Padma Purana · Chapter 6.199

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ-
kāliṃdyāścaiva māhātmyaṃ vada sūta savistaram /
yasmai prakāśitaṃ yena tadākhyānasamanvitam

sūta uvāca-
ekadā pāṃḍutanayaḥ śuśrūṣuḥ saubhareḥ śubham /
jñānaṃ tatsthānamabhyetya natvā tamiti pṛṣṭavān

yudhiṣṭhira uvāca-
brahmanmārtaṃḍatanayā tīra tīrtheṣu yacchubham /
tīrthaṃ tadvada vaikuṃṭha janmabhūmiparātparam

saubhariruvāca-
ekadā tu muniśreṣṭhau divi nāradaparvatau /
gacchaṃtau khāṃḍavaṃ paśyanpaśyataḥ sumanoharam

tatrāvatīrṇo nabhasa upaviṣṭau taṭe śubhe /
kāliṃdyāḥ kṣaṇaviśrāṃtau snātuṃ viviśaturjale

śibirauśīnaro rājā mṛgayāṃtau caranvane /
dṛṣṭvā tānnirgamāpekṣī niṣasāda sarittaṭe

tau munī vidhivatsnātvā paridhāyāṃbarāṇi ca /
vaṃditau śirasā rājñā tenopāviśatāṃ taṭe

tatrālokya suvarṇasya śibiryūpānsahasraśaḥ /
nāradaṃ garvarahitaḥ parvataṃ ca jagāda saḥ

śibiruvāca-
kathyatāṃ muniśārdūlau kasyemā yāgayaṣṭayaḥ /
kenātra vihito yajñaḥ sureṇātha nareṇa vā

muktvā kāśyāditīrthāni yajñairījye'tra kaḥ pumān /
ko viśeṣo'tra tīrthebhyastebhyo vijñānasannidhiḥ

nārada uvāca-
purā hiraṇyakaśipurjitvā śakrādidevatāḥ /
trailokyarājyamāsādya so kharvaṃ garvamādade

prahlādastasya tanayo nārāyaṇaparāyaṇaḥ /
tasmai so druhyatābhīkṣṇaṃ pāpātmā naṣṭamaṃgalaḥ

taddrohādviṣṇunā sadyo nṛsiṃhatanudhāriṇā /
hatvā daityapatiṃ svargarājyaṃ svaḥpataye'rpitam

svapadaṃ prāpya deveśo bṛhaspatimathāvadat /
mūrdhnābhivaṃdya tatpādau nārāyaṇaguṇānsmaran

iṃdra uvāca-
guro nṛsiṃharūpeṇa hariṇā lokadhāriṇā /
dattaṃ me devatārājyaṃ yaṣṭumicchāmi taṃ makhaiḥ

sthānaṃ pavitraṃ kathaya brāhmaṇāṃścaiva me guro /
na vidheyo vilaṃbo'tra tvayā no hitakāriṇā

bṛhaspatiruvāca-
asti te khāṃḍavavanaṃ ramyaṃ paramapāvanam /
ketakyaśokabakulamadhumatta madhuvratam

tatrāsti yamunā puṇyā dhanyā trailokyapāvanī /
dadāti smaraṇe svargaṃ maraṇe brahmaṇaḥ padam

tattīre yaja deveśa keśavaṃ bahubhirmakhaiḥ /
yadīcchasi svakīyānāṃ kalyāṇaṃ tvaṃ niraṃtaram

nārada uvāca-
gurorvacanamākarṇya tūrṇamāruhya vāhanam /
śivapradamimaṃ śakraḥ svakīyavanamāgamat

guruṇā saha devaiśca yajñopakaraṇaistathā /
atrāgatya vilokyaitadvanaṃ lebhe mudaṃ parām

guruṇā noditaḥ śakro saptarṣīnbrahmaṇaḥ sutān /
vasiṣṭhādīndvijānvṛtvā yajati sma jagatpatim

tasya prasanno bhagavānbrahmeśābhyāṃ sahāgataḥ /
kratau śatakratoryatra mahānabhavadutsavaḥ

devatrayīṃ satāṃ vīkṣya śakro vakramatistadā /
utthāyāsanatastūrṇaṃ vavaṃde munibhiḥ saha

vāhanebhyo'varuhyāśu tadaṃteṣūpaviśya te /
āsaneṣu suhaimeṣu babhurvedīṣvivāgnayaḥ

sitaraktāṃgayoḥ śaṃbhu brahmaṇorharirābabhau /
nīlacchaviḥ pītavāsāstaḍitvāniva śṛṃgayoḥ

śakraḥ prakṣālya tatpādānmūrdhnā tajjalamādadhe /
abravīcca mudāyukto vacanaṃ madhurākṣaram

iṃdra uvāca-/
vihito'yaṃ mayā deva yajño'dya saphalo'bhavat

yadyayaṃ darśanaṃ prāptā durlakṣyā api yogibhiḥ/
ekenaiva tvayā viṣṇo kṛtā mūrtistrayīmayī

guṇaistathāpi nānātvaṃ sphaṭikasyeva te mṛṣā /
yathā dāruṣu gūḍho'gnirgharṣaṇena vinā vibho

nāvirbhavati bhūtānāṃ hṛtsu bhaktyā tathā bhavān /
ekasya tvayi bhaktiḥ syātsarvabhūtopakāriṇī

babhūvuḥ sukhino devāḥ prahlādakṛtayā tayā/
vayaṃ viṣayiṇo deva tvanmāyāvṛtacetasaḥ

na jānīmaḥ svarūpaṃ te yathāvatpādasevakāḥ /
bho brahmanbho mahādeva yuvāmapi jagadgurū

etasyaiva gurutvena yato nātaḥ pṛthakyuvām /
yatkiṃciducyate vācā manasā ca viciṃtyate /
asyaiva māyā tatsarve taddvayīdūravarttinaḥ

prapaṃcajātaṃ yadidaṃ vilokya tena satyamityeva viciṃtayenna saḥ /
bhajaṃti viṣṇoścaraṇaṃ taraṃti te yadaṃbumūrdhnā hara dhāryate tvayā

vidhesya bhūyādanujanmapādayo ratirmadīyā kamalābhayorbhṛśam /
yadīkṣaṇa kṣobhitayā tayā jagatsamastametanmahadādi jāyate

bhavādṛśo nāsti kṛpāparoparo vipakṣapakṣe vitanoṣi yatsukham /
svalokaśokāpanaye kṛpālutā yaducyate te nṛhare tadajñatā

nārada uvāca-
ityabhiṣṭūya deveśaṃ keśavaṃ praṇato'grataḥ /
tasthau tadvākyaśuśruṣā dattacitto mahīyate

evamākarṇya munaya stutiṃ tasya ramāpateḥ /
kṛtāmiṃdreṇa sadasi sādhusādhviti cābruvan

śatamanyo varṣaśataṃ ye kurvaṃti mahattapaḥ /
na teṣāmīdṛśī bhaktiryādṛśī tava mādhave

na yogaḥ sulabhoṣṭāṃgaḥ khyātiryenādhigamyate /
samatvena ca tattyāgastadbhaktiḥ śaraṇaṃ nṛṇām

svadharmārjitavittairyadyathā vidhi vidhīyate /
karmatasyārpaṇaṃ viṣṇau bhaktireṣā śivapradāḥ

na niṃdeddevatāmanyāṃ viṣṇubuddhyāṃ ca yo namet /
na tyajedvedavākyāni sa bhakto'sya hareḥ priyaḥ

ye śṛṇvaṃti harerguṇānaharahaḥ kurvaṃti ye kīrtanaṃ ye cāsya smaraṇaṃ yadośca bhajanaṃ ye'muṃ yajaṃte tathā

ye dāsyena namaṃti cainamamunā kurvaṃti ye mitratāṃ ye ca svaṃ ca nivedayaṃti nahi te vāṃcchaṃti muktyādikam

iṃdra bhaktyā tvamapyenamārādhaya jagadgurum /
na kāmaye kimapyāsmatkṛtakṛtyo bhaviṣyati

nārada uvāca-
munibhiriti śikṣite samastasevyāṃ tribhuvanapārapadapradāṃ niśamya /
hariraniśaguruḥ kṛtāṃ svabhaktiṃ madhuramuvāca vaco hariṃ samāje

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe/
kāliṃdīmāhātmye iṃdrayāgavidhinonāma ekonadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ