Padma Purana · Chapter 3.14

nārada uvāca-
narmadā tu nadīśreṣṭhā puṇyā puṇyatamā triṣu /
munibhistu mahābhāgairvibhaktā dharmakāṃkṣibhiḥ

yajñopavītamātrāṇi pravibhaktāni pāṃḍava /
teṣu snātvā tu rājeṃdra sarvapāpaiḥ pramucyate

jaleśvaraṃ ca yattīrthaṃ triṣu lokeṣu viśrutam /
tasyotpattiṃ kathayataḥ śṛṇu pāṃḍavanaṃdana

purā munigaṇāḥ sarve sendrāścaiva marudgaṇāḥ /
stuvaṃti te mahātmānaṃ devadevaṃ maheśvaram

stuvamānāstu saṃprāptā yatra devo maheśvaraḥ /
vijñāpayaṃti deveśaṃ seṃdrāścaiva marudgaṇāḥ /
bhayodvignānvirūpākṣa paritrāyasva naḥ prabho

īśvara uvāca-/
svāgataṃ tu muniśreṣṭhāḥ kimarthamiha cāgatāḥ /
kiṃ duḥkhaṃ ko'nusaṃtāpaḥ kuto vā bhayamāgatam

kathayadhvaṃ mahābhāgā etadicchāmi veditum /
evamuktāstu rudreṇākathayannamitavratāḥ

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ-/
api ghoro mahāvīryo dānavo baladarpitaḥ /
bāṇo nāmeti vikhyāto yasya vai tripuraṃ puram

gagane tu vasaddivyaṃ bhramate tasya tejasā /
tasmādbhītā virūpākṣa tvāmeva śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ

trāyasva mahato duḥkhāddevatvaṃ hi parā gatiḥ /
evaṃ prasādaṃ deveśa sarveṣāṃ kartumarhasi

yena devāḥ suprasannāḥ sukhamedhaṃti śaṃkara /
parāṃ nirvṛtimāyāṃti tatprabho kartumarhasi

deva uvāca-/
etatsarvaṃ kariṣyāmi mā viṣādaṃ kariṣyatha /
acireṇaiva kālena kuryāṃ yuṣmatsukhāvaham

āśvāsayitvā tānsarvānnarmadātaṭamāsthitaḥ /
ciṃtayāmāsa sarveśastadvadhaṃ prati pāṃḍava

kathaṃ kena prakāreṇa haṃtavyastripuro mayā /
evaṃ saṃciṃtya bhagavānnāradaṃ smarate tadā /
smaraṇādeva saṃprāpto nāradaḥ samupasthitaḥ

nārada uvāca-/
ājñāpaya mahādeva kimarthaṃ saṃsmṛto hyaham /
kiṃ kāryaṃ tu mayā deva kartavyaṃ kathayasva me

īśvara uvāca-/
gaccha nārada tatraiva yatra tattripuraṃ puram /
bāṇasya dānavendrasya śīghraṃ gacchātha tatkuru

bhartāro devatābhāśca striyaścāpsarasopamāḥ /
tāsāṃ vai tejasā vipra bhramate tripuraṃ divi

tatra gatvā tu vipreṃdra maṃtramanyaṃ pracodaya /
devasya vacanaṃ śrutvā munistvaritavikramaḥ

strīṇāṃ hṛdayanāśāya praviṣṭastaṃ puraṃ prati /
śobhate tatpuraṃ divyaṃ nānāratnopaśobhitam

śatayojanavistīrṇaṃ tato dviguṇamāyatam /
tataḥ paśyati tatraiva bāṇaṃ tu baladarpitam

mālākuṃḍalakeyūrairmukuṭena virājitam /
hāraratnaiśca saṃchannaṃ caṃdrakāṃtivibhūṣitam

lalanāstasya ratnāḍhyāḥ narāḥ kanakamaṃḍitāḥ /
utthito nāradaṃ dṛṣṭvā dānaveṃdro mahābalaḥ

bāṇa uvāca-/
sa devarṣiḥ svayaṃ prāpto madgṛhaṃ prati saṃprati /
arghaṃ pādyaṃ yathānyāyaṃ kriyatāṃ dvijasattama

cirātsamāgato vipra sthīyatāmidamāsanam /
evaṃ saṃbhāvayitvā tu nāradaṃ samupasthitam

tasya bhāryā mahādevī anaupamyā tu nāmataḥ

anaupamyovāca-/
bhagavanmānuṣe loke devāstuṣyaṃti kena vai /
vratena niyamenāpi dānena tapasāthavā

nārada uvāca-/
tiladhenuṃ ca yo dadyādbrāhmaṇe vedapārage /
sasāgarā navadvīpā dattā bhavati medinī

sūryakoṭipratīkāśairvimānaiḥ sarvakāmikaiḥ /
modate cākṣayaṃ kālaṃ suciraṃ kṛtaśāsanaḥ

āmrātakakapitthāni kadalīvanameva ca /
kadaṃba caṃpakāśokā aneka vividhadrumāḥ

aṣṭamī ca caturthī ca dvādaśī ca tathā ubhe /
saṃkrāṃtirviṣuvaṃ caiva dinacchidramukhaṃ tathā

puṇyānyetāni sarvāṇi upavāsaṃti yāḥ striyaḥ /
tāsāṃ tu dharmmayuktānāṃ svarge vāso na saṃśayaḥ

kalikālāttu nirmuktāḥ sarvapāpavivarjitāḥ /
upavāsaratā nāryo nopasarpaṃti tāpasāḥ

evaṃ śrutvā tu suśroṇi yatheṣṭaṃ kartumarhasi /
nāradasya vacaḥ śrutvā rājñī vacanamabravīt

prasādaṃ kuru vipreṃdra dānaṃ gṛhṇa yathepsitam /
suvarṇamaṇiratnāni vastrāṇyābharaṇāni ca

tatte dāsyāmyahaṃ vipra yaccānyadapi durllabham /
pratigṛhṇa dvijaśreṣṭha prīyetāṃ hariśaṃkarau

nārada uvāca-/
anyasmai dīyatāṃ bhadre kṣīṇavṛtiśca yo dvijaḥ /
vayaṃ tu śīlasaṃpannā bhaktistu kriyate mayā

evaṃ tāsāṃ mano hṛtvā sarvāsāmupadiśya vā /
jagāma bharataśreṣṭha svakīyaṃ sthānakaṃ punaḥ

atrākṛṣṭamanāstāstu anyatragatamānasāḥ /
puri chidraṃ samutpannaṃ bāṇasya tu mahātmanaḥ

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe caturdaśo'dhyāyaḥ