Padma Purana · Chapter 1.5

bhīṣma uvāca/
kathaṃ satī dakṣasutā dehaṃ tyaktavatī śubhā/
dakṣayajñastu rudreṇa vidhvastaḥ kena hetunā

etanme kautukaṃ brahmankathaṃ devo maheśvaraḥ/
jagāmātha krodhavaśaṃ tripurārirmahāyaśāḥ

pulastya uvāca/
gaṃgādvāre purā bhīṣma dakṣo yajñamathārabhat/
tatra devāsuragaṇāḥ pitarotha maharṣayaḥ

samājagmurmudāyuktāḥ sarve devāḥ savāsavāḥ/
nāgā yakṣāḥ suparṇāśca vīrudoṣadhayastathā

kaśyapo bhagavānatriḥ pulastyaḥ pulahaḥ kratuḥ/
pracetasoṃgirāścaiva vasiṣṭhaśca mahātapāḥ

tatra vedīṃ samāṃ kṛtvā cāturhotraṃ nyaveśayat/
hotā vasiṣṭhastatrāsīdaṃgirādhvaryusattamaḥ

bṛhaspatirathodgātā brahmā vai nāradastathā/
yajñakarmapravṛttau tu hūyamāneṣu cāgniṣu

āgatā vasavaḥ sarva ādityā dvādaśaiva tu/
aśvinau marutaścaiva manavaśca caturdaśa

evaṃ yajñe pravṛtte tu hūyamāneṣu cāgniṣu/
vibhūtiṃ tāṃ parāṃ tatra bhakṣyabhojyakṛtāṃ śubhām

ālokya sarvato bhūmiṃ samaṃtāddaśayojanam/
mahāvedī kṛtā tatra sarvaistatra samanvitaiḥ

sarvāndevānśakramukhyānyajñe dṛṣṭvā satī śubhā/
tadāsānunayaṃ vākyaṃ prajāpatimabhāṣata

satyuvāca/
airāvataṃ samārūḍho devarājaḥ śatakratuḥ/
patnyā śacyā sahāyātaḥ kṛtāvāsaḥ śatakratuḥ

pāpānāṃ yo yamayitā dharmeṇādharmiṇāṃ prabhuḥ/
patnyā dhūmorṇayā sārddhamihāyātaḥ sa dṛśyate

yādasāṃ ca patirddevo varuṇo lokabhāvanaḥ/
gauryyā patnyā sahāyātaḥ pracetā maṃḍape tviha

sarvayakṣādhipo devaḥ putro viśravaso muneḥ/
patnyā tviha samāyātaḥ saha devyā dhanādhipaḥ

mukhaṃ yaḥ sarvadevānāṃ jaṃtūnāmudare sthitaḥ/
vedā yadarthamutpannāssoyaṃ yajñamupāgataḥ

niṛtī rākṣasendro'sau dikpatitve niyojitaḥ/
sa ca tvihāgatastāta patnyā sārddhaṃ kratāviha

āyuḥprado jagatyasminbrahmaṇā nirmitaḥ purā/
prāṇopānovyānaudānassamānāhvayastathā

ekonapaṃcāśatkena gaṇena parivāritaḥ/
yajñe prajāpatiścāsau vāyurdevaḥsamāgataḥ

dvādaśātmā grahādhyakṣaḥcakṣuṣī jagatastviha/
pāti vai bhuvanaṃ sarvaṃ devānāṃ yaḥ parāyaṇaḥ

āyuṣaśca vanānāṃ ca divasānāṃ patirhi yaḥ/
saṃjñā patirihāyāto bhāskaro lokapāvanaḥ

atrivaṃśasamudbhūto dvijarājo mahāyaśāḥ/
nayanānaṃdajanano lokanātho dharātale

oṣadhīnāṃ patiścāpi vīrudhāmapi sarvaśaḥ/
uḍunāthaḥ sapatnīka ihāyātaḥ śaśī tava

vasavoṣṭau samāyātā aśvinau ca samāgatau/
vṛkṣo vanaspatiścāpi gandharvāpsarasāṃ gaṇāḥ

vidyādharā bhūtasaṃghā vetālā yakṣarākṣasāḥ/
piśācāścograkarmāṇastathānye jīvahārakāḥ

nadyo nadāḥ samudrāśca dvīpāśca saha parvataiḥ/
grāmyāraṇyāśca paśavo yadiṅgaṃ yacca neṅgati

kaśyapo bhagavānatrirvasiṣṭhaścāparaiḥ saha/
pulastyaḥ pulahaścaiva sanakādyā maharṣayaḥ

puṇyā rājarṣayaścaiva pṛthivyāṃ ye ca pārthivāḥ/
varṇāścāśramiṇaścaiva sarve ye karmakāriṇaḥ

kimatra bahunoktena brāhmī sṛṣṭirihāgatā/
bhaginyo bhāgineyāśca bhaginīpatayastvime

svabhāryāsahitāḥ sarve saputrāssaha bāṃdhavāḥ/
tvayā samarcitāḥ sarve dānamānaparigrahaiḥ

āmaṃtraṇā maṃtritānāṃ sarveṣāṃ mānanā kṛtā/
eka evātra bhagavānpatirme na samāgataḥ

vinā tena tvidaṃ sarvaṃ śūnyavatpratibhāti me/
manye cāhaṃ tu bhavatā patirme na nimaṃtritaḥ

vismṛtaste bhavennūnaṃ sarvaṃ śaṃsatu me bhavān/
pulasya uvāca/
tasyāstaduktaṃ vacanaṃ śrutvā dakṣaḥ prajāpatiḥ

patisneha samāyuktāṃ prāṇebhyopi garīyasīm/
aṃkamāropya tāṃ bālāṃ sādhvīṃ patiparāyaṇām

pativratāṃ mahābhāgāṃ patipriyahitaiṣiṇīm/
prāha gaṃbhīrabhāvena śṛṇu vatse yathātatham

yenādya kāraṇeneha patiste na nimaṃtritaḥ/
kapālapātradhṛkcarmī bhasmāvṛta tanustathā

śūlī muṇḍī ca nagnaśca śmaśāne ramate sadā/
vibhūtyāṅgāni sarvāṇi parimārṣṭi ca nityaśaḥ

vyāghracarmaparīdhāno hasticarmaparicchadaḥ/
kapālamālaṃ śirasi khaṭvāgaṃ ca kare sthitaṃ

kaṭyāṃ vai gonasaṃ badhvā liṃge'sthnāṃ valayaṃ tathā/
pannagānāṃ tu rājānamupavītaṃ ca vāsukim

kṛtvā bhramati cānena rūpeṇa satataṃ kṣitau/
nagnā gaṇāḥ piśācāśca bhūtasaṃghā hyanekaśaḥ

trinetraśca triśūlī ca gītanṛtyaratassadā/
kutsitāni tathānyāni sadā te kurute patiḥ

trapākaro bhavenmahyaṃ devānāṃ saṃnidhiḥ kathaṃ/
kīdṛkca vasanaṃ tasya ketanaṃ prati nārhati

etairdoṣairmayā vatse lokānāṃ caiva lajjayā/
nāhvānaṃ tu kṛtaṃ tasya kāraṇena mayā sute

yajñasyāsya samāptau tu pūjāṃ kṛtvā tvayā saha/
ānīya tava bharttāraṃ tvayā saha trilocanam

trailokyasyādhikāṃ pūjāṃ kariṣyāmi ca satkṛtaiḥ/
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ trapāyāḥ kāraṇaṃ mahat

nātra manyustvayā kāryaḥ sarvaḥ svaṃ bhāgamarhati/
anyajanmani yairyādṛkkṛtaṃ karma śubhāśubham

iha janmani te tādṛkputrike bhuṃjate phalam/
paritāpaṃ mā kṛthāstvaṃ phalaṃ bhuṃkṣva purākṛtam

śriyaṃ paragatāṃ dṛṣṭvā rūpasaubhāgyaśobhanām/
rūpaṃ ca kāṃtisaubhāgyaṃ ramyāṇyābharaṇāni ca

kulemahativaijanmavapuścātīvasuṃdaram/
pūrvabhāgyaistu labhyaṃte narairetāni suvrate

mātmānaṃ pariniṃdethāmāca bhāgyāni suvrate/
phalaṃ caivaṃ vidhikṛtaṃ dātuṃ kasya tu kaḥ kṣamaḥ५०

nāsti vai balavānkaścinnamūḍho na ca paṃḍitaḥ/
pāṃḍityaṃ ca balaṃ caiva jāyate pūrvakarmaṇaḥ

ete devā divaṃ prāptāḥ śobhamānāḥ sthitāściram/
puṇyena tapasā caiva kṣetreṣuvividheṣuca

yadebhirārjitaṃ puṇyaṃ tasyaite phalabhāginaḥ/
evamuktā tataḥ sā tu satī bhīṣmaruṣānvitā

viniṃdamānā pitaraṃ krodhenāruṇitekṣaṇā/
evametadyathā tāta tvayā coktaṃ mamāgrataḥ

sarvo janaḥ puṇyabhāgī puṇyena labhate śriyaṃ/
puṇyena labhate janma puṇye bhogāḥ pratiṣṭhitāḥ

tadayaṃ jagatāmīśaḥ sarveṣāmuttamottamaḥ/
sthānānyetāni sarveṣāṃ dattānyetena dhīmatā

ye guṇāstasya devasya vaktuṃ jihvāpi vedhasaḥ/
na śaktā khyāpane tasya devasya parameṣṭhinaḥ

bhasmāsthi ca kapālāni śmaśāne vasatistathā/
gonasādyāśca ye sarpāḥ sarve te bhūṣaṇīkṛtāḥ

bhūtapretagaṇāstasya piśācā guhyakāstathā/
eṣa dhātā vidhātā ca eṣa pālayitā diśaḥ

prasādena ca rudrasya prāptasvargaḥ puraṃdaraḥ/
yadi rudresti devatvaṃ yadi sarvagataḥ śivaḥ

satyena tena te yajñaṃ vidhvaṃsayatu śaṃkaraḥ/
yadyasti me tapaḥ kiṃcitkaściddharmothavā kṛtaḥ

phalena tasya dharmasya yajñaste nāśamarhati/
priyāhaṃ yadi devasya yadi māṃ tārayiṣyati

tena satyena te garvaḥ samāptimabhigacchatu/
ityuktvā yogamāsthāya svadehasthena tejasā

nirdadāha tadātmānaṃ sadevāsurapannagaiḥ/
kiṃkimetaditi prokte gaṃdharvagaṇaguhyakaiḥ

gaṃgākūle tadā mukto deho vai kruddhayā tayā/
saunakaṃ nāma tattīrthaṃ gaṃgāyāḥ paścime taṭe

śrutvā rudrastu tadvārttāṃ patnyānāśa suduḥkhitaḥ/
haṃtuṃ yajñaṃ dhīrabhavatdevānāmiha paśyatām

gaṇakoṭiḥ samādiṣṭā grahā vaināyakāstathā/
bhūtapretapiśācāśca dakṣayajña vināśane

tairgatvā vibudhāssarve yajñe nirjitya nāśitāḥ/
hate yajñe tadā dakṣo nirutsāho nirudyamaḥ

upagamyābravīttrasto devadevaṃ pinākinam/
na jñātosi mayā deva devānāṃ prabhurīśvaraḥ

tvamasya jagatodhīśaḥ surāssarve tvayā jitāḥ/
kṛpāṃ kuru maheśāna gaṇānsarvānnivarttaya

gaṇairnānāvidhairghorairnānābhūṣaṇabhūṣitaiḥ/
nānāvadanadaṃtauṣṭhairnānā praharaṇodyataiḥ

nānā nāgeṃdrasaṃdaṣṭa jaṭābhāropaśobhitaiḥ/
sudṛḍhoddhata darpāḍhyairghorairghoranighātibhiḥ

kāmarūpairakāṃtaiśca sarvakāmasamanvitaiḥ/
anivāryabalaiścograiryogibhiryogagāmibhiḥ

vyālolakesarajaṭairdaṃṣṭrotkaṭahasanmukhaiḥ/
karīṃdrakaraṭāṭopa pāṭavaiḥ siṃhadehibhiḥ

kecitparamadāghrāṇa ghūrṇaddīpasamaprabhaiḥ/
vicitracitravasanairddhīradhīravāradibhiḥ

mṛgavyāghrasiṃharutaistarakṣvajinadhāribhiḥ/
bhujaṃgahāravalayakṛtayajñopavītakaiḥ

śūlāsipaṭṭiśadharaiḥ paraśuprāsahastakaiḥ/
vajrakrakacakodaṃḍakāladaṃḍāstrapāṇibhiḥ

gaṇeśvaraiḥ sudurddharṣairvṛtaḥ sūryo grahairiva/
devadevamahādeva naṣṭo yajño divaṃ gataḥ

mṛgarūpadharo bhūtvā bhayabhītastu śaṃkara/
namaḥ śaṅkhābhadevāya sagaṇāya sanaṃdine

vṛṣāsanāya somāya kratukālāṃtakāya ca/
namo dikcarmavastrāya namaste tīvratejase

brahmaṇe brahmadehāya brahmaṇyāyāmitāya ca/
girīśāya sureśāya īśānāya namonamaḥ

rudrāya prativajrāya śivāya krathanāya ca/
surāsurādhipataye yatīnāṃ pataye namaḥ

dhūmrogrāya virūpāya yajvane ghorarūpiṇe/
virūpākṣāśubhākṣāya sahasrākṣāya vai namaḥ

muṃḍāya caṃḍamuṇḍāya varakhaṭvāṅgadhāriṇe/
kavyarūpāya havyāya sarvasaṃhāriṇe namaḥ

bhaktānukaṃpinetyarthaṃ rudrajāpyastutāya ca/
virūpāya surūpāya rūpāṇāṃ śatakāriṇe

paṃcāsyāya śubhāsyāya caṃdrāsyāya namo namaḥ/
varadāya varārhāya kūrmāya ca mṛgāya ca

līlālakaśikhaṃḍāya kamaṃḍaludharāya ca/
viśvanāmnetha viśvāya viśveśāya namonamaḥ

trinetratrāṇamasmākaṃ tripuraghnavidhīyatāṃ/
vāṅmanaḥ kāyabhāvaistu prapannasya maheśvara

evaṃ stutastadā devo dakṣeṇāpannadehinā/
divyenānena stotreṇa bhṛśamārādhitastadā

samagraṃ te yajñaphalaṃ mayā dattaṃ prajāpate/
sarvakāmaprasirddhythaṃphalaṃprāpsyasyanuttamam

evamukto bhagavatā praṇamyātha sureśvaram/
jagāma svaniketaṃ tu gaṇānāmeva paśyatām

patnyāḥ śokena vai devo gaṃgādvāre tadāsthitaḥ/
tāṃ satīṃ ciṃtayānastu kva nu sāmepriyāgatā

tasya śokābhibhūtasya nārado bhavasaṃnnidhau/
sā te satī yā deveśa bhāryā prāṇasamāmṛtā

himavadduhitā sā ca menāgarbhasamudbhavā/
jagrāha dehamanyaṃ sā vedavedārthavedinī

śrutvā devastadā dhyānamavatīrṇāmapaśyata/
kṛtakṛtyamathātmānaṃ kṛtvā devastadāsthitaḥ

saṃprāptayauvanā devī punareva vivāhitā/
evaṃ hi kathitaṃ bhīṣma yathā yajño hataḥ purā

iti śrīpādmapurāṇe prathame sṛṣṭikhaṇḍe dakṣayajñavidhvaṃsonāma pañcamo'dhyāyaḥ