Padma Purana · Chapter 5.33

śeṣa uvāca/
gacchatsu rathivaryeṣu śatrughnādiṣu bhūriṣu /
mahārājeṣu sarveṣu rathakoṭiyuteṣu ca

akasmādabhavanmārge tamaḥ paramadāruṇam /
yasminsvīyo na pārakyo lakṣyate jñātibhirnaraiḥ

rajasā vyāvṛtaṃ vyoma vidyutstanitasaṃkulam /
etādṛśe tu saṃmarde mahābhayakare tataḥ

meghā varṣaṃti rudhiraṃ pūyāmedhyādikaṃ bahu /
atyākulā babhūvuste vīrāḥ paramavairiṇaḥ

ākulīkṛtaloke tu kimidaṃ kimiti sthitiḥ /
tamovyāptāni lokānāṃ cakṣūṃṣi prathitaujasām

jahārāśvaṃ rāvaṇasya suhṛtpātālasaṃsthitaḥ /
vidyunmālīti vikhyāto rākṣasaśreṇisaṃvṛtaḥ

kāmage suvimāne tu sarvāyasaniṣeviṇi /
ārūḍho'śvaṃ tu vīrāṇāṃ bhayaṃ kurvañjahāra ha

muhūrtāttattamo naṣṭamākāśaṃ vimalaṃ babhau /
vīrāḥ śatrughnamukhyāste procuḥ kutra hayo'sti saḥ

te sarve hayarājaṃ tu lokayaṃtaḥ parasparam /
dadṛśurna yadā vāhaṃ hāhākārastadābhavat

kutrāśvo hayamedhasya kena nītaḥ kubuddhinā /
iti vācamavocaṃste tāvatsa danujeśvaraḥ

dadṛśe subhaṭaiḥ sarvai rathasthaiḥ śauryaśobhitaiḥ /
vimānavaramārūḍhai rākṣasāgryaiḥ samāvṛtaḥ

dumurkhā vikarālāsyā laṃbadaṃṣṭrā bhayānakāḥ /
rākṣasāstatra dṛśyaṃte sainyagrāsāya codyatāḥ

tadā taṃ vedayāmāsuḥ śatrughnaṃ nṛvarottamam /
hayo nīto na jānīmaḥ khe vimānavilāsinā

tamasā vyākulānkṛtvā vīrānasmānsamāyayau /
jagrāha nṛpaśārdūla hayaṃ kuru yathocitam

śatrughnastadvacaḥ śrutvā mahāroṣasamāvṛtaḥ /
ko'styeṣa rākṣaso yo me hayaṃ jagrāha vīryavān

vimānaṃ tatpatatvadya madbāṇavrajanirhatam /
patatvadya śirastasya kṣuraprairmama vairiṇaḥ

sajjīyaṃtāṃ rathāḥ sarvairmahāśastrāstrapūritāḥ /
yāṃtu taṃ pratisaṃhartuṃ yoddhāro vājihāriṇam

ityuktvā roṣatāmrākṣa uvāca nijamaṃtriṇam /
nayānayavidaṃ śūraṃ yuddhakāryaviśāradam

śatrughna uvāca/
maṃtrinkathaya ke yojyā rākṣasasya vadhodyatāḥ /
mahāśastrā mahāśūrāḥ paramāstraviduttamāḥ

kathayāśu vicāryaivaṃ tatkaromi bhavadvacaḥ /
vīrānkathaya tasyaivaṃ yogyānsarvāstrakovidān

etacchrutvā tu sacivaḥ prāha vākyaṃ yathocitam /
vīrānraṇavare yogyāndarśayaṃstarasā natān

sumatiruvāca/
jetuṃ gacchatu tadrakṣaḥ samare vijayodyataḥ /
mahāśastrāstrasaṃyuktaḥ puṣkalaḥ paratāpanaḥ

tathā lakṣmīnidhiryātu śastrasaṃghasamanvitaḥ /
karotu tasya yānasya bhaṃgaṃ tīkṣṇaiḥ svasāyakaiḥ

hanūmāndhṛṣṭakarmātra rākṣasairyodhituṃ kṣamaḥ /
karotu mukhapucchābhyāṃ tāḍanaṃ rakṣasāṃ prabho

vānarā api ye vīrā raṇakarmaviśāradāḥ /
gacchaṃtu te'khilā yoddhuṃ tavavākyapraṇoditāḥ

sumadaśca subāhuśca pratāpāgryaśca sattamāḥ /
gacchaṃtu sāyakaistīkṣṇaistānyoddhuṃ rākṣasādhamān

bhavānapi mahāśastraparivāro rathe sthitaḥ /
karotu yuddhe vijayaṃ rākṣasaṃ haṃtumudyataḥ

etanmama mataṃ rājanye yodhāstatpramardanāḥ /
te gacchaṃtu raṇe śūrāḥ kimanyairbahubhirbhaṭaiḥ

ityuktavati vīrāgrye'mātye sumatisaṃjñike /
śatrughnaḥ kathayāmāsa vīrānsaṃgrāmakovidān

bho vīrāḥ puṣkalādyā ye sarvaśastrāstrakovidāḥ /
te vadaṃtu pratijñāṃ vai matpuro rākṣasārdane

kṛtvā pratijñāṃ vipulāṃ svaparākramaśobhinīm /
gacchaṃtu raṇamadhye hi bhavaṃto balasaṃyutāḥ

iti vākyaṃ samākarṇya śatrughnasya mahābalāḥ /
svāṃ svāṃ pratijñāṃ mahatīṃ cakruste tejasānvitāḥ

tatrādau puṣkalo vīraḥ śrutvā vākyaṃ mahīpateḥ /
paramotsāhasaṃpannaḥ pratijñāmūcivānimām

puṣkala uvāca/
śṛṇuṣva nṛpaśārdūla matpratijñāṃ parākramāt /
vihitāṃ sarvalokānāṃ śṛṇvatāṃ paramādbhutām

cenna kuryāṃ kṣuraprāgraistīkṣṇaiḥ kodaṃḍanirgataiḥ /
daityaṃ mūrcchāsamākrāṃtaṃ kīrṇakeśākulānanam

kanyā svabhokturyatpāpaṃ yatpāpaṃ devaniṃdane /
tatpāpaṃ mama vai bhūyāccetkuryāṃ svavaco'nṛtam

yadimadbāṇanirbhinnāḥ sainikāḥ sumahābalāḥ /
na pataṃti mahārāja pratijñāṃ tatra me śṛṇu

viṣṇvīśayorvibhedaṃ yaḥ śivaśaktyoḥ karotyapi /
tatpāpaṃ mama vai bhūyāccenna kuryāmṛtaṃ vacaḥ

sarvaṃ madvākyamityuktaṃ raghunāthapadāṃbuje /
bhaktirme niścalā yāsti saiva satyaṃ kariṣyati

puṣkalasya pratijñāṃ tāṃ śrutvā lakṣmīnidhirnṛpaḥ /
pratijñāṃ vyadadhātsatyāṃ svaparākramaśobhitām

lakṣmīnidhiruvāca/
vedānāṃ niṃdanaṃ śrutvā āste yo maunivannaraḥ /
mānase rocayedyastu sarvadharmabahiṣkṛtaḥ

brāhmaṇo yo durācāro rasalākṣādivikrayī /
vikrīṇāti ca gāṃ mūḍho dhanalobhena mohitaḥ

mlecchakūpodakaṃ pītvā prāyaścittaṃ tu nācaret /
tatpāpaṃ mama vai bhūyādvimukhaścedbhavāmyaham

tatpratijñāmathāśrutya hanūmānraṇakovidaḥ /
rāmāṃghrismaraṇaṃ kṛtvā provāca vacanaṃ śubham

matsvāmīhṛdaye nityaṃ dhyeyo vai yogibhirmuhuḥ /
yaṃ devāḥ sāsurāḥ sarve namaṃti maṇimaulibhiḥ

rāmaḥ śrīmānayodhyāyāḥ patirlokeśapūjitaḥ /
taṃ smṛtvā yadbruve vākyaṃ tadvai satyaṃ bhavaṣyiti

rājankoyaṃ laghurdaityo durbalaḥ kāmage sthitaḥ /
kathayāśu mayā kāryamekena vinipātanam

meruṃ deveṃdrasahitaṃ lāṃgūlāgreṇa tolaye /
jaladhiṃ śoṣaye sarvaṃ sāṃvartaṃ vā pibāmyaham

rājñaḥ śrīraghunāthasya jānakyāḥ kṛpayā mama /
tannāsti bhūtale rājanyadasādhyaṃ kadā bhavet

etadvākyaṃ mayā proktamanṛtaṃ syādyadi prabho /
tadaiva raghunāthasya bhaktidūro bhavāmyaham

yaḥ śūdraḥ kapilāṃ gāṃ vai payobuddhyānupālayet /
tasya pāpaṃ mamaivāstu cetkuryāmanṛtaṃ vacaḥ

brāhmaṇīṃ gacchate mohācchūdraḥ kāmavimohitaḥ /
tasya pāpaṃ mamaivāstu cetkuryāmanṛtaṃ vacaḥ

yadghrāṇānnarakaṃ gacchetsparśanāccāpi rauravam /
tāṃ pibenmadirāṃ yo vā jihvāsvādena lolupaḥ

tasya yajjāyate pāpaṃ tanmamaivāstu niścitam /
cenna kuryāṃ pratijñātaṃ satyaṃ rāmakṛpābalāt

evamukte mahāvīrairyoddhārastarasā yutāḥ /
cakruḥ pratijñāṃ mahatīṃ svaparākramaśālinīm

śatrughno'pi vyadhāttatra pratijñāṃ paśyatāṃ nṛṇām /
sādhusādhu praśaṃsanvai tānvīrānyuddhakovidān

kathayāmi puro vaḥ svāṃ pratijñāṃ sattvaśobhitām /
tacchṛṇvaṃtu mahābhāgā yuddhotsāhasamanvitāḥ

cettasya śira āhatya pātayāmi na sāyakaiḥ /
vimānācca kabaṃdhācca bhinnaṃ chinnaṃ ca bhūtale

yatpāpaṃ kūṭasākṣyeṇa yatpāpaṃ svarṇacauryataḥ /
yatpāpaṃ brahmaniṃdāyāṃ tanmamāstvadya niścayāt

iti śatrughnasadvākyaṃ śrutvā te vīrapūjitāḥ /
dhanyosi rāghavabhrātaḥ kastvadanyo paro bhavet

tvayā vai nihato daityo devadānavaduḥkhadaḥ /
lavaṇo nāma lokeśa madhuputro mahābalaḥ

koyaṃ vai rākṣaso duṣṭaḥ kva cāsya balamalpakam /
kariṣyasi kṣaṇādeva tasya nāśaṃ mahāmate

ityuktvā te mahāvīrāḥ sajjībhūtā raṇāṃgaṇe /
pratijñāṃ svāmṛtāṃ kartuṃ yayuste rākṣasaṃ mudā

iti śrīpadmapurāṇe pātālakhaṃḍe śeṣavātsyāyanasaṃvāde rāmāśvamedhe vīrapratijñākathanaṃnāma trayastriṃśattamo'dhyāyaḥ