Padma Purana · Chapter 2.2

sūta uvāca-
tadādāya mahātmā'sau nirjagāma tvarānvitaḥ /
pitṛbhaktyā tapobhiśca satyārjavabalena saḥ

dharmamākṛṣṭavāṃścaiva dharmaśarmā tatastadā /
samākṛṣṭastu vai dharmastapasā tasya dhīmataḥ

dharmaśarmāṇamāyātaṃ idaṃ vacanamabravīt /
kasmāttvayā samāhūto dharmaśarmansamāgataḥ

tanme kathaya kāryaṃ tvaṃ tatkaromi na saṃśayaḥ /
dharmaśarmovāca-
yadyasti guruśuśrūṣā yadi niṣṭhā'calaṃ tapaḥ

tena satyena me dharma vedaśarmā sa jīvatu /
dharma uvāca-
damaśaucena satyena tapasā tava suvrata

pitṛbhaktyā tava bhrātā vedaśarmā mahābhujaḥ /
punareva mahātmāsau jīvanaṃ ca labhiṣyati

tapasānena tuṣṭosmi pitṛbhaktyā mahāmate /
varaṃ varaya bhadraṃ te durlabhaṃ dharmavittamaiḥ

evamākarṇitaṃ tena suvākyaṃ dharmaśarmaṇā /
vaivasvataṃ mahātmānaṃ samuvāca mahāyaśāḥ

dehi me tvacalāṃ bhaktiṃ pituḥ pādārhaṇe punaḥ /
dharme ratiṃ tathā mokṣaṃ suprasanno yadā mama

tamuvāca tato dharmo matprasādādbhaviṣyati /
evamukte mahāvākye vedaśarmā tadotthitaḥ

prasuptavanmahāprājño dharmaśarmāṇamabravīt /
kva sā devī gatā bhrātaḥ kva sa tāto bhavediti

samāsena samākhyātaṃ yathā pitrā niyojitaḥ /
samājñāya tato hṛṣṭo dharmaśarmā tamabravīt

mamādyaiva mahābhāga śirasā jīvitena ca /
saṃmukhī bhava vai bhrātaḥ konyo me tvādṛśo bhuvi

bhrātaraṃ caivamābhāṣya utsukaḥ pitaraṃ prati /
gamanāya matiṃ cakre bhrātrā ca dharmaśarmaṇā

dvāvetau tu gatau tatra pitaraṃ hṛṣṭamānasau /
dvābhyāṃ tatra samāsthāya śivaśarmāṇamuttamam

dharmaśarmā tadovāca pitaraṃ dīptisaṃyutam /
mamādyaiva mahābhāga tapasā jīvitena ca

vedaśarmā samānītastaṃ putraṃ pragṛhāṇa bhoḥ /
śivaśarmā tato hṛṣṭo bhaktiṃ vijñāya tasya ca

na kiṃcidabravīttaṃ tu punaściṃtāmupeyivān /
purato vinayenāpi vartamānaṃ mahāmatim

viṣṇuśarmāṇamābhāṣīdvatsa me vacanaṃ kuru /
iṃdralokaṃ vrajasvādya tasmādānaya cāmṛtam

anayā kāntayā sārddhaṃ sthātumicchāmi sāṃpratam /
sāgarādyatsamutpannamamṛtaṃ vyādhināśanam

sādhunecchati māmeṣā yathaināṃ tu labhāmyaham /
tathā kuruṣva śīghraṃ tvamanyathānyaṃ prayāsyati

vṛddhaṃ jñātvāvamanyeta iyaṃ bālā surūpiṇī /
adya devyānayā sārddhaṃ priyayā bhuvanatraye

nirdoṣo vyādhinirmukto yathā tāta bhavāmyaham /
tathā kuruṣva me vatsa madbhaktosi yadā bhuvi

evamākarṇya tadvākyaṃ pitustasya mahātmanaḥ /
viṣṇuśarmā tadovāca pitaraṃ dīptatejasam

sarvametatkariṣyāmi bhavataḥ sukhamuttamam /
evamābhāṣya dharmātmā viṣṇuśarmā mahāmatiḥ

pitaraṃ taṃ namaskṛtya punaḥ kṛtvā pradakṣiṇam /
balena mahatā sopi tapasā niyamena ca

aṃtarikṣagataścāsīdgacchamānasya dhīmataḥ /
sa mahāvāyuvegena aiṃdraṃ saṃpratigacchati

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe bhūmikhaṃḍe śivaśarmacarite dvitīyo'dhyāyaḥ