Padma Purana · Chapter 2.113

raṃbhovāca-
tapa etatparityajya kiṃvā lokayase śubhe /
tapasaḥ kṣaraṇaṃ syādvai puruṣasyāpi ciṃtanāt

aśokasuṃdaryuvāca-
tapasi me mano līnaṃ nahuṣasyāpi kāmyayā /
na māṃ cālayituṃ śaktā devāsuramahoragāḥ

enaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahābhāge me manaścalate bhṛśam /
raṃtumicchāmyahaṃ gatvā evamutsukatāṃ gatam

evaṃ viparyayaścāsīnmanaso me varāvane /
tanme tvaṃ kāraṇaṃ brūhi yadyasti jñānamuttamam

āyuputrasya bhāryāhaṃ devaiḥ sṛṣṭā mahātmabhiḥ /
kasmānme dhāvate ceta utsukaṃ raṃtumeva ca

raṃbhovāca-
sarveṣveva mahābhāge deharūpeṣu bhāmini /
vasatyātmā svayaṃ brahmajñānarūpaḥ sanātanaḥ

yadyapi prakriyābaddhairiṃdriyairupakāribhiḥ /
mohapāśamayairbaddhastathā siddhastu sarvadā

prakṛtiṃ naiva jānāti jñānavijñānakīṃ kalām /
ayaṃ śuddhaśca dharmajña ātmā vetti ca suṃdari

gacchaṃtyapi manastāpamenaṃ dṛṣṭvā mahāmatim /
pāpamevaṃ parityajya satyamevaṃ pradhāvati

bhartāyamāyuputraste etatsatyaṃ na saṃśayaḥ /
anyaṃ dṛṣṭvā viśaṃketa puruṣaṃ pāpalakṣaṇam

evaṃ vidhiḥ kṛto devaiḥ satyapāśena baṃdhitaḥ /
yadasyā āyuputropi bhartṛtvamupayāsyati

evamākarṇitaṃ bhadre ātmanā taṃ ca suṃdari /
tadbhāvasatyasaṃbaṃdhaṃ parigṛhya sthitaḥ svayam

anyaṃ bhāvaṃ na jānāti āyuputraṃ ca viṃdati /
prakṛtirnaiva te devi patiṃ jānāti cāgatam

evaṃ jñātvā pradhānātmā tavādyaiva pradhāvati /
ātmā sarvaṃ prajānāti ātmā devaḥ sanātanaḥ

ayameṣa sa vīreṃdro nahuṣo nāma vīryavān /
tasmādgacchati cetaste satyaṃ saṃbaṃdhamicchate

jñātvā cāyoḥ sutaṃ bhadre anyaṃ caiva na gacchati /
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ śāśvataṃ tvanmanogatam

huṃḍaṃ hatvā mahāghoraṃ samare dānavādhamam /
tvāṃ nayiṣyati svasthānamāyośca gṛhamuttamam

hṛto daityena vīreṃdro nijapuṇyena śeṣitaḥ /
bālyātprabhṛti vīreṃdro viyuktaḥ svajanena vai

pitṛmātṛvihīnastu gato vṛddhiṃ mahāvane /
yāsyatyeva piturgehaṃ tvayaiva saha sāṃpratam

evamābhāṣitaṃ śrutvā raṃbhāyāḥ śivanaṃdinī /
harṣeṇa mahatāviṣṭā tāmuvāca samudrajām

ayameva sa satyātmā mama bhartā suvīryavān /
mano me dhāvate'tyarthaṃ śokākulitavihvalam

nāsti cittasamo devo jānāti suviniścitam /
satyametanmayā dṛṣṭaṃ sucitraṃ cāruhāsini

manobhavasamānaṃ tu puruṣaṃ divyalakṣaṇam /
na dhāvati mahāceta enaṃ dṛṣṭvā yathā sakhi

tathā na dhāvate bhadre puṃsamanyaṃ na manyate /
enaṃ gaṃtavyamāvābhyāṃ sakhībhirgṛhameva hi

evamābhāṣya sā raṃbhā gamanāyopacakrame /
gamanāyotsukāṃ jñātvā nahuṣasyāṃtikaṃ prati

tāmuvāca tato raṃbhā kasmāddevi na gamyate /
sūta uvāca-
sakhyā ca raṃbhayā sārddhaṃ nahuṣaṃ vīralakṣaṇam

tasyāṃtikaṃ susaṃprāpya preṣayāmāsa tāṃ sakhīm /
enaṃ gaccha mahābhāge nahuṣaṃ devarūpiṇam

kathayasva kathāmetāṃ tavārthe āgatā yataḥ /
raṃbhovāca-/
evaṃ sakhi kariṣyāmi supriyaṃ tava suvrate

evamuktvā gatā raṃbhā nahuṣaṃ rājanaṃdanam /
cāpabāṇadharaṃ vīraṃ dvitīyamiva vāsavam

pratyuvāca gatā raṃbhā sakhyā vacanamuttamam /
āyuputra mahābhāga raṃbhāhaṃsamupāgatā

śivasya kanyayā vīra tayāhaṃ paripreṣitā /
tavārthaṃ devadevena devyā devena vai purā

bhāryārūpaṃ varaṃ śreṣṭhaṃ sṛṣṭaṃ lokeṣu durlabham /
duṣprāpyaṃ tu naraśreṣṭhairdevai seṃdraistapodhanaiḥ

gaṃdharvaiḥ pannagaiḥ siddhaiścāraṇaiḥ puṇyalakṣaṇaiḥ /
svayameva samāyātaṃ tavārthe śṛṇu sāṃpratam

strīratnaṃ tanmahāprājña saṃpūrṇaṃ puṇyanirmitam /
aśokasuṃdarī nāma tavārthaṃ tapasi sthitā

atyarthaṃ tu tapastaptaṃ bhavaṃtamicchate sadā /
evaṃ jñātvā mahābhāga bhajamānāṃ bhajasva hi

tvāmṛte sā varārohā puruṣaṃ naiva yācate /
nahuṣeṇa tayoktaṃ tu śrutvāvadhāritaṃ vacaḥ

pratyuttaraṃ dadau cātha raṃbhe me śrūyatāṃ vacaḥ /
tattu sarvaṃ vijānāmi yattvayoktaṃ mamāgrataḥ

mamāgre kathitaṃ pūrvaṃ vaśiṣṭhena mahātmanā /
sarvameva vijānāmi asyāstu tapa uttamam

śrūyatāṃ kāraṇaṃ bhadre yathāsaukhyaṃ bhaviṣyati /
ahatvā dānavaṃ huṃḍaṃ na gacchāmi varāṃganām

sarvametatsuvṛttāṃtamahaṃ jāne tathaiva hi /
mamārthe tava saṃbhūtistapaśca caritaṃ tvayā

mama bhāryā na saṃdeho bhavatī vidhinā kṛtā /
mamārthe niścayaṃ kṛtvā tapa ācaritaṃ tvayā

hṛtā tasmātsupāpena bhavatī niyamānvitā /
sūtigṛhādahaṃ tena dānavenādhamena vai

bālabhāvasthito devi pitṛmātṛvinā kṛtaḥ /
tasmāttaṃ tu haniṣyāmi huṃḍaṃ vai dānavādhamam

paścāttvāmupaneṣye'haṃ vaśiṣṭhasyāśramaṃ prati /
evaṃ kathaya bhadraṃ te raṃbhe matpriyakāriṇīm

evaṃ visarjitā tena satvaraṃ sā gatā punaḥ /
aśokasuṃdarīṃ devīṃ kathayāmāsa tasya ca

samāsena tathā sarvaṃ raṃbhā sā dvijasattama /
aśokasuṃdarī sā tu avadhārya subhāṣitam

nahuṣasya suvīrasya harṣeṇa ca samanvitā /
tasthau tatra tayā sārddhaṃ susakhyā raṃbhayā tadā

bhartuśca kīdṛśaṃ vīryamiti paśyāmi vai sadā

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe venopākhyāne gurutīrthamāhātmye cyavanacaritre nahuṣākhyāne trayodaśādhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ