabhuḥ /
atiṣṭhatsthāṇubhūtaḥ sa sahasraṃ parivatsarān //

yadā trīṇi sametāni antarikṣe purāṇi ca /
triparvaṇā triśalyena tadā tāni bibheda saḥ //

purāṇi na ca taṃ śekurdānavāḥ prativīkṣitum /
śaraṃ kālāgnisaṃyuktaṃ viṣṇusomasamāyutam //

purāṇi dagdhavantaṃ taṃ devī yātā pravīkṣitum /
devyāḥ svayaṃvare vṛttaṃ śṛṇuṣvānyaddhanañjaya //

bālamaṅkagataṃ kṛtvā svayaṃ pañcaśikhaṃ punaḥ /
umā jijñāsamānā vai koyamityabravītsurān //

asūyataśca śakrasya vajreṇa prahariṣyataḥ / bāhuṃ savajraṃ taṃ tasya kruddhasyāstambhayatprabhuḥ /
[prahasya* bhagavāṃstūrṇaṃ sarvalokeśvaro vibhuḥ //

tataḥ sa stambhitabhujaḥ śakro devagaṇairvṛtaḥ /
jagāma sasurastūrṇaṃ brahmāṇaṃ prabhumavyayam //

te taṃ praṇamya śirasā procuḥ prāñjalayastadā //

kimapyaṅkagataṃ brahmanpārvatyā bhūtamadbhutam /
bālarūpadharaṃ dṛṣṭvā nāsmābhirabhilakṣitaḥ //

tasmāttvāṃ praṣṭumicchāmo nirjitā yena vai vayam /
ayudhyatā hi bālena līlayā sapurandarāḥ //

teṣāṃ tadvacanaṃ śrutvā brahmā brahmavidāṃ varaḥ / dhyātvā sa śambhuṃ bhagavānbālaṃ cāmitatejasam /
uvāca bhagavānbrahmā śakrādīṃśca surottamān //

carācarasya jagataḥ prabhuḥ sa bhagavānharaḥ /
tasmātparataraṃ nānyatkiñcidasti maheśvarāt //

yo dṛṣṭo hyumayā sārdhaṃ yuṣmābhiramitadyutiḥ /
sa pārvatyāḥ kṛte śarvaḥ kṛtavānbālarūpatām //

te mayā sahitā yūyaṃ prāpadyadhvaṃ tameva hi] /
sa eṣa bhagavāndevaḥ sarvalokeśvaraḥ prabhuḥ //

na sambabudhire cainaṃ devāstaṃ bhuvaneśvaram /
saprajāpatayaḥ sarve bālārkasadṛśaprabham //

athābhyetya tato brahmā dṛṣṭvā sa ca maheśvaram /
ayaṃ śreṣṭha iti jñātvā vavande taṃ pitāmahaḥ //
[brahmovāca /

tvaṃ yajño bhunasyāsya tvaṃ gatistvaṃ parāyaṇam /
tvaṃ bhavastvaṃ mahādevastvaṃ dhāma paramaṃ padam //

tvayā sarvamidaṃ vyāptaṃ jagatsthāvarajaṅgamam //

bhagavanbhūtabhavyeśa lokanātha jagatpate /
prasādaṃ kuru śakrasya tvayā krodhārditasya vai //
vyāsa uvāca /

padmayonivacaḥ śrutvā tataḥ prīto maheśvaraḥ prasādābhimukho bhūtvā aṭṭahāsamathākarot // ]

tataḥ prasādayāmāsurumāṃ rudraṃ ca te surāḥ /
abhavacca punarbāhuryathāprakṛti vajriṇaḥ //

teṣāṃ prasanno bhagavānsapatnīko vṛṣadhvajaḥ /
devānāṃ tridaśaśreṣṭho dakṣayajñavināśanaḥ //

sa vai rudraḥ sa ca śivaḥ so'gniḥ sarvaśca sarvavit /
sa cendraścaiva vāyuśca so'śvinau ca sa vidyutaḥ //

sa bhavaḥ sa ca parjanyo mahādevaḥ sanātanaḥ /
sa candramāḥ sa ceśānaḥ sa sūryo varuṇaśca saḥ //

sa kālaḥ so'ntako mṛtyuḥ sa yamo rātryahāni tu /
māsārdhamāsā ṛtavaḥ sandhye saṃvatsaraśca saḥ //

dhātā ca sa vidhātā ca viśvātmā viśvakarmakṛt /
sarvāmāṃ devatānāṃ ca dhārayatyavapurvapuḥ //

sarvadevaiḥ stuto devaḥ saikadhā bahudhā ca saḥ /
śatadhā sahasradhā caiva bhūyaḥ śatasahasradhāḥ //

dve tanū tasya devasya vedajñā brāhmaṇā viduḥ /
ghorā cānyā śivā cānyā te tanū bahudhā punaḥ //

ghorā tu yātudhānasya so'gnirviṣṇuḥ sa bhāskaraḥ /
saumyātu punarevāsya āpo jyotīṃṣi candramāḥ //

vedāḥ sāṅgopaniṣadaḥ purāṇādhyātmaniścayāḥ / yadatra paramaṃ guhyaṃ sa vai devo maheśvaraḥ // īdṛśaśca mahādevo bhūyāṃśca bhagavānajaḥ /

na hi sarve mayā śakyā vaktuṃ bhagavato guṇāḥ // api varṣasahasreṇa satataṃ pāṇ़ḍunandana / sarvairgrahairgṛhītānvai sarvapāpasamanvitān //

sa mocayati suprītaḥ śaraṇyaḥ śaraṇāgatān /
āyurārogyamaiśvaryaṃ vittaṃ kāmāṃśca puṣkalān //

sa dadāti manuṣyebhyaḥ sa caivākṣipate punaḥ /
sendrādiṣu ca deveṣu tasya caiśvaryamucyate //

sa caiva vetti lokeṣu manuṣyāṇāṃ śubhāśubhe /
aiśvaryāccaiva kāmānāmīśvaraśca sa ucyate //

maheśvaraśca mahatāṃ bhūtānāmīśvaraśca saḥ /
bahubhirbahudhā rūpairviśvaṃ vyāpnoti vai jagat //

tasya devasya yadvaktraṃ samudre tadadhiṣṭhitam /
ba़ḍabāmukheti vikhyātaṃ pibattoyamayaṃ haviḥ //

eṣa caiva śmaśāneṣu devo vasati nityaśaḥ /
yajantyenaṃ janāstatra vīrasthāna itīśvaram //

asya dīptāni rūpāṇi ghorāṇi ca bahūni ca /
loke yānyasya pūjyante manuṣyāḥ pravadanti ca //

nāmadheyāni lokeṣu bahūnyasya yathārthavat /
nirucyante mahattvācca vibhutvātkarmaṇastathā //

vede cāsya samāmnātaṃ śatarudriyamuttamam /
nāmnā cānantarudreti hyupasthānaṃ mahātmanaḥ //

sa kāmānāṃ prabhurdevo ye divyā ye ca mānuṣāḥ /
sa vibhuḥ sa prabhurdevoviśvaṃ vyāpnoti vai mahat //

jyeṣṭhaṃ bhūtaṃ vadantyenaṃ brāhmaṇā manuyastathā /
prathamo hyeṣa devānāṃ mukhādasyānalo'bhavat //

sarvathā yatpaśūnpāti taiśca yadramate punaḥ /
teṣāmadhipatiryacca tasmātpaśupatiḥ smṛtaḥ //

divyaṃ ca brahmacaryeṇa liṅgamasya yathāsthitam /
mahayatyeṣa lokāṃśca maheśvara iti smṛtaḥ //

ṛṣayaścaiva devāśca gandharvāpyarasastathā /
liṅgamasyārcayanti sma taccāpyūrdhvaṃ samāsthitam //

pūjyamāne tatastasminmodate sa maheśvaraḥ /
sukhī prītaśca bhavati prahṛṣṭaścaiva śaṅkaraḥ //

yadasya bahudhā rūpaṃ bhūtabhavyabhavasthitam /
sthāvaraṃ jaṅgamaṃ caiva bahurūpastataḥ smṛtaḥ //

ekākṣo jājvalannāste sarvatokṣimayo'pi vā /
krodhādyaścāviśallokāṃstasmātsarva iti smṛtaḥ //

dhūmrarūpaṃ ca yattasya dhūrjaṭistena cocyate /
viśve devāśca yattasminviśvarūpastataḥ smṛtaḥ //

tisro devīryadā caiva bhajate bhuvaneśvaraḥ /
dyāmapaḥ pṛthivīṃ caiva tryambakaśca tataḥ smṛtaḥ //

samedhayati yannityaṃ sarvārthānsarvakarmasu /
śivamicchanmanuṣyāṇāṃ tasmādeṣa śivaḥ smṛtaḥ //

sahasrākṣo'yutākṣo vā sarvatokṣimayo'pi vā /
yacca viśvaṃ mahatpāti mahādevastataḥ smṛtaḥ //

mahatpūrvaṃ sthito yacca prāṇotpattisthitaśca yat /
sthitaliṅgaśca yannityaṃ tasmātsthāṇuriti smṛtaḥ //

[sūryācandramasorloke prakāśante rucaśca yāḥ /
tāḥ keśasañjñitāstryakṣe vyomakeśastataḥ smṛtaḥ //

bhūtaṃ bhavyaṃ bhaviṣyaṃ ca sarvaṃ jagadaśeṣataḥ /
bhava eva tato yasmādbhūtabhavyabhavodbhavaḥ //

kapiḥ śreṣṭha iti prokto dharmaśca vṛṣa ucyate /
sa devadevo bhagavānkīrtyate'to vṛṣākapiḥ //

brahmāṇamindraṃ varuṇaṃ yamaṃ dhanadameva ca /
nigṛhya harate yasmāttasmādvara iti smṛtaḥ //

nimīlitābhyāṃ netrābhyāṃ balāddevo maheśvaraḥ / lalāṭe netramasṛjattena tryakṣaḥ sa ucyate // ]

viṣamasthaḥ śarīreṣu samaśca prāṇināmiha /
sa vāyurviṣamastheṣu prāṇo'pānaḥ śarīriṣu //

pūjayedvigrahaṃ yastu liṅgaṃ cāpi mahātmanaḥ /
liṅgaṃ pūjayitā nityaṃ mahatīṃ śriyamaśnute //

ūrubhyāmardhamāgneyaṃ somo'rdhaṃ ca śivā tanuḥ /
ātmano'rdhaṃ tathā cāgniḥ somordhaṃ punarucyate //

taijasī mahatī dīptā devebhyo'sya śivā tanuḥ /
bhāsvatī mānuṣeṣvasya tanurghorā'gnirucyate //

brahmacaryaṃ caratyeṣa śivā yā'sya tanustayā /
yā'sya ghoratarā mūrtiḥ sarvānatti tayeśvaraḥ //

yannirdahati yattīkṣṇo yadugro yatpratāpavān /
māṃsaśoṇitamajjādo yattato rudra ucyate //

eṣa devo mahādevo yo'sau pārtha tavāgrataḥ /
saṅgrāme śāstravānnighnaṃstvayā dṛṣṭaḥ pinākadhṛta //

sindhurājavadhārthāya pratijñāte tvayā'nagha /
kṛṣṇena darśitaḥ svapne yastu śailendramūrdhani //

eṣa vai bhagavāndevaḥ saṅgrāme yāti te'grataḥ /
yena dattāni te'strāṇi yaistvayā dānavā hatāḥ //

dhanyaṃ yaśasyamāyuṣyaṃ puṇyaṃ vedaiśca sammitam / devadevasya te pārtha vyākhyātaṃ śatarudriyam /

sarvārthasādhanaṃ puṇyaṃ sarvakilbiṣanāśanam /
sarvapāpapraśamanaṃ sarvaduḥkhabhayāpaham //

caturvidhamidaṃ stotraṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti naraḥ sadā /
vijitya śatrūnsarvānsa rudraloke mahīyate //

caritaṃ mahātmano nityaṃ sāṅgrāmikamidaṃ smṛtam /
paṭhanvai śatarudrīyaṃ śṛṇvaṃśca satatotthitaḥ //

bhakto viśveśvaraṃ devaṃ mānuṣeṣu ca yaḥ sadā /
varānkāmānsa labhate prasanne tryambake naraḥ //

gaccha yudhyasva kaunteya na tavāsti parājayaḥ /
gasya mantrī ca goptā ca pārśvastho hi janārdanaḥ //
sañjaya uvāca /

evamuktvā'rjunaṃ saṅkhye parāśarasutastadā /
jagāma bharataśreṣṭha yathāgatamarindama //
veśampāyana uvāca /

etadākhyāya vai sūto rājñaḥ sarvaṃ tu sañjayaḥ /
prayātaḥ śibirāyaiva draṣṭuṃ karṇasya vaiśasam //

yuddhaṃ kṛtvā mahaddhoraṃ pañcāhāni mahābalaḥ /
brāhmaṇo nihato rājanbrahmalokamavāptavān //

svadhīte yatphalaṃ vede tadasminnapi parvaṇi /
kṣatriyāṇāmabhīrūṇāṃ yuktamatra mahadyaśaḥ //

ya idaṃ paṭhate parva śṛṇuyādvā'pi nityaśaḥ /
sa mucyate mahāpāpaiḥ kṛtairghoraiśca karmabhiḥ //

yajñāvāptirbrāhmaṇasyeha nityaṃ ghore yuddhe kṣatriyāṇāṃ yaśaśca /
śeṣau varṇau kāmamiṣṭaṃ labhete putrānpautrānnityamiṣṭāṃstathaiva //