Padma Purana · Chapter 5.114

rāma uvāca-
ka eṣa dṛśyate vyomni sarvābharaṇabhūṣitaḥ /
vimānastho mahādīpta madhyāhnārka ivāparaḥ

duṣprekṣyaḥ sarvamartyānāṃ tasyāṃke cāruhāsinī /
aparā śrīriva brahmaṃstathā paṃcasuyoṣitaḥ

gāyaṃti madhurāṃ gītiṃ subhrūbhaṃganirīkṣaṇaiḥ /
maṃdasmitaiḥ karatalaśabdāsphoṭikayā tathā

kvacidgalakṛtairgītairanyonya karatāḍanaiḥ /
anyonya mukhamālokya pralobhairgītapūrvakaiḥ

krīḍannāste mahāyogī padmakiṃjalkasannibhaḥ /
evaṃ caritapuṇyena kena vā tadvadasva me

śaṃbhuruvāca-
eṣa vipraḥ purā rāma sarvasaṃpatsamanvitaḥ /
nānāvidhasukhopeto bhāryyāpoṣaṇatatparaḥ

aputro dānahīnaśca devatārcanavarjitaḥ /
paṃcayajñavihīnaśca svādhyāyaparivarjitaḥ

prātarmmadhyāhnasāyāhnabhojanapravaṇo'śuciḥ /
kadācidagamadgehaṃ gautamasya mahātmanaḥ

tryaṃbakasya girau puṇye nānāmunigaṇāśrite /
tatrāpi śobhitagṛhaṃ sphaṭikastaṃbhakalpitam

agurudravakastūrīcaṃdra kuṃkumacarcitā /
bhittiryasya ca saṃtānakusumāmodasauṣṭhavam

kastūrikā puṣparasa samutsecitabhūtalam /
sūkṣma suśvetavividhavitānapariśobhitam

aṃgaṇaṃ śobhita mahākadalīpūgaśobhitam /
samīpasarasījāta maṃjukūjanmadhuvratam

pāṭīratarusaṃbhūta gaṃdhapūritadiṅmukham /
śikṣāgītakṛtālhāda gītapūritadiṅmukham

nidāghajanitātāpa nāśayaṃtravinirmitam /
kadalīdalasaṃcchādi pāvakākalpitacchadam

pāṭīratarususnigdha sāṃdra dvārakapāṭakam /
saugaṃdhikamahāmodi kalpitāṃtara bhittikam

īśānabhāgasubhaga ratikalpita vedikam /
hāṭikākalpitapadaṃ vicitravedikāyutam

susnigdhani biḍacchāyaṃ vaṭamūlopakalpitam /
prasūnakadalīkhaṃḍa sarobhiḥ prāṃtaśobhitam

mahāvaṭāgrasaṃlagna tuṣāritapayodharam /
nākopavanasaṃpanna vicitrārāma śobhitam

vāpīkūpataḍāgādyamanekavanaśobhitam /
maṃdaṃ maṃdaṃ vavau vāyuryatra gehe sukhapradaḥ

vādinyaścārusarvāṃgyo vādyāni smarasaṃpadaḥ /
vīṇāṃ veṇuṃ triveṇuṃ ca vādayaṃti varāṃganāḥ

tauryyatrikakṛto nāryyaścaturdikṣu tathorddhvataḥ /
suvarṇādikapātreṣu vaṭakā bhasmanaḥ śubhāḥ

vāsitāḥ sarvagaṃdhaiśca sudhūpairapi dhūpitāḥ /
kuśagrathitasaṃghāśca akṣamālāśca koṭiśaḥ

kṛṣṇājinasahasrāṇi bahiḥ prāṃte sthitāni ca /
etādṛśe gṛhavare devavaṃdyo munīśvaraḥ

karpūrādīṃśca saṃsthāpya caturdikṣu munīśvaraḥ /
pāṭīrapīṭhe karpūrasiṃhāsanamakalpayat

sūkṣmaṃ śvetaṃ ca susrigdhamāvṛttaṃ ghanasārakaiḥ /
sugaṃdhavāsitajalaiḥ snāpya kṣīreṇa śaṃkaram

anyaiśca vaidikairmaṃtraiḥ snāpayitvā sadāśivam /
dārucaṃdropapīṭhe tu vastrapīṭhaṃ nidhāya ca /
pātrikāmagrataḥ sthāpya sthāpayitvā daleṣvamūn

ekasminnakṣatāḥ pātre anyasminsatilākṣatāḥ /
paṃcagaṃdhakamekasminnanyasminnaṣṭagaṃdhakam

kāśmīraṃ mṛganābhiṃ tu karpūraṃ caṃdanaṃ tathā /
pātreṣvanyeṣu vinyasya pūjāsthāne prakalpya ca

nānāvaraṇamārgeṇa pūjā tatra vidhīyate /
liṃgamadhye sthito devaḥ paṃcavaktraḥ sadāśivaḥ

tasya prāvaraṇaṃ liṃgaṃ śaktistasya vidhīyate /
śakterāvaraṇaṃ viṣṇurviṣṇorāvaraṇaṃ vidhiḥ

brahmaprāvaraṇaṃ caṃdrastasya sūryastataḥ śrutiḥ /
digdevatāsu tadguptistāsāmāvaraṇaṃ diśaḥ

diśāmāvaraṇaṃ śaṃbhustasya cāvaraṇaṃ guṇāḥ /
daśaprāvaraṇaṃ hyetacchivaliṃgārcanaṃ śubham

keṣāṃcinmatametatsyādatha prāvaraṇāṃtaram /
vidyāvaraṇamākhyātaṃ tadumāvaraṇaṃ smṛtam

viṣṇurāvaraṇaṃ tasyā viṣṇoścāvaraṇaṃ vidhiḥ /
brahmaprāvaraṇaṃcaṃdrastasya bhānurathāvṛtiḥ

bhānorāvaraṇaṃ ceśa iti ṣoḍhāvṛtiḥ smṛtā /
vidhiṃ vinā samākhyātaṃ paṃcāvaraṇamuttamam

śaśāṃkaviṣṇuśaktīnāmetadāvaraṇatrayam /
aṃbikāvaraṇaṃ proktamekāvaraṇamuttamam

athavā lokapālāḥ syurāvṛtiḥ somapūjane /
anāvaraṇamathavā pūjanaṃ śasyate śive

patrikāṣṭadaleṣveva sthitadravyairyajecchivam /
patrikālakṣaṇaṃ vakṣye sarvakarmopayogitam

svarṇena rājatenātha tāmreṇātha prakalpitam /
muktāśuktinibhaṃ kuryātpatrikāṣṭadalaṃ śubham

padmapatrasamānāṣṭakoṇākāraṃ prakalpayet /
palamātraṃ tataḥ śastaṃ nirvṛtaṃ vistṛtaṃ padam

asthūlamadhyamupari padmākṛtidalāṣṭakam /
athavā śaktimārgeṇa paṃcapatraṃ prakalpayet

tripatramathavā kuryācchaktibhāve matena ca /
yathā syācchobhanaṃ pātraṃ tathā kuryyādvicakṣaṇaḥ

śaktyāṃtaritarudrākṣaiḥ kalpitāṣṭaśataiḥ śubhā /
mālopavītaṃ triṃśatyā aṣṭakena prakalpitam

pragaṃḍayorathaikaikaṃ baddhā tu dve prakoṣṭhayoḥ /
śirasyekā dhṛtā tena kaṃṭhe ca paramarṣiṇā

rudrākṣaiḥ sphaṭikai ratnaiḥ kalpitā hyakṣamālikā /
vyāghracarmāsanaṃ kṛtvā padmāsanagato muniḥ

āvāhanāsanaṃ cārghyaṃ pādyaṃ vācamanīyakam /
nirvartya gaṃgāsalilaiḥ snāpayāmāsa śaṃkaram

aṣṭagaṃdhakasaṃyuktaiḥ puṣpairbakulapāṭalaiḥ /
svarṇabhāṃḍasthitairvastraśodhitairvāsitairdṛḍham

dvāre tāmrakaṭāhaśca prabaṃdhadroṇinā śubham /
gośṛṃgeṇa viṣāṇena gavayasya tathā kvacit

dakṣiṇāvartaśaṃkhena ratnapātrairathāpi vā /
svarṇairvā rājatairvāpi tāmraiḥ kāṃsyairathāpi vā

svarṇaiśca sūkṣmakalaśaiḥ snāpayāmāsa cecchayā /
athavā mṛṇmayaiḥ kuryyātpadmapatrairathāpi vā

pālāśaiścūtajaṃbvādyaiḥ pātraiḥ saṃsnāpayedvibhum /
snānānāmatha sarveṣāṃ dhārāsnānaṃ viśiṣyate

namastetyādimaṃtreṇa śatarudriyasaṃjñinā /
śaṃ cetyādyanuvākena śāṃtirūpeṇa ceśvaram

āvṛtya ca yathāśakti paścādgaṃdhādi vinyaset /
tataśca śobhanaiḥ puṣpaiḥ patrairbilvaiḥ samarcayet

tulasīmāruvadalaiḥ kalhāraiśca mahotpalaiḥ /
nīlotpalairutpalaiśca śeṣaiśca karavīrakaiḥ

karṇikāraiḥ sitāṃbhojairaparājitayā tathā /
tilākṣatairakṣataiśca śrīpatraistilamiśrakaiḥ

evaṃ maheśamīśānaṃ pūjayāmāsa gautamaḥ /
karpūrāgarukastūrī sarjjāgarukacaṃdanaiḥ

anyaiśca dhūpayāmāsa ṣoḍaśātha pradīpikāḥ /
karpūravarttisaṃyuktā dīpayaṃtroparisthitāḥ

niveditaṃ maheśāya atha naivedyamuttamam /
supakvaśālipiṣṭānnaṃ bhakṣyaṃ lehyaṃ ca coṣyakam

madhurādisamopetaṃ paṃcabhakṣyasamanvitam /
anekapakvaśākāḍhyamaneka pakvamiśritam

pānaṃ viṃśatisaṃyuktaṃ drākṣāraṃbhāphalānvitam /
sūpāṣṭakādisaṃyuktaṃ yuktaṃ mūlaphalādinā

yathāsaṃbhavasaṃyuktairanyairapyupakalpitam /
agrapuṣpasamopetaṃ naivedyaṃ pradadau muniḥ

sauvarṇapātrikā nyastanīrājanasahasrakam /
sopahārāya devāya datvā caiva namasya ca

pūgakhaṃḍānatho ghṛṣṭānpatrāṇi kṣālitāni ca /
apṛṣṭhāgrāṇi suśvetacchadayāvṛtikāni ca

ghanasārakacūrṇaṃ ca nyastapatratrayaṃ śubham /
sauvarṇapātravinyastamidaṃ tāṃbūlamīśvare

atha pradakṣiṇaṃ kṛtvā namaskārānanaṃtaram /
aṣṭayoṣāstataḥ prāptāstaṃtrīveṇvādidhārikāḥ

vicitravādyavādinyaḥ saṃprāptā munisannidhim /
kṣudratālayugaṃ gṛhya svayaṃ gātuṃ pracakrame

gautame gātumudyukte tānaṃ kuryurathāṃganāḥ /
maṃdaṃ maṃdaṃ ca vādyāni vādayaṃti tathāparāḥ

madhuraṃ gāyati munau svarāmūrtibhṛtastathā /
prānṛtyaṃta maheśāgre tadadbhutamivābhavat

etasminnaṃtare prāpto bhagavānnārado muniḥ /
tamāgataṃ gautamopi saṃpūjya praṇipatya ca

āhacainaṃkṛtārthosminacakaścinmayāsamaḥ /
tavāgamanakṛtyaṃ kiṃ kuta āgamanaṃ tathā

śrīnārada uvāca-
pātālādāgatosmīha bhuktvā vai bāṇamaṃdire /
āyāsyaṃti mahātmāno bāṇaśukrādayo gṛham

atha kṣaṇādabhyagācca bāṇaḥ parapuraṃjayaḥ /
viṃśatyakṣauhiṇīyukto gajamāruhya sosuraḥ

aparaṃ hi gajaṃ śukraḥ prahlādo rathamuttamam /
vṛṣaparvā rathavaraṃ balisturagamuttamam

āgatānatha tānsarvānājñāya sa tu gautamaḥ /
saśiṣyo nirjagāmātha hyādāyārghyādikaṃ tvarā

gautamaṃ cāpi te vīkṣyāvaruhya ca gajādikāt /
namaścakruratho daityāstaṃ namaskṛtya bhārgavam

āliṃgya rākṣasānsarvānpūjayitvā yathāvidhi /
senāyāḥ sanniveśaṃ ca cakāra munipuṃgavaḥ

pādau prakṣālya śukrasya jalaṃ mūrdhni dhṛtaṃ tathā /
vicitraphalasaṃyuktaṃ dattavānarhaṇaṃ muniḥ

vāpītaḍāgasarasī snānapūrvakṛta kriyāḥ /
saṃgame vartamāne tu gautamasyāśrame śubhe

tadgehaṃ tu praviśyātha rākṣasāssapurohitāḥ /
devapūjāprapattiṃ ca cakruḥ sarve dvijālaye

sadyaḥ prakalpitāyāṃ ca vedyāṃ śukro'yajacchivam /
tasyaiva vāmabhāge tu prahlādoyajadacyutam

somaṃ ca balirapyevamanye cāsurapuṃgavāḥ /
atha bāṇo'yajaddevamekameva triyaṃbakam

śukropi bhagavantantamumānāthamapūjayat /
gautamopyatha madhyāhne pūjayāmāsa śaṃkaram

sarve śuklāṃbaradharā bhasmoddhūlitavigrahāḥ /
sitena bhasmanā kṛtvā sarvasthāne tripuṃḍrakam

natvā tu bhārgavaṃ sarve bhūtaśuddhiṃ pracakramuḥ /
hṛtpadmamadhye suṣiraṃ tatraiva bhūtapaṃcakam

teṣāṃ madhye mahākāśamākāśe nirmalānalam /
tanmadhye ca maheśānaṃ dhyāyeddīptimayaṃ śubham

ajñānasaṃyutaṃ bhūtaṃ śamalaṃ sarvasaṃgatam /
taddehamākāśadīpe pradahejjñānavahninā

ākāśasyāvṛtaṃ cāhaṃ dagdhvā''kāśamatho dahet /
dagdhvākāśamayo vāyumagnibhūtaṃ tadā dahet

abbhūtaṃ ca tato dagdhvā pṛthivībhūtameva ca /
tadāśritānguṇāndagdhvā tato dehaṃ pradāhayet

evaṃ dahitvā bhūtāni dehī tajjñānavahninā /
śikhāmadhyasthitaṃ viṣṇumānaṃdarasanirbharam

niṣpannacaṃdrakiraṇasaṃkāśakiraṇaṃ śivam /
śivāṃgotpannakiraṇairamṛtadravasaṃyutaiḥ

suśītalā tato jvālā praśāṃtā candraraśmivat /
prasāritasudhārugbhiḥ sāṃdrībhūtaśca saṃplavaḥ

krameṇa plāvitaṃ bhūtagrāmaṃ saṃciṃtayetparam

itthaṃ kṛtvā bhūtaśuddhiṃ kriyārho martyaḥ śuddho jāyate eva śuddhaḥ /
pūjāṃ kartuṃ jāpyakarmmāpi paścāddevadhyāne brahmahatyādi hāniḥ

evaṃ dhyātvā caṃdradīptiprakāśaṃ dhyānenāropyāśu liṃge śivasya /
sadāśivaṃ dīpamadhye viciṃtya paṃcākṣareṇārcanamavyayaṃ tu

āvāhanādīnupacārāṃstathāpi kṛtvā snānaṃ pūrvavacchaṃkarasya /
uduṃbaraṃ rājataṃ svarṇapīṭhaṃ vastrādichannaṃ sarvameveha pīṭham

aṃte kṛtvā budbudānāṃ ca vṛṣṭiṃ pīṭhe pīṭhe nāgamekaṃ purastāt /
kuryātpīṭhe cordhvake nāgayugmaṃ devābhyāśe dakṣiṇe vāmataśca

japāpuṣpaṃ nāgamadhye nidhāya madhye vastraṃ dvādaśa prātiguṇye /
suśvetena tasya madhye maheśaṃ liṃgākāraṃ pīṭhayuktaṃ prapūjyam

evaṃ kṛtvā bāṇamukhyā ditīśā dattvā dattvā paṃcagaṃdhāṣṭagaṃdham /
puṣpaiḥ patraiḥ śrī tilairakṣataiśca tilonmiśraiḥ kevalaiśca prapūjya

dhūpaṃ dattvā vidhivatsaṃprayuktaṃ dīpaṃ dattvā coktamevopahāram /
pūjāśeṣaṃ te samāpyātha sarve gītaṃ nṛtyaṃ tatratatrāpi cakruḥ

athāsminnaṃtare gautamasyaprāptaḥ śiṣyaḥ śaṃkarātmeti nāmnā

unmattaveśo digvāsā anekāvṛtimāśritaḥ /
kvaciddvijātipravaraḥ kvaciccaṃḍālasannibhaḥ

kvacicchūdra samo yogī tāpasaḥ kvacidapyuta /
garjatyutpatate caiva nṛtyati stauti gāyati

roditi śṛṇute vyaktaṃ patatyuttiṣṭhati kvacit /
śivajñānaikasaṃpannaḥ paramānaṃdanirbharaḥ

saṃprāpto bhojyavelāyāṃ gautamasyāṃtikaṃ yayau /
bubhuje guruṇā sākaṃ kvaciducchiṣṭameva ca

kvacillehati tatpātraṃ tūṣṇīmevābhyagātkvacit /
hastaṃ gṛhītvaiva guroḥ svayamevābhunakkvacit

kvacidgṛhāṃtare mūtraṃ kvacitkardamalepanam /
sarvadā taṃ gururdṛṣṭvā karamālaṃbya maṃdiram

praveśya svīyapīṭhe tamupaveśyābhyabhojayat /
svayaṃ tadasya pātreṇa bubhuje gautamo muniḥ

tasya cittaṃ parijñātuṃ kadācidatha suṃdarī /
ahalyā śiṣyamāhūya bhuṃkṣvetyuktvātha sā śubhā

sauvarṇe bhājane cānnaṃ nidhāya caṣakāṃtare /
pānādikamatho datvā ekasminpāvakaṃ punaḥ

nidhāyāṃgāranicayaṃ kaṃṭakānāṃ cayaṃ pare /
nidhāya bhuṃkṣva bhuṃkṣveti sa cāpi bubhuje muniḥ

yathā papau hi pānīyaṃ tathā vahnimapi dvijaḥ /
kaṃṭakānapi bhuktvā sa yathāpūrvamatiṣṭhata

purā hi munikanyābhirāhūto bhojanāya ca /
dinedine tatpradattaṃ loṣṭhamaṃbu ca gomayam

kardamaṃ kāṣṭhadaṃḍaṃ ca bhuktvā prītyātha harṣitaḥ /
etādṛśo munirasau caṃḍālasadṛśākṛtiḥ

sujīrṇopānahau haste gṛhītvā tu tathā kare /
aṃtyajocitabhāṣābhirvṛṣaparvāṇamabhyagāt

vṛṣaparveśayormadhye digvāsāḥ samatiṣṭhata /
vṛṣaparvā tamajñātvā pīḍayitvā śiro'cchinat

hate tasmindvijaśreṣṭhe jagadetaccarācaram /
atīva kaluṣamabhavattatrasthā munayastathā

gautamasya mahāśokaḥ saṃjātaḥ sumahātmanaḥ /
niryayau cakṣuṣorvāri śokaṃ saṃdarśayanniva

gautamaḥ sarvadaityānāṃ saṃnidhau vākyamuktavān /
kimanena kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ yena cchinnamidaṃ śiraḥ

mama prāṇādhikasyeha sarvadā śivayoginaḥ /
mamāpi maraṇaṃ satyaṃ śiṣyarūpī yato guruḥ

śaivānāṃ dharmayuktānāṃ sarvadā śivavartinām /
maraṇaṃ yatra dṛṣṭaṃ syāttatra no maraṇaṃ dhruvam

śukra uvāca-
enaṃ saṃjīvayiṣyāmi mama gotraṃ śivapriyam /
kimasau mriyate brahmanpaśya me tapaso balam

iti vādini vipreṃdre gautamo'pi mamāra ha /
tasminmṛte'tha śukro'pi prāṇāṃstatyāja yogataḥ

tasyāpi hatamājñāya prahlādā ddānaveśvarāḥ /
sarve mṛtāḥ kṣaṇenaiva tadadbhutamivābhavat

mṛtamāsīdatha balaṃ tasya bāṇasya dhīmataḥ /
ahalyā śokasaṃtaptā rurodoccaiḥ punaḥ punaḥ

gautamena maheśasya pūjayā pūjito vibhuḥ /
vīrabhadro mahāyogī sarvaṃ dṛṣṭvā cukopa ha

aho kaṣṭamahokaṣṭaṃ māheśā bahavo mṛtāḥ /
śivaṃ vijñāpayiṣyāmi tenoktaṃ karavāṇyaham

iti niścitya gatavānmaṃdarācalamavyayam /
namaskṛtvā virūpākṣamidaṃ sarvamathoktavān

brahma harī sthitau tatra dṛṣṭvā prāha śivo vacaḥ /
madbhaktaiḥ sāhasaṃ karma kṛtaṃ dṛṣṭvā varapradaḥ

gatvā paśyāmahe viṣṇo yuvāmapyāgamiṣyatha /
atheśo vṛṣamāruhya vāyunā dhūtacāmaraḥ

naṃdikena suveṣeṇa dhṛte chatreti śobhane /
suśvetahemadaṃḍe ca nānyayoge dhṛte vibhoḥ

maheśānumatiṃ labdhvā harirnāgāṃtake sthitaḥ /
āraktanīlachatrābhyāṃ śuśubhe lakṣyakaustubhaḥ

śivānumatyā brahmāpi haṃsārūḍho'bhavattadā /
iṃdragopaprabhākāracchatrābhyāṃ śuśubhe vidhiḥ

iṃdrādisarvadevāśca svasvavāhanasaṃyutāḥ /
atha te niryayuḥ sarve nānāvādyānumoditāḥ

koṭikoṭigaṇākīrṇā gautamasyāśramaṃ gatāḥ /
brahmaviṣṇumaheśānā dṛṣṭvā tatparamādbhutam

svabhaktaṃ jīvayāmāsa vāmakoṇanirīkṣaṇāt /
śaṃkaro gautamaṃ prāha tuṣṭo'haṃ te varaṃ vṛṇu

gautama uvāca-
yadi prasanno deveśa yadi deyo varo mama /
tvalliṃgārcanasāmarthyaṃ nityamastu maheśvara

vṛtametanmayā deva śṛṇuṣvaitattrilocana /
mama śiṣyo mahābhāgo heyāheyādivarjitaḥ

prekṣaṇīyaṃ mamatvena na ca paśyati cakṣuṣā /
na ca ghrāṇena ghrātavyaṃ na dātavyaṃ na cetarat

iti budghvā tathā kurvansa hi yogī mahāyaśāḥ /
unmattavikṛtākāraḥ śaṃkarātmeti kīrtitaḥ

na kaścittaṃ pratidviṣyānna ca taṃ hiṃsayediti /
etanme dīyatāṃ deva eteṣāmamṛtistathā

śrībhagavānuvāca-/
ākalpamete jīvaṃtu tato muktiṃ bhajaṃtu ca /
tvayā kṛtamidaṃ veśma vistṛtaṃ vikṛtaṃ śubham

tiṣṭhāmaḥ kṣaṇamātraṃ tu tato yāsyāma maṃdiram /
gautama uvāca-
ayogyaṃ prārthayāmīśa hyarthī doṣaṃ na paśyati

brahmādyalabhyaṃ deveśa dīyatāṃ yadi rocate /
atheśo viṣṇumālokya gṛhītvā tu karaṃ hareḥ

prahasannaṃbujābhākṣamityuvāca sadāśivaḥ /
mlānodarosi goviṃda deyaṃ te bhojanaṃ kimu

svayaṃ praviśya yadi vā svayaṃ bhuṃkṣva svagehavat /
gaccha vā pārvatīgehaṃ yā kukṣiṃ pūrayiṣyati

ityuktvā tatkarālaṃbī ekāṃtamagamadvibhuḥ /
ādiśya naṃdinaṃ devo dvārādhyakṣaṃ yathoktavat

gautamaṃ samuvācāyamuttaraṃ viṣṇubhāṣaṇam /
sadāśiva uvāca-
saṃpādayānnaṃ sarveṣāṃ bhoktukāmā vayaṃ mune

ityuktvaikāṃtamagamadvāsudevena śaṃkaraḥ /
mṛduśayyāṃ samāruhya śayitau devatottamau

anyonyaṃ bhāṣaṇaṃ kṛttvā prottasthaturubhāvapi /
gatvā taṭākaṃ gaṃbhīraṃ snāsyaṃtau devasattamau

karāṃbupānamanyonyaṃ pṛthakkṛtvobhayatra ca /
munayo rākṣasāścaiva jalakrīḍāṃ pracakrire

atha viṣṇurmaheśaśca jalapātāni śīghrataḥ /
cakratuḥ śaṃkaraḥ padmakiṃjalkāṃjalinā hareḥ

avākiranmukhe tasya padmotphullavilocane /
netre keśarasaṃpātānnyamīlayata keśavaḥ

atrāṃtare hareḥ skaṃdhamāruroha maheśvaraḥ /
haryuttamāṃgaṃ bāhubhyāṃ gṛhītvā saṃnyamajjayat

unmajjayitvā ca punaḥ punaścāpi punaḥ punaḥ /
pīḍitaḥ sa hariḥ sūkṣmaṃ pātayāmāsa śaṃkaram

atha pādau gṛhītvā tu ācakarṣa ca bhrāmayat /
atāḍayaddharervakṣaḥ pātayāmāsa cācyutam

athotthito haristoyamādāyaṃjalinā tataḥ /
avākiradatho śaṃbhumatha viṣṇumatho haraḥ

jalakrīḍaivamabhavadatha carṣigaṇāṃtare /
jalakrīḍāsaṃbhrameṇa visrastajaṭabaṃdhanāḥ

atha saṃbhramatasteṣāmanyonyajaṭabaṃdhanam /
itaretarabaddhāsu jaṭāsu ca munīśvarāḥ

śaktimaṃto'śaktimataḥ ākarṣaṃti ca savyatham /
pātayaṃtonyataścāpi krośato rudatastathā

evaṃ pravṛtte tumule saṃbhūte toyakarmmaṇi /
ākāśe nārado hṛṣṭo nanarta ca nanāda ca

vipaṃcīṃ nādayanvādyaṃ lalitāṃ gītimujjagau /
sugītyā lalitāyāstu agāyata vidhā daśa

śuśrāva gītaṃ madhuraṃ śaṃkaro lokabhāvanaḥ /
svayaṃ gātuṃ hi lalitaṃ maṃdaṃ maṃdaṃ pracakrame

svayaṃ gāyati deveśe miśrā maṃgalakaiśikī /
nārade nṛtyamāne tu gāyati svarabhedini

svaraṃ dhruvaṃ samādāya sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutam /
svadhārāmṛtasaṃyuktaṃ gānenaivamatho jayat

vāsudevo mardalaṃ ca karābhyāmidamāhanat /
avagāhaṃścaturvaktrastuṃbururmukharo babhau

tānakā gautamādyāstu tūṣṇīṃ gātuṃ ca vāyutaḥ /
gāyake madhuraṃ gītaṃ hanūmati kapīśvare

mlānamamlānamabhavatkṛśāḥ puṣṭāstadā'bhavan /
svāṃ svāṃ gītimataḥ sarve tiraskṛtyaiva mūrcchitāḥ

tūṣṇīṃ sarve samabhavandevarṣigaṇadānavāḥ /
ekaḥ sa hanumāngātā śrotāraḥ sarva eva te

madhyāhnakālavitate bhojanāvasare sati /
dukūlayugamādhatta śṛṇvangītiṃ maheśvaraḥ

pītavastradvayaṃ viṣṇurāraktaṃ caturānanaḥ /
svasvārhāṇyatha sarve'pi kṛtyaṃ kṛtvāpi kālikam

svaṃ svaṃ vāhanamāruhya nirgatāḥ sarvadevatāḥ /
gānapriyo maheśastu jagāda plavageśvaram

plavagatvaṃ mayājñapto niḥśaṃkaṃ vṛṣamāruha /
mama cābhimukho bhūtvā gāyasvāśeṣagāyanam

athāha kapiśārdūlo bhagavaṃtaṃ maheśvaram /
vṛṣabhārohasāmarthyaṃ tava nānyasya vidyate

tava vāhanamāruhya pātakī syāmahaṃ vibho /
māmevāruha deveśa vihaṃgaḥ śivavāhanaḥ

tava cābhimukhaṃ gānaṃ kariṣyāmi vilokaya /
atheśvaro hanūmaṃtamāruroha vṛṣaṃ yathā

ārūḍhe śaṃkare deve hanūmānkaṃdharāśiraḥ /
chittvā tvacaṃ parāvṛtya mukhaṃ gāyati pūrvavat

śṛṇvangītisudhāṃ śaṃbhurgautamasya gṛhaṃ gataḥ /
sarve cāpyāgatāstatra devarṣigaṇadānavāḥ

pūjitā gautamenātha bhojanāvasare sati /
yacchuṣkadārusaṃbhūtaṃ gṛhopakaraṇādikam

prarūḍhamabhavatsarvaṃ gāyamāne hanūmati /
tasmingāne samastānāṃ citradṛṣṭiratiṣṭhata

dvibāhurīśasya padābhivaṃdanaḥ samastagātrābharaṇopapannaḥ /
prasannamūrtistaruṇaḥ sumadhye vinyastamūrddhāṃjalibhiḥ suraiḥ stutaḥ

śiraḥ karābhyāṃ parigṛhya śaṃkaro hanūmataḥ pūrvamukhaṃ cakāra /
padmāsanāsīna hanūmatāṃjalau nidhāya pādaṃ tvaparaṃ mukhe ca

pādāṃgulībhyāmatha nāsikāṃ vibhuḥ snehena jagrāha ca maṃdamaṃdam /
skaṃdhe mukhe tvaṃsatale ca kaṃṭhe vakṣaḥsthale ca stanamadhyame hṛdi

tataśca kukṣāvatha nābhimaṃḍale tato dvitīyaṃ nidadhāti cāṃjalau /
śiro gṛhītvāvanamayya śaṃkaraḥ pasparśa pṛṣṭhaṃ cibukena sadhvani

hāraṃ ca muktāparikalpitaṃ śivo hanūmataḥ kaṃṭhagataṃ cakāra ha /
atha viṣṇurmaheśānamidaṃ vacanamuktavān

hanūmatā samo nāsti kṛtsnabrahmāṃḍamaṃḍale /
śruti devādyagamyaṃ hi padaṃ tava kilasthitam

sarvopaniṣadavyaktaṃ tvatpadaṃ kapi sarvayuk /
yamādisādhanairyogairna kṣaṇaṃ te padaṃ sthitam

mahāyogihṛdaṃbhoje balaṃ svacchaṃ hanūmati /
varṣakoṭisahasreṣu tapaḥ kṛtvā tu duṣkaram

tvadrūpaṃ nābhijānāti kutaḥ pādaṃ munīśvarāḥ /
aho bhāgyaṃ vicitraṃ hi capalo vā naro mṛgaḥ

dhatte pādayugaṃ cāṃge yogihṛdyapi na kṣamam /
mayā varṣasahasraṃ tu sahasrābdaṃ tathānvaham

bhaktyā saṃpūjito'pīśa pādo no darśitastvayā /
loke vādo hi sumahāñchuṃbhurnārāyaṇapriyaḥ

hariḥ priyastathā śaṃbhorna tādṛgbhāgyamasti me /
sadāśiva uvāca-
na tvayā sadṛśo mahyaṃ priyosti bhagavanhare

pārvatī vā tvayā tulyā na cānyo vidyate mama /
atha devāya mahate gautamaḥ praṇipatya ca

vyajñāpayadameyātmandevaihi karuṇānidhe /
madhyāhno'yaṃ vyatikrāṃto bhuktivelā'khilasya ca

athācamya mahādevo viṣṇunā sahito vibhuḥ /
praviśya gautamagṛhaṃ bhojanāyopacakrame

ratnāṃgulīyairatha nūpurābhyāṃ dukūlabaṃdhena taḍitsu kāṃcyā /
hārairanekairatha kaṃṭhaniṣka yajñopavītottaravāsasī ca

vilaṃbicaṃcanmaṇikuṃḍalena supuṣpidhammillavareṇa devaḥ /
paṃcāṃgagaṃdhasya vilepanena bāhvaṃgadaiḥ kaṃkaṇakāṃgulīyakaiḥ

itthaṃ vibhūṣitaḥ śivo niviṣṭauttamāsane svasaṃmukhaṃ hariṃ tathā nyaveśayadvarāsane /
anyonyasaṃmukhau sthitau harīśau devasattamau suvarṇabhājanānyatho dadau sa cāpi gautamaḥ

triṃśatprabhedabhakṣyakaṃ supāyasaṃ caturvidhaṃ supakvapākajātakaṃ śatadvayaṃ prakalpitam /
apakvapakvamiśrakaṃ śatatrayaṃ prakalpitaṃ śataṃśataṃ tathā sukaṃdaśākakaṃ tathā muniḥ

śākādi sarpiṣānvitaṃ dadau ca paṃcaviṃśatiṃ suśarkarādikaṃ tathā sucūnadāḍimādikam /
mocāphalaṃ tu gostanīṃ sukharjunāgaraṃgakaṃ jaṃbūphalaṃ priyālukaṃ vikaṃkataṃ phalaṃ tathā

evamādīni cānyāni dravyāṇyarpya yathāvidhi /
datvā cāpośanaṃ vipro bhuṃjadhvamiti cābravīt

bhuṃjāneṣu ca sarveṣu vyajanaṃ sūkṣmavastrajam /
gautamaḥ svayamādāya śivaviṣṇū avījayat

parihāsamathokartumiyeṣa parameśvaraḥ /
paśya viṣṇo hanūmaṃtaṃ kathaṃ bhuṃkte sa vānaraḥ

vānaraṃ paśyati harau maṃḍakaṃ viṣṇubhājane /
cikṣepa munisaṃgheṣu paśyatsvapi maheśvaraḥ

hanūmate dattavāṃśca svocchiṣṭaṃ pāyasādikam /
tvaducchiṣṭamabhojyaṃ tu tavaiva vacanādvibho

anarhaṃ mama naivedyaṃ patraṃ puṣpaṃ phalaṃ tathā /
mahyaṃ nivedya sakalaṃ kūpa eva vinikṣipet

abhukte tvadvaco nūnaṃ bhukte cāpi kṛpā tava /
sadāśiva uvāca-
bāṇaliṃge svayaṃbhūte caṃdrakāṃte hyavasthite

cāṃdrāyaṇasamaṃ jñeyaṃ śaṃbhornaivedyabhakṣaṇam /
bhuktiveleyamadhunā tadvairasyaṃ kathāṃtarāt

bhuktvā tu kathayiṣyāmi nirviśaṃkaṃ vibhuṃkṣva tat /
athāsau jalasaṃskāraṃ kṛtavāngautamo muniḥ

āraktasusnigdhasusūkṣma gātrānanekadhā dhauta suśoṣitāṃgān /
taḍāgatoyaiḥ kṛtavījagharṣitairviśodhitaistaiḥ karakānapūrayat

nadyāḥ saikatavedikāṃ navatarāṃ saṃcchādya sūkṣmāṃbaraiḥ śuddhaiḥ śvetatarairathoparighaṭāṃstoyena pūrṇānkṣipet /
kṣiptvā nālakajātimāstapuṭakaṃ kaṃkolakastūrikācūrṇaṃ candanacaṃdraraśmiviśadāṃ mālāṃ puṭāṃ taṃ kṣipet

yāmasyāpi punaśca vārivasanenāśodhya kuṃbhe kṣipeccaṃdra graṃthimatho nidhāya bakulaṃ kṣiptvā tathā pāṭalām

śephālīstabakamatho jalaṃ ca tatra vinyasya prathamata eva toyaśuddhim /
kṛtvātho mṛdutarasūkṣmavastrakhaṃḍenāveṣṭetsṛṇikamukhaṃ ca sūkṣmacaṃdram

anātapapradeśe tu nidhāya karakānatha /
maṃdavātasamopete sūkṣmavyajanavījite

atha urvīśasalilaiḥ siṃcayetsṛṇikāmapi /
saṃskṛtvā svāyatāstatra narā nāryotha vā nṛpa

tatkanyā vā kṣālitāṃgā dhautavastrāśca vā saha /
madhupiṃgalaniryyāsamasāṃdramagurudravam

bāhumūle ca kaṃṭhe ca vilipya sāṃdrameva ca /
mastake jāpyakaṃ nyasya paṃcagaṃdhavilepanam

puṣpanaddhasukeśāstu tāḥ śubhāsyāḥ sunirmalāḥ /
evamevocitānārya āttakuṃkumavigrahāḥ

yuvatyaścārusarvāṃgyo nitarāṃ bhūṣaṇairapi /
etādṛgvanitābhirvānarairvādāpayejjalam

te'pi pradānasamaye sūkṣmavastrālpaveṣṭanam /
athavā makare nyasya karakaṃ tatra paśya hi

dorikānyastamunmucya tatastoyaṃ pradāpayet /
evaṃ satkārayāmāsa gautamo bhagavānmuniḥ

maheśādiṣu sarveṣu bhuktavatsu mahātmasu /
prakṣālitāṃghrihasteṣu gaṃdhodvartitapāṇiṣu

tadāsanasamāsīne devadeve maheśvare /
atha nīcasamāsīnā devāḥ sarṣigaṇāstathā

maṇipātreṣu saṃveṣṭya pūgakhaṃḍānsudhūpitān /
akoṇavartulānsthūlānasūkṣmānakṛśānapi

śvetapatrāṇi saṃśodhya kṣiptvā karpūrakhaṃḍakam /
cūrṇaṃ ca śaṃkarāyātha nivedayati gautame

gṛhāṇa deva tāṃbūlamityuktavacane munau /
kape gṛhāṇa tāṃbūlaṃ prayaccha mama khaṃḍakān

uvāca vānaro nāsti mama śuddhirmaheśvara /
anekaphalabhuktatvādvānarastu śuciḥ katham

sadāśiva uvāca-/
madvākyādakhilaṃ śuddhyenmadvākyādamṛtaṃ viṣam /
madvākyādakhilā vedā madvākyāddevatādayaḥ

madvākyāddharmavijñānaṃ madvākyānmokṣa ucyate /
purāṇānyāgamāścaiva smṛtayo mama vākyataḥ

ato gṛhāṇa tāṃbūlaṃ mama dadyāḥ sukhaṃḍakān /
harirvāmakareṇādāttāṃbūlaṃ pūgakhaṃḍakam

tataḥ patrāṇi saṃgṛhya tataḥ khaṃḍānsamarpayat /
karpūramagrato dattaṃ gṛhītvā'bhakṣayacchivaḥ

deve tu kṛtatāṃbūle pārvatī maṃdarācalāt /
jayā vijayayorhastaṃ gṛhītvā''yānmunergṛham

devapādau tato natvā vinamravadanā''bhavat /
unnamayya mukhaṃ tasyā idamāha trilocanaḥ

tvadarthaṃ devadeveśi aparādhaḥ kṛto mayā /
yattvāṃ vihāya bhuktaṃ hi tathānyacchṛṇu suṃdari

atha svamaṃdire sthāpya devadevavivarjite /
sarvabaṃdhavimukte ca mahadeno mayā kṛtam

kṣaṃtumarhasi deveśi tyaktakopā vilokaya /
na babhāṣaivamuktvā sā aruṃdhatyā hi niryayau

nirgacchaṃtīṃ munirjñātvā daṃḍavatpraṇanāma ca /
tadārabhya maheśāya daṃḍapraṇati saṃstutim

kuryāduvāca ca śivā gautama tvaṃ kimicchasi /
gautama uvāca-
kṛtakṛtyosmi deveśi yadi deyo varo mama

manmaṃdire mahābhāge bhoktumarhasi sāṃpratam /
devyuvāca-
bhokṣyāmi tava gehehaṃ śaṃkarānumatā mune

gatveśaṃ gautamo vipro labdhānujñaḥ punargataḥ /
bhojayāmāsa girijāṃ devīṃ cāruṃdhatīṃ tathā

bhuktvātha pārvatī sarvaṃ gaṃdhapuṣpasabhūṣaṇā /
sahānucarakanyābhiḥ sahasrābhirharaṃ yayau

athāha śaṃkaro devīṃ gaccha gautamamaṃdiram /
saṃdhyopāstimahaṃ kṛtvā āgacchāmi punargṛham

ityuktā prayayau devī gautamasyaiva maṃdiram /
saṃdhyāvaṃdanakāmāśca sarvaeva vinirgatāḥ

kṛtasaṃdhyāstaṭāke tu maheśādyāstu kṛtsnaśaḥ /
athottaramukhaḥ śaṃbhurnyāsaṃ kṛtvā jajāpa ha

athaviṣṇurmahātejā maheśamidamabravīt /
sarvairnamasyate yastu sarvaireva samarcyate

hūyate sarvayajñeṣu sa bhavānkiṃ japiṣyati /
racitāṃjalayaḥ sarve tvāmevaikamupāsate

sa bhavāndevadeveśa kasmai vā racitāṃjali /
namaskārādi puṇyānāṃ phaladastvaṃ maheśvara

tava kaḥ phalado vaṃdyaḥ ko vā tvattodhiko vada /
śaṃkara uvāca-
dhyāye na kiṃcidgoviṃda na namasyeha kiṃcana

nopāsye kaṃcana hare na japiṣyeha kiṃcana /
kiṃtu nāstikajaṃtūnāṃ pravṛttyarthamidaṃ mayā

darśanīyaṃ hare te syuranyathā pāpakāriṇaḥ /
tasmāllokopakārārthamidaṃ sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ mayā

omityuktvā hariratha taṃ natvā samatiṣṭhata /
atha te gautamagṛhaṃ prāptā devagaṇarṣayaḥ

sarve pūjāmatho cakrurdevadeve pinākine /
devo hanūmatā sārddhaṃ gāyannāste raghūttama

pañcākṣarīṃ mahāvidyāṃ sarva eva tadā japan /
hanūmatkaramālaṃbya devyabhyāśaṃ gato haraḥ

ekaśayyāsamāsīnau tāvubhau devadaṃpatī /
gāyannāste sa hanumāṃstuṃbururnāradastathā

nānāvidhivilāsāṃśca cakāra parameśvaraḥ /
āhūya pārvatīmīśa idaṃ vākyamuvāca ha

śrīsadāśiva uvāca-
racayiṣyāmi dhammillamehi matpurataḥ śubhe /
devyāha na ca yuktaṃ tadbhartrāśuśrūṣaṇaṃ striyaḥ

keśaprasādhanakṛtāvanarthāṃtaramāpatet /
keśaprasādhane deva tatvaṃ sarvaṃ na cepsitam

atha baṃdhe kṛte paścādaṃsaprāṃtapramārjanam /
tanoścaramasaṃlagna keśapuṣpādimārjanam

etasminvartamāne tu mahātmāno yadāgaman /
tadā kimuttaraṃ vācyaṃ tava devādivaṃdinaḥ

nāyāṃti cedatha vibho bhītirnāśamupeṣyati /
evaṃ hi bhāṣamāṇāṃ tāṃ kareṇākṛṣya śaṃkaraḥ

svorvostāṃ sthāpayitvaiva visrasya kacabaṃdhanam /
vibhajya ca karābhyāṃ sa prasasāra nakhairapi

viṣṇudattāṃ pārijātasrajaṃ kacagatāmapi /
kṛtvā dhammillamakarodatha mālāṃ karāgatām

mallikāsrajamādāya babaṃdha kacabaṃdhane /
kalpaprasūnamālāṃ ca brahmadattāṃ maheśvaraḥ

pārvatīvasane gūḍhagaṃdhāḍhye ca samādadhāt /
athāṃsapṛṣṭhasaṃlagnamārjanaṃ kṛtavānvibhuḥ

ślathanīveradho devyā vastraveṣṭeradhogataḥ /
devaḥ kimidamityuktvā nīvībaṃdhaṃ cakāra ha

nāsābhūṣaṇametatte paśyāmi sa madāttataḥ /
ityuktvā svayamādāya vicchāyaṃ mauktikaṃ satī

haridrāyāḥ samāyoge muktāphalamadīptimat /
idaṃ hi dhriyatāṃ muktāphalaṃ mama tava priyam

pārvatyuvāca-
aho tvanmaṃdiraṃ śaṃbho sarvavastusamṛddhimat /
pūrvameva mayā sarvaṃ vastujñātaṃ vibhūṣaṇaiḥ

aho draviṇasaṃpattirbhūṣaṇairavagamyate /
śirovibhūṣitaṃ deva brahmaśīrṣasya mālayā

narakasya tathā mālā vakṣaḥsthalavibhūṣaṇam /
śeṣaśca vāsukiścaiva saviṣau tava kaṃkaṇe

diśoṃ'bare jaṭā keśā bhasitaṃ cāṃgarāgakam /
mahokṣo vāhanaṃ gotraṃ kulaṃ cājñātameva ca

jñāyete pitarau naiva virūpākṣaṃ tathā vapuḥ /
evaṃ vadaṃtīṃ girijāṃ viṣṇuḥ prāhāti kopanaḥ

kimarthaṃ niṃdase devi devadevaṃ jagatpatim /
tyakṣye prāṇānpriyānbhadre tava nūnamasaṃyamam

yatreśaniṃdanaṃ bhadre tatra no maraṇaṃ vratam /
ityuktvātha nakhābhyāṃ hi hariśchettuṃ śirogataḥ

maheśastu karaṃ gṛhya prāha mā sāhasaṃ kṛthāḥ /
pārvatīvacanaṃ sarvaṃ priyaṃ mama tavāpriyam

mamāpriyaṃ hṛṣīkeśa kartuṃ yatkiṃcidiṣyate /
omityuktvātha bhagavāṃstūṣṇīṃbhūto'bhavaddhariḥ

hanumānatha devāya vyajñāpayadidaṃ vacaḥ /
arthayāmi viniṣkāmaṃ mama pūjāvrataṃ tathā

pūjārthamapyahaṃ gacche mamānujñātumarhasi /
śaṃkara uvāca-
kasya pūjā kva vā pūjā kiṃ puṣpaṃ kiṃ dalaṃ vada

ko guruḥ kaśca maṃtraste kīdṛśaṃ pūjanaṃ tathā /
evaṃ vadati deveśe hanūmānatikaṃpitaḥ

vepamānasamastāṃgaḥ stotumeva pracakrame /
hanūmānuvāca-
namo devāya mahate śaṃkarāyāmitātmane

yogine yogadhātre ca yogināṃ gurave namaḥ /
yogigamyāya devāya jñānināṃ pataye namaḥ

vedānāṃ pataye tubhyaṃ devānāṃ pataye namaḥ /
dhyānāyadhyanagamyāya dhātṝṇāṃ gurave namaḥ

śiṣṭāyaśiṣṭagamyāya bhūmyādi pataye namaḥ /
namastetyādinā vedavākyānāṃ nidhaye namaḥ

ātanuṣvetivākyaiśca pratipādyāya te namaḥ /
aṣṭamūrte namastubhyaṃ paśūnāṃpataye namaḥ

tryaṃbakāya trinetrāya somasūryāgnilocana /
subhṛṃgarājadhattūradroṇapuṣpapriyāya te

bṛhatīpūgapuṃnāga caṃpakādipriyāya ca /
namastestu namastestu bhūya eva namonamaḥ

śivo harimatha prāha mā bhaiṣīrvada me'khilam /
hanumānuvāca-
śivaligārcanaṃ kāryaṃ bhasmoddhūlitadehinā

divāsaṃpāditaistoyaiḥ puṣpādyairapi tādṛśaiḥ /
deva vijñāpayiṣyāmi śivapūjāvidhiṃ śubham

sāyaṃkāle tu saṃprāpte aśiraḥ snānamācaret /
kṣālitaṃ vasanaṃ śuṣkaṃ dhṛtvācamya dviragradhīḥ

atha bhasma samādāya āgneyaṃ snānamācaret /
praṇavena samāmaṃtryāpyaṣṭavāramathāpi vā

paṃcākṣareṇa maṃtreṇa nāmnā vā yenakenacit /
saptābhimaṃtritaṃ bhasma darbhapāṇiḥ samāharet

īśānaḥ sarvavidyānāmuktvā śirasi pātayet /
tatpuruṣāya vidmahe mukhe bhasma prasecayet

aghorebhyo'tha ghorebhyo bhasma vakṣasi nikṣipet /
vāmadevāya nama iti guhyasthāne vinikṣipet

sadyojātaṃ prapadyāmi nikṣipedatha pādayoḥ /
uddhūlayetsamastāṃge praṇavena vicakṣaṇaḥ

traivarṇikānāmuditaḥ snānādividhiruttamaḥ /
śūdrādīnāṃ pravakṣyāmi yaduktaṃ guruṇā tathā

śiveti padamuccārya bhasmasaṃmaṃtrayetsudhīḥ /
saptavāramathādāya śivāyeti śiraḥ kṣipet

śaṃkarāya mukhe proktaṃ sarvajñāya hṛdi kṣipet /
sthāṇave nama ityuktvā guhye cāpi svayaṃbhuve

uccārya pādayoḥ kṣiptvā bhasmaśuddhamataḥ param /
namaḥ śivāyetyuccārya sarvāṃgoddhūlanaṃ smṛtam

prakṣālya hastāvācamya darbhapāṇiḥ samāhitaḥ /
darbhābhāve suvarṇaṃ syāttadabhāve gavālakaḥ

tadabhāve tu dūrvāḥ syustadabhāve tu rājatam /
saṃdhyopāstiṃ japaṃ devyāḥ kṛtvā devagṛhaṃ vrajet

devavedimatho vāpi kalpitaṃ sthaṃḍilaṃ tu vā /
mṛṇmayaṃ kalpitaṃ śuddhaṃ padmādiracanāyutam

cāturvarṇaka raṃgaiśca śvetenaikena vā punaḥ /
vicitrāṇi ca padmāni svastikādi tathaiva ca

utpalādi gadā śaṃkha triśūlaṃ ḍamaruṃ tathā /
saroktapaṃcaprāsādaṃ śivaliṃgamathaiva ca

sarvakāmaphalaṃ vṛkṣaṃ kulakaṃ kolakaṃ tathā /
ṣaṭkoṇaṃcatrikoṇaṃcanavakoṇamathāpivā

koṇadvādaśakāṃdolāṃ pādukāvyajanāni ca /
cāmaracchatrayugalaṃ viṣṇubrahmādikaṃ tathā

cūrṇairviracayedvedyāṃ dhīmāndevālaye'pi vā /
yatrāpi devapūjā syāttatraivaṃ kalpayedbudhaḥ

svahastaracitaṃ mukhyaṃ krītaṃ caiva tu madhyamam /
yācitaṃ tu kaniṣṭhaṃ syādbalātkāramathādhamam

arheṣu yattvanarheṣu balātkārāttu niṣphalam /
raktaśāli japā sthāṇa kalamāsita raktakaiḥ

taṃdulairvrīhimātrotthaiḥ karṇaiścaiva yathākramam /
uttamairmadhyamaiścaiva kathitairadhamaistathā

padmādisthāpanaireva tatsamyagyāgamācaret /
prāguttaramukho vāpi yadi vā prāṅmukho bhavet

āsanaṃ ca pravakṣyāmi yathādṛṣṭaṃ yathāśrutam /
kauśaṃ cārmmaṃ cailatulyaṃ dāravaṃ tāḍapatrakam

kāṃbalaṃ kāṃcanaṃ caiva rājataṃ tāmrameva ca /
gokarīṣārkajairvāpi āsanaṃ parikalpayet

vaiyāghraṃ rauravaṃ caiva hāriṇaṃ mārgameva ca /
cārmaṃ caturvidhaṃ jñeyamatha baṃdhukameva ca

yathāsaṃbhavameteṣu hyāsanaṃ parikalpayet /
kṛtapadmāsano vāpi svāstikāsana eva ca

darbhabhasmasamāsīnaḥ prāṇānāyamya vāgyataḥ /
tāvatsa devatārūpo dhyānaṃ cāntaḥ samācaret

śikhāṃte dvādaśāṃgulye sthitaṃ sūkṣmatanuṃ śivam /
aṃtaścaraṃtaṃ bhūteṣu guhāyāṃ viśvamūrtiṣu

sarvābharaṇasaṃyuktamaṇimādi guṇānvitam /
dhyātvā taṃ dhārayeccitte tadvyāptyā pūrayettanūm

tayā dīptyā śarīrasthaṃ pāpaṃ nāśamupāgatam /
svarṇaṃ pāradasaṃparkādraktaṃ śvetaṃ yathā bhavet

taddvādaśadalāvṛttamaṣṭapaṃcatrireva vā /
parikalpyāsanaṃ śuddhaṃ tatra liṃgaṃ nidhāya ca

guhāsthitaṃ maheśānaṃ liṃge saṃciṃtayettathā /
śodhite kalaśe toyaṃ śodhitaṃ gaṃdhavāsitam

sugaṃdhapuṣpaṃ nikṣipya praṇavenābhimaṃtritam /
prāṇāyāmaśca praṇavaḥ śūdreṣu na vidhīyate

prāṇāyāmapade dhyānaṃ śivetyoṅkāramaṃtraṇam /
gaṃdhapuṣpākṣatādīni pūjādravyāṇi yāni ca

tāni sthāpya samīpe tu tataḥ saṃkalpayiṣyate /
śivapūjāṃ kariṣyāmi śivatuṣṭyarthameva ca

iti saṃkalpayitvā tu tata āvāhanādikam /
kṛtvā tu snānaparyaṃtaṃ tataḥ snānaṃ prakalpayet

namastetyādimaṃtreṇa śatarudriyavidhānataḥ /
avicchinnā tu yā dhārā muktidhāreti kīrtitā

tayā yaḥ snāpayenmāsaṃ japanrudramupāṃśu vā /
ekavāraṃ trivāraṃ ca paṃca sapta navāpi vā

ekādaśamatho vāramathaikādaśacānvitam /
muktisnānamidaṃ jñeyaṃ māsaṃ mokṣapradāyakam

śaivayā vidyayā snānaṃ kevalaṃ praṇavena ca /
mṛṇmayairnālikerasya śakalaiścormibhistathā

kāṃsyena muktā bhuktyā ca puṣpādika sareṇavā /
snāpayeddevadeveśaṃ yathāsaṃbhavamīritaiḥ

śṛṃgasya ca vidhiṃ vakṣye snānayogyaṃ yathā bhavet /
pūrvamaṃtastu saṃśodhya bahiraṃtastu śodhayet

susnigdhaṃ laghukṛtvātha nāgaṃ chiṃdyātkathaṃcana /
nīcaikadeśavinyastadvāradroṇyā suvṛttayoḥ

kuśānuyutayā snānaṃ devāya parikalpayet /
evaṃ gavayaśṛṃgasya jalamūrtirathocyate

dvāre niṣiddhalohārddhaṃ saṃdhidvārā samanvite /
yogavaktraṃ nāgadaṃḍaṃ nāgākāraṃ prakalpayet

phalasthāne tu caṣakaṃ daṃḍena samaraṃdhrakam /
tatraiva pātayettoyamūrddhvayaṃtraghaṭe sthitam

pātayedatha cānyena vāmenaiva kareṇa vā /
muktidhārākṛtā tena pavitraṃ pāpanāśanam

evaṃ saṃsthāpya deveśaṃ paṃcagavyaistathaiva ca /
paṃcāmṛtairatha snāpya madhuratritayena ca

vibhūṣya bhūṣakairdevaṃ punaḥ snāpya maheśvaram /
śītopacāraṃ kṛtvātha tata ācamanādikam

vastraṃ tathopavītaṃ ca paṃcagaṃdhakameva ca /
karpūramaruvaṃ cāpi pāṭīramatha vā bhavet

ubhayaṃ miśritaṃ vāpi śivaliṃgaṃ prapūjayet /
kṛtsnapīṭhaṃ gaṃdhapūrṇaṃ yadvā vibhavasārataḥ

tūṣṇīmathopacāraṃ vā kāliyaṃ puṣpamarpayet /
śrīpatramarucityājaṃ yathāśaktyākhilaṃ yathā

anekadravyadhūpaṃ ca guggulaṃ kevalaṃ tathā /
kapilāghṛtasaṃyuktaṃ sarvadhūpāya śasyate

dhūpaṃ datvā yathāśakti kapilāghṛtadīpakān /
athavāpyājyamātreṇa dīpāndatvopahārakam

yathāśaktyupapannaṃ ca datvā puṣpasamanvitam /
mukhaśuddhiṃ tato datvā datvā tāṃbūlamādarāt

pradakṣiṇanamaskārau pūjaivaṃ hi samāpyate /
gītāṃgapaṃcakaṃ paścāttāni vijñāpayāmi te

gītaṃ vādyaṃ purāṇaṃ ca nṛtyaṃ hāsoktireva ca /
nīrājanaṃ ca puṣpāṇāmaṃjaliścākhilārpaṇam

kṣamā codvāsanaṃ caiva kīrtitaṃ copacārakam /
bhūṣaṇaṃ ca tathā chatraṃ cāmaraṃ vyajanaṃ tathā

śivopavītaṃ kaiṅkaryaṃ ṣaḍīśānopacārakam /
dvātriṃśadupacāraistu yaḥ samārādhayecchivam

ekenāhnā samastānāṃ pāpānāṃ nāśanaṃ dhruvam /
dvātriṃśadupacāraṃ syātpūjanaṃ tūttamottamam

sadāśiva uvāca-
evametatkapiśreṣṭha tava pūjāṃ vadāmyaham /
matpādayugalaṃ pūjya sarvapūjākaro bhava

ārādhyetthaṃ yathāliṃge tanmamārādhanaṃ kuru /
hanūmānuvāca-
guruṇā liṃgapūjaiva niyatā kalpitā mama

tāṃ karomi purā deva paścāttvatpādapūjanam /
ityuktvaiva namasyeśaṃ śivaligārcane'bhavat

sarastīramatho gatvā kṛtvā saikatavedikām /
tālapatrairviracitamāsanaṃ parikalpayet

prakṣālya pādahastau tu samācamya samāhitaḥ /
bhasmasnānamatho cakre punarācamya vāgyataḥ

devavedyāmatho cakre padmāni sumanoharam /
anaṃtaraṃ tālapatraṃ padmāsanagataḥ kapiḥ

prāṇānāyamya sanyāsaṃ śukladhyānasamanvitaḥ /
praṇamya gurumīśānaṃ japannāsīdataḥ param

atha devārcanaṃ kartuṃ yatnamāsthitavānapi /
palāśapatrapuṭakadvayānīta jalaṃ śuci

śiraḥkamaṃḍalugataṃ nidhāyāgniṃ trimaṃtritam /
āvāhanādi kṛtvātha snānaparyantameva ca

atha snāpayituṃ devamādāya karasaṃpuṭe /
kṛtvā nirīkṣaṇaṃ devaṃ pīṭhaṃ no dṛṣṭavānkapiḥ

liṃgamātraṃ karagataṃ dṛṣṭvā bhītisamanvitaḥ /
idamāha mahāyogī kiṃ vā pāpaṃ mayā kṛtam

yadetatpīṭharahitaṃ śivaliṃgaṃ karasthitam /
mamādya maraṇaṃ siddhaṃ pīṭhaṃ cennāgamiṣyati

atha rudraṃ japiṣyāmi tadāyāti maheśvaraḥ /
iti niścitya manasā jajāpa śatarudriyam

athāpi na samāyāto maheśo'tha kapīśvaraḥ /
rudraṃ nyapātayadbhūmyāṃ vīrabhadraḥ samāgataḥ

kimarthaṃ rudyate bhakta rudihetuṃ vadasva me /
hanūmānuvāca-
pīṭhahīnamidaṃ liṃgaṃ paśya me pāpasaṃcayam

vīrabhadra uvāca-
yadi nāyāti pīṭhaṃ te liṃge mā sāhasaṃ kṛthāḥ /
dāhayiṣyāmyahaṃ lokaṃ yadi nāyāti pīṭhakam

paśya darśaya me liṃgaṃ pīṭhaṃ yadyāgataṃ na vā /
atha dṛṣṭvā vīrabhadro liṃgaṃ pīṭhamanāgatam

dagdhukāmo'khilām̐llokānvīrabhadraḥ pratāpavān /
analaṃ bhuvi cikṣepa kṣaṇāddagdhā mahī tadā

atha saptatalāndagdhvā punarūrddhvamavartata /
paṃcorddhvalokānadahajjanalokanivāsinaḥ

lalāṭanetrasaṃbhūtaṃ nakhenādāya cānalam /
jaṃbīraphalasaṃkāśaṃ kṛtvā karatale vibhuḥ

yadi nāyāti pīṭhaṃ te dagdhā lokā na saṃśayaḥ /
anāyātamatho dṛṣṭvā vīrabhadraḥ pratāpavān

sanakādayo mahātmāno jñātvā yogena cāgaman /
gautamasyāśramavaraṃ samāgamya maheśvaram

na dṛṣṭavaṃto devādiṃ vidyamānamapi dvijāḥ /
astuvannatha ca stotraiḥ sarvavedasamudbhavaiḥ

ॐnamo devadevāya tasmai śuddhaprabhāciṃtyarūpāya tasmai /
namaḥ surāṇāmadhīśāya tasmai namo vedaguhyāya śuddhāya tasmai

namaḥ śivāyādidevāya tasmai namo vyālayajñopavītāya tasmai /
namaḥ surānaṃdasaṃdoha varṣatrayī biṃduviśvaṃbharāya tasmai

pṛthivyatho vāyurākāśamāpaḥ punaḥ śaśī vahnisūryyau tathātmā /
yasyāṣṭaitā mūrtayaḥ śaṃkarasya tasmai namo jñānagamyāya śaśvat

etāṃ stutimathākarṇya bhaganetrapradaḥ śivaḥ /
viṣṇumāha ca gaccha tvaṃ samānaya ca tāndvijān

ānītāstena hariṇā devāya praṇatāstu te /
tānāha śaṃkaro vākyaṃ kimarthaṃ yūyamāgatāḥ

munaya ūcuḥ -
deva dvādaśalokānāṃ dṛśyaṃte bhasmarāśayaḥ /
sthitamekaṃ vanamidaṃ paśya tvaṃ lokasaṃkṣayam

sadāśiva uvāca-
ūrddhvasthapaṃcalokānāṃ dāhe saṃdeha eva naḥ /
kathamaṃgāravṛṣṭiśca kathaṃ no vā mahādhvaniḥ

munaya ūcuḥ -
bhītirasmākamadhunā vartate vīrabhadrataḥ /
sa evāṃgāravṛṣṭiṃ ca pipāsuriva tāmapāt

devotha vīramāhūya kiṃ vīretyabravīdbhavaḥ /
vīro hanūmato liṃgapīṭhābhāvādidaṃ kṛtam

kapeścittaṃ parijñātuṃ mayā kṛtamidaṃ bṛhat /
kṛpānidhiratho devo yathāpūrvamakalpayat

dagdhānapyakhilām̐llokānpūrvataḥ śobhanānvibhuḥ /
kalpayāmāsa viśvātmā vīrabhadramathābravīt

āliṃgyāghrāya śirasi tāṃbūlaṃ dattavānharaḥ /
athāsau hanumānīśa pūjanaṃ kṛtavānatha

ekaṃ vanacaraṃ tatra gaṃdharvaṃ savipaṃcikam /
idamāha mahāvīṇā mama vai dīyatāmiti

gaṃdharvo na mayā tyājyā vīṇā prāṇasamā mama /
mamāpi prāṇasadṛśī vīṇetyāha kapīśvaraḥ

atha muṣṭinipātena gaṃdharve patite kapiḥ /
ādāya vīṇāṃ mahatīṃ svarataṃtusamanvitām

alābusaṃyutāṃ kṛtvā rājavṛkṣaphalākṛtim /
tasyorasi vinikṣipya gāyannāgācchivāṃtikam

bṛhatīkusumaiḥ śuddhairdevapādāvapūjayat /
tasmai varamatha prādādākalpaṃ jīvitaṃ punaḥ

samudralaṃghane śaktiṃ varaṃ prādādathāparam

samastabhūṣāsuvibhūṣitāṃgaḥ svadīptimaṃdīkṛtadevadīptiḥ /
prasannamūrtistaruṇaḥ śivāṅgakaḥ saṃbhāvayāmāsa samastadevān

pītamudgamanīyaṃ ca samādāya maheśvaraḥ /
pītavastramidaṃ deva tvaṃ gṛhāṇa hare śubham

brahmaṇe raktavasanaṃ sarveṣāṃ vasudastathā /
devarṣidānavādīnāṃ dattavānvasuyugmakam

rāmopi caitadākarṇya śaṃbhave yugmamarpayat /
susūkṣmaṃ bahumūlyaṃ ca svarṇabhūṣaṇameva ca

atha bhuktvā sukhāsīnaḥ sāmātyaḥ sapurohitaḥ /
nānāmunigaṇairbhūpairvānarairgautamī taṭe

śaṃbhuṃ purāṇatattvajñaṃ rāghavo vākyamabravīt /
tvameva sarvaṃ jānīṣe sarvadharmaguhāśayam

kasminkasminyuge brahmankiṃviśiṣṭaṃ vadasva me /
śaṃbhuruvāca-
dhyānameva kṛte śreṣṭhaṃ tretāyāṃ yajña eva ca

dvāpare cārcanaṃ tiṣye dānaṃ ca harikīrtanam /
sarvaṃ ca śastaṃ sarvatra dhyānaṃ na ca kalau yuge

narāṇāṃ mugdhacittatvātkṛcchrasthānāṃ viśāṃpate /
na dharme niyatābuddhirna vede naiva ca smṛtau

na kratau na svadhākāre purāṇānāṃ ca na śrutau /
na yajñena ca tīrtheṣu na ca śuśrūṣaṇe satām

nejyāyāṃ devatānāṃ ca na svajātīyakarmmaṇi /
na devasmaraṇenāpi na ca kvāpi vṛṣe nṛpa

ataśca dīrghakālānāṃ puṇyānāmakṣamā narāḥ /
dānaṃ tu svalpakālatvātkartuṃ śaknoti mānavaḥ

ataśca kaliduṣṭānāṃ prāyaścitaṃ na vidyate /
keṣāṃcitpāpanāśaḥ syātprāyaścittaistu nānyathā

brahmajñānī gayāśrāddhī kāśīgaṃtā śrutau rataḥ /
purāṇajñāvamāścaite śrotā tasya ca rāghava

yugānāmanusāreṇa tathārthasya vivecanāt /
sva para pratyayotpādātparabrahmaprakāśanāt

purāṇavaktā sarvasmādbrāhmaṇastu viśiṣyate /
tenāpi ca kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ na sajyetkimutānyataḥ

anyeṣāmapi keṣāṃcitpurāṇaṃ pāpanāśanam /
yaḥ purāṇeṣu viśvāsī vaktāraṃ manyate gurum

brahmavidyāpradātāraṃ viśeṣaṃ jñātibaṃdhutaḥ /
tasya pāpāni sarvāṇi vilayaṃ yāntyasaṃśayam

atha śrīśailagamanaṃ pūjakasya maheśituḥ /
ataḥ kalau manuṣyāṇāṃ purāṇaṃ pāpanāśanam

purā kaliyuge rāma vṛttaṃ saṃkīrtaye śṛṇu /
āsīttu gautamo nāma brāhmaṇo vedavarjitaḥ

tasya puṣṭiḥ paśuścāstāṃ bhrātarau vedavarjitau /
tābhyāṃ saha kṛṣiṃ cakre tatra vṛddhimavāpa ca

dhanadhānyādikaṃ kiṃcidrājānaṃ dattavānatha /
uvāca vacanaṃ kiṃcidadhikāraṃ nirūpaya

arthaṃ na gamayiṣyāmi tau śaktau bhrātarau mama /
rājovāca-
brāhmaṇasyādhikāro hi vaidike dharmakarmaṇi

tadanyatra niyuktasya brāhmaṇyaṃ vipraṇaśyati /
gautama uvāca-
yugeṣvanyeṣu dharmoyaṃ kalidharmo na tādṛśaḥ

bhūpati tvaṃ hi bhūpāla nṛpāṇāṃ dharma ucyate /
brāhmaṇaśca parikṣīṇastaṃ kurvannaiva duṣyati

śūdrāṇāṃ tu kṛṣirddharmo nāpadyapyagrajanmanaḥ /
tasmātkṣattreṇa vartiṣye grāmānmama samādiśa

anyatra cātra kṣattreṇa vartanaṃ mama rocate /
anyanna tu tathetyukto dadau grāmāndvijanmanaḥ

grāmādhikāraduṣṭasya vartanaṃ tvanyathābhavat /
abhakṣi māṃsaṃ cāpāyi surā cābhāṣi durvacaḥ

parayoṣā tathā gāmi parasvaṃ pratyahāri ca /
akrīḍi dyūtamasakṛtkalaṃjaṃ cādi durbhujā

nāpūji jagatāmīśaḥ śivo vā viṣṇureva vā /
evaṃ kālena durvṛttaṃ rājā vākyamabhāṣata

vipra vipratvamutsṛjya śūdratvaṃ prāptavānasi /
tasmānniyogadharmeṇa bhavaṃtaṃ bhraṃśayāmi ca

māstu vipratvamadyaiva śūdrataiva varaṃ mama /
tadṛte yadi viprāste na bhokṣyaṃti varaṃ mama

na hi sarvamidaṃ tyaktuṃ śaktohaṃ pṛthivīpate /
śaṃbhuruvāca-
evaṃ vadati durvipre rājā tūṣṇīmatiṣṭhata

sa tu vai śūdratulyaśca bubhujennaṃ sahāmiṣam /
kadācidatha durvṛttaḥ pratolīmaṃḍapasthitaḥ

dvijena paṭhyamānaṃ tu padyaṃ tu śrutavānidam /
hṛdaye padyametattu dvijeritamatiṣṭhata

parātparataraṃ yāṃti nārāyaṇaparāyaṇāḥ /
na te tatra gamiṣyaṃti ye dviṣaṃti maheśvaram

vyākhyānamapi ca śrutvā paurāṇikamabhāṣata /
kīdṛṅnārāyaṇaḥ proktaḥ kīdṛśopi maheśvaraḥ

kiṃ paraṃ tvayanaṃ proktaṃ dveṣaḥ kīdṛgudāhṛtaḥ /
kiṃ tatparamiti khyātaṃ tataḥ parataraṃ ca kim

paurāṇika uvāca-
paraṃ tadbrahmaṇaḥ sthānaṃ sukhavyaktaikalakṣaṇam /
tataḥ parataraṃ viṣṇorddhāma tadbrahmaṇodhikam

avināśitayā tattu kīrtitaṃ paramaṃ padam /
tanmadhye puruṣo viṣṇustadaṃga paramaṃ vibhuḥ

āpo hi narajanmatvānnārāḥ proktā manīṣibhiḥ /
nārāścāsyāyanaṃ yasmāttena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ

tatparaṃ vartanaṃ yeṣāṃ te proktāstatparāyaṇāḥ /
mahadādīni tatvāni yāni teṣāṃ ya īśvaraḥ

sūryāgniśaśinetro'sau maheśaḥ syādumāpatiḥ /
dveṣo hi vairaṃ vijñeyamīśvare paramātmani

śaṃbhuruvāca-
evaṃ purāṇabhaṭṭena samīritamidaṃ vacaḥ /
ciṃtayanpunarapyāha mādṛśasya kathaṃ gatiḥ

paurāṇiko'tha taṃ prāha śṛṇu vakṣyāmi te gatim /
kuru sarveṇa yatnena prāyaścittaṃ yathāvidhi

dharmaṃ cara yathāśakti yathākālaṃ yathāvidhi /
vimuktapāpaḥ paścāttvamuttamāṃ gatimeṣyasi

purāṇamathavā nityaṃ śṛṇuṣvāvahitaśca san /
nirāśo vā maheśānaṃ pūjayasva pinākinam

devaṃ vā puṃḍarīkākṣaṃ keśavaṃ kleśanāśanam /
saṃnyāsamathavā nityaṃ brahmajñānaparo bhava

athavā gaccha kāśīśaṃ muktau vā mṛtimāpnuhi /
gayāṃ vā gaccha tatra tvaṃ śrāddhaṃ kartuṃ prayatnataḥ

athavā sarvavedānāṃ sāraṃ pātakanāśanam /
rudraṃ rudrapriyakaraṃ japa pratyahamādarāt

śrīśailamathavā gaccha kedāramathavecchayā /
athavā prativarṣe tu māghasnānaṃ pravartaya

kimatra bahunoktena dharmabhaktaḥ sadā bhava /
naivaṃ narakavāsaste bhavitā tu dvijādhama

gautama uvāca-
śrutvā sarvaṃ kariṣyāmi purāṇaṃ bhavato mukhāt /
śāstraṃ viśvāsahetuṃ ca varjaṃ cāpi vadasva me

paurāṇika uvāca-
varjyaṃ māṃsaṃ surā'nyastrī bhogo dyūtaṃ vikatthanam /
pāruṣyamanṛtaṃ māyā devadevaviniṃdanam

gurūṇāṃ suravṛddhānāṃ purāṇasmṛtibhāṣiṇām /
niṃdanaṃ śvetavṛṃtākaṃ kṛtakālābuvartanam

bījapūraṃ kusuṃbhaṃ ca lohitaṃ śṛṃgameva ca /
araruṃ nālikeraṃ ca kūṣmāṃḍakaṃ tathaiva ca

kovidāraphalaṃ tailapakvaṃ mānavajaṃ payaḥ /
vārdhrīṇasa kharī dugdhaṃ sūtikā kṣīramāvikam

auṣṭramekaśaphakṣīraṃ mārgamājaṃ nṛsaṃbhavam /
vivatsāsaṃdhinīkṣīraṃ lavaṇaṃ caiva yogi yat

nālikerarasaṃ kāṃsye tāmre madhu ca sīsake /
kāce takraṃ karaṃbhāṃśca ghṛtāktānnaiva kārayet

homaṃ tu mṛṇmaye pātre puroḍāśaṃ tu rājate /
na seveta paraṃ loke śubhārthī tu vicakṣaṇaḥ

pātrāṃtaścūrṇalepo'pi tatra bhakṣaṇameva ca /
kramukasya tathā bhakṣaścūrṇapatrasya caiva hi

kramukasyāpi pakvasya bhakṣaṇaṃ kramiyoginaḥ /
pāyase lavaṇaṃ caiva kevalaṃ ca karārpitam

siṃdhusaurāṣṭrakāṃbojamāgadheṣu ca siṃhale /
na doṣāya bhavettatra kṣīraṃ ca lavaṇānvitam

kṣīrāṇi ca samastāni lavaṇāni ca yogataḥ /
deśeṣvanyeṣu doṣāya pāne caiveha saṃśayaḥ

kimatra bahunoktena sadbhirniṃdyaṃ vivarjayet /
śaṃbhuruvāca-
evaṃ tasya vacaḥ śrutvā brāhmaṇasya mahātmanaḥ

svameva bhavanaṃ gatvā ciṃtayāmāsa duḥkhitaḥ /
rātrau mṛtyurdivā ceti na jānāti mahānapi

paraloke sukhaṃ duḥkhamiha bhogavinodanam /
krimikīṭamanuṣyādyaiḥ sukha duḥkhaiḥ pṛthakpṛthak

pratijīvaṃtu hetūnāṃ bhedo'pi suviniścayaḥ /
ekasyāpi hi jīvasya nāsti caikavidhā sthitiḥ

janmakāle mahā'jñānaṃ śaiśavetyalpabodhanam /
skhalatpadelpavijñānaṃ bālye cālpaṃ tathaiva ca

kaumāre krīḍanaratiryauvane viṣayoṣitam /
yauvane vinivṛtte tu dravyasaṃpādaneṣaṇā

vārddhake bhogalipsā ca na bhoktuṃ kṣamatepi ca /
dūṣikā śleṣmalālābhirvalīpalitakaṃpanaiḥ

śvāsakāsānilākṣiptairhṛṣīkairvikalairyutaḥ /
kiṃciddhartuṃ na śaknoti na ca jānāti kiṃcana

tiṣṭhaṃtīṣu parastrīṣu guhyasthānaṃ pradarśayet /
kośakaṃḍūyanaparaḥ krūro jīvitalakṣaṇaiḥ

kaṃḍūyate sphicau vastramuddhṛtya ca vicālayan /
bhuṃjānaḥ śleṣmaṇā grāsaṃ grasituṃ na ca śaknuyāt

yadā kāsastadā jajñe pāyuvāyuśca śabdavān /
niḥsṛtiśca malasyāpi śleṣmanirgama eva ca

snuṣādibhartsanaṃ bāla tālahāsyanidarśanam /
gurunirgamanādīni saṃciṃtya ca punaḥ punaḥ

āhūto bhojanādyarthaṃ bhojyānnādi viniṃdayan /
ciramuṣṇaṃ ca nirbhartsya punaściṃtāmavāpa saḥ

atiduṣkṛtikarmmāhaṃ kathaṃ bhokṣye kathaṃ svape /
kathaṃ tiṣṭhe kathaṃ gacche paralokaḥ kathaṃ bhavet

iti ciṃtākulo nityaṃ na namatyaparānvitaḥ /
dvijasya sadanaṃ gatvā purāṇajñasya rāghava

lajjāvākkṛtavaktraśca kiṃkaromītyabhāṣata /
na kiṃcidapyuvācāsau dvijaḥ paurāṇikastadā

pāpoyamiti vijñāya śiṣyeṇa niragāmayat /
gautamopi vinirgamya dvāryeva ca bahiḥ sthitaḥ

bhuvyāsīnaṃ tu vijñāya purāṇārthavicārakam /
kathaṃ kathamapi prāpya pīṭhaṃ dattaṃ ca nābhajat

niṣaṇṇo bhūtale rāma purāṇajñamabhāṣata /
prāyaścittaṃ kariṣyāmi tadatraiva vidhīyatām

brāhmaṇa uvāca-
pāpāni kīrtayasva tvaṃ sarvathaiva kṛtāni tu /
sa cāpi nā'kṛtaṃ kiṃcinmayā pāpamitīrayan

rudanpapāta bhūmyāṃ ca kathaṃ tāteti pīḍitaḥ /
brāhmaṇastamatha prāha prāyaścittaṃ na vidyate

mahāpāpaṃ trirāvṛtte punaśca yadi cetkṛtam /
gautama uvāca-
paurāṇika mahābhāga prāpyāpi tvāmahaṃ katham

pāpayukto dvijaśreṣṭha saṃgatirviphalā bhavet /
paurāṇika uvāca-
śāstraṃ pramāṇaṃ sarveṣāṃ prāyaścittavinirṇaye

tadvinā yo hi taṃ brūyātprāyāścittaṃ na tadbhavet /
sakṛtkṛte sakṛtproktaṃ dvitīye dviguṇaṃ bhavet

tṛtīye triguṇaṃ proktaṃ caturthe nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ /
tvayā kṛtaṃ tu bahudhā caturvidhamapīcchayā

kathaṃ vaktumahaṃ śaktaḥ prāyaścittaṃ bhavādṛśe /
gautamo'pi punaḥ prāha kva gaṃtavyaṃ mayeti ca /
upavāsatrayaṃ kṛtvā śivarātrimaviṃdata

caturthamupavāsaṃ ca cakārātīva duḥkhitaḥ /
pāraṇaṃ cāpyamāyāṃ sa kṛtavānphalavalkalaiḥ

atha pradakṣiṇaṃ cakre śrīśailasya ca sa dvijaḥ /
gatavānmaṃdiraṃ paścācciṃtayātikṛśaḥ śvasan

kathaṃ pāpanivṛttirme tūṣṇīṃbhūtasya setsyati /
anaṃtamavicāryaṃ kiṃ pāpaṃ ca sumahattaram

śrutvā na kopi me brūyātprāyaścittaṃ vidhīyatām /
kiṃtu kasminpurāṇe tu śrute jñātaṃ bhaviṣyati

iti kṛtvā matiṃ sotha purāṇajñamabhāṣata /
purāṇamekaṃ me tāta vyākhyātu bhagavāniti

jātakarmādisaṃskārānkārayasva mamāśu vai /
dvijo bhūtvā śṛṇomyadya prāyaścittaṃ karomyataḥ

vidhāyakaṃ purāṇaṃ me bhaviṣyati ca kīrtitam /
ataḥ śakyaṃ kariṣyāmi purāṇārthaṃ viniścayan

paurāṇika uvāca-
yathāvatkīrtayiṣyāmi purāṇaṃ pāpanāśanam /
yathājñānaṃ yathāśakti yathāśuddhaṃ yathāvidhi

kiṃ vāṃcchasi purāṇaṃ tu kīrtayiṣye tadeva tu /
gautama uvāca-
sarvaṃ ruci purāṇaṃ me vaktavyaṃ kiṃ hitaṃ vada

śrute yasminbhidā naiva jāyate tu harīśayoḥ /
paurāṇika uvāca-
kaurmoktaṃ yatpurāṇaṃ taddevayorabhidābhidham

śṛṇoti yastatprathamaṃ tasya pāpaṃ vinaśyati /
tasya vaktā tu yo viprastasya vighnāṃtaraṃ bhavet

śrotavyaṃ manyate pāpo yadi bhāryā vinaśyati /
kiṃcaikaṃ duṣkaraṃ vakṣye śroturvakturaniṃdakam

vyākhyātari yadi prītirddharmādeva prakāśinī /
ācāradarśane puṇye karmamokṣādidarśake

tadā tuṣṭo maheśaḥ syādviṣṇuriṣṭaphalapradaḥ /
pitarastāritāstena yāṃti te paramāṃ gatim

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe śivarāghavasaṃvāde caturdaśottaraśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ