Padma Purana · Chapter 1.14

bhīṣma uvāca/
kathaṃ tripuruṣājjāto hyarjunaḥ paravīrahā/
kathaṃ karṇastu kānīnaḥ sūtajaḥ parikīrtyate

varaṃ tayoḥ kathaṃ bhūtaṃ nisargādeva tadvada/
bṛhatkautūhalaṃ mahyaṃ tadbhavānvaktumarhati

pulastya uvāca/
chinne vaktre purā brahmā krodhena mahatā vṛtaḥ/
lalāṭe svedamutpannaṃ gṛhītvā tāḍayadbhuvi

svedataḥ kuṃḍalī jajñe sadhanuṣko maheṣudhiḥ/
sahasrakavacī vīraḥ kiṃkaromītyuvāca ha

tamuvāca viriṃcastu darśayanrudramojasā/
hanyatāmeṣa durbuddhirjāyate na yathā punaḥ

brahmaṇo vacanaṃ śrutvā dhanurudyamya pṛṣṭhataḥ/
saṃpratasthe maheśasya bāṇahastotiraudradṛk

dṛṣṭvā puruṣamatyugraṃ bhītastasya trilocanaḥ/
apakrāṃtastato vegādviṣṇorāśramamabhyagāt

trāhitrāhīti māṃ viṣṇo narādasmācca śatruhan/
brahmaṇā nirmitaḥ pāpo mleccharūpo bhayaṃkaraḥ

yathā hanyānna māṃ kruddhastathā kuru jagatpate/
huṃkāradhvaninā viṣṇurmohayitvā tu taṃ naram

adṛśyaḥ sarvabhūtānāṃ yogātmā viśvadṛkprabhuḥ/
tatra prāptaṃ virūpākṣaṃ sāṃtvayāmāsa keśavaḥ

tatassa praṇato bhūmau dṛṣṭo devena viṣṇunā/
viṣṇuruvāca/
pautro hi me bhavānrudra kaṃ te kāmaṃ karomyaham

dṛṣṭvā nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ bhikṣāṃ dehītyuvāca ha/
kapālaṃ darśayitvāgre prajvalaṃstejasotkaṭam

kapālapāṇiṃ saṃprekṣya rudraṃ viṣṇuracintayat/
konyo yogyo bhavedbhikṣurbhikṣādānasya sāṃpratam

yogyo'yamiti saṃkalpya dakṣiṇaṃ bhujamarpayat/
tadbibhedātitīkṣṇena śūlena śaśiśekharaḥ

prāvartata tato dhārā śoṇitasya vibhorbhujāt/
jāṃbūnadarasākārā vahnijvāleva nirmitā

nipapāta kapālāṃtaśśambhunā sā prabhikṣitā/
ṛjvī vegavatī tīvrā spṛśaṃtī tvāṃbaraṃ javāt

paṃcāśadyojanā dairghyādvistārāddaśayojanā/
divyavarṣasahasraṃ sā samuvāha harerbhujāt

iyaṃtaṃ kālamīśosau bhikṣāṃ jagrāha bhikṣukaḥ/
dattā nārāyaṇenātha kāpāle pātra uttame

tato nārāyaṇaḥ prāha śaṃbhuṃ paramidaṃ vacaḥ/
saṃpūrṇaṃ vā na vā pātraṃ tato vai paramīśvaraḥ

satoyāṃbudanirghoṣaṃ śrutvā vākyaṃ harerharaḥ/
śaśisūryāgninayanaḥ śaśiśekharaśobhitaḥ

kapāle dṛṣṭimāveśya tribhirnetrairjanārdanam/
aṃgulyā ghaṭayanprāha kapālaṃ paripūritam

śrutvā śivasya tāṃ vāṇīṃ viṣṇurdhārāṃ samāharat/
paśto'tha harerīśaḥ svāṃgulyā rudhiraṃ tadā

divyavarṣasahasraṃ ca dṛṣṭipātairmamaṃtha saḥ/
mathyamāne tato rakte kalilaṃ budbudaṃ kramāt

babhūva ca tataḥ paścātkirīṭī saśarāsanaḥ/
baddhatūṇīrayugalo vṛṣaskaṃdhoṅgulitravān

puruṣo vahnisaṃkāśaḥ kapāle saṃpradṛśyate/
taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhagavānviṣṇuḥ prāha rudramidaṃ vacaḥ

kapāle bhava ko vā'yaṃ prādurbhūto'bhavannaraḥ/
vacaḥ śrutvā harerīśastamuvāca vibho śṛṇu

naro nāmaiṣa puruṣaḥ paramāstravidāṃ varaḥ/
bhavatokto nara iti narastasmādbhaviṣyati

naranārāyaṇau cobhau yuge khyātau bhaviṣyataḥ/
saṃgrāme devakāryeṣu lokānāṃ paripālane

eṣa nārāyaṇasakho narastasmādbhaviṣyati/
athāsuravadhe sāhyaṃ tava kartā mahādyutiḥ

munirjñānaparīkṣāyāṃ jetā loke bhaviṣyati/
tejodhikamidaṃ divyaṃ brahmaṇaḥ paṃcamaṃ śiraḥ

tejaso brahmaṇo dīptādbhujasya tava śoṇitāt/
mama dṛṣṭi nipātācca trīṇi tejāṃsi yāni tu

tatsaṃyogasamutpannaḥ śatruṃ yuddhe vijeṣyati/
avadhyā ye bhaviṣyaṃti durjayā api cāpare

śakrasya cāmarāṇāṃ ca teṣāmeṣa bhayaṃkaraḥ/
evamuktvā sthitaḥ śaṃbhurvismitaśca haristadā

kapālasthaḥ sa tatraiva tuṣṭāva harakeśavau/
śirasyaṃjalimādhāya tadā vīra udāradhīḥ

kiṃkaromīti tau prāha ityuktvā praṇataḥ sthitaḥ/
tamuvāca haraḥ śrīmānbrahmaṇā svena tejasā

sṛṣṭo naro dhanuṣpāṇistvamenaṃ tu niṣūdaya/
itthamuktvāṃjalidharaṃ stuvaṃtaṃ śaṃkaro naram

tathaivāṃjalisaṃbaddhaṃ gṛhītvā ca karadvayam/
uddhṛtyātha kapālāttaṃ punarvacanamabravīt

sa eṣa puruṣo raudro yo mayā veditastava/
viṣṇuhuṃkāraracitamohanidrāṃ praveśitaḥ

vibodhayainaṃ tvaritamityuktvāntardadhe haraḥ/
nārāyaṇasya pratyakṣaṃ nareṇānena vai tadā

vāmapādahataḥ sopi samuttasthau mahābalaḥ/
tato yuddhaṃ samabhavatsvedaraktajayormahat

visphāritadhanuḥ śabdaṃ nāditāśeṣabhūtalam/
kavacaṃ svedajasyaikaṃ raktajena tvapākṛtam

evaṃ sametayoryuddhe divyaṃ varṣadvayaṃ tayoḥ/
yudhyatoḥ samatītaṃ ca svedaraktajayornṛpa

raktajaṃ dvibhujaṃ dṛṣṭvā svedajaṃ caiva saṃgatau/
vicintya vāsudevogādbrahmaṇaḥ sadanaṃ param

sasaṃbhramamuvācedaṃ brahmāṇaṃ madhusūdanaḥ/
raktajenādya bho brahmansvedajoyaṃ nipātitaḥ

śrutvaitadākulo brahmā babhāṣe madhusūdanam/
hare dyajanmani naro madīyo jīvatādayam

tathā tuṣṭo'bravīttaṃ ca viṣṇurevaṃ bhaviṣyati/
gatvā tayo raṇamapi nivāryā''ha ca tāvubhau

anyajanmani bhavitā kalidvāparayormithaḥ/
saṃdhau mahāraṇe jāte tatrāhaṃ yojayāmi vāṃ

viṣṇunā tu samāhūya graheśvarasureśvarau/
uktāvimau narau bhadrau pālanīyau mamājñayā

sahasrāṃśo svedajoyaṃ svakīyoṃ'śo dharātale/
dvāparāṃtevatāryoyaṃ devānāṃ kāryasiddhaye

yadūnāṃ tu kule bhāvī śūronāma mahābalaḥ/
tasya kanyā pṛthā nāma rūpeṇāpratimā bhuvi५०

utpatsyati mahābhāgā devānāṃ kāryasiddhaye/
durvāsāstu varaṃ tasyai maṃtragrāmaṃ pradāsyati

maṃtreṇānena yaṃ devaṃ bhaktyā āvāhayiṣyati/
devi tasya prasādāttu tava putro bhaviṣyati

sā ca tvāmudaye dṛṣṭvā sābhilāṣā rajasvalā/
ciṃtābhipannā tiṣṭhaṃtī bhajitavyā vibhāvaso

tasyā garbhe tvayaṃ bhāvī kānīnaḥ kuṃtinaṃdanaḥ/
bhaviṣyati suto devadevakāryārthasiddhaye

tatheti coktvā provāca tejorāśirdivākaraḥ/
putramutpādayiṣyāmi kānīnaṃ balagarvitam

yasya karṇeti vai nāma lokaḥ sarvo vadiṣyati/
matprasādādasya viṣṇo viprāṇāṃ bhāvitātmanaḥ

adeyaṃ nāsti vai loke vastu kiṃcicca keśava/
evaṃ prabhāvaṃ caivainaṃ janaye vacanāttava

evamuktvā sahasrāṃśurdevaṃ dānavaghātinam/
nārāyaṇaṃ mahātmānaṃ tatraivāṃtardadhe raviḥ

adarśanaṃ gate deve bhāskare vāritaskare/
vṛddhaśravasamapyevamuvāca prītamānasaḥ

sahasranetraraktottho naro'yaṃ madanugrahāt/
svāṃśabhūto dvāparāṃte yoktavyo bhūtale tvayā

yadā pāṃḍurmahābhāgaḥ pṛthāṃ bhāryāmavāpsyati/
mādrīṃ cāpi mahābhāga tadāraṇyaṃ gamiṣyati

tasyāpyaraṇyasaṃsthasya mṛgaḥ śāpaṃ pradāsyati/
tena cotpannavairāgyaḥ śataśṛgaṃ gamiṣyati

putrānabhīpsankṣetrotthānbhāryāṃ sa pravadiṣyati/
anīpsaṃtī tadā kuṃtī bharttāraṃ sā vadiṣyati

nāhaṃ martyasya vai rājanputrānicche kathaṃcana/
daivatebhyaḥ prasādācca putrānicche narādhipa

prārthayaṃtyai tvayā śakra kuṃtyai deyo narastataḥ/
vacasā ca madīyena evaṃ kuru śacīpate

athābravīttadā viṣṇuṃ deveśo duḥkhito vacaḥ/
asminmanvaṃtare'tīte caturviṃśatike yuge

avatīrya raghukule gṛhe daśarathasya ca/
rāvaṇasya vadhārthāya śāṃtyarthaṃ ca divaukasām

rāmarūpeṇa bhavatā sītārthamaṭatā vane/
matputro hiṃsito deva sūryaputrahitārthinā

vālināma plavaṃgeṃdraḥ sugrīvārthe tvayā yataḥ/
duḥkhenānena taptohaṃ gṛhṇāmi na sutaṃ naram

agṛhṇamānaṃ deveṃdraṃ kāraṇāṃtaravādinam/
hariḥ proce śunāsīraṃ bhuvo bhārāvatāraṇe

avatāraṃ kariṣyāmi martyaloke tvahaṃ prabho/
sūryaputrasya nāśārthaṃ jayārthamātmajasya te

sārathyaṃ ca kariṣyāmi nāśaṃ kurukulasya ca/
tato hṛṣṭobhavacchakro viṣṇuvākyena tena ha

pratigṛhya naraṃ hṛṣṭaḥ satyaṃ cāstu vacastava/
evamuktvā varaṃ devaḥ preṣayitvā'cyutaḥ svayam

gatvā tu puṃḍarīkākṣo brahmāṇaṃ prāha vai punaḥ/
tvayā sṛṣṭamidaṃ sarvaṃ trailokyaṃ sacarācaram

āvāṃ kāryasya karaṇe sahāyau ca tava prabho/
svayaṃ kṛtvā punarnāśaṃ kartuṃ deva na budhyase

kṛtaṃ jugupsitaṃ karma śaṃbhumetaṃ jighāṃsatā/
tvayā ca devadevasya sṛṣṭaḥ kopena vai pumān

śuddhyarthamasya pāpasya prāyaścittaṃ paraṃ kuru/
gṛhṇanvahnitrayaṃ deva agnihotramupāhara

puṇyatīrthe tathā deśe vane vāpi pitāmaha/
svapatnyā sahito yajñaṃ kuruṣvāsmatparigrahāt

sarve devāstathādityā rudrāścāpi jagatpate/
ādeśaṃ te kariṣyaṃti yatosmākaṃ bhavānprabhuḥ

ekohi gārhapatyognirdakṣiṇāgnirdvitīyakaḥ/
āhavanīyastṛtīyastu trikuṃḍeṣu prakalpaya

vartule tvarcayātmānammāmatho dhanurākṛtau/
catuḥkoṇe haraṃ devaṃ ṛgyajuḥsāmanāmabhiḥ

agnīnutpādya tapasā parāmṛddhimavāpya ca/
divyaṃ varṣasahasraṃ tu hutvāgnīnśamayiṣyasi

agnihotrātparaṃ nānyatpavitramiha paṭhyate/
sukṛtenāgnihotreṇa praśuddhyaṃti bhuvi dvijāḥ

paṃthāno devalokasya brāhmaṇairdaśitāstvamī/
ekogniḥ sarvadā dhāryo gṛhasthena dvijanmanā

vināgninā dvijeneha gārhasthyanna tu labhyate/
bhīṣma uvāca/
yo'sau kapālādutpanno naro nāma dhanurddharaḥ

kimeṣa mādhavājjāta utāho svena karmaṇā/
uta rudreṇa janito hyathavā buddhipūrvakam

brahmanhiraṇyagarbho'yamaṃḍajātaścaturmukhaḥ/
adbhutaṃ pañcamaṃ tasya vaktraṃ tatkathamutthitam

satve rajo na dṛśyeta na satvaṃ rajasi kvacit/
satvastho bhagavānbrahmā kathamudrekamādadhāt

mūḍhātmanā naro yena haṃtuṃ hi prahito haraṃ/
pulastya uvāca/
maheśvaraharī caito dvāveva satpathi sthitau

tayoraviditaṃ nāsti siddhāsiddhaṃ mahātmanoḥ/
brahmaṇaḥ paṃcamaṃ vaktramūrddhvamāsīnmahātmanaḥ

tato brahmābhavanmūḍho rajasā copabṛṃhitaḥ/
tato'yaṃ tejasā sṛṣṭimamanyata mayā kṛtā

matto'nyo nāsti vai devo yena sṛṣṭiḥ pravartitā/
saha devāḥ sagaṃdharvāḥ paśupakṣimṛgākulāḥ

evaṃ mūḍhaḥ sa paṃcāsyo viriṃcirabhavatpunaḥ/
prāgvaktraṃ mukhametasya ṛgvedasya pravartakam

dvitīyaṃ vadanaṃ tasya yajurvedapravartakam/
tṛtīyaṃ sāmavedasya atharvārthaṃ caturthakam

sāṃgopāṃgetihāsāṃśca sarahasyānsasaṃgrahān/
vedānadhīte vaktreṇa paṃcamenorddhvacakṣuṣā

tasyā'surasurāḥ sarve vaktrasyādbhutavarcasaḥ/
tejasā na prakāśaṃte dīpāḥ sūryodaye yathā

svapureṣvapi sodvegā hyavartaṃta vicetasaḥ/
na kaṃcidgaṇayeccānyaṃ tejasā kṣipate parān

nābhigaṃtu na ca draṣṭuṃ purastānnopasarpitum/
śekustrastāḥ surāssarve padmayoniṃ mahāprabhum

abhibhūtamivātmānaṃ manyamānā hatatviṣaḥ/
sarve te maṃtrayāmāsurdaivatā hitamātmanaḥ

gacchāmaḥ śaraṇaṃ śaṃbhuṃ nistejaso'sya tejasā/
devā ūcuḥ/
namastesarvasatveśa maheśvara namonamaḥ१००

jagadyone paraṃbrahma bhūtānāṃ tvaṃ sanātanaḥ/
pratiṣṭhā sarvajagatāṃ tvaṃ heturviṣṇunā saha

evaṃ saṃstūyamānosau devarṣipitṛdānavaiḥ/
aṃtarhita uvācedaṃ devāḥ prārthayatepsitam

devā ūcuḥ/
pratyakṣadarśanaṃ datvā dehi deva yathepsitam/
kṛtvā kāruṇyamasmākaṃ varaścāpi pradīyatām

yadasmākaṃ mahadvīryaṃ teja ojaḥ parākramaḥ/
tatsarvaṃ brahmaṇā grastaṃ paṃcamāsyasya tejasā

vineśuḥ sarvatejāṃsi tvatprasādātpunaḥ prabho/
jāyate tu yathāpūrvaṃ tathā kuru maheśvara

tataḥ prasannavadano devaiścāpi namaskṛtaḥ/
jagāma yatra brahmā'sau rajohaṃkāramūḍhadhīḥ

stuvaṃto devadeveśaṃ parivārya samāviśan/
brahmā tamāgataṃ rudraṃ na jajñe rajasāvṛtaḥ

sūryakoṭisahasrāṇāṃ tejasā raṃjayanjagat/
tadādṛśyata viśvātmā viśvasṛgviśvabhāvanaḥ

sapitāmahamāsīnaṃ sakalaṃ devamaṃḍalam/
abhigamya tato rudro brahmāṇaṃ parameṣṭhinam

ahotitejasā vaktramadhikaṃ deva rājate/
evamuktvāṭṭahāsaṃ tu mumoca śaśiśekharaḥ

vāmāṃguṣṭhanakhāgreṇa brahmaṇaḥ paṃcamaṃ śiraḥ/
cakarta kadalīgarbhaṃ naraḥ kararuhairiva

vicchinnaṃ tu śiraḥ paścādbhavahaste sthitaṃ tadā/
grahamaṃḍalamadhyastho dvitīya iva caṃdramāḥ

karotkṣiptakapālena nanarta ca maheśvaraḥ/
śikharasthena sūryeṇa kailāsa iva parvataḥ

chinne vaktre tato devā hṛṣṭāstaṃ vṛṣabhadhvajam/
tuṣṭuvurvividhaistotrairdevadevaṃ kapardinam

devā ūcuḥ/
namaḥ kapāline nityaṃ mahākālasya kāline/
aiśvaryajñānayuktāya sarvabhāgapradāyine

namo harṣavilāsāya sarvadevamayāya ca/
kalau saṃhārakartā tvaṃ mahākālaḥ smṛto hyasi

bhaktānāmārtināśastvaṃ duḥkhāṃtastena cocyase/
śaṃkaroṣyāśubhaktānāṃ tena tvaṃ śaṃkaraḥ smṛtaḥ

chinnaṃ brahmaśiro yasmāttvaṃ kapālaṃ bibharṣi ca/
tena deva kapālī tvaṃ stuto hyadya prasīda naḥ

evaṃ stutaḥ prasannātmā devānprasthāpya śaṃkaraḥ/
svāni dhiṣṇyāni bhagavāṃstatraivāsīnmudānvitaḥ

vijñāya brahmaṇo bhāvaṃ tato vīrasya janma ca/
śiro nīrasya vākyāttu lokānāṃ kopaśāṃtaye

śirasyaṃjalimādhāya tuṣṭāvātha praṇamya tam/
tejonidhi paraṃ brahma jñātumitthaṃ prajāpatim

niruktasūktarahasyairṛgyajuḥ sāmabhāṣitaiḥ/
rudra uvāca/
aprameya namastestu paramasya parātmane

adbhutānāṃ prasūtistvaṃ tejasāṃ nidhirakṣayaḥ/
vijayādviśvabhāvastvaṃ sṛṣṭikartā mahādyute

ūrddhvavaktra namastestu satvātmakadharātmaka/
jalaśāyinjalotpanna jalālaya namostu te

jalajotphullapatrākṣa jaya deva pitāmaha/
tvayā hyutpāditaḥ pūrvaṃ sṛṣṭyarthamahamīśvara

yajñāhutisadāhāra yajñāṃgeśa namo'stu te/
svarṇagarbha padmagarbha devagarbha prajāpate

tvaṃ yajñastvaṃ vaṣaṭkāraḥ svadhā tvaṃ padmasaṃbhava/
vacanena tu devānāṃ śiraśchinnaṃ mayā prabho

brahmahatyābhibhūtosmi māṃ tvaṃ pāhi jagatpate/
ityukto devadevena brahmā vacanamabravīt

brahmovāca/
sakhā nārāṇo devaḥ sa tvāṃ pūtaṃ kariṣyati/
kīrtanīyastvayā dhanyaḥ sa me pūjyaḥ svayaṃ vibhuḥ

anudhyāto'si vai nūnaṃ tena devena viṣṇunā/
yena te bhaktirutpannā stotuṃ māṃ matirutthitā

śiraśchedātkapālī tvaṃ somasiddhāṃtakārakaḥ/
koṭīḥ śataṃ ca viprāṇāmuddhartāsi mahādyute

brahmahatyāvrataṃ kuryā nānyatkiṃcana vidyate/
abhāṣyāḥ pāpinaḥ krūrā brahmaghnāḥ pāpakāriṇaḥ

vaitānikā vikarmasthā na te bhāṣyāḥ kathaṃcana/
taistu dṛṣṭaistathā kāryaṃ bhāskarasyāvalokanam

aṃgasparśe kṛte rudra sacailo jalamāviśet/
evaṃ śuddhimavāpnoti pūrvaṃ dṛṣṭāṃ manīṣibhiḥ

sa bhavānbrahmahantāsi śuddhyarthaṃ vratamācara/
cīrṇe vrate punarbhūyaḥ prāpsyasi tvaṃ varānbahūn

evamuktvā gato brahmā rudrastannābhijajñivān/
aciṃtayattadāviṣṇuṃ dhyānagatyā tataḥ svayaṃ

lakṣmīsahāyaṃ varadaṃ devadevaṃ sanātanam/
aṣṭāṃgapraṇipātena devadevastrilocanaḥ

tuṣṭāva praṇato bhūtvā śaṃkhacakragadādharam/
rudra uvāca/
paraṃ parāṇāmamṛtaṃ purāṇaṃ parātparaṃ viṣṇumanaṃtavīryaṃ

smarāmi nityaṃ puruṣaṃ vareṇyaṃ nārāyaṇaṃ niṣpratimaṃ purāṇam/
parātparaṃ pūrvajamugravegaṃ gaṃbhīragaṃbhīradhiyāṃ pradhānam

natosmi devaṃ harimīśitāraṃ parātparaṃ dhāmaparaṃ ca dhāma/
parāparaṃ tatparamaṃ ca dhāma parāpareśaṃ puruṣaṃ viśālam

nārāyaṇaṃ staumi viśuddhabhāvaṃ parāparaṃ sūkṣmamidaṃ sasarja/
sadāsthitatvātpuruṣapradhānaṃ śāṃtaṃ pradhānaṃ śaraṇaṃ mamāstu

nārāyaṇaṃ vītamalaṃ purāṇaṃ parātparaṃ viṣṇumapārapāram/
purātanaṃ nītimatāṃ pradhānaṃ dhṛtikṣamāśāṃtiparaṃ kṣitīśam

śubhaṃ sadā staumi mahānubhāvaṃ sahasramūrddhānamanekapādam/
anaṃtabāhuṃ śaśisūryanetraṃ kṣarākṣaraṃ kṣīrasamudranidram

nārāyaṇaṃ staumi paraṃ pareśaṃ parātparaṃ yattridaśairagamyam/
trisargasaṃsthaṃ trihutāśanetraṃ tritatvalakṣyaṃ trilayaṃ trinetram

namāmi nārāyaṇamaprameyaṃ kṛte sitaṃ dvāparataśca raktam/
kalau ca kṛṣṇaṃ tamatho namāmi sasarja yo vaktrata eva viprān

bhujāṃtarātkṣatramathoruyugmādviśaḥ padāgrācca tathaiva śūdrān/
namāmi taṃ viśvatanuṃ purāṇaṃ parātparaṃ pāragamaprameyam

sūkṣmamūrttiṃ mahāmūrttiṃ vidyāmūrttimamūrtikam/
kavacaṃ sarvadevānāṃ namasye vārijekṣaṇam

sahasraśīrṣaṃ deveśaṃ sahasrākṣaṃ mahābhujam/
jagatsaṃvyāpya tiṣṭhaṃtaṃ namasye parameśvaram

śaraṇyaṃ śaraṇaṃ devaṃ viṣṇuṃ jiṣṇuṃ sanātanam/
nīlameghapratīkāśaṃ namasye śārṅgapāṇinam

śuddhaṃ sarvagataṃ nityaṃ vyomarūpaṃ sanātanam/
bhāvābhāvavinirmuktaṃ namasye sarvagaṃ harim१५०

na cātra kiṃcitpaśyāmi vyatiriktaṃ tavācyuta/
tvanmayaṃ ca prapaśyāmi sarvametaccarācaram

evaṃ tu vadatastasya rudrasya parameṣṭhinaḥ/
itīritestena sanātana svayaṃ parātparastasya babhūva darśane

rathāṃgapāṇirgaruḍāsano giriṃ vidīpayanbhāskaravatsamutthitaḥ/
varaṃ vṛṇīṣveti sanātanobravīdvarastavāhaṃ varadaḥ samāgataḥ

itīrite rudravaro jagāda mamātiśuddhirbhavitā sureśa/
na cāsya pāpasya haraṃ hi cānyatsaṃdṛśyategryaṃ ca ṛte bhavaṃ tam

brahmahatyābhibhūtasya tanurme kṛṣṇatāṃ gatā/
śavagaṃdhaśca me gātre lohasyābharaṇāni me

kathaṃ me na bhavedevametadrūpaṃ janārdanam/
kiṃ karomi mahādeva yena me pūrvikā tanūḥ

tvatprasādena bhavitā tanme kathaya cācyuta/
viṣṇuruvāca/
brahmavadhyā parā cogrā sarvakaṣṭapradā parā

manasāpi na kurvīta pāpasyāsya tu bhāvanām/
bhavatā devavākyena niṣṭhā caiṣā nibodhitā

idānīṃ tvaṃ mahābāho brahmaṇoktaṃ samācara/
bhasmasarvāṇi gātrāṇi trikālaṃ gharṣayestanau

śikhāyāṃ karṇayoścaiva kare cāsthīni dhāraya/
evaṃ ca kurvato rudra kaṣṭaṃ naiva bhaviṣyati

saṃdiśyaivaṃ sa bhagavāṃstatoṃ'tarddhānamīśvaraḥ/
lakṣmīsahāyo gatavānrudrastaṃ nābhijajñivān

kapālapāṇirdeveśaḥ paryaṭanvasudhāmimām/
himavaṃtaṃ samainākaṃ meruṇā ca sahaiva tu

kailāsaṃ sakalaṃ viṃdhyaṃ nīlaṃ caiva mahāgirim/
kāṃcīṃ kāśīṃ tāmraliptāṃ magadhāmāvilāṃ tathā

vatsagulmaṃ ca gokarṇaṃ tathā caivottarānkurūn/
bhadrāśvaṃ ketumālaṃ ca varṣaṃ hairaṇyakaṃ tathā

kāmarūpaṃ prabhāsaṃ ca maheṃdraṃ caiva parvatam/
brahmahatyābhibhūtosau bhramaṃstrāṇaṃ na viṃdati

trapānvitaḥ kapālaṃ tu paśyanhastagataṃ sadā/
karau vidhunvanbahuśo vikṣiptaśca muhurmuhuḥ

yadāsya dhunvato hastau kapālaṃ patate na tu/
tadāsya buddhirutpannā vrataṃ caitatkaromyaham

madīyenaiva mārgeṇa dvijā yāsyaṃti sarvataḥ/
dhyātvaivaṃ suciraṃ devo vasudhāṃ vicacāra ha

puṣkaraṃ tu samāsādya praviṣṭo'raṇyamuttamam/
nānādrumalatākīrṇaṃ nānāmṛgaravākulam

drumapuṣpabharāmoda vāsitaṃ yatsuvāyunā/
buddhipūrvamiva nyastaiḥ puṣpairbhūṣitabhūtalam

nānāgadhaṃrasairanyaiḥ pakvāpakvaiḥ phalaistathā/
viveśa taruvṛṃdena puṣpāmodābhinaṃditaḥ

atrārādhayato bhaktyā brahmā dāsyati me varam/
brahmaprasādātsaṃprāptaṃ pauṣkaraṃ jñānamīpsitam

pāpaghnaṃ duṣṭaśamanaṃ puṣṭiśrībalavarddhanam/
evaṃ vai dhyāyatastasya rudrasyāmitatejasaḥ

ājagāma tato brahmā bhaktiprīto'tha kaṃjajaḥ/
uvāca praṇataṃ rudramutthāpya ca punarguruḥ

divyavratopacāreṇa sohamārādhitastvayā/
bhavatā śraddhayātyarthaṃ mamadarśanakāṃkṣayā

vratasthā māṃ hi paśyaṃti manuṣyā devatāstathā/
tadicchayā prayacchāmi varaṃ yatpravaraṃ varam

sarvakāmaprasiddhyarthaṃ vrataṃ yasmānniṣevitam/
manovākkāyabhāvaiśca saṃtuṣṭenāṃtarātmanā

kaṃ dadāmi ca vai kāmaṃ vada bhoste yathepsitam/
rudra uvāca/
eṣa evādya bhagavansuparyāpto mahā varaḥ

yaddṛṣṭosi jagadvaṃdya jagatkartarnamostute/
mahatā yajñasādhyena bahukālārjitena ca

prāṇavyayakareṇa tvaṃ tapasā deva dṛśyate/
idaṃ kapālaṃ deveśa na karātpatitaṃ vibho

trapākarā ṛṣīṇāṃ ca caryaiṣā kutsitā vibho/
tvatprasādādvrataṃ cedaṃ kṛtaṃ kāpālikaṃ tu yat

siddhametatprapannasya mahāvratamihocyatām/
puṇyapradeśe yasmiṃstu kṣipāmīdaṃ vadasva me

pūto bhavāmi yenāhaṃ munīnāṃ bhāvitātmanām/
brahmovāca/
avimuktaṃ bhagavataḥ sthānamasti purātanam

kapālamocanaṃ tīrthaṃ tava tatra bhaviṣyati/
ahaṃ ca tvaṃ sthitastatra viṣṇuścāpi bhaviṣyati

darśane bhavatastatra mahāpātakinopi ye/
tepi bhogānsamaśnaṃti viśuddhā bhavane mama

varaṇāpi asīcāpi dve nadyau suravallabhe/
aṃtarāle tayoḥ kṣetre vadhyā na viśati kvacit

tīrthānāṃ pravaraṃ tīrthaṃ kṣetrāṇāṃ pravaraṃ tava/
ādehapatanādye tu kṣetraṃ sevaṃti mānavāḥ

te mṛtā haṃsayānena divaṃ yāṃtyakutobhayāḥ/
paṃcakrośapramāṇena kṣetraṃ dattaṃ mayā tava

kṣetramadhyādyadā gaṃgā gamiṣyati saritpatim/
tadā sā mahatī puṇyā purī rudra bhaviṣyati

puṇyā codaṅmukhī gaṃgā prācī cāpi sarasvatī/
udaṅmukhī yojane dve gacchate jāhnavī nadī

tatra vai vibudhāḥ sarve mayā saha savāsavāḥ/
āgatā vāsameṣyaṃti kapālaṃ tatra mocaya

tasmiṃstīrthe tu ye gatvā piṇḍadānena vai pitṝn/
śrāddhaistu prīṇayiṣyaṃti teṣāṃ loko'kṣayo divi

vārāṇasyāṃ mahātīrthe naraḥ snāto vimucyate/
saptajanmakṛtātpāpādgamanādeva mucyate

tattīrthaṃ sarvatīrthānāmuttamaṃ parikīrtitam/
tyajaṃti tatra ye prāṇānprāṇinaḥ praṇatāstava

rudratvaṃ te samāsādya modaṃte bhavatā saha/
tatrāpi hi tu yaddattaṃ dānaṃ rudra yatātmanā

syānmahacca phalaṃ tasya bhavitā bhāvitātmanaḥ/
svāṃgasphuṭita saṃskāraṃ tatra kurvaṃti ye narāḥ

te rudralokamāsādya modaṃte sukhinaḥ sadā/
tatra pūjā japo homaḥ kṛto bhavati dehināṃ

anaṃtaphaladaḥ svargo rudrabhaktiyutātmanaḥ/
tatra dīpapradāne tu jñānacakṣurbhavennaraḥ

avyaṃgaṃ taruṇaṃ saumyaṃ rūpavaṃtaṃ tu gosutam/
yoṅkayitvā mocayati sa yāti paramaṃ padam

pitṛbhiḥ sahito mokṣaṃ gacchate nātra saṃśayaḥ/
atha kiṃ bahunoktena yattatra kriyate naraiḥ२००

karmadharmaṃ samuddiśya tadanaṃtaphalaṃ bhavet/
svargāpavargayorhetustaddhi tīrthammataṃ bhuvi

snānājjapāttathā homādanaṃtaphalasādhanam/
gatvā vārāṇasītīrthaṃ bhaktyā rudraparāyaṇāḥ

ye tatra paṃcatāṃ prāptā bhaktāste nātra saṃśayaḥ/
vasavaḥ pitaro jñeyā rudrāścaiva pitāmahāḥ

prapitāmahāstathādityā ityeṣā vaidikī śrutiḥ/
trividhaḥ piṃḍadānāya vidhirukto mayānagha

mānuṣaiḥ piṃḍādānaṃ tu kāryamatrāgataissadā/
piṃḍadānaṃ ca tatraiva svaputraiḥ kāryamādarāt

suputrāste pitṝṇāṃ tu bhavaṃti sukhadāyakāḥ/
proktaṃ tīrthaṃ mayā tubhyaṃ darśanādapi muktidam

snātvā tu salile tatra mucyate janmabaṃdhanāt/
vimukto brahmahatyāyāstatra rudra yathāsukham

avimukte mayā datte tiṣṭha tvaṃ bhāryayā saha/
rudra uvāca/
pṛthivyāṃ yāni tīrthāni teṣvahaṃ viṣṇunā saha

tiṣṭhāmi bhavatoktena vara eṣa vṛto mayā/
ahaṃ devo mahādeva ārādhyo bhavatā sadā

varaṃ dāsyāmi te cāhaṃ saṃtuṣṭenāṃtarātmanā/
viṣṇoścāhaṃ pradāsyāmi varāṃśca manasīpsitān

surāṇāṃ caiva sarveṣāṃ munīnāṃ bhavitātmanām/
ahaṃ dātā ahaṃ yācyo nānyo bhāvyaḥ kathaṃcana

brahmovāca/
evaṃ kariṣyehaṃ rudra yatvayoktaṃ vacaḥ śubham/
nārāyaṇaśca te vākyaṃ kartā sarvaṃ na saṃśayaḥ

visṛjyaivaṃ tadā rudraṃ brahmā cāṃtaradhīyata/
vārāṇasyāṃ mahādevo gatvā tīrthaṃ nyaveśayat

iti śrīpādmapurāṇe prathame sṛṣṭikhaṃḍe rudrasya brahmavadhyānāśaścaturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ