Padma Purana · Chapter 6.182

śiva uvāca/
aṣṭamādhyāyamāhātmyaṃ śṛṇu vakṣyāmi pārvati /
yasya śravaṇamātreṇa parāṃ mudamavāpsyasi

āmardakaṃ puraṃ nāmnā viśrutaṃ dakṣiṇāpathi /
dvijanmā bhāvaśarmeti tatrāsīdgaṇikāpatiḥ

khādanmāṃsaṃ pibanmadyaṃ corayansādhusaṃpadaḥ /
ramamāṇaḥ parastrībhirākheṭaka kutūhalī

atyavāhayadatyugro garīyāṃsaṃ manoratham /
suhṛdāṃ viṭagoṣṭhyāṃ ca tālīphalasudhārasam

nipīya kaṃṭhaparyaṃtamajīrṇenātipīḍitaḥ /
mṛtaḥ kālena pāpātmā jātastālītarurmahān

tasyacchāyāmupāśritya nibiḍāmatiśītalām /
abhūtāṃ daṃpatī kaucidbrahmarākṣasatāṃ gatau

devyuvāca/
kiṃ jātīyau kimātmānau kiṃvṛttāvityudīraya /
karmaṇā kena vā deva brahmarākṣasatā tayoḥ

śiva uvāca/
vedavedāṃgatatvajñaḥ sarvaśāstrārthakovidaḥ /
sadācāro'bhavatkaściddivajo nāma kuśīvalaḥ

jāyā ca tasya kumati nāmadheyā durāśayā /
sa sabhāryo mahādānānyādadāno'tilobhavān

mahiṣīṃ kālapuruṣaṃ hayādīnanuvāsaram /
aprayacchandvijātibhyo dānalabdhāṃ varāṭikām

kālena daṃpatī pretau brahmarākṣasarūpiṇau /
paryaṭaṃtau mahīmetāṃ kṣuttṛṣākulavigrahau

viśaśramaturāgatya mūlaṃ tālītarostataḥ /
kathametanmahāduḥkhamāvayorapagacchati

kathaṃ vā jāyate muktirbrahmarākṣasayonitaḥ /
iti pṛṣṭo gṛhiṇyā'sau brāhmaṇaḥ samabhāṣata

brahmavidyopadeśena vinādhyātmavicāraṇāt /
vinākarmavidhijñānātkathaṃ mucyeta saṃkaṭāt

bhāryovāca/
kiṃ tad brahma kimadhyātmaṃ kiṃ karma puruṣottama /
etāvadukte tatpatnyā yadāścaryamabhūcchṛṇu

aṣṭamādhyāyaślokārddhaśravaṇātsa tarustadā /
vihāya tālīrūpaṃ tadbabhūva dvijasattamaḥ

sadyojñānavidhūtātmā vimuktaḥ pāpakaṃcukāt /
tanmāhātmyādvinirmuktau daṃpatī tau babhūvatuḥ

etāvadeva muktaṃ ca daivānnirgatya tanmukhāt /
tatoṃtarikṣādāyāṃtaṃ kvaṇatkiṃkiṇikaṃ śubham

divi divyāṃganāvaktracaṃdramaṃḍalamaṃḍitam /
apsarovadanāṃbhoja bhrāmyadbhramarasaṃkulam

nirmathyamānadugdhābdhi velāḍiṃḍirapāṃḍuraiḥ /
gaṃgātaraṃgasubhagaiścāmarairupaśobhitam

gāyadgaṃdharvasubhagaṃ nṛtyatsuravadhūśatam /
divyaṃ vimānamārūḍhau daṃpatī jagmaturdivam

atratyaṃ vṛttamakhilametadvismayakārakam /
tato lilekha medhāvī ślokārddhamidamādarāt

yayau vārāṇasīṃ nāma nagarīṃ muktidāyinīm /
ārādhayitumanvicchandevadevaṃ janārdanam

sa tatra kartumārebhe tapaḥ paramudāradhīḥ /
atrāṃtare jagannātho devadevo janārdanaḥ

pṛṣṭo dugdhābdhisutayā saṃyojya karasaṃpuṭam /
nidrāpathaṃ vihāyaiva sthīyate kathyatāmiti

śrībhagavānuvāca/
kāśyāṃ bhāgīrathī tīre tapasyatitarāṃ dvijaḥ /
bhāvaśarmāti medhāvī madbhaktirasapūritaḥ

japangītāṣṭamādhyāyaślokārddhaṃ niyateṃdriyaḥ /
saṃtuṣṭavānahaṃ devi tadīyatapasā bhṛśam

ciraṃ vicārayanneva tattapaḥ sadṛśaṃ phalam /
dātumutkaṃṭhitamanā varteyaṃ sāṃprataṃ priye

pārvatyuvāca/
hariḥ prasannabhūto'pi ciṃtāṃ prāpa yadi prabho /
bhāvaśarmā harerbhaktaḥ prāptaḥ kiṃ tatphalaṃ punaḥ

śrīmahādeva uvāca/
tataḥ prasādamāsādya prasannasya muradviṣaḥ /
sukhamātyaṃtikaṃ prāpa bhāvaśarmā dvijottamaḥ /
lebhire padavīṃ sarve tadīyā api vaṃśajāḥ

tatkarmavaśato ye vai saṃprāptā yātanāṃ purā /
etadevāṣṭamādhyāyamāhātmyaṃ kiṃcideva te

kathitaṃ mṛgaśāvākṣi draṣṭavyaṃ tu sadaiva ca

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsā० uttarakhaṃḍe gītāmāhātmye dvyaśītyadhikaśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ