Narada Purana · Chapter 1.125

iti śrībṛhannāradīyapurāṇe pūrvabhāge bṛhadupākhyāne caturthapāde dvādaśamāsasthitapaurṇamāsya māvāsyāvratakathanaṃ nāma caturviṃśatyadhikaśatamo 'dhyāyaḥ
sūta uvāca
ityevamuktvā muninā hi pṛṣṭāste vai kumārāḥ kila nāradena /
saṃpūjitāḥ śāstravidāṃ variṣṭhāḥ kṛtāhnikā jagmurumeśalokam

tatreśamagryarkanibhairmunīndraiḥ śrīvāmadevādibhirarcitāṅghrim /
surāsurendrairabhivandyamugraṃ natvājñayā tasya niṣedururvyām

śrutvātha tatrākhilaśāstrasāraṃ śivāgamaṃ te paśupāśamokṣaṇam /
jagmustato jñānaghanasvarūpā natvā purāriṃ svapiturnikāśam

tatpādapadme praṇatiṃ vidhāya pitrāpi satkṛtya sabhājitāste /
labdhvāśiṣo 'dyāpi caranti śaśvallokeṣu tīrthāni ca tīrthabhūtāḥ

jagmustato vai badarīvanānte surendravargairupasevyamānam /
dadhyuściraṃ viṣṇupadābjamavyayaṃ dhyāyanti yadyatayo vītarāgāḥ

nārado 'pi tato viprā kumārebhyaḥ samīhitam /
labdhvā jñānaṃ savijñānaṃ bhṛśaṃ prītamanā hyabhūt

sa tasmātsvarṇadītīrādāgatya piturantike /
praṇamya satkṛtaḥ pitrā brahmaṇā niṣasāda ca

kumārebhyaḥ śrutaṃ yacca jñānaṃ vijñānasaṃyutam /
varṇayāmāsa tattvena so 'pi śrutvā mumoda ca

atha praṇamya śirasā labdhāśīrmunisattamaḥ /
ājagāma ca kailāsaṃ munisiddhaniṣevitam

nānāścaryamayaṃ śaśvatsarvarttukusumadrumaiḥ /
mandāraiḥ pārijātaiśca caṃpakāśokavañjulaiḥ

anyaiśca vividhairvṛkṣairnānāpakṣigaṇāvṛtaiḥ /
vātoddhūtaśikhaiḥ pānthānāhvayadbhirivāvṛtam

nānāmṛgagaṇākīrṇaṃ siddhakinnarasaṃkulam /
sarobhiḥ svacchasalilairlasatkāñcanapaṅkajaiḥ

śobhitaṃ sārasairhaṃsaiścakrāhvādyairnināditam /
svarddhanīpātanir ghṛṣṭaṃ krīḍadbhiścāpsarogaṇaiḥ

salile 'lakanandāyāḥ kucakuṅkumapiṅgale /
āmodamuditairnāgaiḥ salilaiḥ puṣkaroddhṛtaiḥ

snāpayadbhiḥ kareṇūśca kalabhāṃśca samākule /
atha śvetābhrasadṛśe śṛṅge tasya ca bhūbhṛtaḥ

vaṭaṃ kālābhrasadṛśaṃ dadarśa śatayojanam /
tasyādhastātsamāsīnaṃ yogimaṇḍalamadhyagam

kapardinaṃ virūpākṣa vyāghracarmāṃbarāvṛtam /
bhūtibhūṣitasarvāṅgaṃ nāgabhūṣaṇabhūṣitam

rudrākṣamālayā śaśvacchobhitaṃ candraśekharam /
taṃ dṛṣṭvā nārado viprā bhaktinamrātmakandharaḥ

nanām śirasā tasya pādayorjagadīśituḥ /
tataḥ prasannamanasā stutvā vāgbhirvṛṣadhvajam

niṣasādājñayā sthāṇoḥ satkṛto yogibhistadā /
athāpṛcchacca kuśalaṃ nāradaṃ jagatāṃ guruḥ

sa ca prāha prasādena bhavataḥ sarvamasti me /
sarveṣāṃ yogivaryāṇāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ tatra vāḍavāḥ

papraccha śāṃbhivaṃ jñānaṃ paśupāśavimokṣaṇam /
sa śivaḥ sādaraṃ tasya bhaktyā saṃtuṣṭamānasaḥ

yogamaṣṭāṅgasaṃyuktaṃ prāha praṇatavatsalaḥ /
sa labdhvā śāṃbhavaṃ jñānaṃ śaṅkarāllokaśaṅkarāt

suprasannamanā natvā yayau nārāyaṇāntikam /
tatrāpi nārado 'bhīkṣṇaṃ gatāgataparāyaṇaḥ

sevitaṃ yogibhiḥ siddhairnārāyaṇamatoṣayat /
etadvaḥ kīrtitaṃ viprā nāradīyaṃ mahanmayā

upākhyānaṃ vedasamaṃ sarvaśāstranidarśanam /
catuṣpādasamāyuktaṃ śṛṇvatāṃ jñānavarddhanam

ya etatkīrtayedviprā nāradīyaṃ śivālaye /
samāje dvijamukhyānāṃ tathā keśavamandire

mathurāyāṃ prayāge ca puruṣottamasannidhau /
setau kāñcyāṃ kuśasthalyāṃ gaṅgādvāre kuśasthale

puṣkareṣu nadītīre yatra kutrāpi bhaktimān /
sa labhetsarvaya jñānāṃ tīrthānāṃ ca phalaṃ mahat

dānānāṃ cāpi sarveṣāṃ tapasāṃ vāpyaśeṣataḥ /
upavāsaparo vāpi haviṣyāśī jitendriyaḥ

śrotā caiva tathā vaktā nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ /
śivabhaktirato vāpi śṛṇvan siddhimavāpnuyāt

asninnaśeṣapuṇyānāṃ siddhīnāṃ ca samudbhavaḥ /
kathitaḥ sarvapāpaghnaḥ paṭhatāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ sadā

kalidoṣaharaṃ puṃsāṃ sarvasaṃpattivarddhanam /
sarveṣāmīpsitaṃ cedaṃ sarvajñānaprakāśakam

śaivānāṃ vaiṣṇavānāṃ ca śāktānāṃ sūyasevinām /
tathaiva gāṇapatyānāṃ varṇāśramavatāṃ dvijāḥ

tapasāṃ ca vratānāṃ ca phalānāṃ saṃprakāśakam /
mantrāṇāṃ caiva yantrāṇāṃ vedāṅgānāṃ vibhāgaśaḥ

tathāgamānāṃ sāṃkhyānāṃ vedānāṃ caiva saṃgraham /
ya etatpaṭhate bhaktyā śṛṇuyādvā samāhitaḥ

sa labhedvāñchitānkāmāndevādiṣvapi durlabhān /
śrutvedaṃ nāradīyaṃ tu purāṇaṃ vedasaṃmitam

vācakaṃ pūjayedbhaktyā dhanaratnāṃśukādibhiḥ /
bhūmidānairgavāṃ dānai ratnadānaiśca saṃtatam

hastyaśvarathadānaiśca prīṇayetsatataṃ gurum /
yastu vyākurute viprāḥ purāṇaṃ dharmasaṃgraham

caturvargapradaṃ nṝṇāṃ ko 'nyastatsadṛśo guruḥ /
kāyena manasā vācā dhanādyairapi saṃtatam

priyaṃ samācarettasya gurorddharmopadeśinaḥ /
śrutvā purāṇaṃ vidhivaddhomaṃ kṛtvā surārcanam

brāhmaṇānbhojayetpaścācchataṃ miṣṭānnapāyasaiḥ /
dakṣiṇāṃ pradadecchaktyā bhaktyā prīyeta mādhavaḥ

yathā śreṣṭhā nadī gaṅgā puṣkaraṃ ca saro yathā /
kāśī purī nago merurdevo nārāyaṇo hariḥ

kṛtaṃ yugaṃ sāmavedo dhenurvipro 'nnamaṃbu ca /
mārgo mṛgendraḥ puruṣo 'śvatthaḥ prahlāda ānanam

uccaiḥ śravā vasaṃtaśca japaḥ śeṣor'yamā dhanuḥ /
pāvako viṣṇurindraśca kapilo vākpatiḥ kaviḥ

arjuno hanumāndarbhaścittaṃ citrarathoṃ'bujam /
urvaśī kāñcanaṃ yadvacchreṣṭāścaite svajātiṣu

tathaiva nāradīyaṃ tu purāṇeṣu prakīrtitam /
śāntirastu śivaṃ cāstu sarveṣāṃ vo dvijottamāḥ

gamiṣyāmi guroḥ pārṃśvaṃ vyāsasyāmitatejasaḥ /
ityuktvābhyarcitaḥ sūtaḥ śaunakādyairmahātmabhiḥ

ājñaptaśca punaḥ sarvairdarśanārthaṃ guroryayau /
te 'pi sarve dvijaśreṣṭhāḥ śaunakādyāḥ samāhitāḥ /
śrutaṃ samyaganuṣṭhāya tatra tasthuśca satriṇaḥ

kalikalmaṣaviṣanāśanaṃ hariṃ yo japapūjanavidhibheṣajopasevī /
sa tu nirviṣamanasā sametya yāgaṃ labhate satamabhīpsitaṃ hi lokam