Padma Purana · Chapter 5.22

sumatiruvāca/
atha sarvaṃ dinaṃ nītvā harismaraṇakīrtanaiḥ /
rātrau suṣvāpa gaṃgāyā rodhasyuruphalaprade

dadarśa svapnamadhye tu sa svātmānaṃ caturbhujam /
śaṃkhacakragadāpadmaśārṅgakodaṃḍadhāriṇam

nṛtyaṃtaṃ puruṣottamasya purataḥ śarvādi devaiḥ saha /
śrīmadbhiḥ svatanūyutairarigadāṃbūtthābjahetyādibhiḥ /
viṣvaksenavarairgaṇaiḥ sutanubhiḥ śrīśaṃsadopāsitaṃ /
dṛṣṭvā vismayamāpa lokaviṣayaṃ harṣaṃ tathātyadbhutam

dadataṃ manaso'bhīṣṭaṃ puruṣottamasaṃjñitam /
ātmānaṃ ca kṛpāpātramamanyata mahāmatiḥ

ityevaṃ svapnaviṣaye dadarśa nṛpasattamaḥ /
prātaḥ prabuddho viprāya jagāda svapnamīkṣitam

tacchrutvā vāḍavo dhīmānkathayāmāsa vismitaḥ /
rājaṃstvayāsau dṛṣṭo yaḥ puruṣottamasaṃjñitaḥ

dāsyate śaṃkhacakrādicihnitāṃ svatanuṃ hariḥ /
iti śrutvā tu tadvākyaṃ ratnagrīvo mahāmanāḥ

dāpayāmāsa dānāni dīnānāṃ mānasocitam /
snātvā gaṃgābdhisaṃyoge tarpayitvā pitṝnsurān

gāyanhariguṇagrāmaṃ pratyaikṣata ca darśanam /
tato madhyāhnasamaye dividuṃdubhayo muhuḥ

jaghnuḥ surakarāghāta bahuśabdasuśabditāḥ /
akasmātpuṣpavṛṣṭiśca babhūva nṛpamastake

dhanyosi nṛpavaryastvaṃ nīlaṃ paśyākṣigocaram

śṛṇotīti yadā vākyaṃ nṛpo devapraṇoditam /
tadā sa sūryakoṭīnāmadhikāṃti dharodbhutaḥ

rājño'kṣigocaro jāto nīlanāmā mahāgiriḥ /
rājataiḥ kānakaiḥ śṛṃgaiḥ samaṃtātparirājitaḥ

kimagniḥ prajvalatyeṣa dvitīyaḥ kimu bhāskaraḥ /
kimayaṃ vaidyutaḥ puṃjo hyakasmātsthirakāṃtidhṛk

tāpasa brāhmaṇo dṛṣṭvā nīlaprasthaṃ suśobhitam /
rājñe nivedayāmāsa eṣa puṇyo mahāgiriḥ

tacchrutvā nṛpatiśreṣṭhaḥ śirasā praṇanāma ha /
dhanyo'smi kṛtakṛtyo'smi nīlo me dṛṣṭigocaraḥ

amātyo rājapatnī ca karambastaṃtuvāyakaḥ /
nīladarśanasaṃhṛṣṭā babhūvuḥ puruṣarṣabha

paṃcaite vijaye kāle nīlaparvatamāruhan /
mahāduṃdubhinirghoṣāñcchṛṇvanto hyamaraiḥ kṛtān

tasyoparitane śṛṃge citrapādaparājite /
dadarśa hāṭakābaddhaṃ devālayamanuttamam

brahmāgatya sadā pūjāṃ karoti parameṣṭhinaḥ /
naivedyaṃ kurute yatra harisaṃtoṣakārakam

dṛṣṭvātha tatra vimalaṃ devāyatanamuttamam /
praviveśa parīvāraiḥ paṃcabhiḥ saha saṃvṛtaḥ

tatra dṛṣṭvā jātarūpe mahāmaṇivicitrite /
siṃhāsane virājaṃtaṃ caturbhujamanoharam

caṃḍa pracaṃḍa vijaya jayādibhirupāsitam /
praṇanāma sapatnīko rājā sevakasaṃyutaḥ

praṇamya paramātmānaṃ mahārājaḥ surottamam /
snāpayāmāsa vidhivadvedoktaiḥ snānamaṃtrakaiḥ

arghyapādyādikaṃ cakre prītena manasā nṛpaḥ /
caṃdanena vilipyainaṃ suvastre vinivedya ca

dhūpamārārtikaṃ kṛtvā sarvasvādumanoharam /
naivedyaṃ bhagavanmūrtyai nyavedayadatho nṛpaḥ

praṇamya ca stutiṃ cakre tāpasabrāhmaṇena ca /
yathāmatiguṇagrāmaguṃphitastotrasaṃcayaiḥ

rājovāca/
ekastvaṃ puruṣaḥ sākṣādbhagavānprakṛteḥ paraḥ /
kāryakāraṇato bhinno mahattattvādipūjitaḥ

tvannābhikamalājjajñe brahmā sṛṣṭivicakṣaṇaḥ /
tathā saṃhārakartā ca rudrastvannetrasaṃbhavaḥ

tvayājñaptaḥ karotyasya viśvasya pariceṣṭitam /
tvatto jātaṃ purāṇādyajjagatsthāsnu cariṣṇu ca

cetanāśaktimāviśya tvamenaṃ cetayasyaho /
tava janma tu nāstyeva nāṃtastava jagatpate /
vṛddhikṣayaparīṇāmāstvayi saṃtyeva no vibho

tathāpi bhaktarakṣārthaṃ dharmasthāpanahetave /
karoṣi janmakarmāṇi hyanurūpaguṇāni ca

tvayā mātsyaṃ vapurdhṛtvā śaṃkhastu nihatosuraḥ /
vedāḥ surakṣitā brahmanmahāpuruṣapūrvaja

śeṣo na vetti mahi te bhāratyapi maheśvarī /
kimutānye mahāviṣṇo mādṛśāstu kubuddhayaḥ

manasā tvāṃ na cāpnoti vāgiyaṃ parameśvarī /
tasmādahaṃ kathaṃ tvāṃ vai stotuṃ syāmīśvaraḥ prabho

iti stutvā sa śirasā praṇāmamakaronmuhuḥ /
gadgadasvarasaṃyukto romaharṣāṃkitāṃgakaḥ

iti stutyā prahṛṣṭātmā bhagavānpuruṣottamaḥ /
uvāca vacanaṃ satyaṃ rājānaṃ prati sārthakam

śrībhagavānuvāca/
tava stutyā praharṣo'bhūnmama rājanmahāmate /
jānīhi tvaṃ mahārāja māṃ ca prakṛtitaḥ param

naivedyabhakṣaṇaṃ tvaṃ hi śīghraṃ kuru manoharam /
caturbhujatvamāptaḥ sangaṃtāsi paramaṃ padam

tvatkṛtstutiratnena yo māṃ stoṣyati mānavaḥ /
tasyāpi darśanaṃ dāsye bhuktimuktivarapradam

ityevaṃ vacanaṃ rājā śrutvā bhagavatoditam /
naivedyabhakṣaṇaṃ cakre caturbhiḥ saha sevakaiḥ

tato vimānaṃ saṃprāptaṃ kiṃkiṇījālamaṃḍitam /
apsarovṛṃdasaṃsevyaṃ sarvabhogasamanvitam

puruṣottamasaṃjñaṃ ca paśyanrājā sa dhārmikaḥ /
vavaṃde caraṇau tasya kṛpāpātrakṛtātmakaḥ

tadājñayā vimāne sa āruhya mahilāyutaḥ /
jagāma paśyatastasya divi vaikuṃṭhamadbhutam

maṃtrī dharmaparo rājñaḥ sarvadharmaviduttamaḥ /
yayau sākaṃ vimānena lalanāvṛndasevitaḥ

tāpasabrāhmaṇastatra sarvatīrthāvagāhakaḥ /
caturbhujatvaṃ saṃprāpto yayau devairvimānibhiḥ

karaṃbo'pi mahārāja gānapuṇyena darśanam /
prāpto yayau surāvāsaṃ sarvadevādidurllabham

sarve pracalitā viṣṇulokaṃ paramamadbhutam /
caturbhujāḥ śaṃkhacakragadāpāthojadhāriṇaḥ

sarve meghaśriyaḥ śuddhā lasadaṃbhojapāṇayaḥ /
hārakeyūrakaṭakairbhūṣitāṃgā yayurdivam

tadvimānāvalīrdṛṣṭvā lokaiḥ prakṛtibhistadā /
duṃdubhīnāṃ tu nirghoṣastaiḥ kṛtaḥ karṇagocaraḥ

tadaiko brāhmaṇo hyāsīdviṣṇupādābjavallabhaḥ /
gatastadvirahākṛṣṭacetā jātaścaturbhujaḥ

taccitraṃ vīkṣya lokāste praśaṃsaṃto mahodayam /
gaṃgāsāgarasaṃyoge snātvā'gustaṃ puraṃ prati

aho bhāgyaṃ bhūmipate ratnagrīvasya sanmateḥ /
jagāmānena dehena tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam

rājannasau nīlagiriḥ puruṣottamasatkṛtaḥ /
yaṃ vīkṣyaiva vrajaṃtyaddhā vaikuṃṭhaṃ paramāyanam

etannīlasya māhātmyaṃ yaḥ śṛṇoti sa bhāgyavān /
yaḥ śrāvayati lokānvai tau gacchetāṃ paraṃ padam

etacchrutvā tu duḥsvapno naśyati smṛtimātrataḥ /
prāṃte saṃsāranistāraṃ dadāti puruṣottamaḥ

yo'sau nīlādhivāsī ca sa rāmaḥ puruṣottamaḥ /
sītāsākṣānmahālakṣmīḥ sarvakāraṇakāraṇam

hayamedhaṃ caritvā sa lokānvai pāvayiṣyati /
yannāmabrahmahatyāyāḥ prāyaścitte pradiśyate

idānīṃ tvaddhayaḥ prāpto nīleparvatasattame /
puruṣottamadevaṃ tvaṃ namaskuru mahāmate

tatra niṣpāpino bhūtvā yāsyāmaḥ paramaṃ padam /
yasya prasādādbahavo nistīrṇā bhavasāgarāt

evaṃ pravadatastasya prāpto'śvo nīlaparvatam /
vāyuvegena pṛthivīṃ kurvansaṃkṣuṇṇamaṃḍalām

tadā rājāpi tatpṛṣṭhacārī nīlābhidhaṃ girim /
prāpto gaṃgābdhisaṃyoge snātvāgātpuruṣottamam

stutvā natvā ca deveśaṃ surāsuranamaskṛtam /
jātaṃ kṛtārthamātmānamamanyata sa śatruhā

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe nīlagirimahimavarṇanaṃnāma dvāviṃśo'dhyāyaḥ