Padma Purana · Chapter 6.151

mahādeva uvāca /
asmāttīrthātparaṃ tīrthaṃ iṃdragrāmamiti smṛtam /
yatra snātvā purā śakro vimukto ghorakilbiṣāt

pārvatyuvāca/
keneha karmaṇā śakraḥ prāptavānghorakilbiṣam /
vipāpmā ca kathaṃ so'bhūditi vistarato vada

mahādeva uvāca/
iṃdraḥ sureśvaraḥ pūrvaṃ namuciścāsureśvaraḥ /
aśastravadhamanyo'nya samayaṃ tau pracakratuḥ

atheṃdrastu nabhovāṇīnirdeśānnamuciṃ tadā /
jaghāna phenamādāya brahmahatyā tadā'bhavat

papraccha ca guruṃ śakraḥ pāpanirnāśakāraṇam /
bṛhaspaterathādeśātsābhrāmatyuttare taṭe

asminsthāne samāgatya sthānaṃ cakre sureśvaraḥ /
tasyeha snānamātreṇa gatapāpasya tatkṣaṇāt

pūrṇeṃdudhavalākāṃtiḥ śarīre samajāyata /
dhavaleśvaramīśānaṃ sthāpayāmāsa vṛtrahā

iṃdra nāmnā ca talliṃgaṃ viśrutaṃ pṛthivītale /
pūrṇimāsyāṃ tathā darśe saṃkrāṃtau grahaṇe tathā

śrāddhe kṛte pitṝṇāṃ tu tṛptirdvādaśavārṣikī /
dhavaleśvaramāsādya yaḥ kuryādviprabhojanam

ekasminbhojite vipre sahasraṃ bhojitaṃ bhavet /
hiraṇyabhūmivāsāṃsi dātavyāni svaśaktitaḥ

śuklā gau brāhmaṇe deyā savatsā ca payasvinī /
atrāgatya tu yo vipro rudrajāpyādikaṃ caret

tatkṛtaṃ koṭiguṇitaṃ śrīmaheśaprasādataḥ /
atra tīrthe naro yastu upavāsādikaṃ caret

sa eva sarvakāmāḍhyo bhavatyeva na saṃśayaḥ /
bilvapatraṃ samānīya yaḥ pūjayati taṃ prabhum

dharmamarthaṃ ca kāmaṃ ca labhate mānavo bhuvi /
somavāre viśeṣeṇa ye gacchaṃti narottamāḥ

teṣāṃ rogaṃ tathā doṣaṃ śamayeddhavaleśvaraḥ /
ravau vā'tha viśeṣeṇa arcanaṃ kurute yadā

teṣāṃ mahimā tu bho devi na jñātaḥ karhicinmayā /
dūrvayā cārkapuṣpairvā kalhāraiḥ kamalairdalaiḥ

pūjanaṃ kurvate ye'tra te narāḥ puṇyabhāginaḥ /
śvetārkapuṣpamānīya dhavaleśaṃ prapūjya tu

vāṃcchitaṃ labhate nityaṃ dhavaleśaprasādataḥ /
kṛte vai nīlakaṃṭhastu sarveṣāṃ śaṃkaraḥ sadā

tretāyuge sa vikhyāto haro vai bhagavānprabhuḥ /
dvāpare śarvasaṃjñastu kalau vai dhavaleśvaraḥ

atrārthe yatpurāvṛttaṃ tacchṛṇuṣva sureśvari /
naṃdirnāma purā vaiśya iṃdragrāme samāvasat

śivadhyānaparo bhūtvā śivapūjāṃ cakāra saḥ /
nityaṃ tapovanasthaṃ hi liṃgaṃ dhavalasaṃjñakam

uṣasyuṣasi cotthāya pratyahaṃ śivavallabhaḥ /
naṃdī liṃgārcanarato babhūvātiśayena hi

yathāśāstreṇa vidhinā puṣpārcanaparo'bhavat /
ekadā mṛgayālubdhaḥ kirāto bhūtahiṃsakaḥ

pāpī pāpasamācāraścaransābhramatī taṭe /
aneka śvāpadākīrṇe hanyamāno mṛgānśaraiḥ

evaṃ vicaramāṇo'sau kirāto bhūtahiṃsakaḥ /
yadṛcchayāgatastatra yatra liṃgaṃ supūjitam

dhavaleśvaravikhyātaṃ anekāścaryamaṃḍitam /
dṛṣṭaṃ supūjitaṃ liṃgaṃ nānāpuṣpaiḥ phalaistathā

evaṃ liṃgaṃ samāliṃgya gataḥ sābhramatītaṭe /
tatra pītvā payaḥ so'tha mukhaṃ gaṃḍūṣapūritam

kṛtvā caikenahastena mṛgamāṃsaṃ samudvahan /
kareṇaikena pūjārthaṃ bilvapatrāṇi vai dadhat

śīghramāgatya liṃgāṃte padā pūjāṃ samāhanat /
puṣpāṇi tāni sarvāṇi vidhūtāni itastataḥ

snāpanaṃ tasya liṃgasya kṛtaṃ gaṃḍūṣavāriṇā /
kareṇaikena pūjārthaṃ bilvapatrāṇi so'rpayat

dvitīyena kareṇaiva mṛgamāṃsaṃ samarpayat /
daṃḍapraṇāmasaṃyuktaḥ saṃkalpaṃ manasā'karot

adyaprabhṛti pūjāṃ vai kariṣyāmi prayatnataḥ /
tvaṃ me svāmī ca bhakto'haṃ adyaprabhṛti śaṃkara

evaṃ niyamavānbhūtvā kirāto gṛhamāgamat /
tathā prabhātasamaye devāyatanamāgataḥ

naṃdī dadarśa taṃ sarvaṃ kirātena ca yatkṛtam /
avyavasthaṃ ca taṃ dṛṃṣṭvā amedhyaṃ śivasannidhau

vidhūtāni ca sarvāṇi hiṃsakena durātmanā /
ciṃtāyuktobhavannaṃdī jātaṃ kiṃ citramadya me

kathitāni ca vighnāni śivapūjāratasya hi /
upasthitāni tānyeva mama bhāgyaviparyayāt

evaṃ vimṛśya suciraṃ prakṣālya śivamaṃdiram /
yathāgatena mārgeṇa naṃdī svagṛhamāgamat

tato naṃdinamālakṣya purodhā gatamānasam /
abravīdvacanaṃ taṃ tu kasmāttvaṃ gatamānasaḥ

purohitaṃ prati tadā naṃdī vacanamabravīt /
adya dṛṣṭaṃ mayā vipra amedhyaṃ śivasannidhau

kenedaṃ kāritaṃ tatra na jānāmīha kiṃcana /
tataḥ purodhā vacanaṃ naṃdinaṃ cābravīttathā

yena viskhalitaṃ tatra puṣpādīnāṃ prapūjanam /
so'pi mūḍho na saṃdehaḥ kāryākāryeṣu maṃdadhīḥ

tasmācciṃtā na kartavyā tvayā punarapi prabho /
prabhāte ca mayā sārddhaṃ gamyatāṃ tacchivālayam

nirīkṣaṇārthaṃ duṣṭasya tasya daṃḍaṃkaromyaham /
etacchrutvā tu vacanaṃ naṃdī tasya purodhasaḥ

āsthitaḥ svagṛhe naktaṃ dūyamānena cetasā /
tasyāṃ rātryāṃ vyatītāyāṃ āhūya ca purodhasam

gataḥ śivālayaṃ naṃdī samaṃtena mahātmanā /
prakṣālya pūjanaṃ kṛtvā nānāratnaparicchadam

paṃcopacārasaṃyuktaṃ kṛtvā vai brāhmaṇaiḥ saha /
evaṃ yāmadvayaṃ jātaṃ stūyamānasya naṃdinaḥ

āyāto'sau mahākālastathārūpo mahābalaḥ /
kālarūpo mahāraudro dhanuṣpāṇiḥ pratāpavān

taṃ dṛṣṭvā bhayasaṃtrasto naṃdī tatra nyalīyata /
purodhāścaiva sahasā bhayabhītastadābhavat

kirātena kṛtaṃ tatra yathāpūrvamaviskhalan /
tāṃ pūjāṃ sa padāhṛtya bilvapatraṃ samarpayat

naivedyena palenaiva kirātaḥ śivamārcayat /
daṃḍavatpatito bhūmau utthāya svagṛhaṃ gataḥ

taṃ dṛṣṭvā mahadāścaryaṃ ciṃtayāmāsa vai ciram /
purodhasā tadā naṃdī saha vyākulacetasā

tena pṛṣṭāstadā viprāḥ kathyatāṃ ca yathātatham /
saṃpradhārya tataḥ sarve militvā dharmaśāstrataḥ

ūcuḥ sarve tadā viprā naṃdinaṃ jātaśaṃkitam /
īśavighnaṃ samutpannaṃ durnivāryaṃ surairapi

tasmādānaya liṃgaṃ tvaṃ svagṛhe vaiśyasattama /
tatheti matvā'sau naṃdī śivasyotpāṭanaṃ mahat

kṛtvā svagṛhamānīya pratiṣṭhāpya yathāvidhi /
suvarṇapīṭhikāṃ kṛtvā navaraṃbhāsuśobhitām

upāhārairanekaiśca pūjayāmāsa vai tadā /
athāparedyurāyātaḥ kirātaḥ śivamaṃdiram

yāvadvilokayāmāsa liṃgamaiśaṃ na dṛṣṭavān /
maunaṃ vihāya sahasā sākrośamidamabravīt

he śaṃbho kva gato'si tvaṃ darśayātmānamadya vai /
yadi no darśanaṃ heyaṃ tyakṣyāmyadya kalevaram

he śaṃbho he jagannātha tripurāṃtaka śaṃkara /
herudra he mahādeva darśayātmānamātmanā

evaṃ sākṣepamadhurairvākyaiḥ kṣiptvā sadāśivam /
kirāto'sau kṣurikayā dhīro vai jaṭharaṃ svakam

bibhedyāśu tato bāhumāsādyoccai ruṣābravīt /
he śaṃbho darśayātmānaṃ kuto māṃ tyajya yāsyasi

iti kṣiptvā tatoṃtrāṇi māṃsamuddhṛtya sarvataḥ /
tasmingarte kareṇaiva kirātaḥ sahasākṣipat

svacchaṃ ca hṛdayaṃ kṛtvā sābhramatyāṃ nimajjatu /
tathaiva jalamānīya bilvapatraṃ tvarānvitaḥ

pūjayitvā yathānyāyaṃ daṃḍavatpatito bhuvi /
yadā dhyānasthitastatra kirātaḥ śivasannidhau

prādurbhūtastadā rudraḥ pramathaiḥ parivāritaḥ /
karpūragauro dyutimānkapardī caṃdraśekharaḥ

taṃ gṛhītvā kare rudraḥ uvāca parisāṃtvayan /
bho bho vīra mahāprājña madbhakto'si mahāmate

varaṃ vṛṇīṣva bho bhakta yatte manasi varttate /
evamuktaḥ sa rudreṇa mahākālo mudānvitaḥ

papāta daṃḍavadbhūmau bhaktyā paramayā yutaḥ /
tato rudraṃ babhāṣedaṃ na varaṃ prārthayāmyaham

ahaṃ dāso'smi te rudra tvaṃ me svāmī na saṃśayaḥ /
etatślāghyatamaṃ loke dehi janmani janmani

tvaṃ mātā ca pitā tvaṃ ca tvaṃ baṃdhuśca sakhā ca me /
tvaṃ gurustvaṃ mahāmaṃtro maṃtrairvedyo'si sarvadā

niṣkāmaṃ vākyamākarṇya kirātasya tadā bhavaḥ /
dadau pārṣadamukhyatvaṃ dvārapālatvameva ca

tadā ḍamarunādena nāditaṃ bhuvanatrayam /
bherībhāṃkāraśabdena śaṃkhānāṃ ninadena ca

tadā duṃdubhayo neduḥ paṭahāśca sahasraśaḥ /
naṃdī taṃ nādamākarṇya vismayāttvarito yayau

tapovanaṃ yatra śivaḥ sthitaḥ pramathasaṃvṛtaḥ /
kirāto hi tathā dṛṣṭo naṃdinā ca tadā bhṛśam

uvāca prasṛto vākyaṃ sa naṃdī vismayānvitaḥ /
kirātaṃ stotukāmo'sau paramena samādhinā

ihānītastvayā śaṃbhustvaṃ bhakto'si paraṃtapaḥ /
tvadbhakto'hamiha prāpto māṃ nivedaya śaṃkare

tacchrutvā vacanaṃ tasya kirātastvarayānvitaḥ /
naṃdinaṃ ca kare gṛhya śaṃkaraṃ samupāgataḥ

prahasya bhagavānrudraḥ kirātaṃ vākyamabravīt /
brūhi ko'sau tvayānīto gaṇānāmiha sannidhau

kirāta uvāca/
tvadbhakto'sau tadā deva tava pūjārato hyasau /
pratyahaṃ ratnamāṇikyapuṣpaiścauccāvacairiha

jīvitena dhanenāpi pūjito'si na saṃśayaḥ /
tasmāccānīhi bho svāminnaṃdinaṃ bhaktavatsala

mahādeva uvāca/
jānāmyahaṃ mahābhāga naṃdinaṃ vaiśyavarttanam /
tvaṃ me bhaktaḥ sakhā ceti mahākāla mahāmate

upādhirahitā ye ca ye niṣkapaṭamānasāḥ /
te priyāste ca me bhaktāste viśiṣṭā narottamāḥ /
tāvubhau svīkṛtau tena pārṣadatvena śaṃbhunā

tato vimānāni bahuni tatra samāgatānyeva mahāprabhāṇi /
kirātavaryeṇa sa vaiśyavarya uddhāritastena mahāprabheṇa

kailāsalokamāpannau vimānairvegavattaraiḥ /
sārūpyameva saṃprāpto īśvarasya mahātmanaḥ

nīrājitau girijayā putravattau gaṇāvubhau

uvācedaṃ tato devī prahasya gajagāminī /
yathā tvaṃ hi mahādeva tathā cetau na saṃśayaḥ

sārūpyeṇa ca gatyā ca hāsyabhāvaiḥ supūjitaiḥ /
devyāstadvacanaṃ śrutvā kirāto vaiśya eva ca

sadyaḥ parāṅmukhau bhūtvā śaṃkarasya ca paśyataḥ /
ūcatustvarayā yuktau gaṇau rudrasya paśyataḥ

ubhāvapyanukaṃpyau ca bhavatā hi trilocana /
tava dvāristhitau nityaṃ bhavāvaste namo namaḥ

tayorbhāvaṃ sa bhagavānviditvā prahasanbhavaḥ /
uvāca parayā bhaktyā bhavatorastu vāṃchitam

tataḥ prabhṛti dvāvetau dvārapālau babhūvatuḥ /
śivadvāri sthitau devi madhyāhne śivadarśinau

eko naṃdī mahākālo dvāvetau śivavallabhau /
ye pāpinopyadharmiṣṭhā aṃdhā mūkāśca paṃgavāḥ

kulahīnā durātmānaḥ śvapacādyā hi mānavāḥ /
yādṛśāstādṛśāścānye ārādhya dhavaleśvaram

gatāste'pi gamiṣyaṃti nātra kāryā vicarāṇā /
atra snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca sāṃnidhyaṃ śaṃkarasya ca

sābhramatyāṃ kṛtasnānā dhavaleśvarapūjakāḥ /
te rudralokaṃ gacchaṃti nātra kāryā vicāraṇā

atra snānaṃ ca dānaṃ ca ye kurvaṃti narottamāḥ /
dharmārthakāmabhogāśca bhuktvā yāṃti harālayam

caṃdra saryoparāge ca pituḥ sāṃvatsare dine /
yatphalaṃ labhate martyastatphalaṃ prāpnuyāddhruvam

svargātkāmadughā devi nityamāyāti sarvathā /
āgatya taṃ śivaṃ devaṃ samabhyarcya yathā tathā

sā gacchati suraśreṣṭhe svargaṃ prati na saṃśayaḥ /
tena dugdhābhiyogena liṃgaṃ taddhavalīkṛtam

dhavaleśvaraṃ nāma tataḥ saṃjātaṃ bhuvi sarvadā /
jaṃtavo'tra sadā devi mriyaṃte kālanoditāḥ /
te te śivapadaṃ yāṃti yāvaccaṃdradivākarau

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ uttarakhaṃḍe umāmaheśvarasaṃvāde dhavaleśvaramāhātmyaṃnāmaikapaṃcāśadadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ