Padma Purana · Chapter 6.255

dilīpa uvāca-
kathitaṃ bhavatā brahmansarvadharmamaśeṣataḥ /
sāmānyaṃ ca viśiṣṭaṃ ca svarūpaṃ parajīvayoḥ

svargāpavargau kathitau sādhanaṃ ca tayorapi /
dhanyo'smyahaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha tvatprasādātsadāguro

ekamanyaṃ dvijaśreṣṭha pṛcchāmi tvāṃ kutūhalāt /
kathayasva yathātathyamapi vātsalyagauravāt

mahābhāgavataśreṣṭho rudrastripurahaṃtakaḥ /
kasmādvigarhitaṃ rūpaṃ prāptavānsaha bhāryyayā

yoniliṃgasvarūpaṃ ca kathaṃ syātsumahātmanaḥ /
paṃcavaktraścaturbāhuḥ śūlapāṇistrilocanaḥ

kathaṃ vigarhitaṃ rūpaṃ prāptavāndvijapuṃgava /
evaṃ sarvaṃ samācakṣva mitrāvaruṇanaṃdana

vasiṣṭha uvāca-
śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi yanmāṃ pṛcchasi gauravāt /
viśuddhahṛdaye puṃsāṃ buddhiḥ śreyasi jāyate

svāyaṃbhuvo manuḥ pūrvaṃ maṃdare parvatottame /
jagāma munibhiḥ sārddhaṃ dīrghasatramanuttamam

tasminsamāgatāḥ sarve munayaḥ śaṃsitavratāḥ /
nānāśāstravidaḥ śreṣṭhā bālasūryyānalaprabhāḥ

sarvavedavido viprāḥ sarvadharmaparāyaṇāḥ /
vartamāne mahāsatre munayaḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ

anveṣṭuṃdevatātatvaṃmithaḥ procustapodhanāḥ /
viprāṇāṃ vedaviduṣāṃ kaḥ pūjyo devatā varaḥ

brahmaviṣṇumaheśānāṃ kaḥ stuto muktido nṛṇām /
kasyapādodakaṃ sevyaṃ bhuktocchiṣṭaṃ ca pāvanam

ko'vyayaḥ paramaṃ dhāma paramātmā sanātanaḥ /
kasya prasādaṃ tīrthaṃ ca pitṝṇāṃ tṛptidaṃ bhavet

teṣāṃ samupaviṣṭānāṃ iti vādo mahānabhūt /
rudramekamiti procuḥ kecidatra maharṣayaḥ

brahmaiva pūjya ityanye vadaṃti munisattamāḥ /
sūrya evātmanāṃ pūjya ityanye prāhuruttamāḥ

yo'so sarvagataḥ śrīmāñchrīpatiḥ puruṣottamaḥ /
avyayaḥ puṃḍarīkākṣo vāsudevaḥ parātparaḥ

anādinidhano viṣṇuḥ sa eva parameśvaraḥ /
saṃpūjyo devatāśreṣṭha ityanye cocire dvijāḥ

teṣāṃ vivadatāṃ tatra manuḥ svāyaṃbhuvo'bravīt /
śuddhasatvamayo yo'sau kalyāṇaguṇavānprabhuḥ

puṃḍarīkekṣaṇaḥ śrīmāñchrīpatiḥ puruṣottamaḥ /
viprāṇāṃ vedaviduṣāṃ eka evārcitaḥ prabhuḥ

viprāṇāṃ netare pūjyā rajastamavimiśritāḥ /
iti tasya vacaḥ śrutvā sarva eva maharṣayaḥ /
bhṛguṃ taponidhiṃ vipraṃ procuḥ prāṃjalayastathā

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ-
asmākaṃ saṃśayaṃ chettuṃ tvaṃ samartho'si suvrata /
brahmaviṣṇumaheśānāmaṃtikaṃ vraja suvrata

gatvā teṣāṃ samīpaṃ tu tathā dṛṣṭvā tu vigrahān /
śuddhasatvaguṇaṃ teṣāṃ yasminsaṃvidyate mune

sa eva pūjyo viprāṇāṃ netarastu kadācana /
śuddhasatvamayaḥ sākṣādbrahmaṇyaḥ sa bhaviṣyati

tīrthaprasādavām̐lloke viprāṇāṃ sa bhaviṣyati /
devatānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca tasyocchiṣṭaṃ supāvanam

tasmādyāhi muniśreṣṭha vibudhānāṃ nivāsanam /
kṣipraṃ kuru muniśreṣṭha sarvalokahitaṃ prabho

evamuktastatastūrṇaṃ kailāsaṃ munisattamaḥ /
jagāma vāmadevena yatrāste vṛṣabhadhvajaḥ

gṛhadvāramupāgamya śaṃkarasya mahātmanaḥ /
śūlahastaṃ mahāraudraṃ naṃdiṃ ddaṣṭvābravīddivajaḥ

saṃprāpto'haṃ bhṛgurvipro haraṃ draṣṭuṃ surottamam /
nivedayasva māṃ śīghraṃ śaṃkarāya mahātmane

tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā naṃdī sarvagaṇeśvaraḥ /
uvāca paruṣaṃ vākyaṃ maharṣimamitaujasam

asāṃnidhyaṃ prabhostasya devyā krīḍati śaṃkaraḥ /
nivarttasva muniśreṣṭha yadi jīvitumicchasi

evaṃ nirākṛtastena tatrātiṣṭhanmahātapāḥ /
bahūni divasānyasmingṛhadvāri maheśituḥ

nārīsaṃgamamatto'sau yasmānmāmavamanyate /
yoniliṃgasvarūpaṃ vai tasmāttasya bhaviṣyati

brāhmaṇaṃ māvajānāti tamasā samupāgataḥ /
abrahmaṇyatvamāpanno hyapūjyo'sau dvijanmanām

tasmādannaṃ jalaṃ puṣpaṃ tasmai dattaṃ havistathā /
nirmālyamasya tatsarvaṃ bhaviṣyati na saṃśayaḥ

evaṃ śaptvā mahātejāḥ śaṃkaraṃ lokapūjitam /
uvāca gaṇamatyugraṃ naṃdiṃ śūladharaṃ nṛpa

rudra bhaktāśca ye loke bhasmaliṃgāsthidhāriṇaḥ /
te pākhaṃḍatvamāpannā vedabāhyā bhavaṃtu vai

evaṃ śaptvā munistatra rudraṃ tripurahaṃtakam /
jagāma brahmalokaṃ vai sarvalokanamaskṛtam

tatra daivaiḥ sahāsīnaṃ brahmāṇaṃ parameṣṭhinam /
dṛṣṭvā prāṃjalinā devaṃ praṇanāma mahāmatiḥ

praṇamya puratastasya tūṣṇīmāsa mahātapāḥ /
taṃ dṛṣṭvā muniśārdūlaṃ rajoguṇa samāvṛtaḥ

nārcayāmāsa dhātā'sau maharṣiṃ samupāgatam /
pratyutthānaṃ priyaṃ vākyaṃ na kṛtaṃ tasya vedhasā

aiśvaryeṇaiva mahatā tasthau tatrāṃbujāsanaḥ /
taṃ dṛṣṭvā rajasodriktaṃ maharṣiḥ paṃkajāsanam

vyājahāra mahātejā vākyaṃ lokapitāmahaḥ /
rajasā mahatodrikto yasmānmāmavamanyase

tasmāttvaṃ sarvalokānāmapūjyatvaṃ samāpnuhi /
evaṃ śaptvā mahātmānaṃ brahmāṇaṃ lokapūjitam

jagāma sahasā vipro bhagavanmaṃdiraṃ bhṛguḥ /
praviśya vaiṣṇavaṃ lokaṃ kṣīrābdheruttare taṭe

tatrasthitairmahābhāgaiḥ pūjyamāno yathārhataḥ /
tatrānivāryyamāṇastu praviṣṭoṃtaḥpuraṃ dvijaḥ

praviśya tasminvimale vimāne ravisannibhe /
śayānaṃ nāgaparyaṃke dadarśa kamalāpatim

lakṣmīkarasarojābhyāṃ mṛjyamānapadadvayam /
taṃ dṛṣṭvā muniśārdūlo bhṛguḥ kopasamanvitaḥ

savyaṃ pādaṃ pracikṣepa viṣṇorvakṣasi śobhane /
tūrṇamutthāya bhagavāndhanyosmīti vadanmudā

hastābhyāṃ caraṇaṃ tasya pīḍayāmāsa harṣitaḥ /
śanairmṛditvā tatpādaṃ madhuraṃ vākyamabravīt

dhanyosmyadyaiva viprarṣe kṛtakṛtyosmi sarvadā /
tvatpādasparśanāddehe maṃgalaṃ me bhaviṣyati ५०

samastasaṃpatsamavāptihetavaḥ samutthitāpatkuladhūmaketavaḥ /
apārasaṃsārasamudra setavaḥ punaṃtu māṃ brāhmaṇapādapāṃsavaḥ

viprapādarajo yasya dehe tiṣṭhati sarvadā /
gaṃgādisarvatīrthāni tasya tiṣṭhaṃtyasaṃśayam

ityuktvā sahasotthāya devyā sārddhaṃ janārdanaḥ /
bhaktyā samarcayāmāsa divyasrakcaṃdanādibhiḥ

taṃ dṛṣṭvā muniśārdūlo harṣapūrṇo'śrulocanaḥ /
utthāyāsanamukhyāttaṃ praṇanāma dayānidhim /
kṛtāṃjalipuṭobhūtvā harṣātprāha mahātapāḥ

śrībhṛguruvāca-
ahorūpamahośāṃtirahojñānamaho dayā /
aho sunirmalā kṣāṃtiraho satvaguṇaṃ hareḥ

naisargikaṃ śubhaṃ satvaṃ tathaiva guṇavāridheḥ /
nānyeṣāṃ vidyate kiṃcitsarveṣāṃ tridivaukasām

brahmaṇyaśca śaraṇyaśca tvameva puruṣottamaḥ /
brāhmaṇānāṃ tvameveśo nānyaḥ pūjyaḥ suraḥ kvacit

ye'rcayaṃti surānanyāṃstvāṃ vinā puruṣottama /
te pākhaṃḍatvamāpannāḥ sarvalokavigarhitāḥ

viprāṇāṃ vedaviduṣāṃ tvamevejyo janārdanaḥ /
nānyaḥ kaścitsurāṇāṃ tu pūjanīyaḥ kadācana

anarcyābrahmarudrādyā rajastamovimiśritāḥ /
tvaṃ śuddhasatvaguṇavānpūjanīyo'grajanmanām

tvatpādasalilaṃ sevyaṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca divaukasām /
sarveṣāṃ bhūsurāṇāṃ ca muktidaṃ kalmaṣāpaham

tvadbhuktocchiṣṭaśeṣaṃ vai pitṝṇāṃ ca divaukasām /
bhūsurāṇāṃ ca sevyaṃ syānnānyeṣāṃ tu kadācana

itareṣāṃ tu devānāmannaṃ puṣpaṃ jalaṃ tathā /
aspṛśyaṃ tu bhavetsarvaṃ nirmālyaṃ surayāsamam

tasmādvai brāhmaṇo nityaṃ pūjayitvā sanātanam /
tvattīrthaṃ bhuktamannaṃ ca bhajetaivāniśaṃ budhaḥ

nānyaṃ devaṃ tu vīkṣeta brāhmaṇo na ca pūjayet /
nānyaprasādaṃ bhuṃjīta nānyadāyatanaṃ viśet

na dadātīha yo vipraḥ pitṝṇāṃ śrāddhakarmaṇi /
tvadbhuktamannaṃ tīrthaṃ ca tatsarvaṃ niṣphalaṃ bhavet

kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi kalpakoṭiśatāni ca /
pataṃti pitarastasya narake pūyaśoṇite

niveditaṃ tava vibho yo juhoti dadāti vā /
devatānāṃ pitṝṇāṃ ca tṛptirānaṃtyamaśnute

tasmāttvameva viprāṇāṃ pūjyo nānyosti kaścana /
mohādyaḥ pūjayedanyānsa pākhaṃḍī bhaviṣyati

tvaṃ hi nārāyaṇaḥ śrīmānvāsudevaḥ sanātanaḥ /
viṣṇuḥ sarvagato nityaḥ paramātmā maheśvaraḥ

tvameva sevyo viprāṇāṃ brahmaṇyaḥ śuddhasatvavān /
pūjyatvādbrāhmaṇānāṃ vai śuddhasatvaguṇādapi

sarveṣāmeva devānāṃ brāhmaṇatvamavāpnuhi /
tvāmeva hi sadā viprā bhajaṃti puruṣottamam

brāhmaṇāste babhūvustu nānyāstatra na saṃśayaḥ /
brahmaṇyo devakīputro brahmaṇyo madhusūdanaḥ

brahmaṇyaḥ puṃḍarīkākṣo brahmaṇyo viṣṇuracyutaḥ /
brahmaṇyo bhagavānkṛṣṇo vāsudevo'cyuto hariḥ

brahmaṇyo nārasiṃhaḥ syāttathā nārāyaṇo'vyayaḥ /
brahmaṇyaḥ śrīdharaḥ śrīśo goviṃdo vāmanastathā

brahmaṇyo yajñavārāhaḥ keśavaḥ puruṣottamaḥ /
brahmaṇyo rāghavaḥ śrīmānrāmo rājīvalocanaḥ

brahmaṇyaḥ padmanābhaḥ syāttathā dāmodaraḥ prabhuḥ /
brahmaṇyo mādhavo yajñastathā trivikramaḥ prabhuḥ

brahmaṇyaśca hṛṣīkeśaḥ pītavāsā janārdanaḥ /
namo brahmaṇyadevāya vāsudevāya śārṅgiṇe

nārāyaṇāya śrīśāya puṃḍarīkekṣaṇāya ca /
namo brahmaṇyadevāya vāsudevāya viṣṇave

kalyāṇaguṇapūrṇāya namaste paramātmane /
namo brahmaṇyadevāya sarvadevasvarūpiṇe

vārāhavapuṣe nityaṃ trayīnāthāya te namaḥ /
namo brahmaṇyadevāya nāgaparyyaṃkaśāyine

rājīvadalanetrāya rāghavāya namo namaḥ /
māyayā mohitāḥ sarve devāśca ṛṣayastava

na jānaṃti mahātmānaṃ sarvalokeśvaraṃ prabho /
tvāṃ na jānaṃti bhagavansarvavedavido'pi hi

nāmarūpaguṇaiḥ śrīśa cāritrairapi duṣkṛtaiḥ /
paratvasūcakaṃ satvaṃ tava veditumīśvaraḥ

maharṣibhiḥ preṣito'hamāgatosmi tavāṃtikam /
tava śīlaguṇāñjñātuṃ caraṇaṃ mama keśava

dattaṃ vakṣasi goviṃda tatkṣaṃtavyaṃ kṛpānidhe /
evamuktvā bhṛgurdevaṃ praṇamya ca muhurmuhuḥ

divyairmaharṣibhistatra pūjyamāno mahātmabhiḥ /
punarjagāma hṛṣṭātmā yajñabhūmiṃ śubhāhvayām

samāgataṃ mahātmānaṃ tatra dṛṣṭvā maharṣayaḥ /
pratyutthāya namaskṛtvā pūjāṃ cakrurvidhānataḥ

teṣāṃ vijñāpayāmāsa tatsarvaṃ munipuṃgavaḥ /
rajastamaguṇodrikto vidhīśānau surottamau

śaptau mayā na pūjyau tau viprāṇāmṛṣisattamāḥ /
abrahmaṇyatvamāpanno garhitaṃ rūpamāsthitaḥ

śaptaḥ kailāsaśikhare śaṃkarastamasāvṛtaḥ /
śuddhasatvamayo viṣṇuḥ kalyāṇaguṇasāgaraḥ

nārāyaṇaḥ paraṃ brahma viprāṇāṃ daivataṃ hariḥ /
brahmaṇyaḥ śrīpatirviṣṇurvāsudevo janārdanaḥ

brahmaṇyaḥ puṃḍarīkākṣo goviṃdo hariracyutaḥ /
sa eva pūjyo viprāṇāṃ netaraḥ puruṣarṣabhāḥ

mohādyaḥ pūjayedanyaṃ sa pākhaṃḍī bhaviṣyati /
smaraṇādeva kṛṣṇasya vimuktiḥ pāpināmapi

tasya pādodakaṃ sevyaṃ bhuktocchiṣṭaṃ ca pāvanam /
svargāpavargadaṃ nṝṇāṃ brāhmaṇānāṃ viśeṣataḥ

viṣṇorniveditaṃ nityaṃ devebhyo juhuyāddhaviḥ /
pitṛbhyaścaiva taddadyātsarvamānaṃtyamaśnute

yo na dadyāddharerbhuktaṃ pitṝṇāṃ śrāddhakarmaṇi /
aśnaṃti pitarastasya viṇmūtraṃ satataṃ dvijāḥ

tasmādviṣṇoḥ prasādo vai sevitavyo dvijanmanām /
itareṣāṃ tu devānāṃ nirmālyaṃ garhitaṃ bhavet

sakṛdeva hi yośnāti brāhmaṇo jñānadurbalaḥ /
nirmālyaṃ śaṃkarādīnāṃ sa cāṃḍālo bhaveddhruvam

kalpakoṭisahasrāṇi pacyate narakāgninā /
nirmālyaṃ bho dvijaśreṣṭhā rudrādīnāṃ divaukasām १००

rakṣoyakṣapiśācānnaṃ madyamāṃsasamaṃ smṛtam /
tadbrāhmaṇairna bhoktavyaṃ devānāṃ bhuṃjitaṃ haviḥ

tasmādanyaṃ parityajya viṣṇumeva sanātanam /
pūjayadhvaṃ dvijaśreṣṭhā yāvajjīvamataṃdritāḥ

tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ dhāmamanyaṃto gatasaṃśayāḥ /
tāpādipaṃcasaṃskārairanviṣṭāḥ śubhacetasaḥ

aprākṛtaṃ hariṃ samyagarcayadhvaṃ dvijarṣabhāḥ /
cakrāṃkitabhujā viprā bhavaṃtyaprākṛtāḥ śubhāḥ

cakralāṃchanahīnāstu prākṛtāstāmasā smṛtāḥ /
tasmātprākṛtasaṃsarga pāpaugha dahanaṃ hareḥ

prataptaṃ bibhṛyāccakraṃ śaṃkhaṃ ca bhujamūlayoḥ /
urddhvapuṃḍrāṇi cāṃgeṣu dhṛtvā śāstroktamārgataḥ

arcayenmaṃtraratnena vidhinā puruṣottamam /
tasya prasādasevāṃ ca kuryyānnityamataṃdritaḥ

tasyāvaraṇapūjāyāṃ tridaśānarcayetsadā /
tameva sarvayajñānāṃ bhoktāraṃ parameśvaram

jñātvā vai juhuyāddadyājjapedvai satataṃ dvijāḥ

vasiṣṭha uvāca-
evamuktāstu te sarve ṛṣayaḥ kṣīṇakalmaṣāḥ /
namaskṛtya bhṛguṃ samyagūcuḥ prāṃjalayastadā

ṛṣaya ūcuḥ /
bhagavansaṃśayachettā tvameva dvijasattama /
tvaṃ vai lokagatirbrahmaṃstvameva paramā gatiḥ

tvameva paramodharmastvameva paramaṃ tapaḥ /
tvatprasādādvayaṃ vipra bhaviṣyāmo hi nānyathā

vasiṣṭha uvāca-
evaṃ stutvā bhṛguṃ vipraṃ sarva eva maharṣayaḥ /
tasmātsaṃprāptamaṃtrā vai pūjayāmāsuracyutam

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ prasaṃgātpārthivottama /
rāmasya hastakamalasparśanādvai nṛpottama

bhaviṣyatyamalaṃ tacca rūpaṃ lokavigarhitam /
rāghavaḥ sarvadevānāṃ pāvanaḥ puruṣottamaḥ

spṛṣṭā dṛṣṭāśca tenaiva vimalāḥ śaṃkarādayaḥ /
sarveṣāmapi devānāṃ pitā mātā janārdanaḥ

trātā ca sarvalokānāṃ vātsalyaguṇasāgaraḥ /
tameva śaraṇaṃ gaccha yadīcchetparamaṃ padam

etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ purāṇaṃ vedasaṃmitam /
brahmaṇā kathitaṃ rājanmanu svāyaṃbhuvoṃtare

viṣṇubhaktivinītasya śuddhasatvasya nānyathā /
tasya saṃśrāvayennityaṃ vimuktā sā hareḥ kathā

śaṃkhacakrorddhvapuṃḍrādi vihito vācakaḥ pumān /
tanmukhācchrūyatāṃ nityaṃ putrī bhavasi nānyathā

yastvidaṃ śrāvayennityaṃ paṭhedvā susamāhitaḥ /
ananyabhaktiḥ śrīśasya jāyate tasya sarvadā

vidyārthī labhate vidyāṃ dharmārthī dharmamāpnuyāt /
mokṣārthī labhate mokṣaṃ kāmārthī labhate sukham

dvādaśyāṃ śravaṇārke ca saṃkrāṃtau grahaṇe tathā /
amāvasyāṃ paurṇamāsyāṃ paṭhedbhaktisamanvitaḥ

ślokārddhaṃ ślokapādaṃ vā paṭhedyastu samāhitaḥ /
aśvamedhasahasrasya phalaṃ prāpnotyasaṃśayaḥ

ityetatkathitaṃ guhyaṃ purāṇaṃ saṃhitātmakam /
arcayasva hṛṣīkeśaṃ yadīcchasi paramaṃ padam

sūta uvāca-
evamukto vasiṣṭhena guruṇā nṛpasattamaḥ /
praṇamya ca guruṃ rājā pūjayitvā yathārhataḥ

tasmātsaṃprāptamaṃtro'sau vidhinā dvijasattamāt /
arcayitvā hṛṣīkeśaṃ yāvajjīvamataṃdritaḥ /
kāle haripadaṃ prāpa yogigamyaṃ sanātanam

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe paṃcapaṃcāśatsāhasryāṃ saṃhitāyāṃ vaiyāsikyāmuttarakhaṃḍe bhṛguparīkṣākathanaṃnāma paṃcapaṃcāśadadhikadviśatatamo'dhyāyaḥ

iti śrīpādme mahāpurāṇe ṣaṣṭhamuttarakhaṇḍaṃ samāptam /