Padma Purana · Chapter 3.35

nārada uvāca-
athānyattatra vai liṃgaṃ kapardīśvaramuttamam /
snātvā tatra vidhānena tarpayitvā pitṝnnṛpa

mucyate sarvapāpebhyo muktiṃ bhuktiṃ ca viṃdati /
piśācamocanaṃ nāma tīrthamanyattataḥ sthitam

tatrāścaryamayo devo muktidaḥ sarvadoṣahaḥ /
kaściddaityo jagāmedaṃ śārdūlo ghorarūpadhṛk

mṛgīmekāṃ bhakṣayituṃ kapardīśvaramuttamam /
tatra sā bhītahṛdayā kṛtvā kṛtvā pradakṣiṇam

dhāvamānā susaṃbhrāṃtā vyāghrasya vaśamāgatā /
tāṃ vidārya nakhaistīkṣṇaiḥ śārdūlaḥ sa mahābalaḥ

jagāma cānyaṃ vijanaṃ deśaṃ dṛṣṭvā munīśvarān /
mṛtamātrā ca sā bālā kapardīśāgrato mṛgī

adṛśyata mahājvālā vyomni sūryasamaprabhā /
trinetrā nīlakaṃṭhā ca śaśāṃkāṃkita mūrddhajā

vṛṣādhirūḍhā puruṣaistādṛśaireva saṃvṛtā /
puṣpavṛṣṭiṃ vimuṃcaṃti khecarāstatsamaṃtataḥ

gaṇeśvarī svayaṃ bhūtvā na dṛṣṭā tatkṣaṇāttataḥ /
dṛṣṭvā tadāścaryavaraṃ praśaśaṃsuḥ surādayaḥ

tanmaheśasya vai liṃgaṃ kapardīśvaramuttamam /
smṛtvaivāśeṣapāpaughātkṣipramasya vimuṃcati

kāmakrodhādayo doṣā vārāṇasī nivāsinām /
vighnāḥ sarve vinaśyaṃti kapardīśvarapūjanāt

tasmātsadaiva draṣṭavyaṃ kapardīśvaramuttamam /
pūjitavyaṃ prayatnena stotavyaṃ vaidikaistavaiḥ

dhyāyatāṃ cātra niyataṃ yogināṃ śāṃtacetasām /
jāyate yogasiddhiḥ syātṣaṇmāsena na saṃśayaḥ

brahmahatyādayaḥ pāpā vinaśyaṃtyasya pūjanāt /
piśācamocane kuṃḍe snātaḥ syātpraśamo yataḥ

tasminkṣetre purā viprastapasvī saṃśitavrataḥ /
śaṃkukarṇa iti khyātaḥ pūjayāmāsa śaṃkaram

jajāpa rudramaniśaṃ praṇavaṃ brahmarūpiṇam /
puṣpadhūpādibhistotraiḥ namaskāraiḥ pradakṣiṇaiḥ

upāsītātra yogātmā kṛtvā dīkṣāṃ tu naiṣṭhikīm /
kadācidāgataṃ pretaṃ paśyati sma kṣudhānvitam

asthicarma pinaddhāṃgaṃ niśvasaṃtaṃ muhurmuhuḥ /
taṃ dṛṣṭvā sa muniśreṣṭhaḥ kṛpayā parayā yutaḥ

provāca ko bhavānkasmāddeśāddeśamimaṃ śritaḥ /
tasmai piśācaḥ kṣudhayā pīḍyamāno'bravīdvacaḥ

pūrvajanmanyahaṃ vipro dhanadhānyasamanvitaḥ /
putrapautrādibhiryuktaḥ kuṭuṃbabharaṇotsukaḥ

na pūjitā mahādevā gāvo'pyatithayastathā /
na kadācitkṛtaṃ puṇyamalpaṃ vānalpameva ca

ekadā bhagavāndevo vṛṣabheśvaravāhanaḥ /
viśveśvaro vārāṇasyāṃ dṛṣṭaḥ spṛṣṭo namaskṛtaḥ

tadācireṇa kālena paṃcatvamahamāgataḥ /
na dṛṣṭaṃ tanmahāghoraṃ yamasya sadanaṃ mune

pipāsayādhunākrāṃto na jānāmi hitāhitam /
yadi kaṃcitsamuddhartumupāyaṃ paśyasi prabho

kuruṣva taṃ namastubhyaṃ tvāmahaṃ śaraṇaṃ gataḥ /
ityuktaḥ śaṃkukarṇo'tha piśācamidamabravīt

tādṛśo nahi lokesminvidyate puṇyakṛttamaḥ /
yattvayā bhagavānpūrvaṃ dṛṣṭo viśveśvaraḥ śivaḥ

saṃspṛṣṭo vaṃdito bhūyaḥ ko'nyastvatsadṛśo bhuvi /
tena karmavipākena deśametaṃ samāgataḥ

snānaṃ kuruṣva śīghraṃ tvamasminkuṃḍe samāhitaḥ /
yenemāṃ kutsitāṃ yoniṃ kṣiprameva prahāsyasi

sa evamukto muninā piśāco dayālunā devavaraṃ trinetram /
smṛtvā kapardīśvaramīśitāraṃ cakre samādhāya manovagāham

tadāvagāḍho munisannidhāne mamāra divyābharaṇopapannaḥ /
adṛśyatārkapratimo vimāne śaśāṃkacihnīkṛtacārumauli

vibhāti rudraiḥ sahito diviṣṭhaiḥ samābhṛto yogiribharaprameyaiḥ /
sa vālakhilyādibhireṣa devo yathodaye bhānuraśeṣadevaḥ

stuvaṃti siddhādi videvasaṃghā nṛtyaṃti divyāpsaraso'bhirāmāḥ /
muṃcaṃti vṛṣṭiṃ kusumāṃbumiśrāṃ gaṃdharvavidyādharakinnarādyāḥ

saṃstūyamāno'tha munīṃdrasaṃghairavāpya bodhaṃ bhagavatprasādāt /
samāviśanmaṃḍalametadagryaṃ trayīmayaṃ yatra vibhāti rudraḥ

dṛṣṭvā vimuktaṃ sa piśācabhūtaṃ muniḥ prahṛṣṭo manasā maheśam /
viciṃtya rudraṃ kavimekamagniṃ praṇamya tuṣṭāva kapardinaṃ tam

śaṃkukarṇa uvāca-/
kapardinaṃ tvāṃ parataḥ parastādgoptāramekaṃ puruṣaṃ purāṇam /
vrajāmi yogeśvaramīpsitāramādityamagniṃ kapilādhirūḍham

tvāṃ brahmasāraṃ hṛdi saṃniviṣṭaṃ hiraṇmayaṃ yoginamādimaṃ tam /
vrajāmi rudraṃ śaraṇaṃ diviṣṭhaṃ mahāmuniṃ brahmamayaṃ pavitram

sahasrapādākṣiśirobhiyuktaṃ sahasrarūpaṃ tamasaḥ parastāt /
taṃ brahmapāraṃ praṇamāmi śaṃbhuṃ hiraṇyagarbhādhipatiṃ trinetram

yatra prasūtirjagato vināśo yenāvṛtaṃ sarvamidaṃ śivena /
taṃ brahmapāraṃ bhagavaṃtamīśaṃ praṇamya nityaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye

aliṃgamālokavihīnarūpaṃ svayaṃprabhuṃ citpatimekarūpam /
taṃ brahmapāraṃ parameśvaraṃ tvāṃ namaskariṣye na yato'nyadasti

yaṃ yoginastyaktasabījayogā labdhvā samādhiṃ paramātmabhūtāḥ /
paśyaṃti devaṃ praṇato'smi nityaṃ taṃ brahmapāraṃ paramasvarūpam

na yatra nāmādiviśeṣa kḷptirna saṃdṛśe tiṣṭhati yatsvarūpam /
taṃ brahmapāraṃ praṇato'smi nityaṃ svayaṃbhuvaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye

yadvedavādābhiratā videhaṃ sabrahmavijñānamabhedamekam /
paśyaṃtyanekaṃ bhavataḥ svarūpaṃ taṃ brahmapāraṃ praṇato'smi nityam

yataḥ pradhānaṃ puruṣaḥ purāṇo bibharti tejaḥ praṇamaṃti devāḥ /
namāmi taṃ jyotiṣi sanniviṣṭaṃ kālaṃ bṛhaṃtaṃ bhavataḥ svarūpam

vrajāmi nityaṃ śaraṇaṃ guheśaṃ sthāṇuṃ prapadye giriśaṃ purāṇam /
śivaṃ prapadye harimiṃdumauliṃ pinākinaṃ tvāṃ śaraṇaṃ vrajāmi

stutvaivaṃ śaṃkukarṇo'pi bhagavaṃtaṃ kapardinam /
papāta daṃḍavadbhūmau proccaranpraṇavaṃ param

tatkṣaṇātparamaṃ liṃgaṃ prādurbhūtaṃ śivātmakam /
jñānamānaṃdamatyaṃtaṃ koṭijvālāgnisannibham

śaṃkukarṇo'tha muktātmā tadātmā sarvago'malaḥ /
nililye vimale liṃge tadadbhutamivābhavat

etadrahasyamākhyātaṃ māhātmyaṃ te kaparddinaḥ /
na kaścidvetti tamasā vidvānapyatra muhyati

ya imāṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ kathāṃ pāpapraṇāśinīm /
tyaktapāpaviśuddhātmā rudrasāmīpyamāpnuyāt

paṭhecca satataṃ śuddho brahmapāraṃ mahāstavam /
prātarmadhyāhnasamaye sa yogaṃ prāpnuyātparam

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe svargakhaṃḍe vārāṇasīmāhātmye paṃcatriṃśo'dhyāyaḥ