Padma Purana · Chapter 6.235

śrīpārvatyuvāca-
pāṣaṃḍānāṃ ca saṃvādaṃ varjayediti yattvayā

uktaṃ mameha bhagavānśvapacādapi garhitam /
te yādṛśāḥ samākhyātāḥ kairliṃṅgaiścihnitā bhuvi /
rudra uvāca-
ye'nyadevaṃ paratvena vadaṃtyajñānamohitāḥ

nārāyaṇājjagannāthātte vai pāṣaṃḍinaḥ smṛtāḥ /
kapālabhasmāsthidharā ye hyavaidikaliṅginaḥ

ṛte vanasthāśramācca jaṭāvalkaladhāriṇaḥ /
avaidikakriyopetāstai vai pāṣaṃḍinastathā

śaṃkhacakrordhvapuṃḍrādi cihnaiḥ priyatamairhareḥ /
rahitā ye dvijā devi te vai pāṣaṃḍinaḥ smṛtāḥ

śrutismṛtyuditācāraṃ yastu nācarati dvijaḥ /
sa pāṣaṃḍīti vijñeyaḥ sarvalokeṣu garhitaḥ

vinā vai bhagavatprītyā te vai pāṣaṃḍinaḥ smṛtāḥ /
samastayajñabhoktāraṃ viṣṇuṃ vai brahmadaivatam

udiśya devatā eva juhoti ca dadāti ca /
sa pāṣaṇḍīti vijñeyaḥ svataṃtraḥ sarvakarmasu

svātaṃtryātkurute yastu karma vedoditaṃ mahat /
yastu nārāyaṇaṃ devaṃ brahmarudrādidaivataiḥ

samamanyairnirīkṣeta sa pāṣaṃḍī bhavetsadā /
avasthātritaye yastu manovākkāyakarmmabhiḥ

vāsudevaṃ na jānāti sa pāṣaṃḍī bhaveddivajaḥ /
kimatra bahunoktena brāhmaṇā yepyavaiṣṇavāḥ

na spraṣṭavyā na vaktavyā na draṣṭavyāḥ kadācana /
pārvatyuvāca-
bhagavanparamaṃ guhyaṃ pṛcchāmi surasattama

mayi prītyā samācakṣva saṃśayo varttate bhṛśam /
kapālabhasmacarmmāsthi dhāraṇaṃ śrutigarhitam

tattvayā dhāryyate deva garhitaṃ kena hetunā /
strīcāpalyena deveśa pṛcchāmi tvāṃ mahāmate

mahāprabhāvātkathitaṃ na karttavyaṃ kvacidbhavet /
tvayeti na purā proktaṃ vistareṇa mahāprabho

akarttavyamiti praśnaṃ kṣaṃtumarhasi me prabho /
vasiṣṭha uvāca-
iti devyā haraḥ pṛṣṭo rahasye janavarjite

uvāca paramaṃ guhyaṃ yadyadācaritaṃ svakam /
śiva uvāca-
śṛṇu devi pravakṣyāmi yadguhyaṃ paramādbhutam

na vaktavyaṃ tvayā devi janeṣu kathitaṃ mayā /
apṛthaktvāccharīrasya vakṣyāmi tava suvrate

namucyādyā mahādaityāḥ purā svāyaṃbhuveṃtare /
mahābalā mahāvīryā mahāvīrā mahaujasaḥ

sarve viṣṇuratāḥ śuddhāḥ sarvapāpavivarjitāḥ /
trayīdharmavṛtāḥ sarve bhagnā iṃdrapurogamāḥ

viṣṇoḥ samīpamāgamya bhayārttāḥ śaraṇaṃ gatāḥ /
devā ūcuḥ/
ajeyānsarvadevānāṃ taponirddhūtakalmaṣān

tvamevaitānmahādaityāñjetumarhasi keśava /
mahādeva uvāca-/
ityākarṇya harirvākyaṃ devānāṃ ca bhayānakam

tānsamāśvāsya dikpālānmāmāha puruṣottamaḥ /
śrībhagavānuvāca-
tvaṃ hi rudra mahābāho mohanārthe suradviṣām

pāṣaṃḍācaraṇaṃ dharmaṃ kuruṣva surasattama /
tāmasāni purāṇāni kathayasva ca tānprati

mohanāni ca śāstrāṇi kuruṣva ca mahāmate /
mayi muktāśca vipraśca bhaviṣyaṃti maharṣayaḥ

madbhaktyā tānsamāviśya kathayasva ca tāmasān /
kāṇādaṃ gautamaṃ śaktimupamanyuṃ ca jaiminim

kapilaṃ caiva durvāsaṃ mṛkaṃḍuṃ ca bṛhaspatim /
bhārgavaṃ jāmadagnyaṃ ca daśaitāṃstāmasānṛṣīn

bhāvaśaktyā samāviśya kurvatā jagato śivam /
tvacchaktyā ca niviṣṭāste tamasodriktayā bhṛśam

tāmasāste bhaviṣyaṃti kṣaṇādeva na saṃśayaḥ /
kathayiṣyaṃti te viprāstāmasāni jagattraye

purāṇāni ca śāstraṇi tvayā satvena bṛṃhitāḥ /
kapālacarmmabhasmāsthi cihnānyamarasarvaśaḥ

tvameva dhṛtavānlokānmohayasva jagattraye /
tathā pāśupataṃ śāstraṃ tvameva kuru satkṛtaḥ

kaṃkālaśaivapāṣaṃḍamahāśaivādibhedataḥ /
alakṣyaṃ ca mataṃ samyagvedabāhyaṃ narādhamāḥ

bhasmāsthidhāriṇaḥ sarve bhaviṣyaṃti hyacetasaḥ /
tvāṃ paratvena vakṣyaṃti sarvaśāstreṣu tāmasāḥ

teṣāṃ matamadhiṣṭhāya sarve daityāḥ sanātanāḥ /
bhaveyuste madvimukhāḥ kṣaṇādeva na saṃśayaḥ

ahamapyavatāreṣu tvāṃ ca rudra mahābala /
tāmasānāṃ mohanārthaṃ pūjayāmi yuge yuge

matametadavaṣṭabhya pataṃtyeva na saṃśayaḥ /
mahādeva uvāca-/
tacchrutvāhaṃ yathoktaṃ tu vāsudevena bhāmini

sumahadvadano dīno babhūvātra varānane /
namaskṛtvātha taṃ devamabravaṃ parameśvaram

tvayoditamidaṃ deva karomi yadi bhūtale /
tasmānnāśāya me nātha bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

tatra śakyaṃ mayā kartumetatkṛtyaṃ hare'dhunā /
tvadājñāpi ca nollaṃghyā etadduḥkhataraṃ mahat

evamukte tato devi samāśvāsya ca māṃ punaḥ /
ātmanāśāya tenātra bhavatvityāha māṃ hariḥ

devatānāṃ hitārthāya kuruṣva vacanaṃ mama/
tavāpi jīvanopāyaṃ kathayāmi surottama

dattavānkṛpayā mahyamātmanāma sahasrakam /
hṛdaye māṃ samādhāya japa maṃtraṃ mamāvyayam

ṣaḍakṣaraṃ mahāmaṃtraṃ tārakaṃ brahma ucyate /
ye japaṃti hi māṃ bhaktyā teṣāṃ muktirna saṃśayaḥ

iṃdīvaradalaśyāmaṃ padmapatravilocanam /
śaṃkhāṃgaśārṅgeṣudharaṃ sarvābharaṇabhūṣitam

pītavastraṃ caturbāhuṃ jānakīpriyavallabham /
śrīrāmāya nama ityevamuccāryyaṃ mantramuttamam

sarvaduḥkhaharaṃ caitatpāpināmapi muktidam /
imaṃ maṃtraṃ japannityamamalastvaṃ bhaviṣyasi

bhasmāsthidhāraṇādyattu saṃbhūtaṃ kilbiṣaṃ tvayi /
maṃgalaṃ tadabhūtsarvaṃ manmaṃtroccāraṇācchubhāt

tarpito nāśayiṣyāmi pāpaṃ sarvaṃ surottama /
madanyadevatābhaktirjāyate na tu suvrata

manasaivārccaya hṛdi māṃ nāthaṃ puruṣottamam /
madājñāṃ kuru matprītyā sarvametacchubhaṃ tava

iti saṃdiśya māṃ devi visasarja marudgaṇān /
visṛṣṭāste tato devā nivṛttāḥ svāśramaṃ yayuḥ

tato māṃ prārthayāmāsurdevā iṃdra purogamāḥ /
indrādaya ūcuḥ /
śīghraṃ kuru hitaṃ deva yathoktaṃ hariṇādhunā

mahādeva uvāca-
devatānāṃ hitārthāya vṛttiṃ pākhaṃḍināṃ śubhe /
kapālacarmabhasmāsthidhāraṇaṃ tatkṛtaṃ mayā

tāmasāni purāṇāni yathoktaṃ viṣṇunā śubhe /
pāṣaṃḍaśaivaśāstrāṇi yathoktaṃ kṛtavānaham

macchaktyāpi samāviśya gautamādi dvijānapi /
vedabāhyāni śāstrāṇi samyaguktaṃ mayānaghe

imaṃ matamavaṣṭabhya duṣṭāḥ sarve ca rākṣasāḥ /
bhagavadvimukhāḥ sarve babhūvustāmasāvṛtāḥ

bhasmādidhāraṇaṃ kṛtvā mahogratapasāvṛtāḥ /
māmeva pūjayāṃcakrurmmāṃsāsṛkcaṃdanādibhiḥ

matto varapradānāni labdhvā madabaloddhatāḥ /
atyaṃtaviṣayāsaktāḥ kāmakrodhasamanvitāḥ

satvahīnāstu nirvīryyā jitā devagaṇaistadā /
sarvadharmmaparibhraṣṭāḥ kāle yāṃtyadhamāṃ gatim

ye me matamavaṣṭabhya caraṃti pṛthivītale /
sarvadharmaiśca rahitāḥ paśyaṃti nirayaṃ sadā

evaṃ devahitārthāya vṛttirme devi garhitā /
viṣṇorājñāṃ puraskṛtya kṛtaṃ bhasmāsthidhāraṇam

bāhyacihnamidaṃ devi mohanārthāya vidviṣām /
athāṃtarhṛdaye nityaṃ dhyātvā devaṃ janārdanam

japanneva ca tanmaṃtraṃ tārakaṃ brahmavācakam /
sahasranāmasadṛśaṃ viṣṇornārāyaṇasya tu

ṣaḍakṣaraṃ mahāmaṃtraṃ raghūṇāṃ kulavarddhanam /
japanvai satataṃ devi sadānaṃdasudhāplutam /
sukhamātyaṃtikaṃ brahma hyaśnāma satataṃ śubhe

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ tvayāpṛṣṭaṃ śubhānane /
kimanyacchrotukāmāsi prītyā tatparipṛccha mām

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāmuttarakhaṃḍe pāṣaṃḍotpattivarṇanaṃnāma paṃcatriṃśadadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ