Padma Purana · Chapter 5.105

munaya ūcuḥ -
ataḥparaṃ mahābhāgaḥ kiṃ cakāra sa rāghavaḥ /
munayaśca mahātmānaḥ kimakurvaṃstataḥ param

sūta uvāca-
rāmacaṃdre sukhāsīne vibhīṣaṇe kapīśvare /
śaṃbhumūcurmunivarāḥ kathāṃ puṇyāṃ vadasva naḥ

teṣāmākarṇya vacanaṃ pārvatīmāha śaṃkaraḥ /
idaṃ kasyāpi viprasya gṛhaṃ paramaśobhanam

ramyopavanavāpībhirvīrudbhirupaśobhitam /
kūjanmadhukaraśreṇyā āhūtakusumāyudham

madhyāhnasaṃdhyāmāroḍhumiva sūryaḥ pravarttate /
chāyāvāpījalasnātau paridhāya suvāsasī

mṛganābhisamudghṛṣṭaghanasārasucaṃdanam /
ālipya sallakīdāmadṛḍhadhammillasaṃyutau

analpaghanasāraṃ tu tāṃbūlaṃ pratikhāditam /
āsvādya mādyanmuditau yatra dhārāgṛhe śubhe

mayūranādabahule bahirmadhuragītakaiḥ /
śayyāyāmāstṛtāyāṃ ca parasparasukhasthitau

viśālasmitaraktoṣṭhamānanaṃ cuṃbitaṃ yadi /
saṃsāraphalamāghrātamāvayostu bhaviṣyati

itīritamatha śrutvā kupitā munayastu te /
uktaṃ vā suśubhaṃ vākyamasmāsu kimidaṃ tvayā

vipralāpaḥ priyāsakteḥ kṛto nosmadvacaḥ kṛtam /
atha kopaparācchaṃbhorānanātparamādbhutā

jvālā vinirgatā sāpi karālavadanābhavat /
kasyacittu munerbhāryāmāsasādātha satvaram

palāyanaparā cāsīdrāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā ca bibhyatī /
rāmo'pi brāhmaṇīṃ śuddhāṃ mocayāmītyabhāṣata

jagāma puṣpakeṇaiva bruvanmuktiṃ punaḥ punaḥ /
bāṇaṃ ca dhanuṣā yoktuṃ na ca sasmāra rāghavaḥ

śaṃbhurapyatipuṇyāni vanānyāyatanāni ca /
purāṇi ca vicitrāṇi dṛṣṭvā rāmaṃ na cāsmarat

kṣaṇena ca tadā prāpto lokālokaṃ mahāgirim /
dṛṣṭvātha rāghavaḥ śailaṃ gṛhamārgasamākulam

viprayoṣinmahābhāgā kva gatā vadata dvijāḥ /
ito gateti te procustamobhāgaṃ gireriti

rāmo vivarṇavadanaḥ kaṣṭamityabhiciṃtayan /
atha śaṃbhurmahātejāḥ prakāśamatulaṃ dadau

tatprakāśaprabhāveṇa rāmaḥ kṛtyāṃ yayāvanu /
tamomayī mahābhūmiḥ sarvajaṃtuvivarjitā

ābrahmāṃḍakaṭāhāṃtā śatayojanakoṭitaḥ /
mahārajatabhūmiśca tamomadhye vyavasthitā

tatra nārāyaṇapuraṃ sūryakoṭisamaprabham /
sa rāma munivaryāstu taṃ dṛṣṭvā vismayaṃ yayuḥ

kimetaditi cāciṃtya naḥ praveśaḥ kathaṃ bhavet /
kimeṣa pralayāgniḥ syānmāyayā paramātmanaḥ

kiṃvā no maraṇaṃ tvadya uta śreyo bhaviṣyati /
iti ciṃtākuleṣveva sa rāmeṣu muniṣvatha

śaṃbhurāha śṛṇuṣvādya rāghavaitadvadāmi te /
prakalpitā mayā māyā tvatkṛte naitadadbhutam

nārāyaṇīyametattu paramaṃ dhāma bhāsvaram /
uṣṇaśītādyavicchedyaṃ jñānagamyaṃ na cākṣuṣam

tattu pūjayataścordhvaṃ paśya brahmapurogamān /
dikṣu sarvāsu ca munīnpaśya pūjayato'malān

caturo nigamānpaśya stuvataḥ paramaṃ padam /
yoginaḥ sanakādyāstu yogamāsthāya yatnataḥ

dhyāyaṃti paramaṃ tejastadidaṃ paśya rāghava /
amuṃ ca romaśaṃ paśya pradakṣiṇanamaskriyāḥ

kurvāṇaṃ koṭikoṭīśca vālakhilyānmunīśvarān /
lakṣmyādisarvavanitā pūjyamānaṃ paraṃ padam

sākāraṃ ca nirākāraṃ brahma yatparikīrtitam /
ajñānino na paśyaṃti paśyaṃti jñānacakṣuṣaḥ

śaṃbhuvākyādataḥ sarve pūjayāmāsuracyutam /
girikarṇīṃ ca tulasīṃ mallikāṃ mārutaṃ tathā

nīlotpalairaṃbujaiśca kṛṣṇāsphuṭajalairapi /
pūjayaṃto mahātmāno mahātmānaṃ janārdanam

nāradaṃ khe'tha dadṛśurjaṭilaṃ savipaṃcikam /
nārāyaṇapadāghoṣaṃ laṃbakūrcopavītinam

sa cāpi manasā dadhyau ka eṣa iti nāradaḥ /
sa papāta prabhoḥ pāde śaṃbhorānaṃdanirbharaḥ

śaivīṃ paṃcākṣarīṃ vidyāṃ jajāpa manasā muniḥ /
dhanyo'smyanugṛhīto'smi janmādyasaphalaṃ mama

brahmādivaṃdyaṃ cāgamyaṃ jñātavānasmi te padam /
nāradaṃ tamatha prāha śaṃbhurmaivaṃ vadeti hi

yathā ca māṃ na jānaṃti tathā me kuru vartanam /
gaccha śīghraṃ hariṃ brūhi mamāgamanamalpataḥ

atha sa tvarayā gatvā sarvaṃ vyajñāpayaddharim /
atha satvarayā viṣṇorādāyārghodakaṃ śubham

kamalāsahito yogī koṭikoṭisamāvṛtaḥ /
niryayau nāradaṃ haste gṛhītvā garuḍadhvajaḥ

namonamo namostvasmai śaṃkarāyetyudīrayan /
arghapādyādinā sarvānpūjayāmāsa keśavaḥ

prāveśayadameyātmā nārāyaṇapuraṃ śubham /
gṛharāje tataḥ sthitvā nārāyaṇa uvāca ha

kathamete samāyātāḥ ko'yaṃ rājā mahāyaśāḥ /
amānuṣapraveśo'yaṃ brahmādyairapyagocaraḥ

śaṃbhuruvāca-
muniveṣā yathā prāptā vayamete nṛpastathā /
tavāṃśo nṛpatiścāyaṃ rāmacaṃdraḥ pratāpavān

enāṃ saṃvīkṣituṃ patnīṃ tava keśava kāṃkṣati /
nārāyaṇastathetyuktvā praviśetyāha rāghavam

atha praviśya bhavanaṃ lakṣmīṃ vīkṣya namasya ca /
vinayāvanato bhūtvā vācamāha sucāriṇīm

kṛtārtho'smi na saṃdeho vada tvaṃ kiṃ tu manyase /
śrīdevyuvāca-
tvaṃ yuvā kāmakṛṣṭaśca rūpavānasi rāghava

sītā sā cārusarvāṃgī tava patnī tayā bhavān /
viyukto'sti purā cāsīdatīva virahākulaḥ

mamāpi vada sarvaṃ tadathavā na ca lapsyasi /
sahāsānyatha vākyāni yūnāṃ cittaharāṇi ca

śrutvā tu tāni sarvāṇi rāmabhadro yatātmavān /
nirgaṃtuṃ kāṃkṣate tatra ānamya tanmukhāṃbujam

smarabāṇena padmena saṃpīḍya raghuśekharam /
anveva niryayau devī padmā padmavanapriyā

ekapatnīvrataṃ jñātvā rāmaṃ te samupāgaman /
athavepitasarvāṃgaṃ skhalatpadagatiṃ nṛpam

śivanārāyaṇau dṛṣṭvā vismayaṃ paramaṃ gatau /
aho'sya draḍhimācitte māyino'pya vaśātmanaḥ

dhairyaṃ paśyeha niyataṃ tena rāmaḥ sukīrtimān /
sarvataḥ śivamevāsya nāśivaṃ vidyate kvacit

atha rāmo vacaḥ prāha gacchehaṃ bhagavanprabho /
anujñāto'tha hariṇā puṣpakeṇa sa rāghavaḥ

sa muniḥ sahaśaṃbhuśca sahanārāyaṇo yayau /
lokālokaṃ gataḥ śīghraṃ tataḥ svādūdadhiṃ gataḥ

tato dvīpasamudrāṃśca jaṃbūdvīpaṃ punargataḥ /
bharadvājāśramapade tasthivāngautamītaṭe

atha snātvā mahānadyāṃ bharadvājo munīśvaraḥ /
śiṣyaiḥ śrīmānparivṛtaḥ puṣpakaṃ dṛṣṭavānmuniḥ

tatra rāmaṃ mahābāhuṃ śivanārāyaṇāvṛṣīn /
yathāvatpūjayitvā tu tānuvāca mahāmuniḥ

mamāśramapade yūyaṃ bhoktumarhatha sattamāḥ /
rāmastu manvākyena tathetyāha kathaṃcana

atha snātvā mahānadyāṃ kṛtvā devāditarpaṇam /
bhoktukāmaṃ tadā rāmaṃ vasiṣṭho vākyamuktavān

dharmatyāgo bhavedrāma na śrāddhaṃ kriyate yadi /
śrīrāma uvāca-
amāyāṃ grahaṇe tīrthe vyatīpāte'tha saṃkrame

vyatītaṃ yadi cecchrāddhaṃ bhagavankriyate punaḥ /
nityaśrāddhaṃ punarnaiva kuryāditi vacastava

yathā mamaiva mātṝṇāṃ maraṇe samupasthite /
aśauce ca samāyāte nityaśrāddhaṃ na vai kṛtam

vyatīpātādikāleṣu kṛtaṃ tu vacanāttava /
vasiṣṭha uvāca-
ete hi munayaḥ sarve tathā śaṃbhurayaṃ dvijaḥ

etanmukhādaśeṣeṇa nirṇayastu bhaviṣyati /
saha sarve viniścitya munayaḥ śaṃbhumabruvan

vadāsmākamaśeṣaṃ tvaṃ dvijavarya mahānasi /
śaṃbhuruvāca-
tyaktavyaṃ yacca vai śrāddhaṃ punaḥ kartavyameva ca

sūtake samanuprāpte vighneṣu ca vadāmyaham /
māsikānyudakuṃbhāni śrāddhāni sakalānica

pratisāṃvatsaraṃ śrāddhaṃ sūtakānaṃtaraṃ viduḥ /
tyaktānyanyāni yāvaṃti sūtake vighnasaṃbhave

anaṃtaraṃ hi kāryāṇi sarvāṇīti na saṃśayaḥ /
māsikāni samastāni śrāddhaṃ prātyabdikaṃ tathā

sūtakānaṃtaraṃ kāryaṃ vighne'nyasminyatonyathā /
ekādaśyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣe kartavyaṃ śubhamicchatā

tatra vyatikrame hetāvamāyāṃ kriyate tu tat /
yathottaradineṣveva kartavyaṃ yadyavighnataḥ

kṛṣṇapakṣe tvamāyāṃ tu kartavyaṃ rāma no kṛtam /
mṛtāhasya yadā māso na jñāyeta kathaṃcana

mārgaśīrṣe'thavā māghe śrāddhaṃ taddivase smṛtam /
yadā tu vāsarājñānaṃ māsasya jñānameva ca

amāyāmeva tanmāse śrāddhaṃ sāṃvatsaraṃ bhavet /
dinamāsāparijñāne proṣitasya mṛtasya ca

tattithyāṃ taddinaṃ grāhyaṃ tatra jñānaṃ yadā bhavet /
āśvināmā ca mārgāmā māghāmā ca dinatrayam

tatra vānyatamaṃ grāhyaṃ dinamāsāpratītitaḥ /
vṛddhisaptamasīmaṃta pretaśrāddhānumāsikam

nityodakuṃbhaśrāddhaṃ ca māse syuradhike'pi ca /
grahaṇe putrajanmādau karmaṇyapi ca śāṃtike

saṃkalpite ca sarvasminnadhimāso na duṣyati /
rogī yadā manuṣyaḥ syācchrāddhakarmaṇyupasthite

bhāryāṃ vā bhrātaraṃ vāpi śiṣyaṃ vāpi niyojayet /
tasyābhāve na hāniḥ syātkarmaṇaḥ śrāddhasaṃjñinaḥ

nityaśrāddhe yathāśakti bhoktāraṃ tu niyojayet /
amāvāsyā māsikaṃ ca mṛtāha vyatireki yat

svayaṃ karmaṇyaśaktaścetsutaṃ vipraṃ niyojayet /
rājakāryaniyuktasya dāsagrahaṇavartinaḥ

vyasaneṣu samasteṣu śrāddhaṃ vipreṇa kārayet /
prātaḥkāle tu na śrāddhaṃ prakurvaṃti dvijottamāḥ

naimittikeṣu śrāddheṣu na kālaniyamaḥ smṛtaḥ

gṛhādivyatiriktasya prakramaḥ kutupaḥ smṛtaḥ /
kutupādathavāpyarvāgāsannakutupo bhavet

māsemāse yathāśrāddhe'parāhṇaspṛgvidhīyate /
aparāhṇavyāpinī syādubhayatra yadā tvamā

kṣaye pūrvā tu kartavyā vṛddhau sāmye parā smṛtā /
amāvāsyā tu yā hi syādaparāhṇadvaye samā

kṣaye pūrvā parā vṛddhau sāmye'pi ca parā bhavet /
kṣīṇastu caṃdramā yatra tatra śrāddhaṃ tu pārvaṇam

amāṣṭabhāge sūkṣmo'sau bhūtāṣṭāṃśe sa nāsti cet /
madhyāhnavyāpinī sā syādekoddiṣṭe tithirbhavet

sāyāhnavyāpinī yā syātpārvaṇe sā tithirbhavet /
alpāparāhṇagā yāmā grāhyā śrāddhādike bhavet

mṛtāhe trimuhūrtā ca sāyaṃkāle tithirbhavet /
parehyastaṃgatā yatra trimuhūrtaṃ tu pūrvavat

tatrāparedyuḥ śrāddhaṃ syājjyeṣṭhaputrasya nāśanam /
amāśrāddhaṃ yathā kuryānmṛtāhe samupasthite

madhyāhnavyāpinī tatra hya dvijasya vidhīyate /
rāma uvāca-
śrāddhakramamaśeṣeṇa martyakarmakramaṃ tathā

prāsaṃgikānāṃ dharmāṇāṃ nirṇayaṃ vaktumarhasi /
śaṃbhuruvāca-
śrāddhasya divase prāpte pūrvedyurniyamānvitaḥ

nimaṃtrayīta vipreṃdrānvipralakṣaṇasaṃyutān /
ekabhuktaṃ brahmacaryamaṃtyajādyairabhāṣaṇam

daṃtadhāvanamabhyaṃga nakhakeśanikṛṃtanam /
kartā kurvīta pūrvedyustyaktvā caiva pare'hani

gṛhṇītaniyamānuktānsarvametatparityajet /
trikālaṃ caiva pūjā cetprātardevaṃ yajetsvakam

aruṇodayavelāyāṃ karoti yadi pūjanam /
adhaḥśāyī tathā bhūtaḥ prātarutthāya karmavit

prātastyamapi yatkarma tatkṛtvā snānapūrvakam /
ṛṇatrayavinirmukto yāsyati brahmatatparam

sūryasyodayavelāyāṃ śivapūjāṃ karoti yaḥ /
sūryeṇasama tejasvī śivaloke mahīyate

udite bhāskare paścāddhaṭikāṃtarapūjanam /
rudreṇasama tejasvī śivaloke mahīyate

tṛtīyaghaṭikāyāṃ tu śivapūjāṃ samācaret /
kuberasama tejasvī śivaloke mahīyate

tṛtīyaghaṭikāyāṃ tu śivapūjāṃ samācaret /
kuberasama tejasvī śivaloke mahīyate

caturthīpaṃcamīṣaṣṭhīsaptamī ghaṭikāsu yaḥ /
śivaṃ pūjayate bhaktyā śivaloke marutsamaḥ

tatkāla eva kriyate pūjā yatkālanoditā /
yathā pratijñamathavā gṛhīta niyamo yajet

upacāreṣu śaktyā vai niyamaṃ paripālayet /
niyamātikrame vāpi yāgaśca syādvibhoryadi

śrīrāma uvāca-
kva pūjā devadevasya śaṃkarasyāmitaujasaḥ /
smaraṇātpāpanāśasya smaraṇānmokṣadasya ca

śivasya śivarūpasya śivatattvārthavedinaḥ /
somasya somabhūṣasya somanetrasya rājituḥ

vedamūrteramūrteśca vedasārasya vedinaḥ /
vedavedāṃgavittasya vedyāvedyasya yoginaḥ

gokṣīrasamadehasya gokṣīrasnānamodinaḥ /
gopālinastrinetrasya trayīnetrasya māyinaḥ

praśnamadhye tathā rāmaṃ śivajñānamathādiśat /
sthāṇubhūtaivāsīno nāsāgranyastalocanaḥ

ānaṃdaniṣyaṃdavilocanāśru pravāhasaṃspṛṣṭakapoladeśaḥ /
dadhāra devaṃ giriśaṃ hṛdaṃbuje gokṣīrasusnigdhasucārugātram

pratibiṃbamatho gātre rāmasya samadṛśyata /
dṛṣṭvaiva biṃbitaṃ śaṃbhuṃ caturbāhuṃ trilocanam

vismayaṃ paramaṃ yātāḥ sarve muniharīśvarāḥ /
śaṃbhorvakṣaḥsthitaṃ rāmaṃ dṛṣṭvā dīptākṛtiṃ śubham

tūṣṇīṃ babhūvuryāmārddhamatha rāmamudaikṣata /
svapraśnamanusaṃdhāya prāha sarvaṃ vadeti ca

śaṃbhuruvāca-
acale yā sadā pūjā cale vāpi yathecchayā /
liṃgasaṃpūjanaṃ mukhyamalābhe pratimādiṣu

adhikāraviśeṣeṇa tatratatrāpi pūjanam /
viguṇaṃ saguṇaṃ vāpi saphalaṃ liṃgapūjanam

pratimādikṛtāpūjā viguṇā saphalā nahi /
acale vā cale vāpi pūjā liṃge praśasyate

calasya pūjanaṃ vakṣye sthāpanodvāsane tathā /
te ubhena vijānāti kaścinmunirapi kvacit

sthāpayaṃti hṛdabje vai gopayaṃti yajaṃti ca /
udvāsayaṃti deveśaṃ śaṃkaraṃ yoginaḥ sadā

kriyā cātīva hotṝṇāṃ vahnau devaṃ triyaṃbakam /
pūjakānāmaśeṣāṇāṃ śivaliṃge maheśvaram

liṃgasya sthāpanaṃ pūjā udvāsanamathaiva ca /
dhāraṇaṃ śaṃkarasyaiva liṃgameva maheśvaram

sajjikaṃ paramotkṛṣṭaṃ svarṇaṃ caiva vinirmitam /
rājatairvā dalaiḥ kāryaṃ rājatairvaiṇavaistu yat

latāsūtrairatho vāpi racitaṃ dāruṇāthavā /
vastreṇa vātha racitaṃ mṛdāviracitaṃ bhavet

tatra saṃveṣṭya vastreṇa sugaṃdhena samanvite /
dhautavastrayuge śuddhe mṛdvāsana samanvite

śītoṣṇarahite pādacatuṣṭayasamanvite /
prāvṛticchedanopete krimikīṭavivarjite

dhautena mṛduvastreṇa sarvato veṣṭya taṃ śivam /
vinyasya sajjikāmadhye prāvṛtya ca punarvibhum

eṣā hi sajjikā rāma devasyāgreti kīrtitā /
tasya ca sthāpanaṃ pāṭho rahasye ca maheśituḥ

athavā bhittimūle syāddevavedyāmathāpi vā /
surakṣite tathā deśe rakṣakaṃ ca niyojayet

prāṇāderavinābhāvaṃ kurvīta niyamaiḥ saha /
etaddhi rājasaṃ proktaṃ sthāpanaṃ paramātmanaḥ

sātvikaṃ svasamīpasthaṃ dhāraṇaṃ tāmasaṃ punaḥ /
dhāraṇaṃ gātrasaṃsparśamaśeṣadehagopanam

mastake dhāraṇaṃ mukhyaṃ brahmaṇā ca tathā kṛtam /
vinyasya mukuṭasyāṃte dhāraṇaṃ śubhamucyate

lalāṭe dhāraṇaṃ śastaṃ yathā lakṣmyā dhṛtaṃ śubham /
bāṇena ca dhṛtaṃ mūrdhni dakṣiṇorasi vā punaḥ

karṇe ca harakarṇena muninā paramarṣiṇā /
vinirbhidya tathā gātraṃ lohasthānaṃ prakalpya ca

dhārayaṃti tathā liṃgaṃ rākṣasāḥ keciduttamāḥ /
aniketana martyānāmaśaktānāṃ śirodhṛtiḥ

adhamādhamamākhyātaṃ nīvībaṃdhādidhāraṇam /
teṣu tūcchiṣṭasaṃprāptau mastake dhāraṇaṃ bhavet

adhamādhamavṛttīnāṃ sadā vai liṃgadhāraṇam /
pāpināmapi cāścaryaṃ yamaloke na vidyate

śrīrāma uvāca-
citraguptena likhitā lalāṭe yā lipirdṛḍhā /
tayā tu lipyā niyataṃ narakaṃ kathamanyathā

karoti pūjanaṃ śaṃbhoḥ pāpaṃ nāśayate katham /
śaṃbhuruvāca-
pāpaṃ nāśayate kṛtsnamapi janmaśatārjitam

bhartsanātsarvapāpānāṃ smaraṇācca maheśituḥ /
bhasmeti padamākhyātaṃ tasya dhāraṇamuttamam

yathāvidhi lalāṭe vai vahnivīryapradhāraṇāt /
nāśayellikhitāṃ yāmīṃ paṭasthāmiva havyabhuk

karṇoparikṛtaṃ pāpaṃ naṣṭaṃ syānmukhadhāraṇe /
kaṃṭhe ca dhāraṇātkaṃṭhabhogādikṛtapātakam

bāhvorbāhukṛtaṃ pāpaṃ vakṣasi manasā kṛtam /
nābhyāṃ śiśnakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ pṛṣṭhe gudakṛtaṃ tathā

pārśvayordhāraṇādrāma parastryāliṃganādijam /
tadbhasmadhāraṇaṃ śastaṃ sarvatraiva tripuṃḍrakam

brahmaviṣṇumaheśānāṃ trayyagnīnāṃ ca dhāraṇam /
guptyai lokatrayāṇāṃ ca dhāraṇaṃ tena vai kṛtam

dhṛtaṃ paṃcadaśasthāne śuddhaṃ bhasmābhimaṃtritam /
koṣṭhayugme bāhuyugme koṣṭhopari yuge tathā

dhāraṇaṃ sarvadehānāṃ pūjāyai dharmasaṃmatam /
bhasmāśanā bhasmaśayyā bhasmoddhūlitavigrahāḥ

bhasmasnānāḥ sadāpāpairmucyaṃte nātra saṃśayaḥ /
ādau brāhmaṇadīkṣāyāṃ triyāyuṣamiti smṛtam

prasave ca manuṣyāṇāṃ bhūtāveśe'pi rakṣakam /
sarpādiviṣahānyarthaṃ sarveṣāṃ sādhanaṃ tvidam

api vā vaiṣṇavo martya athavāpītaro janaḥ /
bhasmasnāyī bhasmayuktaḥ karmasvadhikaroti vai

śrīrāma uvāca-
bhasmamāhātmyamādau me bhasmāyuṣyaṃ hi kasya vai /
kathaṃ hi rakṣate hyetatsarvametadvadasva me

śaṃbhuruvāca-
āyuṣyavarddhane hetustrividhasyāpi dehinaḥ /
pāpaghnaṃ śītamuṣṇaṃ ca sparśācchivapadapradam

atra te kīrtayiṣyāmi cetihāsaṃ purātanam /
āsīdvāsiṣṭhavaṃśyastu dhanaṃjaya iti dvijaḥ

tasya bhāryāśataṃ cāsīdrūpalāvaṇyasaṃyutam /
tāsāmekā tu suṣuve śāmākākaruṇaṃ mune

bhāryāṇāṃ saṃkhyayā rāma sutāścāsaṃstapasvinaḥ /
pitrā vibhāgasteṣāṃ ca viṣamaḥ parikalpitaḥ

bhrātṝṇāṃ ca tadā hyeva vairabaṃdho mahānabhūt /
narāṇāmekajātīnāṃ vairaṃ niyatameva tu

athāsau karuṇo gatvā bhavanāśinikā taṭe /
nānāmunigaṇaiḥ sārddhaṃ narasiṃhadidṛkṣayā

nṛsiṃhadarśanārthaṃ tu brāhmaṇena tu kenacit /
utkṛṣṭaphalitaṃvīramānītaṃ rūpagaṃdhavat

karuṇastu tadādāya vyajighratphalamuttamam /
tatrasthitā dvijagaṇāḥ śāpena tamayojayan

makṣikā bhava pāpātmanvarṣāṇāṃ śatamapyataḥ /
śāpāvasānaṃ bhavitā dadhīcena mahātmanā

atha makṣikatāṃ prāpto bhāryāmidamabhāṣata /
makṣikātvamahaṃ prāpto māṃ śubhe pālayasva bhoḥ

ityuktvā sa tathā bhūto babhrāma ca tatastataḥ /
athaivaṃvidhamājñāya jñātayaḥ pāpaniścayāḥ

tadvadhe yatnamāsthāya tailamadhye hyapātayan /
mṛtaṃ patimathādāya duḥkhitā sā kṛśodarī

tadduḥkhaśamanārthāya prāha devītvaruṃdhatī /
amuṃ saṃjīvayāmyadya bhasmanaiva śucismite

athāgnihotrajaṃ bhasma aruṃdhatyai nyavedayat /
mṛtyuṃjayena maṃtreṇa mṛtajaṃtau tathākṣipat

maṃdavāyuṃ tathā cakre vyajanena śucismitā /
udatiṣṭhattato jaṃturbhasmano'sya prabhāvataḥ

tato varṣaśate pūrṇe jñātireko hyamārayat /
mṛte bhartari sā sādhvī duḥkhitā ca śucismitā

dadhīcaṃ nāma vipreṃdraṃ mahāmāheśvaraṃ munim /
jagāma śaraṇaṃ sādhvī prāha viprastapodhanaḥ

triyāyuṣā vihīnaṃ tu jamadagniṃ taponidhim /
bhasmaiva jīvayāmāsa kaśyapaṃ ca tathāvidham

devānapi tathābhūtānmāmapyetādṛśaṃ purā /
tasmāttu bhasmanā jaṃtuṃ jīvayāmi tavānaghe

ityevamuktvā bhagavāndadhīco maheśvaraṃ vai śaraṇaṃ jagāma /
bhasmābhimaṃtryātha kare gṛhītvā saṃjīvayāmāsa dhavaṃ susādhvyāḥ

maheśasya karasparśādviśāpaḥ karuṇo'bhavat /
svarūpaṃ ca tato gatvā svamāśramapadaṃ yayau

dadhīcamapi sā sādhvī gṛhamānīya bhojane /
prārthayāmāsa viprarṣiṃ bhuktavānatha sa dvijaḥ

bhuktavatyatha vipreṃdre koṭiśiṣyāḥ samāgatāḥ /
atha devāḥ samāyātā bhasmoddhūlitavigrahāḥ

namaskṛtya dadhīcaṃ tu papracchuḥ śivakāṃkṣayā /
devā ūcuḥ -
asmākaṃ tu purā jñānaṃ naṣṭamāsīnmahāmate

gautamasya tu bhāryāṃ vai dṛṣṭvā kāmāturā vayam /
tathā ca dharṣitā devī vivāhakṛtamaṃgalā

tāṃ vai kāmayamānānāṃ naṣṭaṃ jñānamabhūcca naḥ /
tataḥ sarve vayaṃ bhūtā gatā durvāsasaṃ munim

sa uvācādhunā sarvamapaneṣyāmi vomalam /
śatarudriyamaṃtreṇa maṃtritaṃ śaṃbhunā svayam

mamāpi dattaṃ tenaiva brahmahatyādiśāṃtaye /
ityevamuktvā durvāsā dattavānbhasmacottamam

atha tadvacanātsarve vayaṃ vikṛtacetanāḥ /
śatarudriyamaṃtreṇa bhasmoddhūlitavigrahāḥ

nirdhūtapātakāḥ sarve saṃvṛttāstatkṣaṇena hi /
āścaryametajjānīmo bhasmasāmarthyamīdṛśam

dadhīca uvāca-
śaivasya bhasmanaḥ śaktiṃ saṃkṣepeṇa vadāmi vaḥ /
vistareṇa na śakyeta vaktuṃ varṣaśatairapi

atra vaḥ kīrtayiṣyāmi purāvṛttaṃ tu devayoḥ /
hariśaṃkarayoḥ sarve brahmahatyādināśanam

purā caikārṇave ghore brahmaṇaḥ pralaye sati /
mahāviṣṇustu bhagavāñchete sma pralayāṃbhasi

tasya pārśvadvayaṃ prāpya brahmāṃḍānāṃ śatadvayam /
viṃśatiḥ pādayoḥ pārśve viṃśatirmastakāṃtare

nāsāmauktikabhāvena brahmāṃḍamadadhātprabhuḥ /
tannābhimaṃḍale kecillomaśādyā munīśvarāḥ

tapastapaṃtaḥ sumahadīśvaraṃ paryupāsate /
atha viṣṇurmahātejāściṃtāmāpa sisṛkṣayā

dhyānayogaparo bhūtvā na kiṃcitparyapaśyata /
atha duḥkhena mahatā rurodoccaiḥ punaḥ punaḥ

etasminnaṃtare dīptiḥ kācillokavilakṣaṇā /
dṛṣṭvā ca hariṇā bhītyā locane ca nimīlite

āgamyamāno gokṣīrasamatejāḥ sa gātravān /
saṃgrathya koṭibrahmāṃḍadāmayugmaṃ karadvaye

dadhānamurasā dhāmakoṭibrahmāṃḍakalpitam /
brahmāṃḍamekaṃ nipatadutpatacca karadvaye

sarvābharaṇasaṃyuktaṃ tathābhūtaṃ tamavyayam /
viṣṇustuṣṭāva cādṛṣṭvā darśanāya ca tasya vai

viṣṇuruvāca-
namaste devadeveśa namaste śāśvatāvyaya /
na jāne'haṃ bhavaṃtaṃ bhostvaṃ ca vetsi namonamaḥ

jānāmi na ca te bhāvaṃ durnirīkṣyā ca te dyutiḥ /
māṇikyakuṃḍalaṃ hemadāmajālavibhūṣitam

ratnāṃgulīyaṃ subhagaṃ bāhukoṣṭhavibhūṣaṇam /
tanuraktottamākīrṇa dīptāyatavilocanam

bāṇalocanasaṃkāśaṃ bhālalocanamavyayam /
kaṃdarpakārmukabhrāṃtijanaka bhruvamīśvaram

snigdhādhonnatacārvaṃga nāsamacchakapolakam /
maṃdasmitaṃ prasannāsyaṃ vibhuṃ bāleṃdudarśanam

vijñānaraktavasanaṃ vedakalpitabhūṣaṇam /
śaraṇaṃ tvāṃ prapanno'smi cakṣurme dīyatāṃ vibho

dīnāṃdhakṛpaṇājñānanaṣṭasya śaraṇaṃ bhava /
atha divyaṃ dadau cakṣuḥ svātmadarśanaśaktimat

atha dṛṣṭvā hariḥ śaṃbhuṃ trinetraṃ purataḥ sthitam /
ko bhavānityuvācātha na jāne tvāṃ mahāyaśaḥ

praṇāmaṃ kevalaṃ kartuṃ śakto'smi na hi veditum /
sadāśiva uvāca-
tava jñānaṃ pradāsyāmi kuru snānaṃ ca vāruṇam

bhasmasnānaṃ tataḥ paścāttato jñānaṃ vadāmyaham /
śrībhagavānuvāca-
matsnānayogyaṃ salilaṃ na catiṣṭhati kutracit

ityuktotha niṣaṇṇastu brahmāṃḍāsaktavigrahaḥ /
ūrudaghnajale snātuṃ na yogyamabhavaddhareḥ

śaṃbhurjahāsa snānāya jalamatyadhikaṃ tvaho /
dadhīca uvāca-
atha devaḥ śivo viṣṇuṃ bhālākṣeṇa vyalokayat

vilīnasūkṣmāvayavaṃ vāmākṣeṇa vyalokayat /
tataḥ sūkṣmatanurviṣṇuḥ śītadehaśca śaṃbhunā

uktaśca snāhi bho viṣṇo hrada eṣa vikalpitaḥ /
tato hrade hariḥ snātuṃ harāṃke kalpite tadā

praveṣṭuṃ na śaśākātha gaṃbhīre taddhradasya tu /
harirāha ca no paṃthā hradasyāsya praveśane

mārgo me dīyatāṃ deva tamatho śaṃbhurabravīt /
koṭiyojanagaṃbhīraṃ jalametanmahatpurā

niviṣṭasyaiva bhavata ūrudaghnaṃ jalaṃ vibho /
idānīṃ tiṣṭhataścāpi na praveśo hrade katham

aṣṭāṃgulapramāṇo'yamūrustasminhrade ca me /
paśyāmi praviśa tvaṃ ca pādasparśaṃ dadāmi te

vākyamekaṃ tu sopānaṃ vedaṃ madvākyanissṛtam /
hariruvāca-
śabdārohaṇasāmarthyaṃ kasyāpīha na vidyate

mūrtasya grahaṇaṃ śakyaṃ grahaṇaṃ vā kathaṃ śruteḥ /
śaṃbhuruvāca-
puṃsaḥ śaktirna vastūnāṃ dhāraṇārohaṇādiṣu

gṛhāṇemaṃ mahāvedaṃ jagrāha harirapyatha /
namrakaraścāśakterhi patanniva janārddanaḥ

na ca śakyaṃ mayā dhartumiti prāha śivaṃ hariḥ /
śivaḥ prahasya nipatī pātyatīva mahāhrade

tatsopānamathāruhya snātumarhasi keśava /
dadhīca uvāca-
vede sopānabhūte hi ūrudaghnopalabdhini

tatra snātvā sa vidhinā bahiruttīrya coktavān /
snāto'smi kimataḥ kāryaṃ śaṃbhurāha hariṃ tataḥ

dhyāyase hṛdaye kiṃ tvaṃ na ca kiṃcidvadasva me /
harirna kiṃcidityāha tamatho śaṃbhuruktavān

bhasmasnānena saṃśuddho vetsyase paramaṃ śubham /
dīkṣitasya hi tacchastaṃ tadrakṣāṃ karavāṇyaham

dadhīca uvāca-
svavakṣaḥ sthitabhasmaikaṃ nakhenādāya śaṃkaraḥ /
praṇavenābhimaṃtryātha gāyatryā brahmabhūtayā

aṃgulibhyāmupādāya śivaḥ paṃcākṣareṇa vai /
harimastakagātreṣu sarveṣvapi samākṣipat

śāṃtadṛṣṭyā nirīkṣyātha jīvetyāha hariṃ haraḥ /
dhyāyasva kiṃ te hṛdaye sa ca dhyānaparo'bhavat

apaśyaddhṛdaye dīpaṃ dīrghākāramatiprabham /
harirāha śivaṃ sākṣāddīpo dṛṣṭo mayeti ca

śivaḥ prāha na te jñānaṃ paripakvamatho hare /
bhasma bhakṣaya te jñānaṃ samagraṃ saṃbhaviṣyati

hariruvāca-
bhakṣayiṣye śubhaṃ bhasma snāto'haṃ bhasmanā purā /
dṛṣṭveśvaraṃ bhaktigamyaṃ bhasmābhakṣayadacyutaḥ

tatrāścaryamatīvāsītpakvabiṃbasamadyutiḥ /
vāsudevaḥ śuddhamuktāphalavarṇo'bhavatkṣaṇāt

tataḥprabhṛti śuklo'sau vāsudevaḥ prasannavān /
punardhyānaparo bhūtvā dīpamadhye ca pūruṣam

śuddhasphaṭikasaṃkāśaṃ trinetraṃ dvibhujaṃ śivam /
varadaṃ dakṣiṇe haste vāme cābhayadaṃ vibhum

paṃcavarṣīyavapuṣaṃ śaraccaṃdrāyutadyutim /
māṇikyakuṃḍalaṃ hema dāmajālavibhūṣitam

ratnāṃgulīyasubhagaṃ bāhukoṣṭhasubhūṣaṇam /
tanuraktoṣṭhamākarṇa dīrghāyatavilocanam

bāṇalocanasaṃkāśaṃ bhālalocanamavyayam /
kaṃdarpakārmukabhrāṃtijanakabhruvamīśvaram

snigdhonnata sucārvaṃga nāsamacchakapolakam /
maṃdasmitaṃ prasannāsyaṃ bāleṃdudarśanaṃ vibhum

vijñānaraktavasanaṃ vedakalpitanūpuram /
vāmāṃgulīyamadhyasthamatipraṇavamavyayam

dṛṣṭavānatha taṃ viṣṇuḥ kṛtakṛtyo'bhavattadā /
athāha śaṃbhurbho viṣṇo hṛdi dṛṣṭaṃ tvayā kimu

harirāha purā dṛṣṭaḥ puruṣaḥ śāṃtavigrahaḥ /
ityudīrya mahāviṣṇuḥ śivapāde papāta ha

hariruvāca-
na śaktiṃ bhasmano jāne prabhāvaṃ vā kutastava /
namaste'stu namaste'stu tvāmeva śaraṇaṃ gataḥ

sadāśiva uvāca-
varaṃ vṛṇu mahābhāga manasā yaṃ tvamicchasi /
śivavācamathākarṇya harirvavre varottamam

hariruvāca-
tvatpādayugale śaṃbho bhaktirastu sadā mama /
atha datvā varaṃ śaṃbhuridamāha vaco harim

bhasmadhāraṇasaṃpanno mama bhakto bhaviṣyasi /
dadhīca uvāca-
itthamuktaṃ mahājñānaṃ bhasmasaṃbhavamāditaḥ

tasmādyūyaṃ surāḥ sarve dhārayadhvaṃ tadādarāt /
vismayotphullanayanā devāścāsaṃstadastviti

ya idaṃ śṛṇuyānnityaṃ puṇyākhyānamanuttamam /
vimuktaḥ sarvapāpebhyo yātyasau śāṃkaraṃ padam

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe śivarāghavasaṃvāde bhasmamāhātmye/
paṃcottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ