Shiva Purana · Chapter 1.6

naṃdikeśvara uvāca /
purā kadācidyogīṃdra viṣṇurviṣadharāsanaḥ /
suṣvāpa parayā bhūtyā svānugairapi saṃvṛtaḥ

yadṛcchayā gatastatra brahmā brahmavidāṃvaraḥ /
apṛcchatpuṃḍarīkākṣaṃ śayanaṃ sarvasundaram

kastvaṃ puruṣavaccheṣe dṛṣṭvā māmapi dṛptavat /
uttiṣṭha vatsa māṃ paśya tava nāthamihāgatam

āgataṃ gurumārādhyaṃ dṛṣṭvā yo dṛptavaccaret /
dro hiṇastasya mūḍhasya prāyaścittaṃ vidhīyate

iti śrutvā vacaḥ kruddho bahiḥ śāṃtavadācarat /
svasti te svāgataṃ vatsa tiṣṭha pīṭhamito viśa

kimu te vyāghravadvaktraṃ vibhāti viṣamekṣaṇam /
brahmovāca /
vatsa viṣṇo mahāmānamāgataṃ kālavegataḥ

pitāmahaśca jagataḥ pātā ca tava vatsaka /
viṣṇuruvāca /
matsthaṃ jagadidaṃ vatsa manuṣe tvaṃ hi coravat

mannābhikamalājjātaḥ putrastvaṃ bhāṣase vṛthā /
naṃdikeśvara uvāca /
evaṃ hi vadatostatra mugdhayorajayostadā

ahameva varo na tvamahaṃ prabhurahaṃ prabhuḥ /
parasparaṃ haṃtukāmau cakratuḥ samarodyamam

yuyudhāte'marau vīrau haṃsapakṣīṃdra vāhanau /
vairaṃcyā vaiṣṇavāścaivaṃ mitho yuyudhire tadā

tāvadvimānagatayaḥ sarvā vai devajātayaḥ /
didṛkṣavaḥ samājagmuḥ samaraṃ taṃ mahādbhutam

kṣipaṃtaḥ puṣpavarṣāṇi paśyaṃtaḥ svairamaṃbare /
suparṇavāhanastatra kruddho vai brahmavakṣasi

mumoca bāṇānasahānastrāṃśca vividhānbahūn /
mumocā'tha vidhiḥ kruddho viṣṇorurasi duḥsahān

bāṇānanalasaṃkāśānastrāṃśca bahuśastadā /
tadāścaryamiti spaṣṭaṃ tayoḥ samaragocaram

samīkṣya daivatagaṇāḥ śaśaṃsurbhṛśamākulāḥ /
tato viṣṇuḥ susaṃkruddhaḥ śvasanvyasanakarśitaḥ

māheśvarāstraṃ matimān saṃdadhe brahmaṇopari /
tato brahmā bhṛśaṃ kruddhaḥ kaṃpayanviśvameva hi

astraṃ pāśupataṃ ghoraṃ saṃdadhe viṣṇuvakṣasi /
tatastadutthitaṃ vyomni tapanāyutasannibham

sahasramukhamatyugraṃ caṃḍavātabhayaṃkaram /
astradvayamidaṃ tatra brahmaviṣṇvorbhayaṃkaram

itthaṃ babhūva samaro brahmaviṣṇvoḥ parasparam /
tato devagaṇāḥ sarve viṣaṇṇā bhṛśamākulāḥ /
ūcuḥ parasparaṃ tāta rājakṣobhe yathā dvijāḥ

sṛṣṭiḥ sthitiśca saṃhārastiro bhāvopyanugrahaḥ /
yasmātpravartate tasmai brahmaṇe ca triśūline

aśakyamanyairyadanugrahaṃ vinā tṛṇakṣayopyatra yadṛcchayā kvacit

iti devābhayaṃ kṛtvā vicinvaṃtaḥ śivakṣayam /
jagmuḥ kailāsaśikharaṃ yatrāste caṃdra śekharaḥ

dṛṣṭvaivamamarā hṛṣṭāḥ padaṃtatpārameśvaram /
praṇemuḥ praṇavākāraṃ praviṣṭāstatra sadmani

tepi tatra sabhāmadhye maṃḍape maṇiviṣṭare /
virājamānamumayā dadṛśurdevapuṃgavam

savyottaretarapadaṃ tadarhitakarāṃ bujam /
svagaṇaiḥ sarvato juṣṭaṃ sarvalakṣaṇalakṣitam

vījyamānaṃ viśeṣajaiḥ strījanaistīvrabhāvanaiḥ /
śasyamānaṃ sadāvedairanugṛhṇaṃtamīśvaram

dṛṣṭvaivamīśamamarāḥ saṃtoṣasalilekṣaṇāḥ /
daṃḍavaddūrato vatsa namaścakrurmahāgaṇāḥ

tānavekṣya patirdevānsamīpe cāhvayadgaṇaiḥ /
atha saṃhlādayandevāndevo devaśikhāmaṇiḥ /
avocadarthagaṃbhīraṃ vacanaṃ madhumaṃgalam २८॑!/
iti śrīśivamahāpurāṇe vidyeśvarasaṃhitāyāṃ ṣaṣṭho'dhyāyaḥ