Padma Purana · Chapter 6.181

śrībhagavānuvāca/
atha te varṇayiṣyāmi saptamādhyāyagauravam /
yadākarṇya sudhāpūra pūrtirbhavati karṇayoḥ

asti pāṭaliputrākhyaṃ durgamuttuṅgagopuram /
tatrābhūdbrāhmaṇo nāma śaṃkukarṇo dayārṇavaḥ

vaiśyavṛttiṃ samāsādya dhanamarjitavānbahu /
pitṝnna tarpayāmāsa pūjayāmāsa no surān

pārthivānbhojayāṃścakre dhanārjanaparāyaṇaḥ /
turīyapāṇigrahaṇaṃ maṃgalārthaṃ gṛhāṃtare

tanujairbaṃdhubhiḥ sārdhaṃ saṃpratasthe kadācana /
rajanyāṃ dharmakalpāyāṃ nidrālostasya dostale

daśati sma samāgatya daṃdaśūkaḥ kutaścana /
sa daṣṭamātro'sādhyātmā maṇimaṃtrauṣadhādibhiḥ

kṣaṇaiḥ katipayaireva gatāsurabhavattataḥ /
picumaṃdadalairnālairavaguṃṭhitavigraham

tamāropya taruskaṃdhe sūnavo gṛhamāyayuḥ /
tataḥ kālena bahunā tato jātaḥ sarīsṛpaḥ

tadvāsanānibaddhātmā janmapūrvamanusmaran /
vaṃcayitvā sutānetānpūrayāmi gṛhādbahiḥ

ātmanaḥ koṭisaṃkhyākaṃ yatrāste sthāpitaṃ vasu /
tato nārāyaṇabaliśraddhayā parayānvitāḥ

kṛtavaṃtaḥ pare tasya sūnavo hi dvijanmanaḥ /
ekadā svapnamāgatya pīḍitaḥ sarpajanmanā

abhāṣayanmanovṛttaṃ putrāṇāmagrataḥ pitā /
tataste prātarutthāya paraṃ vismayamohitāḥ

itaretaramākhyāya paryaṃtaste niraṃkuśāḥ /
ekastatra pitṛsnehāduddhartumapi vāṃchati

anyo draviṇalobhena nihaṃtuṃ sarpamīhate /
itarastu pitṛsneharasamohitamānasaḥ

kiṃvā ahimayo na syācchocanroditi kevalam /
madhyamastu tataḥ putro vaṃcayitvā sahodarau

kenāpi chadmanotthāya jagāma nijamālayam /
tataḥ śanaiḥ samāhūya gṛhiṇīṃ guṇaśālinīm

kuddālahasto niragādyatrāste pannagaḥ pitā /
tenāviditavittena cihnairniścitya tatvataḥ

sthānamāgatya taṃ haṃtuṃ valmīkaṃ lobhabuddhitaḥ /
bhāryayotsārya te mṛtsnā svayaṃ tena ca khanyate

nikhanyamānādatyugro valmīkādahirutthitaḥ /
tato garalagaṃḍūṣairnirgatairatiduḥsahaiḥ

giraḥ sa kathayāṃcakre phaṇī phūtkāramārutaiḥ

ahiruvāca/
kastvaṃ kimarthamāyātaḥ kathaṃ vā khanyate bilam /
kena vā prahito mūḍha tadākhyāhi mamāgrataḥ

putra uvāca/
putraste'haṃ śivo nāma hemagrahaṇakautukī /
āgato rātralabdhasya svapnasya tu suvismitaḥ

śiva uvāca/
itthamākarṇya putrasya giraṃ lokavigarhitām /
vaktumārabhata spaṣṭaṃ hasannuccaiḥ phaṇī tadā

sarpa uvāca/
yadi putro'si me tūrṇaṃ māmunmocaya baṃdhanāt /
nikṣepārthāya saṃjātaṃ pannagaṃ pūrvajanmanaḥ

putra uvāca/
pitaḥ kathaṃ te muktiḥ syādityācakṣva mamāgrataḥ /
parityaktvākhilaṃ lokamāgatosmi yathā niśi

pitovāca/
na tīrthāni na dānāni na tapāṃsi na cādhvarāḥ /
māmunmocayituṃ putra prabhavaṃti ca sarvathā

gītānāṃ saptamādhyāyamaṃtareṇa sudhāmayam /
jaṃtorjarāmṛtyuduḥkhanirākaraṇakāraṇam

saptamādhyāyinaṃ vipraṃ madīye śrāddhavāsare /
bhojaya śraddhayā putra tena muktirna saṃśayaḥ

anyānapi dvijānvatsa vedavidyāviśāradān /
saṃbhojaya yathāśakti paramaśraddhayānvitaḥ

ityākarṇya piturvākyamuragatvamupeyuṣaḥ /
te sarve sūnavo kurvanyathādiṣṭaṃ tato'dhikam

śaṃkukarṇastataḥ śrīmānutsṛjya tanumauragīm /
kṛtvā vibhāgaṃ putrāṇāṃ divyaṃdehamupādade

vibhajya dattaṃ pitrāya dravyaṃ tatkoṭisaṃkhyayā /
tena te sūnavaḥ sarve mumuduḥ sādhuvṛtayaḥ

vāpīkūpasaroyajñadevaprāsādahetave /
annaśālāṃ tataḥ kurvanputrāste dharmabuddhayaḥ

saptamādhyāya japato muktibhājobhavaṃstataḥ /
ṣaṣṭhamiṣṭatamaṃ jñātvā nirvāṇārpitadṛṣṭayaḥ

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe gītāmāhātmye ekāśītyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ