Padma Purana · Chapter 5.106

śucismitovāca-
āyuṣyavarddhanaṃ bhasmāśanaṃ dṛṣṭaṃ mahāmune /
paralokagatiṃ dātuṃ śaktametaṃ vadasva me

dadhīca uvāca-
atra te kathayiṣyāmi itihāsaṃ purātanam /
citraguptayamābhyāṃ ca yadvikhyātaṃ babhūva ha

mithilāyāṃ purā kaścicchunaḥ paryaṭate kṣudhā /
purā janmaśatātpūrvaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ pāpaniścayaḥ

pūrvevayasi vedāḍhyaḥ śāstrāḍhyaśca subuddhimān /
sa snātuṃ jāhnavīṃ gatvā snānaṃ kṛtvā pitṝnapi

devānṛṣīnsamabhyarcya yayau prāttalikāpuram /
pratiśrayamatho cakre brāhmaṇasya niveśane

tatraikā kṣatriyasutā yauvanasthā hatapriyā /
bhraṣṭarājyā ca ṣaṭkoṭi niṣkadravyeṇa saṃyutā

bhuktvātha śayitaṃ vipraṃ sarvāvayavasuṃdaram /
rātrau caṃdrodaye śuddhe jyotsnāhasitadiṅmukhe

brāhmaṇābhyāśamāgatya tamudīkṣyedamabravīt /
kutastvamāgato vipra kaṃ vā deśaṃ gamiṣyasi

brāhmaṇa uvāca-
akālacaryā sarveṣāṃ śaṃkāmutpādayeddhruvam /
vayaḥsthayormithovādo rahasye hāsyamaṃdire

kṣatriyovāca-
kathāprasaṃge yātrāyāṃ tīrthe deśādi viplave /
durbhikṣe grāmadahane rahovādo na dūṣitaḥ

pratiśrayastu madgehe bhavataiva purā kṛtaḥ /
madgehavāsinī cāhaṃ na śaṃkā tviha kasyacit

brāhmaṇa uvāca-
tūṣṇīṃbhāvo mayā kāryo gaccha tvaṃ śīghramagrataḥ /
ityuktā brāhmaṇenāsau manasedamaciṃtayat

anena saṃgamo mahyaṃ yathābhūyāttathāvidhi /
rodanaṃ tu kariṣyāmi tathā yāsyati sāṃtvitum

māṃ ca sāṃtvayituṃ prāpto māṃ samutthāpayiṣyati /
ahamuttiṣṭhamānaiva dorlatākaṃṭhasaṃginī

kucayugmena tadgātraṃ sparśayaṃtī vimūrcchitā /
gatabhānāṃ hi māṃ dṛṣṭvā niṣaṇṇaḥ svayameva saḥ

utsaṃge māmakaṃ dehaṃ nidhāsyati dvijāgraṇīḥ /
acetaneva vasanamapāsya rudatīva ca

susnigdhaṃ romarahitaṃ pakvāśvatthadalākṛti /
darśayiṣyāmi tatsthānaṃ kāmagehaṃ sugaṃdhi ca

mayaiva viluṭhaṃtyāṃge tasya vastramapāsyate /
vilupyamānasaṃ tasya kariṣye svavaśaṃ dvijam

adṛṣṭau yādṛśaṃ cittaṃ dṛṣṭau naitādṛśaṃ bhavet /
darśane yādṛśaṃ cittaṃ saṃlāpe naiva tādṛśam

saṃlāpe yādṛśaṃ cittaṃ hāsyoktau naiva tādṛśam /
hāsyoktau yādṛśaṃ cittaṃ sparśane naiva tādṛśam

sparśane yādṛśaṃ cittaṃ yonidṛṣṭau na tādṛśam /
taddṛṣṭau yādṛśaṃ cittaṃ yonisparśe na tādṛśam

bāhumūlakucadvaṃdva svayonisparśadarśanāt /
kasya na skhalate ceto retaḥ skannaṃ ca no bhavet

dadhīca uvāca-
iti saṃciṃtya manasā kṣatriyā gṛhamabhyagāt /
svagṛhadvāramāsādya maṃdaṃ maṃdaṃ ruroda vai

ciraṃ kālaṃ ca ruditaṃ brāhmaṇaḥ karuṇānidhiḥ

strībālavṛddhātura rājayogināṃ viṣāgnitoyādri nipātanādinā /
duḥkhasya caivoddharaṇaṃ praśasyate kūpasyadānena samaṃ vadaṃti

itthaṃ vicārya vipro'sau śucirbhūtaḥ prasannadhīḥ /
tasyāḥ samīpamagamattāmuvāca tato dvijaḥ

alaṃ śokena mahatā ihāmutra virodhinā /
śarīraśoṣaṇaṃ hyetaccittavidhvaṃsanaṃ tathā

tyaja śokamimaṃ bāle na cārthaḥ śocitena vai /
śokasya kāraṇaṃ kiṃ vā yenetthaṃ rudyate tvayā

dadhīca uvāca-
evamuktā dvijenātha na sā kiṃciduvāca ha /
mūrcchitevāpatadbhūmau tamadṛṣṭveva vīkṣate

tāmathotthāpayāmāsa brāhmaṇaḥ paramārthavit /
utthitotthāpitā tena nipapāta punaḥ punaḥ

patitāṃ patitāṃ vipro niṣadyotthāpya tāṃ punaḥ /
aṃkamāropayāmāsa pramamārja vilocane

atha sā mūrcchitevāśu vasanaṃ parimucya tam /
darśayaṃtī stanau guhyaṃ bāhumūle vilocane

ālaṃbya kaṃṭhe bāhubhyāṃ stanābhyāmaspṛśaddvijam /
caṃdrātapaśca viśado maṃdamārutasaṃbhavaḥ

atha ciṃtāparo vipro naiva kāryamidaṃ mama /
piturvā māturucitaṃ patyurvātha gurostathā

asaṃbuddhasya me sarvaṃ viparītaṃ vibhāti vai /
atha kāmaḥ samāyāto rahasye sthitayostayoḥ

vivyādha niśitairbāṇairdvijaṃ kāmo durātmavān /
smarabāṇāturo vipraściṃtayāmāsa kāmukaḥ

iyaṃ sucāru sarvāṃgī kāminīva pradṛśyate /
nocedyonimukhe hyasyāḥ kathaṃ romāṃcasaṃbhavaḥ

tadetasyāḥ kucasparśātsarvaṃ vyaktaṃ bhaviṣyati /
iti saṃciṃtya manasā kucau yoniṃ dvijo'spṛśat

sāpi mūrcchitarūpeva maṃdasmitamukhābhavat /
āliliṃga dvijaṃ gāḍhamānanaṃ ca cucuṃba ha

tayoratha samāyogo varṣāṇāṃ śatamapyabhūt /
gate varṣaśate paścādekasmindivase dvijaḥ

snātuṃ yayau nadīṃ prātaḥ sāpi vipraprasaṃgataḥ /
snānaṃ tatra tathā cakre purāṇaṃ śrutavānatha

kaurmaṃ samastapāpānāṃ nāśanaṃ śivabhaktidam /
idaṃ ca padyaṃ śuśrāva purāṇajñena bhāṣitam

brahmahā madyapaḥ stenastathaiva gurutalpagaḥ /
kaurmaṃ purāṇaṃ śrutvaiva mucyate pātakāttataḥ

śrutvaitadvacanaṃ vipraḥ paurāṇikamabhāṣata /
mayā kṛtānāṃ pāpānāṃ na ca saṃkhyāsti kācana

aśeṣapāpasaṃdohanāśanaṃ tadihocyatām /
paurāṇika uvāca-
ārādhaya svadeveśaṃ śaṃkaraṃ tridaśeśvaram

tasya saṃpūjanādvipra sarvaṃ pāpaṃ vinaśyati /
pāpameva tamaḥ proktaṃ jñānadīpena naśyati

athavā pūjayā vipra samastāghavināśanam /
jñānapūjāvihīnānāṃ narake patanaṃ dhruvam

dadhīca uvāca-
atha dvijo hyabhigataḥ śivālayamanuttamam /
droṇapuṣpasahasreṇa pūjayāmāsa śaṃkaram

gṛhaṃ jagāma ca tato bhojanaṃ kṛtavānatha /
vihāya kṣatriyāṃ vipro jagāmeṣṭāṃ bhuvaṃ tataḥ

haviṣyamannamādāya bhuktyaśakteḥ śivālayam /
gatvā dīpasthitājyena bhojanaṃ kṛtavānbahiḥ

atha mṛtyuvaśaṃ prāpto yamalokaṃ jagāma vai /
yama uvāca-
tvayā kṛtānāṃ pāpānāṃ keṣāṃcinnāśanaṃ purā

tvayaikadivase pūjā śaṃkarasya yataḥ kṛtā /
tava pāpasahasraṃ ca praṇaṣṭaṃ bhavato dvija

sthitānāmapi pāpānāṃ phalaṃ narakapātanam /
varṣakoṭidvayaṃ vipra śvānajanmaśataṃ punaḥ

śivadīpājyaharaṇātphalaṃ narakasevanam /
narake ca sthitistasya śatavarṣaṃ subhīṣaṇam

kuṃbhīpāke ca kāṣṭhatvaṃ bhasma bhūtvā punaḥ punaḥ /
varṣāṇāṃ daśakaṃ tvevaṃ kṛmibhuktiḥ paraṃ daśa

punaśca dīpavartitvaṃ varṣāṇāṃ ca tathā daśa /
śleṣmāmedhyapurīṣeṣu mūtraretohradeṣu ca

unmajjya ca nimajjyātha śleṣmaviṇmalabhojanam /
tato narakaśeṣeṇa śvānajanmaśataṃ param

yamavākyamiti śrutvā brāhmaṇo nipapāta ca /
atha tasya priyā bhāryā paticiṃtāparābhavat

etasminnaṃtare tasyāḥ samīpaṃ nārado'bhyagāt /
nāradasya papātāsau pādayoratiduḥkhitā

tāmutthāpya muniḥ śuddhāṃ gatāyuṣamabhāṣata /
ayi mugdhe viśālākṣi bhartāraṃ gaṃtumarhasi

bhartā te hi viśālākṣi mṛto baṃdhuvivarjitaḥ /
na roditavyaṃ te bhadre jvalanaṃ praviśasva bhoḥ

brāhmaṇyuvāca-
aśakyaṃ yadi vā śakyaṃ mayā gaṃtuṃ mune vada /
agnipraveśakālo vai vyatīto na bhavedyathā

nārada uvāca-
yojanānāṃ śataṃ tvekamitaḥ sthānātpuraṃ hitat /
śvo dāhaḥ kila viprasya bhavitā gaṃtumarhasi

avyayovāca-
dūrasthitaṃ kāyanāthaṃ gaṃtumarhāmi he mune /
tadvacastu samākarṇya nāradastāmabhāṣata

vipaṃcī nālasaṃsthā tvaṃ bhava gacchāmyahaṃ kṣaṇāt /
ityudīrya tadā gatvā tvarāṃ cakre gataṃ ca tat

deśaṃ naṣṭadvijasthānaṃ tāmuvācāvyayāṃ muniḥ /
rodanaṃ neha kartavyaṃ yadi tatrāgnimeṣyasi

pāpaṃ yadi kṛtaṃ bhadre parapūruṣasevanam /
etadviśuddhaye putri prāyaścittaṃ samācara

tavopapātakavrāta nāśo vahnipraveśanāt /
nānyatpaśyāmi nārīṇāṃ sarvapāpopaśāṃtaye

agnipraveśaṃ muktvaikaṃ prāyaścittaṃ jagattraye /
dadhīca uvāca-
atha nāradavākyena noditā sā vaco'bravīt

agnipraveśe nārīṇāṃ kiṃ kartavyaṃ mahāmune /
nārada uvāca-
snānaṃ maṃgalasaṃskāro bhūṣaṇāṃjanadhāraṇam

gaṃdhapuṣpaṃ tathā dhūpaṃ haridrākṣatadhāraṇam /
maṃgalaṃ ca tathā sūtraṃ pādālaktakameva ca

śaktyā dānaṃ priyoktiśca prasannāsyatvameva ca /
nānāmaṃgalavādyānāṃ śravaṇaṃ gītakasya ca

vyabhicārakṛte pāpe tatpāpasya praśāṃtaye /
atītaṃ pātakaṃ spṛṣṭvā prāyaścittaṃ tadīritam

kuryādatha svakāṃ bhūṣāṃ viprāya pratipādayet /
bhūṣābhāve svakīyena prāyaścittaṃ tu kārayet

nānyathā tasya pāpasya nāśanaṃ veti kutracit /
avyayovāca-
sarvametatkariṣyāmi haridrā me na vidyate

bhūṣaṇaṃ kimuta brahmansarvametatpradīyatām /
nārada uvāca-
na hyasti kiṃcitsaubhāgyadravyamanyattvapekṣayā

dadhīca uvāca-
atha kṣaṇenābhyagamatkailāsaṃ śivamaṃdiram /
girijāmatha dṛṣṭvāsau praṇipatyedamabravīt

haridrā dīyatāṃ mātarbhūṣaṇāni ca sūtrakam /
pārvatyuvāca-
vidhavāyai mayā kiṃcidbhūṣaṇaṃ dīyatāṃ katham

mayā datte hi tasminvai vaidhavyaṃ nopapadyate /
nārada uvāca-
mātarna vidhavā yāvaddhavāṃgaṃ vartate striyaḥ

ādāhātsūtakaṃ nāsti tiṣṭhetsaubhāgyamuttamam /
pārvatyuvāca-
na cānyadeho madbhūṣāṃ haridrāṃ dhartumarhati

bhūṣaṇādau mayā datte ciraṃjīvitamiṣyate /
dīyate hi jayaṃtyaiva sarvametattvayoditam

jayaṃtīṃ sa jagāmātha tayā dattamathāharat /
snapaṃtyā avyayāyāstu haridrāṃ dattavānmuniḥ

tataḥ sa sūkṣmavasanabhūṣaṇāni munirdadau /
āha caināṃ tavāṃteṣṭiṃ kaḥ karoti niyuṃkṣva tam

avyayovāca-
tvayaiva me samastānāṃ kriyāṇāṃ kāraṇaṃ mune /
pitāsi sarvaṃ kurvadya namaste munisattama

dadhīca uvāca-
atha taṃ brāhmaṇaṃ dagdhvā nāradastāmuvāca ha /
avyaye gaccha dahanaṃ praviśa tvaṃ yadīcchasi

atha sā bhūṣitā sādhvī triḥpradakṣiṇapūrvakam /
nāradaṃ tu namaskṛtya gaurāṃgīmarpayanmanaḥ

susūkṣmaṃ maṃgalaṃsūtraṃ haridrāmakṣatāṃstathā /
kusumāni ca vāsāṃsi kastūrīcaṃdanaṃ tathā

sauvarṇakaṃkatikāṃ ca phalāni vividhāni ca /
svadakṣiṇādivastrāṃtaṃ sparśayitvā pṛthakpṛthak

pārvatīprītikāmā sā puraṃdhrībhyo'khilaṃ dadau /
jvālāmālābhirākāśaṃ dahaṃtamiva cānalam

triḥpradakṣiṇamāgatya sthitvāgneḥ purataḥ satī /
idaṃ prāha tadā vākyaṃ prāṃjaliḥ prahasanmukhī

avyayovāca-
iṃdrādayo diśāṃpālā mātarmedini bhāskara /
dharmādayaḥ surāḥ sarve śṛṇudhvaṃ mama bhāṣitam

pāṇipīḍanamārabhya caitadaṃtamaharniśam /
vāṅmanaḥkarmabhirbhartā sevito yadi bhaktitaḥ

vyabhicāro yathā na syādavasthātritaye mama /
tena satyena me patyā sārddhaṃ yānaṃ prayacchata

ityuktvātha svahastāgrapuṣpakaṃ drutamākṣipat /
praviṣṭā jvalanaṃ dīptamathāpaśyadvimānakam

sūryeṇa samamutkṛṣṭamapsarogītaśobhitam /
āruroha vimānaṃ sā bhartrā sākaṃ divaṃ yayau

yamaḥ prāhātha saṃpūjya vanitāṃ tāṃ pativratām /
akṣayaḥ svarga eveha na ca pāpaṃ tavāsti vai

koṭidvayasamāstatra narake haṃta pātakam /
mṛṣṭameva na saṃdehaḥ kiṃtu pātakameva ca

ekaṃ śivasya dīpājyabhakṣaṇena samarjitam /
na vāpi narake pātaḥ śvānajanmaśataṃ bhavet

avyayovāca-
agnipraveśaśuddhānāṃ punaśca narakaḥ katham /
agnipraveśātsarveṣāṃ pāpānāṃ nāśanaṃ bhavet

yama uvāca-
śivadravyāpahārasya pātakaṃ naiva naśyati /
itthamāhapurā śaṃbhuranyeṣāṃ nāśanaṃ bhavet

atha sa śvānatāmāpya śatābdaṃ syāttataḥ param /
dadhīcamaṃdiraṃ prāpto mṛtyorāsya gato hi saḥ

tasya bhittisamīpe tu bhasmāste hyabhimaṃtritam /
bhasmani śvā papātātha mamāra ca gato yamam

yamaḥ saṃpūjyāvanato bhavānpuṇyatamo muniḥ /
madgehe bhavataḥ sthānaṃ na yogyaṃ gamyatāṃ bahiḥ

atha gatvā bahistasthau sārameyo yamoditaḥ /
saṃtāpāvasthitaṃ taṃ ca nārado dṛṣṭavānamum

papraccha ca kimarthaṃ tvamiha tiṣṭhasi dīptimān /
śivabhasmasthitamṛtaṃ śaivaṃ jāne mahāmate

śaivānāṃ pāpināṃ cāpi sāhasena tanutyajām /
yamaloko na cāstīti śivājñā śivanoditā

dadhīca uvāca-
itthamābhāṣya taṃ śvānaṃ kailāsamagamanmuniḥ /
daṃḍavatpraṇipatyeśaṃ vyajñāpayadatho haram

deva kaścidyamapurādbahirāste sa kukkuraḥ /
bhasmanyeva mṛtastadvadbhavalokaṃ sa cārhati

atha mukhyagaṇāviṣṭo vīrabhadraḥ śiveritaḥ /
ānayāmāsa taṃ śvānaṃ divyarūpadharaṃ tadā

maheśapādapraṇataṃ devāyātha vyajijñapat /
āha māheśvaro devaṃ gaṇamenaṃ kuruṣva me

tatheti ca śivaḥ prāha gaṇaḥ śvānamukho'bhavat /
dadhīca uvāca-/
atulyaṃ bhasmamāhātmyaṃ mayoktaṃ te śucismite

itaḥ paraṃ hi kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotumicchasi suvrate

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe śivarāghavasaṃvāde vibhūtimāhātmye ṣaḍuttaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ